Magie, James K., fl. 1862-1863 to Mary Magie

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GLC#
GLC05241.03-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
4 January 1863
Author/Creator
Magie, James K., fl. 1862-1863
Title
to Mary Magie
Place Written
New Haven, Kentucky
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Headquarters 78th Regt. Ill. Vol. Misdated 1862, discusses Morgan's raid at New Haven, see GLC05241.02. Recounts more of his adventures as a spy dressed in rebel uniform. Mentions his capture of a Confederate named Floyd Price. Asks for a copy of the Macomb Journal, which printed his New Years Address. Notes that the "colored ladies" of the town held a reception for them. Briefly mentions Unionist civilians.

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