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Letter From Remony Describes Kentucky Campaign and Battle Death
A Civil War letter dated Sept 19 1861 from Dame Anpauion Hardin Co Kentucky follows J Evanner detailing movement from Camp Noble to Camp Dennison to Louisville via Dantbe and Champion, then to Lebanon Junction and Elizabethtown. It recalls the death of Private Richard Gallagher of Company A and burial with military honors, praise for General Robert Anderson and Brigadier General W F Sherman, and notes harsh rations, river crossings, and readiness to fight for the Union with a pledge to vote the Tod ticket in October.
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Remony
H. Evi
Dame Anpauion
Hardin Co. Ky
J. Evanner
Camp Noble
Camp Dennison
Robert Anderson
W. H. Gibson
Louisville and Nashville
Lebanon Junction
Shepard
A. de F
Louisville Legion
Elizabethtown
Richard Gallagher
Thomas P
Hayer
Mr. Bush
Camp Anderson
Winbothtows
Hardin
Connty Keon
Tucky
Aker
Ohio River
Kentucky
Old Kentucky
Fort Stephenson
Thora
Tennessee
Nashville
Robt, Anderson
Department of Kentucky
W. F. Sherman
John Sherman
Ohio
Our
U. Sy Ma
Abraham Lincoln
Carp