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From: "Bonnie Lyons" <>
Subject: Re: Civil War letters from a Coffin
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:02:26 -0500
References: <20060123.172617.1380.2.doncoffin@juno.com>


Don,

My book of the CW letters arrived from Amazon.com a couple of weeks ago. I
have thoroughly enjoyed reading them and am envious that Grandfather
Elisha's letters were not saved. He must have written some before he was
interred in Andersonville Prison. Anyway, thanks for sharing the information
with the Coffin list.

Bonnie Lyons in Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don O Coffin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:26 PM
Subject: Civil War letters from a Coffin


>
> I had known that my great-great uncle, William Coffin, (see the
> descendency table below) served in the Union army during the Civil War. I
> recently learned that William wrote his wife, and occasionally his
> parents over 130 letters during that time. Thankfully, the letters were
> preserved by his wife, passed down thru his daughter and his
> grand-daughter to his great grandson, John Chapman. Just recently, the
> Chapmans transcribed and published them: "Love Letters from the Civil
> War." by John B. & Donna L. Chapman, editors [Sigler Publishing, Ames,
> Iowa, 2000].
> Although I am fairly closely related to William (brother of my
> g-grandfather), I only learned of this resource by happenstance. I felt
> there might be others on the Coffin list who would have an interest. The
> book is now in its second printing and is available through many online
> booksellers (Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc.)
> ---Don Owen Coffin ()
>
> Tristram Coffyn <> Dionis Stevens
> \_John Coffin <> Deborah Austin
> \_Samuel Coffin <> Miriam Gardner
> \_William Coffin <> Priscilla Paddock
> \_Bethuel Coffin <> Hannah Dicks
> \_Zacharias Coffin <> Phebe Starbuck
> \_Hervey Coffin <> Rachel Mills
> \_William Coffin (1835-1927)<> Rachel Luzena Shelley
>
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