Partially printed Federal clothing account form, headed "The United States In Account with ____ of [ ] Company, ____ Regiment of ____ on account of Clothing during his enlistment; the money value of each issue being hereby acknowledged," completed in manuscript for Henry Warner of Company B, enlisted at Easton on the 28th day of March 1864. The ruled columns record a single issue of clothing on March 28, 1864, valued at $24.50, rank Private, signed by Warner and witnessed by D. S. Nicholas.

Below the entry, a clerk's endorsement in ink records the outcome of Warner's service: "Discharged March 16th/65 at U.S.A. Gen'l Hosp'l, Philada., by reason of Ampt. of L. arm, wounded at Cold Harbor June 3rd/64." A separate pencil notation beneath the witness column summarizes it plainly: "Lost arm Cold Harbor." Numbered "111" in ink at upper left.

The regiment line on the form was left blank, but Warner's name, company, enlistment date and discharge date correspond to the record of Henry Warner, Co. B, 51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, as compiled by Historical Data Systems from Bates' History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865: enlisted as a private March 28, 1864, mustered into Company B the same day, and discharged for disability March 16, 1865. Easton lies in Northampton County, one of the regiment's home recruiting districts.

Warner joined the 51st as a recruit in the spring of 1864, as the regiment — Hartranft's old command — prepared to take the field with the Ninth Corps for the Overland Campaign. Barely two months after enlisting he was wounded in the June 3 assaults at Cold Harbor, lost his left arm, and spent the following nine months in hospital at Philadelphia before his discharge.

The document is a compact record of a short and costly enlistment: the day he received his uniform, and the wound that ended his service, set down on the same sheet. Accompanied by a Historical Data Systems (civilwardata.com) soldier history printout.

CONDITION:  Approx. 10 x 6 in. Light overall toning, small chip at the upper right corner, minor edge wear and a few scattered spots. The heading entries (name, place and date of enlistment) are in faint pencil; the issue entry, signatures and discharge endorsement are clear and fully legible.   [ss][ph:L]

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