From Samuel R. Ayres to Lyman Langdon

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Title: From Samuel R. Ayres to Lyman Langdon
Creator: Samuel R. Ayres
Description: This letter, dated May 6, 1862, is from Samuel R. Ayres to Lyman Langdon. Ayres states that he was ordered, along with the 7th Kansas Volunteer Regiment, to report at Fort Riley. The 1st and 2nd Kansas Volunteer Regiments and the 12th and 13th Wisconsin Regiments are also at Fort Riley, Ayres says, and they are all preparing to move to New Mexico. Ayres suspects that the purpose of the relocation is to move the abolitionist soldiers away from “the vicinity of slavedom.”
Date: May 6, 1862
Local Subject: Kansas military units
Out-of-state military units serving in Kansas
African Americans
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Topeka Constitutional Convention
People: Samuel R. Ayres
Geographic Subject: Fort Riley, Kansas
Riley County, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Shawnee County, Kansas
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Misc.: Ayres, Samuel, Item 7
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