The 1st Massachusetts Infantry served 3 years suffering heavy losses in the 1862 Richmond Peninsula campaign but their biggest fight was at Gettysburg where they defended the Emmitsburg Road during Pickett\'s Charge, in all suffering over 500 casualties during the War. An Original Civil War veteran letter from J.M. Davis at his office, Haverhill,Massachusetts to his old comrade Horace.Sawyer, January 5, 1884 requesting they invite an old comrade to go to with them to Gettysburg, with a postscript reporting that he has seen Smith and Pinckham who may attend the Reunion. 2p 9 x 5.5\" ink with printed letterhead. Minor age stains, ink smudge and tiny hole, Overall VG.Comes w service info for the writer James W Davis , also for Sawyer and for William Austin Smith , the three comrades of the 1st Mass Volunteers, and for Captain Charles Henry Pinkham who served with the notable 57th Mass.
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