Civil War Soldier Battle of Atlanta 13th New York 12th Mass Infantry Burial Letters
ORIGINAL HISTORICAL EPHEMERA CIVIL WAR 13th NEW YORK BATTERY 12th MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY 3 CIVIL WAR DOCS ALL IN REGARDS TO COLONEL JAMES LYNCH OF THE 13th NEW YORK BATTERY WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND WHOSE REMAINS ARE LOCATED THROUGH THESE PASSING LETTERS FIRST IS AN EMERGENCY CITIZENSHIP PAPER FOR LYNCH'S WIFE TO EMIGRATE FROM ENGLAND/IRELAND "renouncing allegiance to the Queen of England & Ireland" SIGNED BY NATHANIEL JARVIS DATED APRIL 1866 SECOND IS A LETTER FROM LYNCH'S SON, FRANKLIN, TO DAVENPORT WHEELER, BROTHER OF CAPTAIN WHEELER WHO WAS KIA W/ LYNCH THIRD IS A LETTER FROM THOMAS PHILLIP HAVILLAND 1st ADJUTANT OF 12th MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY AND SURGEON AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT LETTING THE LYNCH FAMILY KNOW THAT THE HE WAS KILLED AT PEACH TREE CREEK AND WAS BURIED IN MARIETTA GEORGIA CEMETERY SIGNED AND DATED JUNE 1896 WAR DEPARTMENT SURGEON GENERAL LETTERHEAD GOOD CONDITION, W/ SOME AGE WEAR TO EACH GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC PL