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R Wright, Clark.

523 Papers, 1861-1863.

Two folders.

These are the Civil War papers of Clark Wright, a resident of Polk County, Missouri, and a Union cavalry officer. The collection includes an order to Wright from John M. Schofield, letters from St. Louis and Rolla to his wife, Sarah Jane Wright, newspaper clippings, rosters of the field and staff officers of the 6^th Missouri Cavalry, and a list of signs and countersigns for the post at Lebanon, Missouri.

Folder 1: Original documents (see filing order, below) and newspaper clippings.

Folder 2: Typescripts (in the same order as the originals).

1861 31 July J. M. Schofield, Springfield, Mo., to Capt. Wright

1861 03 December Clark Wright, St. Louis, Mo., to Sarah Jane Wright

1861 20 December Clark Wright, Rolla, Mo., to Sarah Jane Wright

1862 09 February “Paroles and countersigns for the South Western District of Mo.,”

Lebanon, Mo.

1862 01 October Roster of Field, Staff, and Line Officers, 6^th Missouri Cavalry

1862 n.d. Roster of Field, Staff, and Line officers, 6^th Missouri Cavalry

1863 15 June Roster of Line, Field and Staff, 6^th Missouri Cavalry

Newspaper clippings (reports by William Fayel from the correspondence of the St. Louis Missouri Democrat):

1861 17 December “From Rolla”

1862 06 January “From Lebanon”

1862 12 January “From Rolla”

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