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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln

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Auction Date:2010 Aug 11 @ 22:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
War-dated ALS as president signed “A. Lincoln,” two pages, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, July 23, 1862. Letter addressed to the “Hon. Sec. of War,” Edwin Stanton. In full: “It is stated to me, (I know not whether truly,) that Roswell M. Shurtleff, was a Lieut. in the Naval Brigade, that before his corps was mustered into the U.S. service, he was wounded & made a prisoner while on scouting duty, and so his name was not on the role upon which the corps was afterwards mustered in; that after seven months imprisonment, he has been released and now wishes his place in the corps – If these facts be shown to the Adjutant General to be true, let him have his place, unless it will breed collision by displacing some one else. If the facts be true, he should be paid at all events.” In fine condition, with two vertical folds to each page, one through a single letter of signature, a few light brushes to text, and some scattered light toning.

Shurtleff, a volunteer from New York, holds the distinction of being the first Union officer to have been wounded and captured by Confederate forces, which occurred in July 1861 at Bethel, Virginia, and held as prisoner of war. His greater role in history, however, pertains to his unintentional role in designing the Confederate flag. Shurtleff recounted to a reporter how, to amuse himself while hospitalized in Richmond, he made several flag designs. One caught the eye of a surgeon who purportedly asked that Shurtleff make a color version for a little girl—the daughter of P. G. T. Beauregard. A nearly identical design later appearing on the Confederate battlefield as the ‘Southern Cross.’ A fabulous Lincoln letter concerning a man who, as a prisoner of war, designed the enemy’s battle flag!
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