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Re: Joshua Lampton
In Response To: The Two Buck Lamptons ()

2 notes from the Columbia Statesman Nov 15, 1862

COOPER COUNTY -- A detachment of 25 men from the 52nd Enrolled Missouri Militia caught up with 80 guerrillas under Capts. Young Purcell and Julius McGuire, scattering them and killing or wounding about a dozen, according to newspaper reports.

Lt. Col. Ashley Reavis and his men came upon the rebels about 12 miles south of Boonville. “For about 15 minutes the fighting was very desperate on both sides, finally however the rebels fled before the determined advance of the loyal militia, leaving two of their number dead on the field and several wounded,” the Columbia Missouri Statesman reported.

The dead were Joshua Lampton and Isaac Stone, both of Boone County. Silas Davenport of Boone County was mortally wounded by a musket ball through the right breast. Thomas Winn of Boone County also was wounded, the Statesman reported.

The prisoners included John Green, Samuel Hodge and Charles Selby of Boone County; a man named Newman from Callaway County and a man named Martin.

McGuire’s saddlebags were among the booty captured as were 20 horses and several guns were captured.

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COLUMBIA -- Three prisoners avoided being sent to the crowded Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis, two because they were sick and the third because he was dead, the Missouri Statesman reported.

James Wilson died and Thomas Forbis and Dr. Thomas Keene were kept behind because of illness as 90 of the approximately 120 rebel prisoners being held in Academic Hall at the University of Missouri were shipped to St. Louis.

All those sent were to be imprisoned for the remainder of the war. The Gratiot Street Prison held about 1,000 prisoners at this point -- it was expected to hold 500 when it was opened -- and disease was becoming rampant.

Three other prisoners were paroled -- William Lampton and Samuel Price, who each gave bond for $2,000 and John Norris and James Bass, who gave bonds of $1,000 each. Price was also fined $100.

John Davidson was ordered held for two months and then released on bond of $2,000.

Joshua Lampton was a bother to William L (HH) Lampton (the younger) he also had an uncle by that name. The Lampton refered to in the second article is the elder I believe as the younger ended up at Gratiot about this time. Putting 2 and 2 together the younger had been wounded and went home to heal thus I suspect the elder was picked up for harboring his son.

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