129th Reg + ILL Volls. sic at camp "Lady Polk," Nashville, Tenn. Signed right margin: Blakeslee / , Title inscribed in red and black ink below image, Inscribed left margin: From the North West. Inscribed in blue ink below oval: Sept. 10, 1863. Inscribed in black ink below date: 19, Inscribed in blue ink lower right: Presented to Mullen by Blakeslee TE, Gift, Mrs. George W. Volk, 1966 (DLC/PP-66-9312), George H. Blakeslee served with the 129th Infantry (Illinois) from September 1862 until his disability discharge in February 1865. He enlisted from Sunbury, Illinois. From 1862
129th Reg + ILL Volls. sic at camp "Lady Polk," Nashville, Tenn. Signed right margin: Blakeslee / , Title inscribed in red and black ink below image, Inscribed left margin: From the North West. Inscribed in blue ink below oval: Sept. 10, 1863. Inscribed in black ink below date: 19, Inscribed in blue ink lower right: Presented to Mullen by Blakeslee TE, Gift, Mrs. George W. Volk, 1966 (DLC/PP-66-9312), George H. Blakeslee served with the 129th Infantry (Illinois) from September 1862 until his disability discharge in February 1865. He enlisted from Sunbury, Illinois. From 1862 until 1864 the regiment guarded key railroads between Bowling Green, Kentucky and Gallatin, Tennessee, making its headquarters in Nashville. In 1864 they joined Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea. United States, Army, Illinois Infantry Regiment, 129th (1862-1865) , Flags, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Camp Lady Polk (Nashville, Tenn.), 1860-1870, United States, Tennessee, Nashville
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