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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

Confederate Autographs incl. Davis, Lee and Jackson continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2122   ImageJames Longstreet. One-page autograph letter signed "James Longstreet", datelined "Gainesville Ga. 9th July 1890", contents decline request for his letters, Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
2123   ImageGideon Johnson Pillow. 2-page autograph letter signed "Gidn. J. Pillow" as major general, datelined "Head Quarters, Army Tenn., Memphis, July 3rd 1861", addressed to Brigadier General Cheatham, contents incl. "I will order up a company from Trenton to complete the organization of the regiment being formed at your encampment. If Captain Whitsill & Lowery fail to bring their companies up to the minimum prescribed by law to wit 64 privates, the privates having been mustered into service will have to be (combined) to make one company...", Very Fine letter sent at the beginning of hostilities, Pillow was a senior major general in the Tennessee Militia as of May 9, 1861, but was appointed a brigadier general just a few days after this was sent, on July 9 (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2124   ImageGideon Johnson Pillow. One-page letter signed "Gid. J. Pillow" as brigadier general, datelined "Head Quarters, 1st Division Western Dept., Columbus Ky., Nov. 18-61", sent to Brigadier General C.F. Smith at Paducah requesting by flag of truce safe passage for General A. S. Johnston's two sisters and niece, Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
2125   ImageJohn Pope. Union general, one-page autograph letter signed "Jno. Pope", datelined "Washington D.C. July 18 62" and sent to Capt. Henry Walke, commander of the gunboat Carondelet near Vicksburg, contents reads in part "The Senate adjourned yesterday, so that it is too late for any immediate action. Be assured that I will endeavor, as far as it is in my power, to remedy a wrong which has been done to a most gallant and meritorious officer....", Very Fine, the recipient joined Commodore Foote's flotilla in the Mississippi in Sept. 1861 and was assigned to the Carondelet in January 1862 where he was conspicuous in the battles at Fort Pillow and Memphis, he was made a captain two days prior to the writing of this letter (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
2126   ImageDaniel Ruggles. Major general in Confederate army, one-page autograph letter signed "Daniel Ruggles", sent to Brigadier General S. D. Lee, datelined "Corinth 11 March" (1862) at bottom, reads in part "The water having fallen I would recommend turning the heavy guns over to Brig. Gen. Chalmers to establish a battery below Bear Creek", other interesting contents, Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
2127   ImageDaniel Ruggles. Major general in Confederate army, small one-page autograph letter signed "Daniel Ruggles" from Grenada and dated June 15 (1862), addressed to General Beauregard at Tupelo Miss., contents reads "Telegram received & continue to press the evacuation of Grenada. On reaching Jackson request permission to go to Richmond. Please answer.", Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2128   ImageThomas H. Rosser to Daniel Ruggles. South-Western Telegraph Company stationery dated June 3, 1862, at Memphis, signed by Rosser "Th. H. Rosser" as colonel, sent to General Ruggles at Grenada and asking "Did you get my dispatches sent today? I much desire to know the plan you have. Will cooperate I suppose with Genl. Villepigue's force there will be fifteen hundred here when they arrive. I am in the office. Have no force here of any moment", some soiling, still Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2129   ImageEdmund Kirby Smith. One-page autograph letter signed "E. Kirby Smith" datelined "HdQrs. Depart. E. Tennessee, Knoxville, August 10th 1862", to Brig. General Thomas Jordan, reads "I have the honor to forward to you the enclosed letter from Col. Jno. H. Morgan. The force under Genl. Buell is evidently overestimated.", Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
2130   ImageEdmund Kirby Smith. One-page autograph letter signed "E. Kirby Smith" and datelined "Sewanee Nov. 23, 1891", few file folds, Very Fine, Smith was the oldest surviving full general of the Confederacy (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2131   ImageAlexander H. Stephens. 2-page autograph letter signed "Alexander Stephens", datelined "Crawfordville Ga. 11 Feb. 1863" and addressed to Linton Stephens, mostly family contents, some toning, still Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2132   ImageAlex P. Stuart. Confederate general, 3-page autograph letter signed on Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission stationery, dated March 8, 1897, from Chickamauga, answers question concerning the interference of states' rights doctrines with the free movement of Confederate troops during the Civil War and ends with his opinion as to why the South lost the war "...Mr. Davis was too much a constitutional leader to be a successful Revolutionary leader. This was one element of failure. Other are the lack of adequate supply of arms and ammunition at the beginning, the failure to employ the negro in the Army, as teamster, cook....", Very Fine, fascinating contents (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

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