Raynors HCA 2018-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/21/2018
RODENBOUGH, Theophilus (1838-1912) and was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Trevilian Station. After his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1870, he wrote several books about military history. War-date Union Medal of Honor winner Autograph Letter Signed by Theophilus Rodenbough, 2pp. quarto, Ebbit House, Washington D.C, September 7, 1862, and reads in part: “...last Sunday afternoon in a skirmish near Centerville I was taken prisoner by the enemy and am now on parole. It is probable that an exchange will be affeted very soon and it is necessary that I remain to attend to it...I was not injured in any way although the bullets flew around our heads thick as hail. I saw Parke Porter yesterday, has been made a Lt. Col. on Fitz-John Porter’s staff....If at any other time would like to see some of you here but Washington is in such an unsettled state consequently as the proximity of the Rebels and withal to crowded and uncomfortable that nothing but business could keep me here a moment...” Fine condition.
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