From
History of Carroll County.
This is the order that conscripted John G. Addis, a native of Ireland with a family, into the Missouri State Guard, eventuallly serving under Confederate General Sterling Price. He was captured at the Battle of the Big Blue near Kansas City, and died at the notorious Camp Morton in Indiana. He had no reason to fight for slavery. I'm convinced this draft order is the only reason he fought—and died—for the Confederacy. I'm sure many others were also in his shoes. He was my great-great grandfather [No. 22].
