1863 Document Providing for Financial Support for Families of Wisconsin Men in the Service — Samuel Sax, 9th Wisconsin Battery
1863 Document Providing for Financial Support for Families of Wisconsin Men in the Service — Samuel Sax, 9th Wisconsin Battery
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Item No. 5492451
This January 1863 document provided financial aid to the family of Samuel Sax, who served as an artificer in the 9th Wisconsin Battery, a unit that served from 1863 to 1865 mainly on the Kansas frontier. The document states that Sax left a wife and six children home in Waukesha to join the service. It states further that he was entitled to $5 extra pay. Measures about 8 1/2” x 9 1/2”.