RARE CIVIL WAR UNION VETERAN'S DISCHARGE PAPER-PA 41ST & 190TH REGT-ISAAC HAMLIN

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RARE CIVIL WAR UNION VETERAN'S DISCHARGE PAPER-PA 41ST & 190TH REGT-ISAAC J HAMLIN -FOUGHT IN EVERY MAJOR BATTLE-ARMY OF THE POTOMAC FROM 1862 UNTIL THE END - SOME RECORDS SHOW HIM AS 18 - BUT HIS PAPERWORK STATES HE WAS 43 YEARS OLD- ALL RECORDS STATE HE WAS 5' 9" TALL - SANDY COMPLEXION - BLUE EYED - AUBURN HAIR - MASON BY TRADE -HE ENLISTED ON MARCH 1ST-1862 AS A PRIVATE IN H COMPANY OF THE 41ST INFANTRY -12TH PENNSLYVANIA REGIMENT - ARMY OF THE POTOMAC FOR THREE YEARS - HE RELISTED ON MAY 31ST -1864 INTO THE PENN 190TH INFANTRY UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN 1865 - THE LIST OF BATTLE HE AND HIS UNIT FOUGHT IN IS THE HISTORY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC - TO LONG TO FULLY LIST THERE - INCLUDES SEVEN DAYS - GAINERS MILL - 2ND BULL RUN -ANTIETAM- FREDERICKSBURG- GETTYSBURG - THE OVERLAND CAMPAIGN BATTLE - PETERSBURG AND APPOMATTOX PLUS MANY MORE - WOW - LUCKY HE SURVIVED - THE PAPERWORK IS FORM HIS TIME WITH THE 41ST-12 RESERVE INFANTRY -A DAY HE MUSTERED OUT AND REENLISTED INTO THE 190TH - MEAUSRES 10 1/2" BY 8 3/8" HAS TWO FOLDS AND SOME MINOR STAINS - SEE PHOTOS -AN OUTSTANDING WARTIME DISCHARGE PAPER - RARE COLLECTIBLE
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