Requests that he increase the number of troops in that area. Transcription: Lexington Aug 15 / 61 Major Gen Jno C. Fremont[John C. Fremont] Sir ? As citizens of Lafayette County, & loyal to the Government of the United States, we respectfully represent to you that there is a great necessity for troops at this point. There is here but a very small number of soldiers all of whom ? or nearly all ? are undrilled. The peace is without any sufficient ordinance. This country is the very heart of the Secession sentiment of the State. & if left unoccupied will certainly & speedily be occupied by re
Requests that he increase the number of troops in that area. Transcription: Lexington Aug 15 / 61 Major Gen Jno C. Fremont[John C. Fremont] Sir ? As citizens of Lafayette County, & loyal to the Government of the United States, we respectfully represent to you that there is a great necessity for troops at this point. There is here but a very small number of soldiers all of whom ? or nearly all ? are undrilled. The peace is without any sufficient ordinance. This country is the very heart of the Secession sentiment of the State. & if left unoccupied will certainly & speedily be occupied by rebel forces: already bands of men are forming through the country, & all our information goes to show that a large encampment is being formed at or near southern edge of this county. The force here ? composed of raw recruits ? cannot send us a force sufficient to hold the country & afford the protection to Union men here they so much need. We have the honor to be yours in loyalty to the Union W. M. Smallwood Scott C D Telynt[?] E Burden F Cooley Wm Green[William Green] Silas Silver Edward Stratton Lewis W Smallwood Wm S. Field[William S. Field] Harry Neill R. C. Vaughan Title: Appeal of the citizens of Lafayette County, Mo., to John C. Fremont, August 15, 1861 . 15 August 1861. Smallwood, W. M.
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