Thursday, February 25, 2010

Thursday [February] 25 [1864]

Clear cold and windy Co
drill in the forenoon Battalion
drill in the afternoon one Recruit
to day Pennel Co K was shot
dead axidently by Smith
of K no news wrote A letter
to Meda and Mary Parade at four

William B. Pennell of Co. K, 20th Maine
Three men named Smith in Co. K: Andrew H., James and Joshua.

John J. Pullen's The 20th Maine mentions Pennell being shot by a tentmate who fired an "unloaded" rifle at him.

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