Proclamation of martial law, 1862 Jun. 9.

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Proclamation of martial law, 1862 Jun. 9.

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Handwritten proclamation, made June 9, 1862, declaring Arizona a territory of the United States, designating Carleton as military governor, and proclaiming martial law until such time as the President of the United States would otherwise direct. These are the official orders issued by Carleton upon assuming command of Arizona during his march leading the California Column to the Rio Grande. Contains rules and regulations which were to be rigidly enforced including administering oaths of allegiance to the United States, and provision was made for conducting court trials before a military commission.

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Carleton, James Henry, 1814-1873

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Carleton was born in Lubec, Maine. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1839, during the Aroostook War, and took part in the Mexican–American War. He served in the 1st U.S. Dragoons in the American West, participating as a lieutenant in an 1844 expedition to the Pawnee and the Oto. One of Carleton's children, Henry Guy Carleton (1852–1910) was a journalist, playwright, and inventor. In May 1859, Maj. Carleton and K Company of the 1st Dragoons out of Fort Tejon, California, ...