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Archive of Union Surgeon Joshua B. Treadwell, briefly with the 54th Massachusetts,... (Total: 30 Items)
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Description
Archive of Union Surgeon Joshua B. Treadwell, briefly with the 54th Massachusetts, consisting of approximately 30 letters, 100 pp., 5" x 8", most with covers lacking stamps, variously from the Baltimore, Maryland and Charleston, South Carolina areas to sister Mattie Treadwell, Boston, Massachusetts, July, 1864 to August, 1865. The letters are generally in fine to very fine condition with expected light aging. Treadwell enlisted as an assistant surgeon on October 20, 1862 and was assigned to the 45th Massachusetts Infantry, which was then active in Eastern North Carolina. Mustering out in July 1863, Treadwell did not return to the army for a year. He re-enlisted in July 1864 with the 5th Massachusetts (militia) and was sent to Baltimore for some four months. The young doctor's military service culminated with an assignment to the celebrated 54th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored) during the summer of 1865. Treadwell, in fact, mustered out with the 54th at Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina on August 20, 1865.Six of the doctor's letters in this group date to his weeks with the 54th. One, in particular, dated July 14, 1865 gives the reader a feel for the volatile situation in South Carolina during this immediate postwar period. It reads in part, " ...Gen Gilmore issued an order for the immediate muster out of the 54th; but finding that he had no authority for such a course he yesterday countermanded it...Charleston had been very unquiet during the last week - fights between white citizens and black citizens - between black soldiers and white soldiers and fights between citizens and soldiers...". This archive presents a rare opportunity to acquire an insider's record of life in a pivotal regiment during its final days.
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2008 June Signature Civil War Auction #6002 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2008
29th-30th
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