2 pg. letter, approx. 5" x 8", dated at Cambridgeport, Mass., April 10, 1865 (the day after Lee surrendered to Grant), from Emma P. Kendrick, to her grandson, Sgt. Stillman Spaulding, a soldier in the 32nd Mass. Infantry, recovering from a wound at the General Hospital in Worcester, Mass.

Includes the original cover (envelope), with CAMBRIDGEPORT/MS double-circle postmark, dated April 14, 1865 (the day Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre), and #65 3c rose tied by black cancel, addressed to Sergt. Stillman Spaulding, Company K, 32nd Reg. Mass Volunteers, Morell's Division, 5th Army Corps, General Hospital, Worcester, Mass.     

Stillman Spaulding was a 30 year old tinsmith when he was mustered into Co. K, 32nd Mass. Infantry as a Private, on July 26, 1862; Promoted to Sgt.; Reenlisted on Jan. 1, 1864; Wounded on May 12, 1864 at Laurel Hill, VA, and was discharged for wounds on Sept. 22, 1865 at Worcester, Mass. 

Good content, in which the writer exults over the "triumphant success" of "our brave, dauntless, persevering, energetic officers & men", for which she gives thanks to God. 

Includes (spelling corrected): 

"Dear Stillman, 

...I was sorry to hear that you had been sick & glad to hear that you was nearly well so far as that feverish attack was concerned, but I suppose you will have to wait patiently some time yet for your arm to be well. I trust you have everything needful for your comfort. I have been sick or your letter would not have been so long unanswered. I am still so feeble that it is a great effort for me to write; but I want to express my gratitude for what the Lord has done for us, not only by giving such triumphant success in such a fearful crisis to our brave, dauntless, persevering, energetic officers and men, but I think the Holy spirit has wrought for us a triumph still more glorious, speaking to the hearts of the people. In a still small voice he has brought them to a higher sense of justice & deeper moral on religious feeling, both as it relates to their dependence on God for success & as to the true principle of liberty & the duty of the people to see to it that their rulers, or rather their servants, secure to every man his inalienable rights & protect them in those rights. There are thoughts in my heart to fill several sheets, but the flesh is too weak to perform the task....

Your affectionate Grandmother, 
Emma P. Kendrick"

Very Fine condition. 

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