12th Massachusetts Infantry - Wounded at Fredericksburg & Gettysburg

Item DOC-9687

Description

Original order from for a Civil War soldier's escutcheon pertaining to Private Joseph W. Thayer of the 12th Massachusetts Infantry. Thayer served in 10 battles and was wounded at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862. He was later wounded and captured at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863.