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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 129 (search)
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125. the peace of Missouri.
Negotiations between Generals Fremont and Price.
Whereas Maj.-Gen. Sterling Price, commanding the Missouri State Guard, by letter dated at his Headquarters near Neosho, Missouri, October 26, 1861, has expressed a desire to enter into some arrangement with Maj.-Gen. John C. Fremont, commanding the forces of the United States, to facilitate the future exchange of prisoners of war released on parole; also, that all persons heretofore arrested for the mere expression of political opinions may be released from confinement or parole; also, that in future the war be confined exclusively to the armies in the field, and has authorized and empowered Major Henry W. Williams and D. Robert Barclay, Esq., to enter into such an arrangement in his behalf;
And whereas Major-General John C. Fremont concurs with Major-General Price;
Now, therefore, It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between Maj.-Gen. John C. Fremont and Maj.-Gen. Sterling Price, as f
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 217 (search)
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205. Gen. Price's proclamation.
November 1861.
The following is the proclamation from Gen. Price, issued at Neosho:
Fellow-citizens: In the month of June last, I was called to the command of a handful of Missourians, who nobly gave up home and comforts to espouse in that gloomy hour the cause of your bleeding country, struggling with the most heartless and cruel despotism known among civilized men. When peace and protection could no longer be enjoyed but at the price of honor and liberty, your chief magistrate called for fifty thousand men to drive the ruthless invaders from a soil made fruitful by your labors and consecrated by your homes.
And to that call less than five thousand responded out of a male population exceeding two hundred thousand men. One in forty only stepped forward to defend with their persons and their lives the cause of constitutional liberty and human rights.
Some allowances are to be made on the face of the want of military organization, a s