1866-09-03 +DANSVILLE MICH----INGHAM CO---BLACK CDS & CIRCLE OF WEDGES TIES SCOTT 65---TO CAPT. JAMES H CUMMINGS, HOLLY, OAKLAND CO, MICH----THIS WAS ACTUALLY SENT TO CAPT. JAMES H. CUMMINGS OF HOLLY WHO ENTERED SERVICE IN CO. L. 10TH CAVALRY AT ORGANIZATION AS 1ST LT. AGE 26. HE WAS COMMISSIONED 7/25/1863; COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN 4/01/1864 THEN BREVET MAJOR, U.S.VOLUNTEERS0 3/13/1865 FOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION AT HIGH POINT NC, WHERE WITH ONE BATTALION OF HIS REGIMENT HE CAPTURED AND DESTROYED MORE THAN THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF THE ENEMY PROPERTY. MUSTERED OUT AT MEMPHIS, TENN ON 11/11/1865-----GENEALOGY----CIVIL WAR----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 1020
Year: 1866
Date: 1866-09-03
County:
Ingham
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Category:
19th Century Michigan Letters
, MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Stamps
, Privately Owned
, Civil war
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