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TAYLOR, Zachary. Letter signed ("Zachary Taylor"), as General, U. S. Army, to Master Charles Reynolds, Headquarters, Army of Occupation, Rhode Island, Texas, 25 November 1847. 1 page, 4to, some wear at creases, slight foxing along edges.
TAYLOR ADVISES A BOY EAGER TO PLAY SOLDIER TO "WAIT UNTIL YOU SHALL ARRIVE AT MATURE AGE...TO PUT ON SWORD AND EPAULETTES AND DO YOUR DUTY TO YOUR COUNTRY"
A national hero because of his victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista, General Taylor was besieged by fan mail, ranging from politicians eager to run him for President, to young boys like the one Taylor answers here, Charles Reynolds of Maumee, Ohio. Reynolds wrote asking the General to send him "a sword & Epaulettes." Yet "gladly as I should wish to do you a favor," Taylor writes, "you will readily perceive that having no means except by mail, it will be quite impossible to do as you wish. Let me advise you to wait until you shall arrive at mature age, then it will be ample time for you to put on sword and epaulette and do your duty to your country. I admire the patriotism of yourself and friends, and at the proper time hope you and your companions will be equally able and prepared to serve your country in the cabinet and the field." Taylor rode his military record into the White House, but what of young Reynolds? We cannot know for certain, yet Civil War records show several Charles Reynolds enlisting from Ohio during the Civil War an event that gave many young men born in the 1830s and 40s the chance to "put on sword and epaulettes" for their country.
TAYLOR ADVISES A BOY EAGER TO PLAY SOLDIER TO "WAIT UNTIL YOU SHALL ARRIVE AT MATURE AGE...TO PUT ON SWORD AND EPAULETTES AND DO YOUR DUTY TO YOUR COUNTRY"
A national hero because of his victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista, General Taylor was besieged by fan mail, ranging from politicians eager to run him for President, to young boys like the one Taylor answers here, Charles Reynolds of Maumee, Ohio. Reynolds wrote asking the General to send him "a sword & Epaulettes." Yet "gladly as I should wish to do you a favor," Taylor writes, "you will readily perceive that having no means except by mail, it will be quite impossible to do as you wish. Let me advise you to wait until you shall arrive at mature age, then it will be ample time for you to put on sword and epaulette and do your duty to your country. I admire the patriotism of yourself and friends, and at the proper time hope you and your companions will be equally able and prepared to serve your country in the cabinet and the field." Taylor rode his military record into the White House, but what of young Reynolds? We cannot know for certain, yet Civil War records show several Charles Reynolds enlisting from Ohio during the Civil War an event that gave many young men born in the 1830s and 40s the chance to "put on sword and epaulettes" for their country.