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Invoices of Quartermaster's Stores
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Description
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This military document is a collection of Quartermaster Property Invoices for the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A" that shows the transfer of various items such as mule collars and wagons in between Lieutenant T. E. Gray, Captain James J. Akard, and Captain R. B. Owen.
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Date
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1863 - 1865
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Title
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Inventory and Inspection Report of Unserviceable Ordnance Stores
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This military document is an inventory and inspection report of unserviceable ordnance and ordnance stores for which Captain James J. Akard, Company "A" 8th Cavalry Regiment, Missouri State Militia was responsible for. The inventory which includes rifles and revolvers was examined by John W. Goldston, Lieutenant and Assistant Inspector.
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Date
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January 11, 1865
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Archibald Clements (Arch or Little Archie)
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Description
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Charcoal portrait drawing of Archibald Clements (sometimes spelled Clement) with a cigar in his mouth, dressed in a suit with a cravat and holding a pistol. Little Arch, or Archie, at age 17 became William ("Bloody Bill") Anderson's lieutenant. It is said that in one short year Clements eclipsed the record of every known guerrilla by killing 54 men. He was part of William C. Quantrill's famous raid on Lawrence, Kansas, August 21, 1863, and a major player in the Centralia, Missouri, massacre. After the Civil War he took up robbing banks until he was killed December 13, 1866, in Lexington, Missouri, at age 19.
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Harrison Trow
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Charcoal portrait of Harrison Trow in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Harrison Trow served under Quantrill and was at the Lawrence massacre, August 21, 1863, and Centralia, September 27, 1864, as well as the Battle of Independence, August 11, 1862. After the war, Trow lived in Blue Springs, Missouri, until 1901 when he moved to Texas where he died February 24, 1925. He identified the body of Jesse James after James was shot.
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Joseph (Joe) C. Lea
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Charcoal portrait of Joseph C. Lea (sometimes Lee) with artist's initials. Son of the noted Lee's Summit physician Dr. Pleasant Lea, Joe Lea was a member of Quantrill's Guerrillas. He was wounded during the raid on Lawrence, Kansas, August 21, 1863. After the Civil War, Lea moved to Roswell, New Mexico, where he became a buffalo hunter, lawman, rancher, banker, and instructor in the military department at the University of New Mexico. He died in 1904 at Roswell. ("The Encyclopedia of Quantrill's Guerrillas" [MVSC Q 973.742 L28e])
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Image
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Unidentified Man in Uniform
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified guerrilla dressed in coat or cloak, shirt, and hat similar to a beret adorned with a plume and three large and two small stars on the headband. Subject holds a pistol. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
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Image
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Date
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1893
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Invoice of Ordnance for August 20th 1862
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Description
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In this military document, Major Edward B. Eno certifies the transfer of six thousand rounds of ammunition to Lieutenant James J. Akard commanding the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A".
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Date
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August 20, 1862
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Abstract of Ordinance Expenditure, 1863
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Description
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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 third and fourth quarters of 1863.
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Date
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1863
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Title
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Receipt of Clothing for Military Duty, 1862
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Description
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This military document shows that "the Non-commissioned Officers, Artificers, Musicians and Privates of Co. "A", 8th Regt. Cav., Mo. S. Militia do hereby acknowledge to have received the several articles of Clothing" that are listed along with the names and signatures of those enrolled in this company. This disbursement of clothing was done under witness of Lieutenant James J. Akard.
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Date
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1862
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Monthly Returns of Quartermaster's Property
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Description
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This military document includes three "Monthly Return of Quartermasters property received and issued remaining on hand by JJ Akard Capt" of the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A". These returns are documentation of October and December 1864 and January 1865.
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Date
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1864-1865
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Certificate of Lost Missouri State Militia Property
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Description
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Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Company "A" Captain James J. Akard completes this certificate of lost property on February 19th, 1865, indicating the loss of cooking equipment while traveling from Springfield, Missouri to Saint Louis, Missouri.
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Date
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February 19, 1865
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Slave Bill of Sale
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Description
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This slave bill of sale, dated 1861, was drafted in Marion County, Missouri by Cleopatra Frazier. Frazier attests that she sold a female slave named Margaret and her daughter named Mary Jane to Isaac R. Campbell. Campbell paid $300 for both of the slaves.
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Object Type
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Legal Document
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Date
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1861
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Title
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Anderson Morton's Appointment to Second Sergeant
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Description
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Colonel Joseph W. McClurg informs the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment that Anderson Morton is appointed to Second Sergeant, in Company "A", of the Eighth Regiment of Cavalry, M.S.M..
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Date
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June 23, 1862
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Title
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Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 1865
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This military document is a return of ordnance and ordnance stores for Company "A" 8th Cavalry Regiment Missouri State Militia under command of Captain James J. Akard for the second quarter of 1865.
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Date
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May 26, 1865
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Statement of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores
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This military document is a half completed statement of ordnance and ordnance stores for Company "A", 8th Cavalry Regiment, Missouri State Militia. Soldiers are listed on the statement along with articles charged to them, but no commanding officer signed or certified the document.
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Date
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1863-1865
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From John W. Pattison to Unknown
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In this letter, John W. Pattison asks for a reply to his previous letter and requests any amount of money the letter recipient may have collected concerning John Bloomer.
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Date
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October 4, 1863
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