to A.M. Flinn

Flinn, John William, fl. 1863-1893 to A.M. Flinn

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GLC#
GLC04573.04-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
9 August 1863
Author/Creator
Flinn, John William, fl. 1863-1893
Title
to A.M. Flinn
Place Written
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 17.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Spent three weeks as a prisoner at Fort Delaware. Has not heard from his family since he returned to camp. While at Fort Delaware, his father had come to camp to visit and went home without knowing the fate of his son. He discusses the losses from Battle of Gettysburg, " the hardest battle that has ever been fought on this continent," and lists a page and a half of friends and comrades who lost their lives in Pennsylvania. Flinn was ill during the battle. Written along the Rapidan River

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