A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . omas Ewing of the Kansastroops issued from Kansas City his notorious Order It commanded all persons in Jackson, Cass, Bates, anda part of Vernon county, except those living in or near theprincipal towns, to leave their homes within fifteen persons were permitted to move to military stations orto Kansas. The order was severely executed. Hundredswere forced from their homes, property was destroyed andplundered, and in Cass county only 600 of the 1
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . omas Ewing of the Kansastroops issued from Kansas City his notorious Order It commanded all persons in Jackson, Cass, Bates, anda part of Vernon county, except those living in or near theprincipal towns, to leave their homes within fifteen persons were permitted to move to military stations orto Kansas. The order was severely executed. Hundredswere forced from their homes, property was destroyed andplundered, and in Cass county only 600 of the 10,000 inhabi-tants were permitted to remain. Bands of robbers, bush-whackers, and soldiers roamed over the blighted district untilthe war closed and when the people came back in 1866 theyfrequently found nothing except their land. 230 History of Missouri and Missourians General Ewing was strongly denounced for this cruelorder. On his staff was Colonel Bingham, a was an artist of ability. He painted a picture,Order No. 11, which depicted the sufferings of the painting is known throughout ORDER NUMBER ELEVEN. BY BINGHAM Other retaliations were practiced. Among these wasthe Palmyra Massacre on August 18, 1862, by the Uniontroops and the (Jentralia Massacre of September 27, 1864by Bill Anderson and his men. The war in Missouri hadbecome one of cruel practices and bitter hatreds. Prices Raid, 1864 During 1863 the Missouri Confederate military leadersmade a number of small raids in Missouri. Such men asMarmaduke, Shelby, Poindexter, and Jeff Thompson led Military Missouri 231 these raids. The principal object was to obtain recruits. Themost famous raid was that of General Price in 1864. General Price had been transferred to Arkansas and hadsuccessfully equipped a force of 12,000 men. He planned toenter Missouri when most of the Union troops were in theSouth, capture St. Louis if possible and at least JeffersonCity, set up the old State Govern
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