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Examination of Anderson B. Everett
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This unsigned Oath of Loyalty to the United States bears the name of Anderson B. Everett. The document is labeled No. 132 in a bound volume of oaths taken in 1866-1888 by Clay County, Missouri voters.
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Government Document
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1866
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Nancy Walker Lyon Harris
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This ca. 1860 black-and-white photograph depicts Nancy Walker Lyon Harris, who was born in 1803. Nancy’s father, William Lyon, served as clerk of the court when Cass County, Missouri (originally Van Buren County) was first established. Nancy’s husband, Fleming Harris, helped found Harrisonville, Missouri, in Cass County, and served as its first town commissioner. Nancy died in Cass County in 1864.
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Examination of Thomas Morrison
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This is Thomas Morrison's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Morrison, a 65-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, originally from Ireland, states that he remained loyal to the United States Government during the Civil War. He claims that he defended the Union during "a little fight" in Lexington, Missouri. The oath, labeled "No. 5 1/2" in a bound volume, was signed by Morrison in 1866.
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Government Document
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1866
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From William McNeill Clough to A. Comingo
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This letter, dated November 24, 1863, is from William McNeill Clough, Attorney and Notary Public in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal of the 6th district of Missouri. Clough responds to Comingo's request for information about a Kansas resident named Daniel Woodson. He states that Woodson has not been in Kansas for a long time and is probably "within the Confederate lines in Virginia." He adds that he is enclosing a copy of the Kansas statutes regarding disloyal citizens.
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Date
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November 24, 1863
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Letters Sent and Endorsements (Commissioner of Musters)
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This notebook contains copies of letters sent by Col. B.L.E. Bonneville, Commissioner of Musters, Department of the Missouri, between August 20, 1864 and July 1865. Correspondents include Capt. Ben Sharp, Assistant Commissioner of Musters in St. Joseph, Missouri, and Capt. John G. Quinn, Assistant Commissioner of Musters in Springfield, Missouri. Topics addressed in the correspondence include enrollment of recruits and muster rolls.
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August 20, 1864-July 1865
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Benjamin (Ben) Broomfield
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Charcoal portrait of Ben Broomfield with pullover shirt typical of the guerrillas, hat, and rifle. Ben Broomfield was with Quantrill and Bill Anderson, who "called him his own Indian." Broomfield was part Comanche. He took part in the Lawrence, Kansas, massacre on August 21, 1863. Facts don't correlate about his death. Broomfield was killed either in 1863 or 1864.
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1893
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From James H. Buxton to Daniel L. Chandler
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In a letter dated April 27, 1862, James H. Buxton writes from Lawrence, Kansas to Daniel L. Chandler. Buxton reports that the soldiers have left Lawrence and gone to Fort Riley, Kansas, although about two or three hundred remain in the hospital. He says he hopes "the war will not last long now for our men is gaining the victry very fast."
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Letter
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Date
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April 27, 1862
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Examination of James M. Keller
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This is James M. Keller's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Keller describes himself as a 59-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, who was born in Kentucky. He states that he was loyal and obedient to the United States Government during the Civil War and that he "took up arms by going into the Militia." The oath, labeled No. 111 in a bound volume, was signed by Keller on October 6, 1866.
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Government Document
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Date
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October 6, 1866
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It Went Against Us
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Samuel J. Reader painting of the Battle of Mine Creek (or "Little Osage"), Kansas, which occurred October 25, 1864. Reader was a Union prisoner of war captured by the Confederate army; he escaped capture shortly after this battle. Over forty years later in 1906, Reader produced this painting.
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March 24, 1906
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Henry Clay Bruce
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Portrait of Liberated Missouri slave Henry Clay Bruce, brother of the first black U.S. Senator Blanche K. Bruce. A literate man, Henry Bruce declared famously that slaves “understood the war to be for their freedom solely, and prayed earnestly and often for the success of the Union cause.”
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Commemorative lithograph celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation.
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From Thomas Sherwood to Friend Woodward
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This letter, dated July 5, 1855, is from Thomas Sherwood in Squaws Leg City to his friend Woodward. Sherwood says that he has just left Pawnee, Kansas, where the Legislature is now in session, and mentions that the Legislature might move to the Shawnee Methodist Mission. He describes a conflict between Kansas Gov. Andrew Reeder and Benjamin Stringfellow, which began when Reeder accused Stringfellow, a Missourian, of voting illegally in Kansas.
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July 5, 1855
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From John W. Clem to Robert M. Stewart
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This letter was written on August 18, 1859 by John W. Clem in Butler, Missouri, to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Clem, the Sheriff of Bates County, Missouri, reports that James Montgomery and his Jayhawkers have laid siege to Paris, Kansas; they soon intend to cross over into Missouri to free William Wright (alias Pickles), a prisoner being held there for murder and robbery. Clem states that if the Jayhawkers enter Bates County, “I will then call out the entire militia force for defense.”
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Letter
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Date
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August 18, 1859
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List of Colored Recruits Enlisted, 6th District Missouri
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This military roll, ca. 1863-1864, lists the names of "colored recruits" enlisted in the 6th congressional district of Missouri. The soldiers were recruited from Ray, Andrew, Clinton, Lafayette, Pettis, and Saline Counties. The document includes the names of the soldiers' owners and the months of their enlistment.
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Galvanized Yankee
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This portrait of an unknown "Galvanized Yankee" is affixed to a postcard with a three cent stamp attached on its back with a destination address in Hillsboro, Montgomery Co., Illinois. A "Galvanized Yankee" was a captured Confederate soldier that swore allegiance to the United States and joined the Union Army.
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1860 - 1865
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William W. Wollack
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This carte de visite depicts William W. Wollack, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
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From M.C. Goodlett to Robert M. Stewart
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This letter, dated January 5, 1859, was written by M.C. Goodlett in the Senate Chamber, Jefferson City, Missouri, to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Goodlett states that he received a letter from a newly-formed military company in Johnson County, Missouri, tendering its services to the Governor. Goodlett says that he personally knows all the officers and soldiers of the Johnson Guards and hopes that Stewart will call on them “to assist in driving back the Plundering Murdering Horde” of Kansas outlaws.
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Date
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January 5, 1859
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John C. Fremont Campaign Poster
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Proof for a large woodcut campaign banner or poster for John C. Fremont, Republican presidential contender in 1856. Fremont is shown in full-length on a mountain peak, planting an American flag. He is clad in fringed trousers and military coat and waves a visored cap in the air. Below, at right, are a bearded trapper or fellow explorer and a Mexican wearing a wide-brimmed hat. An eagle soars in the air beyond them. This scene is no doubt intended to evoke heroic memories of Fremont's famous exploring expeditions to the Rocky Mountains in 1842 and 1843.
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