Letters From Ferdinand J. Dunlap

Letters From Ferdinand J. Dunlap

The following two letters were written by Ferdinand Dunlap to family members. Each is dated in 1863; one in March and one in June. He enlisted in Company D on 10 May 1861. Ferdinand was promoted from Sergeant to Lieutenant in April of 1862 and died the following year on November 14th. He is listed as dying of "heart disease" in Staunton, Virginia and is buried there. He was 28 years old.