[Rarebooks] FS: Civil War Marriage Poem for a Union Soldier

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Civil War Marriage Poem for a Union Soldier-
New Hampshire, 1864.

DISCUSSION: "Lines Composed for and sung at the marriage of Mr. & Mrs. 
Marquis L. Holt". Marquis Lafayette Holt (1845-1934) and Rocene Sherwin 
(1844-1929) were married on March 20, 1864 in Mason, New Hampshire. 
Marquis was serving in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment at the time; on 
August 24, 1864 he was promoted to the rank of Sargent Major of Company 
A, and he ended the war as a Lieutenant in Company E. After the war he 
became a minister and moved to Nebraska, where he is listed in 1880 as a 
reverend affiliated with the Congregational Christian Churches of the 
United States, serving in Plainfield, Knox County. He is buried in 
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Neligh, Nebraska.

The 3-stanza, 12-line poem makes several references to the ongoing war-

We wish you, dear friends, joy unmixed with sorrow
And years of contentment when peace's bright to-morrow
Has spread her broad mantle o'er all our dark land;
Then, as now, may you trust in an all-guiding hand".

DESCRIPTION: Single sheet. 4.25"x5.25", soil.

CONDITION NOTES: Folded, some soil.

PRICE: $100 -

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