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Balt. & Ohio Railroad, Sept. 14, ?8. Very Fine, rarely encountered. SIGNED "Benj. F. Butler" as Manager, R.A.D.V. (Railroad Authority for Disabled Veteran Soldiers), 4.25" x 2.25", on franked ticket for "John White from Washington to Columbus via Balt. + Ohio R.R.", in another hand. Circular, blue stamp in lower right, punched by conductor. reads, "B. & O. R. R., C. H. Pagels, Ticket Agent, Washington Station". This Ticket enables John White, a "Disabled Volunteer Soldier" to travel from Washington to Columbus via "Balt. & Ohio". Travel cost was reduced "with the understanding that Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, enroute to Military Asylums, will be passed over the Several roads at half the usual Fare."<br /> <br /> Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) was a Major General in the Civil War Union Army, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Mass., and later served as the 33rd Governor of Mass. from… Read More