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JOHN A. WHARTON A.LS.

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JOHN A. WHARTON A.LS.
<b>116. JOHN A. WHARTON</b> (d. 1865) Confederate major general who commanded a regiment at Shiloh, later heading a brigade at Stones River and Chickamauga. Killed on April 6, 1865 in a private duel. Rare A.L.S. "<i>Jno. A. Wharton</i>", 1p. 4to., Braznia, May 9, 1859 to Capt. Louis Strohel in El Dorado. In part: "<i>...I cannot rest easy until I say to you that whilst I live your own solicitude & interest for my success...will never be effaced from my memory. No man loves his friends more devotedly than I do...My withdrawal was a sore disappointment , but I feel your good sense tells you it was [?] for my future advantage...</i>". Wharton offers more praise for Strohel, and concludes asking the man to pass on his love to Wharton's wife and children. Some toning, otherwise very good. Expertly inlaid.<b>$750-1,000</b>