4467 1ST SERGEANT LOUIS ROTT, LITTLE BIG HORN SURVIVOR,

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[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2025 May 11 @ 10:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 2,000.00 USD
Estimated at 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
G. A. CUSTER SIGNED 7TH CAVALRY DISCHARGE, 1874. 15.5" x 10" document in 24" x 18" archival frame. Louis Rott would reenlist again in less than a year in January 1875. Louis Rott was survivor of the "Hilltop Fight" at Little Big Horn and was nominated by his commander Captain E. G. Mathey for the Congressional Medal of Honor. Several of his comrades received the medal for identical service, risking their lives retrieving water for wounded troopers during the Hilltop fight. This document, on vellum, is finely written in blue & red ink. Custer signs his name boldly as "Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry" & "Brevet Maj. General USA.". This is rarely seen special vellum discharge instead of more commonly encountered paper. Louis Rott (1849-1897) an emigree from Germany in 1870, joined the 7th US Cavalry in 1872. His campaigns with Custer include the Yellowstone Expedition in 1873, Custer's Black Hills and Big Horn expeditions 1875-1876, and General Miles' 1877 campaign into Big Horn Valley. He left service in 1878 due to disability at Ft. Rice, Dakota Territory. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: copy of a letter from Gloria Wood who states she is the last living descendant of Sergeant Louis Rott and she consigned this to auction. CONDITION: archival framing not removed, therefore discharge has not been examined out of the frame. It appears that prior to framing the document was professionally reinked. Toning to vellum and cracks at folds with minor curling. Signatures of Custer and Cooke are bold and easily read. PROVENANCE: from Louis Rott, 7th US Cavalry, descent of family to last surviving member; Gloria B. Wood; Heritage Auctions 2011; Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-23299/JS). $4,000-6,000.