Civil War

Title: From Lisbon Applegate to William Heryford, Jr.
Description: This letter, dated January 15, 1865, is from Lisbon Applegate in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri, to William Heryford, Jr. Applegate reports that he sold Heryford’s hogs, but has not yet sold his cows: “the buyers here are endeavoring to get stock at almost nothing, taking advantage of the disturbances in the country.” He adds that many local citizens plan to leave the area because of the current turmoil.
Date: January 15, 1865

Title: Examination of Milton Singleton
Description: This is Milton R. Singleton's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Singleton, a 48-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he was born in Kentucky and served in the Enrolled Missouri Militia during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 26 in a bound volume, was signed by Singleton in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of John Sakey
Description: This is John Sakey's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Sakey, 70, states that he has lived in Missouri since the fall of 1815, and was required to give bond by the military authorities during the war. The oath is No. 226 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: John Doy and Rescue Party
Description: Photograph taken by Amon Gilbert DaLee in Lawrence, Kansas Territory in the summer of 1859 depicting Dr. John Doy, his son Charles, and his rescue party, which freed him from the St. Joseph, MO jail on July 23, 1859, where he was being held on charges of abducting slaves.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1859

Title: Major-General Joseph Hooker
Description: Full-length portrait of Major-General Joseph Hooker in military uniform and mounted, with two tents and a large building in the background.
Object Type: Image

Title: St. Joseph, Missouri
Description: This bird's eye view of Saint Joseph, Missouri was created by A. Ruger and published by the Merchants Lithographing Co. in 1868.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1868

Title: From Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair and Emma Adair
Description: This letter was written by Florella Brown Adair on January 13 and 14, 1861 at Martha’s, to her husband Samuel Lyle Adair and daughter Emma Adair. Florella is glad to hear they received the barrels she sent, but was dismayed that they had to pay additional money for their delivery upon receipt, and that they had been broken open, seemingly on purpose. Florella writes of a man from Douglas County, Kansas who is in a nearby Ohio town collecting money to send home. She says he might collect so much from people they will not have as much to give to Osawatomie, Kansas; she also fears that Lykins County, Kansas will not receive its fair share of relief funds.
Date: January 13, 1861-January 14, 1861

Title: Examination of Edward Owens
Description: This is Edward Owens's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Owens, a 39-year-old native of England, states that he has lived in Missouri for 14 years, and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 261 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Gen. Hancock with Officers
Description: Black and white photograph of Generals Winfield S. Hancock, Francis C. Barlow, David B. Birney, and John Gibbon.
Object Type: Image

Title: Kansas - Col. Sumner Arriving at Constitution Hall
Description: Wood engraving of Col. Sumner dispersing the Topeka Legislature on July 4, 1856. The Topeka legislature met to draft a request to Congress for the admission of Kansas as a free state, but federal soldiers under command of Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner dispersed the assembly. The Topeka Constitution was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, but the U.S. Senate rejected it by two votes.
Object Type: Image
Date: July 26, 1856

Title: The Ruins of Lawrence, Kansas
Description: An illustration of the ruins of Lawrence, Kansas after Quantrill's Raid on August 21, 1863, originally published in Harper's Weekly.
Object Type: Image
Date: September 19, 1863

Title: Documents Relating to United States vs. John Brown, Jr.
Description: These documents from May and June 1856 relate to the case United States versus John Brown Jr. and others for subverting the U.S. government. Included among the documents is a warrant for Brown’s arrest, signed by Judge S.G. Cato on May 28, 1856. Also included are two witness subpoenas, dated June 14, 1856; one is signed by Judge Cato, the other by Charles P. Bullock.
Object Type: Legal Document
Date: May 28, 1856 and June 14, 1856

Title: Examination of John Hallessy
Description: This is John Hallessy's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hallessy, who was born in Ireland and describes himself as a "50 or 52" year old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that during the Civil War "I did all I could for the Government." The oath, No. 22 in a bound volume, was signed by Hallessy in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas
Description: Stereograph by Alexander Gardner depicting Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence, Kansas. Founded by members of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society (later renamed the New England Emigrant Aid Company) in 1854, Lawrence was a center of Free-State activism during the Border War.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1867

Title: Hon. George S. Boutwell of Mass.
Description: Black and white glass plate negative of George S. Boutwell, Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Lincoln.
Object Type: Image

Title: Examination of Henry F. Estes
Description: This 1866 loyalty examination document bears the name Henry F. Estes. Estes, a 41-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has resided in Missouri for 36 years, served in Price's army during the war, and does not wish to take the Oath of Loyalty. The document is contained in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of James G. Adkins
Description: This is James G. Adkins's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Adkins, a 32-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he was born in Kentucky and that he belonged to the Oddfellows and the Knights of Palermo. He declares that he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government during the Civil War "by taking arms and going into the Court House." The oath, labeled No. 47 in a bound volume, was signed by Adkins in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: From G.A. Parsons to Robert M. Stewart
Description: This dispatch, dated December 8, 1860, is from G.A. Parsons, Adjutant General of the Missouri Militia, to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Parsons reports that a “band of marauders of Kansas Territory” murdered a Missouri citizen for capturing a fugitive slave. The 300 mounted and armed marauders, under the command of James Montgomery and Charles Jennison, have also captured slaves and threatened the lives of Missouri citizens. Parsons asks Stewart to send troops to the border to protect citizens “threatened with arson plunder and death.”
Date: December 8, 1860

Title: 1860 Presidential Election Returns from Putnam County, Missouri
Description: This document presents the election returns from Putnam County, Missouri for the Presidential election held on November 6, 1860: John C. Breckenridge and Joseph Lane received 287 votes; Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson received 107 votes; John Bell and Edward Everett received 62 votes; and Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin received 7 votes. On November 7, the Clerk of the Putnam County Court certified the results.
Object Type: Legal Document
Date: November 7, 1860

Title: Andrew Johnson
Description: Lithograph of Andrew Johnson, circa 1865.
Object Type: Image

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

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