Escutcheon For 17th Maine Inf Sgt Alpheus E. Grover, Gettysburg Vet, and Amputee

Escutcheon For Civil War Soldier 17th Maine Infantry Co. B Alpheus E. Grover. This amazing piece of history if fully framed and ready to go for the wall! It measures 20 by 25 inches. What makes this item so incredible is that it notes rank changes, battles involved in, battle injury locations, and dates of enlistment and discharge from service. Of course the best part is the attached CDV photo of Alpheus Grover himself! Grover served in many major battles including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, and Amelia Court House, VA on April 6, 1865. Where just days before the end of the war he would be hit in the leg that would have to be amputated. Following the War Grover was involved in the GAR and in the 1880s he was on a commitee with the surveying of the Gettysburg battle field where he fought years prior. The 17th Maine fought at Gettysburg in the Wheatfield 2 1/2 hours, and at this position from of the mounment in the park from 4:10 to 5:45 p.m., July 2, 1863. On July 3, at the time of the enemy’s assault, it reinforced the centre and supported artillery. It lost 132. Killed or mortally wounded 3 officers, 37 men. Wounded, 5 officers, 87 men.
 
"At the recent session of Congress an appropriation was made "to enable John B. Bachelder of Massachusetts to complete the survey of the Gettysburg battlefield, and to complete for publication all available data concerning the Pennsylvania campaign, including that battle."  To this end Mr. B.  asks the aid and cooperation of the survivors of that battle now resident in this vicinity, and that they furnish all the data in their possesion, diaries, letters, personal recollections, & o., that the record may be exhaustive and complete. All officers who participated in the battle, now residing in this vicinity, are requested to send in their names and postoffices addresses to the following committee:  Charles B. Merrill, William H. Green, Charles W. Roberts, Alpheus Grover, of the 17th Regiment. Mr. Bachelder will be in attendance at the encampment of the Pennsylvania division, ?, A. R., from the 16 to the 23rd of July, explaining the battle on the field."
Portland Daily Press (Portland, Maine) July 15, 1880
 
On April 11, 1920 Sgt. Grover would pass away and be buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine.
 
Obituary,
 
"Alpheus E. Grover, 77, employed in the Portland custom house 53 years,
veteran of the 17th regimental association, died today after an illness of two
months.  As result of a wound received April 6, 1865, three days before the
war ended, one leg was amputated 25 years ago.  He was a member of
Bosworth post and the I.O.O.F.  His widow; a son, Arthur, of Los Angeles;
a daughter, Mrs. Ira Dresser of Portland; and a sister, Susan E., also of
this city, survive."
 
 
Regiment History:
Garrison duty in the Defences of Washington August 23-October 7, 1862. At Upton's Hill, Va., till October 12. At Edwards Ferry October 12-28. Advance to Warrenton, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 28-November 22. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights July 23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Mine Run November 28-30. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Po River May 10. Spotsylvania C. H. May 12-21. "Bloody Angle," Assault on the Salient, May 12. Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road, May 19. North Anna May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Deep Bottom, north of the James, July 27-28. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-11. Dabney¿s Mill February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. South Side Railroad March 29. Boydton Road and White Oak Ridge March 30-31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Jettersville April 5. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge April 6-7. Farmville April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville April 11-May 1. March to Washington, D. C., May 1-15. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out at Bailey's Cross Roads June 4, 1865. Recruits transferred to 1st Maine Heavy Artillery. Discharged at Portland, Me., June 10, 1865.Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 195 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 159 Enlisted men by disease. Total 370