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JOSEPH HOOKER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 600.00 USD
JOSEPH HOOKER
(1814 - 1879) Union major general who commanded the Army of the Potomac only to be defeated at the hands of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. War-date L.S. "Joseph Hooker", 2pp. 4to. "Head Quarters, Insane Asylum, Md."(no comment), Oct. 14, 1862. While recovering from a wound sustained during the battle of Antietam, Hooker recommends of Capt. Thomas W. Osborne to the Governor of New York for promotion to colonel of the 1st N.Y. Light Artillery. Hooker writes: "...I cannot refrain from expressing to you my most grateful acknowledgements, for this evidence of your confidence in my judgement...I know of no officer in the service better qualified to fill the station...I write from a full knowledge of his character and qualifications - He was an officer in my old Division and contributed in no small degree to its success and I hope renown...". Last page bears a clean split, else very good.

Estimate: $500 - 600.

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