A nicely present group of five documents in a gilt frame relating to service and pension records. Four of the pieces relate to Solomon Doremus, who served in the 19^th NY Militia, which did three months of federal service in 1862, and in the 3^rd NY Infantry, where he was wounded at Drewry’s Bluff May 16, 1864. On 5/25/62 he enlisted in New York City at age 37 and was mustered into Co. L of the 19^th as of the same day and served with regiment at Baltimore, mustering out 9/6/62 and then mustering in to Co. B of the 3^rd NY Volunteers as of 9/17/62. This unit saw a good deal of action, losing 7 officers and 36 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded while serving in the 7^th, 18^th, 10^th and 24^th Army Corps (as well as other organizations,) and fighting at Drewry’s Bluff, Petersburg and even Fort Fisher. Drewry’s Bluff , where Doremus was wounded, was one of the regiment’s early engagements. How severely he was wounded is not clear, but he was not mustered out until 6/15/65 and the documents indicate his widow was seeking a pension by the Fall of 1866.

The frame includes an envelope from the “Protective war claim and pension agency of the US Sanitary Commission” addressed to Doremus himself, a document from the same office addressed to Doremus, a Department of the Interior Pension Office letter to his widow asking for evidence for a claim, and a pension document for Doremus with a note regarding a new certificate for his widow.

These are framed with a fifth piece regarding the death of a soldier in the 20^th USCT that seems unrelated, though all pieces are telling reminders of the costs of the war, costs that were borne by veterans and their survivors for many years after.  [SR]

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