CLEM, JOHN LINCOLN “JOHNNY” (1851-1937) Union Drummer Boy - 22nd Ohio Infantry, in the American Civil War; Known as the “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga”; Retired with the rank of Brigadier General in 1915

Autograph Letter Signed, on 6” x 9” Indianapolis, Indiana hotel stationery; no year, but from later life, sending condolences to an old friend.

“May 31.

Dear Mrs. Nyeth,

My nephew Ed Adam gave me your address yesterday, so I am writing you to give you my heartly [sic] Sympathy in the loss of your dear father.  He was my oldest & best friend & we all loved him.

God be with you,
Jno. L. Clem.
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Lightly and evenly toned, with two horizontal folds and a few tiny tears at the edges.