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ARTIFACT:
This is a Rare Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (Rescinded) Stencil of Charles H. Worster, Private, Company D 27th Maine Infantry Regiment.
The Stencil Reads:
C. H. WORSTER
Co. D. 27. Me. V.
The story of the 27th Maine Medal Of Honor:
On the request of President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton sent letters on 28 June 1863 to the commanding officers of the 25th Maine and 27th Maine regiments, asking for them to remain beyond their contracted service due to the invasion of Pennsylvania by Robert E. Lee and his army.
Declined first by the 25th Maine, the 27th was then asked, and over 300 men volunteered to remain beyond their service time in the defenses of Washington during what became the Gettysburg Campaign.
When Colonel Wentworth delivered the message to Secretary Stanton, he was informed that "Medals of Honor would be given to that portion of the regiment that volunteered to remain".
With the battle soon over, they left Washington for home on 4 July, reuniting with the rest of the regiment in Portland for their mustering out on 17 July 1863.
Following the end of the war, when the promise to award medals to the volunteers was fulfilled, there was a lack of an agreeable list of those who stayed behind in Washington. This resulted in some 864 medals being made, and it was left up to Wentworth to distribute them to those members he remembered staying behind with him. These were awarded on 24 January 1865.
The award of these medals was later revoked by Congress in 1917, as it was determined the actions of the regiment did not meet the criteria for receiving such a medal.
VINTAGE:
Circa 1862.
SIZE:
Approximately 3-3/8" in length x 1-1/4" in height.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Lead backed brass.
ATTACHMENT:
N/A.
MARKINGS:
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a United States Army collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. MBJJX20 LABGEX09/30/20
CONDITION:
8+ (Excellent): The Stencil is in wonderful condition.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
