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Unknown [Discharge form for Eleazer Sarsons as a volunteer private in the Civil War]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.04 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Concord, New Hampshire Type: Printed document signed Date: 9 August 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Sarsons joined Company F in the 1st Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers on 3 May 1861, under the command of Augustus S. Edgerly, and this partially printed form officially released him after a three month term of service. Describes Sarsons as a twenty five year old mechanic, 5'6" tall, with a florid complexion and hazel eyes.

Sarsons, Eleazer L., b. 1836

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