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Details of Valentine's life after the Civil War are sketchy. He did return to Massachusetts where he spent the remainder of his life. In 1896, Valentine published Story of Co. F, 23d Massachusetts Volunteers in the War For the Union 1861-1865. He died on 17 June 1917.
The source for this biographical sketch is the inventory of the Herbert Eugene Valentine Papers, Wilson Library, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png)
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