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BRYAN GRIMES: (1828 - 1880) Confederate major general and the last such appointed in Lee's army,...

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BRYAN GRIMES: (1828 - 1880) Confederate major general and the last such appointed in Lee's army,...
BRYAN GRIMES: (1828 - 1880) Confederate major general and the last such appointed in Lee's army, he participated in nearly all of the A.N.V.'s battles, including Gettysburg, and commanded one of the last attacks on the day of surrender at Appomattox. Exceptionally rare late war-date L.S. "Bryan Grimes" as major general, 1p. 4to., "Hd. Qrs. Grimes' Div.", Mar. 4, 1865, to Lee's aide Walter H. Taylor requesting that the present medical board be dissolved and that three named surgeons be appointed to compose a new board. On verso also appears an A.E.S. of fellow Confederate Major General JOHN B. GORDON (1832-1904) who writes: "Resp'y fwd app'd J. B. Gordon Maj. Gen. Comdg". Fine condition. $2,000-3,000