6TH UNITED STATES CAVALRY TEXAS COMANCHE WARS MUSTER ROLL JACKSBORO for Sale

6TH UNITED STATES CAVALRY TEXAS COMANCHE WARS MUSTER ROLL JACKSBORO For Sale

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6TH UNITED STATES CAVALRY TEXAS COMANCHE WARS MUSTER ROLL JACKSBORO:
$225.00

The 6th US Cavalry was a notable Civil War combat unit and fought the Comanches and Kiowa, patrolling the Texas Frontier as far west as Palo Duro Canyon. An Original 6th US Cavalry Muster Roll for Company A, filled in at Jacksboro, Texas, October 31, 1866, and ink signed by Captain Benjamin Tucker Hutchins as Company Commander and by Captain GC Cram , issued during the Comanche/Kiowa War while nearby Fort Richardson was being built by the 6th Cavalry.The Muster Roll names 60 some troopers, with comments that some are on detached duty at Jacksboro, Austin, etc, some listed as deserters, on furlough etc, also 2 men listed as dead of cholera and typhoid, and notes the men are deficient in cartridges and waist belts due to the impossibility of obtaining them.An Original, Complete Muster Roll, 31 x 21". Ptd/ink, with folds, a few minor acid free archival repairs, minor edge wear, age stains, Overall VG. Comes w service info. Both Captains Hutchins and Captain Cram served in the 6th US Cavalry from 1861- to 1865 and fought the Comanches and Kiowa on the Texas Frontier when this Muster Roll was issued.