Union Army Surgeon John Wiley. Eight manuscripts retained by Surgeon John Wiley, 6th New Jersey Volunteers, later surgeon-in-chief, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, various Virginia locations 1862-1864. Dr. Wiley served the Army of the Potomac with distinction in all of his campaigns prior to his September 7, 1864 discharge. Small archive includes seven medical letters and numbered orders from military colleagues and a one-page "List of Casualties in the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th N.J. Vols. From May 3d to July 1st 1864." In less than two months, three of these regiments suffered 626 killed, wounded and missing.
Estimated Value $250 - 300.
U.S. Civil War
