Magie, James K. to Mary Magie
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05241.40 Author/Creator: Magie, James K. Place Written: Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1863 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy
Written from camp near Franklin. Has not received a letter in over a week. Next Tuesday [28 April 1863], a man from the 125th Ohio will be shot for "desertion, stealing and using threatening language" (see GLC05241.43). In Franklin, Tennessee, six more rebel families were ordered outside the Union lines. Also describes a military funeral for a cavalry lieutenant. Mentions a rumor that Generals [Braxton] Bragg and [Earl] Van Dorn will attack. McCandles is doing well.
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