The CIVIL WAR Letters of Fannie Austin

THE PHOTOS
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Frances M. Austin
Gravestone
& Obituary

Charles H. Austin
Gravestone
& Obituary

Thomas Huntley
Gravestone
& Obituary

Sunset Hill
Cemetery

Julius F. Bennett
Gravestone

Fannie Austin
Photos Page

THE LETTERS *************** October 1859 - September 1864	Background	THE LETTERS *************** October 1864 - May 1865
OCTOBER 12, 1859 ( Bromly Common, England ) Grandmother Jane Huntley Letter ***** ***** APRIL 7, 1862 ( Sissinghurst, England ) Cousin Matilda Dann Letter ******* APRIL 7, 1862 ( Fort Lyon, Virginia ) Private Thomas Huntley Letter Company F 26th New York Infantry ******* JANUARY 18, 1864 ( London, England ) Aunt F. Dann Letter ***** ***** JUNE 8, 1864 ( near Richmond, Virginia ) Private Charles H. Austin Letter Company E 14th New York Heavy Artillery ******* JUNE 18,1864 ( near Petersburg, Virginia ) Private Charles H. Austin Letter Company E 14th New York Heavy Artillery ******* SEPTEMBER 10, 1864 ( near Weldon railroad, Virginia ) Private Alfred A. Saunders Letter Company K 14th New York Heavy Artillery	Fannie Austin was a 19th Century English immigrant to America who was thrust into the heart of the War Between the States. She was a wife, sister, niece, and friend of Civil War soldiers and their families. During the course of the Civil War she received letters from these loved ones and she kept them *ALL*. Though she lived on 60 more years following the end of the War, her gravestone epitath simply reads "SOLDIER'S WIDOW". Her letters, meanwhile, were left behind and lost for 50 more years. In 1974, during a remodeling project to a home located in the village of Clinton,Oneida County, New York, some wallboards were removed. It was at that moment that the Civil War Letters of Fannie Austin were miraculously recovered. They had apparently been stored in the attic and had accidentally fallen from their shelf behind the wallboards to the ground level.	OCTOBER 12, 1864 ( Danville, Virginia ) Private Charles H. Austin Letter Company E 14th New York Heavy Artillery ******* NOVEMBER 23, 1864 ( Vernon, New York ) Fannie Austin Letter ***** ***** FEBRUARY 23, 1865 ( Annapolis, Maryland ) Private Charles H. Austin Letter Company E 14th New York Heavy Artillery ******* MARCH 06, 1865 ( Annapolis, Maryland ) Private Charles H. Austin Letter Company E 14th New York Heavy Artillery ******* MARCH 16, 1865 ( Dupage County, Illinois ) Carrie Padgham Letter ***** ***** MAY 29, 1865 Camp Sprague Private Alfred A. Saunders Letter Company K 14th New York Heavy Artillery

THE LINKS
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New York State
and the
Civil War

New York
Civil War Regiments
Online

Civil War Rosters
New York

Oneida County
New York
GenWeb

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