 |
 |
|
We ship what we sell, no expensive 3rd party shipping. |
|||||
|
By Bidding in this sale you are
agreeing to the Terms of Sale.
Click Here to read the Terms of Sale.
|
|||||
| This Auction is Now OPEN for Bidding Closing LIVE ONLINE: SATURDAY • October 14th • Starting at 9:00 AM Pacific Time |
|||||
| Absentee Bidding on a Specific Lot Will Remain OPEN Until the LIVE BIDDING begins for that Specific Lot on SATURDAY • October 14th |
|||||
A 25% Buyer's Premium Will Be Added To The Price of Each Lot in Your Invoice |
|||||
Table of Contents > Civil War Era > Lot 168 |
|||||
|
Browse the Auction in Groups of 25 Lots: |
|||||
Lot Number: 168
Click for a Printable PageSign-in to Bid or Register to Bid Estimate Range: $600 - $800 |
|
||||
$300 Civil War 1864 Union Substitute Volunteer Document |
|||||
  Click an Image to Enlarge It |
|||||
December 23, 1864-Dated Civil War, Partially-Printed Document, “Substitute Volunteer” Union Soldier Receipt for Hosea Q. Veasey, who was paid a $300 Bounty to go to war in place of David H. Brown, of New Hampton, NH, Choice Extremely Fine. An official Civil War Issued Receipt form, measuring 4" x 7.25" being boldly printed in black on white wove period paper, detailing a “Substitute Bounty” Payment and Receipt of those funds. It details that James W. Bates, who Enlisted into the Union army to the credit of the quota of the small Central New Hampshire town of New Hampton. He was a “Substitute Volunteer” who was paid a $300 Bounty to go to war in place of Hosea Q. Veasey, of New Hampton, NH, who apparently paid that $300 Federal fee to remove himself and avoid his military service. There is also an official, vivid bold green Seal being fully attached at the lower right. There is a Signed Manuscript notation on the blank reverse which reads, in full:“Dec 22, 1864 - Received of the town of New Hampton Three hundred dollars by the hand of B F Perkins in full payment of ( - ) county from me for a Substitute on the quota of Service ( - ). - (Signed) Hosea Q. Veasey”. The Following is from a history of the town of New Hampton: "New Hampton responded to each of the president's calls for volunteers by increasing the amount of the bounties being offered to each man who enlisted. By October, 1863, each New Hampton volunteer received a bounty of three hundred dollars...” The subject of this receipt was a substitute volunteer as described above. We also found the volunteer represented by the present receipt in the Civil War personnel American Civil War Research Database: James W. Bates (Residence was not listed); 22 years old. Enlisted on 12/23/1864 at New Hampton, NH as a Union Private. On 12/23/1864 he mustered into "C" Co. NH 3rd Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 7/20/1865 at Goldsboro, NC. Promotions: Made Corpl. 3/20/1865 (Reduced to ranks). As the Civil War wore on it became increasingly more difficult for the towns to persuade their able-bodied men to enlist in the army; as a result, conscription was instituted. During the Civil War the practice of "Substitution" was ubiquitous. Substitution was the legal means by which a wealthy man could avoid military service by paying a fixed amount of money to a person who would act in his place." |
|||||
Lot Number: 168
Click for a Printable Page Sign-in to Bid or Register to Bid |
Estimate Range: $600 - $800 |
||||
|
Early American 1520 Commerce St., # 312 • Winchester, VA 22601 Phone: 858 • 759 • 3290 Email: Auctions@EarlyAmerican.com |
|||||
|
|