CIVIL WAR ST LOUIS MISSOURI SAMUEL S BURDETT 1864 LETTER

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CIVIL WAR ST LOUIS MISSOURI SAMUEL S BURDETT 1864 LETTER:
$125.00

Samuel Swinfiin Burdett, a Dewitt Iowa Volunteer, served 3 years with the 1st Iowa Cavalry, rising from the ranks to Assistant Provost Marshal at St Louis, Missouri in 1864, settling in Osceola, Missouri in 1865. Postwar Captain Burdett served as Grand Army of the Republic Commander in Chief, and is interred in Arlington National Cemetery. An original May 31, 1864 Letter from Burdett as Assistant Provost Marshal, St Louis, to Sergeat Thomas Cowley, 3rd Iowa Cavalry, instructing him to deliver a prisoner to the Penitentiary at Albany, with \"the utmost vigilance in the custody pf the prisoner\". 1p * x 11\" ink/ptd w Provost Marshal ptd Logo. Edge wear, VG overall. Comes w service info for this GAR notable.