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M. Jeff Thompson (January 22, 1826 – September 5, 1876)
Photographer: Internet Archive
Caption: M. Jeff Thompson (January 22, 1826 – September 5, 1876)
Additional Description: From The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, by Richard M. Devens, 1884.
Nicknamed "Swamp Fox," he was a senior officer of the Missouri State Guard who commanded cavalry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the Civil War. The CSS General M. Jeff Thompson (ca. 1862) was named after him.
Submitted: December 9, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p555888
File Size: 0.377 Megabytes

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