Guns International #: 102580957
Seller's Inventory #: Shop-Inv 1-30-24
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Guns International #: 102580957
Category - Art - Painting & Print
- Collectibles - Civil War
Civil War Portrait of Colonel Homer Bostwick, 71st New York State Militia
Description: This is a beautiful Civil War era Oil Painted Portrait of Colonel Homer Bostwick, 71st New York State Militia, 1861 - 1865. Colonel Bostwick is standing in his colonel’s full dress uniform with epaulets and sword and hat to his side on a table with body turned slightly to the left. The painting with frame measure 27” high x 23” wide and is in beautiful condition. In a Letter 1858: Abram S. Vosburgh, First Col. NY 71st Regiment, Writes about Appointments In a foreshadowing of the military conflict soon to ensue, Col. Vosburgh, the first colonel of the 71st New York Regiment, writes a letter marked “Private” and “Confidential” to the then Adjutant General Frederick Townsend. The first recommends “Genl Ewen’s choice of Lt. Col. (Homer) Bostwick for Colonel over the reelection of (Daniel Tompkins) Van Buren, an Engineer who joined as a staff officer for the New York Militia. The second letter is a strong response to Townsend’s decision to organize an exclusive Light Brigade, thus demoralizing the men of the 71st Regiment that Vosburgh commands. Keenly interested in the outcome of the election for a new Colonel, Vosburgh writes, “I understand Genl Ewen has made returns for staff officers of the 11th Regiment . . . I trust General you will endeavor to forward the commissions of the officers so returned that they may be able to vote in the election for Colonel. . . . I deem it very important that they should be here –as Lt. Col. Bostwick is a candidate for the Colonelcy–and I hope will be elected. Of the other candidate (Daniel Tompkins) Van Buren, he writes “I trust the success of the corps will not be the case as I consider him a gentleman in every respect–but a man wholly unfit or incompetent to command a regiment”. (Photo of letter with Pictures) Price: $1,895.00 Contact Seller |
Guns International #: 102580957
Seller's Inventory #: Shop-Inv 1-30-24
Guns International #: 102580957
Seller's Inventory #: Shop-Inv 1-30-24