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1862 Civil War Date GEORGE MAXWELL ROBESON Military Autograph Letter Signed

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1862 Civil War Date GEORGE MAXWELL ROBESON Military Autograph Letter Signed
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Civil War Union Autographs
1862 Union General George M. Robeson Civil War Date Autograph Letter Signed to General R. F. Stockton
General GEORGE MAXWELL ROBESON (1829-1897), Civil War Union Army General, later Secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877), and U.S. Representative for New Jersey (1879-1883).
August 26, 1862-Dated Civil War Date, Autograph Letter Signed, “Geo. M. Robeson” as Brigadier General Commanding, 3 pages, folio, measuring 7.75” x 9.75”, Headquarters Camp Cadwalader, Beverly, N.J. This extensive military content letter is written to “Gen. R. F. Stockton,” and mentions “the Commander in chief” (President Abraham Lincoln). It is well written in rich brown ink, easy to read on clean wove period paper. It reads, in part:

“General, I have the honor to report that I have received, and established in Camp, five full companies and three parts of companies." He has organized some of the companies by electing their commissioned officers and will organize the others the next day. "I suggest that the commissions be sent me, with instructions not to deliver them until the regiment is organized, in order that if any officer shouldmissbehave himself, his misconduct may be reported through you to the Commander in chief & the commission returned if thought proper…"

Docket on verso. Typical folds with a nice clear signature. Overall, a wonderful specimen of General’s Civil War date military content letter with specific contemporary Civil War content. Accompanied with a full printed transcript of the letter.