[CIVIL WAR]. Civil War-era blanket identified to Winslow Jessop, Company G, 10th New York Cavalry Regiment, who died of disease on 17 May 1865. [With:] Stencil identified to Jessup.

Coarse brown woven blanket, nailed into wooden and glass display box, overall 24 1/2 x 18 3/4 in., with hand-stitched block letters "US" in golden yarn near center.

Attached to the blanket is a 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 brass stencil spelling out "W Jessop Co G 10th Reg NYVC."

Winslow Jessop (1840-1865) (spelled in HDS "Jessup") enlisted as a private at 21 years of age, in Bath, NY, on 5 October 1861. He was mustered into Company G of the 10th New York Cavalry Regiment a month later on 16 November. Though the regiment was mustered in for 3 years' service, Jessop is recorded as having re-enlisted on 17 December 1863. He died of disease on 17 May 1865, one source says from wounds sustained at the Battle of Petersburg.

The 10th New York Cavalry saw its first active serve in the Manassas campaign of 1862, and was in Bayard's brigade at Fredericksburg. The regiment was hardest hit at Brandy Station in June of 1863, where it fought as part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division. There it lost 6 killed, 18 wounded, and 61 missing. The regiment remained with that assignment until the close of war, participating at Middleburg, Gettysburg, Shepherdstown, Sulphur Springs, Auburn, Bristoe Station, Haw's Shop, Trevilian Station, the Siege of Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Hatcher's Run, the Appomattox Campaign, Fivve Forks, and the Battle of Appomattox Court House, among others. The 10th NYC was honored with a monument place on the Gettysburg Battlefield.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Blanket with wear and patina consistent with age and use, not removed from display box for examination. Brass stencil with overall patination consistent with age and use.

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography

[CIVIL WAR]. Civil War-era blanket identified to Winslow Jessop, Company G, 10th New York Cavalry Regiment, who died of disease on 17 May 1865. [With:] Stencil identified to Jessup.

American Historical Ephemera and Photography

[CIVIL WAR]. Civil War-era blanket identified to Winslow Jessop, Company G, 10th New York Cavalry Regiment, who died of disease on 17 May 1865. [With:] Stencil identified to Jessup.

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