Sarsons, Eleazer L. (b. 1836) to his brothers and sisters
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.01 Author/Creator: Sarsons, Eleazer L. (b. 1836) Place Written: Goldsboro, North Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 April 1865 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy
Explains the course of travel that brought him to Goldsboro, North Carolina and his expectation to head to the front. Comments that "this Rebellion is about played out they are in our grasp. Lee has surrendered and Johnson is hemed in...Richmond is ours." Also comments on his quarters, the recent capture of twenty men by guerillas, and his pay.
Captain Eleazer Sarsons joined Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment as a private in 1861 and later served as the First Sergeant in the Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.
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