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“With great sorrow I address you” – A heartbreaking letter to the father of a fallen Civil War soldier

Posted on June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 by Jake Wynn

Private Anthony Wade died in an accidental shooting near Cold Harbor, Virginia in June 1864.

Posted in Civil War, Schuylkill CountyTagged 1864, 48th Pennsylvania, Civil War, Cold Harbor, Letter, Miners Journal, Mourning, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Spotsylvania Court House2 Comments

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