Civil War Bvt. General O. Smith & Baronet Tennant Signed 1890 Stock Certificate

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CIVIL WAR UNION ARMY BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL ORLAND SMITH & BRITISH INDUSTRIALIST CHARLES CLOW TENNANT, 1st BARONET, SIGNED 1890 STOCK CERTIFICATE
**CERTIFICATE IS PUNCH-HOLE CANCELLED, AFFECTING SIGNATURE OF SMITH, BUT NOT TENNANT**
**CERTIFICATE WILL SHIP FOLDED ALONG EXISTING FOLD LINES**
Orland Smith
(May 2, 1825 – October 3, 1903) was a railroad executive and a
brigade
commander in the
Union Army
during the
American Civil War
. In 1863, he led a spirited
bayonet
charge during the
Battle of Wauhatchie
that took a significant
Confederate
position on a hill that now bears his name.
Smith was born in
New England
in
Lewiston, Maine
. He was educated in the local schools and became a railroad agent, serving as station manager at Lewiston until 1852 when he moved to
Ohio
. He became an official of the
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
and settled in
Chillicothe, Ohio
. When the railroad fell into financial difficulties, he was appointed receiver. Smith was a
lieutenant
and commander of a
militia
company in the late 1850s, the "Chillicothe Greys."
With the outbreak of the Civil War, Smith joined the Union army and became the
colonel
of the
73rd Ohio Infantry
, a
regiment
that was raised in Chillicothe in November 1861 and trained at nearby Camp Logan. Among his volunteer soldiers was Private George Nixon III the great-grandfather of future
President
Richard Nixon
. Smith and his regiment saw action in
western Virginia
, fighting at the
Battle of McDowell
and the
Battle of Cross Keys
. During the late summer, as a part of the
Army of Virginia
, the 73rd OVI fought at the
Second Battle of Bull Run
near
Manassas, Virginia
.
Smith assumed brigade command in the
XI Corps
on October 25, 1862, but he did not participate in the
Battle of Chancellorsville
. He returned to his command shortly before the
Gettysburg Campaign
, after Brigadier General
Francis C. Barlow
, who had led the brigade at Chancellorsville, was given command of the 1st Division on May 24, 1863. Smith's men held
Cemetery Hill
on the first day of the
Battle of Gettysburg
at the orders of Major General
Oliver O. Howard
, and provided an anchor for the retreating Federal soldiers. On the second day, three of Smith's regiments were engaged in heavy skirmishing in front of Cemetery Hill, and the 33rd Massachusetts, deployed between East Cemetery Hill and a knoll on the McKnight farm, helped repulse an evening attack by
Col.
Isaac E. Avery
's
North Carolina
brigade.
Smith's Brigade was sent to the
Western Theater
in the autumn of 1863 along with the rest of the XI Corps. During the
Chattanooga Campaign
, Smith led his brigade in the
Army of the Cumberland
in a successful bayonet assault up a steep hill that now bears his name (Smith's Hill) during the
Battle of Wauhatchie
. In the army reorganization later that year, his brigade was disbanded and Smith returned on January 3, 1864 to the command of the 73rd OVI. He resigned his colonelcy on February 17, 1864. In the omnibus promotions at the close of the Civil War, Smith was appointed a
brevet
brigadier general
dating from March 13, 1865.
After the war, he returned to his career as a railroad officer and became President of the
Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore Railroad
and later, First Vice President of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
, with his office in
Baltimore, Maryland
. From 1884 to 1899 he was President of the
Columbus and Cincinnati Midland Railroad
.
Smith died in
Chicago
,
Illinois
. He is buried in
Green Lawn Cemetery
in
Columbus, Ohio
.
e Cemetery
.
Sir Charles Clow Tennant, 1st Baronet
, (November 4, 1823 – June 4, 1906) was a Scottish businessman,
industrialist
and
Liberal
politician.
Tennant was the son of John Tennant and Robina Arrol. His grandfather was the noted chemist and industrialist
Charles Tennant
. In 1843, he entered the
St. Rollox chemical works
, Glasgow, which had been established by his grandfather
Charles
to produce bleaching powder and other chemicals, and went on to become the largest alkali works in Europe.
Sir Charles Clow Tennant was a global industrialist, with businesses across many continents in railways, steel, explosives, copper, sulphur and merchant banking. Tennant served as President of the
United Alkali Company
which would become a cornerstone of
Imperial Chemical Industries
, becoming extremely wealthy in the process while being a supporter of political reform, and a major collector of art. Tennant also became Chairman of the
Union Bank of Scotland
and was the driving force in establishing
C. Tennant, Sons & Company
as a merchant bank in London.
Tennant also sat as
Member of Parliament
(MP) for
Glasgow
from 1879 to 1880, and for
Peebles and Selkirk
from 1880 to 1886. He unsuccessfully contested
Partick
at a
by-election in 1890
. He was appointed
Honorary Colonel
of the
4
th
Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
in 1880.
Tennant was also a Trustee of the
National Gallery
and was appointed a Member of the
Tariff Commission
in 1904. In 1885, he was created a Baronet and held the office of
Justice of the Peace
and
Deputy Lieutenant
. Tennant was chairman of
Nobel Explosives Company
from 1900 to 1906.
Tennant was twice married. His first marriage was to Emma Winsloe in 1849. In 1852, he purchased
The Glen
, an estate in southern Scotland, and commissioned architect
David Bryce
to design a new house, which was completed in 1855. Together, they were the parents of eight children, including: Pauline Emma "Posie" Tennant, who married Thomas Duff Gordon-Duff, 9th of Drummuir and 11th of Park, son of
Lachlan Gordon-Duff
; Charlotte Monckton "Charty" Tennant, who married
Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale
;
Edward Priaulx Tennant
, who married
Pamela Wyndham
, a daughter of
Percy Wyndham
MP; Katharine
Lucy
Tennant, who married Thomas Graham Smith in 1879; Francis John "Frank" Tennant, who married Annie Geraldine Redmayne, daughter of John Marriner Redmayne of South Dene;
Octavia
Laura
Mary Tennant
, who married
Alfred Lyttelton
;
Margot Tennant
, who was a socialite and author and the second wife of Prime Minister
H. H. Asquith
;
Harold John "Jack" Tennant
, who became a Liberal politician and married factory inspector
May Abraham
in 1896.
After his wifes’s death in 1895 Tennant was remarried to Marguerite Agaranthe Miles, daughter of Charles William Miles and cousin of
Sir Philip Miles
, in 1898. His second wife was a talented amateur musician and he bought the
Lady Tennant Stradivarius
for her as a gift. Together, they were the parents of four children, including: Margaret Tennant, who married
John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
; Jean Tennant, who died in childhood.;
Katharine Tennant
, who married
Walter Elliot
and was created Baroness Elliot of Harwood in her own right; Nancy Tennant, who married Sylvester Govett Gates, Controller,
Ministry of Information
. She later married
Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne
, in 1936.
Sir Charles died on June 4, 1906 in Broadoaks,
Byfleet
,
Surrey
. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son
Edward
, who was later raised to the peerage as
Baron Glenconner
in 1911. His widow, Lady Tennant, died in 1943.
Through his son Francis, he was a grandfather of
Kathleen Tennant
, who became the Duchess of Rutland through her 1916 marriage to
John Manners, 9th Duke of Rutland
. His great-granddaughter
Lady Ursula Manners
served as a maid of honour to the queen at the
Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
in 1937.