CIVIL War 21st Indiana Jackass Regiment Soldier Discharge Baltimore 1861

The 21st Indiana Infantry Regiment, known as "The Jackass Regiment" served as Infantry from April 1861 to May 1863 when it became the 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery & fought at the Battle of Baton Rouge & in the Louisiana Red River Campaign. An Original Civil War Union Army Discharge w illustration of eagle & stars, issued to Company D Private Samuel C Owens, 21st Indiana Infantry of Linton, Greene County, Indiana, at Baltimore, Maryland, Oct 26, 1861, discharged for Disability, signed by Captain James H Garrett, also signed by Surgeon Ezra Reed.

The Discharge is signed on reverse by AAG Daniel Tompkins Van Buren (Son of President van Buren and a Brevet Brigadier General) and by US Army Surgeon Charles Page (a notable Union Army doctor and Chief Medical Officer of the 2nd Army Corp during the Appomattox Campaign). Comes w service info- the 21st8 x 11 ptd/ink, w eagle illus. Edge wear, age stains, Overall VG.

The 21st Indiana serving in the Trans-Mississippi received it's sobriquet as it served as infantry. Cavalry and artillery using jackasses for transport animals. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described.

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