Letter

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Wenham Museum

Name/Title

Letter

Entry/Object ID

2020.01.011

Scope and Content

Letter by U.S. Christian Commission February 14, 1865 Cheaspeake Hospital detailing the military service of Daniel A. Homan of Wenham. Born in 1844, enlisted at "Linfield" in 1861, served nine months and was discharged because of disability April 3, 1862, reinlisted in Wenham 6 August 1862 and served for 3 years. He received $150 from the town of Wenham. At the time of writing Homan was in the hospital at Fort Monroe "and is likely ...to stop there till his time is out. Daniel A. Homan Private of R 40 Mass Infantry." This was owned by veteran Daniel A. Homan who served the 40th Massachusetts Volunteers, Company K. The G.A.R. was a Civil War veterns organization.