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Early War Orders For Fitzhugh Lee

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Early War Orders For Fitzhugh Lee
<B>Lieutenant Colonel Fitzhugh Lee's Assignment to General JEB Stuart - Signed by Colonel George Deas, Brother-In-Law to General James Longstreet.</B></I> Manuscript Document Signed, "<I>Geo. Deas</B></I>", one page, 7.75" x 10", Richmond, Virginia, September 27, 1861. Datelined from the Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, "<I>Special Orders No 289</B></I>" are signed by Colonel George Deas, Assistant Adjutant General. They read: "<I>XIII. Lieutenant Colonel Fitzhugh Lee Virginia Volunteers, is assigned to duty with the 1st Virginia Cavalry and will report accordingly. By order of the Secretary of War.</B></I>" Entirely handwritten on light blue lined paper. Smoothed folds, else excellent condition. Professionally matted and framed to 14" x 16". After brave service under General Joe Johnston, Virginia Governor John Letcher named Lee a Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry in the Confederate forces. The Confederate Secretary of War assigned Lee to General JEB Stuart's 1st Cavalry, which was good for the service and good for Lee. The regiment could boast roots in Virginia's pre-war militia and it performed admirably in combat at First Manassas. Lee, a West Point graduate, frontier veteran, and natural horse soldier, would assume command of the First Virginia and bring it additional glory on his way to becoming a major general. This early war order for Fitzhugh Lee is penned by Colonel George Deas, a Mexican War veteran and warrior at the Battle of Monterey serving with McCulloch's Texas Rangers. Resigning his commission as a Major at the beginning of the Civil War, Deas was named assistant adjutant inspector general in Richmond and rose to the rank of Colonel. Before the war in the mid 1840s, Deas served at Jefferson Barracks with James Longstreet, later a leading Confederate general and aide to General Robert E. Lee. Longstreet and Deas would later marry sisters, two daughters of Colonel John Garland under whom they served. Deas is mentioned in the three-volume work <I>Lee's Lieutenants</B></I>.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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