Samuel R. Curtis

This telegram, dated June 7, 1864, was sent by Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Kansas Gov. Thomas Carney. Curtis states that he has been authorized to issue 1,000 arms and 200,000 rounds of ammunition to the militia. He tells Curtis that “Bushwhackers are east & south of us and hostile thieving indians west but with great vigilance on the part of federal & state troops we may protect the settlement.”

June 7, 1864

Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
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Bushwhackers
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American Indians
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Samuel R. Curtis
Samuel R Curtis
Thomas Carney

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas

Telegram

Kansas Historical Society

Stevens, T.C., Folder 2: Correspondence 1864, Item 25

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