Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Missouri Governor Thomas C. Fletcher suggesting that opposing factions in the state be encouraged to hold neighborhood meetings to pledge mutual commitment to ending the state's internal conflicts. February 20, 1865.…
Letter from General Grenville M. Dodge to Abraham Lincoln assessing current conditions in northern Missouri, where violent conflict between enemy guerilla forces and Unionist residents remained widespread. Dodge notes that conditions had improved but…
Letter from U.S. Representative William A. Hall (Democrat, Missouri) to Abraham Lincoln reporting the disarming of a Missouri Enrolled Militia company by regular Union troops, a move he believes will incite worse violence in the state. Hall also…
Letter from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln stating his reasons for opposing further release of restrictions on Rev. Samuel McPheeters, a St. Louis minister and suspected Southern sympathizer. April 3, 1863. Copy.
Letter from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln opposing any efforts to reverse orders for his removal from command of the Department of the Missouri and outlining controversial actions he believes led to charges against him. March 23, 1863.…
Letter from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln regarding military orders intended to keep fugitive slaves from being brought into military camps. January 31, 1863. Copy.
Letter from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln discussing Lincoln's expressed concerns about better coordination between Curtis and Governor Hamilton Gamble on Missouri matters, including those related to assessments, banishments, and the…
Telegram from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln reporting he has not heard of "Negro trouble" but that his forces are responding to a Confederate raid on Springfield, Missouri. January 11, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had taken…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to General Samuel R. Curtis regarding proposed banishment of St. Louis minister Samuel B. McPheeters for southern sympathies. Lincoln expresses his intent to leave the decision up to Curtis but emphasizes his belief that…
Letter from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln expressing his objection to the President's suspension of an order to banish Reverend Samuel B. McPheeters of St. Louis for Southern sympathies and explaining his view on the need for stringent…
