Paper Items
US Spanish-American War Soldier Discharge, 2nd US Vol. Inf'y 1898
Paper Items
US Spanish-American War Soldier Discharge, 2nd US Vol. Inf'y 1898
Item #69479 : Original period manufacture. An interesting document providing details of one soldiers experience serving during the Spanish American War. Edmund C. King, 42 years of age, occupation listed as physician. The document was issued on 22 June 1899 in Middletown Pa. During the war, this regiment was called the "immunes" as it was mistakenly believed that men from the south would be less subject to the tropical illnesses in Cuba. His service was Honest & Faithful.
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