CIVIL WAR MEDAL OF HONOR VERMONT OFFICER SIGNED ORDER

Description: Captain George White Hooker, 4th Vermont Volunteers from Londonderry, Vermont was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor above and beyond the call of duty at the Battle of South Mountain, Maryland, 1862. An original Union Army General Order issued at Charleston, South Carolina, HQ Military Courtmartial, Oct 28, 1865 charging Private Thomas W Savage, E Company, 54th NY Volunteers with Mutiny at Orangeburg, SC, with refusing to fall in and threatening Captain John Friedle, Lt William Meeker & Captain CW Chelius with a fixed bayonet. The 4pp Order is ink sgd " Geo W Hooker" as Asst Adj General. 4p 8 x 5", ptd, with bold ink signature 2 punch holes in left margin, age spots & stains, Overall VG. Comes w service 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 in the field on portable printing presses operated by soldiers. The orders were then issued to regiments, 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 or cut slits in the left margin 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 19th 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 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. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described. 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. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. I SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, AND HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL FULL TIME SELLER OF ANTIQUE HISTORICAL ITEMS SINCE 1980. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER LISTINGS. PLEASE READ DETAILS OF THE ITEM DESCRIPTION. I TRY TO DESCRIBE ALL ITEMS ACCURATELY U.S. SHIPPING ONLY I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance

Price: 125 USD

Location: Angier, North Carolina

End Time: 2023-09-15T15:12:29.000Z

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