Lot 91
James Aikins was a private of Captain George Leonards Company. It has the Harrisburg stamp on the back. The 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army which fought during the American Civil War. Also known as the 181st Pennsylvania Volunteers, it was initially led by Colonel John E. Wynkoop, Lieutenant Colonel William Rotch Wister, and Major Samuel W. Comly. Recruiting men from the counties of Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Montgomery, and Union, as well as from the city of Philadelphia during June and July of 1863, this regiment was composed of six companies of men who were commissioned for six months' service plus five companies of existing emergency militia units that had been assigned to picket and scout duties along the Susquehanna River and the roads leading toward Carlisle, Marysville and York during the Emergency of 1863 when regiments of the Confederate States Army invaded Pennsylvania. Established in July 1863, the members of this regiment mustered in at Camp Couch near Harrisburg. On July 7, its men marched up the Cumberland Valley to Greencastle before being assigned to scout duty in Maryland. In partnership with three companies of the First New York Cavalry, a detachment of the 20th Pennsylvania was then assigned to follow the army of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Hagerstown, near which it captured several prisoners and horses after engaging that army's rear-guard. After marching to Falling Waters, the regiment bivouacked there and performed picket duties along the Potomac River before being moved into camp near Clear Spring, Maryland. Ordered to Sir John's Run, West Virginia in early August 1863, the regiment was next assigned to guard part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, as well as sections of the countryside near Winchester. Companies F and I were stationed at Berkeley Springs under the command of Major Comly while Company C was moved to Hancock and Companies D and E were assigned to Bloomery Gap under Major Thorp. Companies A and H were assigned to Great Cacapon Station. Assigned to detached service under Major Douglass, the remaining five companies were splot between duty stations at Philadelphia, Pottsville and Reading; they did not rejoin the rest of the regiment until the final muster-out. Another hundred dismounted men remained behind at headquarters. During an attack by Confederate cavalrymen on the Berkeley Springs command during the early part of September 1863, 20 members of the 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry were captured; horses and equipment were also lost. Afterward, the companies were once again stationed together concentrated at headquarters. Daily scouting parties fired upon enemy scouts and snipers, but did not engage any great strength of the CSA during this time. brigaded with the 54th Pennsylvania, 15th Virginia, 1st Pennsylvania Battalion, and the 3rd Virginia Artillery, two of the 20th Pennsylvania's companies were then sent on a reconnaissance to the south of Romney. After venturing nearly a hundred miles into Virginia, they engaged and defeated part of Imboden's command, capturing a number of small arms and several prisoners, and destroying a piece of artillery in the process. After torching the Columbian Furnace, the 20th Pennsylvania returned to Springfield and, on December 24, was ordered back to Harrisburg, where the regiment was officially mustered out on January 7, 1864. Reorganized and mustered in for three years' service in February, the 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry was led by Colonel John E. Wynkoop, Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel Middleton, and Majors J. Harry Thorp, Robert W. Douglass and W. W. Anderson, who later died at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Please ask specific questions on details, condition, and shipping prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, and the bidder will be responsible for payment. We box and ship what we can to keep costs low, and use USPS and UPS. Large items, extremely fragile, and high value items will be packed by UPS. Quotes available on request
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Dimensions:
- 8.5" x 11" Condition:
- Fair - Good Condition with it torn (see pics)
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