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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Pro-Slavery Sympathizers
James Cox next writes to his father when the 1st Nebraska has moved to Georgetown, Missouri where he is recovering from an attack of jaundice. For that reason, possibly, he does not describe any action he has been involved in. … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Lexington, forage, General Sterling Price, james Edward Cox, Missouri, pro-slavery movement
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In Missouri
James writes to tell his father of the 1st Nebraska Infantry’s assignments in Missouri. The unit was assigned to guard military supplies in Warsaw until a wagon train could remove them to safer territory. They were successful in doing so … Continue reading
Posted in James Edward Cock
Tagged 1st Nebraska Infantry, General John C. Fremont, james Edward Cox
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Letters of James Edward Cox [Cock]
Charles F. Cock was not the only member of his immediate family to serve in the Civil War. His older brother, James Edward, also enlisted in the Union Army. James Edward Cox had earlier moved to Otoe County, Nebraska where … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Nebraska Infantry, Shiloh National Military Cemetery
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Word of the draft
This is a second letter from Duncan McBain to Charles Cock. It is about six weeks later and the 8th Michigan is now at Newport News, Virginia having left Fredericksburg in early February. Although McBain is probably unaware of it, … Continue reading
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Tagged 8th Michigan Infantry, Duncan McBain, John D. Sumner, military draft
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