From Leigh R. Webber to Mrs. Brown

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Title: From Leigh R. Webber to Mrs. Brown
Creator: Leigh R. Webber
Description: This letter, dated September 5, 1863 is from Leigh R. Webber in Natchez, Mississippi to Mrs. Brown. Webber claims that in Natchez, "Nearly everybody has protection papers though they are avowed rebels of the deepest dye…It is an unendurable wrong and insult to the Union soldiers and foolish and wicked leniency to traitors for the Government and its generals thus to manage the war." Webber also expresses sadness about Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence: "It exceeds in atrocity our worst fears."
Date: September 5, 1863
Local Subject: Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Kansas military units
Women
Surviving a Guerrilla War
Bushwhackers
Guerrillas
Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence
People: Leigh R. Webber
William Clarke Quantrill
Geographic Subject: Douglas County, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Stillman Brown, John, 1858-1864
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