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Creator/Title
Thurman, Wayne, ca. 1840-1862. Letter, 20 February 1862. ALS, 2 pp.
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Content
In a letter dated 20 Feb. 1862, Sgt. Wayne Thurman of the 42nd Indiana Infantry writes to his brother F. Marion Thurman of Grandview, Ind. He reports that his unit had just completed a forced march to Owensboro, Ky. En route they were fired on by the enemy. They boarded a transport vessel in Owensboro and steamed down the Ohio to Evansville, Ind., Diamond Island, and Smithland, Ky. The vessel was ordered back to Evansville, where Thurman found time to write the letter. He adds that he did not know the unit's next destination, but thought it might be Calhoun, Ky.