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Auction: 313 - Numismatic Collector's Series - Ft. Worth, TX
Lot: 1443

Civil War: Officer´s Archive Fascinating archive of letters and documents concerning Lt Samuel Noble King of the 26th Illinois Infantry. Includes pair of DS by Illinois Governor "Rich´d Yates," each folio, Springfield, January 25 and July 3, 1862, respectively appointing King, initially a private, second lieutenant and then first lieutenant in the 26th Illinois Volunteers. Interior partial fold splits, mounting remnants on versos. With two muster-in rolls and one muster-out roll, all from 1863, recording his promotions and mustering him out from one rank so he may be brought in under the next. With Report of Battle, "Near Atlanta," July 25, 1864, by Capt IJ Bloomfield, who reports putting the 26th into a support position, when "a heavy column of the enemy made a furious assault upon the line to our right & front, to repel which I ordered my command to fire right oblike [sic] and directed the 8th Mich Batt of the 17th AC...to open two of its pieces in the same direction and maintained this fire with good effect untill I became aware that the troops on the right had been driven back...I formed two companies (A&E)...at right angles to my line and opened fire, completely enfilading the woks taken by the enemy while the battery...opened fire in the same direction and we soon had the pleasure of seeing the enemy rapidly retreating." Among those he singles out for praise is King, who acted as adjutant during the fracas. With a second Report of Battle, "near Atlanta," July 31, 1864, by "Robert A Gillmore / Lt Col Comdg Regt," who took position behind a small crest "as the Enevy were throwing shells grape & canister...the enemy made a furious assault...which we repelled after about half hours struggle. The men instantly laid aside their weapons and commenced entrenching." Four assaults are made in all, but Gillmore´s men hold, and he takes especial care to prevent their wasting ammunition until the enemy comes "within twenty yds of our colors where we captured a Battle flag" and some arms, including Enfield rifles. With two ADS by King, tendering his resignation on September 21, 1864, at East Point, GA, and again on the 28th, due to the expiration of his term of service. With two supporting documents. Finally, with fifteen documents, 1864-66, regarding ordnance and subsistence returns, and settling King´s account with the United States Army. All VG. [26]

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