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ALLEN, WILLIAM WIRT

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ALLEN, WILLIAM WIRT
(1835 - 1894) Confederate major general who commanded a brigade of cavalry with Wheeler at Atlanta, also wounded at Perryville. Scarce war-date L.S. 1p. 4to. on State of South Carolina Executive Dept. letterhead, "In the field" [n.d.], to First Lt. John G. Hudson, on the staff of Gen. Joseph Wheeler. In part: "…I have the honor to forward you three Federal Prisoners captured about 11 A.M. today by a scout from the Alabama Brigade. They were taken about 15 miles from here on the Columbia & Chester road…". Text a tad faded, light scattered foxing, else very good.