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Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland
Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland
Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland
Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland
Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland
Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland
Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland
Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland
Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland
Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland

Original Civil War Paymt Voucher Colonel Nicholas Greusel Army of the Cumberland

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    This is an original payment voucher submitted and signed by then Col Nicholas Greusel of the 37th Brigade requesting payment from the 13th day of June 1862 to the 31st day of October 1862. During that time Greusel was commander.
    At the
    Battle of Perryville
    on October 8, 1862, Greusel commanded the 37th Brigade in
    Philip Sheridan
    's 11th Division,
    Charles Champion Gilbert
    's III Corps,
    Don Carlos Buell
    's
    Army of the Ohio
    . The brigade included the 36th Illinois,
    88th Illinois
    ,
    21st Michigan
    , and
    24th Wisconsin Regiments
    . According to one source, the brigade sustained losses of 15 killed, 124 wounded, and four missing.
    [14]
    A second source recorded losses of 12 killed, 61 wounded, and four missing in the 36th Illinois, eight killed and 35 wounded in the 88th Illinois, 22 wounded in the 21st Michigan, and one killed in the 24th Wisconsin.
    [15]
    On the late afternoon of October 7, Greusel's brigade was committed to help the Federal cavalrymen, causing the Confederate horsemen under
    Joseph Wheeler
    to pull back.
    [16]
    At 4:00 pm on October 8, three Confederate regiments launched an ill-considered attack on Sheridan's division perched on Peters Hill. They were stopped cold by the 36th Illinois which rose up suddenly and fired a volley. A firefight ensued at 100 ft (30 m) range across a cornfield with the 88th Illinois on the right of the 36th Illinois and
    Daniel McCook Jr.
    's brigade on its left. Presently, the 36th Illinois ran out of ammunition and withdrew, to be replaced one of McCook's regiments. Meanwhile, Sheridan moved the 24th Wisconsin to the far left and the Confederate line soon collapsed after suffering 200–300 casualties. The 21st Michigan remained in support of Charles M. Barnett's
    Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery
    .
    [17]
    Greusel was awarder a silver plated revolver for having the best drilled regiment in the army.
    See Nicholas Greusel Wikipedia
    Guaranteed all original. See photos for condition. Document sixe is 16 1/4 inches by 10 1/4 inches when open.