James M. Boyer

On December 22, 1863, James Boyer, Deputy Provost Marshal for Chariton County, Missouri, writes from Brunswick, Missouri, to Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal for the 6th District of Missouri, in Lexington, Missouri. Boyer expresses concern that a number of deserters he arrested were exonerated after being delivered to the authorities at Macon City, Missouri. Boyer believes that the soldiers should have been found guilty of deserting, and declares, "there is no use in having a law if it is not lived up to."

December 22, 1863

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Missouri military units (Union)

James M. Boyer

Chariton County, Missouri
Lexington, Missouri
Lafayette County, Missouri

National Archives and Records Administration at Kansas City

RG110: MO 4357 (Provost Marshal General's Bureau); Box 9, "Letters Received 1863"

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