UNION GENERAL'S CANE TOP
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UNION GENERAL'S CANE TOP Silver cane top from a cane once belonging to Union Brevet Brigadier General Samuel Butler Marks Young. The ornamental top is engraved on the side: ""S. B. M. Young Brig. Gen. U.S.A."" with the monogram of another individual at top likely that of a close relative or friend who gifted the cane. Some oxidation affects rank. Samuel B. M. Young (1840-1924) had a distinguished career in the army. During the Civil War he served as colonel of the 4th Pa. Cav. fighting at Antietam Chancellorsville and Gettysburg WIA at Kernstown. He later fought Indians in the Southwest led a brigade in the Philippine Insurrection and became the first president of the Army War College and the first Army Chief of Staff.
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