Old Wayne
| Author | : Cletis R. Ellinghouse |
| Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781450097420 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1450097421 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (421 Downloads) |
Download or read book Old Wayne written by Cletis R. Ellinghouse and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ordeal of twenty-year-old schoolteacher Sarah Pauline White, sentenced in 1864 to confinement at hard labor in the state penitentiary for the duration of the Civil War for writing a letter to a rebel soldier, was one of several painful experiences endured by Wayne County families that are described in Old Wayne. Why her impassioned quest for a pardon failed was never fully explained; but it gained the enthusiastic support of Missouri governor Thomas C. Fletcher, formerly a Union army general, and appears to have been a casualty of President Andrew Johnson's acrimonious relationship with the Missouri commander General John Pope who, at a later time, was fired by Johnson.
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