GENERAL HENRY M CIST CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA HERO & AUTHOR - $225 - (Winterville, NC)

Captain Henry Martyn Cist of Cincinnati, Ohio was a notable Union officer who served in the 74th Ohio and on the staff of both Generals Rosecrans and Thomas and helped save the Army on Horseshoe Ridge at the Battle of Chickamauga. Postwar Cist , a Brevet General wrote the History of The Army of the Cumberland and became the founding father of our firsr National Military Park at Chickamauga, Georgia. An original Civil War Receipt for Commutation of Rations for Trooper William W Snyder, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving as a messenger between Chattanooga and Nashville, May 1864. The Receipt is issued at Nashville and signed by Henry M Cist by command of Major General Thomas, and also signed by by Private Snyder, as havingg received the ration funds. 1p 8 x 11" ptd/ink. Age stains, edge wear, 2 small army punch holes, Overall VG. Comes w service info. The 7th fought at Lebanon, Kentucky, Gallatin & Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Chickamauga & the Atlanta Campaigns, Georgia & at Selma, Alabama. Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 35 years My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair ta…

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