CINCINNATI CIVIL WAR HISTORICAL PRESENTATION SWORD 2D OHIO MILITIA COL WILTSEE

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COLONEL WILTSEE  2D MILITIA PRESENTATION SWORD CINCINNATI OHIO 1862 SPECIAL MADE SWORD BY GERMAN BLADE MAKER HORSTER    RECRUITER AND FORT FORTIFICATIONS   DEFENCES OF CINCINNATI    FRIEND OF U.S. GRANT   UNDERTAKER/ BUSINESS MAMN   GERMAN REGIMENTS ( TURNERS )
FRESH OUT OF CINCINNATI OHIO    A HIGH END CUSTOM ORDER GERMAN MNUFACTURER GERMAN UNION CONTRACT HORSTER PESENTATION SWORD BELONGING TO COLONEL JOHN FOX WILTSEE WHO HELPED FORM THE DEFENCES OF CINCINNATI, COVINGTON AND NEWPORT FROM THE ATTEMPTED INVASION OF CINCINNATI THE FALL OF 1862.
WILTSEE FAMILY MIGRATED HERE IN THE 1840S TO CINCINNATI DUE TO THE RIVERS MIAMI CANAL ,  AND ROLLING HILLS AROUND THE CITY REMINDING THEM OF OVER THE RHINE,  GERMANY.
EXTENSIVE ARTICLES, MANY PHOTOS OF HIS LIFE ARE INCLUDED WITH THE SWORD.
IN THE 1850S, WILTSEE STAERTED A UNDERTAKERS AND FUNERAL HOME.
HE HAD KNOW HERE TO HOUSE HIS HORSES SO HE RENTED  A STABLE FROM JESSY GRANT  (FATHER OF U.S. GRANT ).
HIS BUILDING STILL IN BUSINESS TODAY AS OHIOS OLDEST ACTIVE FUNERAL HOME. A NATIONAL MARKER IS NOW ON THE BUILDING .
OVER THE YEARS HE ACCOMODATED OVER 10,000 FUNERALs  ALL BURIED IN SPRINGROVE CEMETERY.
HIS GRAVE ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY IS PHOTGRAPHED WITH HIS SWORD ON IT.  BORN CAMDEN NEW JERSEY   CAME TO CINCINNATI AS A TWO YEAR OLD   MANAGED AND OWNED THE FUNERAL HOME FROM 1836=1880   TURNED OVER TO FAMILY GENERATION AFTER GENERATION. CALLED THE WILTSEE- BUSBY FUNERAL HOME NOW....
MANY PRINTED  ARTICLES OF HIM AND OTHER  GENERALS ETC WITH HIM HELPED ORGANIZE AND BUILD 13 FORTIFICATIONS ON THE KENTUCKY SIDE.
HE HELPED RECRUIT MANY GERMAN TURNERS IN THE CITY TO JOIN THE WAR EFFORT.
THIS SWORD IS A TEN QUALITY OUT OF TEN QUALITY
FULL RICH ETCHING AND FROSTING   PERFECT WIRE AND WRAP    GREAT U.S. IN BASKET.
THE MOUNTS HAVE A SWORD PIERCING LEAVES .    GOOD MAKER MARKING.
30 PAGES OF CINCINNATI HISTORY OF THIS GREAT BUSINESS MAN AND HIS CONTRIBUTION OF RE-INFORCING FORTS AND RECRUTING TO PROTECT  THE ATTACK OF CINCINNATI
TRULY A CINCINNATI SWORD THAT SHOULD BE IN A LOCAL MUSEUM  HERE IN CINCINNATI.
THE PRESENTATION IS BEAUTIFUL AND FULL
I AM 2D OWNER , SINCE IT CAME FROM FAMILY OF THE WILTSEE*S
1ST TIME EVER SEEN OR ON WEB.....
TOO MANY PHOTOS OF CEMETERY AND FAMILY GRAVE TO SHOW YOU   W/ SWORD ON HIS GRAVE-SITE   PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTOS CASED IN THE BACKGROUND BEHIND HIS SWORD
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