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1865 CIVIL WAR BREVET COMMISSION military surgeon JOSIAH HAWES - ANDREW JOHNSON
1865 CIVIL WAR BREVET COMMISSION military surgeon JOSIAH HAWES - ANDREW JOHNSON
1865 CIVIL WAR BREVET COMMISSION military surgeon JOSIAH HAWES - ANDREW JOHNSON
1865 CIVIL WAR BREVET COMMISSION military surgeon JOSIAH HAWES - ANDREW JOHNSON
1865 CIVIL WAR BREVET COMMISSION military surgeon JOSIAH HAWES - ANDREW JOHNSON
1865 CIVIL WAR BREVET COMMISSION military surgeon JOSIAH HAWES - ANDREW JOHNSON

1865 CIVIL WAR BREVET COMMISSION military surgeon JOSIAH HAWES - ANDREW JOHNSON

$ 261.36

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

    Description

    For sale is an original 1865 Andrew Johnson / US Senate brevet commission for military surgeon, Josiah Simpson.
    Simpson was a long-serving military surgeon, serving on the front lines of the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and on US Government exploratory expeditions to the American West. His brother, Hervey Simpson, was an important Civil War figure, a vocal critic of McClellan, led the building of the Transatlantic Railroad and also served on several important expeditions. Josiah Simpson was so esteemed that a military hospital was named after him in Hampton Virginia.
    Large commission on papyrus, with a stamped signature from Andrew Johnson and with the "advice and consent of the Senate," gives Simpson the rank of Lieutenant Colonel for "faithful and meritorious service during the war." This is fresh to the market from an estate in New Jersey and has never been offered online for sale.