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Re: F. M. Cochran - 2nd Ark Cav Bttn CS

Thanks, Bruce. I have some correspondence regarding Capt. Thomas M. Cochran. Sadly, one letter is missing a crucial page. Cochran seems to have had a knack for engendering ill-will among his superiors and fellow officers. One colonel, to whose regiment Cochran's company was temporarily attached, was "glad to be rid of him," when Cochran moved on. A complaint about him from his junior officers eventually led a Confederate congressman to write to the Secretary of War. At some point I'd like to transcribe the correspondence and post it. It makes interesting reading.

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