This collection contains one clipping of a letter from James Hopkins Larkin to his sons during the Civil War.

Pvt. James Hopkins Larkin (1809 - 1862) was probably born in Chesterfield, NH and lived in Andover, MA and Mount Tabor, VT. After a letter to his sons about their desire to enlist in the United States Army was published in a newspaper in 1861, Larkin joined Company G of the Seventh Vermont Volunteer Infantry the following year. The 7th VVI was a three-years' regiment that served in the western theater, primarily in Louisiana and Florida. Pvt. Larkin died of dysentery on October 15, 1862. He is buried in Chalmette National Cemetery in Louisiana.

.01 Linear feet (1 folder)

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