Conkey, J. L[incoln] To Mollis Sheits of Slaempoint. Camp at Shelbyville, Ky., 79 Reg., Ill. Vol. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, 3 Oct. 1862. ALS, 3pp.
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Conkey briefly relates his army' s unpleasant journey to Shelbyville since leaving Louisville on. the first of October. He writes that the rebels are close by but keep running "about as fast as we march towards them." He also comments on the health of several comrades.
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