I was looking over some older articles I had previously published and stumbled upon this gem about Missouri bushwhacker Sam Hildebrand’s visit to Bollinger County, Missouri…
“Sam Hildebrand’s Confession” is certainly and interesting read. On pages 196-197 Hildebrand writes about a visit to Bollinger County, Missouri on May 25, 1864.
He writes of going in the direction of “Dallas” in Bollinger County [present day Marble Hill, Mo.] and encountering 7 federals [Union soldiers}.
Hildebrand notes that at the time Dallas was garrisoned by approximately 100 “Dutch” soldiers.
During this time it was common to refer to German immigrants as Dutch and Hildebrand relates the story of one that they captured who spoke in “broken English” who they executed stating, “We quietly sent his spirit back to the Rhine where it belonged”
They were seen as foreign invaders upon Missouri soil by native Southerners and it makes one wonder what feelings a citizen would have today if immigrant soldiers were garrisoned in a local community.
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