APPOMATTOX PAROLE FOR A SOLDIER OF THE 12TH SOUTH CAROLINA
Very desirable field-printed Appomattox parole given to a member of the hard-fighting 12th South Caolina Volunteers, 1p. 8" x 3", "Appomattox Court House", Apr.10, 1865. "R. H. Eastler" [actually, Henry R. Eastler, the only possible such bearer]: "...of Co. C, , 12th Regt. of S.C.V., a Paroled Prisoner of the Army of Northen Virginia, has permission to go to his home, and there remain undisturbed." Signed at bottom by Capt. JOHN C. BELL who was commanding the regiment at the time. Folds, some soiling and toning as one would expect, but much better than most encountered. Both men apparently joined the regiment in September, 1861 and would have been engaged with their comrades at every major battle in east, including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Cold Harbor. It surrendered but 10 officers and 149 men.