List of Quartermaster Stores- Transferred To 5th U.S. Cavalry Officer – 1862 – SOLD

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William Henry Brown, from Maryland, enlisted in the Army as a private, corporal and sergeant in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry beginning in 1858 to 1861.  At the beginning of the Civil War, he briefly held a commission as 2nd Lt. in the 11th Infantry in May of 1861, 1st Lt. in Sept. of 1861, and resigned to join with the 5th U.S. Cavalry as a 2nd lt. that same year.  He was assigned the duties of regimental quartermaster from Dec 1862.

For a brief time as captain,  he acted as an assistant quartermaster of volunteers from 20 Oct. to August of 1865. Rejoining the 5th Cavalry in 1865. The 5th Cavalry was transferred to the frontier on the Kansas Plains; actions against hostiles on Shuter Creek, the north branch of the Solomon River, and participated in the Canadian River expedition of 1868-69.  He also saw action near Julesburg, Colorada, and Prairie Dog Creek, Kansas in 1869.

The regiment moved to the southwest in 1871, and was in Crook’s 1872-73 Apache Campaign.  Brown was in command of the troops at the famous Salt River Cave fight in Dec. of 1872. Commanded Camp Grant for a time, as well as the San Carlos Reservation until 1874.  Brown commanded a mission to take with Cochise in 1873, and more.

In 1874, Brown was sent to California to purchase mounts for the cavalry. He took a leave of absence for a year in New York, and there cut his own throat with his razor. It was said he had been in love with Irene Rucker, the daughter of the General who married  Phil Sheridan.

The document is dated 24 November, 1862, from Belle Plain, Louisiana, where Captain P.P. Pitkin, quartermaster, is transferring over forage to Brown, then quartermaster for the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

In fine condition, with some wear on corners.