CIVIL WAR OHIO SOLDIER LETTER POW ANNAPOLIS MARYLAND 1863

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Private Ambrose Ingerson, 123rd Ohio Infantry was wounded during the 1864 Retreat from New Market, Virginia and died after his leg was amputated. He had previously been captured in 1863 during the Battle of Winchester, and held as an unparoled  POW at the Annapolis Parole Camp. An original letter from Private Ingerson to his Mom, asking her for so he can get a furlough and come home. He was paroled and returned to his unit, and his death the following year in the Shenandoah Valley. His enlistment record says he was 18 but apparently lied about his age to join up- his Wyandotte, Ohio grave lists his birth date as 1847, 18 at time of his death in 1864,  suggesting he enlisted at age 15 or 16.  1pp ink, 8 x 5" . Age stains, overall VG. Comes w service info.
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