Description: An original Civil War letter from N.G Field at "Wassonville, Wash. Co. Iowa , Feb 14, 63" to Iowa Adjutant General N.B Baker informing him that one Reuben Parker, either 26th or 28th Iowa Regt , "a tall and powerful man, said to be the best in the regiment" a man and his brother the writer knows well, who came to Iowa as boys from Vermont, settled in North English, has deserted and gone to the "Wisconsin Pinerys" . The writer says he was up at North English recently and Parker had shown up to visit his family but has returned top the Pinerys under an assumed name , claiming there were many more of them up there "who Uncle Sam could not take , their PO is Sparta, and reports he regrets leaving his regiment very much and would give everything to be back again in good standing".The letter is signed "N.G. Fields, PM". The reverse includes a pencil notation from Lt Colonel Charles S Lovell, 18th US Infantry at Milwaukee informing General Baker that "This Dept has nothing to do with arresting deserters and he must write the Acting Asst Provost Marshal of Wisconsin. Wassonville, once known as "Sodom" now a ghost town was once a whisky trading post on the Sac & Fox Trail. 1p 8 x 12". Age stains, reverse with small archival repair at one corner, Overall VG. Comes w service info for General Baker and for Reuben Parker who is listed as a deserter from Genoa Bluff, Iowa, and for Charles Swain Lovell, 18th US Infantry, a brevet brigadier general.Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints and badges. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 41 years. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER CIVIL WAR AND EARLY AMERICAN MILITARIA LISTINGS. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described.. I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance Mike Brackin
Price: 165 USD
Location: Angier, North Carolina
End Time: 2024-03-18T21:01:12.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
