Proclamation to the State of Missouri

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A Proclamation

Whereas the Federal Government has issued an order calling upon all male citizens between the ages of eighteen and forty-five to come forward and enroll their names, preparatory to drafting men to reinforce their lately defeated army before “Richmond.”

We proclaim to all men if they will come to any of the many camps, now in the brush they will be furnished with arms, and ammunition, with which to

Any one who shall be found guilty of reporting to any military post, the where bouts of any southern man shall be shot.

Any one liable to military duty who shall leave the State, or shall be found preparing to leave the State to prevent being called into the service will be deemed enemies of the “South,” and treated accordingly.

(To the State of Missouri Aug[.] 4th/'62)

Upton Hays
W.C. Quantrile

Civil War

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Title: Proclamation to the State of Missouri
Creator: William Clarke Quantrill
Upton Hays
Description: In response to the federal government’s order that all eligible men enroll for the draft, Upton Hays and William Clarke Quantrill issue this proclamation to the state of Missouri. Hays and Quantrill state that all Missourians joining their forces will be furnished with arms and ammunition. “Any one who shall be found guilty of reporting to any military post the whereabouts of any Southern person shall be shot,” while men eligible for military duty who leave the state will be deemed “enemies of the ‘South’ and treated accordingly.”
Date: August 4, 1862
Local Subject: Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Surviving a Guerrilla War
Border Ruffians
Guerrillas
People: William Clarke Quantrill
Upton Hays
Object Type: Circular
Owning Organization: Missouri Valley Special Collections
Location: J.O. Williams Collection, Box 1: Folder 2
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