Copyright: 94.1H.112 PawPaw Militia in St. Joseph, 1864
Name/Title
PawPaw Militia in St. Joseph, Civil War, 1864
Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.344
Description
PawPaw Militia in St. Joseph, Civil War, 1864. b/w. PawPaw militia refers to men enrolled in the Missouri State Militia, who were charged with keeping the local peace in Buchanan, Clay, & Platte Counties. They had effectively stopped the Jayhawker raids into this part of Missouri. However, they were made up of disloyal soldiers, men who were former bushwackers or Confederates returned from fighting. There was a move to mount an offensive against the Union Troops in Northwest Missouri by these men, to establish a Northwest Confederacy. The movement was quashed before it began.
This photo shows the militia formed in a dirt street in front of G.W. Brown's Stoves & Tinware Shop. The are in uniform and formed in four lines, with what appears more like wooden poles than rifles. Spectators including children line either side of street. Handwritten on back: "PawPaw Militia in St. Joseph." (Same as 94.1H.112).
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Date made
1864
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Civil wars
Search Terms
Civil War in St. Joseph, Missouri Militia, 1864, PawPaw Militia, 1864, PawPaw Rebellion
