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SAN ANTONIO TEXAS 24TH US INFANTRY BUFFALO SOLDIERS FORT BROWN BRAZOS SANTIAGO:
$155.00
The 24th US Infantry Buffalo Soldiers protected the Texas frontier during the Comanche and Kiowa Wars. An Original US July 16, 1874 US Army "True Copy"of a telegram sent via " the Rio Grande Railroad Company" to" Captain AS Kimball at Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas on temporary duty at Brazos Santiago" , from SB Holabrid, as Dept QM General at San Antonio, Texas,directing him to send the QM supplies requested.. The copy is signed as a "true copy", by f Lt Jonathan B Nixon as Quartermaster, 24th Infantry. Comes w service info- The signer, Lt John Benton Nixon, 24th US Infantry served as a USCT Officer during the Civil War, and posrwar was the QM for the 24th S Colored Infantry.. General Samuel Beckley Holabird , served as a US Army Scout on the Texas Frontier n the 1850s, .a Civil War veteran career officer later promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. and US Army Q.M. General. Amos S Kimball also served in the Civil War, and rose to the rank of Brigadier General after service in the field in the Geronimo Wars. The signer Lieutenant John Benton Nixon, a native Virginian served with th102nd Illinois and the USCT in the Civil War and the 24th US Infantry Buffalo Soldiers postwar and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. 1p 8 x 5" in brown(sepia) and red ink. Age stains, edge wear, Overall VG.Welcome to my store. Iam a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especiallyAmerican Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documentsincluding broadsides, commissions,General Orders and other imprints.I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & USMilitary memorabilia for 35 years
My customers have included someof the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as wellwas as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 USfederal, state, public and private university & municipal museums andlibraries.All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the conditionas described.
I am a longtime member of theCompany of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, theEphemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn.
I SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, AND HAVEBEEN A PROFESSIONAL FULL TIME SELLER OF ANTIQUE HISTORICAL ITEMS SINCE 1980.PLEASE SEE MY store FOR OTHER LISTINGS.
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