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Missouri Militia Loyalty Oaths Archive

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Group of thirty-three (33) "Oaths of Loyalty for Officers of the Missouri Militia." issued to various officers from Caldwell, Clinton and Madison counties. Most issued September and October 1865, all are signed by a Justice of the Peace and the soldier. The Oath reads in part: "...I, ...do solemnly swear, that I am well acquainted with the terms of the third section of the second Article of the Constitution of the State of Missouri, adopted in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and have carefully considered the same; that I have never, directly or indirectly, done any of the acts in said section specified; that I have always been truly and loyally on the side of the United States against all enemies thereof foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States, and will support the Constitution and laws thereof, as the supreme law of the land, any law or ordinance of any State to the contrary notwithstanding; that I will, to the best of my ability, protect and defend the Union of the United States, and not allow the same to be broken up and dissolved, or the Government thereof to be destroyed or overthrown, under any circumstances, if in my power to prevent it; that I will support the Constitution of the State of Missouri; and that I make this oath without any mental reservation or evasion, and hold it to be binding on me...." All VG to Fine.

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