Thomas Lincoln

[Steve]

I want to bring up something that isn't really addressed in Lynch's article. Flora's unit was briefly based in Cairo, Illinois from April - May 1864. That's still about 200 miles away from Charleston, Illinois. Is there any evidence that the 10th Ohio L. A. (or soldiers from the unit on detached duty) were moved any closer to Charleston?

I also want to point out that when Flora enlisted in the unit in February 1864, the unit was then based in Mississippi. So there's a good chance that after enlisting Flora was sent from Ohio by rail through Illinois and then sent down the Mississippi River to his unit near Vicksburg. So I guess he could've also encountered a Lincoln relative then.