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B. W. Johnson, relieved from duty April 7, 1863.
D. Jackson, relieved from duty April 7, 1863. Robert Jackson, discharged for disability January 15, 1863. Ab. Jackson, relieved from duty April 7, 1863. James Kelly, relieved from duty April 7, 1863.
M. F. Kirby, relieved from duty April 7, 1863.
W. T. Lemon, relieved from duty April 7, 1863.
D. P. Lemon, exempt for disability.
T. J. Lemon, exempt for disability.
D. Little, not ordered into service. Steph. Mayfield, died February 17, 1863.
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Andrew Mayfield, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. Jac. Mayfield, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. John Mayfield, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. J. W. McMahan, died, December 21, 1862. B. McMahan, discharged, December 23, 1862. James McRoberts, discharged, December 23, 1862. Lentz Mullins, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. D. Martin, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. Isaac Massey, deserted, December 24, 1863. Thomas Moore, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. M. Mistler, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. J. W. Musick, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. J. Milsaps, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. H. Mayfield, not ordered into service. Robert McKittock, not ordered into service. Wm. Nye, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. Jo Pittman, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. F. Pittman, discharged, December 23, 1862. A. J. Pruit, discharged, December 23, 1862. Wm. Parsons, transferred, November 20, 1862. John Ricehouse, discharged, December 23, 1862. W. S. Renick, discharged, December 23, 1862. J. C. Rogers, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. Wm. Roe, not ordered into service.
Chris Speck, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. John Stephens, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. A. J. Seaman, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. A. Sullivan, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. Ben Sullivan, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. J. C. Seltner, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. W. R. Skidmore, discharged, December 24, 1862. Ira Tilman, discharged, September 20, 1862. Joe Tilman, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863.
- W. H. Thompson, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. Charles Ulrey, no note.
Ash Warren, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. D. Weeden, discharged, November 20, 1862. John White, relieved from duty, April 7, 1863. Morgan Welsh, discharged, December 23, 1862. H. R. Weeden, discharged, September 9, 1862. R. F. Young, discharged, November 6, 1862. H. Young, discharged, November 6, 1862. M. Zimmerman, relieved from duty April 7, 1863.
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MUSTER ROLL, COMPANY G, 71ST E. M. M.
Wm. L. Corum, captain, relieved from duty, December 21, 1862. J. R. Fulkerson, 1st lieutenant, relieved from duty, April 3, 1863. William H. Browning, 2d lieutenant, relieved from duty, April 3, 1863. John A. Fulkerson, 1st sergeant, relieved from duty, April 3, 1863. S. C. Aulger, 2d sergeant, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. Jno. Carmett, 3d sergeant, relieved from duty November 30, 1862. Wm. C. Thompson, 4th sergeant, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862.
I. N. Wood, 5th sergeant, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. G. W. Wood, 1st corporal, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. W. P. Lindsay, 2d corporal, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. I. N. Patterson, 3d corporal, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. S. B. Harrison, 4th corporal, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. S. B. Holland, 5th corporal, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863.
E. H. Fulkerson, 6th corporal, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. Pete Akeman, private, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863.
B. Aulger, private, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. M. Aulger, private, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. J. S. Aulger, private, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. J. Buck, private, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. E. Browning, private, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. J. D. Billingsby, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. A. M. Bouldin, relieved from duty, November, 30, 1862. Chas. Bishop, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. L. Carey, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. W. R. Carr, relieved from duty, April, 5, 1863. W. H. Channey, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. F. Campbell, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. W. D. Carmack, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862.
S. C. Carey, relieved from duty, February 20, 1862. M. F. Cook, no note.
B. G. Doyle, relieved from duty, November 20, 1862.
J. W. Davis, relieved from duty, December 23, 1862. P. Duffey, relieved from duty, December 23, 1862. Aug. Deerking, relieved from duty, December 23, 1862.
I. W. Elsea, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. T. C. Elliott, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. Jas. Friell, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. N. Graham, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863.
P. Hagan, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862.
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HISTORY OF SALINE COUNTY.
J. W. Hayse, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. W. R. Hayse, relieved from duty, November 30, 1862. W. J. Highly, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. W. H. Harrison, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. Jo. Hicks, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. Jo. Havelin, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. G. W. Harris, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. T. D. Harris, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. A. P. Harris, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. F. Y. Harris, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862. W. D. Harris, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. A. J. Harris, relieved from duty, Oct. 14, 1862. E. Harmon, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. W. W. Harmon, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862. W. M. Haggard, relieved from duty, Nov: 30, 1862. J. P. Hook, relieved from duty, Oct. 14, 1862. E. Herndon, relieved from duty, Oct. 14, 1862. E. Havelin, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. Wm. Huffman, relieved from duty, Nov. 19, 1862. W. A. Hulse, relieved from duty, Nov. 20, 1862. Allen Jackson, relieved from duty, Oct. 14, 1862. G. W. Johnson, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862. Wm. Jackman, relieved from duty, Oct. 14, 1862. Dan. Kerr, relieved from duty, Oct. 14, 1862. I. Langley, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. ·. E. B. Laughlin, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863 .- R. F. Laughlin, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. Jno. Lynch, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862. Jno. D. Mckown, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. J. T. Mooney, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. W. Milson, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. U. Mayse, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. W. G. Mayse, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862. A. McAllister, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. M. Nolan, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. J. R. Owens, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862. Chas. Philips, relieved from duty, Dec. 23, 1862. M. E. Somers, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. P. Shindoff, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. L. R. Smith, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. J. L. Small, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. C. H. Schirich, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862. D. Spotts, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862.
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J. M. Scott, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862.
B. B. Thomas, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863. H. H. Taylor, relieved from duty. Nov. 30, 1862. Wm. Trease, relieved from duty, Nov. 30, 1862. . J. W. Worts, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863.
W. T. Woodward, relieved from duty, April 5, 1863.
T. A. Weller, relieved from duty, Oct. 14, 1862.
COMPANY F., SEVENTH REGIMENT, M. S. M., U. S. A.
John F. Philips, colonel; Thomas T. Crittenden, lieutenant colonel; Benjamin H. Wilson, captain; R. J. Leaming, 1st lieutenant; John S. Crane, 2d lieutenant
Privates .- W. J. Fulkerson, John V. Fulkerson, E. H. Fulkerson, T. B. Fulkerson, Ab. Gwinn, W. A. Gwinn, G. H. Hyland, Dan Wilhite, Ab. Wilhite, R. M. Maupin, L. T. Maupin, Thomas W. Taylor, Isaac Tay- lor, James Riley, Mike Ryan, Pat. McKenna, Adam H. Butt, Marion Bellville, Tom Scheuvcrant, N. F. McMahan, G. W. Hood, L. A. Hagan, W. S. Akers, Jno. Brisbois, T. J. Jackman, Wm. H. Masters, Thos. F. Miller, W. L. Crane, Jas. Ferrill, J. D. Claycombe, W. R. Aulger, Berry Aulger, Anderson Aulger, Wm. Aulger, Thomas Ray, Martin Mistler, Jno. White, Wm. Price, W. H. T. Price, Ed. Laughlin, Frank Tickemeyer, Isaac M. Wood, Jno. L. Aulger, John Linte, Tom Moonon, Tim Durgen, Jno. Stacey, Wm. Theobalds, Jos. Pittman, Anthony Gerhard, Chris Miller.
FEDERAL-MISCELLANEOUS.
Wm. L. Beatie, private; enlisted in 71st regiment, E. M. M., Feb., 1862.
C. H. Parker, private; corporal, sergeant, enlisted August 9, 1862, under Captain Love, discharged June, 1865. Battles-Lone Jack, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, Brownville, Kentucky, etc. Taken prisoner by guer- rillas, 1863.
E. H. Fulkerson, sergeant; enlisted in Captain Wilson's company, 7th regiment, M. S. M., August, 1863. Discharged, May, 1865. Battles- Independence, Big Blue, Mine Creek.
F. A. Eyers, private; enlisted in Captain Kaiser's, M. S. M., 1862. Dis- charged, 1865.
Wm. S. Renick, private; enlisted in Burnside's company, 1862, 71st regiment, E. M. M. Broke up, 1863.
J. C. Keithley, private; enlisted in Bingham's company, H, August 1, 1862. Discharged, December, 1862.
Wm. H. Finley, private; enlisted September, 1862, in 1st Missouri cav- alry. Discharged in November, 1862.
J. H. Montgomery, 1st lieutenant; in company H, 1st Missouri infantry, October, 1862. Wounded in action. Discharged, June, 1864. Battles- Gaines' Landing, Mansfield, etc.
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John P. Finley, private; enlisted September, 1862, company A, 71st E. M. M.
J. Y. Finley, private; enlisted August, 1862, company A, 71st E. M. M. Discharged, December, 1863.
Thomas B. Finley, private; enlisted August, 1862, in first Missouri cav- alry. Battles-Pea Ridge.
R. S. Allen, private; enlisted August, 1862, 1st Missouri cavalry, U. S. A. Discharged, 1865.
Henry Crits, private; enlisted in 1863, company A, 71st E. M. M. Captured. Discharged, December, 1863.
O. D. Finley, private; enlisted August, 1862, in E. M. M. cavalry. Dis- charged, 1863.
Fred Pittman, private; enlisted in 1863, in Captain Corum's company, E. M. M. Died at home in Saline, 1873.
Joseph Pittman, private; enlisted, 1860, in Capt. Wilson's company, 7th regiment, M. S. M. In all the battles with Price's raid. Discharged, 1865.
W. B. Hays, private: enlisted in Capt. Bingham's company, and taken prisoner by Gen. Clark, at Glasgow.
Wm. Dawson, private; enlisted in E. M. M., 1862. Discharged, 1864.
William Nye, private; or sergeant; enlisted in 71st E. M., 1862. Trans- ferred to 5th Prov. regiment, 1863. With Captain Bingham, in Home Guards, 1864. Escaped from Glasgow, when bombarded by Shelby, 1864.
W. B. Cooper, 1st orderly sergeant; enlisted 1861, company H, Capt. Bingham, 71st Regiment E. M. M. Taken prisoner at Glasgow, 1864.
George W. Johnson, private; enlisted 1862, in company G, Capt. Corum, 71st Regiment E. M. M. In several skirmishes.
Thomas D. Parks, private; enlisted September, 1864, in company C, 45th Regiment Missouri Volunteer infantry. Died of typhoid fever in St. Louis, March, 1865.
A. Burnsides, captain; enlisted 1861. See muster roll of company.
G. S. Burnsides, 1st lieutenant and captain company E, 71st E. M. M., and of company 5, Missouri Prov. Regiment; enlisted August, 1862. Discharged 1863. See roster. Lone Jack, battle of.
H. B. Tickemeyer, private; enlisted August, 1862, in company F, 7th Regiment M. S. M. Battles of Prairie Grove, Little Rock, Saline River, &c.
~ J. W. Wood, corporal company G, 71st regiment E. M. M.
-U. H. Reavis, private; enlisted July, 1864, in +5th Missouri Volunteer infantry. Discharged March, 1865.
F. Tickemeyer, private; enlisted 1862, company F, 7th M. S. M. Cap- tured at Glasgow; sent to St. Louis; took the oath, and came home.
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Abraham Rumans, private; enlisted 1862, in 5th M. S. M., then in com- pany I, 12th M. S. M. Battles of Nashville and Frankfort.
John N. Browning, private; enlisted 1862, company F, 7th Missouri Cavalry Volunteers. Discharged 1865. Battles of Lone Jack, Prairie Grove, Springfield, Pea Ridge, Pine Bluff, &c.
Wm. L. Crain, 1st sergeant; enlisted 1862 in company F, 7th M. S. M. Battles of Fayetteville, Booneville, Jefferson City, Big Blue and Mine Run.
Michael Cook, private; enlisted 1862, company H, 71st E. M. M. Re-enlisted company E, 9th M. S. M., 1863. Discharged 1865.
Felix Cook, private; enlisted 1863, company E, 71st E. M. M. Battles of Independence, Big Blue, Mine Creek, Pawnee Creek.
Samuel H. Green, private; enlisted 1862, company E, 71st E. M. M. Discharged 1862.
Elihu Green, private; enlisted 1862, company E, 71st E. M. M. Dis- charged 1862; ruptured.
Moses Harris, private; enlisted 1862, company E, 71st E. M. M. Died in Marshall, November, 1862.
John S. Burnsides, corporal; enlisted, 1861, company L, 9th Missouri cavalry volunteers. Battles-Prairie Grove, Cross Hollows, Marks Mills, Saline River, etc. Discharged, 1865.
Benj. Sullivan, private; enlisted in company H, 9th M. S. M. Bat- tles-Fayette, Ft. Scott, Lexington, Independence, Little and Big Blues, Newport, Newtonia, etc. Discharged, 1865.
John Harris, private; enlisted, 1862, company E, 71st E. M. M.
J. T. Cooper, private, enlisted, 1863, company A, 18th Mo. Inf. vol.
John Keeton, private; enlisted, 1864, M. S. M., died in Memphis, of measles.
John Kaul, corporal; enlisted, 1861, 2d Mo. Vols. See biography.
Pleasant Dickerson, private; enlisted, 1862, company D, 7th M. S. M. Discharged in 1865, battle of Wilson Creek.
Leonard Dickerson, sergeant, same.
Laban Dickerson, private, same.
Patrick Duffey, private; enlisted, 1861, company H, 71st E. M. M. Discharged in 1864. Battles-Glasgow.
Thaddeus Miller, orderly sergeant; enlisted, 1862, in companies G and H, 71st E. M. M. Battles-Glasgow. Discharged in 1864.
W. L. Corum, captain; enlisted, 1862, company G, 71st E. M. M. Com- pany retired, October, 1863.
John E. King, private; enlisted, 1864, company F, 7th M. S. M.
T. C. Elliott, sergeant; enlisted, 1862, company G., 71st E. M. M. Bat- tles, Glasgow. Discharged, 1865.
Wm. A. S. Highland, fourth sergeant; enlisted, company E, 71st E. M. M. Regiment disbanded, 1863.
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Godfrey Eberle, private ; enlisted August 9, 1862, 7th regiment. Dis- charged, June, 1865. Captured at Mark's Mills.
Robt. E. Carter, private; enlisted, August 9, 1861, 7th M. S. M. Lost his arm at battle of Big Blue.
Chris Kiel, private; enlisted, company Q, 7th M. S. M., 1862. Dis- charged, 1865, June.
Charles Pittman, private; enlisted in Bingham's company, 1861.
A. Royar, Sr., private; enlisted in company I, 5th Missouri Home Guards. Again, 1863, in 7th M. S. M.
R. S. Sandidge, 2d sergeant; enlisted in company E, 7th regiment M. S. M. Was captured at Prairie Grove, 1862, and escaped soon after. Promoted to captaincy, but never mustered in.
Marquis Ferguson, private; enlisted in company E, 7th regiment, M. S. M., and was killed near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in 1863.
Andrew Yokely, private; enlisted in company E, 7th regiment, M. S. M. Killed at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in 1863.
James Siceleff, private; enlisted in company E, 7th regiment, M. S. M. Died in 1864.
- Hickman, private; enlisted in company E, 7th regiment, M. S. M. Discharged in 1865.
Jonathan Allison, private; enlisted in company E, 7th regiment, M. S. M. Discharged in July, 1865.
RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD, AND POLITICAL EVENTS TO THE PRESENT.
The period of time that intervened between the closing of the war, in April, 1865, and November, 1870, in Missouri, and 1876 in the Gulf states, is generally known as the "Reconstruction period." The surrender of the Confederate armies, in the spring of 1865, left the states known as the Confederate States, under military government; and either one of two courses was open to the United States government, in its dealings with the states so lately in rebellion. One was, to carry out the terms upon which Gen. Sherman had received the surrender of Johnston's army, restoring the southern states to their forfeited places and rights in the Union, or to take them (as they had been) overthrown by the war, to dis- franchise those engaged in rebellion, and to enter upon a plan of recon- struction.
The first, it is claimed, was the plan favored by President Lincoln, and the plan that would have been adopted had he lived. Had such a plan been adopted, the "solid south" would then never have been known in
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party history. But President Lincoln yielded up his kindly life in the very hour of his great triumph, and the direction of affairs passed into other and less kindly hands. The terms of the Johnston surrender were repudiated, and the government entered upon a regular plan of recon- struction and rehabitation of southern states.
Missouri, it is true, did not come under this classification exactly. The general government inaugurated the reconstruction of the Confederate states proper, while the state government established reconstruction in Missouri. During the very days of the surrender, the constitutional con- vention of Missiouri was in session, and the constitution then adopted, dis- franchised all who were in sympathy with the south and the Confederate states.
Under the Gamble regime, in the election canvass of 1862, secession had already perished as an issue, except in certain localities. All candi- dates for office, and nearly all who attempted to vote, professed loyalty to the Federal government. The legislature elected this year was overwhelm- ingly loyal, and proceeded at once, January, 1863, to elect U. S. senators in the places of Trusten Polk and Waldo P. Johnson, whom the senate had expelled for disloyalty.
County officials were also elected this year under the Gamble provis- ional government; and, in Saline, as elsewere in the state, parties began to assume the names of " conservative " and "radical."
The election for congress, state senate, representative, county judge, sheriff, county treasurer, and coroner, was as follows:
CONGRESS. STATE SEN.
|REPRE- SENT.
JUDG|
SH'RIFF
co. TR.
COR.
TOWNSHIPS.
E. M. Samuel
A. A. King
J. H. Birch
W. O.Maupin
Cooley
Snead
W. E. Corum
Powell
J. J. Ferrill
B. H. Hawpe
J.R.Fulk'rs'n
P. E. Maupin !!
J. C. Kirthley
Marshall,.
95|
721
S||158
11
. .
165
125
70|101||104|
91
Jefferson, .
45
23
20
69
2
2
32
48
47
65
11
44
58
Miami, . .
24
47
. .
32
2
34
63
69
23
41
53
48
Arrow Rock,
73
2
4
66
.
. .
67
29
76
4
21
19
Saline City,
1
12
9
. .
.
9
12
.
. .
Salt Pond,
5
34
6
47
28
2
78
·
9 59
9
67
67
59
Blackwater,
31
5
31
1
3
27
19
31
3
17
18
Totals.
274 1831 52 412
44
41 441
48 357
316/227 315 291
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As will be seen by the foregoing table, W. L. Corum was elected to the lower house of the general assembly, J. J. Ferrill, county judge; B. H. Hawpe, sheriff; P. E. Maupin, coroner; and J. C. Keithley treasurer. At
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this time J. R. Berryman was clerk of the county court by appointment of Gov. Hall. Civil law and processes were maintained to a great extent during the next two years, notwithstanding the prevalence of martial law, and the presence of the military in the county.
In 1863, there was a warm canvass between the " conservative" and "radical" parties for the judges of the supreme court elected that year.
The radicals nominated H. A. Clover, Arnold Krekel, and David Wagner. The conservatives, without regular nomination, voted for Barton Bates, W. V. N. Bay and J. D. S. Dryden. Judges Bates, Bay and Dryden, were elected, Saline voting for them.
At the adjourned term of the legislature, November, 1863, an act was passed submitting the call of a constitutional convention to the people at the next election, November, 1864. In these elections of 1862, 1863, and 1864, the vote of county, as well as of the state, was very small, the appli- cation of even so mild a test oath as that to support the constitution of the United States, had cut off nearly all the southern sympathizers, not already in the army. Between four and five hundred votes being all that were cast.
At the election in 1864, which was national, state and county, county officials were elected, and the proposition for a convention voted on. The records contain no table of this election. The convention carried by a small majority in the state. P. W. Thompson was elected county judge; P. E. Maupin, county clerk; and J. R. Berryman, circuit clerk.
At the election of delegates to the convention, F. M. Fulkerson was elected delegate from this district, and the convention assembled on the 6th of January, 1865. Judge Fulkerson was elected by the "Radical" party, and was, of course, in full sympathy with their views. The origi- nal design of the callers of this convention, known in history as the " Drake Convention," was only to pass certain amendments to the existing consti- tution, but soon after its first assembling, the convention determined to make a new constitution in toto.
One of the first acts of the convention was to abolish slavery in Mis- souri; the next was to fix the qualifications of voters, by the passage of the famous III section, and the test oath of loyalty founded on it, which were as follows:
OATH OF LOYALTY. ART I1-RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
SECTION III. At any election held by the people under this constitution, or in pursuance of any law of this state, or any ordinance or by-law of any municipal corporation, no person shall be deemed a qualified voter, who has ever been in armed hostility to the United States, or to the lawful authorities thereof, or to the goverement of this state, or has ever given aid, comfort, countenance, or support to persons engaged in any such
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hostility ; or has ever in any manner, adhered to the enemies, foreign or domestic, of the United States, either by contributing to them, or by unlaw - fully sending within their lines money, goods, letters, or information; or has ever disloyally held communication with such enemies, or has ever advised, or aided any person to enter the service of such enemies; or has ever, by act or word, manifested his adherence to the cause of such enemies, or his desire for their triumph over the armies of the United States, or his sym- pathy with those engaged in exciting or carrying on rebellion against the United States; or has ever, except under overpowering compulsion, sub- mitted to the authority, or been in the service of the so-called " Confeder- ate States of America;" or has ever left this state, and gone within the lines of the armies of the so-called " Confederate States of America " with the purpose of adhering to said states or armies, or has ever been a mem- ber of, or connected with, any order, society, or organization inimical to to the government of the United States, or to the government of this state; or has ever been engaged in guerrilla warfare against loyal inhabitants of the United States, or in that description of marauding commonly known as " bushwhacking;" or has ever knowingly or willingly harbored, aided, or countenanced any person so engaged; or has ever come into, or has ever left this state for the purpose of avoiding enrollment for, or draft into the military service of the United States; or has ever, with a view to avoid enrollment in the militia of this state, or to escape the performance of duty therein, or for any other purpose, enrolled himself, or authorized himself to be enrolled, by or before any officer as disloyal or as a southern sym- pathizer, or in any other terms indicating his disaffection to the govern- ment of the United States in its contest with the rebellion, or his sympathy with those engaged in such rebellion, or having ever voted at any election by the people in this state, or in any other of the United States, or in any of their territories, or held office in this state, or any other of the United States, or in any of their territories, or under the United States, shall there- after have sought or received, under claim of alienage, the protection of any foreign government, through any consul, or other officer thereof, in order to secure exemption from military duty in the militia of this state or in the army of the United States; nor shall any such person be capable of holding in this state any office of honor, trust, or profit under its author- ity; or of being any officer, councilman, director, trustee, or other man- ager of any corporation, public or private, now existing, or hereafter estab- lished by its authority; or of acting as a professor or teacher in any educa- tional institution, or in any common or other school; or of holding any real estate or any property in trust for the use of church, religious society, or congregation.
But the foregoing provisions in relation to acts done against the United States, shall not apply to any person not a citizen thereof, who shall have committed such acts while in the service of some foreign country at war with the United States, and who has, since such acts, been naturalized, or may hereafter be naturalized under the laws of the United States; and the oath of loyalty hereafter prescribed, when taken by any such person, shall be considered as taken in such sense.
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