Samuel R. Curtis
A.V. Colburn

Maj. Gen. Samuel Curtis issued General Order No. 38 from the Department of the Missouri Headquarters in St. Louis on May 22, 1863. The order details the proceedings of recent Military Commissions in St. Joseph, St. Louis, and Springfield, Missouri, where citizens were tried for war crimes, including consorting with guerrillas and bushwhackers, killing United States soldiers from the Seventh Cavalry Regiment Missouri Volunteers, and encouraging rebellion against the government. The order was signed by Assistant Adjutant General A.V. Colburn.

May 22, 1863

Missouri military units (Union)
Bushwhackers
Guerrillas
Surviving a Guerrilla War

Samuel R. Curtis
A.V. Colburn
Samuel R Curtis
Jefferson Davis
Sterling Price

Clay County, Missouri
Buchanan County, Missouri
St. Joseph, Missouri
Liberty, Missouri
Ray County, Missouri
Nodaway County, Missouri
Saline County, Missouri
Carroll County, Missouri
Andrew County, Missouri

Missouri Valley Special Collections

SC15-1 James J. Akard Papers, Group 2, Folder 13: General Orders No. 37-127, Department of the Missouri

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