There is only partial agreement as to how the Northern partisans took possession of the New Georgia fort, but the information obtained by Bondi and Gilpatrick helped in the planning to take the place. The group of men intending to run the Southerners out of New Georgia left Lawrence, Kansas, on August 5. Lawrence was a Free-State stronghold. It is not known how many men defended the fort, but the Free-Staters may have fired a few shots before reaching it. Even the number of defenders was disputed by several sources, but probably about 100 men were there.Bondi, letter to Martin, October 14, 1903 (from the Manuscript Division), p. 1.John H. Gihon, M.D., Geary and Kansas (Philadelphia: Charles C. Rhodes, 1857), at http://www.kancoll.org/books/gihon/g_chap15.htm , chapter XXV.“Kansas Territory – Timeline (more),” Kansapedia, Kansas State Historical Society, online at https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-territory-timeline-more/14726 .
