Raynors HCA 2020-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2020
CLEM, Johnny (1851-1937) 'Drummer Boy of Chickamauga,' first served with 22'nd Michigan Infantry as its mascot, then officially enlisting May, 1863 he served at Battle of Chickamauga where he killed a Confederate colonel with a sawed-off, kid-sized musket. Promoted to Sgt. for the deed, he was widely reported in "Harper's Weekly." Briefly imprisoned when captured later, he also served with the staff of Gen'l George Thomas in the Atlanta campaign. Autograph Letter Signed to George Albee, on War Department Quartermasters, Washington letterhead, 1pp., "Jno. L. Clem", VG. Clem predicts that the army will soon be all enlisted men, in part, "All our carpenters are now enlisted men ... A good carpenter .. can do much better in Civilian life .. Eventually even the clerks will be enlisted men ..."
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