Parker, Frank W. (fl. 1865) to Thomas M. Vincent
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.09 Author/Creator: Parker, Frank W. (fl. 1865) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 July 1865 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 25 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Parker, the Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment, writes to Colonel Vincent to relay a statement on the service of Eleazer L. Sarsons. Recounts Sarsons service, which included a time as a prisoner of war in Andersonville Prison, and his denied application for an appointment. Asks that Sergeant Sarsons be mustered back into a New Hampshire regiment as a 1st Lieutenant, asserting that "Sergeant Sarsons is a deserving soldier." Notes on the fourth page show the processing of the request: there is a description of the request, a note signed by Vincent indicating he referenced the request to the Commissary of Musters of the 10th Army Corps, a signed note from the Commissary of Musters indicating the request was complied with, and a signed note from Parker dated 9 September 1866 forwarding the document to Sarsons and instructing him to obtain three months extra pay. There are also some notations in pink ink made later.
Thomas McCurdy Vincent was an 1853 graduate of West Point who served as an assistant adjutant general in the Army of Northeastern Virginia and fought in the Battle of Bull Run.
Captain Eleazer Sarsons joined Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment as a private in 1861 and later served as the First Sergeant in the Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.
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