CIVIL WAR GENERAL ANTIETAM COLONEL 14th US INFANTRY DISCHARGE DOCUMENT SIGNED 63

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CIVIL WAR GENERAL ANTIETAM COLONEL 14th US INFANTRY DISCHARGE DOCUMENT SIGNED 63:
$32.00

CHARLES SWAIN LOVELL

(1811 – 1871)

CIVILWAR BVT BRIGADIER GENERAL for Gallant Services at the BATTLE of ANTIETAM,MARYLAND,

COLONELand COMMANDER of the 14th U.S. Infantry

REGULARARMY INDIAN WARS COLONEL

Lovell also served in the Mexican-American War,taking part in the battles of Churubusco, Molina del Rey, Chapultepec, andMexico City. During the Civil War,Lovell commanded a Brigade at Gaines’ Mill, Malvern Hill, the 2ndBattle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg! He was brevetted for gallantry at gaines’sMills, and Brig. General for Antietam!

Here\'s a CIVIL WAR DATE Document SIGNED by Lovell – ACertificate of Discharge dated at Madison Wisconsin, Dec. 12, 1863 - - SIGNEDTWICE BY LOVELL!!

TheDOCUMENT measures 8” x 10” and is in Very Good, clean Condition.

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BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH OF GENERAL CHARLES S. LOVELL

Charles Swain Lovell (1811-71) Born inHull, Mass., he fought in the Mexican War as a captain of the 6th U.S.Infantry. On May 14, 1861, he was commissioned major of the 10th U.S. Infantry,and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 24, 1862. He was commissionedinto the 18th U.S. Infantry on January 21, 1863, and commissioned into the 14thU.S. Infantry on Feb. 16, 1865, with rank of colonel. He was promoted to brevetbrigadier general on March 13, 1865. During the Civil War he was cited forgallantry at the battles of Gaines\' Mill, Va., Malvern Hill, Va., and Antietam,Md., where he commanded the 2nd brigade, 2nd division, 5th corps, Army of thePotomac.

HEADQUARTERSSECOND BRIGADE, SYKES\' DIVISION,
Camp near Sharpsburg, Md., September 25, 1862.

Lieutenant HEYWARDCUTTING,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Sykes\' Division.

SIR:I have the honor to report that, in obedience to the instructions of theGeneral commanding division, I crossed the Potomac River on the morning of the20th instant, in command of the Second Brigade, composed of the following fourbattalions: Second and Tenth Infantry, commanded by Captain J. S. Poland; Firstand Sixth Infantry, Captain L. C. Bootes; First Battalion Eleventh Infantry,Major De L. Floyd-Jones, and First Battalion Seventeenth Infantry, Major G. L.Andrews.

Soon after getting across, Lieutenant Ingham, aide-de-camp, told me theGeneral\'s orders were for me to advance to the second belt of woods in front,which was about 1 1/2 miles distant. On arriving there, Major Floyd-Jones\'battalion being in advance to act as skirmishers, a portion were deployed up towithin 30 or 40 paces of the outer edge of the woods, when it was soon afterdiscovered that the enemy were in force in our front and on the right. Thisfact was immediately communicated to the general, and I was directed to fall backto the crest of the river bluff.

To march down the road in column of fours would have subjected my commandto great loss, if fired on. The leading battalion, Seventeenth (the brigadebeing left in front), was filed off to the right of the road to watch themovements of the enemy, while the other three battalions marched into the woodson the left in column by battalion, with intervals of 60 or 70 paces. Findingthe enemy approaching in greatly superior numbers, the battalion were facedabout, and retired slowly and in most excellent order until reaching the openground on the hill near the river, when the enemy opened a heavy fire upon us,fortunately, but few shots taking effect. The Second and Sixth were then throwninto the woods on our left, by the orders of the general. Soon after the firefrom our own batteries rendered it absolutely necessary to withdraw these twobattalions from the woods, and they fell back to the crest of the hill, by mydirections, in fine order.

The conduct of officers and men during the march back and while under thefire of the enemy was admirable. Lieutenant E. E. Sellers, Tenth Infantry,acting assistant adjutant-general, was very active in transmitting my orders tothe different parts of the field. Assistant Surgeon Woodhull very kindlyoffered his services to act as aide so long as his professional services werenot required, and is entitled to my warmest thanks, as I had but one staffofficer, Lieutenant Sellers. I inclose a list of casualties. The enemy\'s force,when I first discovered them advancing upon us, could not have been less than3,000. My brigade numbered about 1,060.

Respectfully submitted,

CHAS S. LOVELL,
Major Tenth Infantry, Commanding Second Brigade.

Source: OFFICIAL RECORDS: Series 1, Vol 19, Part 1 (Antietam - Serial 27), Page 361

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