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

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GLC#
GLC05241.12-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 17, 1863
Author/Creator
Magie, James K., fl. 1862-1863
Title
to Mary Magie
Place Written
Franklin, Tennessee
Pagination
2 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Reports that he was appointed Brigade Postmaster. His new position will allow him to make $30 to $50 a month by selling writing paper, envelopes and newspapers. The colonel is still under arrest. A strange order requires the regiment to get up at 5:30 and to stand at arms, with full knapsacks, until 6:30. Magie is exempt from this order.

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