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To: yarddog

I had an ancestor in the 88th Indiana Infantry. On September 20th his regiment was positioned on the McDonald farm near the Lafayette Road. He was captured during Polk’s belated attack and later died in the Andersonville, Georgia prison camp.


16 posted on 09/22/2015 3:45:17 PM PDT by rdl6989
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I’m surprised he didn’t die of infection.


18 posted on 09/22/2015 3:47:29 PM PDT by rdl6989
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