7th REG. NYST CAMP CAMERON WASHINGTON CITY CIVIL WAR WM. M. SMITH

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7th REG. NYST CAMP CAMERON WASHINGTON CITY CIVIL WAR WM. M. SMITH:
$361.00

THIS IS A 7th. REGIMENT (NG) N.Y.S.T. CAMP CAMERON , WASHINGTON CITY STEREO VIEW PUBLISHED BY WM. M. SMITH 482 H STREET, WASHINGTON D.C. IT ALSO READS TENT NO. 18 CO. 2 MAY, 1861. IN THIS GROUP I WILL TRY TO DESCRIBE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY ALL THE ITEMS AND CONDITION. FIRST THE SOLDIERS NAME IS STEPHEN CODEY. HE IS PICTURED IN THE STEREO VIEW , (AS FAMILY HISTORY HAS IT). HIS ENLISTMENT PAPER FROM 1856 INTO THE 2nd CO., 7th REGIMENT, NEW YORK IS IN SEVERAL PIECES (torn at the folds) BUT IS COMPLETE. THE DISCHARGE IS TORN ABOUT 1 1/4\" AT BOTH FOLDS. THERE ARE THREE LETTERS. TWO OF THE LETTERS DEAL WITH FURLOUGHS AND ARE SIGNED BY CAPT. ALEXANDER SHALER. SHALER ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE IN 1848 AND ROSE TO THE RANK OF MAJOR IN 1860. HE RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. SHALER ALSO BECAME HEAD OF THE N.Y. FIRE DEPTMENT, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND THE MAYOR OF RIDGEFIELD, N.J. THE THIRD LETTER I AM NOT SURE WHO IT IS FROM BUT IT MENTIONS FT. SUMTER AND ALSO CAPT. DOUBLEDAY. THERE ARE THREE CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS OF STEPHEN CODEY THAT DATE TO THE 1880\'S. IN THE ENVELOPE IS A RECEIPT OF INSTALLMENT MONEY THAT WAS PAID ON A CHURCH PEW IN 1859 AT THE MADISON AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH WHICH IS TORN IN HALF. THERE IS A TWO PAGE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE DATED THE 19th , DEC., 1850 FOR THE MARRIAGE OF STEPHEN W. CODEY TO SARAH A. CHAPMAN . ON THE SECOND PAGE IS A LIST OF WITNESSES AND IT HAS A FEW TEARS. AND THE LAST PIECE IS AN INDENTURE DATED 23 JULY, 1868 FOR PROPERTY THEY BOUGHT IN NEW JERSEY. MR. CODEY MUST HAVE EITHER COME FROM MONEY OR MADE A LOT OF MONEY AS HE PAID 12,000.00 FOR THE PROPERTY. A LOT OF MONEY BACK THEN ! SORRY TO BE SO LONG WINDED BUT I DID NOT WANT TO BREAK THIS LOT UP.