CIVIL WAR GENERAL COLONEL 103rd OHIO INFANTRY SUFFRAGE SIGNED DOCUMENT COVER VF

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CIVIL WAR GENERAL COLONEL 103rd OHIO INFANTRY SUFFRAGE SIGNED DOCUMENT COVER VF :
$61.00

JOHN STEPHEN CASEMENT

“General Jack”

(1829 – 1909)

CIVIL WAR UNION BVT. BRIGADIERGENERAL and BRIGADE COMMANDER,

Atlanta Campaign andBattle of Franklin HERO COLONEL of the 103rd OHIO INFANTRY

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ENGINEERand RR PRESIDENT!

In 1861, Casementparticipated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign against Stonewall Jackson andthe Confederacy. Campaigns in Knoxville (1863) and Atlanta (1864) followed. Hewas Promoted to General and Brigade Commander by 1865. Casement ended hismilitary career after the Carolinas Campaign. His Postbellum Career saw himConstruct the Transcontinental Railroad project. He led Union Pacific workcrews in laying track from Fremont, Nebraska to the completion of thetranscontinental project in Promentary, Utah.

Here’s a CIVIL WAR ERA POSTAL HISTORY COVER ADDRESSED IN THE HAND OF CASEMENT TO HIS NOTED SUFFRAGETTE WIFE, CONTAINING GEN. CASEMENT\'S SIGNATURE. THE ENVELOPE IS SIGNED:

“Mrs. J. S. Casement, Painesville, O.”

The cover bears a “State Line” Indiana Circular Date Stamp Postmark, July 26 [ca. 1863] and 3 cent George Washington US Postage Stamp.

The document cover measures5 ¼” x 2 ¾” and is in VERY GOOD, CLEAN CONDITION and complete with backflap.

A RARE & Excellent Piece of Union Militaria toadd to your Civil War “Generals in Blue” Autograph, Manuscript, & PostalHistory Collection!

Biography of the Honorable

John S. Casement

Civil War

Just a few years later, as the Civil War was beginning in1861, he was appointed as a major in an Ohio volunteer infantry regiment and served in the Shenandoah Valley against Confederates under Stonewall Jackson. Late in 1863, he was appointed colonel of the 103rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment and fought in the operations around Knoxville.

He continued to lead his regiment during the first phase ofthe Atlanta Campaign in 1864. During the Siege of Atlanta, Georgia, he assumed command of the2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps. His brigade held the center of the Union line at the Battle of Franklin, where his commanding officer, Jacob D. Cox, credited him with \"saving theday for the Union.\"

He was appointed as a brigadier general by brevet commission in January 1865 and was transferred to North Carolina along with the rest of the XXIII Corps. During the Carolinas Campaign, he took a prominent part in the Battle of Wilmington, which was to be his last major combat.

Postbellum career

After the war, he resumed his involvement in the burgeoningrailroad industry. In 1866, Thomas Clark Durant appointed Major General Grenville M. Dodge as the chief engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. Dodge hiredCasement and his brother Daniel to direct the construction crews. DanielCasement was responsible for financing the operations, while John directed theconstruction crews who took to calling their boss \"General Jack.\" Thebrothers oversaw the construction from Fremont, Nebraska, to the railroad\'s completion at Promontory, Utah.

Casement died in Painesville, Ohio, on December 13, 1909. CasementAirport is named in his memory, as was a World War II liberty ship, the SS John S. Casement.

ONE HUNDRED and THIRD INFANTRY
(Three Years)

One Hundred and Third Infantry. - Col., John S. Casement;

Lieut.-Cols., James T. Sterling, Philip C. Hayes; Majs., DeWitt

C. Howard, Henry S. Pickands. This regiment was organized in

the state at large in Aug. and Sept., 1862 to serve for three

years. Having received arms in Cincinnati, it crossed over to

Covington, where it was furnished with clothing and other nec-

essaries for camp life and thus equipped it marched out to Fort

Mitchell.

Its first year of service was spent in Kentucky, but

in the fall of 1863 it was ordered to Eastern Tennessee, where

in its first engagement, at Blue Springs, it lost 3 killed, 4

wounded, and 6 taken prisoners. During the siege of Knoxville

the regiment lost about 35 in killed and wounded. In May,

1864, it formed part of Sherman\'s grand army and in the engage-

ment at Resaca lost over one-third of its effective force. The

regiment lost heavily during the Atlanta campaign. On May 1

its effective force numbered 450 men, but when Atlanta had

fallen it could only muster 195. It followed Hood to Tennessee

and had another opportunity of showing its pluck at the battle

of Spring Hill. After Hood had been driven from Nashville the

regiment went to North Carolina, thence to Ohio, and was mus-

tered out on June 12, 1865.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 2

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