Guns, Ammo, and Militaria Auction
Lot 2179:
Description
Pair of handwritten official Union Army documents penned at the end of the war.
1) Handwritten document from the Provost Marshals Office, Louisville KY July 7th 1865. Provost Special Order No. 28 . The document relates to a confectionery and beer house of Mr. Lehman’s on the north side of Market Street 2 doors east of Hancock St. … orders from this office.” By order of Geo. H. Swope, Capt. Provost Marshall. Col. [Horace] Parks’ name is written on the bottom lower corner of this document.
A blurb from the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection reads: “Horace Park (1833-1907) began the war as captain of Company F in the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from Oct. 1861, an indication that he helped to raise the company (100 volunteers). He was the regiment’s lieutenant colonel when Col. Swayne was wounded in South Carolina, assumed command and was promoted to colonel. He mustered out with the regiment on July 13, 1865.; George L. Swope (died 1912) served as Captain, Company A., 5th Regiment Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment Indiana Volunteers) and was mustered out June 16, 1865.; In April 1865, Gen. Louis Douglas Watkins was made post Commander at Louisville, Kentucky. On May 15, 1865, Louisville became a mustering-out center for troops from midwestern and western states. On June 4, 1865, military authorities established the headquarters of the Union Armies of the West in Louisville. The 43rd Ohio Infantry Regiment was moved to Louisville at that time. For several weeks, Union soldiers crowded Louisville. On July 4, 1865, Union General William T. Sherman visited Louisville to conduct a final inspection of the Armies of the West. By mid-July the Armies of the West disbanded and the soldiers headed home.”
2) Handwritten document: Roster of Commissioned Officers of Field and Staff of 7th Regt. Illinois Inf. Vols. Dated June 27, 1865 this was written just a few weeks before they mustered out of service on July 7, 1865. It lists 6 names, with Colonel Richard Rowett being the most notable. He was a prominent Illinois political figure in the 19th century. He was a highly regarded breeder of thoroughbred horses and his farm the meadows north of Carlinville IL produced the winner of the 1889 Kentucky Derby “Spokane”. He is also credited by many as the first year introduce the true-bred beagle hound to America from his native England.
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