Letters from War: 1861 | A Schuylkill Haven Soldier Crosses the Potomac
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Letters from War: 1861 | A Schuylkill Haven Soldier Crosses the Potomac
James K. Helms had been a dentist in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania as the Civil War broke out and he joined the effort to save the Union. By June 1861, the 20-year-old was marching through the summer heat with Company D of the 6th Pennsylvania Infantry, part of General Robert Patterson’s Army of the Shenandoah pushing south toward the Potomac River. Photograph of James K. Helms later in the Civil War – 48th PA blog Writing to the Miners’ Journ…
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