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JOHN HUNT MORGAN: RARE WAR-DATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
JOHN HUNT MORGAN: RARE WAR-DATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER
<B>JOHN HUNT MORGAN: RARE WAR-DATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED.</B></I> "<I>Jno H Morgan</B></I>". One page, 7.5" x 9.5", lined paper, Estelle Springs Tennessee , September 22, 1862, to Major Charles Thomas Goode of Macon Georgia. He writes, in full: "<I>Your letter of the 24th August tendering me your Battallion</B></I> sic <I>of the Partizan</B></I> sic <I>Rangers is just received. You perhaps have not considered that I am in command of regular cavalry and that Partizan</B></I> sic <I>Rangers cannot by Brigaded. If you are disposed to come into my Brigade as regular Cavalry, I will be very happy to accept you, but you will be compelled to procure the consent of the Secretary of War. Thanking you for your expressions of kindness, I remain Very Respectfully…</B></I>" Original folds, else fine condition.<BR><BR>Morgan, at the time of writing this letter, had just recently returned from his first raid of Kentucky. Covering 1,000 miles in just 24 days, he captured 1,200 Union soldiers while losing less than 100 of his own men in the fierce fighting, and destroyed many Federal supplies. His second raid would launch soon after the date of this letter, commencing October 18. Morgan's correspondent, Major Goode, had organized the 19th Georgia Cavalry battalion in the spring of 1862 and was stationed at Macon. His Partisans did not end up joining Morgan's famous raiders; they were later merged into the 10th Confederate Cavalry with Goode as the colonel. The unit fought with distinction throughout the war. Morgan would later die at Greeneville, Tennessee on September 4, 1864. Goode survived the war, dying in 1875 at age 39.<BR><BR>Any material signed by Morgan is rare and desirable, ALsS particularly so. This letter is tastefully double matted with a reproduction photo of Morgan and framed to an overall size of 21" x 17". A handsome display of the legendary raider.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - without Glass, Medium (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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