INDIAN/CIVIL WAR GENERAL GETTYSBURG ANTIETAM COLONEL VINCENT LETTER SIGNED 1861

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Here’s a Civil War Date Document Signed by a Civil War General and a President Lincoln Executive
THOMAS MACURDY VINCENT
(
1832 – 1909
)
CIVIL WAR WEST POINT UNION BVT BRIGADIER GENERAL
USV,
GETTYSBURG MAJOR
2
nd
US LIGHT ARTILLERY,
MAJOR
4
th
ARKANSAS CAVALRY IN 1864-'5,
BREVET CAPTAIN
FOR ANTIETAM, MAJOR
FOR GETTYSBURG, and LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
FOR FAITHFUL and MERITORIOUS SERVICES ON NOV. 13, 1865,
COLONEL
ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE in CHARGE of the ORGANIZATION and MUSTER-OUT of the VOLUNTEER ARMIES AT WAR’S END,
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FLORIDA SEMINOLE INDIAN WARS FIGHTER and INDIAN WARS REGULAR ARMY COLONEL
1865-1896
!
-and-
EZRA BARTLETT FRENCH
(1810 – 1880)
U.S. ANTE-BELLUM REPUBLICAN PARTY CONGRESSMAN from MAINE 1859-1861
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CIVIL WAR 2
nd
AUDITOR OF THE U.S. TREASURY APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN 1861-1880.
French was a member of the ill-fated “
Peace Convention
” of
1861
in Washington, D. C., created in an effort to prevent the impending Civil War.
On August 3, 1861,
President Abraham Lincoln
Appointed French as the Civil War’s 2
nd
Auditor of the U.S. Treasury Department handling important Army accounts. French went on to serve Presidents Johnson, Grant and Hayes
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HERE IS VINCENT’S AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT ON THE VERSO OF A CIVIL WAR DATE “
TREASURY DEPARTMENT – 2
nd
AUDITOR’S OFFICE
” DOCUMENT SIGNED BY FRENCH, CONCERNING 17
th
INFANTRY CAPTAIN JAMES F. GRIMES’ RECRUITING ACCOUNT FOR THE 4
th
QUARTER OF 1861.
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The Document measures 8” x 10” and is in Very Fine Condition.
A FINE PIECE OF AMERICAN POLITICAL/CIVIL WAR MILITARY HISTORY TO ADD TO YOUR AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!
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BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL THOMAS M. VINCENT
VINCENT, Thomas McCurdy
, soldier, born near Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, 15 November, 1832. He was graduated at the United States military academy in 1853, and on 8 October, 1853, became Second Lieutenant in the 2d artillery. During the three years that followed he served with his company in Florida during active operations in the field against hostile Indians, and from severe exposure in the line of duty became dangerously ill in May, 1855.
During his convalescence Lieutenant Vincent compiled a "Sketch of South Florida," which was used by troops in the final operations pending the removal of the Indians, and for which he received the thanks of the General-in-Chief.
During the years 1855-56 he performed the duties of Assistant Adjutant General and Quartermaster and Commissary of Subsistence. He served with his company at Fort Hamilton and Plattsburg, New York, until August, 1859, when he was detailed as principal assistant professor of chemistry at the military academy.
Declining the appointment of captain in the 18th infantry, he was appointed assistant adjutant-general in July, 1861, and assigned to the Army of Northwestern Virginia, being engaged in the battle of Bull Run. In August, 1861, he became Captain, and in July, 1862, Major of staff. From 1861 until 1865 he was constantly on duty in the Adjutant General's Office at Washington, particularly in charge of the "organization and miscellaneous business of the volunteer armies of the United States."
Persistent applications for service in the field being disapproved by Secretary Stanton for the reason that "the public interests demanded his presence in the war department." Not only did the responsibility for framing all the rolls and instructions issued for the government of the volunteer forces in service during the war, and the charge connected with a personnel of more than 90,000 commissioned officers, devolve upon General Vincent, but the preparation of the plan (of which he was also the sole author), and the immediate general direction of the work under it, for the muster-out and disbandment of the volunteer armies, numbering 1,034,064 officers and men, distributed to 1,274 regiments, 316 independent companies, and 192 batteries. This plan was prepared in advance of any notification from the secretary of war, and was put into execution immediately upon submission to that officer and General Grant.
Since the war General Vincent has been identified with all important changes in the methods of transacting the business of the war department, the revision of army regulations, and he has served as Adjutant General of various departments, and in September, 1888, was ordered to Washington on duty. He became Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General in July, 1881, and was brevetted to the grade of Brigadier General, United States army, "for faithful and meritorious services during the rebellion."
General Vincent has made several reports to congress on "army organization," and is the author of "The Military Power of the United States during the War of the Rebellion" (New York, 1881). His brother, Albert Oliver, soldier, born in Cadiz, Ohio, 7 February, 1842; died in St. Louis, Missouri, 9 December, 1882, was educated at common schools, and at the age of nineteen was about to establish himself as a printer, when, at the opening of the civil war, he was tendered by Sec. Cameron a commission as 2d lieutenant in the 2d artillery. From 1861 till 1866 he served with his battery, part of the time commanding it during all the operations of the Army of the Potomac, principally with horse artillery in conjunction with the cavalry, comprising thirty-five battles and minor affairs, besides continuous and rapid marches. He was commissary of musters and superintendent of volunteer recruiting service in 1865, and served with his regiment in California and Washington territory in 1865-'7. He was brevetted captain for Antietam, major for Gettysburg, and lieutenant-colonel for faithful and meritorious services, 13 November, 1865, and declined the appointment of captain, 38th infantry, in July, 1866. He served as major of the 4th Arkansas cavalry in 1864-'5, and was retired from active service in 1896.
BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE EZRA B. FRENCH
Ezra Bartlett French
(July 28, 1810 – April 24, 1880) was a
United States Representative
from
Maine
. He was born in
Landaff, New Hampshire
where he attended the common schools and pursued an academic course. Later, he studied law in
Bath
and
Plymouth, New Hampshire
and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He commenced practice in
Portland
and
Waldoboro, Maine
. Later, he moved to Nobleboro, Maine (present-day
Damariscotta
), and continued practice.
French was a member of the
Maine House of Representatives
1838–1840 and served in the
Maine Senate
1842–1845. He was the Secretary of State of Maine 1845–1850. He also was bank commissioner and worked as a newspaper editor in 1856. He assisted in organizing the Republican Party in 1856.
French was elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-sixth Congress
(March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1860. He served as a member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending
American Civil War
. He was appointed Second Auditor of the Treasury August 3, 1861, by President
Abraham Lincoln
, and continued during the administrations of Presidents
Andrew Johnson
,
Ulysses S. Grant
, and
Rutherford B. Hayes
, serving until his death in Washington, D.C., in 1880. He was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Damariscotta, Maine.
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