As the Border War between Kansas and Missouri raged during the Civil War. Union General Thomas Ewing Jr issued famed Order # 11, days after the city of Lawrence Kansas was raided and 150 unarmed men and boys were murdered by Missouri Bushwhackers. The Order basically demanded all people in Jackson, Cass, Bates and Northern Vernon Counties in Missouri to evacuate their residences in 15 days. After 15 days the Union army moved in and destroyed by fire all dwellings that could aid the enemy leaving only chimney stacks on the horizon as far as one could see. This incredible act was a scorched earth policy never used before in US history against ones own countryman creating an area to be know as the Burnt District. We discuss the Order its affects and the aftermath.

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