Bvt. General Silas Allen Strickland 1st
Nebraska and 50th Ohio CDV
signed on the verso. There is a crease in the card probably from a heavy book
or something similar. Back marked A.S. Baldwin, Columbus, O with 2 cent revenue
stamp.
https://www.perryvillebattlefield.org/html/silas_strickland.html
Silas Allen Strickland
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Residence Bellevue NE; a 30 year-old Lawyer.
Enlisted on 7/3/1861 at Bellevue, NE as a 2nd
Lieutenant.
On 7/24/1861 he was commissioned into
"H" Co. NE 1st Infantry
He Resigned on 4/22/1862
On 8/17/1862 he was commissioned into Field
& Staff OH 50th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 6/26/1865 at Salisbury,
NC
Promotions:
* 1st Lieut 7/24/1861 (1st Lieut & Adjutant)
* Lt Colonel 8/17/1862 (As of 50th OH Infantry)
* Colonel 10/16/1862
* Brig-General 5/27/1865 by Brevet
Intra Regimental Company Transfers: * 7/24/1861 from company H to Field & Staff
Other Information:
born 9/17/1830 in Rochester, NY
died 3/31/1878 in Omaha, NE
Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
(GAR Post #13, Hastings, NE was named in honor
of this
soldier)
After the War he lived in Omaha, NE
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