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[Twenty two newspaper clippings collected by Eleazer L. Sarsons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.12 Author/Creator: Place Written: New Hampshire Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1861-1865 Pagination: 22 clippings Order a Copy

Mostly printed photos and obituaries of New Hampshire Civil War Veterans. Some material related to ex-prisoners of war; Sarsons had been a POW and spent time at Andersonville. There is also an article on Thomas Carter, who had been awarded the medal of honor. The newspaper names and dates do not appear.

Sarsons, Eleazer L.,1836-?

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