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Confederate medical discharge voucher for John B. Ruffenah of Company E. of the legendary 48th Mississippi, who enlisted on October 7th in Vicksburg, MS under the commanding company of Captain William O. Crutcher. At the time Ruffenah enlisted in the unit that was known as the "King Cotton Guards." Ruffenah as the document states, later lost a leg in the Battle of Chancellorsville on the 1st of May in the year 1863.
3' 1/2 x 8 inches
Captain William O. Crutcher
In the Mississippi Museum of History today, and I had some spare time so I went to the Civil War exhibits and took a few pictures. The blade in the center of the first photograph is a presentation sword given to Captain William O. Crutcher by the people of Vicksburg in 1861. His company, the "King Cotton Guards," were Company E, 2nd Mississippi Battalion. (The battalion was later increased to regimental size and renamed the 48th Mississippi Infantry.) I looked through Crutcher's service record on Fold3.com, and found a telegram to him from Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin accepting his company into service and ordering him to report to Richmond.
3' 1/2 x 8 inches
Captain William O. Crutcher
In the Mississippi Museum of History today, and I had some spare time so I went to the Civil War exhibits and took a few pictures. The blade in the center of the first photograph is a presentation sword given to Captain William O. Crutcher by the people of Vicksburg in 1861. His company, the "King Cotton Guards," were Company E, 2nd Mississippi Battalion. (The battalion was later increased to regimental size and renamed the 48th Mississippi Infantry.) I looked through Crutcher's service record on Fold3.com, and found a telegram to him from Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin accepting his company into service and ordering him to report to Richmond.
