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ALEXANDER "SANDIE" PENDELTON D.S.

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ALEXANDER  SANDIE  PENDELTON D.S.
<b>630. ALEXANDER "SANDIE" PENDLETON</b> (1840-1864) Stonewall Jackson's youngest staff member and aide and it is said that Jackson loved him like a son, killed a few days short of his 24th birthday while trying to rally the troops at Fisher's Hill. Rare war-date D.S. "<i>A. S. Pendleton</i>" as Jackson's aide, 3pp. legal folio, "<i>Hd. Qrs, 2nd Army Corps</i>", Feb. 27, 1863, headed "<i>General Orders No. 14</i>". Pendleton's document summarizes the finding of eleven courts martial involving Confederate soldiers and officers, with almost all of the charges being desertion, reduced to AWOL. The punishments meted-out are rather original, including: ".<i>..Stand on a barrel one hour each day for two weeks with a placard on his back...cut wood for his Regiment for two months...</i>", with one notation reading: "<i>...The Court is thus lenient because of the Prisoner's long confinement in Castle Thunder and elsewhere & because of his feeble health...</i>". A few old glue spots on first page not affecting legibility, light soiling, overall very good.<b> $700-900</b>