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This correspondence was sent to Kansas Governor Samuel J. Crawford and Kansas Adjutant General Josiah B. McAfee from members of the First Battalion of the Kansas Volunteer Militia. This group was also known as the "Frontier Battalion" charged with defending western parts of Kansas from Indians. Correspondents include Assistant Adjutant General George B. Jenness, Lt. Milo R. Harris, Capt. S. J. Jennings of Company A and his 2nd Lt. Norman A. Lovejoy (including a petition for Jennings' dismissal for drunkenness), Capt. H. D. Baker of Company B, Capt. B. C. Sanders of Company C, Capt. A. J. Armstrong of Company D, Capt. John A. Potts of Company E, and John S. Park, commanding officer of the Sharp's Creek Detachment. A sizable portion of the correspondence was written in Salina, Kansas. There are several items written in Lawrence, Kansas, with a few letters from a number of other communities
Date: 1868
Item Number: 227850
Call Number: Kansas Adjutant General, First Battalion Kansas Volunteer Militia, Field and Staff Co. A - E, Recruiting Commissions and Miscellaneous Papers, 1868
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227850
Collections - State Archives - Adjutant General - Correspondence
Date - 1861-1869 - 1868
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Crawford, S. J. (Samuel Johnson)
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Service - Militias
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - American Indians
People - Notable Kansans - Crawford, S. J. (Samuel Johnson), 1835-1913
Places - Cities and towns - Detroit
Places - Cities and towns - Emporia
Places - Cities and towns - Hays
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Lindsey
Places - Cities and towns - Marion
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Cities and towns - Washington
Places - Counties - Cloud
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Ellis
Places - Counties - Lyon
Places - Counties - Marion
Places - Counties - Ottawa
Places - Counties - Saline
Places - Counties - Washington
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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