CIVIL WAR DENVER COLORADO RANGERS COLONEL JESSE LEAVENWORTH ORDER 1863
$ 76.56
Description
Colonel Jesse Henry Leavenworth, West Point Class of 1830 served w the 4th US Infantry protecting the first emigrants; his unit was known as the "Rocky Mountain Rangers" and was notable for it's Frontier Service. He re-enlisted when the Civil War erupted raising a the 2nd Colorado Volunteer Infantry, protecting Denver, and by 1863 was in charge of protecting the entire Santa Fe Trail. . An Original Civil War General Order issued at HQ Dept of the Missouri, St Louis, Oct 7, 1863 announcing the War Department has dismissed Leavenworth and 3 fellow officers for also raising an artillery battery without their consent, citing "deceptive practices" Despite the brouhaha created in Washington, Comes w service info- Leavenworth and his officers are re-instated, with Leavenworth in command of the 2nd Colorado, and the next year, recognizing his intimate knowledge of the Indians he grew up with (Jesse Chisholm considered him the man who maintained the peace with the Indians) , makes him Indian Agent for the Southern Cheyenne, Comanche & Kiowa. His subordinate officers incl Captain Wm McLain are restored to command the gun battery they had created, which served as McLains Independent Colorado Artillery Battery. 2p 8 x 5". Age stains, left edge torn, not affecting text., Overall VG. Comes w bio info. General & Special Orders were issued to communicate commands and information to the Army. Each order, issued in writing by a command, was then printed for distribution to each unit, either at an army department headquarter or by commanders at local headquarters, sometimes in the field on portable printing presses. The orders were then issued to regiments, often to be read aloud to the troops. General Orders were printed as issued with date & location; at the end of a year the regimental adjutant might retain them loose or simply string bind them by punching holes and stringing on ¼” red cloth string tape (the source of the old expression "government red tape"). Sometimes an officer or HQ clerk might take a group of orders to a local print shop or bookbinder and have an accumulation bound with leather or cloth covers. Usually, American Military Orders of the 19 th century including Civil War era were printed on an 8 x 5” sheet of quality rag paper. Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints and badges. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 41 years. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER CIVIL WAR AND EARLY AMERICAN MILITARIA LISTINGS. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described. . I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance
