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Correspondence relating to the Southern Division and independent companies of the Kansas Militia. Includes commissions issued by Colonel George W. Johnson of the 2nd Regiment for William F. Donaldson, John Riffel, George H. Cole, William J. Preston, John Shannon, Dr. B.C. Brooke, and others. Commissions were also issued for members of the Lecompton Riflemen, the Tustunuggee Mounted Rifles, and the Fort Scott Mounted Riflemen. Other correspondence includes orders from Governor Daniel Woodson to Major General Asbury M. Coffey in August 1856, the correspondence of Henry T. Titus and William A. Heiskell with Governor John W. Geary, and a petition from Captain John Donaldson of Company A, 2nd Regiment asking Governor Geary that his company be honorably discharged.
Date: 1855-1856
Item Number: 225768
Call Number: Territorial Executive Department, Correspondence and Miscellaneous Documents, 1854-1856
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225768
Collections - State Archives - Kansas Territory Executive Department
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Shannon, Wilson
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Militia
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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