Letter from General Samuel R. Curtis to Abraham Lincoln counseling against transferring military governance of Missouri from Union troops to the Enrolled Missouri Militia (E.M.M.), a 40,000 man force with questionable abilities and loyalties, in…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to General Samuel R. Curtis reporting that Governor Hamilton R. Gamble and Congressional members of Missouri have requested that military assessments against southern sympathizers be discontinued statewide. Lincoln asks…
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…
