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Sterling Price
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Description
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Portrait of General Sterling Price taken by photographer Daniel T. Cowell in 1862.
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Image
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Date
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1862
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Map of Douglas County, Kansas
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Description
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This map of Douglas County, Kansas Territory was drawn by I. Cooper Stuck in July of 1857. The map is marked with the locations of individual people's land claims.
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Object Type
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Map
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Date
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July 1857
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Title
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Thomas Clement Fletcher
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Description
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Painted portrait of Missouri Governor Thomas C. Fletcher. Fletcher served as Governor from 1865 to 1869, and is remembered for issuing the proclamation abolishing slavery in Missouri.
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Image
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Date
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n.d.
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From William Clarke Quantrill to William W. Scott
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William Clarke Quantrill writes a letter from Olathe, Kansas to William W. Scott on January 22, 1858. Quantrill reports the results of a recent election on the Lecompton Constitution, which he refers to as the "Lecompton swindle." He mentions a recent skirmish at Fort Scott and declares it "a pity" that the Kansas settlers "had not shot every Missourian that was there." He also calls James Henry Lane "as good a man as we have here" and describes Kansas Democrats as "rascals."
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Date
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January 22, 1858
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Office of the Freedmen's Bureau, Memphis, Tennessee
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Description
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Harper's Weekly illustration of the Freedmen's Bureau Office in Memphis, Tennessee. The Freedmen's Bureau provided support for African Americans’ transition from slavery to freedom.
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Image
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Date
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June 2, 1866
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First Battle of Lexington
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Description
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The charge of the Irish Regiment (Colonel Mulligan) over the breastworks at Lexington, Missouri.
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Image
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Date
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October 12, 1861
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From J.H. Smith to A. Comingo
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Description
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On March 17, 1864, Assistant Provost Marshal J.H. Smith writes from the Headquarters of the 3rd Sub-District, Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri, presumably to Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal for the 6th District of Missouri. Smith states that he is sending a list of "colored recruits" enlisted from Lafayette, Jackson, and Saline Counties since January 1, 1864.
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Date
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March 17, 1864
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Title
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Hamilton Rowan Gamble
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Description
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Photograph of Hamilton Rowan Gamble, former justice of the Missouri Supreme Court and provisional governor of Missouri who replaced then deposed Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson on July 28, 1861.
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Date
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n.d.
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Little Blue River, Jackson County, MO
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Description
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This photograph of the Little Blue River was taken in the northwest section of Longview Farm, Longview Road, Lees Summit, Jackson County, MO
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Image
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Date
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n.d.
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Diary of Lewis Timothy Litchfield
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Description
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This is an excerpt from the diary of Lewis Thomas Litchfield, written between 1854 and 1855. Litchfield writes about leaving Boston and travelling to Kansas with a party from the Emigrant Aid Society. He describes the pioneer camp established near the junction of the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers, voting to name the settlement "Lawrence," and construction of the first building. Litchfield also mentions a burgeoning conflict between the Kansas settlers and the Missourians.
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Object Type
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Diary
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Date
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1854-1855
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Title
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Examination of W.H. Whithoff
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Description
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This is W.H. Whithoff's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Whithoff, a 36-year-old native of Prussia, states that he has been a resident of Missouri for 14 years. The oath is No. 140 in a bound volume.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Title
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From P. McClanahan to A. Comingo
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Description
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On December 17, 1863, P. McClanahan writes from Independence, Missouri to Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal for the 6th District of Missouri. McClanahan reports that members of the 11th Kansas Volunteers are camped at Sibley, Missouri, "for the purpose of enticing Negroes from Clay Co." He therefore recommends appointing H.W. Rodewald as a recruiting officer to enlist all black men passing through the area: "I have no doubt but Rodewald would bring them all up."
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Date
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December 17, 1863
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Soldier, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
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Description
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This sepia carte de visite, ca. 1861-1865, depicts an unidentified soldier who served in the Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The carte de visite was produced by S.M. Eby & Son in Kansas City, Missouri. Carte de visites were small photographs that were often used as calling cards and became very popular during the Civil War.
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Image
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From George E. Young to My Dear Father
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Description
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This letter, dated August 23, 1863, is from George E. Young in Minneola, Kansas to his father. Young writes that he was in Lawrence on the day of Quantrill's Raid and "came very near being killed." He describes how the attackers approached the boarding house where he was staying, ordered all the women and children to leave, then lined up the men and shot at them. Young tells his father that he ran away and hid in a nearby cellar, narrowly escaping death.
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Date
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August 23, 1863
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Title
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Letters and Telegrams Sent (Provost Marshal's Office, 6th District Missouri)
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Description
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This notebook contains copies of letters and telegrams sent from the Provost Marshal's Office, 6th District of Missouri, in Lexington Missouri, between May 21, 1864 and November 3, 1864. The letters, written by A. Comingo, Provost Marshal of the 6th District of Missouri, address topics such as guerrilla activity in Chariton County, Missouri and reopening the Provost Marshal's office in Lexington following "the rebel invasion." Correspondents include Missouri Provost Marshal General E.B. Alexander, U.S. Provost Marshal General James B. Fry, and Maj. Gen. W.S. Rosecrans.
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Date
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May 21, 1864-November 3, 1864
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Title
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Requisition for Ordnance and Ordnance Stores
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Description
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This military document is a requisition for ordnance and ordnance stores made in duplicate by James J. Akard, Captain of Company "A" 8th Cavalry Regiment, Missouri State Militia.
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Date
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1863-1865
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From John A. Bushnell to Eugenia Bronaugh
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Description
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This May 26, 1864 letter is from John A. Bushnell of Clinton, Missouri to Eugenia Bronaugh. He tells Eugenia that he avoids going out much of the time because he is afraid of being attacked by bushwhackers. He also tells her that, according to newspaper reports, Joseph Orville Shelby recently crossed the Arkansas River with 2,000 troops. He voices frustration with news sources, which he describes as “stirring” but “confused and contradictory.”
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Date
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May 26, 1864
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Invoice of Quartermaster Property
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Description
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This military document is an invoice of quartermaster's stores created in duplicate from Captain W. C. Human on January 11, 1863. These supplies, quires of paper, were given to Lieutenant James J. Akard for use by the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A".
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Date
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January 11, 1863
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Title
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Examination of Thomas Leonard
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Description
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This is Thomas Leonard's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Leonard states that he has resided in Missouri for eight years and that he visited Kansas once during the war "and stayed about an hour." The oath is No. 228 in a bound volume.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Title
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Claiborne F. Jackson
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Description
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Illustration of Claiborne Fox Jackson, Governor of Missouri from 1860 until his death in 1862. This engraving originally appears in the 1886 article "Abraham Lincoln: A History; The Border States" by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, published in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Vol. 36, published in 1888.
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Object Type
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Image
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Date
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1886
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