Sep 25, 2008 - Sale 2155

Sale 2155 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
(CIVIL WAR.) SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. Autograph Letter Signed, "W.T. Sherman," to Surgeon D.W. Hartshorn, complimenting him on his selfless service during the Civil War and informing him of his civilian duty to present a paper on his experiences during his military career at the next meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee: ". . . answer me promptly that you will be on hand and ready--you have four months for preparation." 2 pages, 4to, with integral blank; separations at folds repaired with archival tape. New York, 14 May 1888
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". . . our war surgeons have sometimes felt that we active generals did not fully appreciate their patient, unseen, noble work--now I invite you earnestly and seriously to help us. This duty you owe to your fellow surgeons, and to us who had other work in mind, and on hand . . . ."
Hartshorn (1828?-1907?) served at the Battle of Shiloh with Sherman in the seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment.