Ella Mayfield's Pawpaw Militia-A Civil War Saga in Vernon County, Mo.

Strong willed and independent, Ella Mayfield wanted to keep her widowed mother and siblings safe during the border war between Missouri and Kansas and the Civil War or die trying. Invasions into Vernon County Mo. by Union soldiers stationed at Ft. Scott, Kansas and Kansas Jayhawkers forced Ella to join a militia band dubbed Pawpaw Militia. Her exploits were legendary as woman bushwhacker.