Examination of Nathaniel Grant

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Title: Examination of Nathaniel Grant
Alternate Title: Oath of Loyalty
Creator: Nathaniel Grant
Description: This is Nathaniel Grant's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Grant, a 48-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, says that he felt "a little sorry" when Gen. Sterling Price captured Gen. Mulligan's army at Lexington, Missouri, and that he felt "rather down in the mouth" when the Federal army was defeated at Bull Run in 1861. The oath, labeled No. 52 in a bound volume, was signed by Nathaniel Grant in 1866.
Date: 1866
Local Subject: Surviving a Guerrilla War
Battle of Hemp Bales / Battle of Lexington
People: Nathaniel Grant
Sterling Price
Geographic Subject: Clay County, Missouri
Liberty, Missouri
Lafayette County, Missouri
Lexington, Missouri
Object Type: Government Document
Owning Organization: Charles F. Curry Library, William Jewell College
Location: William Jewell Special Collections, Missouri Collection, E2: Volume 1.
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