Person:Benjamin Magee (2)

Benjamin Magee was a Civil War soldier. He enlisted at Camp Moore in June 1861 into Company I, 9th Louisiana Infantry, "Hays'" Brigade, as a Private. Angelina Magee, his widow, claimed in her widow's pension affidavit, that he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg, and remained prisoner until paroled. However, service records showed that he was captured 7 Nov 1863 at Rappahanock; that he was confined at Point Lookout Maryland 10 Nov 1863, and that he was sent to City Point, Virginia 10 March 1864 for exchange. He was reported absent on muster roll dated 31 Aug 1864, and after that point as "deserted." The service records were reported in a Letter from the War Department 20 July 1903 to the Louisiana Board of Pension Commissioners, in the widow's pension file.

1. ↑ Louisiana Civil War Widow's Pension Application of Angeline Magee, viewable in "Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950," database at www.familysearch.org.

   "My husband was assassinated in Washington Parish, La. on 16th of Aug 1898 while riding the mail."

2. ↑ Donna Burge Adams, "Fires, Feuds, and Floods in the Florida Parishes of Louisiana"
   vol 2, 91.

   [citing "Franklinton New Era" issue of 17 Dec 1898] "Angie Magee announces a reward of $533 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Ben Magee."