An American Navy Civil War Campaign Medal For Service Aboard U.s.s. Vincennes Hold After four and half months

After four and half months orientation and training

At the outbreak of the First War he was made commander of a Cavalry Division on the Western Front

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Major-General Benson was made a Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath

An American Navy Civil War Campaign Medal For Service Aboard U.s.s. Vincennes Hold After four and half monthsBronze, numbered "1966" and engraved in italic capitals "JESSE F. BROWN U. S. S. VINCENNES" on the edge, 33 mm, lightly soiled original ribbon with brooch pinback, very light contact, extremely fine. In its cardboard box of issue, marked "CIVIL WAR" on the lid, maker marked "THE BAILEY, BANKS AND BIDDLE CO. PHILADELPHIA" on the underside of the lid, tape repair and scuffing evident on the exterior, box near fine. Footnote: After the outbreak of the