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Memorial Pamphlet of "George Jones Bacon" Killed in Manassas, Virginia Battle 1861....
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Description
Memorial Pamphlet of "George Jones Bacon" Killed in Manassas, Virginia Battle 1861. A memorial of George Jones Bacon New York: Baker Godwin, printers, 1868. Cook, Frederick N. journal [New York]; 1861. Printed second page. "Killed in battle, at Manassas, Virginia, July 21st, 1861, George Jones Bacon, aged 19 years, second son of J. B. Bacon, of New York. He was a volunteer in Company C - color company - 71st Regiment, N.Y.S.M. He fell early in the action, by a musket-ball in the forehead. His comrades buried him on the field. New York papers of Sept. 10, 1861". This 40 page pamphlet has the Bacon family & war history. Manuscript obverse, To Samuel W. Mifflin, esq. with the respectful regards of J. B. Bacon. Mifflin was described as "a close and comprehensive thinker, and possessed of a highly organized mental and spiritual temperament." He also achieved a quiet fame in other areas removed from his profession. A warm friend of the oppressed, in the days before the Civil War he personally assisted many slaves from the South on their way northward to freedom; one of the stations on the famous "underground railroad" was on his farm in Wrightsville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Period ink bottom "Printed only for private circulation". Measures approximately 6" x 9.50".Condition: Good, cover chipped, discoloration, soiled, string for binding broke
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2008 June Signature Civil War Auction #6002 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2008
29th-30th
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