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Title: Examination of John McKarmin
Description: This is John McKarmin's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. McKarmin, a 22-year-old native of Ireland, states that he has lived in Missouri for 14 years and served in the militia during the war. The unnumbered oath is contained in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of John A. Mitchell
Description: This is John A. Mitchell's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Mitchell, a 21-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that during the Civil War, he "went into the Federal army and fought for the Govt." The oath, labeled No. 55 in a bound volume, was signed by Mitchell on September 29, 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: September 29, 1866

Title: Examination of David S. Miller
Description: This is David S. Miller's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Miller, a native of Virginia, states that he has lived in Missouri since 1850, and was likely enrolled by the military authorities as "disloyal" in 1862. He says he went to Texas for six months during the war "to dispose of some property." Miller was required to give bond by the military authorities, but it was "shortly afterwards remitted, as I went into the Service voluntarily and remained till the end of the war." The oath is No. 198 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Ellison Higbee
Description: This is Ellison Higbee's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Higbee, a 44-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 14 years and served in the militia during the war. The oath is No. 178 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Moses Dickson
Description: This is Moses Dickson's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Dickson, a native of Kentucky, states that he has lived in Missouri for 14 years and served in the military during the war. The oath is No. 194 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Alfred L. Braly
Description: This is Alfred L. Braly's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Braly, a 40-year-old Missouri native, states that he went into the militia during the war, "but got exempt and went home." The oath is No. 231 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Willis S. Hymer
Description: This is Willis S. Hymer's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hymer, a 45-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he was born in Kentucky and that he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government during the Civil War by "sympathizing with the govt. and serving in the militia." The oath, labeled No. 68 in a bound volume, was signed by Hymer in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of John H. Frick
Description: This is John H. Frick's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Frick, a 21-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that he served as a Union soldier in the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 102 in a bound volume, was signed by Frick in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Edwin G. Hamilton
Description: This is Edwin G. Hamilton's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hamilton, a 22-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 11 years and served in the militia during the war. The oath is No. 212 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of James D. Baxter
Description: This is James D. Baxter's Oath of Loyalty to the United States, given on September 22, 1866. Baxter, a twenty-seven year old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that during the Civil War, he "sympathized with the Government" and served in the Missouri State Militia. He swears that he only left Missouri once during the war, when he was hired to "take some negroes South." He admits that he has cousins who served in the Missouri State Guard, but attests that "I know nothing further." The oath, No. 1 in a bound volume, is signed by Baxter and by James W. James, Clay County Register.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: September 22, 1866

Title: Examination of James Fraher
Description: This is James Fraher's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Fraher, a 47-year-old native of Ireland, states that he has lived in Missouri for 16 years and "served in the militia here in town." He also says that he was "put under bond against my wish." The oath is No. 184 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of D.D. Gant
Description: This is D.D. Gant's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Gant, a 32-year-old North Carolina native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 29 years, and served in the militia during the war. When asked which side he supported during the war, Gant replies, "I claimed to be a government man and a southern man at the same time." The oath is No. 257 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Marion Tarflett
Description: This is Marion Tarflett's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Tarflett describes himself as a 21-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri who was born in Jackson County, Missouri. He states that he served in the United States military for three years during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 72 in a bound volume, was signed by Tarflett in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of John A. Denny
Description: This is John A. Denny's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Denny, a 58-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he was born in North Carolina and that he served in the Home Guards during the Civil War. He says that he "was struck with astonishment and surprise" when he heard that Gen. Price captured Gen. Mulligan's army at Lexington, Missouri. The oath, labeled No. 71 in a bound volume, was signed by Denny in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of David Ramsey
Description: This is David Ramsey's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Ramsey, a 21-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he was born in Ireland and that he served in the United States military during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 73 in a bound volume, was signed by Ramsey in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Thomas R. Donaldson
Description: This is Thomas R. Donaldson's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Donaldson, a 32-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has resided in Missouri for 30 years and served in the militia during the war. The oath is No. 159 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Samuel H. Thompson
Description: This is Samuel H. Thompson's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Thompson, a 27-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he served in the militia during the Civil War, and admits that, "I had friends on both sides which I sympathized with." The oath, labeled No. 54 in a bound volume, was signed by Thompson in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: From S.H. Holmes to A. Comingo
Description: This letter, dated December 19, 1863, is from S.H. Holmes in Liberty, Missouri to Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal of the 6th district of Missouri. Holmes requests the authority to remove from conscription rolls the names of anyone physically unsuitable for military service.
Date: December 19, 1863

Title: Examination of C.W. Haynes
Description: This is C.W. Haynes's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Haynes, a 23-year-old Missouri native, states that he served in the militia during the war, "guarding your door while you was asleep." The oath is No. 241 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Examination of Henry Bunker
Description: This is Henry Bunker's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Bunker, who was born in Ohio, describes himself as a 47-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri. He states that he served in the militia during the Civil War and "obeyed all the laws" of the United States. The oath, labeled No. 42 in a bound volume, was signed by Bunker in 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

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

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