2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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DAVID TOD, the twenty-fifth governor of Ohio (1805-1868). A Democrat who supported the war effort, Tod helped to maintain a fragile alliance between the state's Republicans and War Democrats and took steps to secure Ohio's borders. In 1863, the state's pro-Union party failed to nominate Tod for a second term because of his tepid support for the abolition of slavery and his unpopularity among the state's myriad political factions. Letter Signed “David Tod” written on State of Ohio Letterhead, datelined Columbus, August 17, 1862, to Mil(itary) Committe, Mt. Vernon O., 1pp.Accompanied is the original cover with significant loss to upper left front panel. In full , If it is not now too late, I will authorize a company to be recruited in your county for Col. Banning’s Regiment, as requested in yours of the 9th inst.” Jenkins' Trans-Allegheny Raid was a Confederate cavalry expedition in the American Civil War that took place in Western Virginia (now West Virginia) and Ohio during August and September 1862. The raid was led by Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins, and it started on August 22 as a preliminary step in Confederate Major General William W. Loring's military campaign to drive the Union Army out of the Kanawha River Valley. That campaign, known as the Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862, took place from September 6 through September 16. The purpose of Jenkins' raid was to get behind the Union Army outposts located near the beginning of the Kanawha River, and cut off their main route of retreat to the safety of Ohio.
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