General Orders, No. 15

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Title: General Orders, No. 15
Creator: Samuel R. Curtis
Thomas A. Davis
Description: This is Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis’s General Order No. 15, signed and dated October 23, 1864 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The order revokes General Order No. 54, which had established Martial Law north of the Kaw River. Curtis states that the enemy has moved south and that the area is no longer in danger. He adds that he is “glad to relieve the People from this burden.”
Date: October 23, 1864
Local Subject: Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Kansas military units
Surviving a Guerrilla War
People: Samuel R. Curtis
Thomas A. Davis
Geographic Subject: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Misc.: R.N. Hershfield, Item 11
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