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Residences & events: Scotland Co, MO, where he as a farmer. Palmyra, MO. He took an oath of allegiance to the US government, eventhough he sympathized with the confederate cause. 11/21/1864 Union authorities arrested him for violating his oath byharboring Confederate guerillas. Two captured guerillas, ordeserters, testified that George had recently opened his home to them.One civilian and some militiamen also implicated him in robberies andhorse thefts by several bushwackers, including those he allegedlywelcomed to his house. Brother, Allen, may have been the individualinvolved since he was shot by Federal militia at the home of one ofthe implicated guerillas named Fagin. George was eventually tried on charges of spying for the Confederateand stealing horses for the rebels, convicted, and incarcerated in StLouis and Jefferson City, from where he was eventually released. Following the war he returned home to the farm. |