1892 PRESENTATION HUNTING HORN CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR GENERAL S. W. FERGUSON vafo
There will be around 80 quality items starting at. 99 cents with no reserve. HERE IS A WONDERFUL DATED 1892 PRESENTATION HUNTING HORN TO GENERAL SAMUEL WRAGG FERGUSON. THE SILVER BAND READS: GEN. SW FERGUSON 1892 AN OLD SOLDIERS REGARD.
ONE OF HIS CONFEDERATE SOLDIER FRIENDS PRESENTED THIS TO HIM IN 1892. IF HE WANTED, HE COULD HAVE ALWAYS PUT A CORK IN THE LARGE END AND USED THIS AS A POWDERHORN AS WELL. SOME MINOR WEAR FROM AGE & USE.
Samuel Wragg Ferguson (November 3, 1834 February 3, 1917) was a career. Officer, a cavalryman, and a graduate of. He is best known for being a.Ferguson went to West Point and graduated in 1857. Before he graduated, he joined. After the expedition, Ferguson was assigned to. Where he stayed from 1859 to 1860.
This all changed when he received the results of the. Hearing of the election of.
He immediately resigned and left for. In March 1861, Ferguson joined the provisional army of. He was then appointed as an. He was one of those who received the formal surrender of.
Raised the first Confederate flag, and posted the first guards at Fort Sumter. After the battle at Fort Sumter, Ferguson was sent to deliver the first Confederate standard flown that was struck by an enemy shot to the.He was still on Beauregard's staff during the. Where he was given his first command of a small. He also commanded this unit while defending. And helped stop the attacks made by.
In 1863, Ferguson was promoted to brigadier general. Subsequently, he was suggested for promotion to. Sherman's March to the Sea.
Ferguson and his cavalrymen harassed the flank of the. When Sherman got close to. Ferguson's men left their horses and covered the Confederate retreat. He was then ordered to. But before arriving was ordered to go to. Into Georgia, where his unit was disbanded. After the war Ferguson moved to.Where he opened up practice in law. He was the husband of. Daughter of Henry William and. Who was a cousin of. In 1876 he was appointed as president of the United States Board of Mississippi River Commissioners.
He was also secretary and treasurer of the Mississippi Levee Board. In the early 1890s, Ferguson moved back to his hometown of. And worked as a civil engineer. At the outbreak of the. Ferguson tried to join the war effort but he was turned down.On February 3, 1917, he died in. Where he is buried also at the.
Along with other famous Confederate generals. Mysteriously disappeared from the Mississippi Levee Board, of which Ferguson was both secretary and treasurer. Later that year, he suddenly left and moved to Charleston. After staying in Charleston, Samuel moved to Ecuador. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST! The item "1892 PRESENTATION HUNTING HORN CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR GENERAL S. FERGUSON vafo" is in sale since Monday, February 06, 2017.This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Civil War Veterans' Items". The seller is "valleyforgeantiques" and is located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, ZA, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, BR, CL, CO, CR, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.