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1201 Grand Avenue Sept. 11th 1879 My dear Alice Your letters are always very welcome, & I hasten to reply to this last, as there are some things you may like to know at once. My boys were in the 24th Wisconsin Regiment. Charley enter'd Lieut. & left Captain. Henry enter'd as private - left Lieut. Charley serv'd two years & a half. Henry something over a year. He was severely wounded at Chicamauga - shot twice through his arm - two of his fingers were shot so they had to be amputated -- his whole hand is injured he was unfit for service. Henry Brinkerhoff was born 28th Oct 1834 - Henry Gilmen April 28th