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6th Pennsylvania Reserves

In April 1917, a loose floorboard revealed a letter written in the days after the Battle of Antietam

Posted on November 30, 2017March 16, 2018 by Jake Wynn

The letter was written by a soldier from Shamokin, Pennsylvania in September 1862.

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