Name: Patrick Ralph
Regiment: 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Co H
Letters: Death notice, widow
Death: Killed in action
The Civil War: Letters From the Front
- Letters From the Front
- Welcome. This is a collaborative undertaking to make available the many letters from Union soldiers that exist in the Widows' Certificates pension files at the US National Archives. For a complete description, please see the "Project Proposal" page. If you would like to contribute, please read the instruction page and contact the administrator for more information.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
WC 62805
Name: Stephen O'Shea
Regiment: 31st New York Infantry, Co A
Letters: Wife; death notice
Death: Killed in action, Battle of Gaines Hill
Regiment: 31st New York Infantry, Co A
Letters: Wife; death notice
Death: Killed in action, Battle of Gaines Hill
WC 59808
Name: Erastus Pratt
Regiment: 50th New York Infantry, Co E
Letters: Death
Death: Unknown
Transcription:
Oct 10, 1864
By Telegraph from Washington DC
To Mrs Mary Pratt
Cherry via Waverly
Your Husband is dead. Will send his remains on today.
Peter O. Donnell
Regiment: 50th New York Infantry, Co E
Letters: Death
Death: Unknown
Transcription:
Oct 10, 1864
By Telegraph from Washington DC
To Mrs Mary Pratt
Cherry via Waverly
Your Husband is dead. Will send his remains on today.
Peter O. Donnell
WC 59958
Name: Stephen Decker
Regiment: 115 New York Infantry, Co G
Letters: Death notice
Death: Unknown; prisoner of war
Regiment: 115 New York Infantry, Co G
Letters: Death notice
Death: Unknown; prisoner of war
Sunday, November 28, 2010
WC 60163
Name: George H. Robinson Jr.
Regiment: 9th New York Infantry, Co B
Letters: Mother, death
Death: Diptheria
Regiment: 9th New York Infantry, Co B
Letters: Mother, death
Death: Diptheria
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