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424 ● (MILITARY—BUFFALO SOLDIERS.) Army and Navy Union. Garrison
No 505. Crispus Attucks Columbus, Ohio. Forty-eight star reunion flag, linen111⁄
2 x
171⁄
2 inches, four lines of stenciled text on the alternate white stripesí small, square hole
(one inch)to the right of the word ATTUCKS.
Columbus, Ohio, circa 1912—1919 [1,000/1,500]
AN UNCOMMON REUNION FLAG FROM THE ARMY AND NAVY UNIONFormed in 1888,
the Army and Navy Union was made up largely of Spanish American and Indian War veter-
ans. The Army and Navy Union was like the GAR, but formed to accommodate soldiers and
sailors who fought in conflicts after the Civil War. Garrison 505 was an all black unit formed
in Columbus Ohio, named for Crispus Attucks (1723-1770) the black citizen soldier who
was among the first three men to fall at the Boston Massacre. We have dated this flag conjec-
turally as no earlier than 1912, when Arizona entered the Union as the 48th state.
425 ● (MILITARY—BUFFALO SOLDIERS.) MEDLEY & JENSEN, compilers and
publishers. Illustrated Review Ninth Cavalry, U.S.A. Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming
1910. Large, fold-out panoramic plate at the end, plus illustrations throughout. Large
oblong 4to, original green cloth-covered boards with oblong printed label on the upper
cover; re-cased with new red-leatherette spine, replacing the original; new end-papers;
some general wear to the text, with a few pages roughly turned causing some short closed
tears (one large tear at leaf 9-10), but overall in good condition.
Denver, Colorado: Engraved and printed by the
Williamson-Haffner Company, 1910 [8,000/12,000]
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE HISTORY OF THE FAMED 9TH CAVALRY OF “BUFFALO SOL-
DIERS” OF WHICH ONLY ONE OTHER COPY IS KNOWN Provides a chronological history of
the 9th and all of it’s encounters from its formation in 1866 through 1910. Copiously illus-
trated with group photos of officers and enlisted men, with a full listing of every man and his
place of residence. The establishment of the 9th Cavalry at Fort D.A. Russell began with a
violent insurrection of white soldiers that was quickly put down. This history gives its details
and states that it was the first and last such incident. The remainder of the history provides
richly detailed encounters with the Comanche, Apache, Kickapoo and other tribes as well as
with the Mexicans. The period from 1890 through 1898 is particularly rich in terms of the
number of encounters with the local tribes, including the so-called “ghost dance” and
“Messiah” movements and the killing that took place as a result. A rare and detailed regimen-
tal history.
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