Contemporary manucript journal of Union soldier F.E.P. Britton, Co K, 7th Prov. Reg. EMM, 14 pp, ink on lined paper, 12 x 8.25 inches (315 x 205 mm), September 19, 1863-June 19, 1865, likely copied out from a field journal, some foxing, minor chipping along the edges. INTERESTING CIVIL WAR JOURNAL WITH ACCOUNT OF SHELBY'S RAIDS IN MISSOURI. Britton's company was recruited on September 19, 1863, and mustered on September 30. They were immediately dispatched to Newtonia, MO. On October 2nd they got word that Shelby's Brigade was threatening Cassville and Neosho, and were led by "forced march" toward Cassville, where their advance team of 200 were captured by Shelby just outside Neosho. The remaining regiment was returned directly to Newtonia, where they spent the month of October hunting the "bushwhackers and thieves that came in with Shelby." Britton appears to have had an eventful service in the following years as well.
Contemporary manucript journal of Union soldier F.E.P. Britton, Co K, 7th Prov. Reg. EMM, 14 pp, ink on lined paper, 12 x 8.25 inches (315 x 205 mm), September 19, 1863-June 19, 1865, likely copied out from a field journal, some foxing, minor chipping along the edges. INTERESTING CIVIL WAR JOURNAL WITH ACCOUNT OF SHELBY'S RAIDS IN MISSOURI. Britton's company was recruited on September 19, 1863, and mustered on September 30. They were immediately dispatched to Newtonia, MO. On October 2nd they got word that Shelby's Brigade was threatening Cassville and Neosho, and were led by "forced march" toward Cassville, where their advance team of 200 were captured by Shelby just outside Neosho. The remaining regiment was returned directly to Newtonia, where they spent the month of October hunting the "bushwhackers and thieves that came in with Shelby." Britton appears to have had an eventful service in the following years as well.
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