WWII Flying MANUAL Planes WORLD WAR II 1940 Signed LEIUT 48th PURSUIT Squadron

Hartney, Harold. National Aeronautics Council, Inc., 1940. Kept in archival quality protective mylar. 123 pgs. Provides brief and clear directions which will enable the flying student or collector to grasp the concept of flying and apply these lessons quickly. Text is enhance d w/"movie-like" series of diagrams for air and ground lessons for visualization. Numerous illustrations, technical data, etc. Book in decent shape,. some wear to DJ as shown. Provenance from 48th Pursuit Squadron of San Diego, 1942, wh patrolled the Pacific Coast, protecting the mainland during the War. Looks to be a 'Lieutenant Zimnette Wilson.' Good luck! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 48th Flying Training Squadron (48 FTS) is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. It operates T-1 Jayhawk aircraft conducting flight training.

The 48th constructed and maintained airfields and related facilities in France between 1917 and 1919. It trained aviation personnel from 1927 to 1931 and from 1933 to 1936.

The squadron was equipped with P-38 Lightnings in 1941 and assigned to Hamilton Field, California. From 5 February to 3 June 1942 it flew air defense patrols along the California coast. It was deployed to the European Theater of Operations (ETO) in August 1942 to fly escort missions of B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers as part of VIII Fighter Command.

The squadron was sent to North Africa in late 1942 as part of the Operation Torch invasion forces, taking up station in Algeria. It was reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force and flew fighter escort missions for the B-17 Flying Fortresses operating from Algeria as well as tactical interdiction strikes on enemy targets of opportunity in Algeria and Tunisia during the North African Campaign.

Following the German defeat and withdrawal from North Africa the squadron participated in the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy and the subsequent drive of the United States Fifth Army up the Italian peninsula. It was engaged primarily in tactical operations after November 1943, supporting ground forces and attacking enemy targets of opportunity such as railroads, road convoys, bridges, strafing enemy airfields and other targets. The squadron was deployed to Corsica in 1944 to attack enemy targets in support of the Free French Forces in the liberation of the island and to support Allied forces in the invasion of southern France. The squadron continued offensive operations until the German capitulation in May 1945. The unit was demobilized during the summer and fall 1945 in Italy and inactivated.

It was reactivated in 1946 to the new Air Defense Command to perform air defense of the eastern United States. The 48th FIS was activated at Dow Field in November 1946 with P-47 Thunderbolts. In October 1947 a transition into P-84B Thunderjets was completed. These were flown until the unit was temporarily deactivated on 2 October 1949.

The 48th FIS was reactivated in November 1952 at Grenier Air Force Base in Manchester, New Hampshire, with F-47 Thunderbolts, replacing the New Hampshire ANG's 133d FIS. A relocation to Langley AFB was completed in early 1953 along with a transition into F-84Gs and then F-94C Starfires in the fall of 1953. In the summer of 1957 the squadron completed a transition into F-102A Delta Daggers followed by another in the fall of 1960 to F-106 Delta Darts. It deployed to Florida in 1962 during Cuban Missile Crisis. The 48th FIS flew F-15A Eagles from 1982 to 1991, where many of the F-15 were transferred to the Missouri ANG, the Hawaii ANG, and 3 or 4 going to AMARC. The 48th continued training and operational exercises until inactivation in 1991.[1]

Currently the squadron specializes in the tanker and airlift track of specialized undergraduate pilot training. Students receive at least 159 hours of flight instruction in the T-1 Jayhawk where they learn air refueling procedures, tactical navigation, airdrop, and advanced navigation. Upon completion of this phase, students earn the aeronautical rating of pilot and receive their Air Force wings.[2]

Organized as 48th Aero Squadron on 4 Aug 1917Redesignated: 435th Aero Squadron on 1 Feb 1918Redesignated: 462d Aero Squadron on 3 Mar 1918Demobilized on 11 Aug 1919Reconstituted and consolidated (1930) with 48th School Squadron, which was constituted on 6 Feb 1923Activated on 1 Aug 1927Inactivated on 1 Sep 1931Redesignated 48th Pursuit Squadron on 1 Mar 1935Inactivated on 1 Sep 1936Disbanded on 1 Jan 1938Consolidated (1956) with 48th Pursuit Squadron (Fighter) which was constituted on 20 Nov 1940Activated on 15 Jan 1941Redesignated 48th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942Inactivated on 9 Sep 1945Inactivated on 2 Oct 1949Redesignated 48th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 Sep 1952Activated on 1 Nov 1952Inactivated on 31 Dec 1991Redesignated 48th Flying Training Squadron on 25 Apr 1996Activated on 1 Jul 1996Kelly Field, Texas (1917)Mineola, New York (1917)Issoudun, France (1917–1918) Detachment: Tours, France (2 December 1917-15 April 1918)Delouze-Rosières, France (1918)Vaucouleurs, France (1918)Bullainville, France (1918)Vadelaincourt, France (1918)Lisle-en-Barrois, France (1918)Parois, France (1918)Buzancy, France (1918)Mercy-le-Haut, France (1918)Trier, Germany (1918–1919)Weißenthurm, Germany (1919)Mitchel Field, New York (1919)Kelly Field, Texas (1927–1931)Chanute Field, Illinois (1933–1936)Hamilton Field, California (1941–1942) Operated From: San Diego, California (5 February-3 June 1942)RAF Atcham, England (1942)Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria (1942)Maison Blanche Airport, Algiers, Algeria (1942)Youks-les-Bains Airfield, Algeria (1942–1943)Berteaux Airfield, Algeria (1943)Mediouna Airfield, French Morocco (1943)Telergma Airfield, Algeria (1943)El Bathan Airfield, Tunisia (1943)Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield, Tunisia (1943)Operated From: Sicily (6–18 September 1943)

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Relic Hunter Civil War "Field Guide" First Ed. Signed

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Revolutionary WAR Hand Signed Lt COLONEL Eben GRAY 4th CONNECTICUT Giles Curtiss

You are bidding on a Revolutionary War pay voucher/document from September 16th, 1782, Verplanks Point, NY. (Verplanck is also known for its Revolutionary War history, specifically the location of the strategic Kings Ferry between Stony Point and Verplanck's Point, which George Washington's army used to cross the Hudson on its march to Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781). The document originates from the Connecticut 4th regiment, and is signed by two prominent members, Lt. Giles Curtiss as well as Lt Colonel Ebenezer Gray.  Gray had communicated at length with General Washington throughout the war, as many handwritten docs by Washington to Gray have shown up for sale in the past. The document is signed boldly by both Giles and Gray, as shown. The seams to the letter show some browning and splitting, but have held up and kep the sheet, which measures roughly 14" x 9", in nice shape. The script is clear and legible, maing this worthy of framing, as it is from two prominent men, during the thick of the Battles for our Independence in 1782. Good luck! More about these men below:

LT COL. EBENEZER GRAY (1743-1795)

At the outbreak of the Revolution, Ebenezer Gray (1743-1795) was a practicing lawyer in his Windham, Connecticut, and was meditating a removal to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, in the colonization of which his uncle, Col. Eliphalet Dyer (Member of the Continental Congress), was active. On May 1, 1775, he became Second Lieutenant in Israel Putnam’s regiment and served through the siege of Boston. He was promoted on January 1, 1775, to be First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of Colonel John Durkee’s regiment, and marched with it to New York, where General Samuel H. Parsons appointed him his Brigade-Major, on August 31, 1776. On January 1, 1777, he became Major of the Sixth Connecticut, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Seventh Connecticut on October 15, 1778. On January 1, 1781, Ebenezer Gray was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the new Fourth Connecticut Regiment, under Col. Zebulon Butler, serving until January 1, 1783, when Gray was assigned to the Third Connecticut under Col. Samuel B. Webb, serving until June 1783. He then resumed his law practice in Windham, Connecticut.
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EBENEZER GRAY, the eldest child of Samuel Gray, fo Windham, Connecticut, and grandson of Dr. Ebenezer and Mary (Gardiner) Gray, of Lebanon and Windham, was born in Windham on July 26, 1743.  His mother was Lydia, daughter of Colonel Thomas and Lydia (Backus) Dyer, of Windham; a brother was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1771, and a sister married the Rev. Enoch Huntington (Yale 1759).  At the outbreak of the Revolution he was a practicing lawyer in his native town, and was meditating a removal to the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, in the colonization of which his uncle, Colonel Eliphalet Dyer (Yale 1740), had taken so deep an interest.  On May 1, 1775, he became Second Lieutenant in Israel Putnam's regiment and served through the siege of Boston.  He was promoted on January 1, 1775, to be First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of Colonel Durkee's regiment, and marched with it to New York, where General Parsons appointed him his Brigade-Major, on August 31, 1776.  On January 1, 1777, he became Major of the Sixth Connecticut, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Seventh on October 15, 1778.  He remained in the service until June, 1783.  He then resumed his law practice in Windham, and on March 30,1786, married, Sarah, eldest daughter of John and Jerusha (Stoughton) Staniford, of the same town.  He died on June 18, 1795, in his 52d year, leaving an estate which was inventoried at 907.  His widow died in 1835, at the age of 72.  Their children were two sons (one graduated at Yale in 1805) and one daughter.  Extracts from three or four of his leters, while in camp during the Revolution, are printed in Miss Larned's History of Windham County.  AUTHORITIES  Johnston, Yale in the Revolution, 234–35. Larned, Hist. of Windham County, il, 154–44, 160, 177, 184–85, 189, 200–201, 208, 210, 308.  Onderdonk, Revolutionary Incidents of Suffolk and Kings Counties, 77."  Dexter, F. B. (1896). Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, Vol II May, 1745–May, 1763. New York: Henry Holt and Company.  [p 21–22]

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Gray, Ebenezer (Conn). 2d Lieuten ant 3d Connecticut, 1st May to 10th De cember, 1775; 1st Lieutenant and Regi mental Quartermaster 20th Continental Infantry, 1st January, 1776: Brigade Major to General Parson s Brigade, 31st August to December, 1776; Major 6th Connecticut, 1st January, 1777; Lieu tenant-Colonel, 15th October, 1778; transferred to 4th Connecticut, 1st Jan uary, 1781; transferred to 3d Connecti cut, 1st January, 1783, and served to 3d June, 1783. (Died 18th June, 1795.)

Lieutenant Giles Curtiss (1753-1842)
Revolutionary War soldier.   Served in the Major Eli Leavenworth’s Company of the 6th Regiment of the Connecticut Line, among other units. Later Mayor of Berlin, Connecticut.

Mar. 22, 1764
Wallingford
New Haven County
Connecticut, USAMay 29, 1832
Sheffield
Berkshire County
Massachusetts, USA
Married Hannah Westover. Moved to Ashley Falls, Mass. with his father. Fought in the Rev. War. Ensign 6th Connecticut, 1st January, 1777; 2d Lieutenant, 17th October, 1777; 1st Lieutenant, 10th May, 1780; transferred to 4th Connecticut, 1st January, 1781; transferred to 2d Connecticut, 1st January, 1783, and served to 3d June, 

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Signed & Numbered Civil War Art Print - John Bell Hood

CIVIL WAR COLLECTION

Pride of the Confederacy

Limited Edition Print Series

By Victoria Heilshorn

John Bell Hood

Original print signed by the artist, numbered of 100 in limited edition.  Presented on 8.5" X 11" acid free fine art paper.  This print also includes a Limited Edition Collection certificate (also signed and numbered by the artist), with artist's notes and a brief biological outline of the subject.

The Civil War Collection by Victoria Heilshorn is an artistic tribute to the great figures of the American Civil War.  Two series comprise this collection; "Pride of the Confederacy" and "Union Legends". 

    Pride of the Confederacy                               Union Legends      

     Robert E. Lee                                                              Abraham Lincoln

     Nathan Bedford Forrest                                              Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

     J.E.B. Stuart                                                                 Ulysses S. Grant

     James Longstreet                                                         Philip Sheridan

     George Pickett                                                              John Buford

     Stonewall Jackson                                                        George McClellan

     Jefferson Davis                                                             George Gordon Meade

     John Bell Hood                                                              Winfield Scott Hancock

     Sam Watkins                                                                  George A. Custer

     John Singleton Mosby                                                   The Private Soldier

     John Brown Gordon

     Pierre G. T. Beauregard

     Ambrose Powell Hill

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Holy BIBLE 1863 Civil War SOLDIER SIGNED Capt AL Knowlton 4th NH Pocket ANTIQUE

Presenting, A Chance to Own a True Piece of  Civil War History, a Private Pocket Bible, Owned by a Civil War Captain, Capt A. L. Knowlton of the 4th New Hampshire Vols!

The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, etc: American Bible Society, 1863.  Bible shows heavier wear to extremities, most notable spine with leather loss, and the pages show spotting; boards are attached but binding has severed into two halves, but,  the Bible is complete. Pages lightly soiled. The Bible is inscribed inside the front cover, in period ink, 'A L Knowlton Capt 4th N H Vol Raleigh, NC Aug 14, '65. ' Knowlton's bio is below. He signed this in Raleigh, NC during the occupation of some local railroads, and was mustered out at the end of the rebellion about 10 days later.

From: “History of Butte County, California”i, 1882:
Capt ABNER L KNOWLTON
was born in Windsor, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire,
September 1. 1832, and was the son of Gideon Knowlton. He lived at Windsor until
twenty-two years of age. His early advantages for an education were very limited, but, at the
age of twenty-four, he went to the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, supporting himself
while there by sawing wood and teaching. He was there when the war broke out, and joined
the fourth New Hampshire infantry, and served four years. His regiment was in Sherman's
command at the capture of Hilton Head, in South Carolina. He was in the expedition that
captured Fernandina, Florida, and was at the siege of Charleston, participating in the
operations of this division into the winter of 1863. From Charleston, his regiment went to
Virginia, under the command of Butler, and was at the battle of Gloucester Point, at the
occupation of Bermuda Hundred, and the engagement at Drury's Bluff, called the Frog fight.
The regiment was sent to join Grant's forces at Cold
Harbor, and took part in the battle of the Wilderness.
From there, his companions were thrown across James
River in front of Petersburg, where they assisted in the
siege, and remained until the winter of 1864. Mr.
Knowlton was at the battle of the mine. In 1865, he was
sent south, under Butler, and was at the capture of Fort
Fisher, and accompanied Terry on his second expedition.
His regiment joined Sherman on his march from Columbia
to Raleigh, being at the battle of Bentonville, in North
Carolina. Mr. Knowlton was discharged in the summer of
1865, at Raleigh, and went back home, having gone into
the service as private, and come back captain. He opened
an office at Concord as civil engineer, and lived there
four years. He came west in the employ of the Northern
Pacific railroad, as assistant engineer on the preliminary
survey between Olympia and Portland. He then settled in
Walla Walla, and served there as county surveyor for four years. He then came to Butte
county, and was elected county surveyor in 1875, after being in Chico six months. He lost a
re-election in 1877 by one vote, but obtained a re-election in 1879. Mr. Knowlton was married
in 1866, at Concord, to Mrs. Lizzie E Hoyt, of Fisherville, New Hampshire.



Abner L. Knowlton (First_Last)Regiment Name 4 New Hampshire Infantry.

4th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry

Organized at Manchester and mustered in September 18, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., September 27-30; thence to Annapolis, Md., October 9. Attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Army of the Potomac, Octeber, 1861. Wright's 3rd Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps to March, 1862. District of Florida, Dept. of the South, to September, 1862. Brannan s Brigade, District of Beaufort, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1863. United States Forces, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, United States Forces, Folly Island, S. C., to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., to January, 1864. District of Beaufort, S. C., to February, 1864. Foster's Brigade, Dodge's Division, District of Florida, February, 1864. District of Beaufort, S. C., to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Corps, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.-Expedition to Port Royal, S. C., October 21-November 7, 1861. Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, November 7. Duty at Hilton Head, S. C., till January 21, 1862. Expedition to Florida January 21-March 2. Occupation of Fernandina, Fla., March 5. Occupation of Jacksonville, Fla., March 12 to April 8 (Cos. "E" and "F," Provost duty at Fernandina till April.) Regiment moved from Jacksonville to St. Augustine, Fia., April 9, and garrison duty there till September 6. (Cos. "B," "H" and "K" moved to James Island, S. C., June 8. Action on James Island June 10. Moved to Beaufort, S. C., June 12, and duty there till April, 1863.) Regiment moved from St. Augustine, Fla., to Beaufort, S. C., September 6, 1862, and duty there till April, 1863. Expedition to Pocotaligo, S. C., October 21-23, 1862. Action at Caston and Frampton's Plantations, Pocotaligo, October 22. Expedition against Charleston April 4-11, 1863. Expedition to North Edisto River April 17-28. Moved to Folly Island, S. C., April 29, and siege operations against Morris Island till July. Expedition to James Island July 9-16. Secessionville July 16. Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S. C., and against Fort Sumpter and Charleston till January, 1864. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7, 1863. Moved to Beaufort, S. C., January 17. Expedition to Whitmarsh Island February 20-22, 1864. Moved to Jacksonville, Fla., February 23, and return to Beaufort, S. C., February 26. Veterans on furlough March-April. Non-Veterans at Beaufort till April 12, then ordered to Gloucester Point, Va. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-27. Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May 5. Chester Station May 6-7. Swift Creek (or Arrowfield Church) May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-27. Moved to White House Landing, thence to Cold Harbor May 27-June 1. Battles of Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to December 7. Duty in trenches before Petersburg June 23 to July 30. Mine Explosion July 30. Demonstration north of James River August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Bermuda Hundred August 24-25. Duty in trenches before Petersburg till September 25. (Non-Veterans mustered out September 18, 1864.) New Market Heights, Chaffin's Farm, September 28-30. Duty on north side of the James, operating against Richmond, till December 7. Fair Oaks October 27-28. Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher January 7-15, 1865. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21. Guard Railroad from Little Washington to Goldsboro till August. Mustered out August 23, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 82 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 194 Enlisted men by disease. Total 234.

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NORTH CAROLINA 1780-81 1st EDITION 1889 SIGNED BY D. SCHENCK REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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Nice auth. signed Carl Sandburg Storm over the Land A Profile of the Civil War

     Nice authentic author signed Carl Sandburg Storm Over the Land - A Profile of the Civil War book. It was autographed by the author for The Civil War Book Club. It measures approx. 8 3/4" x 6" x 1 1/2" thick. The book is in good condition with normal use wear, a small tear to the cloth at the top of the spine(see 2nd photo), the spine is a little loose, otherwise a nice piece - (please view all photos for the best representation of quality and condition). 

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CIVIL WAR CANTEENS Sylvia & O'Donnell SIGNED

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PENNSYLVANIA Gettysburg CIVIL WAR 1904 Leather SIGNED BY R B RICKETTS! Rare

 Presenting, a Detailed and Remarkable Account of the Pennsylvania Troops in the Civil War, with Concentration on Gettysburg, and Also Signed by Colonel R. Bruce Ricketts, Legendary Civil War Hero!

Wm. Stanley Ray, Harrsisburg, PA, 1904. 3/4 Leather and Marbled Boards. Revised Edition. Illustrated with plates of monuments, detailed lists of army divisions, charts of casualties, summary of casualties, strenght & losses of Pennsylvania Troops at Gettysburg, statistics on the brigades, maps and more.  In very fine condition in original publishers 3/4 calf over marbled boards, all edges gilt. A valuable reference concerning Pennsylvania troops on their own soil in the greatest battle. Presentation slip laid tipped in both volumes: "Compliments of R. B. Ricketts."  Ricketts distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the Civil War (Battery F, Penn. Light Artillery), and is best known for his battery’s defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill the 2nd day of the Battle of Gettysburg! There are some sticker remains on the front board, some on the spine,  and a library slip in the rear, some rubbing to volume edges and corners otherwise a very nice and attractive book not usually found in such clean condition. A great refernce with a truly legendary Signature. Good luck! More about Ricketts below:

Robert Bruce Ricketts distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the American Civil War. He is best known for his battery’s defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Elijah Ricketts was a merchant and farmer in Orangeville in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret Leigh Lockart (1810–1891) in 1830. Robert Bruce Ricketts was the fifth of nine children of this union, and the fifth son, born on April 29, 1839. An older brother, William Wallace Ricketts (b. 1837), attended the United States Military Academy; but he died in 1862. Bruce Ricketts was educated at the Wyoming Seminary near Wilkes-Barre. When the war broke out, he was studying law and considering the possibility of a university education.

The First Pennsylvania Light Artillery (otherwise known as the 43rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers) was organized in 1861. The regiment left for Washington, D. C. in August of that year. Battery F was formed under Capt Ezra W. Matthews. Bruce Ricketts joined the service on July 8, as a private of that year, and he was commissioned as first lieutenant in that battery about a month later. The regiment was split, up with individual batteries serving with different divisions of the Army of the Potomac. Battery F first saw combat at the Battle of Dranesville on December 20, 1861. Ricketts’ section had one gun disabled in that action. Later the section served in the defense of Hancock, Maryland against a foray by Stonewall Jackson.

Battery F served in the Army of Virginia in the corps of Major General Irwin McDowell, joining it on March 21, 1862 at Warrenton, Virginia. In that context it was involved, under Ricketts’ leadership, in a reconnaissance expedition to Rappahannock Station, Virginia, that left on April 7, of that year. This force advanced and then withdrew, having accomplished its information-gathering purpose. Thereafter the battery was involved in the campaign culminating in the Second Battle of Bull Run. Battery F was seriously engaged in the Battle of Cedar Mountain on August 8, helping McDowell cover the retreat of the corps of Major General Nathaniel Banks. The battery helped defend Henry House Hill at Second Bull Run, and it was present at the Battle of Chantilly though not engaged. It also participated in the “artillery hell” of the Battle of Antietam. Lt Ricketts missed most of these actions while serving on recruiting duty. He returned to the Army of the Potomac on September 23, 1862.

Ricketts commanded Battery F, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery from then on until the summer of 1864. Capt Matthews went down ill and did not return to battery command. Lt Ricketts was engaged with his guns at the Battle of Fredericksburg, serving with second division I Corps under Major General John F. Reynolds. When Capt Matthews was promoted to the rank of major, Ricketts became a captain on March 14, 1863. At the Battle of Chancellorsville Capt Ricketts’ battery was with Major General Abner Doubleday’s third division I Corps.

Ricketts’ battery was - beginning on May 13, 1863 - in the third volunteer brigade of the Reserve Artillery under Captain James F. Huntington. Battery G, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, was attached to Ricketts’ battery a few weeks before the Battle of Gettysburg, on June 1, 1863. This merger was resented until gunners from Battery G were permitted to form a section of the consolidated battery. This merger took place while the army was marching north in pursuit of the Army of Northern Virginia, beginning on May 15.

Ricketts’ battery arrived in Gettysburg on the Taneytown Road on the morning of July 2, 1863 and replaced Capt James H. Cooper's Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, on East Cemetery Hill about 4:00 PM. It was exposed to enfilade fire from Benner’s Hill and Seminary Ridge. Around nightfall, two Confederate brigades from the division of Major General Jubal Early attacked the hill. It broke the thin Union front line at the foot of the hill in two places. In other places they were repelled. Some Confederates reached the top of the hill, and one group attacked the left of Ricketts’ battery, trying to spike the guns. The fight for the guns became hand to hand, but the Confederates were unable to capture the whole battery. Eventually Union reinforcements from the II Corps brigade of Col Samuel S. Carroll drove the Confederates down hill. A monument to the battery stands in the general location of their fight.[1]

After the battle, Ricketts criticized Adelbert Ames' division of XI Corps, although he probably could not see what was going on down there at the foot of the hill.[2] He thought they fled unnecessarily. Ricketts’ account of the action makes it look as if his battery stood alone for an extended time.[3] However, a less colorful account by a modern historian shows that some of the XI Corps troops had rallied and stood fast atop Cemetery Hill even before reinforcements from Col Samuel S. Carroll’s brigade of II Corps came up behind Ricketts’ position.[4]

After Gettysburg, Ricketts’ battery F was transferred to the artillery brigade of II Corps in time for the Bristoe Campaign. At the Second Battle of Auburn on October 14, 1863, the battery helped first division II Corps cover the withdrawal of the corps under harassing fire from horse artillery of Major General J. E. B. Stuart’s command.[5] At the Battle of Bristoe Station later that day, Ricketts’ battery F came up at a gallop and unlimbered behind BG Alexander S. Webb’s second division II Corps. Their fire helped defeat Major General Henry Heth’s attack on the federal line.[6] The battery was given the privilege of presenting captured Confederate guns to Major General George G. Meade, the commanding general.

Ricketts’ battery remained with the II Corps for the Overland Campaign. During the Battle of the Wilderness, a section of Ricketts’ battery advanced on the Plank Road with Major General Winfield Scott Hancock’s attack on the Confederate lines on May 5, 1864 at about 3:30 PM. The section accompanied BG George Getty’s division of VI Corps, serving with Hancock at that time. A Confederate counterattack captured the section, but Col Samuel S. Carroll’s brigade recaptured the guns by 6:00 PM.[7] BG Getty praised Ricketts for his "great coolness and courage" in this action.[8]

Ricketts was engaged in support of Grant's offensive attacks on the Confederate positions in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 18, 1864, being moved up close to the captured Confederate works.[9] He also supported Hancock's attack on Henagan's redoubt at the Battle of North Anna on May 23.[10] The battery remained with II Corps throughout the remainder of the campaign, except at the Battle of Cold Harbor, when it was detached to serve with XVIII Corps on June 3,.[11]

Ricketts' battery crossed the James River with II Corps and participated in the Second Battle of Petersburg. Battery F fired some of the first federal shots into the beleaguered city. Ricketts' guns were on the battle front for two weeks until they were relieved by a battery from V Corps.[12]

During the subsequent Siege of Petersburg, Capt Ricketts was promoted to higher ranks in the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery. When Major James H. Cooper reached the expiration of his term of service on August 8, 1864, Ricketts was named his successor. When, in 1865, Colonel R. M. West was commissioned colonel of the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Major Ricketts was promoted to the rank of colonel in his place to date from March 15.[13]

During the early stages of the siege, Ricketts continued in command of his battery with II Corps. This included a role supporting BG Gershom Mott's division in the Second Battle of Deep Bottom.[14] After returning to the Petersburg front, the battery was assigned to positions near the Jerusalem Plank Road. During this period, Captain Ricketts presided over a court of inquiry into the loss of a gun at the Second Battle of Ream's Station. He also served on a board deciding which units could add the names of particular battles to their flags.[15] In December 1864, Cpt Ricketts, as "acting major," commanded the II Corps batteries serving on the lines of IX Corps for a period of three weeks.[16]

In 1865, Ricketts played a role in the Artillery Reserve; and, by the spring of 1865 he was assistant chief of artillery of IX Corps. Whenever the chief of artillery, Colonel John C. Tidball, was absent, Ricketts took charge of the guns of IX Corps in his place.[17]

The report that a Confederate veteran looked at Ricketts, a slight man, and commented, "And did this little cuss command Battery Hell!," may be apocryphal.[18]

After the war, Colonel Ricketts, with his father and an uncle, began buying timber land in Columbia, Luzerne and Sullivan counties. By 1873, they had ca. 66,000 acres (270 km2). In 1872 Ricketts and partners opened a saw mill. He used his own lumber to build North Mountain House at Ganoga Lake in the area where he had his timber lands. The house took guests until 1903, when it became his family’s summer home. Ricketts’ interests suffered financial hardship in the years 1883 to 1885, and he had to sell off much of his land.

Col Ricketts married Elizabeth Reynolds in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1868. They had three children: William Reynolds (1869–1956); Jean Holberton (1873–1929), and Frances Leigh (1881–1970). Lakes Jean and Leigh are named for their two daughters.

Ricketts belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. The colonel was politically active too. He supported Major General Winfield Scott Hancock for president in 1880.[19]

At his death on November 14, 1918, at Ganoga Lake, Ricketts still owned about 80,000 acres (320 km2) around Red Rock Mountain, including Ganoga Lake (or Long Pond) and Lake Jean. Columbia, Luzerne & Sullivan Counties. Col Ricketts was buried nearby.[1] His heirs sold much of this timber land to the state of Pennsylvania via the Central Penn Lumber Company 1920-1924. This land became the nucleus of Ricketts Glen State Park.

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KING GEORGE III Signed Revolutionary War Doc.

GEORGE III, King of England during the American Revolution.June 21, 1782, Manuscript Document Signed, "George R," as King of Great Britain, Pay Authorization, St. James, 1 page, watermarked, fine-laid paper, measuring 12.6" x 7.8", Choice Very Fine. This document is authorizing massive payment amount of 19,807 Pounds-Six Shillings-Eight Pence for the famous British 71st Regiment of Foot, then still serving in America at the very end of the Revolutionary War. One of Scotland's more important regiments in the American Revolution, the 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser Highlanders) (1775-1783). The unit served in both the Northern and Southern Campaigns, and participated in these major battles: Brooklyn (1776), Brandywine (1777), Savannah (1778), Briar Creek (1779), Siege of Savannah (1779), Siege of Charleston (1780), Camden (1780), Guilford Courthouse (1781), and Yorktown (1781). The unit was forced into surrendered with Cornwallis by George Washington and the French Fleet at Yorktown. From surrender, the Fraser's Highlanders and the other units marched off to prison camps in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia and for them the war was over. It is interesting to note that The Fraser's Highlanders received new kilts while in their POW camps. The 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders, returned to Perth Scotland and was discharged in 1783. This historic document is addressed at lower left to the Paymaster General. It reads, in full: "To Our Right Trusty & Wellbeloved Counciller Richard Rigby late Paymaster General of our Guards, Garrisons & Land Forces." The document, a pay authorization states: "Our Will and Pleasure is that out of such Monies as are in or shall come to your hands for the Use of Our Land Forces, You pay unto Mssrs. Gray and Ogilvie late Agent of the 2.d Battalion of Our 71st Regiment of Regiment of Foot now Commanded by Our Right Trusty and Right Welbeloved Cousin Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Earl of Balcanas, the Sum of Nineteen Thousand Eight hundred Eighty Seven Pounds Six Shillings and Eight pence, the same being certified by you to be due to Our said Battalion for their Pay from the 25th December 1778 to the 24th December 1779 both inclusive, being 365 days, (during which time the said Battalion was under the Command of Lieutenant General Simon Fraser deceased) according to the Establishment, and pursuant of Our Warrant dated 23.d November 1780. And for so doing this with the Acquittance of the said Mssrs. Gray and Ogilvie, or of their Assign, shall be your Warrant and Discharge. Given at Our Court at St. James's this 21st day of June 1782, in the twenty second year of Our Reign. - By His Majesty's Command - (Signed) "Geo: Townshend" King George's massive, bold signature is dark and full, measuring nearly 3" long, and 2.25" high, in the upper left corner. The page is clean, with crisp writing, and small edge splits along two folds. Overall it is an excellent item that displays very well. It's great connection, directly to the service of one of the most famous British units that served throughout the American Revolutionary War and is of significant historical value.
For an extensive and comprehensive report on the history and complete service of the 71st Regiment of Foot, also known as "Fraser's Highlanders," a simple request on Google will provide vast amounts of detailed information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/71th_Regiment_of_Foot,_Fraser's_Highlanders
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