Category Archives: 72nd New York Infantry

“The hissing bullet has sung his requiem.” The Obituary for a New York Soldier.

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Gettysburg National Military Park

The devastating news arrived in Dunkirk, New York on a warm July day- Private Thomas Holland, the  town’s former clothing merchant, a soldier in the 72nd New York Infantry, was dead, killed at Gettysburg. Like so many families affected by … Continue reading →

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