July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
State of Vermont certificate for gallant Civil War service issued to Captain John Strong, Co. I , 14th Regiment Vermont Volunteers, issued July 4, 1871, with facsimile signature of Governor John Stewart. Various vignettes of Civil War scenes. Fine condition. 21”x16”. Framed. On the afternoon of July 2, the 14th double-quicked to the rescue of a Union battery that was threatened by an attack by Confederate General A. P. Hill. The 13th, 14th and 16th Vermont regiments played a pivotal role in the Union repulse of Pickett's Charge on the afternoon of July 3. The 13th and 16th regiments flanked James L. Kemper's brigade as it approached the copse of trees on Cemetery Ridge, then the 16th wheeled about, and joined by the 14th, stopped the advance of Cadmus M. Wilcox's brigade, capturing hundreds of Virginians. Lieutenant George Benedict, an aide to Brigadier General George J. Stannard, related General Abner Doubleday's reaction, saying he "waved his hat and shouted: 'Glory to God, glory to God! See the Vermonters go it!'"
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