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Letter from Jacob Bretz to George Bretz

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5
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October 8, 1862
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Jacob Bretz tells his son about news of Carlisle during the Civil War and specifically mentions people that George knew. He also notes those soldiers from Carlisle who have been killed or wounded. He recounts that 30,000 “raw Milicia” were sent through Carlisle on the Cumberland Valley Railroad by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin ('37) to assist General George B. McClellan; “you would of thought all Hell had broke loos, to see the trains pass hear and the men Hallowing.”
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Gift of John C. Dann
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I-DannJ-1973-1