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Sold on Jun 29, 2008 for: Not Sold
Civil War Silver Presentation Watch from General J. H. Carlton....
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Description
Civil War Silver Presentation Watch from General J. H. Carlton. Civil War Silver Presentation Pocket Watch from General J. H. Carlton. Dust cover has original presentation that reads "John Campbell from Gen. J. H. Carlton U. S. A." Silver hunting case has makers mark "Hershfield & Mitchell Leavenworth, Kan."The watch was manufactured by the American Waltham Watch Company. P.S. Bartlett grade. Size 18, Model 1857. Key wind and set with 15 jewels. Movement serial number 96,298 dates production to 1864.
Union Major General James Henry Carleton was born in Lubec, Maine in 1814. Prior to the Civil War, he was a lieutenant in the Maine militia, where he participated in the Aroostook war. He then received a commission in the regular army, where, in 1846, he served under General Stephen W. Kearney. Carlton was brevetted for bravery during the Mexican War. In 1859, he was stationed at Fort Tejon, and was in California at the outbreak of the Civil War.
During the Civil War, Carlton rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the California volunteers. In 1862, he replaced General Canby as commander of the department of New Mexico. In New Mexico, Carlton sent Kit Carson to kill all adult Indian males. After subduing the Mescalero Apaches, Carlton went after the Navajos, ordering Carson to destroy their food sources and starve them. The Navajos were imprisoned, then forced to make a 300-mile forced march across New Mexico to the Bosque Redondo reservation. Carlton also sent Kit Carson to war against the Comanche and the Kiowa. His tactics were considered brutal, even by many of his fellow officers. He died in San Antonio, Texas in 1873.
Condition: Very fine-excellent.
Auction Info
2008 June Signature Civil War Auction #6002 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
June, 2008
29th-30th
Sunday-Monday
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