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Joseph Wheeler and William Bate

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Joseph Wheeler and William Bate

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Auction Date:2012 Mar 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Wheeler was a Confederate major general (1836–1906), known as ‘Fightin’ Joe,’ who led his troops in vigorous opposition to Sherman during the Atlanta campaign. Bate served in the Confederate forces in the American Civil War, attaining the rank of major general and commanding a division in the Army of Tennessee. He also served as governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and subsequently as United States Senator from 1887 until his death. Two checks: bank check, 7.25 x 3, filled out and signed by Joseph Wheeler, payable to S. T. Cameron for $65.00, May 20, 1902; and a bank check, 7.5 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by William Bate, “W. B. Bate,” payable to Ebbitt House for $5.00, February 11, 1905. In very good condition, with vertical folds, cancellation cut and hole to body, and scattered soiling to Wheeler’s check; and cancellation holes through signature of Bate’s check.