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Title: Examination of Jacob Weyler
Description: This is Jacob Weyler's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Weyler, a 51-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he was born in Bavaria, has lived in Missouri for 13 years, and remained loyal to the United States Government during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 25 in a bound volume, was signed by Weyler in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of James Leach
Description: This is James Leach's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Leach, a 38-year-old Virginia native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 12 years, and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 238 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Lawrence Zucker
Description: This is Lawrence Zucker's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Zucker, a 36-year-old European native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 11 years and served in the militia during the war. The oath is No. 202 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of William H. Corbin
Description: This is William H. Corbin's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Corbin, a 21-year-old Virginia native, states that he has resided in Missouri for 14 years and manifested his loyalty during the war "by obeying the laws and staying at home and behaving myself." The oath is No. 213 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of John Chrisman
Description: This is John Chrisman's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Chrisman, a 40-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he remained loyal to the United States Government during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 38 in a bound volume, was signed by Chrisman in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of James M. Bowing
Description: This is James M. Bowing's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Bowing, a 23-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he served in the militia during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 127 in a bound volume, was signed by Bowing in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Fredrick Gwinner
Description: This is Fredrick Gwinner's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Gwinner, 49, states that he has resided in Liberty, Missouri for 25 years. As evidence of his loyalty to the U.S. government, Gwinner reports that he "fed soldiers during the war." The oath is No. 136 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of William Bryant
Description: This is William Bryant's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Bryant, a 46-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he was born in Kentucky and demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government during the Civil War by "staying at home and attending to my own business and treating soldiers as they ought to be." The oath, labeled No. 83 in a bound volume, was signed by Bryant in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of W.G. Searcy
Description: This is W.G. Searcy's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Searcy describes himself as a 70-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri who was born in Kentucky. He states that during the Civil War, he remained loyal to the United States Government and "took but very little part" in the conflict. The oath, labeled No. 109 in a bound volume, was signed by W.G. Searcy on October 6, 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: October 6, 1866

Title: Examination of John R. Hall
Description: This is John R. Hall's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hall, a 61-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he was born in Kentucky and that he thought General Sterlin Price "ought to have been arrested by Fremont" after the capture of General Mulligan at the First Battle of Lexington. The oath, labeled No. 106 in a bound volume, was signed by Hall on October 6, 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: October 6, 1866

Title: Examination of Anderson B. Everett
Description: 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.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Thomas Morrison
Description: 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.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of James M. Keller
Description: 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.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: October 6, 1866

Title: Examination of David Roberts
Description: This is David Roberts's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Roberts, a 50-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 40 years. When asked if he "openly expressed a desire for the success of the Govt" during the war, Roberts answers, "I don't know as I can say that. I have been very careful about saying anything." The oath is No. 199 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Proclamation of Daniel Woodson
Description: This proclamation was issued August 24, 1856 by Acting Kansas Gov. Daniel Woodson in Lecompton, Kansas. Woodson declares that Kansas Territory is “infested” with large bodies of armed men organized in military fashion – presumably Gen. James Lane’s troops – who are murdering and detaining citizens, robbing and burning houses, and plundering local militias of arms for the purpose of subverting the territorial government. Woodson proclaims that Kansas Territory is in a state of “open insurrection and rebellion,” and calls upon its citizens to rally in support of their country and its laws and put down the insurrectionists.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: August 24, 1856

Title: Examination of A.R. Patrick
Description: This is A.R. Patrick's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Patrick, 33, states that he has resided in Missouri for 29 years and manifested his loyalty during the war by helping "in the Court House at one time." He says that upon hearing of the Federal defeat at Bull Run in 1861, "I remarked that it was a terrible thing." The oath is No. 206 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of James McKernin
Description: This is James McKernin's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. McKernin, a 50-year-old native of Ireland, states that he has resided in Missouri for 16 years and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 151 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Twenty-First General Assembly of Missouri
Description: The Appendix to the Journals of the Twenty-First General Assembly of Missouri was printed in 1861 by W.G. Cheeney in Jefferson City, Missouri. It includes petitions and letters to Gov. Robert M. Stewart about the guerrilla attacks on Missouri led by James Montgomery and Charles Jennison. The appendix also includes Brig. Gen. D.M. Frost’s report on the South-West Expedition, affidavits relating to Jennison’s murder of Russell Hindes, and proceedings from the Southern Kansas Convention.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1861

Title: Examination of Samuel Hays
Description: This is Samuel Hays's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hays, a 28-year-old Virginia native, states that he has lived in Missouri for seven years and served in the militia for two years during the war. The oath is No. 258 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of John W. Reynolds
Description: This is John W. Reynolds's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Reynolds, a 60-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 39 years, and opposed "the enemies of the Government" during the war "by staying at home and advising them to keep out of Rebellion." The oath is No. 182 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

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

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