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Many of you have already seen this stuff via my facebook post(s) about it.
About a month ago I came across a guy in New york trying to sell a lot of items that belonged to Pvt. John W. Vaught, Company I 70th Indiana. Vaught was killed on the approach to Kennesaw Mtn. on the Sandtown Rd on June the 14th 1864. All of these items were on him when he was killed which makes it even more special. I HAD to 'rescue' these at the risk of him piecing out the lot and having them dissapear forever.
Included in this lot were a dozen or so letters, many still in the envelopes/covers, a handwritten IOU to one of his comorades for $25.00 owed (I can only imagine what for
) that he never got to pay because he was killed, a tintype in its original case, a CDV with revenue stamp on the back, another tintype of his little brother, his Hymn and Psalms book with notes he wrote in it, his 'Primer' book with his fingerprints ont it! and many handwritten thoughts and notes and 'doodles' in it, and a piece of homespun cloth he was using for some purpose when he was killed.
I also HAD to 'rescue' this lot because Mr. Vaught now is at peace in the Marietta National Cemetery only a few miles from my home. On Memorial day, with the help of an always helpful and knowledgable Brad Quinlan I was able to locate his grave and reunite his "stuff" with him for the first time since we was killed. Obviously I didn't leave anything there but it was more to let him know that there are at least a few of us who want to make sure that what he and so many others around him did, indeed, will NEVER be forgotten.
About a month ago I came across a guy in New york trying to sell a lot of items that belonged to Pvt. John W. Vaught, Company I 70th Indiana. Vaught was killed on the approach to Kennesaw Mtn. on the Sandtown Rd on June the 14th 1864. All of these items were on him when he was killed which makes it even more special. I HAD to 'rescue' these at the risk of him piecing out the lot and having them dissapear forever.
Included in this lot were a dozen or so letters, many still in the envelopes/covers, a handwritten IOU to one of his comorades for $25.00 owed (I can only imagine what for
) that he never got to pay because he was killed, a tintype in its original case, a CDV with revenue stamp on the back, another tintype of his little brother, his Hymn and Psalms book with notes he wrote in it, his 'Primer' book with his fingerprints ont it! and many handwritten thoughts and notes and 'doodles' in it, and a piece of homespun cloth he was using for some purpose when he was killed. I also HAD to 'rescue' this lot because Mr. Vaught now is at peace in the Marietta National Cemetery only a few miles from my home. On Memorial day, with the help of an always helpful and knowledgable Brad Quinlan I was able to locate his grave and reunite his "stuff" with him for the first time since we was killed. Obviously I didn't leave anything there but it was more to let him know that there are at least a few of us who want to make sure that what he and so many others around him did, indeed, will NEVER be forgotten.
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