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Conditions at Camp Thomas Prompt Outcry from Iowa Soldiers
Iowa Fifty second volunteers at Chickamauga Park report dire camp conditions. Typhoid, disease and poor water sanitation devastate the unit with nine deaths and over 600 sick. calls grow to move troops to healthier camps or discharge home. Letters from soldiers accuse officers of neglect and demand action from Washington and state leaders.
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Hull
Tetter
Gol
Bom
Pataberk
Humphrey
Ip Hie Jetters
Kowa
Aloe Dem Sereson
Division Hospital
Camp
Thomas Aid
Des Moines Register
52Nd
Almont
Chattanoo
Iowa
Toralga
Thomas
Byers
Camp Thomas
Sioce
Sioux City Journal
Cribage
George UH. Thomas
Chicka
Mauga Park
Indiana
Clickamauga
Ita Bank
Cap
Ate
Themaelvas
Heaven
Earth
Eddie Nelson
Fort McVuerson
Wilson
Ressell
Meherson
Division
Leiter Hospital
Army
Conrae
Washington
Red Cross
Tophold
Pathapas
Bndtgéeons
Corp
Teriméntal
Sioux City
Chickamauga Park
Fifty-second
Iowa Infantry
Chickamauga Creek
Park
Chickamauga Créek
Lea
Fayerstricken Park
War Department
TH. Case
Spain
Aouthern
Chickamauga ‘Park
Humphreys
Ig 43
Curenamacoa Pann. Ga
Chickamauga‘ Creek
Crawfish Spring
Millsount
Rama
Tampa
Frente
Chattanooga
Lowa
Chabanso- Ba
Puerto Rico
Ee Company
Fassett
Deyo
Sheldon
Gallagher
iPringhar
Wistrom
Wawarden
Vickers
Uazard
Uarrington
Wilkinson
Jensen
Schmidt
Fry
Larchwood
Weill
Crawigh Springs
Crawfish Springs
Tno
Henry
van . da Velde
Rock Valley
Tom Kent
Via
Ghattanooga
W. Tamplin