George S. Bourne, Chaplain, 1st Division, 14th Corps [Chattanooga, TN] wrote this letter to the Parents of James Pillar, October 3, 1863, to inform them that their son died in a Confederate prison camp from wounds he received in the Battle of Chickamauga.

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James D. Pillar [Milwaukee, WI]

Pillar, James D. Papers, 1862-1863

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