Levi J. Fritz Papers, 1863-1866, 1886, andundated

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Levi J. Fritz Papers, 1863-1866, 1886, andundated

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Levi J. Fritz served in the 53rdPennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was granted a medical leaveof absence in December 1864 for haimoptysis (hemoptysis). He wrote the regiment'ssong, My 53rd. The collection consists of Levi J. Fritz's 87-page CivilWar diary, chiefly from June and July 1863; a document written by General W. Jacksonof the United States General Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., declaring Fritzmedically unfit for duty, 10 December 1864; and a 28 June 1865 letter to Fritz froma person named Mahlin in Pottstown, Pa., declaring his escape from the Confederates.The diary contains accounts of battle, including the Battle of Gettysburg, andmarching throughout Virginia and Pennsylvania; descriptions of Fritz's surroundingsand army life; and Fritz's comparisons of the people of Maryland and Virginia. Thediary also includes a list of the wounded in Companies G and H of the 68thPennsylvania Infantry Regiment; a description of how a man from Company F was savedduring the Battle of Chancellorsville when a bullet got stuck in the bible in hisshirt pocket; and a transcribed copy of an 1865 circular from Major General GeorgeMeade that directs officers to encourage troops to continue their brave fightingbefore the next anticipated battle.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Fritz, Levi J., 1840-1872

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Levi J. Fritz served in the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was granted a medical leave of absence in December 1864 for haimoptysis (hemoptysis). He wrote the regiment's song, My 53rd. From the guide to the Levi J. Fritz Papers, 1863-1866, 1886, and undated, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Levi J. Fritz served in the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was granted a ...