W.L. Wood

This letter, dated July 19, 1861, is from W.L. Wood in Liberty Landing, Missouri to Col. W.P. Howard in St. Louis. Wood informs Howard that he went to Lexington, Missouri with state troops and planned to travel farther south, but "did not precisely understand" Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson's intentions. He expresses ambivalence about Jackson, but supports his stance against Lincoln, and declares that he wants "to see Lincoln's troops whipped."

July 19, 1861

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Missouri military units (Confederate)
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement

W.L. Wood
Claiborne Fox Jackson
Abraham Lincoln

Clay County, Missouri
Liberty, Missouri
Lexington, Missouri
Lafayette County, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas

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Julius J. Goldberg Papers, A195

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