Was part of the "rear guard" at Harper's Ferry, Va. He was one of 3 that escaped. He made it back to Ohio and was subsequently recruited as a Lt. for the Union Army. He was sent to Ohio to find recruits that would fight under him. On their return to Kansas 100 people including Barclay were killed in a Train Crash over the Platte River after Bushwakers burned the bottom trellis of the bridge. He was buried in Pilot Knob. It is unknown at this time where his grave was moved to when the city of Leavensworth took over the cemetery for their water system.
Was part of the "rear guard" at Harper's Ferry, Va. He was one of 3 that escaped. He made it back to Ohio and was subsequently recruited as a Lt. for the Union Army. He was sent to Ohio to find recruits that would fight under him. On their return to Kansas 100 people including Barclay were killed in a Train Crash over the Platte River after Bushwakers burned the bottom trellis of the bridge. He was buried in Pilot Knob. It is unknown at this time where his grave was moved to when the city of Leavensworth took over the cemetery for their water system.
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