CIVIL WAR GENERAL COLONEL ORDNANCE ARSENAL SIGNED DOCUMENT PUEBLA MEXICO MEXICAN

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CIVIL WAR GENERAL COLONEL ORDNANCE ARSENAL SIGNED DOCUMENT PUEBLA MEXICO MEXICAN:
$41.00

PETER VALENTINE HAGNER

(1815 - 1893)

CIVIL WAR WEST POINT BVT.BRIGADIER GENERAL for FAITHFUL and MERITORIOUS SERVICES IN THE ORDNANCEDEPARTMENT,

CW COMMANDER of the WATERVLIETARSENAL in NEW YORK,

Wounded-in-Action MEXICANWAR HERO OFFICER,

INDIAN WARS REGULAR ARMYCOLONEL ‘til 1881!

HERE\'SA DOCUMENT SIGNED by, \"P. V. Hagner. Comdg.\" Datelined at Puebla,Mexico, August 5th, 1847! Thedocument pertains to ordnance during the Mexican War, e.g., Muskets, CartridgeBox, Plate, Bayonet Scabbard with Frog, Waist Belt, etc.

…BoldlyExecuted and Signed in the hand of General Hagner!

The document measures approx. 8\" x 8\"and is in very good, clean condition - - NOTE: The biography pictured inthe listing is included with the ALS.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of GENERAL PETER VALENTINEHAGNER
Biography

Hagner was the son of government auditorPeter Hagner,and was born in Washington, D.C. After graduating the United States Military Academyat West Point, New York, Hagner was assigned first to artillery,then topographical engineers, and finally ordnance in 1838, in which departmentservice he spent the balance of his career.

At the outset of the Mexican-American War, First Lieutenant Hagner was assigned to the siege batterycompany, and was brevetted captain and major for \"gallant and meritorious conduct\" inbattles leading to the capture of Mexico Cityin 1847. In the years before the American Civil War, Hagner commanded several arsenals,responsible for maintenance and upkeep on weaponry and military stores.

Considered a moderate unionist with a reputation of being a level-headedcareer soldier, the JamesBuchanan administration selected Hagner to command of thestrategic St. Louis Arsenal at the outbreak of the war. Thearsenal at the time was sought by both Union and Confederate sympathizers forits valuable contents, and during the early days of the war both legitimate andpartisan guerrillamilitary units from both sides schemed to obtain control.

While in command, Hagner used his authority to restrict Union Army CaptainNathanielLyon\'s access to the arsenal. Lyon was a well connected[Republican (USA)] who sought access to the arsenal for the purpose of armingpro-Union military units to fight against the seceding states. Lyon, enragedthat his commander had denied him the arsenal\'s contents, then wrote of Hagner,making a threat to \"pitch him in the river.\"

After the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln,Lyon began exerting pressure on the War Department through his friend Frank Blair, brother of the incoming Lincolncabinet officer Montgomery Blair. Lyon sought to have Hagner relievedof the arsenal command and elevate himself as the replacement. Blairsubsequently used his War Department connections to fulfill Lyon\'s request andHagner\'s tenure at the arsenal was ended.

By March 1862, Hagner was serving on a commission on ordnance contractsand claims. He served as inspector of factories manufacturing small arms forthe government until late 1863, when Hagner was promoted lieutenant colonel and held command of Watervliet Arsenal until war\'s end. Brevetted brigadiergeneral for service, Hagner was colonel in command of ordnance department until hisretirement from the Army in 1881.

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