123 OHIO CIVIL WAR BOY SOLDIER LETTER KILLED WINCHESTER VIRGINIA

Description: Private Ambrose Ingerson served 2 years with the 123rd Ohio Volunteers, 123rd Ohio Infantry . An original Civil War Letter from Private Ingerson at Martinsburg, Virginia, Dec 6, 1863, writing that he is well , has received her letter he is going to the prayer meeting with the boys- they have a full house every night. He finishes the letter the next morning- writes that that it is now Monday, Dec 7, he attended the meeting last night and had a good time, He has received a letter from John (BrotherJohn Ingerson, 49th Ohio) who writes that he and the rest of the boys are well. Pvt Ingerson writes that he will try to get a furlough to visit John, also notes that he has received John's likeness, and will send him one. The letter finishes with his request to write again soon, from Ambrose Ingerson to TCA Ingerson. Ambrose Ingerson was just a boy, but he served 2 years w the 123rd Ohio , was captured and paroled at Winchester in 1863, then exchanged in 1864 and mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, June 15, 1864, losing his leg and dying at Winchester. Ingerson's Mother had his body brought home to Wyandotte, Ohio and his grave states he was born 1847, making him barely 16 years of age at enlistment. 3pp ink. 8 x 5". Edge wear, age spots, Overall VG. Comes w service info- Ambrose and John both served and are both buried alongside their Mother Tirza Palmer Ingerson in the Olds Sycamore Cemetery, Sycamore, Wyandotte County, Ohio. 15.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Welcome to my Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints and badges. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 41 years. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER CIVIL WAR AND EARLY AMERICAN MILITARIA LISTINGS. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described. If you would like to Add Me as a Seller You Follow, please go to the Seller Information Bar on the Middle Right Side of the Page and click ‘Follow This Seller” I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance Mike Brackin

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