Hi grupy62,
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Regarding your 1865 Spencer model. I do not have any serial # information for the 1865 Spencer Model. Your Spencer may have been sent out West and used by the
US Cavalry and as you indicated, Co K, 9th Cavalry. stationed at Fort Stockton, Texas. There were 61 Spencer Carbines Model 1865 issued to Company K. Historically, it was one of a few segregated African American regiments. They served with distinction and valor in combat during the Indian Wars.
"In July 1867 the 9th Cavalry was ordered to western and southwestern Texas, to maintain law and order between the Rio Grande and Concho Rivers from Fort Clark to El Paso. Regimental Headquarters and Troops A, B, E and K, under Col. Hatch, were stationed at Fort Stockton; Troops C, D, F, G, H and I, under Lt. Col. Wesley Merritt were at Fort Davis. Troops L and M under 1st Lt. Hamilton had previously been sent to Brownsville. The 9th remained in Texas for eight years, nearly all of it in the field.
The regiment went to New Mexico Military District, which covered parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Texas, and participated in the Apache Wars from 1875 to 1881. That service included the Battle of Tularosa with Chiricahua Apache warriors led by Victorio in May 1880.
The 9th Cavalry was transferred to Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1881, and to Fort Robinson, Nebraska, in 1885.
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Two Flints
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