Select Civil War Letters of

George Harold Parker, 1838 - 1906

• Resident of Reading, Massachusetts
• Served with the 13th Massachusetts Regiment in the American Civil
War
• The Reading Antiquarian Society has over 60 of his letters, mostly
addressed to his brother; three are provided here
• He participated in battles of South Mountain, Antietam, and the First
Battle of Petersburg (among others)
• After the war he was employed until six weeks before his death at
Samuel Pierce’s Organ Pipe Factory (in Reading, MA)
• He was married in 1876 to Rachel Knights and had one child, a
daughter named Myra
• He represented Reading in the state legislature in 1882 and served
for a number of years as chief engineer of the fire department
Information courtesy of Gary d’Entremont and Reading Antiquarian Society