tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202315403501002565.post2086730010825615723..comments2022-01-28T08:39:45.114-08:00Comments on Jayhawkers and Red Legs: "The Hammer Falls" Part IMatt M. Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03676364812280459570noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202315403501002565.post-20715512040699719192010-12-27T07:02:57.662-08:002010-12-27T07:02:57.662-08:00"I would love to see the stuff on Hoyt killin..."I would love to see the stuff on Hoyt killing Todd."<br /><br />Matt, I moved this comment here so it wouldn't get lost in the archives. And thanks a ton for the offer of help. I'll probably give you a call when I get closer to having to make a decision on it. <br /><br />Anyway, here's a couple of notes on Hoyt and Todd at the Battle of Independence. Links follow (sorry they are so ugly, I could not get them to embed for some reason, but you should be able to copy/paste them into your browser):<br /><br />"This superiority of armament enabled us to frequently break their advancing lines, and hold them in check for a long time, with a small force, as compared to theirs. We fought them in this manner all that day, falling back when outflanked, reforming, breaking their lines, and again retreating, over every foot of ground between Little Blue and Independence, as well as through the streets of the town itself. In our last stand near the courthouse square in Independence, George Todd, a notorious guerrilla, rode out in frontof their line and was almost instantly killed. Colonel Hoyt of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, a private soldier of that regiment, and Sergeant William Caldwell of Company A of our batallion, fired so near together at him, that although nearby, I was unable to tell who killed Todd, but am inclined to award the credit of it to the man belonging to the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, who was and is unknown to me, as it seemed to me that his was the first shot, although two others followed in quick succession, and Todd fell headlong from his horse at the first fire."<br />-- Grover, Geo. S. “The Price Campaign of 1964.” Missouri Historical Review. Vol VI. Columbia: State Historical Society of Missouri. 1912 P. 174<br /><br />"George Todd, a notorious guerrilla of Jackson County, was shot in this battle [Independence] - it is believed by Lieutenant-Colonel Hoyt of hte 15th Kansas. He was the leader of the "Sam Gaty" Massacre, in 1863, when a number of contrabands were taken and murdered in cold blood. He was also Quantrille's second in command, at the terrible butcheries of Lawrence ans BAxter Springs, in August and October of that same year."<br />-- Hinton, Richard J. "Rebel Invasion of Missouri and Kansas." Chicago: Church and Goodman. 1865. P. 105<br /><br />Grover: http://books.google.com/books?id=UHPz3j9Tk3gC&pg=PA171&dq=%22The+Price+Campaign+of+1864%22&hl=en&ei=NacYTcCpL43Angf8zcjHDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEwQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=hoyt&f=false<br /><br />Hinton: http://books.google.com/books?id=FUeTAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22rebel+invasion%22&hl=en&ei=pKcYTdSaHcTVnAfE7-3BDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=hoyt&f=falseEl Borakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442800943924317604noreply@blogger.com