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Creator/Title
Blackmar, Wilmon Whilldin, 1841-1905. Letters, 1863. 2 items.
Call No.
Mss. C B
Content
Two letters written in July 1863 by Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar in Louisville, Ky, while he was serving with the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, also known as the Anderson Cavalry. Writing to his father, Blackmar describes his jubilant reaction to the "late Victory" (at Gettysburg); the possibility of a raid on Louisville by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan; and Blackmar's visit to a Louisville dentist. In 1897, Blackmar received a Medal of Honor recognizing his actions during the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia on April 1, 1865.