LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President . Engraved document signed in full as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 5 June 1863. One page, large folio, ON FINE PARCHMENT, accomplished in manuscript, pale red seal of the United States at upper left, finely engraved with bold heading "The President of the United States," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto, large vignette of crossed flags, cannons and other military paraphenalia at bottom, with small legend "Engraved by J. V .N. and C. H. Throop, Washn. City," appointing Thomas McGregor a Second Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry. Fine condition. LINCOLN'S APPOINTMENT OF A CALIFORNIA ARGONAUT AND "INDIAN FIGHTER" Lincoln's Cavalry appointments are understandably much rarer than either infantry or naval appointments. The subject, Thomas McGregor, had a most colorful career, detailed in a letter from his wife dated 1901 which accompanies the document. As a young man, McGregor prospected for gold in the Salmon River district of California in 1857-58. Indians drove him from the area, and he joined the 1st U.S. Cavalry at San Francisco for service against them. Assigned to Fort Crook, he participated in campaigns against the Pitt River Indians and later in Nevada. When the Civil War broke out his regiment was sent East and attached to the Army of the Potomac. McGregor saw service in the Peninsula Campaigns of McClellan and later in the Shenandoah campaign under Philip Sheridan. He remained in the Army at the end of the war and "served continuously against the Indians, first in California, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho, later in Oregon, Washington and Montana." He was active in the Apache wars and for gallant conduct "in an engagement with the Apache-Mojave Indians at Santa Maria Mountains of Arizona" which "resulted in the surrender of Tomaspies entire band of Apache-Mojaves" on 12 June l873, McGregor was recommended by General Schofield for promotion to Captain, 2nd U.S. Cavalry. As late as 1901, ranking as a Colonel, he was still on active service with the 9th Cavalry in the Philippines. Copies of several documents relating to McGregor's eventful western career accompany the present appointment.
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President . Engraved document signed in full as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 5 June 1863. One page, large folio, ON FINE PARCHMENT, accomplished in manuscript, pale red seal of the United States at upper left, finely engraved with bold heading "The President of the United States," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto, large vignette of crossed flags, cannons and other military paraphenalia at bottom, with small legend "Engraved by J. V .N. and C. H. Throop, Washn. City," appointing Thomas McGregor a Second Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry. Fine condition. LINCOLN'S APPOINTMENT OF A CALIFORNIA ARGONAUT AND "INDIAN FIGHTER" Lincoln's Cavalry appointments are understandably much rarer than either infantry or naval appointments. The subject, Thomas McGregor, had a most colorful career, detailed in a letter from his wife dated 1901 which accompanies the document. As a young man, McGregor prospected for gold in the Salmon River district of California in 1857-58. Indians drove him from the area, and he joined the 1st U.S. Cavalry at San Francisco for service against them. Assigned to Fort Crook, he participated in campaigns against the Pitt River Indians and later in Nevada. When the Civil War broke out his regiment was sent East and attached to the Army of the Potomac. McGregor saw service in the Peninsula Campaigns of McClellan and later in the Shenandoah campaign under Philip Sheridan. He remained in the Army at the end of the war and "served continuously against the Indians, first in California, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho, later in Oregon, Washington and Montana." He was active in the Apache wars and for gallant conduct "in an engagement with the Apache-Mojave Indians at Santa Maria Mountains of Arizona" which "resulted in the surrender of Tomaspies entire band of Apache-Mojaves" on 12 June l873, McGregor was recommended by General Schofield for promotion to Captain, 2nd U.S. Cavalry. As late as 1901, ranking as a Colonel, he was still on active service with the 9th Cavalry in the Philippines. Copies of several documents relating to McGregor's eventful western career accompany the present appointment.
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