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Invoice of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores for 1864
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This military document is a collection of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Invoices for the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A" that shows transfers of weapons and ammunition in between Colonel Joseph J. Gravely, Captain James J. Akard, Lieutenant J. H. Creighton, and Major John Cosgrove.
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1864
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Home of John Wornall
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The home of John Wornall served as a field hospital for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Westport. It has since been restored and converted into a museum, at 6115 Wornall Road in Kansas City, Missouri
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Image
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Date
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October 2008
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Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 1864
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This military document is a return of ordnance and ordnance stores for Company "A" 8th Cavalry Regiment Missouri State Militia under command of Captain James J. Akard for the fourth quarter of 1864.
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Date
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January 10, 1865
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Neosho, Missouri Masonic Hall
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Rendering of the Masonic Hall at Neosho, MO, site of Secession Convention, October 21-28, 1861.
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Independence, Missouri
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Description
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Bird's eye view of the city of Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri 1868.
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Date
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1868
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Pass for John F. Richards
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A Provost Marshall wartime pass for travel west of St. Louis to Kansas. It is for John Francisco Richards who was the founder and owner of the Richards and Conover Hardware Company. His hardware store started out in Leavenworth, KS in 1857 and then later he moved it to the building that is still standing at 5th and Wyandotte. The pass describes Richards as having brown hair, gray eyes, five feet and eight inches tall, and 27 years of age.
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October 31, 1861
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From John A. Bushnell to Eugenia Bronaugh
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In a letter dated February 4 and 9, 1863, John A. Bushnell tells Eugenia Bronaugh of Hickory Grove, Missouri that he has returned home to Calhoun, Missouri and that he is safe. He says that he wants to move back into his house, which the military has been using as a hospital. He discusses the movements of Colonel Marvin’s regiment of the Missouri Militia. He also mentions news of recent battles in Vicksburg and Charleston, but says that he does not trust the information he reads in newspapers.
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Date
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February 4, 1863-February 9, 1863
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Abstract of Ordinance Expenditure, 1864
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Description
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This military document includes two abstracts of materials expended or consumed by the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A". These abstracts are documentation of the first and second quarters of 1864.
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Date
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1864
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Plat of Vernon County, Missouri
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Plat of Vernon County, Missouri which includes county seat Nevada, Missouri. The Battle of the Marmaton River, Battle of Dry Wood Creek, the Sacking of Osceola, and the Sacking of Nevada City occured in this county.
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1886
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Plat of Deerfield Township, Vernon County, Missouri
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Plat of Deerfield Township, Vernon County, Missouri which includes the settlements of Deerfield, Ellis, and Moundville, Missouri. The Battle of Drywood Creek took place on September 2, 1861 southeast of Deerfield along the Big Drywood Creek.
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Date
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1903
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Battle of Dug Springs
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This sketch, originally published in Harper's Weekly on August 24, 1861, depicts the Battle of Dug Springs (August 2, 1861), near present day Clever, Missouri. Union forces under the command of Nathaniel Lyon were victorious in this first skirmish of the Missouri Campaign of 1861.
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Date
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August 24, 1861
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Missouri State Militia General Order No. 2
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By order of Major John Cosgrove, 1st Lt. T. E. Gray warns that if the soldiers of the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment 1st Battalion will be punished if they continue their insubordinate habits. Particularly, "Any man found shooting his gun or pistol within one mile of his camp without a permit... will be punished for disobedience of orders[.]"
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Date
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April 25, 1864
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Missouri State Militia Special Order No. 279
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By order of Major Robert W. Fyan, H. Mitchell instructs Lieutenant T. A. Wakefield of the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A" to take charge of one hundred men and pursue Sterling Price as his Confederate forces raid central Missouri.
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Date
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October 10, 1864
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Berry O. Singleton's Appointment to Second Corporal
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By the order of Colonel Joseph J. Gravely, David Hunter informs the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment that Berry O. Singleton is appointed to Second Corporal, in Company "A", of the Eighth Regiment of Cavalry, M.S.M..
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Date
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April 13, 1863
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From John A. Bushnell to Eugenia Bronaugh
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In a May 9, 1863 letter from Calhoun, Missouri, John A. Bushnell tells Eugenia Bronaugh that he has cancelled a trip to visit her in Hickory Grove, Missouri, out of fear for his safety. He also fears discussing information that he has read in newspapers, for “I may be charged with stating it wrong.” He warns Eugenia to be careful and to not talk about “what the Rebels are going to do.”
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Letter
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Date
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May 9, 1863
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Clay County Court House at Liberty, Mo
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Description
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A drawing of the Clay County Court House in Liberty, Missouri, included in an 1877 plat book of Clay County, Missouri.
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1877
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Lexington, Missouri
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Bird's eye view of the city of Lexington, Lafayette Co., Missouri in 1869.
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1869
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William O. Mead's Appointment to First Sergeant
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In this military document, Colonel Joseph W. McClurg informs the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment that William O. Mead is appointed to First Sergeant in Company "A", of the Eighth Regiment of Cavalry, M.S.M..
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Date
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June 23, 1862
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