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Showing posts with label condolence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label condolence. Show all posts
Saturday, August 18, 2018

Condolences to 'Stumpy': Sergeant Dunn's death at Franklin

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Markers for unknown Mississippians in McGavock Confederate Cemetery in Franklin, Tenn. Perhaps 33rd Mississippi Sergeant Mathew A. Dunn ...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Captain to mother: 'Corpse will be sent to you ... by express.'

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4th Vermont soldiers in Camp Griffin, Va., where Private Benjamin Stafford "breathed his last." (George Harper Houghton | Libra...
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Saturday, July 07, 2018

Chaplain to private's widow: '...you have a house in Heaven'

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(National Archives via fold3.com ) Like this blog on Facebook  | Read more condolence notes here . Mortally wounded in the bowels during...
Saturday, June 30, 2018

Letters to Mrs. Donley: 'They told me that he was no more'

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65th Illinois Corporal James Elliot Donley may be buried with other unknowns at Nashville National Cemetery. (Find A Grave | Click on ima...
Saturday, December 09, 2017

A private's death in 'desperate' Fredericksburg street fighting

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On Jan. 3, 1863, an illustration by Alfred Waud of Union soldiers engaged in street fighting in Fredericksburg appeared in Harper's W...
Friday, December 08, 2017

A holiday message home: John Roach is in a 'dying state'

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(National Archives via fold3.com ) Like this blog on Facebook  | Read  more condolence notes here . After John Roach was seriously wo...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Pain on train: 'James Johnson your husband is ded and buried'

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The cars on Private James Johnson's train, perhaps one much like this one, plummeted into a ravine. (Library of Congress) Like thi...
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Saturday, October 07, 2017

A last supper, then 'dread realities of war' for brothers

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       PANORAMA: Antietam National Cemetery. Ephraim Eager's remains may lie here.                                      (Click at upp...
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Thursday, October 05, 2017

Antietam soldier snapshot: Carried off by a 'very bad fever'

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Gravestone for 57th New York Private Henry F. Bugbee at Antietam National Cemetery. (Find A Grave)   Like this blog on Facebook  | Rea...
Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Note from Antietam: 'You must be prepared for bad news'

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Union surgeon Anson Hurd cares for wounded at the Otho J. Smith farm, near  the  Antietam battlefield. 108th Corporal Richard Morrell di...
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