24 items, 1863-1913. The surviving letters of Civil War soldier, Jesse H. Rice, are few in number, but tell the story of how one soldier survived the war to adjust to a future without an arm. The collection includes three soldier’s letters, beginning with a lament for a lost comrade: Albert has gone. We miss him very much as he had tented with us. I little expected when he left us at Fairfax that his time was so short. I am very glad that his body was sent home and I hope that all of the Cheshire company will be sent home for it seems rather hard to see the poor fellows buried down here so far from their friends as thousands are... At the Battle of Bentonville, N.C., on March 19, 1865, Rice was seriously wounded in the right arm and spent the next several months in the hospital recuperating. What he underwent under medical care can only be imagined, but by August he returned to keeping a diary, one sheet of which remains (4pp) from Aug 22, 1865, appended with a note Some of my first writing with left hand 1865. He remained at DeCamp General Hospital in New York until October 17, 1865, when he was issued a certificate of discharge by reason of surgeon’s certificate of disability due to wounds received in action. The collection includes a handful of other items relating to Rice’s military service and aftermath, including two passes and an order to furnish a descriptive roll for Rice, all dated 1864, and three printed letters relating to his pension, 1866-1874, with some printed copies of legislation. There is also a printed program for Memorial Exercises on Decoration Day, Cheshire, Conn., 1879, listing both an Albert L. Rice and a Horace P. Rice, both of the 20th Conn., on the Roll of Honor; a program from GAR Merriam Post No. 8, Meriden, Conn., for the 24th annual encampment, 1891; a program for the memorial service in honor of the twenty-five comrades of Admiral Foote Post, No. 17, G.A.R., who responded to their last earthly tattoo during the year 1906 (also note four dues cards for Rice at this post, 1910-1913); and Rice’s application card for admittance to the Gettysburg Commission of Connecticut, 1913. More noteworthy are some highly unusual ephemeral items relating to Rice’s amputated arm. Graphic testimony of his wounds is provided by a sixth plate tintype in paper frame of Rice displaying the stump of his amputated arm, taken by Pardee in New Haven. Not unrelated is a calling card (ca 1865) for the National Leg and Arm Co. (purveyor of Uren’s Automatic Arms), and a pass for Rice at De Camp General Hospital, NY, Oct. 1865. A rare record of an amputee complete with visual testimony. Condition: Expected wear and signs of age.
24 items, 1863-1913. The surviving letters of Civil War soldier, Jesse H. Rice, are few in number, but tell the story of how one soldier survived the war to adjust to a future without an arm. The collection includes three soldier’s letters, beginning with a lament for a lost comrade: Albert has gone. We miss him very much as he had tented with us. I little expected when he left us at Fairfax that his time was so short. I am very glad that his body was sent home and I hope that all of the Cheshire company will be sent home for it seems rather hard to see the poor fellows buried down here so far from their friends as thousands are... At the Battle of Bentonville, N.C., on March 19, 1865, Rice was seriously wounded in the right arm and spent the next several months in the hospital recuperating. What he underwent under medical care can only be imagined, but by August he returned to keeping a diary, one sheet of which remains (4pp) from Aug 22, 1865, appended with a note Some of my first writing with left hand 1865. He remained at DeCamp General Hospital in New York until October 17, 1865, when he was issued a certificate of discharge by reason of surgeon’s certificate of disability due to wounds received in action. The collection includes a handful of other items relating to Rice’s military service and aftermath, including two passes and an order to furnish a descriptive roll for Rice, all dated 1864, and three printed letters relating to his pension, 1866-1874, with some printed copies of legislation. There is also a printed program for Memorial Exercises on Decoration Day, Cheshire, Conn., 1879, listing both an Albert L. Rice and a Horace P. Rice, both of the 20th Conn., on the Roll of Honor; a program from GAR Merriam Post No. 8, Meriden, Conn., for the 24th annual encampment, 1891; a program for the memorial service in honor of the twenty-five comrades of Admiral Foote Post, No. 17, G.A.R., who responded to their last earthly tattoo during the year 1906 (also note four dues cards for Rice at this post, 1910-1913); and Rice’s application card for admittance to the Gettysburg Commission of Connecticut, 1913. More noteworthy are some highly unusual ephemeral items relating to Rice’s amputated arm. Graphic testimony of his wounds is provided by a sixth plate tintype in paper frame of Rice displaying the stump of his amputated arm, taken by Pardee in New Haven. Not unrelated is a calling card (ca 1865) for the National Leg and Arm Co. (purveyor of Uren’s Automatic Arms), and a pass for Rice at De Camp General Hospital, NY, Oct. 1865. A rare record of an amputee complete with visual testimony. Condition: Expected wear and signs of age.
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