SEMINOLE INDIAN/CIVIL WAR GENERAL COLONEL COMMISSARY SUBSISTENCE LETTER SIGNED

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SEMINOLE INDIAN/CIVIL WAR GENERAL COLONEL COMMISSARY SUBSISTENCE LETTER SIGNED :
$39.99

GEORGE BELL

(1828 –1907)

CIVILWAR WEST POINT BVT BRIGADIER GENERAL,

COLONEL,COMMISSARY of SUBSISTENCE

OFFICERin the FLORIDA SEMINOLE INDIAN WAR and the INDIAN WARS FRONTIER!

BELLWAS RETIRED AS U.S. ARMY COLONEL IN 1892!

HERE’S A CIVIL WAR ERA DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1p., datelined atWashington, D. C., Jan. 29, 1866 to Lt. J. H. Clark. In this letter Bell orders that “…I have authorized the bearer to examine theknapsacks, etc. which I have been allowed to deposit in your Department Storehouse,and to dispose of their contents as I have directed him…” BOLDLY SIGNED by BELL as BVT. COLONEL, U.S.V.”

THE DOCUMENT COVER MEASURES 8 X 6 ½”and IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. The document shows some marginal wear/soiling, o/w/VG.

BIOGRAPHYof GENERAL GEORGE BELL

George Bell (March 12, 1828 –January 2, 1907) was a United States ArmyBrigadier General. He was prominent as a subsistence andcommissary officer in the Union Army during andafter the American Civil War.

Early life and start of military career

George Bell was born in Hagerstown,Maryland on March 12, 1828. He graduated from the UnitedStates Military Academy in 1853 and was appointed a Second Lieutenantof Artillery.

Bell\'s initial assignments included postings to Fort Hamilton, Fort McIntosh,Fort Brown, Fort McHenry and Fort Clark. He took part in action duringthe Third Seminole War in Florida in the mid-1850s.

Civil War

Initially assigned as a general\'s aide in Texas at the start of the Civil War, Bell transferred to the Maryland area and was assigned as Quartermaster in Annapolis.From 1861 until 1865 he continued to serve in logistics positions, including:Officer in Charge of the depot at Alexandria, Virginiaand Instructor of Commissaries; Assistant Commissary, Army of thePotomac; Chief Commissary, Departmentof the Susquehanna; and Officer in Charge of the depot at Washington, D.C.. During the war Bellreceived brevet promotionsto Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Coloneland Brigadier General.

Post Civil War

From October, 1865 to March, 1869 Bell was Chief Commissary of theDepartment of Washington, D.C. He continued to serve in Chief Commissaryassignments for the rest of his career, including: Department of the South, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio; Departmentof the Missouri, FortLeavenworth, Kansas; and Department of theEast, New York City.

Retirementand death

Bell retired with the permanent rank of Colonel in 1892. In retirement heresided in Washington, D.C. In 1904 Bell was promoted to Brigadier General onthe retired list.

He died in Washington on January 2, 1907 and was buried in Hagerstown\'s Rose HillCemetery (Maryland).

Family

In 1858 Bell married in San Antonio, TexasIsabella McCormick of Washington, D.C. They had seven sons and one daughter.Two sons attended West Point, including Major General George Bell, Jr.

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