From A. Comingo to E.B. Alexander

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Title: From A. Comingo to E.B. Alexander
Creator: A. Comingo
E.G. Bush
Thomas Ewing
J.A. Campbell
Description: This dispatch, dated November 19, 1863, is from Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal of the 6th district of Missouri, to Col. E.B. Alexander, Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General of Missouri. Comingo asks for Alexander's help in procuring military escorts for an Enrolling Officer. The officer will be recruiting volunteers in Lafayette County, which is threatened by "a few guerrillas prowling around."
Date: November 19, 1863
Local Subject: Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Missouri military units (Union)
Guerrillas
People: A. Comingo
E.G. Bush
Thomas Ewing
J.A. Campbell
Thomas E Ewing
Geographic Subject: Lexington, Missouri
Lafayette County, Missouri
Owning Organization: National Archives at Kansas City
Location: Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), RG110: MO 4357; Box 9
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