Centre County Library and Historical Museum - John Blair Linn's Trip to the Gettysburg Battlefield

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Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 1
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 1
Civil War
Page 1 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 10
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 10
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Page 10 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 11
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 11
Civil War
Page 11 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 12
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 12
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Page 12 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 2
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 2
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Page 2 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 3
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 3
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Page 3 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 4
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 4
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Page 4 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 5
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 5
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Page 5 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 6
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 6
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Page 6 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 7
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 7
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Page 7 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 8
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 8
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Page 8 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 9
Handwritten Journal of John Blair Linn's Trip to Gettysburg Battlefield, Page 9
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Page 9 of 12 detailing John Blair Linn's trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The journal covers his trip from Monday. July 6, 1863 to Saturday, July 11, 1863.
Object #10 - Blood Stained Envelope
Object #10 - Blood Stained Envelope
Civil War
Yellow paper ‘Union & Liberty’ envelope with flying eagle carrying a U.S. flag and with white stars throughout with stains that appear to be blood found by John Blair Linn on Gettysburg battlefield (3-1/8" high x 5-1/2" long)
Object #12 - Handwritten Daily Journal Pages
Object #12 - Handwritten Daily Journal Pages
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'I hope that we may be all spared one month more; it seems an age since we left home.' Extract from partial daily journal picked up at Gettysburg by John Blair Linn.
Object #13 - Application for Leave Letter
Object #13 - Application for Leave Letter
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Handwritten application letter for a three hour leave of absence for Private William G. Ziegler of Company D, 24th Virginia Regiment, a handwritten approval letter, and a handwritten note by John Blair Linn. The leave was requested at Fort Powhatan, VA on March 16, 1863.
Object #14 - Bible Remnant
Object #14 - Bible Remnant
Civil War
Per John Blair Linn ‘Part of a bible picked up by me on the ground below the Cemetery at Gettysburg where Jackson old Brigade led by Gen. Hays made the grand charge on the batterys on the Cemetery hill July 3, 1863 J. B. Linn July 8, 63’. Pocket bible contains the Old Testament book of Micah Chapter 7, Verses 7 – 20, the complete books of Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Haggai, and the book of Zechariah Chapters I – XIV Verses 1 and 2; pages 833 – 848.
Object #15 - Scrap of Paper Receipt
Object #15 - Scrap of Paper Receipt
Civil War
Scrap of paper picked up by John Blair Linn in his handwritten words ‘scrap of paper picked up on the battlefield near Emmittsburg Road, July 8, 1863, J. B. Linn’. It has handwritten names on the back.
Object #18 - Remnant of Flower
Object #18 - Remnant of Flower
Civil War
Per John Blair Linn written on a ‘James F. & John B. Linn, Attorneys at Law, Lewisburg, Penn’a.’ envelope ‘portion of Confederate money picked up on the Oxford road also a flower from the Cemetery over centre in battles of 1, 2 & 3 July 63’. Image shows the dried remnants of the flower that are in the envelope.
Object #3 - Remnant of New Testament
Object #3 - Remnant of New Testament
Civil War
Per John Blair Linn ‘…I found a testament with the name T. C. Horcraft , 34th Regt. N.Y.S.V. Excelsior eagle and shield, on the next leaf was written “David Mitchel” 105 Virginia Regt….’. It was found along Emmitsburg Road on July 8, 1863. It was personalized by both a Union and Confederate soldier. T. C. Horcraft is actually T. C. Hopcraft on the testament.
Object #4 - Handwritten letter to Joseph Hollowell from his Daughter
Object #4 - Handwritten letter to Joseph Hollowell from his Daughter
Civil War
'I go to school and read in the fifth reader, am most through long division. I would ben prity near half way through the book if I had not had to wate for the little ones to catch up with me'. Letter found by John Blair Linn near Emmitsburg Road on Gettysburg battlefield on July 8, 1863.