Pay voucher for “Colored” servant while stationed at Charleston, SC. in 1868.
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Pay voucher for 2nd Lt. Richard Edward Thompson, 6th U.S. Infantry. Pay for the period November 30 through December 31, 1868 for “Sam” his “colored” servant, for which Thompson was paid $112.47. Lt. Thompson was stationed in Charleston, SC with the regiment during the Reconstruction Period.
R.E. Thompson was born in Maine, 18 Jan., 1846, Class of 1868 USMA, and joined his regiment in June of 1868. To rose to the rank of 1st Lt. in March of 1880, and was assigned as the regimental adjutant in March 1880 to April of 1882, remaining in the 6th Infantry until transferring to the Signal Corps in Dec. of 1890. During his time in the 6th, Thompson saw as great deal of action on the Southern and Northern Plains. In 1880 the regiment moved to Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Captain Thompson, having received that promotion in 1890, was again promoted to major of volunteers (SC) during the Spanish American War. He was a Lt. Colonel and Chief SC officer of Volunteers in April 1899; Major in the regular army in Dec. of 1899. Lt. Col. Signal Corps, March 1903 and Colonel in 1906. He saw service during the Spanish War in Tampa, and in the Philippines.
While serving in Seattle, Washington, Colonel Thompson was in charge of the Alaskan Military Cable & Telegraph System in 1907. In his last years of service he was chief signal officer in various departments, until taking a leave of absence in 1912. He put in for retirement in 1913, and went home to Seattle until his death on 11 September, 1914 (aged 66), and was buried at Fort Lawton Cemetery, Seattle.
The document is in fine condition, having only two small bug holes (oval about 1/8 inch each).
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