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John R. Brooke.

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John R. Brooke.
Of Pa. Union Gen. First discharged in Apr. 1861, his unit found itself marching home to Pennsylvania on the very same morning that the rest of the Army headed in the other direction, to Va., just before 1st Bull Run. Led at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville; wounded at Gettysburg's Wheat Field; severely wounded at Cold Harbor, taken unconscious from the field of battle. Distinguished at The Wilderness; later Military Gov. of Puerto Rico and Cuba. Signed as Commander, Dept. of the East: "Majr. Genl., Governors Island, N.Y., Apr. 18, 1907." Mount browntoned around margins, card excellent.