* 101ST OHIO INFANTRY SERGT. SLOCUM PRESENTATION SWORD 1864 *
A VERY RARE HIGH GRADE SILVER HILT CLAUBERG PRESENTATION SWORD BELONGING TO 1ST SERGEANT MANFRED D. SLUCUM. 101ST OHIO, 11TH INVALIDE CORPS, CO A , 8TH OHIP CO.G VETERAN RESERVE, FORT PORTER PROVOST OFFICE.
THIS HIGH GRADE SWORD HAS EXTENSIVE HISTORY AND ARTICLES 85 PAGES LONG OF HIS FULL LIFE AND DEATH INCLUDING FULL PAPERS FROM THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. FAMILY HANDED DOWN AND RECENTLY PRIVATE PURCHASED. EXCELLANT CONDITION WITH 5 VETERAN RIBBONS. HERE IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THIS WOUNDED SOLDIER SHOT BY CANNON ARTILLERY SHELL TO THE HEAD WITH DAMAGING HIS EARS...
BORN IN POMPEY NEW YORK IN 1830 HE INLISTED AT THE AGE OF 32 AS FIRST SERGEANT COMPANY D, 101ST OHO AUGUST 6.1862 MUSTERED OUT ON JULY 1ST 1865 ALTHOUGH THE REGIMENT WAS NOT READY IT WAS SENT TO CINCINNATI AND TO COVINGTON KENTUCKY AND ASSISTED AGAINST THE RAID BY KIRBY SMITH AS THE MARCH TOWARDS CINCINNATI.(CINCINNATI SQUIRREL HUNTERS GUARD) THE REGIMENT THEN PERSUED KIRBY SMITH INTO KENTUCKY AND FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF PERRYSVILLE. THIS WAS THE REGIMENTS FIRST BIG BATTLE AND LETTERS WERE WRITTEN ABOUT ITS BRAVE MEN. THEN A LARGE ENCOUNTER AT MURFREESBORO AND CAPTURED TWO BRONZE CANNONS. THE UNIT FOUGHT THE HARDEST AT STONES RIVER AND FOUGHT HAND TO HAND A BAYONET BATTLE. DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE BATTLE SGT. SLOCUM WAS INJURED IN THE HEAD WITH A CANNON BALL EXPLOSION AND SUFFERED HEAVY EAR LOSS. AFTER HIS WOUNDS, HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE 11TH INVALID CORPS COMPANY A. LATER HE CAME PROVOST OFFICE GUARD AT FORT PORTER AND WAS GIVEN HIS PRESENTATION SWORD. THE SWORD IS PRESNTED AS FOLLOWS:
PRESENTED TO SERGT. M.D.SLOCUM BY PROVOST GUARD FORT PORTER JAN 23, 1864 (ALL ALONG ONE OF ITS BRANCHES)
THREE GRADES OF THESE SWORDS WERE MADE. THIS ONE BEING THE MOST HIGHLY SOUGHT SILVER BASKET HILT. GREAT FULL ETCHING AND WONDERFUL INSCRIPTION.. DEATH CERTIFICATE INCLOSED.. A MUST HAVE OHIO SWORD
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