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"Dear Kate"

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Author
Maloney, Mary R.
Date of Publication
1961.
Lan- caster, Pennsylvania, on the first morning of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, and the subsequent disclosure of his secret engagement to be mar- ried to a handsome and talented young woman whom he had met five years before. The sequence of events in the opening phases of the battle has
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by Mary R. Maloney.
Author
Maloney, Mary R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1961.
Physical Description
[136]-143 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 65, no. 3
Summary
Upon the death of Lancaster's General John Reynolds at the Battle of Gettysburg, a gold ring on a chain was found around his neck. It was inscribed "Dear Kate." The Reynolds family had not known that Reynoldshad planned to marry Catherine Mary Hewitt, "Kate". They did not even know of her until she visited Reynolds sister's home in Philadelphia to view his body. Ms Hewitt and General Reynolds had planned that if he did not survive the war, she would enter a convent. She followed through with the plan and entered a convent in Emittsburg,Pa. She left the service to the church 5 years later. The writer of this article could not determine what then happened to Kate.
Subjects
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863.
Hewitt, Catherine Mary.
Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 65, number 3 (1961), p. 136-143Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.65
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