Manuscript Database

Creator/Title

Mallay, Molly T. To Mary Y. Shaffer, Columbus, Ky. McLean County, Ky., 8 January 1865. ALS. 4 pp.

Call No.

Mss. C M

Content

Tells of five thousand confederate and Union soldiers passing through McLean County. Describes Confederate troops confiscating food for soldiers and horses, taking horses, and burning the railroad and the surrounding area.

Subject Heading

Kentucky - History - Civil War, 1861-1865