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Union Soldier Pass, 1864, 132d Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Union Soldier Pass, 1864, 132d Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers.
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This item SOLD at 2012 May 15 @ 15:08UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Paducah, Kentucky, 1864, Pass for soldier to be absent from camp until 4PM on Aug 13 1864 and signed by all the appropriate officers, Fine condition with some aging along folds. The 132 Regt of Illinois Volunteers was a Ò100 DaysÓ unit established the 1st June, 1864, and was stationed in Kentucky to provide relief for veteran troops. Standing Native American Woman on left. Signed by Col. T.J. Picket. Pickett served throughout the Civil War, becoming Lieutenant Colonel of the 69th Illinois Volunteers in 1862. He was a very active mason and had the T.J. Pickett Lodge named for him. He was the Tenth Grand Master of Illinois, who was born in Louisville, Kentucky on March 17, 1821, and came to Peoria, Illinois with his parents in 1836. He learned the printing trade there, later becoming a journalist and publisher and published papers in Peoria, Pekin, and Rock Island, Illinois; Paducah, Kentucky, and Lincoln, Nebraska . At the close of the war, he moved his home and business interests to Paducah, Kentucky.