Harvey Young was killed at the Battle of the Blue on 22 October,1864 while a member of the 2nd Kansas Militia, Co. B
Onaga Herald May 18, 1899
Memories of Another Time.
Harvey G. Young, who came to Kansas from Erie, county, Pa., away back in the 50's. Later he returned to his native State, and wedded one of Erie county's fair daughters, and with his wife returned to Topeka. Here he purchased or homesteaded land, and here two children, J. H., and Addie, now Mrs. I. M. Gibson, of this city, were born. In the year 1861, after a brief illness, the brave little mother who had left her eastern home to share with her husband the hardships of frontier life, passed on and left the care and protection of the two little children to the sorrowing father. He managed to keep the children with him for a time, until duty called him to take up arms in defence of the flag he loved so well. Bidding them good by, he joined Company B. Second regiment, Kansas State Militia. At that time Gen. Price was headed for Kansas with the avowed intention of "leaving the State as God made it," and Co. B. was one of those sent over into Missouri to check his advance. The rest is history, emblazoned with heroic deeds of valor on the fields of carnage and of death.
It was at the "Battle of the Blue," near Westport, where the stubborn fight was made which changed Gen. Price's intentions and sent him scurrying southward. In this battle, on the 23d of October, 1864, while on the firing line, Harvey G. Young was shot and instantly killed, and the same rebel bullet that ended his life made orphans indeed of his little children. But why dwell on this sad circumstance, or recall the struggles of the children, fatherless motherless, and alone. Over the battlements of heaven the angel mother stretched out her hands to welcome the husband and the only son.
The land which was owned by Mr. Young is now within the city limits of Topeka, and is known as Young's Addition to Topeka.
Among those engaged in that memorable battle and who were intimately acquainted with Harvey G. Young were G. G. Gage, to whose patriotic zeal and energy is due the erection of that beautiful $10,000 monument in the Topeka cemetery to the memory of those who fell in the Battle of the Blue; Col. Geo. W. Veale; Capt. R. A. Randlet; Capt. Daniel H. Horne; Maj. Andrew Stark; Capt. John H. Banks, and numerous others who are now, or have been, prominently known in Topeka.
Onaga Herald May 18, 1899
Memories of Another Time.
Harvey G. Young, who came to Kansas from Erie, county, Pa., away back in the 50's. Later he returned to his native State, and wedded one of Erie county's fair daughters, and with his wife returned to Topeka. Here he purchased or homesteaded land, and here two children, J. H., and Addie, now Mrs. I. M. Gibson, of this city, were born. In the year 1861, after a brief illness, the brave little mother who had left her eastern home to share with her husband the hardships of frontier life, passed on and left the care and protection of the two little children to the sorrowing father. He managed to keep the children with him for a time, until duty called him to take up arms in defence of the flag he loved so well. Bidding them good by, he joined Company B. Second regiment, Kansas State Militia. At that time Gen. Price was headed for Kansas with the avowed intention of "leaving the State as God made it," and Co. B. was one of those sent over into Missouri to check his advance. The rest is history, emblazoned with heroic deeds of valor on the fields of carnage and of death.
It was at the "Battle of the Blue," near Westport, where the stubborn fight was made which changed Gen. Price's intentions and sent him scurrying southward. In this battle, on the 23d of October, 1864, while on the firing line, Harvey G. Young was shot and instantly killed, and the same rebel bullet that ended his life made orphans indeed of his little children. But why dwell on this sad circumstance, or recall the struggles of the children, fatherless motherless, and alone. Over the battlements of heaven the angel mother stretched out her hands to welcome the husband and the only son.
The land which was owned by Mr. Young is now within the city limits of Topeka, and is known as Young's Addition to Topeka.
Among those engaged in that memorable battle and who were intimately acquainted with Harvey G. Young were G. G. Gage, to whose patriotic zeal and energy is due the erection of that beautiful $10,000 monument in the Topeka cemetery to the memory of those who fell in the Battle of the Blue; Col. Geo. W. Veale; Capt. R. A. Randlet; Capt. Daniel H. Horne; Maj. Andrew Stark; Capt. John H. Banks, and numerous others who are now, or have been, prominently known in Topeka.
Harvey Young was killed at the Battle of the Blue on 22 October,1864 while a member of the 2nd Kansas Militia, Co. B
Onaga Herald May 18, 1899
Memories of Another Time.
Harvey G. Young, who came to Kansas from Erie, county, Pa., away back in the 50's. Later he returned to his native State, and wedded one of Erie county's fair daughters, and with his wife returned to Topeka. Here he purchased or homesteaded land, and here two children, J. H., and Addie, now Mrs. I. M. Gibson, of this city, were born. In the year 1861, after a brief illness, the brave little mother who had left her eastern home to share with her husband the hardships of frontier life, passed on and left the care and protection of the two little children to the sorrowing father. He managed to keep the children with him for a time, until duty called him to take up arms in defence of the flag he loved so well. Bidding them good by, he joined Company B. Second regiment, Kansas State Militia. At that time Gen. Price was headed for Kansas with the avowed intention of "leaving the State as God made it," and Co. B. was one of those sent over into Missouri to check his advance. The rest is history, emblazoned with heroic deeds of valor on the fields of carnage and of death.
It was at the "Battle of the Blue," near Westport, where the stubborn fight was made which changed Gen. Price's intentions and sent him scurrying southward. In this battle, on the 23d of October, 1864, while on the firing line, Harvey G. Young was shot and instantly killed, and the same rebel bullet that ended his life made orphans indeed of his little children. But why dwell on this sad circumstance, or recall the struggles of the children, fatherless motherless, and alone. Over the battlements of heaven the angel mother stretched out her hands to welcome the husband and the only son.
The land which was owned by Mr. Young is now within the city limits of Topeka, and is known as Young's Addition to Topeka.
Among those engaged in that memorable battle and who were intimately acquainted with Harvey G. Young were G. G. Gage, to whose patriotic zeal and energy is due the erection of that beautiful $10,000 monument in the Topeka cemetery to the memory of those who fell in the Battle of the Blue; Col. Geo. W. Veale; Capt. R. A. Randlet; Capt. Daniel H. Horne; Maj. Andrew Stark; Capt. John H. Banks, and numerous others who are now, or have been, prominently known in Topeka.
Onaga Herald May 18, 1899
Memories of Another Time.
Harvey G. Young, who came to Kansas from Erie, county, Pa., away back in the 50's. Later he returned to his native State, and wedded one of Erie county's fair daughters, and with his wife returned to Topeka. Here he purchased or homesteaded land, and here two children, J. H., and Addie, now Mrs. I. M. Gibson, of this city, were born. In the year 1861, after a brief illness, the brave little mother who had left her eastern home to share with her husband the hardships of frontier life, passed on and left the care and protection of the two little children to the sorrowing father. He managed to keep the children with him for a time, until duty called him to take up arms in defence of the flag he loved so well. Bidding them good by, he joined Company B. Second regiment, Kansas State Militia. At that time Gen. Price was headed for Kansas with the avowed intention of "leaving the State as God made it," and Co. B. was one of those sent over into Missouri to check his advance. The rest is history, emblazoned with heroic deeds of valor on the fields of carnage and of death.
It was at the "Battle of the Blue," near Westport, where the stubborn fight was made which changed Gen. Price's intentions and sent him scurrying southward. In this battle, on the 23d of October, 1864, while on the firing line, Harvey G. Young was shot and instantly killed, and the same rebel bullet that ended his life made orphans indeed of his little children. But why dwell on this sad circumstance, or recall the struggles of the children, fatherless motherless, and alone. Over the battlements of heaven the angel mother stretched out her hands to welcome the husband and the only son.
The land which was owned by Mr. Young is now within the city limits of Topeka, and is known as Young's Addition to Topeka.
Among those engaged in that memorable battle and who were intimately acquainted with Harvey G. Young were G. G. Gage, to whose patriotic zeal and energy is due the erection of that beautiful $10,000 monument in the Topeka cemetery to the memory of those who fell in the Battle of the Blue; Col. Geo. W. Veale; Capt. R. A. Randlet; Capt. Daniel H. Horne; Maj. Andrew Stark; Capt. John H. Banks, and numerous others who are now, or have been, prominently known in Topeka.
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