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There is a letter on Ebay with the soldier writing his parents that his brother was killed at Resaca. No last name of writer or his brother but he says their friend Pres. Owens was killed also and buried beside his brother. Anyone care to try and figure out what regiment this might be? Jim Hensley
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[FONT="Century Gothic"][/FONT][FONT="Georgia"][/FONT][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Jim Hensley[/FONT]
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Can you provide a link to the auction so that we may view the letter? Thanks.Joe Knight
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CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR LETTER MAY 15th, 1864 #140851897291[FONT="Century Gothic"][/FONT][FONT="Georgia"][/FONT][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Jim Hensley[/FONT]
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Thanks! Looking forward to reading it.Joe Knight
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Mark Krausz
William L. Campbell
Prodigal Sons Mess of Co. B 36th IL Inf.
Old Northwest Volunteers
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I can't even make the NPS/LDS online database cough up a P Owens or P Owen on either side in the whole war...Pat BrownComment
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I love and hate these little mysteries! I have been playing with this for two hours.
The fact that Thomas Jr. is talking about sending a horse home with Simmon to me means either they were cavalry or one of them was an officer. Again just surmising. I found a P. Owens in the 2nd Alabama Cavalry but I can't find out if he was killed or not.
The P. Owens record I found is on ancestry.com. No good unless you have a membership.
I also found an A.M.C. Riddle in Company A 19th Tennesee Infantry. He died during the war but it doesn't say where or when.
See the link below for the Riddle record.
Does DAVE W. Peel farm mean anything to anyone!?Louis Zenti
Pvt. Albert R. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-W.I.A. February 15, 1862)
Pvt. William H. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-K.I.A. February 15, 1862 Ft. Donelson)
Pvt. Simon Sams (Co. C, 18th Iowa Inf.-K.I.A. January 8, 1863 Springfield, MO)
Pvt. Elisha Cox (Co. C, 26th North Carolina Inf.-W.I.A. July 3, 1863 Gettysburg)
"...in the hottest of the fight, some of the rebs yelled out...them must be Iowa boys". Charles O. Musser 29th Iowa InfantryComment
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Re: Resaca Letter on Ebay
I won this letter last night in the auction for less than $90. It is quite rare to find one like this and I will be researching it accordingly.
From what little time I spent on it so far they may have been from Missouri in a MO cavalry unit(s) but I don't know if that coincides with that particular part of the Atlanta Campaign..
WIll update when I recieve the letter and when I get some more research doneAron Price
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Aron,
Awesome !!!, what a great pick up. Let me know when you get it. Can't wait to solve this one. Maybe you can find this guys grave and we can pay it some respect as well. Hope to see you soon.
R/SKyle W. Sanders
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