Title: Letter of recommendation for the widow of a Civil War soldier from the Surgeon General of the United States Army Author: Barnes, Joseph K. Place: Washington, D.C. Publisher: Date: December 14, 1881 Description: 2 page Letter, signed, on War Department, Surgeon General's Office letterhead. Approximately 10¼x8". Original envelope present. A letter of recommendation for the widow of J. Price Kepner, a soldier in the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, who died in September, 1864. The letter, apparently secretarial, signed at the close by Joseph K. Barnes. On April 14, 1865, at the time of the assassination of President Lincoln and the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward, Barnes attended the death bed of Lincoln and ministered to the successful restoration of Seward. The morning after Abraham Lincoln’s death, three Army Medical Museum pathologists entered the White House to perform an autopsy on Lincoln’s body. The autopsy was overseen by Barnes. Lot Amendments Condition: Creased from mailing, a bit browned; very good. Item number: 231517
Title: Letter of recommendation for the widow of a Civil War soldier from the Surgeon General of the United States Army Author: Barnes, Joseph K. Place: Washington, D.C. Publisher: Date: December 14, 1881 Description: 2 page Letter, signed, on War Department, Surgeon General's Office letterhead. Approximately 10¼x8". Original envelope present. A letter of recommendation for the widow of J. Price Kepner, a soldier in the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, who died in September, 1864. The letter, apparently secretarial, signed at the close by Joseph K. Barnes. On April 14, 1865, at the time of the assassination of President Lincoln and the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William H. Seward, Barnes attended the death bed of Lincoln and ministered to the successful restoration of Seward. The morning after Abraham Lincoln’s death, three Army Medical Museum pathologists entered the White House to perform an autopsy on Lincoln’s body. The autopsy was overseen by Barnes. Lot Amendments Condition: Creased from mailing, a bit browned; very good. Item number: 231517
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