8 1/4 x 9 3/4, imprinted Union eagle discharge document filled out in ink. For Captain Calvin S. Hartley, Co. K, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The form states that he enlisted on the 28th day of June 1861, to serve 3 years. He was discharged from the Union Army on the 18th of July 1865, at Philadelphia, Pa., by virtue of Special Orders No. 160, Hdqtrs. Dept. of Wash., July 5, 1865. Further states that Captain Hartley was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and is 25 years old, stands 5 feet, 7 inches tall, with light complexion and grey eyes, dark hair, and was a book binder by occupation when he enlisted. Signed, Henry C. Morgan, Capt. 12 Inf., Bvt. Maj. U.S.A., M.[ustering O.[fficer]. Docket on the reverse, David Taggart, Paymaster, U.S.A., Phila., July 28, 1865. Paid $563.81/100.

Henry C. Morgan enlisted on May 14, 1861, as a 1st Lieutenant, and was commissioned into the 12th United States Infantry. He received promotions to brevet major for gallantry at the battle of Gettysburg, and brevet lieutenant colonel for gallantry at the battle of The Wilderness, Va., where he was severely wounded on May 5, 1864, resulting in the amputation of his left left leg. He retired on February 17, 1868.

David Taggart, was from Pennsylvania, and enlisted on May 30, 1861, and was commissioned major & paymaster, U.S.A. He was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel, for faithful and meritorious service on March 13, 1865. He resigned from the I.S. Army on September 11, 1873. Died on June 30, 1888.

This document came out of the personal papers of Captain Calvin S. Hartley, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Hartley, from Philadelphia, Pa., enlisted in the Union Army on July 20, 1861, as a private, and was mustered into Co. K, 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on March 1, 1863, and Captain on August 5, 1863. He was mustered out of the service on July 18, 1865, at Washington, D.C. After the Civil War he was a member of the Abraham Lincoln, G.A.R. Post #91, in Chicago, Illinois. He died on January 26, 1905.

The 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry fought at Antietam, Md., on September 17, 1862, where they lost 47 killed, and 91 wounded, and 1 missing. At Chancellorsville, Va., May 1-3, 1863, they lost 15 killed, 30 wounded, and 4 captured. Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, 4 killed, 8 wounded, and 1 captured. During the 1864 Atlanta, Ga. campaign, the regiment lost 17 killed, 46 wounded and 2 captured.