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ALEXANDER (SANDIE) PENDLETON ALS TO GEN WINDER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,400.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
ALEXANDER (SANDIE) PENDLETON ALS TO GEN WINDER
<B>"STONEWALL" JACKSON'S STAFF OFFICER ALEXANDER (SANDIE) PENDLETON AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO GEN. WINDER, 1862.</B></I> ALS “<I>A. S. Pendleton AAG</B></I>”, 4.75” x 8”, Letter to Gen Charles S. Winder, Headquarters, Aug. 9th, 1862. Alexander graduated from Washington College in 1857, and subsequently enrolled at the University of Virginia, where he was pursuing a Master of Arts degree when the Civil War began in April 1861. He received a commission as 2nd lieutenant in Provisional Army of Virginia and reported to Harper's Ferry on June 14, 1861. Within weeks, he was asked by General Stonewall Jackson to join his staff as an ordnance officer - Jackson had known Pendleton from their days together in Lexington, where Jackson was a Professor at the Virginia Military Institute. Pendleton subsequently served as Jackson's assistant adjutant feneral (Second Corps), and the relationship between Pendleton and Jackson was a close one; it was said that Jackson "loved him like a son." Following Jackson's death at Chancellorsville in May 1863, Pendleton remained as AAG under General Richard S. Ewell and would later serve under Gen. Jubal A. Early. He was mortally wounded at Fisher's Hill on September 22, 1864. He died on September 23, and in October his body was returned to Lexington for burial. Rare autographed letter from this elusive general. <BR><BR><B>Condition:</B></I> Good, separations in folds, foxing.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Smal (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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