Papers, 1858-1883 (bulk 1861-1862).

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Papers, 1858-1883 (bulk 1861-1862).

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Correspondence and promissory notes. The correspondence is mainly Civil War letters among Thurman family members at home and the front. Floyd Thurman, serving with the First Indiana Cavalry, mentions cotton speculation and Knights of the Golden Circle. Letters from home describe bad conditions at Camp Morton in Indianapolis, and mention Lincoln's assassination. There are also several promissory notes signed by Francis M. Thurman, 1866-1869, and an 1883 subscription to the Toledo BLADE.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Thurman, Francis M.

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Thurman family.

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William R. and Anna Shrode Thurman came to Ohio Township, Spencer County, Ind. in 1818. Three sons served in the Civil War: Floyd, Wayne, and Francis M. From the description of Papers, 1858-1883 (bulk 1861-1862). (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 32056017 ...

Thurman, Floyd, b. 1837.

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A native of Spencer County, Ind., Thurman served with the 1st Indiana Cavalry during the Civil War. From the description of Civil War letters, 1861. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27900856 ...

Knights of the Golden Circle

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Created in 1854 by George W. L. Bickley, a Virginia-born physician, the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret organization that sympathized with the southern states and sought to establish a slaveholding nation encompassing the southern United States and Central America in a “Golden Circle.” The group championed the preservation of slavery from the perceived threat of northern Abolitionism. By 1859, KGC membership spread through the southern states and Texas, where the gro...

Thurman, William G.

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Thurman, Wayne L.

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