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HUMPHREYS, ANDREW A.

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HUMPHREYS, ANDREW A.
(1810 - 1883) Union major general who was at Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Humphreys' replaced Hancock, as commander of the 2nd Corps, after the Battle of Gettysburg. War-date A.L.S. ""A. A. Humphreys"" adding rank in another hand, 2pp. 4to., Washington, Jan. 23, 1864, to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton concerning the government's purchase of Dutch Island, R. I. for the building of defense works. Very good.