Missouri's War: The Civil War in Documents

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missouri’s฀war the฀civil฀war฀in฀the฀great฀interior Series Editors Martin J. Hershock and Christine Dee Ohio’s War: The Civil War in Documents, edited by Christine Dee Missouri’s War: The Civil War in Documents, edited by Silvana R. Siddali Indiana’s War: The Civil War in Documents, edited by Richard F. Nation and Stephen E. Towne forthcoming: Kansas’s War: The Civil War in Documents, edited by Pearl T. Ponce Michigan’s War: The Civil War in Documents, edited by John W. Quist Wisconsin’s War: The Civil War in Documents, edited by Chandra Manning missouri’s War The Civil War in Documents v edited฀by฀silvana฀r.฀siddali Ohio University Press Athens Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701 www.ohioswallow.com© 2009 by Ohio University Press All rights reserved To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from Ohio University Press publications, please contact our rights and permissions department at (740)฀593-1154 or (740) 593-4536 (fax). Printed in the United States of America Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ƒ ™ 16฀15฀14฀13฀12฀11฀10฀09฀฀฀฀฀5฀4฀3฀2฀1 Cover art: Order No. 11, by George Caleb Bingham. Courtesy Cincinnati Art Museum, The Edwin and Virdinia Irwin Memorial Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Missouri’s war : the Civil War in documents / edited by Silvana R. Siddali. p. cm. — (The Civil War in the great interior) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8214-1732-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) ฀1. Missouri—History—Civil War,฀1861–1865—Sources. 2. Missouri—History— Civil War,฀1861–1865—Social aspects—Sources. 3. Missouri—Politics and government—1861–1865—Sources. 4. Slavery—Missouri—History—19th century—Sources. 5. Slavery—Political aspects—Missouri—History—19th century—Sources.฀6.฀African Americans—Missouri—History—19th century— Sources.฀7. African Americans—Missouri—Social conditions—19th century— Sources. I. Siddali, Silvana R. E517.M576฀2009 ฀฀฀฀977.8'03—dc22 ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ 2009024626 Dedicated to my brothers, Wolff, Raphael, and Steve. ...