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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05241.14 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of James K. Magie, C company, 78th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | James K. Magie to Mary Magie regarding travelling between Nashville and Franklin |
| Date | 22 February 1863 |
| Author | Magie, James K. (fl. 1861-1863) |
| Recipient | Magie, Mary |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "No. 2." He has been promoted to Division Postmaster. Recounts three incidents which occurred while traveling between Nashville and Franklin. First, he tells of finding a group of men in Butternut whom he thought to be Confederates. He thought the men would capture him but they turned out to be local laborers running telegraph lines. For the next story, Magie cautioned his wife not to read the passage out loud. He then wrote how he followed a trail of calico to find a soldier and woman in a "horizontal position." He adds the couple claimed to be married. Finally, he mentions seeing two young ladies on horseback with a 15-year-old black boy seated behind one of the girls and holding her waist. Magie states that such a sight "in Illinois would be considered a monstrous piece of abolitionism." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Post Office Confederate States of America Prisoner of War Telegraph Sexuality Women's History Marriage Abolition African American History |
| People | Magie, James K. (fl. 1861-1863) Magie, Mary (fl. 1861-1863) |
| Place written | Franklin, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 78th Illinois infantry |