Raynors HCA 2020-02
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Autograph Letter Signed addressed to General Adin Underwood and from his wife, 4pp. quarto, June 15, 1865, with cover, and reads in part: "...Dr. Hastings is coming back Saturday or Monday and will make our house his home till the Regt is mustered out which will be sometime next week. I met Capt. Graves in the street also. Dr. Hastings is looking nicely he looks ten years younger then when I saw him in Nashville, and has the same quiet manner...I wish I could be with you all the time...When you come home at night tired and dusty would it not be nice if I was there to love you, perhaps you can now appreciate my feelings when I was in Nashville and wanted someone to kiss..." Fine condition. Adin Underwood (1828-1888) Civil War Union Brigadier General. At the beginning of the Civil War he was a successful lawyer in practice, active in raising recruits and was appointed Captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry in April, 1861. Rising through the ranks, he was promoted Colonel of the 33rd Regiment in 1862 and Brigadier General in January 1863. He participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and was wounded at Gettysburg. Being disabled from further field duty, he served on the staff of General Joseph Hooker and was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers on August 13, 1865.
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