I found a1856 enfield sword bayonet in our old farm house it belonged to my great great uncle Will who came back from the a c w know iam trying to track its travels
Of course in baseball the bat boy takes care of equipment; in the contemporary British army every officer employed what was called a batman - NOT the superhero of that name! - who was usually an enlisted man from his command detailed (receiving extra pay) as his private manservant rather like a military butler. In the American army these were usually called orderlies. I'm sure this is being said in the English sense of the term, so he was more properly Custer's orderly.
I found 11 William Hendrys in the Union Army, do you know state served or state he resided prior to the war? I would assume he was cavalry since he served with Custer, but I've found that assumptions are just that.......
I found a1856 enfield sword bayonet in our old farm house it belonged to my great great uncle Will who came back from the a c w know iam trying to track its travels
I have two relics. One is a US Navy Soap box and a soldier's letter, written to his to his commander, while he was in the hospital at Georgetown, D.C. dated September 1862. I believe the soldier's commander was named Whittier. My father in law found them in a garage sale in Michigan. Both, the soap box and the letter is in really nice shape, except for the mirror in the soap box.