William H. Doah

This dispatch was sent to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart on April 21, 1859 by Capt. William H. Doah, Company B, Missouri Militia at Headquarters, Missouri Militia, in Butler, Bates County, Missouri. Doah reports that some Missouri citizens in “thinly settled neighborhoods” along the state line fear they will be attacked by guerrillas from Kansas. Therefore, Doah plans to “move on the line with my company in seven or eight days or as soon as I get the necessary arms.” Doah requests that “some fifty stand of muskets” be sent to the citizens of West Point, Missouri for their defense.

April 21, 1859

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas

William H. Doah

Bates County, Missouri

Missouri State Archives

Missouri-Kansas Border Collection; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 1, Folder 40

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