Note 765 — XI. INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1863, JANUARY TO JUNE INCLUSIVE
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Footnote 765:
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The necessity was exceedingly great. Take, for instance, the situation at Fort Smith, where the citizens themselves asked for the establishment of martial law in order that lives and property might be reasonably secure [Crosby to Mayor Joseph Bennett, January 10, 1863, Confederate Records, chap. 2, no. 270, pp. 33-34].