Id’d Brigadier General’s Sash, Dress Sword Belt, Early War Rank Straps and CDV – Brig. Gen. Ralph P. Buckland 72nd Ohio Infantry

Id’d Brigadier General’s Sash, Dress Sword Belt, Early War Rank Straps and CDV – Brig. Gen. Ralph P. Buckland 72^nd Ohio Infantry – This grouping provides a rare opportunity to obtain some uncommon Civil War militaria – a rare General’s sash; a custom made, dress officer’s belt by the famed wartime purveyor of military goods – Schuyler, Hartley & Graham; early war, tie-down style, Brigadier General rank straps. Included in the grouping is a period CDV of Gen. Buckland wearing his general’s frock coat and a period ID of the General, handwritten on the back. All of the components of this grouping remain in excellent condition. The sash is a bright yellow, silk example, with no weak areas or tears in the body of the sash; both knots and tassels remain in superb condition, as well. The belt is one of the finest that we have encountered – it is constructed of a fine grade of bridle leather exhibiting a black enameled finish on the exterior and interior sides of the belt; the belt is pleated, with alternating rows of twisted, gold bullion; there is a sword hanger safe and belt plate safe; the belt plate is a solid, cast brass M1851 Officer’s Eagle plate, that evidences traces of gilding; the belt plate safe has the following, gold embossed on it:

“SCHUYLER, HARTLEY

& GRAHAM

19 MAIDEN LANE

NEW – YORK”

The address enumerated for Schuyler, Hartley & Graham is their war period New York address. The Brigadier General’s rank straps are constructed of single, gold bullion wire surrounding a silver bullion star, mounted on deep blue velvet; on the back of each strap, at each end, are a pair of “shoelace” style, tie downs, an early to mid-war feature. The CDV of Buckland is in fair condition, with some fading and a weak area along one side of the image.

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland was a successful, 49-year-old lawyer in Fremont, Ohio, at the onset of the Civil War. He enlisted in October 1861, as a Colonel in the 72^nd Ohio Infantry. For gallantry at the battle of Shiloh, where he commanded the 4th brigade of Sherman’s division, he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. He commanded a brigade of the 15th army corps at Vicksburg and was later assigned to the command of the district of Memphis, and on March 13, 1865 and was brevetted major-general of volunteers. He resigned from the army in January, 1865, to accept a seat in Congress to which he had been elected while in the field. and was re-elected in 1866. He was president of the board of managers of the Ohio soldiers, and sailors, orphans, home from 1867 to 1873, and government director of the Union Pacific railroad from 1877 to 1880. Gen. Buckland was a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists, convention in 1866, to the Pittsburg soldiers, convention, and to the Republican national convention of 1876. He died at Fremont, Ohio, May 28, 1892.

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland

Residence Fremont, OH; a 49-year-old Lawyer.
Enlisted on 10/30/1861 at Fremont, OH as a Colonel.

On 1/10/1862, he was commissioned into Field & Staff Ohio 72nd Infantry.
He was discharged for promotion on 11/29/1862

On 11/29/1862, he was commissioned into US Volunteers General Staff.
He resigned on 12/22/1864
(Resigned owing being elected to US Congress)

Promotions:

• Brig-General 11/29/1862
• Major-Gen 3/13/1865 by Brevet

Born 1/20/1812 in Leyden, MA
Died 5/27/1892 in Fremont, OH
Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, OH

(Son of Ralph Buckland. Married Charlotte Boughton of Canfield, OH)

After the war, he lived in Fremont, OH

72nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry

           Overview:

Organized at Fremont, Ohio, October, 1861, to February, 1862. Moved to Camp Chase, Ohio, January 24, thence to Paducah, Ky. Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to March, 1862. 4th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to November, 1862. 5th Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Detachment Army Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865. Dept. of Mississippi to September, 1865.

Service:

Moved from Paducah, Ky., to Savannah, Tenn., March 6-10, 1862. Expedition from Savannah to Yellow Creek, Miss., and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Crump’s Landing April 4. Battle of Shiloh April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Russell House, near Corinth, May 17. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs June 1-July 21. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., till November. Grant’s Central Mississippi Campaign. operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad, November 2, 1862, to January 12, 1863. Duty at White’s Station till March 13. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Young’s Point, La. Operations against Vicksburg, Miss., April 2-July 4. Moved to join army in rear cf Vicksburg, Miss., May 2-14. Mississippi Springs May 13. Jackson, Miss., May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Brandon Station July 19. Camp at Big Black till November. Expedition to Canton October 13-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., and guard Memphis & Charleston Railroad at Germantown till January, 1864. Expedition to Wyatt’s, Miss., February 6-18. Coldwater Ferry February 8. Near Senatobia February 8-9. Wyatt’s February. Operations against Forest in West Tennessee and Kentucky March 16-April 14. Defence of Paducah, Ky., April 14 (Veterans). Sturgis’ Expedition to Ripley, Miss., April 30-May 2. Sturgis’ Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13. Brice’s Cross Roads, near Guntown, June 10. Salem June 11. Smith’s Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Camargo’s Cross Roads, Harrisburg, Ju1y 13. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15. Old Town or Tishamingo Creek July 15. Smith’s Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Abbeville August 23. Moved to Duvall’s Bluff, Ark., September 1. March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17-November 16. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 21-December 1. Reconnoissance from Nashville December 6. Battles of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Eastport, Miss., till February, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 9-22. Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defences March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25, and duty there till May 10. Moved to Meridian, Miss., and duty there till September. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., September 11, 1865.Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 236 Enlisted men by disease. Total 298.

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland

in the American Civil War General Officers

OHIO SEVENTY-SECOND INFANTRY (Three Years) Seventy-second Infantry. – Col., Ralph P. Buckland ; Lieut.-Cols., Herman Canfield, Leroy Crockett, Charles G. Ea- ton; Majs., Eugene A. Rawson, Samuel A. J. Snyder. This regi- ment was organized in the state at large from Oct., 1861, to Feb., 1862, to serve for three years. It was equipped fully, and in February was ordered to Paducah, Ky. On April 4 Cos. B and H, while reconnoitering, became separately engaged with Confederate cavalry, Maj. Crockett and 2 or 3 men of Co. H being captured and several were wounded. Co. B was surrounded, but fought for an hour against great odds, when it was saved by the arrival of other companies though it lost 4 men wounded. The regiment was at the front constantly in the battle of Shi- loh and on the second day participated in the final charge which swept the enemy from the field, resting that night in the camp which it had abandoned the day before. The regiment lost 15 killed, 73 wounded and 46 missing. In the siege of Corinth it bore a conspicuous part and its losses were trifling in ac- tion but terrible by disease. It participated in the battle at Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863, and on the next day continued the march toward Vicksburg, where it participated in the assaults on the Confederate works on May 19 and 22, after which came the labor of the siege. It was finally thrown out on the advance picket line and continued to hold that position until the sur- render. It then moved against Gen. Johnston at Jackson, and after the battle there pursued the Confederates to Brandon, where it was in an engagement. In Feb., 1864 it took part in the expedition to the Tallahatchie river, this really being a part of Gen. Sherman’s Meridian expedition. The regiment vet- eranized and was furloughed home, and then resumed its duties in the field. In June it formed part of an expedition against Forrest, encountered him at Brice’s cross-roads, Miss., and in the unfortunate affair 248 of the regiment were killed, wounded or captured – the greater portion captured – and of these very few ever returned to the regiment. On another expedition in the direction of Tupelo the casualties in the regiment were 21 men wounded, 5 of them mortally. In Dec., 1864, the regiment was on a reconnaissance and became warmly engaged with a band of Confederates, losing 11 men killed and wounded. On the first day of the battle of Nashville it participated in a charge, in which 350 prisoners and 6 pieces of artillery were captured. At night it was sent to Nashville with prisoners, but returned in time to take part in the fight the next day and was engaged in the charge on Walnut hills. The regiment was then sent to Louisiana and later participated in the siege of Spanish Fort, near Mobile, Ala., losing 1 man killed and 3 wounded. It then returned to Mississippi and was mustered out at Vicksburg, Sept. 11, 1865. Source: The Union Army, vol. 2 ********************************************************************************** Report of Capt. Samuel A. J. Snyder, Seventy-second Ohio Infantry. NEAR MARKHAM’S, July 30, 1863. COL.: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of this regiment, which composed a part of the brigade under your command, in the expedition to Brandon, Miss., July 19, 1863: Making no mention of the march, I would state that the part taken by the regiment was unimportant. When the line of battle was formed, and skirmishers thrown forward from the Eighth Iowa and One hundred and fourteenth Illinois, I was ordered forward to support those regiments on the left of the road. The ground over which my command had to advance in battle order was very rough and traversed by deep cuts, yet the advance was in good order and my line was not once broken. After advancing in support for about 1 mile, I was ordered to fill the interval between the Eighth Iowa and One hundred and fourteenth Illinois, when the line again advanced, but met no enemy, he having taken advantage of a hard rain-shower to retreat. Upon arriving at Brandon, my regiment was thrown forward to support the skirmishers in the eastern limits of the town, when we bivouacked for the night. On the following day, the 20th, in accordance with your orders, I proceeded to the railroad depot, and took part in destroying the track. The march back to Jackson was very severe on my men, as it was made in the heat of the day and was very rapid. Officers and men of my regiment all behaved nobly and did their duty to the letter. There were no casualties in this regiment. I have the honor to be, colonel, your very obedient servant, SAML. A. J. SNYDER, Capt., Comdg. Seventy-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

RALPH P. BUCKLAND Buckland, Ralph P., brigadier-general, was born at Leyden, Mass., Jan. 20, 1812, was educated in Ohio, admitted to the bar there in 1837, and began the practice of law in Fremont, that state. He was in 1848 a delegate to the national Whig convention, and in 1855 became state senator, holding that office until 1859. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted a regiment which became the 72nd Ohio volunteers, and was elected its colonel. For gallantry at the battle of Shiloh, where he commanded the 4th brigade of Sherman’s division, he was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. He commanded a brigade of the 15th army corps at Vicksburg, was later assigned to the command of the district of Memphis, and on March 13, 1865, was brevetted major-general of volunteers. He resigned from the army in Jan., 1865, to accept a seat in Congress to which he had been elected while in the field, and was re-elected in 1866. He was president of the board of managers of the Ohio soldiers, and sailors, orphans, home from 1867 to 1873, and government director of the Union Pacific railroad from 1877 to 1880. Gen. Buckland was a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists, convention in 1866, to the Pittsburg soldiers, convention, and to the Republican national convention of 1876. He died at Fremont, Ohio, May 28, 1892.

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland

in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland VVeteran Famous memorial

Birth

20 Jan 1812

Leyden, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

Death

27 May 1892 (aged 80)

Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA

Burial

Oakwood Cemetery

Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio

Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, was a delegate to the Whig National Convention of 1848 and served as a State Senator from 1855 to 1859. When the Civil War began in 1861, he was appointed Colonel in command of the 72nd Ohio Infantry. He led his regiment at the Battle of Shiloh and was the only unit in General Sherman’s Division which survived the battle intact. For his actions, he was promoted Brigadier General in November, 1862. He went on to command a brigade of the 15th Army Corps at Vicksburg and at the district of Memphis in 1864. For his military service he was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers on March 13, 1865. In 1865, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, serving until 1869. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law and was Government director of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1877 to 1880.