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After the attack the troops stationed at Fort Blair and the survivors from Blunt's force moved into Camp Ben Butler. When word of the massacre reached Fort Scott, at least five companies of troops were sent to reinforce Baxter
Springs. Soon after they arrived, they and Blunt's men returned to Fort
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Pollard, November 10, 1992, p. 1; Hugh L. To=hompson, "Baxter Springs as a Military Post---1862-1863," "Kansas in the Civil War Battles and Campaigns," Vol. 3,
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Military Posts in Kansas: 1854-1865" (Ph.D. dissertation, Faith Baptist College and Seminary, 1997), pp. 15-6; Betty F. Kyrias, "The Civil War in Baxter Springs, Kansas, 1862-1863" (Baxter Springs, Kans.: Baxter Springs, Kansas, Historical Society, August 8,
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On June 22 the camp was sent additional troops. It seemed
Livingston and Confederate Indians planned joint operations in the area. Livingston, a recurring worry to Union forces in the area, was killed in a fight at Stockton, Missouri, the next month.
32:, was in a highly defendable position. It occupied a plateau that covered more than two square blocks. Only a small area to the south allowed easy access to camp. In fact, much of the surrounding area was practically impenetrable by men or horses.
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100:(Washingston: Government Printing Office, 1888), Series I, Vol. XXII, Part I, p. 322; Pollard, memorandum to Daniel C. Fitzgerald, June 1, 1993, p. 2.
28:, the troops moved the camp three blocks to the east to what is now Washington School Hill. The new camp, Camp Ben Butler (named after Maj. Gen.
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155:(Lecompton, Kans.: Baranski Publishing Co., 1990), pp. 99-100; Larry C. Rampp, Incident at Baxter Springs on October 6, 1863,"
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96:(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888), Series I, Vol. XXII, Part I, p. 322; Maj. Thomas R. Livinston, report,
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