Issued August 25, 1863, by Brigadier General Thomas Ewing Jr., commander of the District of the Border, with headquarters at Kansas City, Order No. 11 required all the inhabitants of the western Missouri counties of Jackson, Cass, and Bates not living within one mile of specified military posts to leave their homes by September 9th. Those who by that date established their loyalty to the United States government with the commanding officer of the military station nearest their place of residence be permitted to move to any military station in the District of the Border or to any part of Kansas except the counties of the eastern border of that state. Persons failing to establish their loyalty were to move out of the district completely or be subject to military punishment.

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