Letters From Soldiers Describe Journey From Camp to Washington
Fragmentary letters recount soldiers leaving camp and moving through Georgia South Carolina Virginia and Maryland toward Washington. They describe Red Cross aid at stops crashes of trains changing engines and cheerful receptions by civilians and soldiers along the way including Atlanta Seneca Greenville and Baltimore with glimpses of the White House Potomac and the Liberty statue and a greeting crowd in Philadelphia.
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Atlanta
Red Cross
Cauinp Gordon
Seneca Reabort Soclouk
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Rapidan
Mitchell
Jis Ina Smo Farm District
Washington Hou
White House
Washington
Potomac River
R&er
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Phily
Twenty five Daviess men report to Camp Sherman for service
Twenty five Daviess county men left this morning for Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio to report to the remanding officer for military service. Three were inducted by the local board at the request of the boards where they are registered. The group included William Ogden Iserogie Joseph William Bradley and others. They departed with a fair crowd at the depot and are due to arrive in Chillicothe at 8 46 this evening with a lunch planned in Cincinnati at noon. An additional four men will go to Valparaiso for mechanic training leaving July 1 at 6 30 a.m. The listing names Benjamin F Grown William Ogden Iserogie Joseph William Bradley Warren Lashbrank Lloyd A Campbell Francis A Hagerty Lawrence A Worland Michaell Rowling Clarence B Winkles Marlin L Butler James F Aulen Bratant R Williams Clarence Is William G Ham Milton Henderson Orville R Boyd Ray Dennis Boardman William E Shake Jesse Smith John William Lavely Jderha Potts Ebner H Arnold Hvererr May Miller Roy York Gurtig 4 it and Elmer W Bechtel among others.
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Chillicothe
Cincinnati
Valparaiso
Camp Sherman
Benjamin F Grown
William Ogden Iserogie
Joseph William Bradley
Warren Lashbrank
Lloyd A. Campbell
Francis
A. Hagerty
Lawrence A. Worland
Michaell. Rowling
Clarence 15. Winkles
Marlin L. Butler
Janes F. Aulen
Bratant R. Williams
Clarence Is
William G. Ham
Milton Henderson
Orville R. Boyd
Ray Dennis Boardman
William E. Shake
Jesse Smith
John William
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W. J. Bacon
Harry Vantrees
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IRS Sa Reds
Funeral Directors
Ela
Frank. Lennex
Daviess Cota
Caran
Tuilier Usvik
France
L 'i
Fohows
Metidian
Cerradl
Wes Bere
Louisvile
Sean
Lettana
Jersey City
Mberty
New York
du Mont
Alae
Utr
Oho
Daviess County
Sherman
Ohio
Mney Wiliam Ogdon
Senogle
Reducine
Weingarten Bros., Ink
John Goyer
Ray Conley
Victory Shop
Goyer
Conley
Bell
E. Main
the Democrat
E. Main St
Mrs
Sam Patterson
East Main
Hidnan
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