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Good-content Union soldier's letter on patriotic letterhead, 3pp. 8vo., Camp Washington, July 30, 1861, a letter from Union soldier George F. Tillinghast, Co. B, CT 2nd Infantry, providing family and friends with updates after the Battle of Manassas. In part:"...I am alive and well...and escaped unhurt from the Battle near Manassas on the 21st... I was most of the time during the Battle in the thickest of the fight, and several times came very near losing my life. Old Connecticut fought I think the best of any...Many a good and brave man fell to rise no more. Three men were all that were lost out of our Company...We are expecting to start for home every day now...as our time is out..." Tillinghast did return home to Connecticut in August 1861, yet was mustered back into a different company three months later, where he remained for much of the war. Fine.

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April 1, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Elkton, MD, US

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