Letters to Henry A. Bitner, 1861-1863.

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Letters to Henry A. Bitner, 1861-1863.

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The collection consists of letters written to Bitner from civilian and soldier friends including David R.P. Shoemaker of the 11th Regt., Ohio Volunteers, Alex Cressler of Chambersburg, Pa., Thad Donnelly, 130th Regt., Pennsylvania Volunteers, William H. Kindig, 107th Regt., Pennsylvania Volunteers, and Henry T. Daihl, 77th Regt., Pennsylvania Volunteers. Topics include Civil War battles of Rice Mountain, First Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, and South Mountain. Letters also convey family and camp news, battle rumors, opinions of prominent generals and civilians including Pennsylvana governor Curtin, a detailed description of Chambersburg, Pa., in 1861, Baltimore and Washington in 1862, and life as a Confederate prisoner of war.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621100

University of Virginia. Library

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 107th (1862-1865)

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Cressler, Alex,

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 130th.

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United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 11th.

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Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1817-1894.

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Governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Attorney General Hoar, 1869 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527031 Andrew Gregg Curtin was the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. From the description of A.G. Curtin letter to James T. Hale, 1855 March 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49839092 ...

Daihl, Henry T.,

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Bitner, Henry A.

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Resident of Shippensburg, Franklin County, Penn. From the description of Letters to Henry A. Bitner, 1861-1863. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50141029 ...

Donnelly, Thad,

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 77th (1861-1866)

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Kindig, William H.,

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Shoemaker, David R. P.,

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