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Court Martial Proceedings of Captain Lyman D. Rouell
Title
Court Martial Proceedings of Captain Lyman D. Rouell
Description
This military document includes proceedings of the general court martial of Lyman D. Rouell, Captain of the 2nd Colorado Volunteers, Company F. In this court martial held at the Headquarters District of the Border in Kansas City, Missouri, Captain Rouell pleads "not guilty" to: charges of drunkenness while on duty at Fort Lyon in the Colorado Territory and at Council Grove, Kansas; and for driving contraband stock into Kansas from Hickman Mills, Missouri. The official charges included "Conduct unbecoming an Officer and Gentlemen" and "Neglect of duty to the prejudices of good order and military discipline." The verdict is not extant. This document shows how some military units took advantage of General Ewing's General Order No. 11 by accumulating and selling property from abandoned counties.
Date
November 1863 - December 1863
Plat of Lone Jack and Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
Title
Plat of Lone Jack and Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
Description
A plat of the Jackson County, Missouri towns of Lone Jack and Independence. This page is included in an 1877 plat book of Jackson County, Missouri.
Date
1877