3641 SARGEANT LOUIS ROTT, LITTLE BIG HORN SURVIVOR,

Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 500.00 USD
Estimated at 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
RECOMMENDATION FOR MEDAL OF HONOR. 9.5" x 7.5" vellum document in 16" x 18" archival frame. Louis Rott would fight with Custer and be among the lucky who survived the Battle of Little Big Horn and is recommended in this document by his commander Captain E. G. Mathey Co. K, 7th US Cavalry for Congressional Medal of Honor. Mathey lists all of Rott's battles and campaigns and closes: "For gallantry and conspicuous conduct in the engagements on the Little Big Horn River and Bearpaw Mountain 1st Sergeant Louis Rott was recommended for Medals of Honor. He was appointed Sergeant July 1, 1872 and served faithfully in this Grade and as 1st Sergeant of his Company to this date. E. G. Mathey Captain 7th Cavalry Commanding Co. K". UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: copy of a letter from Gloria Wood who states she is the last living descendant Sergeant Louis Rott and had the pipe mounted in 1985 designed by artist at Southern Illinois University. CONDITION: archival framing not removed, but appears good, soiling and staining, text is light but discernible, chipping at bottom of folded vellum. PROVENANCE: Louis Rott, 7th US Cavalry, descent of family to last surviving member; Gloria B. Wood; Heritage Auctions 2011; Martin Lane Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-22009/JS). $1,000-2,000.