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Freedley, Samuel (fl. 1862) Invoice of clothing, camp and garrison equipage

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02016.121 Author/Creator: Freedley, Samuel (fl. 1862) Place Written: Camp near Portsmouth, Virginia Type: Manuscript signed Date: July 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

A list of clothing delivered by Lieutenant Samuel Freedley to Captain John Buyers. The docket indicates that this is the first invoice of the quarter for "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Samuel Freedley enlisted in the Union Army as Quartermaster on 1 January 1862 and was commissioned into Pennsylvania 58th Infantry. He was mustered out on 1 January 1865.

Freedley, Samuel, fl. 1862

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