ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR CDV OF 42ND OHIO GENERAL JAMES GARFIELD LATER PRESIDENT

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Up for sale is a nice original bust view CDV image of General James A. Garfield Colonel and later General of the 42nd O.V.I. who mustered in at Camp Chase. This CDV image was from a private collection of several items that I will be listing this week including 42nd hat insignia. These were obtained from descendants of the Garfield family several years ago. CDV's of General Garfield  are getting harder and harder to obtain. The image is in good overall condition with minimal edge and corner wear, and is still very bold with little fading. The corners have been nipped slightly to fit in a photo album. No back mark. The CDV is shown with insignia which were from the same collection but  being sold in a separate auction. You are buying the CDV by itself.
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At Governor
William Dennison's
request, Garfield deferred his military ambitions to remain in the legislature, where he helped appropriate the funds to raise and equip Ohio's volunteer regiments.
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Afterward, the legislature adjourned and Garfield spent the spring and early summer on a speaking tour of northeastern Ohio, encouraging enlistment in the new regiments.
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Following a trip to Illinois to purchase muskets, Garfield returned to Ohio and, in August 1861, received a commission as a
colonel
in the
42nd Ohio Infantry
regiment.
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The 42nd Ohio existed only on paper, so Garfield's first task was to fill its ranks. He did so quickly, recruiting many of his neighbors and former students.
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The regiment traveled to
Camp Chase
, outside
Columbus, Ohio
, to complete training.
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In December, Garfield was ordered to bring the 42nd to Kentucky, where they joined the
Army of the Ohio
under
Brigadier General
Don Carlos Buell
.
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Buell quickly assigned Garfield the task of driving Confederate forces out of eastern Kentucky, giving him the 18th Brigade for the campaign, which, besides his own 42nd, included the
40th Ohio Infantry
, two Kentucky infantry regiments and two cavalry units.
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They departed
Catlettsburg, Kentucky
, in mid-December, advancing through the valley of the
Big Sandy River
.
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The march was uneventful until Union forces reached
Paintsville, Kentucky
, on January 6, 1862, where Garfield's cavalry engaged the rebels at Jenny's Creek.
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Confederate troops under Brigadier General
Humphrey Marshall
held the town in numbers roughly equal to Garfield's own, but Garfield positioned his troops so as to deceive Marshall into believing the rebels were outnumbered.
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Marshall ordered his troops to withdraw to the forks of Middle Creek, on the road to Virginia; Garfield ordered his troops to pursue them.
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They attacked the rebel positions on January 9, 1862, in the
Battle of Middle Creek
, the only pitched battle Garfield personally commanded.
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At the fighting's end, the Confederates withdrew from the field, and Garfield sent his troops to
Prestonsburg
to reprovision.
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