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Language
English
Abstract
Letters written by Francis M. Skillin of the Maine 15th Volunteers, Company H to friends and family in Garland, Maine. Topics
include Union General Neale Dow and Maine draft evaders fleeing to Canada. Four letters were written from Martinsburg during
the winter of 1864-65. Other letters were written from Augusta, Maine; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Pensacola, Florida; and Baltimore,
Maryland.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Francis M. Skillin, Civil War Soldier, Letters, A&M 3169, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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