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Collection of correspondence including letters written to Governor Charles Robinson and letters written by Charles Chadwick, Adjutant General of Kansas. Also included are appointments issued by James H. Lane, Commissioner of Recruiting, to Ernestus Gilpatrick, John Owens, Edward P. Kellam, C.K. Gilchrist, J.B. Allen, Felix Brenigan, Isaac Seaman, Robert Little, A.G. Cunningham, Andrew J. Frances, Robert Riddle, Joseph R. Kent, Jeremiah C. Johnson, William Cowan, and Allen Griffen. Topics discussed include the consolidation and reorganization of Kansas regiments and companies and mustering out of individuals. Several letters sent to General J.C. Stone in Leavenworth from citizens endorsing S.E. Ward, a trader at Fort Laramie, report Indian hostility along the road to California. A searchable, full-text version of this correspondence is available by clicking "Text Version" below.
Creator: Kansas. Adjutant General's Office
Date: 1861-1862
Item Number: 227318
Call Number: Kansas Adjutant General, General correspondence, 1861-1862, Folders 1-2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227318
Collections - State Archives - Adjutant General - Correspondence
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Department of War
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Service - Recruiting
Military - Weapons - Firearms
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Orders, Military
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Telegram
People - Notable Kansans - Blunt, James Gillpatrick
People - Notable Kansans - Deitzler, George W.
People - Notable Kansans - Jennison, Charles Ransford, 1834-1884
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Montgomery, James, 1814-1871
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records
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