Description: The 38th Iowa Volunteer Infantry was mustered in 1862 and suffered enormous losses due to typhoid fever & malaria during the siege of Vicksburg and at Port Hudson, Louisiana and Brownsville, Texas. Later called "The Martyr Regiment" it was consolidated with the 34th Iowa Infantry, serving to the War's End including the Siege of Mobile, Alabama. An Original Civil War Certificate attesting Martha Sholtz, the Widow of Henry L Sholtz, Co C 38th Iowa Vol Sergt, has appointed EB Quiner of Madison, Wisconsin as her representative to collect his back pay. The Certificate is signed January 5, 1865 by Mrs Henry Sholtz, in faint blue pencil, and by two witnesses acquainted with her and in ink by Dane County, Wisconsin Court officer. Henry Sholts' wartime letters to his wife Martha are full of wonderful content and are preserved in the Kenosha, Wisconsin, Civil War Museum. Comes w service info- Henry Sholts, of Fredericksburg, Chickasaw County, Iowa enlisted as a corporal in 1862, was promoted to Sergeant, and died of disease at Brownsville, Texas in 1864. 1p 8 x 11" ptd/ink with age stains, 3 small cancellation holes, acid free archival repair on back fold and minor edge wear, Overall VG.Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints and badges. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 41 years. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER CIVIL WAR AND EARLY AMERICAN MILITARIA LISTINGS. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described.. I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance Mike Brackin
Price: 125 USD
Location: Angier, North Carolina
End Time: 2024-12-29T21:49:41.000Z
Shipping Cost: 12 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States