Hello- I am researching Argus Ogborn who was an early collector of Civil War memorabilia. I believe his estate was sold at auction in the 1980s. I'm trying to find out more about Ogborn and his collection. Especially an inventory or master list of his collection. He had the vision to number all of his relics. I'm researching his relic #6092-A.

Here's a little information on Ogborn that I found on the internet. He sounds like an interesting Hoosier.

Mr Argus Ogborn was a Quaker Historian in Richmond, Indiana. The Indiana G.A.R., begun in 1866, lasted until the early 1870's, when it went into a decline until there was but one Post left in the State. This was in the small town of Newtonville in Spencer County. It, too, finally passed from the scene. The Illinois Department held its organization through these crucial years, as did many G.A.R. groups in the eastern states and the mid-west. Argus E. Ogborn,
Past Ind. Department Commander,
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War,
Richmond, Indiana