Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
A pair of documents, to include; Union Discharge Form, 1pp., partially printed, December 27, 1862, VG. Issued to John M. Sheehan who enlisted July 29, 1862 in New York City and mustered into Company K, New York 63rd Infantry, the Irish Brigade. ... plus, Union Document, 1pp., partially printed, VG.“CERTIFICATE,” certifies that “John Sheehan of Company K of the 63rd Regiment of Infantry Volunteers ... born in Cork County Ireland ... having served honestly and faithfully ... is now entitled to a discharge by reason of a Surgeons Certificate of disability ....” The formation of an Irish Brigade was authorized by the Secretary of War Simon Cameron in September 1861. The brigade originally consisted of the 63rd New York Infantry, the 69th New York Infantry, and the 88th New York Infantry.
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