Nov 22, 2005 - Sale 2058

Sale 2058 - Lot 60

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
DISCHARGING A SURVIVOR OF LITTLE BIG HORN (CUSTER, GEORGE A.) MERRILL, LEWIS. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as Major in the 7th Cav, discharging Private William E. Smith from Company D, with an Autograph Notation Signed by Merrill written at the top of the document, indicating that Smith "Engaged in the action against hostile Sioux in the Battle of Little Big Horn June 25th 1876 and commanded six good indians in the face of the enemy." 1 page, approximately 91/2x73/4 inches. Camp Houston, 12 September 1880
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Smith (1853-1918) fought in and survived the Hill Top fight at Little Big Horn.