Centre County Library and Historical Museum - P. Benner Wilson Letters

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Fifty-seven handwritten letters from P. Benner Wilson (Bellefonte, PA resident and Officer in the 2nd PA Cavalry) to his brothers and sister dated from July 16, 1861 to March 30, 1865 describing his experiences in the Civil War, and B&W photograph of Captain P. Benner Wilson dated 1861/1862.
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1862-08-02 Letter from P. Benner Wilson to his sister, Mary E. D. Wilson
1862-08-02 Letter from P. Benner Wilson to his sister, Mary E. D. Wilson
Civil War
The regiment moved from Cloud's Mills, VA to Little Washington, VA. Capt. Wilson's unit marched past the Bull Run battlefield and saw 'where the trees were cut by the bullets and cannon balls, one passed through a stone house'. They expected to get into a battle soon. Capt. Wilson noted 'if I should happen to be killed I wish you would have my remains brought home and buried in a lot in the cemetery', and if he got wounded he wanted to be brought back to Pennsylvania.