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Iowa Major General Samuel R Curtis, a notable Frontier US Army officer and Keokuk, Iowa Pioneer, raised the 2nd Iowa Infantry in 1861, commanded the Union Forces in Missouri incl the Battle of Pea Ridge Arkansas, and in 1864 took command of the US frontier forces. He is widely considered to be the most effective Frontier officer of the Civil War An Original Civil War General Order issued by the War Department at Washington, January 1, 1984 assigning General Samuel R Curtis to command of the Department of Kansas including Nebraska and Colorado Territory and the Indian Territory. The 1p 8 x 5 ptd. Order has 2 punch holes in the left margin for red tape loose binding by an officer. Printed on thin, rag paper with edge wear, tears, archival repair on reverse, age stains, Overall Good Condition.
The General Order has an ink inscription at the top \"Charles Hartwell\'s \", a small outline of a pointing finger, and \"Not to be taken from the office\". Comes w service and bio info. Charles A Hartwell had served as an officer with the11th US Infantry when he was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia in 1862 and exchanged for a Tennessee Confederate officer, and by 1864 was Colonel of the 77th USCT. Hartwell finished the War as a brevet brigadier general. I got this Order from the estate of Lt George Faxon, also a USCT officer who served with Hartwell in Louisiana at this time.
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