St Landry County Louisiana Archives News.....Young. Jos. B - Jayhawkers Attack November 5, 1864 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary K Creamer marykcreamer@yahoo.com July 26, 2014, 6:09 pm The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, La.) November 5, 1864, Page 1 November 5, 1864 The Jayhawkers at work. - During the night of the 2d inst., a band of about 20 Jayhawkers carousing about Mallet Woods, set fire and burned the residences of Mrssrs. Charles Derosier, Sylvain Saunier and Jos. B. Young, leaving their respective families to take care of themselves as best they can, and prevented them even of saving the most necessary clothing. Young Saunier was shot at and wounded, while in the act of escaping. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/stlandry/newspapers/youngjos415gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb