Seriously wounded, he was removed from the front lines. A single letter and this are the only records other than official records and a newspaper article. Interesting, but not an important part of his 'story.'
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Just wondering what J. C. Sunderlin's connection is to Watchtower History
Hi escape-silence, Sunderlin was an early Watch Tower adherent and one of two men whom Russell dispatched to the United Kingdom to distribute "Food for Thinking Christians" in 1881. I believe Sunderlin and J.J. Bender's voyage is the first documented instance of any Watch Tower literature in the UK.
Given the comment re. being ‘removed from the front lines’ , and the date of 1863, was Sunderlin a Civil War survivor?
The check is dated 1865, not 1863. Sunderlin's biography is found in Separate Identity, vol. 1, starting on page 260. As were most the male adherents in the early years of Zion's Watch Tower, he was a Civil War veteran. He served with the 5th Vermont Volunteer Infantry.
His obituary found in The Blairstown, New Jersey, Press, says: “He served in the United States army during three years of the Civil War, was present in eight hard-fought battles and a number of skirmishes, was shot through the body on December 13, 1862, at the battle of Fredericksburg, and after
partially recovering from his wound and the typhus fever at Georgetown Hospital, he was mustered out. Like so many other men in like condition, was left largely to himself to find a place in the business world from which he had been excluded by the call to arms.” The last of the letters from Sunderlin to his wife that are known to us was written January 13, 1863, while he was recovering from the wound received at Fredericksburg. (His pension records say he was shot through the back and received spinal
damage.)
Thank you Bruce.
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