Jonothan M. Johnson to Beriah Magoffin
- Place of Creation
- Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG5-196
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-019-0113
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32208367
Citation
Jonothan M. Johnson to Beriah Magoffin, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-019-0113 (November 12, 2026).
PaducahGov. Magoffin Frankfort Ky
at Cario yesterday. Col Oglesby the Commander had released our Citizens before my arrival says he did not intend to violate Kentucky Neutrality & will not without orders some times send squad of men over to Kentucky shore to reconnoitre for his own protection. Will not release Steamer Terry says she is ^a^ lawful prize she is owned in Kentucky & Mississippiwas a trader from paducah up Tennessee river into the confedarte states Col oglesby & other officers treated me very courteously
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