Maurice E. Pitcher

On November 6, 1864, Maurice E. Pitcher writes from Independence, Missouri to Mr. Colgan. Pitcher states that he saw Colgan's son Willie on October 21 when he came into Missouri with Gen. Price's army: "he is looking quite well…he had no appearance of being 'one of Price's starved to death, rag-muffins.'" He says that Price's men "had a series of battles from little blue (in this county) until within a few miles of Fort Scott, and you may well imagine they had a series of successes."

November 6, 1864

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Missouri military units (Confederate)
Surviving a Guerrilla War
Missouri Expedition / Price's Raid

Maurice E. Pitcher
Sterling Price

Independence, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Bourbon County, Kansas
Fort Scott, Kansas

Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Colgan and Bruner Families Papers, Box 1

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