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Title: From W. Leonard Birney to A. Comingo
Description: This letter, dated November 9, 1863, is from Sgt. W. Leonard Birney in Plattsburg, Missouri to Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal of the 6th district of Missouri. Birney states that he has enclosed vouchers for military expenditures and asks Comingo to verify whether he filled them out correctly.
Date: November 9, 1863

Title: Discharge of George McMillin
Description: These are the official discharge papers for George McMillin, who served as a private under Captain James Dunne in Company A of the 1st Regiment of Missouri Engineers from 1861 to 1864. The document, dated July 22, 1864, describes McMillin as a 23 year old farmer from Gentry County, Missouri. He was discharged after completing his term of service.
Date: July 22, 1864

Title: James J. Akard's Appointment and Commission to Colonel
Description: In this document, Missouri Governor Thomas C. Fletcher appoints and commissions James J. Akard as Colonel of the Polk and Cedar Counties Regiment in the Missouri Militia.
Date: June 23, 1865

Title: Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 1863
Description: 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 third quarter of 1863.
Date: May 26, 1865

Title: Certificate of a Lost Horse on October 8th, 1864
Description: In this military document, Captain James J. Akard certifies that one horse of the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A" was killed during the Battle of Jefferson City on October 8, 1864.
Date: February 16, 1865

Title: Invoice of Quartermasters Stores
Description: This military document is a Quartermasters Stores Invoice for the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A" that shows the transfer of iron and nails from Lieutenant M. W. Johnson and Lieutenant James J. Akard.
Date: August 4, 1862

Title: Examination of Anderville Franklin
Description: This is Anderville Franklin's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Franklin, a 23-year-old native of Clinton County, Missouri, states that he served in the militia in Nodaway County, Missouri during the war. The oath is No. 160 in a bound volume.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: 1866

Title: Missouri State Militia General Orders Enforcing Abstinence from Liquor
Description: This General Order to the Missouri State Militia reminds officers that while in service, alcohol consumption is illegal and punishable by Court Martial. S. B. Shaw states that the health of the troops "depends upon the regularity of their habits, and abstinence all unwholesome food and intoxicating liquors..."
Date: January 10, 1862

Title: Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 1864
Description: 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 1864.
Date: July 7, 1864

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: From W. Leonard Birney to A. Comingo
Description: On December 25, 1863, W. Leonard Birney writes from Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri to Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal for the 6th District of Missouri, in Lexington, Missouri. Birney states that he has accepted the position of Recruiting Agent for Clinton County, but has not heard anything more from Comingo. He adds that the printed enrollment lists need to be corrected, because certain names are missing.
Date: December 25, 1863

Title: From Henry S. Glaze to James Boyer
Description: On December 18, 1863, Capt. Henry S. Glaze, 9th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, writes from Macon, Missouri to James Boyer, Deputy Provost Marshal for Chariton County, Missouri. Glaze sends a summary of his recent interviews with a number of soldiers accused of deserting, noting that most of them were properly discharged or released unconditionally.
Date: December 18, 1863

Title: Letters Sent (Provost Marshal's Office, 7th District Missouri)
Description: This notebook contains copies of letters sent from the Provost Marshal's Office, 7th District of Missouri, in St. Joseph, Missouri, between July 2, 1864 and April 21, 1865. The correspondence, written by Capt. William Fowler, Provost Marshal of the 7th District, addresses such topics as military enrollment, including names of recruits; army desertion; compensation; draft dodgers; and an instance of character defamation in the St. Louis "Morning Herald." Correspondents include Missouri Provost Marshal General E.B. Alexander and U.S. Provost Marshal General James B. Fry.
Date: July 2, 1864-April 21, 1865

Title: Quarterly Returns of Deceased Soldiers, 1863
Description: This military document is a collection of quarterly returns of deceased soldiers of the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment Company "A". These returns are documentation of the first and second quarters of 1863.
Date: 1863

Title: Correspondence With Recruiting Officers and Special Orders (Provost Marshal General's Bureau)
Description: This notebook contains copies of correspondence between the Missouri Provost Marshal General's Bureau and recruiting officers in the field from December 1862 to September 1863. Topics addressed in the correspondence include appointments to various military positions; information about new recruits; and special orders. Participants in the correspondence include Col. B.L.E. Bonneville, Lt. Thomas D. McClure, and Missouri Gov. Hamilton R. Gamble.
Date: December 1862-September 1863

Title: Ordnance and Ordnance Store Receipts
Description: This military document is a collection of Ordnance and Ordnance Store Receipts for the Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Regiment that shows transfers of weapons and ammunition in between Captain James J. Akard and Lieutenant J. P. Tracy at Springfield, Missouri.
Date: January 12, 1865

Title: Missouri Militia Division of Sub Districts
Description: In this military document, Colonel Hosea G. Mullings lists the eight divisions of the 5th Sub District, 2nd Military District of the Missouri Militia. He specifies what counties or townships of counties belong to each division as well as the names of those charged with superintending the organization of their command for each division.
Date: June 14, 1865

Title: Examination of B.A. Bailey
Description: This is B.A. Bailey's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Bailey describes himself as a 22-year-old lifelong resident of Liberty, Missouri. He states that he joined the army to fight for the Union during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 28 in a bound volume, was signed by Bailey on September 29, 1866.
Object Type: Government Document
Date: September 29, 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: From A.F. Cox to A. Comingo
Description: This letter, dated November 16, 1863, is from A.F. Cox, Deputy Provost Marshal of Platte County, Missouri, to Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal of the 6th district of Missouri. Cox reports that the latest payrolls have not arrived, and informs Comingo that he plans to travel to St. Louis the following day. He also states that he lost the "letter of direction" that Comingo sent.
Date: November 16, 1863

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

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