![]() ![]() When Daniel Read Anthony calledįor a "dismounted parade" of the regiment, acting in Colonel Charles In fact, heįailed to survive its first formation. But hisĭiscipline was poor, and his tenure short in the brigade. Of Cleveland's colleagues saw him as an authentic swashbuckler. Ex-convict MarshallĬleveland, the captain of H Company, the "black horse company," hasĪlready been mentioned for his exploits in Missouri in early 1861. The most notorious unit in a notorious brigade. Ĭompany H, composed of many of Jennison's original Jayhawkers, became Result of these raids, by early July, James Montgomery reportedĬontrabands (slaves) streaming into Kansas by "brigades.". John Steward returned to Missouri to continue freelance plundering. White's killing was not motivated by revenge Cleveland merely sought Who was killed during Atchison's 1856 invasion of Kansas). Reverend Martin White, the killer of Frederick Brown (John Brown's son, "Southern Kansas Jay-Hawkers, as they preferred to call themselves).Ĭleveland distinguished himself in the Morristown operation by killing ![]() Volunteer Cavalry (soon to be dubbed "Jennison's Jayhawkers" or the Of Jennison's leaders who fought in the last two Missouri actions wasĬharles Metz, alias Marshall Cleveland, an ex-Missouri penitentiaryĬonvict, later a commander of a company of Jennison's Seventh Kansas ![]()
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