Mary C. Irvine

On September 13, 1863, Mary C. Irvine writes to Mr. Bohart. Mary thanks Bohart for sending news of her son, who was wounded at Champion Hill. She asks Bohart to tell her son that many changes have taken place in the neighborhood, such as the escape of local slaves to Kansas: "Mr. Bedford's negroes have run off and took about $500 worth of horses with them." Mary adds that many of their neighbors are relocating to different states including Kentucky and Illinois, and that it would not be safe for her son to return home now.

September 13, 1863

African Americans
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Women
Surviving a Guerrilla War
Missouri military units (Confederate)

Mary C. Irvine

Platte County, Missouri
Saline County, Missouri

State Historical Society of Missouri – Columbia

Bedford Family Papers, 1849-1870, C2610: f. 9, June 28, 1863-September 13, 1863

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