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Title: List of Morgan County Radicals in This District
Description: This document, ca. 1861-1865, provides a list of “radicals in this District.” Each of the 22 “radicals” is identified by name, town, and county; most are from Andrew County, Missouri. A note on the reverse states “There are some others but don’t know their address.”

Title: Examination of Frederick Meffert
Description: This is Frederick Meffert's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Meffert, a 39-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he was born in Germany and remained loyal to the United States Government during the Civil War. He admits that he left Missouri during the war because "It got too hot for a Dutchman in this State." The oath, labeled No. 91 in a bound volume, was signed by Meffert on October 6, 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: October 6, 1866

Title: From A.M. Bedford to Mary E. Bedford
Description: This letter, dated July 19, 1864, is from Lieut. Alex M. Bedford, of the 3rd Missouri Cavalry, to his wife Mary E. Bedford in Savannah, Missouri. Writing from Fort Delaware, where he is imprisoned, Bedford tells his wife that he and his friend, Lieut. James M. Bohart, are attempting to get parole. He asks his wife to find Gen. James Craig and ask for his assistance in granting Bedford parole.
Date: July 19, 1864

Title: Examination of Hiram Chaney
Description: This is Hiram Chaney's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Chaney, a 43-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, swears that he remained loyal to the United States Government during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 131 in a bound volume, was signed by Chaney in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: James Hicklin Documents
Description: These documents attest that James Hicklin, a citizen of Lexington, Missouri, provided supplies and money to the Union army several times during the course of the war. Hicklin purchased $2,000 in state defense bonds on June 15, 1861, and received orders of protection from the army in February, September, and November 1862. He gave an oath of loyalty to the United States on July 8, 1862, which limited his movements to “Lafayette and Saline Counties.”
Object Type: Legal Document

Title: Examination of Timothy Hallissy
Description: This is Timothy Hallissy's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hallissy, a 24-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he was born in Ireland and that he served in the Enrolled Militia during the Civil War. He says that he sympathized with Gen. Mulligan when Mulligan and his army were captured by Gen. Price at Lexington, Missouri. The oath, labeled No. 85 in a bound volume, was signed by Hallissy on September 29, 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: September 29, 1866

Title: Examination of Robert S. Reardin
Description: This is Robert S. Reardin's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Reardin, a 45-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 13 years and served in Capt. Moss' company during the war. He says he was required to give bond, "but it was rescinded by Col. Penick." The oath is No. 218 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Battle of the Big Blue
Description: Benjamin D. Mileham painting of the Battle of the Big Blue, which occurred in Jackson County, Missouri, on October 22, 1864.
Object Type: Image
Date: 1896

Title: Examination of Edward P. Pickett
Description: This is Edward P. Pickett's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Pickett, a 21-year-old Missouri native, states that he manifested his loyalty during the war by "staying at home and obeying the laws." The oath is No. 229 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of William H. Wymore
Description: This is William H. Wymore's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Wymore describes himself as a 51-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri who was born in Kentucky. He states that he remained loyal to the United States Government during the Civil War, and that Col. Penick required him to give bond to prove his loyalty. The oath, labeled No. 113, was signed by Wymore in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: From Lucie Davis to John Pigg
Description: This letter, dated September 15, 1864, is from Lucie Davis in Clay County, Missouri to John Pigg. Davis tells Pigg that her mother died after a long illness. She also tells him that Louis Vandiver was moved from a prison in St. Joseph, Missouri to one in St. Louis. Davis predicts that “The bushwhackers are about to take this country,” and adds that they robbed the mail in Clay County and had a fight near Fredericksburg.
Date: September 15, 1864

Title: Examination of A.S. Davidson
Description: This is A.S. Davidson's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Davidson, a 48-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he was born in Kentucky and that he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States during the Civil War "by obeying the laws." The oath, labeled No. 79 in a bound volume, was signed by Davidson in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Jesse E. Bryant
Description: This is Jesse E. Bryant's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Bryant, a 57-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he was born in Kentucky and that he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government during the Civil War by counseling others "not to go into Rebellion." The oath, labeled No. 89 in a bound volume, was signed by Bryant on October 6, 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: October 6, 1866

Title: Examination of Henry Hensen
Description: This is Henry Hensen's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hensen, a 59-year-old native of Germany, states that he has lived in Missouri for 27 years and currently resides in Clay County, Missouri. The oath is No. 193 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: From J.T. Brown to Mrs. Martha Peak
Description: This letter, dated October 7, 1861, was written by J.T. Brown to Mrs. Martha Peak. “In view of the troubles of the Country and the Danger that some suppose Negro Property to be in,” J.T. reluctantly agrees to let Mrs. Peak borrow his slave for the rest of the year, provided she pays him for the “trouble and sacrifice I will have to make.”
Date: October 7, 1861

Title: Examination of F.H. Roll
Description: This is F.H. Roll's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Roll, a 44-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he remained loyal to the United States Government during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 37 in a bound volume, was signed by Roll in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: From John A. Bushnell to Eugenia Bronaugh
Description: On May 7, 1865 John A. Bushnell writes from Sedalia, Missouri to Eugenia Bronaugh in Calhoun, Missouri. John observes that Sedalia’s economy is improving, probably due to the war's end. He adds, “I do hope our good Henry County folks will follow the example and use money and labor too for the benefit of the country and cease using their tongues and harsh threats.”
Date: May 7, 1865

Title: From Alice Trego to Joseph H. Trego
Description: This letter, dated September 22, 1862, is from Alice Trego in Mound City, Kansas to her husband Joseph. She reports on the movements of Kansas military units and informs Joseph that Gen. James Lane was authorized to raise four regiments of black soldiers. Alice also mentions that there has been a picket guard of citizens in her neighborhood ever since the Sacking of Olathe. She laments, “Oh! how I wish the war was over, and slavery abolished.”
Date: September 22, 1862

Title: From Abishai Stowell to "Dear Sister"
Description: On September 24, 1863, Abishai Stowell writes from camp in Springfield, Missouri to his sister. Stowell says he has been at home on furlough and that the family is "tolerably well." He reports that there is great excitement in Kansas about William Quantrill: "he burned Lawrence a week ago last Friday & killed about two hundred (200) citizens[.] The people blame Gens. Schofield & Ewing for letting them into Kansas."
Object Type: Letter
Date: September 24, 1863

Title: Sentinel Extra: Mass Meeting at Platte City
Description: This September 12, 1863 article from the Platte County Sentinel describes a “mass meeting” held at Platte City, Missouri, on September 7, 1863. According to the article, attendees at the meeting passed several resolutions condemning the recent attacks on Lawrence. Attendees also passed a resolution calling for the immediate emanicpation of all the slaves in Missouri.
Object Type: Newspaper Article
Date: September 12, 1863

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

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