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Russell Stokes, 10th MO Company B

Dear Little Sister…Sending Love from the Battlefield

By Cindy Foster / July 18, 2022 /

Little sister is Susan Emmaline “Emma”, the eighth child and only daughter of my 3rd great grandfather Robert Firman Stokes. He, Emma, and her mother Hannah Parker Jones Stokes saw five of Robert’s sons volunteer to defend the Union during the Civil War. All served in the Western Theatre, under General Ulysses S Grant at…

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