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Thomas L. Pankey Diary, Thomas L. Pankey Papers

This is a diary entry written by Corporal Thomas L. Pankey, at Carrollton, Illinois, dated January 3-21, 1863. Pankey served in the U.S. Army, a member of the 91st Illinois Infantry Regiment. At that time he was a paroled prisoner of war. He died in Louisiana in 1864. The diary entry describes how unpopular the Emancipation Proclamation was in the loyal western states. (See page two. For more from the Thomas L. Pankey Papers please see 1118449 and 1118448. Transcription provided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum and the White House Historical Association.)
Artist
Thomas L. Pankey
Date of Work
January 3-21, 1863
Type
Document
Credit
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
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