T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Collection

ABSTRACT

INTERVIEWEE NAME: Sylvester Magee #4700.0039

IDENTIFICATION: [1841- ], former slave and last surviving American Civil War veteran

INTERVIEWER: Michael Mulhern

PROJECT: One of a series of interviews with centenarians by Mulhern as a basis for his paper, "A Lifetime of Contrasts." A copy of that paper can be found in the Polly Mason file, 4700.0041.

DATE: July 31, 1979 FOCUS DATES: 1841-1865

ABSTRACT:

his parents; his master; service during Civil War under General John Reuben; his family

TAPES: T 49 TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 1 hour

# PAGES INDEX: 1 page

RESTRICTIONS: copyright retained by interviewer, interviewee, and/or their heirs