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Not Gone Before His Time: The Adventures of Civil War Captain Harry B. Doolittle

Posted on March 9, 2012 by SCblogger

On August 13, 1896 the Daily Democrat and Davenport Daily Times ran the obituary for Captain Harry B. Doolittle. The Civil War veteran had died after a fall at his residence at the Old Soldiers’ Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. Interestingly, … Continue reading →

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