CDV – Signed By Captain J.S. Sawyer, 6th Massachusetts Infantry SOLD

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CDV – Signed By Captain J.S. Sawyer, 6th Massachusetts Infantry.

John S. Sawyer, from Cambridge, Mass, enlisted in September of 1862, as a captain in the 9 month 6th Mass Infantry, commanding Co. F.  He mustered out on June 6, 1863 at Lowell.

Under the call of August 4, 1862, for 300,000 militia to serve nine months, 19,080 being assigned to the quota of Massachusetts, the 6th Regt. again volunteered for duty, thus helping to avoid the employment of the draft to raise troops in this Commonwealth. Its rendezvous was at Camp Henry Wilson, Lowell, Mass. Its companies were mostly mustered in on August 31, but Company F was not mustered until September 8. Proceeding to Washington and thence to Fort Monroe, the regiment was engaged during the fall and winter in the Blackwater region, and during the spring participated in the defense of Suffolk, Va., when that city was menaced by a large force under Gen. Longstreet. At Carrsville, Va., May 14-16, 1863, the regiment was engaged with loss. The siege of Suffolk being ended, on the 26th of May the regiment left for Boston, where it arrived on the 29th. Proceeding to Lowell, on June 3 it was mustered out of the service. Source: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors & Marines in the Civil War.

Born in Fitchburg, Mass. and later a member of GAR Post #186 in Cambridgeport, Ma.  Post commander of #186.  Died Feb. 15, 1912

Signed on the reverse. In a seated pose holding his slouch hat.

Very good condition, but mount trimmed at the bottom.