2023-03 HCA Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/7/2023
War-Date document,15" x 12," for "Equipage Received and Issued at Chicago Illinois during the Fourth Quarter, 1861. Prepared by Captain Holcomb, 45th Regiment Illinois Vol. Infantry. The articles include boots, canteens, axes, camp kettles jackets, and more. The 45th Illinois Infantry was organized at Galena, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on December 25, 1861. It took its name from Elihu B. Washburne who represented northwestern Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and from the fact that mining lead was a well-established industry in northwestern Illinois.
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