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Correspondence

S. N. Marshall to James F. Robinson

1862-09-20

Document details

Date of Creation: September 20, 1862
Place of Creation: Wilsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky
Document Genre: Correspondence
Repository: Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection: Guerilla Letters
Box / Folder: Document Box 1, Folder G. L. 1862
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0002-225-0019
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FTP Identifier: 32213093

Mentioned in this document

People: Allen, Jack; Robinson, James Fisher; Marshall, James; Aud, John T.; Finnell, John William; Marshall, Richard Josiah; Cochran, Robert; Marshall, Samuel Nimrod
Places: Kentucky; Shelbyville, Kentucky; Spencer County, Kentucky; Wilsonville, Kentucky
Organizations: Kentucky State Guard
Dates: 1862-09-20; 1863-09-20; --09-20

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S. N. Marshall to James F. Robinson, 1862-09-20, Guerilla Letters, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-225-0019 (February 11, 2026).

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Wilsonville Ky Sep^t 20,^th 62
Gov. Roberson
Your honor —

Lieut Aud of 60 day State Guards appeared before you last Thursday stating to you that the [...] under Jack Allen with 65 men were in shelbyville he was that day in one & half mile of my house with the 65 men but a reserve of 450 to support him he is traveling around without any restraint & no one to molest we do not know what will be the result of the visit hoping you will give us a little protection his head quarters are in sTaylersville & vicinity. recruiting a regiment —

Your humble servant S, N. Marshall
Plum Creek Shelby Co, Ky,

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Wilsonville Ky.
Sep. 20/63

Marshall S. N.

Jack Allen's raid.

Sep 20^th 186

Gen Finnell the Bearer R. P. Marshall and James Marshall are reliable men and have come down on important public business and it is important that they should be allowed to return home

R Cochran

S. N. Marshall
Wilsonville Ky