Colonel Marshall – A Thousand Thunders

14. Letter to Mary – Published in Pat Medert’s “Dear Companion” – 28 Sept, 1862

The last letter we’ve got from Jacob to Mary was on the 21st. This is one of the longer “silent” stretches in the letter collection. I’m glad I synced the date of these letters with our current date (the 28th of Sept, 1862 on the 28th of Sept, 2021). I got to feel the “silence”Continue reading “14. Letter to Mary – Published in Pat Medert’s “Dear Companion” – 28 Sept, 1862″

12. Letter to Mary from Camp Shailer, Covington, Ky – (Numbered 5) 18 Sept, 1862

OF NOTE: Colonel John H. Marshall of the 89th was not long to be in command. More on him later, but between few organizational leadership skills, a love for the bottle and a terrible temper (on evidence in this letter), he would face a petition to the Governor for his removal from his troops byContinue reading “12. Letter to Mary from Camp Shailer, Covington, Ky – (Numbered 5) 18 Sept, 1862”

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