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Confederate General Charles Winder Signature

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Confederate General Charles Winder Signature
<B>Confederate General Charles S. Winder, Commander of the "Stonewall Brigade": A Scarce Signature.</B></I> A fine, clean clipped signature with his then-rank of <I>"Capt. 9th Inft."</B></I> in the U.S. Army. He was promoted to captain on March 3, 1855, and at 26 this West Point graduate was the youngest captain in the army. By March, 1862 he rose to a Brigadier General and was placed in command of what would later be known as the "Stonewall Brigade". In the run-up to Second Manassas he commanded Jackson's division (Jackson himself commanded the corps), and was killed by an artillery shell at Cedar Mountain on October 9, 1862. His loss was lamented by both Lee and Jackson in their reports.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)