1865 CIVIL WAR. Bible Presented to Mustering Sergeant who Survived Brutal Gettysburg Battle, &c. Preaching Resign’d I’ll kiss the rod

Resign’d I’ll kiss the rod

4pp of specimen print of a Judeo-German Bible produced by A

None in the auction records and none located in the trade

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1865 CIVIL WAR. Bible Presented to Mustering Sergeant who Survived Brutal Gettysburg Battle, &c. Preaching Resign’d I’ll kiss the rodA wonderful little item, presumably presented to Sergeant Bill [William] Whaland by the Sanitary Commission when he mustered out from the 121st Pennsylvania Infantry in June of 1865. His particular unit was a storied one, and one that suffered massive casualties throughout the War. William H. Whaland was born in Pennsylvania in 1841. When the Civil War erupted in April of 1861, he did not immediately enlist apparently because of family needs arising