INDEPENDENT STATE OF ALABAMA OFFICER’S COMMISSION—MAJOR STEPHEN S. TUCKER, 1ST ALABAMA ARTILLERY BATTALION

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Dated “the City of Montgomery this 12th day of March …1861.”  One page, handwritten in ink on  water marked paper (eagle w/shield) measuring  8.25 x 13.5”,  signed by A.B. Moore, Governor of Alabama, and P.H. Brittan, Sec’y of State,  w/seal in lower left corner. “Know ye that reposing special trust and confidence in the  patriotism, valor, fidelity and abilities of Stephen T. Tucker, I do appoint him Major of Artillery in the service of the Independent State of Alabama….”  Ink slightly faded, paper exhibits light wear. Else VG.  Document is protected in thick transparent slipcase w/ light card paper backing.

Stephen S. Tucker joined the U.S. Army during the Mexican War in May 1846. He was appointed captain in the Regiment of Mounted Rifles, later designated  the 3rd U.S. Cavalry. Tucker was cited for bravery and breveted to Major for “Gallant and Meritorious conduct” in the Battle of Chapultepec on Sept. 13, 1847, and was also mentioned as having later  performed gallantly in the Nicaraguan filibuster campaign. He resigned from the U.S.  Army in 1851.

Tucker’s 1st Alabama Artillery Battalion was mustered in at Ft. Morgan in Mobile Bay, in March 1861 was transferred into the Confederate Army as regulars. Stationed at Ft. Morgan throughout the war, the battalion was knocked out of commission in the August 1864 Battle of Mobile Boy.  During this fight 150 out of its 500 man complement were killed or wounded, and numerous survivors were captured and transferred to the Union   prison in Almira, New York, where fully one half died of smallpox. Major Tucker is recorded as having died in the service. It is presumed that he died of wounds either before or after capture.  Fine Civil War Alabama commission.  An intriguing document Invites further research.

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