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Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863 to Amanda Wilkinson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.13.010 Author/Creator: Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863 Place Written: Arlington Heights, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 August 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy

Tells his wife that he is continually thinking of her, and that the thought of being with her again gives him courage. A young man whom his wife had written about in one of her letters was killed from a shot to the head in the 1st Michigan Infantry. Says that he has received a lot of papers from Wink, his sister. He is very glad that he did not bring her with him to the front.

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

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