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These papers are primarily made up of signed military oaths and muster rolls, arranged alphabetically by county. They chronicle the organization of small, township militias across the state, including the Humboldt Rangers, Little Osage Cavalry, Huron Home Guards, Barnesville Home Guards, Padonia Frontier Guards, LeRoy Scouts, Greenwood Township Rifle Company, Circleville Riflemen, Bainter Rangers of Jefferson County, Twin Springs Union Guards, Cavalry Company at Neosho Falls, among many others. Also included is correspondence between the citizens volunteering for the Kansas State Militia and government officials, including Adjutant General Guilford Dudley, Adjutant General Cyrus K. Holliday, Governor Charles L. Robinson, and Governor Thomas Carney.
Date: 1861-1865
Item Number: 227858
Call Number: Kansas Adjutant General, Kansas State Militia Miscellaneous Papers by County
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227858
Collections - State Archives - Adjutant General - Correspondence
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Date - 1861-1869 - 1864
Date - 1861-1869 - 1865
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Carney, Thomas
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Orders, Military
People - Notable Kansans - Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888
People - Notable Kansans - Dudley, Guilford, 1835-1905
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Places - Counties - Allen
Places - Counties - Anderson
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Breckinridge (1855-1862)
Places - Counties - Brown
Places - Counties - Chase
Places - Counties - Coffey
Places - Counties - Davis (1855-1889)
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Franklin
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Counties - Jackson
Places - Counties - Jefferson
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Counties - Lyon
Places - Counties - Marion
Places - Counties - Marshall
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Counties - Nemaha
Places - Counties - Osage
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
Places - Counties - Republic
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Counties - Saline
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Places - Counties - Washington
Places - Counties - Woodson
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records - Military orders
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records - Muster rolls
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