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Musketry and camp life from a Civil War letter
A long Civil War letter from Comumnus Kentucky March 1863 blends camp ordnance with personal notes. It recounts campaigns in Dixie, letters from Sophie Walton, a drill at Luman headquarters, a scheming comrade John Kline, and glimpses of camp life, peddlers, and furlough hopes amid Vicksburg siege rumors. It also follows Ivan Raymond and George Raymond meeting a Wisconsin regiment friend and discusses Cecil mortgage trouble and court implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comumnus
Dixie
Minnesota
Camden
Wisconsin
South
Sophie Walton
Propria
Luana Prescott
Dick Cecil
Luis
Tam
Giotan Raymond
Ivan
Luman
Henry Selden
Morning Star
1Th Finois
Henry
Philadelphia
Giladay
Rory
John Kline
Company N
Kline
Brownsville
John
van Clermont
Ricuarp Cecil
Richard Cecil
Curt
Ife
Ienry Selden
Morley
Ito
Iloury
Yazoo
Louisiana
Sherman
Sryder
15Th Corps
Vicksburg
Johnson
Pemberton
Grant
Gibraltar
Captain Wharton
Che
Corr N
Yas
Logan
Artiller
Tyan Clermont
2Th Wisconsin
Black
Johnston
George Raymond
Van
Snyder’s Bluff
George
Cecil
East Tennessee
Cap
Wharton
Bently
Cairo