Series 17 - Edward Conner letter

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P/P155/30/17

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Edward Conner letter

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  • 1862-2006 (Creation)

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The transcript was donated to Kerby A. Miller by Dr. Mark F. O'Connor, a descendant of the author, via email, 10 September 2006.

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Transcripts of a letter from Edward Conner, Ballineen, Cork, to his sister-in-law Mrs. William Stephens Conner, Waukon, Iowa, 27 November 1862, plus correspondence between Kerby A. Miller and donor Dr. Mark F. O'Connor. Per O'Connor: 'William Conner and his brother, John McNamara Swan Connor (my ancestor) were in the 27th Iowa, company 'C' if I remember right. Wm. was a private and John was a medical doctor traveling with Wm's company. He was unable to obtain a position with the army until 1864, when became a contract surgeon in Nashville for the Union Army. There are transcripts of letters written by Wm Conner while in the army Ultimately, Wm was shot and killed in the battle of Yellow Bayou in Louisiana, May 16, 1864.'

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