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Box 2960

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Citizens of Macon County, 1870 July

 Item — Box: 2960, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a letter dated 1870 July, signed by "Citizens of Macon County K.K.K.," threatening W. B. Bowen of Macon County, Alabama. The K.K.K. is asking him to step down as councilman and to abandon his republicanism, or he will be hanged.
Dates: 1870 July

Letter, 1862 November 2

 File — Box: 2960, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a letter dated 2 November 1862, from Camp Forney, near Mobile, to Harris's sister in Livingston, Alabama. It discusses the weather and going into winter quarters, decries the army and the plight of the common soldier and his wish for a substitute to take his place in the army during the Civil War.
Dates: 1862 November 2