Mary Ann Clark Letters 1862.

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Mary Ann Clark Letters 1862.

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This collection contains two letters about the female Civil War soldier Mary Ann Clark. In the first letter, written to Mrs. Huffman and Mrs. Tucker while Clark was a prisoner in a Union jail, Clark describes being wounded in a battle and her subsequent imprisonment. In the second letter, E.A.W. Burbage, Clarks mother, writes to Mrs. Kate Huffman to describe her daughters early life, and suggests possible reasons why Clark became a solider.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7998165

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Burbage, E.A.W.

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Clark, Mary Ann, 1949-...

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Mary Clark was born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky around 1831. Clark married George T. Walker in Breckinridge County on October 1, 1853. They had four children together, but only Gideon P. and Caroline Elizabeth survived. The marriage, as described by her mother, was a difficult one. Sometime after 1859, Walker left Clark and moved to California. In October 1861, Clark left Breckinridge County and joined a company of Kentucky cavalry under the name of Henry Clark. She returned home in Februar...

Walker, George

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George Walker was a surveyor and prothonotary in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. From the description of Records, 1775-1873, 1775, 1829-1873. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122632974 Epithet: Governor of Londonderry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x0003e7 In the 1840s the Governor of New South Wales, Sir George Gipps, believed the colony had a great futu...

Huffman, Kate

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