Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Edmund N. Davis of Newfield, a private in Co. G of the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, wrote to the agent of the Maine Agency Sanitary Commission from Wolf Hospital in Alexandria asking to be paid his bounty. He wrote, "My famaley wants it very Much."
Davis was 44 when he enlisted on December 21, 1863. He was mustered out on April 21, 1865.
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About This Item
- Title: Letter seeking bounty pay, Virginia, 1864
- Creator: Edmund N. Davis
- Creation Date: 1864-10-14
- Subject Date: 1864
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Locations:
- Newfield, York County, ME
- Alexandria, VA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.2 cm x 12.6 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1533, Box 2/1
- Collection: Maine Agency Sanitary Commission records
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
- United States. Army. Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, 1st (1863-1865)
- Maine Agency Sanitary Commission
- Soldiers--Maine
- Relief (Aid)
- United States Sanitary Commission
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief
- Davis, Edmund N.--Correspondence
- Bounties (Military)
- Letters
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(207) 774-1822 x230
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