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Civil War 1865 Union Army Discharge Paper for Young Sailor

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Civil War 1865 Union Army Discharge Paper for Young Sailor
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Ohio, 1865. Discharge paper for Thomas Gillen, a Private in the 193rd Regiment of the Ohio Infantry Volunteers during the American Civil War. Black text with a beautiful illustration of an American eagle at top center, red writing at top left corner. Document provides information about Private Gillen, who was nineteen years old, stating he was discharged in Virginia, and was a member of the Union Army of the Shenandoah. The 193rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio in March, 1865, and mustered in for one year service under the command of Colonel Eugene Powell. The regiment was ordered to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah, March 20. Marched to Charleston March 21, and duty there until April 4. Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Provisional Division, March 27. Moved to Winchester April 4, and duty there until August 1865. The 193rd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service August 4, 1865, at Winchester, Virginia, as shown in this historic document. Unique piece of Civil War military history. Signed by Brigadier General Samuel M. Whitside (He signed the discharge in 1865 as a 1st Lieutenant in the 6th U.S. Calvary during the Civil War), who was a distinguished cavalry officer who faithfully served his nation from 1858 to 1902. He commanded at every level from platoon to department for thirty-two of his forty-four years in service, including Army posts such as Camp Huachuca, Jefferson Barracks, and Fort Sam Houston, the Departments of Eastern Cuba and Santiago and Puerto Principe, Cuba, a provisional cavalry brigade, the 10th and 5th Cavalry Regiments, a squadron in the 7th Cavalry Regiment, and a troop in the 6th Cavalry Regiment.