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L(awrence) O'B(rien) Branch.

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L(awrence) O'B(rien) Branch.
Of N.C. Confederate Brig. Gen. Declined Buchanan's appointment as Sec. of Treasury. The senior Brig. Gen. in A.P. Hill's Division, Branch fought under Stonewall Jackson at Hanover Courthouse, Seven Days, Cedar Run, Second Bull Run, and Harpers Ferry. Having saved Lee from a crushing defeat at Antietam, "soon after this victory, Branch stood talking with fellow Brig. Gens. Gregg, Pender, Archer, along with Hill and General Lee, when a Federal sharpshooter, seeing the group, fired a shot that hit him in the right cheek and exited behind his left ear, killing him instantly. He fell dead into the arms of a staff officer"--wikipedia. Signed as antebellum Congressman, probably a leaf from an autograph album, with "Raleigh, No. Ca." in his hand. Very light uniform cream toning, else excellent.