THE COURIER OF THE OZARKS
THE YOUNG MISSOURIANS SERIES
BY BYRON A. DUNN
AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG KENTUCKIANS" SERIES
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
BY H. S. DeLAY
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1912
Copyright
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1912
Published September, 1912
W. F. HALL PRINTING COMPANY, CHICAGO
To the Loyal Men of Missouri, who as members of the militiadid so much to save the State to the Union, this book isdedicated. History gives them scant notice, and the Federalgovernment has failed to reward them as they deserve.
"Follow the colors," he shouted.
PREFACE
During the year 1862, after the capture of Island No. 10 and New Madrid,no large armies operated in Missouri; but the State was the theater of adesperate guerrilla warfare, in which nearly or quite a hundred thousandmen took part. It was a warfare the magnitude of which, at the presenttime, is very little known; and its cruelty and barbarity make a bloodypage in the history of those times.
This book is a story of this warfare. It is a story of adventure, ofhair-breadth escapes, and of daring deeds. In it the same charactersfigure as those in With Lyon in Missouri and The Scout of Pea Ridge.It tells how our young heroes were instrumental in thwarting the greatconspiracy by which the Confederate government, by sending officers intothe State, and organizing the different guerrilla bands into companiesand regiments, was in hopes of wresting the State from Federal control.
As in former books, history is closely followed.
BYRON A. DUNN.
Waukegan, Illinois.
August, 1912.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. Bruno Carries a Message
CHAPTER II. An Internecine War
CHAPTER III. A Mysterious Communication
CHAPTER IV. Moore's Mill
CHAPTER V. A Fight in the Night
CHAPTER VI. Kirksville
CHAPTER VII. Poindexter Captured
CHAPTER VIII. Lone Jack
CHAPTER IX. Captured by Guerrillas
CHAPTER X. The Guerrilla's Bride
CHAPTER XI. The Story of Carl Meyer
CHAPTER XII. The News from Corinth
CHAPTER XIII. Porter Captures Palmyra
CHAPTER XIV. Ten Lives for One
CHAPTER XV. A G                        
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