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CHARLES E. LIGHTFOOT

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CHARLES E. LIGHTFOOT

<b>155. CHARLES E. LIGHTFOOT</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1834-1878). Confederate Colonel, 22nd NC, and later Lt. Colonel of Richmond Artillery. <b>War-date</b> ALS “<i>C.E. Lightfoot</i>” as Lt. Colonel, 1p, 8"x12½", “<i>Hd Qrs Artillery Defences,</i>” Mar 17, 1865. To Colonel Benjamin S. Ewell (1810-1894), 32nd VA. In part, “...<i>I respectfully ask to be informed as to Lt. Col. Braxton’s position in this command and what relations are to exist between him and myself... whether he should report to me or I to him. I am his superior and by your order in command of the Artillery</i>...” More. Boldly signed. Docketed on verso. Ewell replies by his adjutant in endorsement panel that, until Braxton is “<i>regularly relieved</i>,” the command will be divided “<i>From the Auburn Pike to the Mechanicsville Pike will be under Col. Lightfoot’s command & the remainder of the Line west...under that of Lt. Col Braxton</i>...” Moderate soiling and wrinkling; 2" tear at the left edge w/o paper loss; small hole at right margin near signature; ink a little light; o/w Good.

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