Antique Historical Bank Check Collection Civil War Hero 1st Ct. Vols

Description

COLLECTION BANK CHECKS AUTOGRAPHED BY C.W. HERO, Alfred P Rockwell
1866-1880
A series of revenue stamped bank checks autographed by Alfred P. Rockwell.  All quite fine and clean, no odors.  Most all with a revenue stamp.  Applied stamps and revenue stamped paper. Most all with cut cancellations.  Collection of 20 checks.
Rockwell rose in the ranks to Brig. General near the end of the war. After the war he became involved in business on the Board of
Visitors
at West Point. Then earned high
degrees
in Geology.  [ we will send pages of research on Gen. Rockwell ]
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Captain Rockwell
Captain A. P. Rockwell –
Connecticut Historical Society
"...Perhaps the most acknowledged hero of the First Light Battery was Captain Alfred P. Rockwell of
Norwich
. Historians credit him with decisive actions that saved the regiment at both the Battle of Chester Station and the Battle of Proctor’s Creek. At Chester Station, it was “A. P.” Rockwell’s perception that Company A of the battery was out of ammunition that alerted General Terry of the need to send in reinforcements. On the first day at Proctor’s Creek, a Union colonel ordered Captain Rockwell to take the battery into what Rockwell considered an indefensible position. Rockwell shared his objections with General Terry, who deferred to Rockwell’s judgment. Rockwell did not move the battery into the dangerous position and thus, according to regimental veterans, saved the unit from “annihilation.”
Rockwell was born in Norwich on October 15, 1834. After his service to the First Light Battery, he received a promotion to Colonel of the Sixth Connecticut Volunteers in June 1864, and then to Brigadier General in March of 1865. After the war, he became professor of mining at Yale University and the Institute of Technology in Boston. He served as Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners for the city of Boston. Later, he served as president and executive of several mining and manufacturing companies. It was no accident he was elected the first president of the First Light Battery Veterans Association at its initial reunion in 1868.
The First Light Battery and African Americans
The soldiers of the First Light Battery had regular encounters with African Americans, both civilians and soldiers, while the regiment was fighting in the South. Beecher described these encounters throughout the regimental history he authored. Battery soldiers recognized the achievements of African Americans in combat and their ability to withstand the especially brutal treatment they received when captured by Confederates...."~~
Gun Wheel of the 1st Light Battery, Ct. Vols
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Note: we will send copies of our research on General Rockwell.