66:, the garrison at Aubry was removed. A result was a raid by about ten guerrillas under Dan Vaughn on January 31, 1865. Word of the impending raid reached authorities in Olathe and a squad of soldiers rushed into Aubry, arriving too late to prevent the killing of a traveler, the robbery of two residents and the burning of several houses.
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Quantrill's men or to pursue them once he suspected they were guerrillas. He passed the information about the travelers to all the troops in the area, but he did not notify his superiors
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Later in 1863 troops were again sent to Aubry. The post, under the command of Capt. Joshua A. Pike, had seventy-two men, composed of two companies of cavalry. Pike was very soon to discredit himself. On the evening of August 20 Quantrill passed within sight of the post with about 400 guerrillas
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Capt. Charles F. Coleman, in command of the post at Little Santa Fe, Missouri, marched with eighty men to Aubry. About midnight
Coleman and Pike took their forces in a very belated attempt to pursue Quantrill. By this time Quantrill was so far ahead of them that the pursuers could not possibly
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September 1864 a force of one company, and sometimes two companies, of the 11th Kansas Cavalry was on duty guarding Aubry. We do not know what buildings were erected at Aubry, other than a guardhouse.
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later won a skirmish near Aubry with about thirty of
Quantrill's men. After this an additional company of troops was sent to Aubry. Maj. E. F. Schneider then took command.
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Military Posts in Kansas: 1854-1865" (Ph.D. dissertation, Faith Baptist College and Seminary, 1997), p. 8; William E. Connelley,
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Coleman, p. 590; Ewing, p. 580; "Organization of troops in the
Department of the Missouri, commanded by Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, December 31, 1863,"
148:(1891), Series I, Vol. XXXIV, Part II, p. 352; "Troops in the Department of Kansas, Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, U.S. Army, commanding, June 30, 1864,"
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102:(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883), Series I, Vol. VIII, pp. 335-6; Oliver H. Gregg, "History of Johnson County, Kansas,"
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Infantry, under command of Lt. Dick Rooks, manned the post at Aubry. Rooks was a
123:(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888), Series I, Vol. XXII, Part I, p. 590; Brig, Gen. Thomas Ewing, report,
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119:(Oskaloosa), August 15, 1863, p. 2; Connelley, pp. 315-6; Capt. Charles F. Coleman, report,
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152:(1891), Series I, Vol. XXXIV, Part IV, p. 622; "One of the Gang,"
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106:(Wyandotte, Kans,: E. F. Heisler & Co., 1874), p. 31.
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156:(Lawrence), July 30, 1864, p. 3; Hampton, report,
160:(1893), Series I, Vol. XLI, Part III, pp. 259-60.
185:(1896), Series I, Vol. XLVIII, Part II, p. 337.
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