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John Lawrence, Corporal, in the First New Jersey Regiment during the Civil War, ca.1890s, Documents

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
John Lawrence, Corporal, in the First New Jersey Regiment during the Civil War, ca.1890s, Documents
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New Jersey. ca.1890s. Large group of items all related to the application of John Lawrence for an increase in his pension he receives as a result of military service during the Civil War. Lawrence was a member in Company "G" of the First Regiment of New Jersey, and discharged from military service as a Corporal. The application states that Lawrence is unable to do manual labor as a result of wounds received during the Second Battle of Bull Run, where he was also taken prisoner. Additional handwritten materials from John Lawrence himself state "the wound was a slanting shot from a Battery on our right flank at 2nd Bull Run, struck a grazing blow on spine. I have a weakness in my back" and issues with kidneys when stooping. This lot also includes various supplemental and supporting documents, detailing the difficulties in Lawrence's life as a result of these injuries. It appears as if his application for a pension increase was successful, shown by a Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions document dated May 16th, 1892 with Commissioner James F. Rusling's name and possible signature at bottom left. Lot also includes a corresponding envelope addressed to J. F. Rusling with a Washington D.C. handstamp near Department of Interior, Bureau of Pension imprint at top right. All are in Fine to VF condition with varying signs of age. The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28 to 30, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of the Northern Virginia Campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas) fought on July 21, 1861 on the same ground. Success in this battle emboldened Lee to initiate the ensuing Maryland Campaign. Rare and unique piece of Civil War history which demonstrates the lasting effect of War on a former solider.