SIGNED RECEIPT, LUCIUS FAIRCHILD, CIVIL WAR HERO AND WISCONSIN GOVERNOR 1866-72

Stamp: 2¢ Internal Revenue

From: USA

Description: Attractive Wisconsin War Fund receipt, signed by Fairchild as Secretary of State (governor-elect) Dec. 22,1865, just slightly more than one week before being sworn in as governor. Document is good, with clear, clean signature. Fairchild distinguished himself as a leader particularly during Antietam and Seminary Ridge, lost his arm shortly afterward and was commissioned Brigadier General by Lincoln.

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