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Group Lot of 10 Confederate Generals' Autographs

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Group Lot of 10 Confederate Generals' Autographs
<B>Group Lot of Ten Confederate Generals' Autographs</B></I> consisting of:<BR><B>Edward D. Tracy</B></I>- Clipped signature and rank from a war-dated endorsement.<BR><B>James H. Trapier</B></I>- War-dated ALS, written October 18,1861 from C. S. Engineers Office, Charlotte, to the Chief of Ordnance Edward Manigualt. References a 12-pound rifled gun, and asks if it has a carriage to go with it. Slight bleeding to ink, not affecting the signature. Trapier commanded Fort Moultrie and Sullivan's Island, but was ultimately found unfit to command by Bragg and died in disgrace in 1865.<BR><B>William F. Tucker</B></I>- Clipped signature with rank.<BR><B>David E. Twiggs</B></I>- Large clipped signature with rank.<BR><B>Robert C. Tyler</B></I>- Clipped signature with then-rank of colonel. Ironically killed just at the War's end on April 16,1865, felled by a sharpshooter. Scarce signature.<BR><B>Robert B. Vance</B></I>- Autographed card with rank. Two stain marks.<BR><B>Alfred J. Vaughn, Jr.</B></I>- Clipped signature with then-rank of colonel. Document from the war-period.<BR><B>John B. Villepigue</B></I>- Clipped signature from a U. S. military document with his then-rank of lieutenant in the dragoons. Very scarce signature.<BR><B>Henry H. Walker</B></I>- Autograph card with rank.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)