Father's request for transfer of injured son, Fayette, 1864
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Sumner Folsom of Fayette wrote to the Maine Agency Sanitary Commission in November 1864 seeking transfer of his injured son from a hospital in Washington, D.C., to Maine, where he believed his son would recover faster.
Folsom noted that both of his sons were in the 1st Maine Cavalry and assumed both were good soldiers and had never been in the hospital or gotten leaves before.
The injured soldier, Francis J. Folsom, was 18 when he enlisted in Co. L of the 1st Maine Cavalry on Nov. 6, 1863. He was mustered out on March 10, 1865.
His brother, Henry H. Folsom enlisted at age 18 on Jan. 11, 1861 as a musician in Co. L of the 1st Maine Cavalry and was mustered out on August 1, 1865.
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- Title: Father's request for transfer of injured son, Fayette, 1864
- Creator: Folsom, Sumner
- Creation Date: 1864-11-23
- Subject Date: 1864
- Town: Fayette, Washington
- County: Kennebec
- State: DC, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 24.6 x 19.7
- Local Code: Coll. 1533, Box 2/2
- Collection: Maine Agency Sanitary Commission
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
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LC Subject Headings
Relief (Aid)
War--Relief of sick and wounded
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
Folsom, Sumner--Correspondence
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Folsom family
Maine Agency Sanitary Commission
Letters
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Civilian relief
United States Sanitary Commission
United States. Army. Maine Cavalry, 1st (1861-1865)
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