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BEAUTIFUL CANE ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN LOVETT DAY, LATE MEMBER OF THE 3RD MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY, CO.D APPROX. 32" IN HEIGHT ~ "D" COMPANY CARVED AT TOP OF HANDLE J.L. DAY – BERLIN, MASS. – 1892 (CAPT. HASTINGS) POST 54 GAR – D, 3RD MASS CAV (WITH CROSSED SWORDS) John L. Day Residence Southborough MA; a 20 year-old Shoemaker. Enlisted on 2/7/1862 as a Private. On 2/7/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. US Army 11th Infantry He was discharged for disability on 12/5/1862 On 12/19/1863 he mustered into "D" Co. MA 3rd Cavalry He was Mustered Out on 9/28/1865 at Fort Leavenworth, KS











