CIVIL War Letter Badly Wounded Soldier Never Survived Amputation Leg 5th Maine

We offer only genuine original items. Civil War letter, June 7. 1864 in beautiful dark manuscript to wife ending with an unusual from your obt servt John Leavitt concerning their son, Joseph, 5. Maine Infantry, hospitalized from battle wound. The four-page letter describes army hospital life during the Civil War in vivid detail. The salutation "obedient servant" is usually seen on correspondence from one officer to another.

To see letters where a man has addressed his wife as her "obedient servant" is highly unusual. I pack up the winni ng orders quickly as I can, we have a packing room all set up for me.

Some days are good, some days are not so good. There are times I cannot manage to pack up the winning orders, so there may be a day or two delay. All the Middle East with the. Sorry this has to be inforced, we no longer can handle the losses. NOTE: If there is advertising below and a web link, this is.

NOT US , and we do not endorse any item that is being offered in those links. We offer only genuine items , no worthless copies or reprints or reproductions. WE MADE AN ERROR, THIS SOLDIER WAS NOT JEWISH AS FIRST THOUGHT, HIS FATHER MENTIONS GOING TO A LOCAL CHURCH. The item "CIVIL WAR LETTER BADLY WOUNDED SOLDIER NEVER SURVIVED AMPUTATION LEG 5TH MAINE" is in sale since Wednesday, November 30, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Correspondence, Mail".

The seller is "cptkneecap" and is located in North Dighton, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, to Germany, to Japan, to Australia.

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