2 Original Civil War Handkerchiefs - Lincoln Ripley Stone, 54th MA (Colored Reg)

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This auction features 2 Original Civil War Regimental Handkerchiefs - Lincoln Ripley Stone. They measure approximately 27" x 27" (variability due to stretches and folds). Dr. Stone was a surgeon with the 54th Massachusetts (the Colored Regiment featured in the film "Glory").  Acquired from the estate of Charles Foster Batchelder III (great grandson of Dr. Stone). For those who follow my auctions, I listed many items from this estate in late 2020 and early 2021.  Additional items (photos, documents, etc.) were handled by a large New England auction firm this past May.  These handkerchiefs both have sewn monograms and ink-stamped names typical of these period handkerchiefs. NOTE: I AM STARTING THE LISTING WITH A HIGHER BUY-IT-NOW AS I AM UNCERTAIN OF THEIR VALUE AS THESE ORIGINAL HANDKERCHIEFS SELDOM SURVIVED OR OTHERWISE SURFACE.
SOME ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON LINCOLN RIPLEY STONE: Federal (USV) Assistant Surgeon Lincoln Ripley Stone (1832 - 1930). Home State: Massachusetts. Education: Harvard Medical School, Class of 1854. Branch of Service: Infantry. Unit: 2nd Massachusetts Infantry. He graduated with an MD from Harvard in 1854 and practiced in Salem. He had been a member of the Salem Light Infantry, the local militia, in 1851. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry on 1 June 1861. Detached to hospital at Hagerstown, MD in August 1861. Prisoner while tending wounded at Winchester (May 1862). Paroled and released. His "brave conduct at Antietam insured his promotion" to Surgeon on 7 November 1862. He accompanied Colonel Shaw to be Surgeon, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, being at Camp Readville with them in the Spring of 1863. He was discharged from the Volunteer service on 24 April 1863, and held posts at various hospitals as Assistant Surgeon (commissioned 24 October 1863) and Surgeon (comm. 4 December 1863), US Volunteers, to the end of the War. He was honored by brevet to Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers on 1 October 1865 for War service, and mustered out on 7 October 1865. After the War He practiced medicine in Newton, MA. His brother William was wounded at Antietam while a member of the 19th Massachusetts Infantry. His father Thomas Treadwell Stone was a noted pastor and abolitionist.
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