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Margaret Martha Carney Oliphant

Margaret Carney Oliphant 1864 Ltr of Denunciation3.jpgAdded by: chamblnFrom Union Provost Marshal records.
Newton Oliphant 1862 House Burning.jpgAdded by: chamblnFrom a record of the testimony given in the investigation of the burning of several reputed bushwhackers’ homes in Johnson Co., MO, in 1862 (Testimony of Samuel Miller, a member of Capt. Houts' company, MO State Militia.)
Margaret Oliphant 1864 Denounced as One of 24 Post Oak Female Guerrilla Abettors1.jpgAdded by: chamblnLtr. re 24 alleged Post Oak female abettors of bushwhackers. Among them Margaret Oliphant is cited. Ltr contends that many of them are prostitutes and recommends they all be banished from the state of MO. From Union Provost Marshal records.
Margaret Oliphant 1864 Denounced as One of 24 Post Oak Female Guerrilla Abettors2.jpgAdded by: chambln1864 Ltr. from Capt. Joseph A. Peak to Col. John F. Philips denouncing 24 Post Oak women who give aid to local bushwhackers. Among them, Margaret Oliphant is cited. Peak contends that many of these women are prostitutes and recommends that they be banished from the state of MO.
Margaret Oliphant 1864 Case Comments3.JPGAdded by: chamblnMargaret Oliphant 1864 Case Comments3.JPG