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Fremont, John C. - 1861 LS With Military Content

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:700.00 - 900.00 USD
Fremont, John C. - 1861 LS With Military Content
<Our item number 112095><B>Frémont, John C.</B> Letter Signed &#34;<I>J.C. Fremont / Maj. Genl Commdy</I>,&#34; one page plus integral leaf with docket, 10&#34; x 7 ¾&#34;, Headquarters Western Department, Jefferson City, 30 Sept. 1861. Fine. To Col. John J. Fiala: &#34;<I>According to telegrams received from New York, at least three six pounders, rifled cannon, must be already at the Arsenal in St. Louis. And as those were destined for Captain Pfenninghausen’s Flying Battery of Gen. Asboths 4th Division you will see that the Capt. receives them as complete as they came, and that he leaves without delay provided with ammunition for Jefferson City</I>.&#34; <BR><BR>Fremont was often accused of surrounding himself with foreign officers. Colonel Fiala and General Asboth were both Hungarian and both were veterans of the ‘48 Revolution. As Fremont wrote this order, Missouri was under martial law, declared by Fremont after the Battle of Wilson’s Creek &#40;and the death of General Nathaniel Lyon&#41;. On 30 August, 1861, Fremont also issued a proclamation freeing the slaves of anyone resisting the government and he confiscated the private property of secessionists. President Lincoln, fearing that Fremont’s order would push Missouri, and other states under Union control, into the southern camp, asked Fremont to rescind the order. Fremont refused and sent his wife, Jesse Benton Fremont, to Washington to plead his cause, to no avail. Lincoln responded by revoking the proclamation and relieving Frémont of command on 2 November 1861. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;700-900. <BR><BR>Our item number 112095<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://64.60.141.195/photos/40jpegs/112095.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>