Sanderson v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant herein is the remarried widow of Edwin C. Lawson, who ivas enrolled August 24, 1861, at Carlinville, Ill., and mustered into service as a private in Company C, Thirty-second Regiment' “Illinois Infantry, to serve three years.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant herein is the remarried widow of Edwin C. Lawson, who ivas enrolled August 24, 1861, at Carlinville, Ill., and mustered into service as a private in Company C, Thirty-second Regiment' “Illinois Infantry, to serve three years. He was promoted through successive grades, and finally to captain September 24, 1864; was wounded December 10, 1864; was granted leave of absence for thirty days December 26, 1864, and discharged by an order dated Washington, D. C., February 23, 1865, upon…
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, J.
The decedent in this case was enrolled August 24, 1861, at Carlinville, Ill., and mustered into service as a private in Company C, Thirty-second Regiment Illinois Infantry, to serve three years. He was promoted through successive grades and finally to captain September 24, 1864; was wounded December 10, 1864; was granted leave of absence for thirty days December 26, 1864, and discharged by an order dated at Washington, D. C., February 23, 1865, upon tender of resignation, because of “ long-continued service and wound.” His discharge took effect February 25, 1865, at which time he was on duty…
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