1ST OHIO INFANTRY SPANISH - AMERICAN WAR SWORD CAPT. CASSILLY C. COOK CINCINNATI HERO AND POLITICAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB LEADER/ CUBAN SPOKESMAN

HOW NEAT AND EXTREMELY RARE. A BEAUTIFUL INLAID WITH STONE AND JEWELS PRESENTATION SWORD MADE BY CHARLES SVENSEN OF CINCINNATI. MANUFACTURER FROM 1880-1885. FROM THE HORSE SOLDIER OF GETTYSBURG IS A 110 PAGE REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIEVES OF CASSILLY INLISTING IN CINCINNATI WITH THE 1ST OHIO INFANTRY. HE WAS WELL KNOWN BEFORE THE WAR AS A ACTIVE POLITICAL LEADER AMOUNG THE DEMOCRATS WITH THE DUCKWORTH CLUB WHICH HE AND HIS FATHER WHO WAS A WEALTHY MAN IN CINCINNATI WHO OWNED ALL THE LAND IN CLIFTON, A WEALTHY SUBERB OF CINCINNATI. BEING A CIVIL WAR HERO AND LEADER ALSO AMOUNG THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRATS. CASSILLY HAD TYPHOID DURING THE WHOLE WAR BUT SERVED LITTLE TIME IN CUBA ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS. AFTER THE WAR, HE BECAME A LEADER IN CINCINNATI IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND HAD LAW OFFICES IN CINCINNATI. HE FOUNDED SUCH GROUPS AS THE UNITED MILITARY OF AMERICA, WHICH UNION AND BOTH CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS COULD BOTH ATTEND. HE WORKED WITH THE DUCKWORTH CLUB IN HAMILTON OHIO AND CINCINNATI AS A WELL KNOWN SPEAKER. HE ALSO MOVED AT ONE TIME TO NEW YORK AND STARTED UP THE BUCKEYE DEMOCRATIC CLUB IN NEW YORK ON 33D STREET AND MADISON AVE. WAS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE A DELEGATE FOR THE REVOLTUTIONARY PARTY DURING LATER YEARS AROUND 1906. MANY ARTICLES WILL GO WITH THE SWORD INCLUDING HIS BURIAL RECORDS AND PHOTOS OF HIS FAMILY PLOT IN SPRINGROVE CEMETERY IN CINCINNATI. HE PASSED AWAY IN NEW JERSEY AND WAS TRANSPORTED WITH ALL THE RECORDS OF THE TRIP TO CINCINNATI INCLUDING THE BILLS AND CANCELLED CHECKS. AT ONE TIME HIS PROPERTYS WERE WORTH ONE QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS. HOURS OF READING MATERIALS. THE DUCKWORTH CLUB DISSOLVED TWO YEARS AGO BUT THE RECORDS REMAIN AT THE MAIN OFFICE OF THE DEMCRATIC PARTY. PHONE NUMBERS AND NAMES OF LEADERS CURRENTLY STILL WITH THE PARTY WILL ACCOMPANY THE SWORD. SEVERAL ARTIFACTS OF HIS BELONGINGS WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED WITH THE SWORD. THE SWORD IS FULLY INGRAVED WITH MILATARY RELIEFS, FLAGS, EAGLES U.S. LOGOS ETC. HIS PRESENTATION IS ON TWO AREAS OF THE SCABBARD. STILL HAS TONS OF ORIGINAL GOLD WASH ALL OVER THE SWORD. ONE LARGE RARE STONE IS MISSING OUT OF THE MOUNT ON THE CLAM-SHELL. EASILY REPLACED AT THE JEWELER.

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