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Ticknor, Horace Collection of Horace L. Ticknor, K company, 27th regiment, Illinois, infantry [Decimalized .01-.12]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.30 Author/Creator: Ticknor, Horace Place Written: [various places] Type: Header Record Date: 1861-1864 Pagination: 12 letters Order a Copy

Letters mention Union victories at New Madrid, Missouri and Stone River, Tennessee. Also mentions pursuing Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's Army. Discusses a lot of difficult marching and shortages of rations and clothing. Ticknor enlisted 20 August 1861 in Illinois as a Corporal. He mustered into "K" Co., IL. 27th Infantry. He was killed in the battle of Muddy Creek on 18 June 1864.

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