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JUBAL A EARLY (1816-94) Confederate Lieutenant General. ALS, "J A Early", 6pp, April 27, 1888, 8v...

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JUBAL A EARLY (1816-94) Confederate Lieutenant General. ALS,  J A Early , 6pp, April 27, 1888, 8v...
JUBAL A EARLY (1816-94) Confederate Lieutenant General. ALS, "J A Early", 6pp, April 27, 1888, 8vo, Lynchburg, to former Confederate General Pierre G T Beauregard (1818-93), letter of recommendtion. In part, "...Capt Edward Flood, an officer in one of the Louisiana Regiments in my division, formerly [Richard] Ewell's...one of the most faithful and energetic officers I met with in the war....On our retreat from Gettysburg, when the condition of the Potomac was such as to require the construction of a pontoon bridge, and the Engineer officers were inexperienced in that way, Flood rendered invaluable services in constructing the bridge at Falling Waters, and after the trains and troops had crossed there, closely pursued by the enemy, and there was no one willing to cut the bridge loose on the side next the enemy, so as to allow it to swing around. Flood volunteered to do the work and accomplished it...He took especial delight in burying the Yankees killed in battle...I do not wish you to infer that I desire to influence you in the bestowal of the patronage attached to the office to which you have been elected...you could not find a man more faithful..." Wrinkling and some soiling, o/w VG. $1,000-1,500