Image of a Squirrel Hunter's honorable discharge certificate illustrated with a scene of a river bank with an older civilian with a pack holding a rifle, a squirrel on a tree branch, and an American flag laid over the ground; vignettes of bust-length portraits of Major General Irvin McDowell, in the upper left corner, and Ohio Governor David Tod, in the upper right corner; seal of the state of Ohio in the lower center. Probable date based on history of "Squirrel Hunters," a group of civilian volunteers who organized in September 1862 to defend Cincinnati, Ohio, from attack by Confederate troops and were issued honorable discharge certificates in 1863 by the Ohio State government.
Filled in manuscript for Russel Potter and signed by P.P. Lane, Col. Comndg., and Major Malcolm McDowell.
"Will P. Noble, del."--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image.
"Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Lith. Cin."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : color printed hand colored ; overall 26.35 x 20.64 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Animals--Pictorial works Flags--Pictorial works McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885--Pictorial works Military discharge Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Squirrel Hunters (Militia : 1862)--Pictorial works Tod, David, 1805-1868--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Certificates. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Small Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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