Lot of 14, including: mounted albumen photograph of George H. Bond as Captain Commanding, Co. I, Estey Guards, Vermont National Guard, ca 1881, by Howe of Brattleboro, VT, 4 x 8.25 in.; mounted silver gelatin photograph of Bond in his Vermont uniform, ca 1896, wearing medals included in this lot, photo also by Howe, 5.25 x 7.375 in.; 2pp printed pamphlet from the State of Vermont Adjutant General's Office, Military Record of Geo. H. Bond, 1862 to 1898; and 11 medals, including a colonel's GAR badge, GAR belt buckle, GAR insignia, Civil War campaign medal, three Vermont GAR encampment medals, a medal from the dedication of the Vermont monuments at Gettysburg in 1889, a 1886 Brooklyn veterans badge, and two pins. George H. Bond (listed on some rolls as Herbert G. Bond, enlisted Sept. 20, 1862, as a private in Co. I, 16th Vermont, and was present in action at Gettysburg, and mustered out in August of 1863. After the war, he served as a private and drum major in the First and Second Vermont National Guard, eventually earning commissions to colonel in 1895 and brevet brigadier general in 1897, just before his retirement. The military record included in this lot states that he served in all grades except corporal and second lieutenant, served as escort to the Governor of Vermont at the 1876 Centennial Exposition, and was in command of the Vermont troops that marched in Washington at the inauguration of President McKinley. Condition: Very good.
Lot of 14, including: mounted albumen photograph of George H. Bond as Captain Commanding, Co. I, Estey Guards, Vermont National Guard, ca 1881, by Howe of Brattleboro, VT, 4 x 8.25 in.; mounted silver gelatin photograph of Bond in his Vermont uniform, ca 1896, wearing medals included in this lot, photo also by Howe, 5.25 x 7.375 in.; 2pp printed pamphlet from the State of Vermont Adjutant General's Office, Military Record of Geo. H. Bond, 1862 to 1898; and 11 medals, including a colonel's GAR badge, GAR belt buckle, GAR insignia, Civil War campaign medal, three Vermont GAR encampment medals, a medal from the dedication of the Vermont monuments at Gettysburg in 1889, a 1886 Brooklyn veterans badge, and two pins. George H. Bond (listed on some rolls as Herbert G. Bond, enlisted Sept. 20, 1862, as a private in Co. I, 16th Vermont, and was present in action at Gettysburg, and mustered out in August of 1863. After the war, he served as a private and drum major in the First and Second Vermont National Guard, eventually earning commissions to colonel in 1895 and brevet brigadier general in 1897, just before his retirement. The military record included in this lot states that he served in all grades except corporal and second lieutenant, served as escort to the Governor of Vermont at the 1876 Centennial Exposition, and was in command of the Vermont troops that marched in Washington at the inauguration of President McKinley. Condition: Very good.
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