1865 "Customs of Service" manual for 3rd Cavalry Indian Fighter

Identified 1865 "Customs of Service" manual for Third Cavalry Indian fighter Lt. James F. Simpson. Signed by Simpson as an officer in the 40th U. S. Infantry.
There is a great description of Simpson and his service on page 80 (just scroll down a few pages, it begins on page 76) of the link shown below. He is also pictured third from left (back row) in the group image on page 77.
Cover has usual wear from "in the field" service, inside pages are clean and tight. Also id'd in ink along the edge of the pages.
Simpson had quite a career in the Army and this would make a great addition to any Indian War collection!

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James Ferdinand Simpson

Residence Waterbury CT; Enlisted on 8/4/1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant. On 8/20/1862 he was commissioned into "C" Co. CT 14th Infantry He was discharged for disability on 11/16/1864 On 2/16/1865 he was commissioned into VV 2nd Infantry He was Mustered Out on 3/26/1866 (Subsequent service in US Army from 08/17/1867 until retiring 11/25/1887) He was listed as: * Wounded 8/25/1864 Reams' Station, VA Promotions: * 1st Lieut 2/4/1863 (As of Co. D) * Capt 10/20/1863 (As of Co. C) * Capt 2/16/1865 (As of 2nd Veteran Volunteers) * 1st Lieut 8/17/1867 by Brevet (Wilderness, VA) * Capt 8/17/1867 by Brevet (Reams' Station, VA) Intra Regimental Company Transfers: * 2/4/1863 from company C to company D * 10/20/1863 from company D to company C
Colonel Frederick Van Vliet poses on a rock outcropping near Custer City, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, during the Native American Sioux campaigns with fellow Third Cavalry men: Second Lieutenant James F. Simpson, Second Lieutenant George F. Chase, Second Lieutenant Bainbridge Reynolds, First Lieutenant Emmet Crawford, Second Lieutenant James E. H. Foster, and First Lieutenant Alexander D. B. Smead.
Jan. 13, 1879:

After Dull Knife's CHEYENNE have escaped from Fort Robinson, in northwestern Nebraska, they are pursued by the Army. Today they will skirmish twice with Lt. James Simpson, and elements of the 3rd cavalry, near the Hat Creek road. One soldier is killed, and another is wounded, during the fighting.

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