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Metadata
Title |
1956 newspaper article about Civil War diary of Thomas J. McCafferty |
Object Name |
Newspaper |
Catalog Number |
2019.0086.0008 |
People |
McCafferty, Thomas J. Colbert, Russell Cosby, Donald R. |
Date |
1956 |
Scope & Content |
Copy of a newspaper article, "History Miniatures," by Russell Colbert, first in a series of three, published in the Washington Herald on December 17, 1956 about the Civil War diary of Thomas J. McCafferty. See 2019.0086.0007. Thomas J. McCafferty enlisted August 14, 1862 and was discharged as First Sergeant on September 8, 1865. He first enlisted in Company I of the 60th Indiana Infantry Regiment and was transferred on February 18, 1865 to Company G of the 26th Indiana Infantry Regiment. This is one item in a large collection of photographs and documents donated to the Daviess County Museum in 2019 by Don Cosby, Daviess County Historian. Thomas J. McCafferty was the maternal grandfather of Don Cosby. |
Collection |
Don Cosby Collection |
Search Terms |
26th Indiana Infantry Regiment 60th Indiana Infantry Regiment McCafferty Family Washington Herald |