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| Size | 3 items |
| Abstract | Levi J. Fritz served in the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was granted a medical leave of absence in December 1864 for haimoptysis (hemoptysis). He wrote the regiment's song, "My 53rd." The collection consists of Levi J. Fritz's 87-page Civil War diary, chiefly from June and July 1863; a document written by General W. Jackson of the United States General Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., declaring Fritz medically unfit for duty, 10 December 1864; and a 28 June 1865 letter to Fritz from a person named Mahlin in Pottstown, Pa., declaring his escape from the Confederates. The diary contains accounts of battle, including the Battle of Gettysburg, and marching throughout Virginia and Pennsylvania; descriptions of Fritz's surroundings and army life; and Fritz's comparisons of the people of Maryland and Virginia. The diary also includes a list of the wounded in Companies G and H of the 68th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment; a description of how a man from Company F was saved during the Battle of Chancellorsville when a bullet got stuck in the bible in his shirt pocket; and a transcribed copy of an 1865 circular from Major General George Meade that directs officers to encourage troops to continue their brave fighting before the next anticipated battle. |
| Creator | Fritz, Levi J., 1840-1872. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Kiley Orchard, May 2010
Encoded by: Kiley Orchard, May 2010
This collection was processed with support from Elizabeth Moore Ruffin.
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Levi J. Fritz served in the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was granted a medical leave of absence in December 1864 for haimoptysis (hemoptysis). He wrote the regiment's song, "My 53rd."
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The collection consists of Levi J. Fritz's 87-page Civil War diary, chiefly from June and July 1863; a document written by General W. Jackson of the United States General Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., declaring Fritz medically unfit for duty, 10 December 1864; and a 28 June 1865 letter to Fritz from a person named Mahlin in Pottstown, Pa., declaring his escape from the Confederates. The diary contains accounts of battle, including the Battle of Gettysburg, and marching throughout Virginia and Pennsylvania; descriptions of Fritz's surroundings and army life; and Fritz's comparisons of the people of Maryland and Virginia. The diary also includes a list of the wounded in Companies G and H of the 68th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment; a description of how a man from Company F was saved during the Battle of Chancellorsville when a bullet got stuck in the bible in his shirt pocket; and a transcribed copy of an 1865 circular from Major General George Meade that directs officers to encourage troops to continue their brave fighting before the next anticipated battle.
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