Missouri Heritage: Confederate General Earned the Name "Swamp Fox"
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Missouri Heritage: Confederate General Earned the Name "Swamp Fox"
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File containing a photo and biographical article about General Meriwether Jeff Thompson, or Meriwether Thompson (1826-1876), a Confederate soldier in Missouri earning the nickname of "Swamp Fox" for his Civil War swamp maneuvers in southeastern Missouri. Native of Harper's Ferry moving to Saint Joseph, Missouri in 1847 as a "dry goods clerk" before becoming "railroad president and mayor the city" during the opening of the Hannibal & Saint Joseph Railroad and Pony Express there.
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1969-01-25
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Digital Collection(s)
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Related Item
The Kansas City Star
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Shelf Locator
Vertical File: Civil War--Personalities
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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Use and Reproduction
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