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English
Abstract
Copy of a manuscript letter written by Macajah Anderson Thorn to his father, Gordon Cloyd Torn, from Prison No. 2,Camp Chase,
Ohio, dated November 18, 1864. Macajah was the grandfather of Gordon Thorn, the lender. At the time, the Thorn home was in
Bland County Virginia. Macajah was a confederate captured near Moorefield. There is also included a copy of a typescript communication,
4/30/1926, from the U.S. War Department to Mrs. H. H. Ball, Princeton, W.Va. concerning Sgt. Thorn's War record.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Macajah Anderson Thorn Letter, A&M 2210, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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