2020-01 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/18/2020
Partly-printed Document Signed, "S.R. Sayers" 1p. oblong octavo, November 6, 1865, it reads "I solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Laws made in pursuance thereof, as the Supreme Law of the land, anything in the Constitution and Laws of the State of Virginia, or in the Ordinance of the Convention, which assembled at Richmond on the 13th February, 1861, to the contrary notwithstanding; and that I will uphold and defend the Government of Virginia, as vindicated and restored by the Convention, which assembled at Wheeling, on the 11th day of June 1861…" Countersigned by AJ Huffard. Fine. Samuel Rush Sayers (1833-1914) was taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 4, 1863 and confined in Baltimore until his release in November of 1863. He served with the 4th Virginia until his transfer to the 27th Virginia in July, 1861.
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