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An American Soldier Letters of Edwin Austin Abbey / compiled by Katharine Eleanor Abbey [Textual record]
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1918 (Creation)
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Ca. 2 cm of textual records: 174 p.
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Edwin Austin Abbey, newphew of the painter, a graduate of St. Mark's School and the University of Pennsylvania, enlisted early in the war in a Canadian regiment, was wounded in April, 1916, returned to the front as lieutenant, and was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on April 10, 1917.
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Item consists of a compilation of letters written by Edwin while in Canada, in hospital, and in France to his mother and father. Edwin's commander was Addison Alexander Mackenzie who he references in several of his letters. Collection is evidence of the effect of the war on the soldiers as well as those at home and gives historical information on the soldier's daily life in the trenches.
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Bay 5, Sh. 16
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