Type - ex: book, article, monograph, essay

Letter

Title - full title of the work

George G. Pilkington, drummer, Co. E, 126th PA Inf to Mother

Creator - the author

GEORGE GETTYS PILKINGTON

Date Created

21st October 1862

Subject - ex: regimental history, personal memoir, battle narrative

Letter home from soldier in the field

Abstract - a brief summary of the contents of the text

News from the field, writer tells mother of brothers death and how hes handling it. This item includes images of original letter, a transcription, notes about named persons, several other soldiers mentioned

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Source - holder or donor of the original document

Original with family member or collector

Letter on Spared and Shared

Temporal Coverage - time period covered in the text

October, 1862

Spatial Coverage - place(s) or geographic area covered in the text

Maryland

Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the text

Transcribed and posted online by William Griffing at Spared & Shared, used here with permission