Shaffer, Albert, fl. 1898 [Certification of the Civil War service of William B. Swingle]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08442.07 Author/Creator: Shaffer, Albert, fl. 1898 Place Written: Pennsylvania Type: Printed document signed Date: 1 May 1898 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 38 cm, Width: 45 cm Order a Copy
Signed by Shaffer as P.C. (Post Commander) and Layton T. Smith as Post Adjutant. Partially printed certification that Swingle had "served as a Union Soldier... in Company A, 137th Regt Pennsylvania Volunteers and also in Battery D, 6th New York Artillery and Battery D, 5th United States Light Artillery." Surrounded by a decorative border with battle scenes and images of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.
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