Civil War

Title: Examination of Z. Barnes
Description: This is Z. Barnes's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Barnes, a 69-year-old Pennsylvania native, states that he has lived in Missouri since 1845. He says that during the war he was "in sentiment on the Southern side," and was not required by the military authorities to give bond. The oath is No. 256 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: From H.M. Clark to R.M. Stewart
Description: This June 2, 1858 letter is from Capt. H.M. Clark in Boonville, Missouri to Missouri Gov. R.M. Stewart. Clark volunteers his company, the Union Riflemen of Cooper County, Missouri, to assist in patrolling the western border to "preserve peace with Kansas." He states that he can offer a force of fifty mounted men, or light infantry, and adds that they need a few additional tents and wagons.
Date: June 2, 1858

Title: Abstract of Ordinance Expenditure, 1864
Description: 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.
Date: 1864

Title: From A.M. Bedford to Mary E. Bedford
Description: This letter, dated August 2, 1863, is from Lieut. A.M. Bedford to his wife Mary E. Bedford in Savannah, Missouri. Bedford, imprisoned at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, tells his wife that he is looking forward to her visit, and that he plans to have a degarian artist to visit and make a portrait of them. He asks her if she received his last letter, and tells her he had enclosed 2 rings for “the little girls.”
Date: August 2, 1863

Title: Kelley Fields
Description: This carte de visite depicts Kelley Fields, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
Object Type: Image

Title: Missouri State Militia Special Order No. 52
Description: By order of Brigadier General John B. Sanborn, 1st Lt. W. D. Hubbard calls for James J. Akard and six other commanding officers from the Missouri State Militia 6th and 8th Calvary Regiments to serve as the Court for the trial of a war prisoner.
Date: February 25, 1864

Title: Unidentified Man
Description: Charcoal portrait of unidentified man with suit coat, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1893

Title: Soldier, Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Description: This sepia carte de visite depicts an unidentified member of the Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph, ca. 1861-1865, was produced by A.C. Nichols of Leavenworth, Kansas.
Object Type: Image

Title: Examination of L.D. Marr
Description: This is L.D. Marr's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Marr, a native of Kentucky, states that he has lived in Missouri for nine years. He says he traveled to Illinois during the war "and was away a few weeks." The oath is No. 230 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Littleberry Estes
Description: This is Littleberry Estes's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Estes, a 63-year-old Virginia native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 43 years and opposed "the enemies of the Government" by staying at home and growing produce "to feed the troops to fight the Rebels." The oath is No. 183 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Indictment Against Andrew Reeder et al.
Description: This indictment was issued against Andrew H. Reeder, Charles Robinson, James H. Lane, George W. Brown, George W. Dietzler, George W. Smith, Samuel N. Wood, and Gaius Jenkins for the crime of treason. The indictment, issued October 4, 1856 by the 3rd U.S. District Court of Kansas Territory, accuses Reeder and the others of “unlawfully and traitorously” assembling for the purpose of “overthrowing and subverting by force and violence” the government of Kansas Territory, among other crimes.
Object Type: Legal Document
Date: October 4, 1856

Title: Examination of Thomas G. Leitch
Description: This is Thomas G. Leitch's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Leitch, a 34-year-old Virginia native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 12 years and served in the militia during the war. The oath is No. 242 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Samuel H. Bryan
Description: This is Samuel H. Bryan's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Bryan, a 24-year-old native of Monroe County, Missouri, states that he served three years in the Federal army during the war. The oath is No. 195 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: The Battle of Boonville, Missouri
Description: Sketch originally appearing in Harper's Weekly of the Battle of Boonville.
Object Type: Image
Date: July 13, 1861

Title: From James Boyer to A. Comingo
Description: 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."
Date: December 22, 1863

Title: Examination of John G. Price
Description: This is John G. Price's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Price, a 19-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he was born in Kentucky and that he helped feed Union soldiers during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 88 in a bound volume, was signed by Price on October 6, 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: October 6, 1866

Title: From Leigh R. Webber to Miss Brown
Description: This letter, dated March 8, 1862, is from Leigh R. Webber to Miss Brown. Webber describes marching with his regiment from Kansas City, Missouri to Fort Scott, Kansas, and shares concerns about an upcoming march to Fort Smith, Kansas.
Date: March 8, 1862

Title: Examination of Joseph Gossadge
Description: This is Joseph Gossadge's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Gossadge, a 32-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, originally from Tennessee, states that he remained loyal to the United States Government and served in the Missouri State Militia during the Civil War. The oath, No. 10 in a bound volume, was signed by Gossadge in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: From Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair and Emma Adair
Description: This letter was written between December 20 and 29, 1860 by Florella Brown Adair in Hudson and Grafton, Ohio, to her husband Samuel Lyle Adair and daughter Emma Adair. Florella describes her trip from Hudson to Grafton with her daughter Ada. She states that she has collected $21.00 from friends and relatives to send back to Kansas, and that many people feel a “deep interest in Kansas troubles.” Florella adds that “People here are all awake upon the troubles that threaten our country.”
Object Type: Letter
Date: December 20, 1860-December 29, 1860

Title: Examination of Henry Leitch
Description: This is Henry Leitch's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Leitch, a 28-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he was born in Virginia and that he served in the militia during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 96 in a bound volume, was signed by Leitch on October 6, 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: October 6, 1866

Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865

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