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BENJAMIN F. DAVIS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
BENJAMIN F. DAVIS
Signed three days before he would be killed at Brandy Station!

(1832 - 1863) Union colonel of the 8th N.Y. Cav. who led his regiment in the famous escape from Harper's Ferry, not losing a single man and capturing an ammunition train while en route. Killed in 1863 at Brandy Station. Rare war-date endorsement signed only three days before his death at Brandy Station, the largest cavalry battle in U.S. history. The endorsement, 3 1/4" x 2 1/4", reads: "Head Quarters 1st Cavalry Brigade June 6, 1863 Approved & respectfully Forwarded B. F. Davis Col. 8 N.Y. Cav. Condg. Brigade". Fine.

Estimate: $200 - 300.

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