GAR Memorial Certification of Honorable Discharge for Charles Davis

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Large scale full color lithograph of a Grand Army of the Republic memorial certification of Honorable Discharge for Charles Davis, company C, 3rd Regt. USCT Volunteer Infantry. At the center, the details of Charles Davis and his military service has been added by hand in ink. The chromolithographic image is topped by a bald eagle flanked by two US flags along with the military scenes both on land and at sea along the sides of the certificate. The lower half contains a portrait image of President Abraham Lincoln at center, a cavalry soldier at left, an infantry soldier at right, and a battle scenes at either side. At the middle of the lithograph it is handwritten that Davis served in the Battles of Fort Wagner, Olustee, FL and Baldwin, FL where he was wounded in the left leg but did not go to the hospital.

Explore Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ↗