Letters
(1850–1880)
Freedmen's Bureau Records: George B. Carse to Horace Neide, October 9, 1866
Summary
Carse, the Bureau Agent in Lexington, sends a telegram from Staunton to military authorities informing them of the murder of a black man by a white law student and alerting them to the suspect's escape.
Dated Staunton Oct. 9. 1866.
Received at Buhd " 9
To Brig. Genl Horace Neide
Hd Qrs Dept Potomac
A law student named J C Johnson shot a freedman named Patrick Thompson on Sunday P.M. - freedman died the day following. Johnson has made his escape six (6) feet high slender fair skin no beard black hair age about twenty (20) years Resides Greedwood Mississippi was here this A.M. will be apt to take Tenn RR at Lynchburg.
G.B. Carse
Bt Col.