KEARNY BOOKLET, 1864

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Item Code: L15428

Booklet has dark blue cover with gold gilt lettering. Title page reads, “PROCEEDINGS OF MEETING ON KEARNY MEDAL, AND ROLL OF OFFICERS ENTITLED TO WEAR THE SAME. MEDAL MANUFACTURED BY BALL, BLACK & CO., 565 & 567 BROADWAY, N.Y., BROOKLYN : PRINTED BY A.H. ROME & BROTHERS, STATIONERS AND PRINTERS, 383 FULTON STREET. 1864”.

The Kearny Cross was a military decoration of the United States Army, which was first established in 1862 during the Civil War. The original decoration was known as the Kearny Medal and was adopted as an unofficial medal by the officers of the 1st Division, 3rd Corps, of the Union Army of the Potomac, which had served under Major General Philip Kearny. The original Kearny Medal was first bestowed on November 29, 1862, and was awarded to any Union officer who had performed acts of extreme bravery and heroism in the face of the enemy. It was created by Black, Starr & Frost in 1863. In 1863, the medal was authorized retroactively to officers who had performed such acts while enlisted soldiers, and had been subsequently commissioned. On March 13, 1863, a second version of the Kearny Medal was ordered established as a "Cross of Valor" for enlisted personnel. The new medal, known as the Kearny Cross, was awarded to any Union soldier who had displayed meritorious, heroic, of distinguished acts while in the face of an enemy force.

By 1865, both the Kearny Medal and the Kearny Cross were commonly referred to by the single name of the Kearny Cross. Since the decorations were issued by local commanders, the medals remained unofficial awards and were not issued after the close of the Civil War. Nevertheless, the Kearny Cross and Medal are regarded as one of the oldest military decorations of the United States Army

Measures 4 ½” x 7”. Text contains 18 pages. Binding is tight. Pages have yellowed with age, with none missing. Edges and corners are lightly worn, top right corner is lightly bent. [sl]

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