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(CONFEDERATE GENERALS)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,300.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD
(CONFEDERATE GENERALS)
<b>37. (CONFEDERATE GENERALS) </b>An exceptional war-date D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Camp Barton, Va., [ca. September 30, 1861], signed by two scarce Confederate generals and filled out in the hand of an even rarer third general,<b> JAMES DESHLER</b>, wherein he charges Pvt. Cyrus Champ of Co. B., 31st Va. with: "<i>...Violation of the 20th Article of War...that he, having been regularly mustered into the service of the C.S.A. did desert the service of the same...</i>" . Signed by <b>WILLIAM L. (MUDWALL) JACKSON</b> as "<i>Wm. L. Jackson, Lt. Col. Comdg</i>", in command of the 31st Va. to which the deserter belonged. Along with an A.E.S. on the verso by <b>EDWARD JOHNSON</b>, in full: "<i>Camp Bartow, Sept. 30. 1861. Referred to Genl Comdg. E. Johnson, Col. Comg. Brig.</i>". A truly unusual combination of Confederate generals rare in war-date material, all on a single piece. Very good condition.<b>$2,500-3,500</b>