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Sarsons, Eleazer L., 1836-? to C.W. Foster

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.02 Author/Creator: Sarsons, Eleazer L., 1836-? Place Written: Acworth, New Hampshire Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 September 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes to Colonel Foster, the assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, to request that he be allowed to remain in the service in a "colored organization." Recounts his history of service in the Union Army since 1861, which included a period as a prisoner of war in Andersonville Prison. A signed endorsement by Foster appears on the verso, paving the way for an "appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Colored Troops."

Sarsons, Eleazer L.,1836-?
Foster, Charles Warren, 1838-1916

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