Louis Weichmann

[Eva Elisabeth]

He was discharged from the War Department on May 29, and "at once started for my home in Philadelphia...in December 1865, I was appointed to a clerkship at the Philadelphia Custom House".
What I don't understand or cannot find (have just started to read Weichmann's book - had it on the stack and due to this thread pulled it out from behind/below) - the editor's preface states he was employed for many years there and resigned on Oct.1, 1886, while Weichmann writes he was discharged in Nov. 1866.(???)