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MARCELLUS CROCKER A.L.S.

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MARCELLUS CROCKER A.L.S.
<b>72. MARCELLUS CROCKER</b> (1830 -1865) Union brigadier general who served at Shiloh and Atlanta, died of tuberculosis before war's end. Rare war-date A.L.S. 1p. 4to., "<i>Camp at Bolivar, Tenn.</i>", Aug. 19, 1862 to a colonel, in part: "<i>...I wrote a letter at once to the Gov. recommending our mutual friend Capt. Seevers. I saw today an order of the Secretary of War prohibiting the appointment of officers of the old regiments to positions in the new. Gen. Tuttle [?]...has taken command at Cairo - I am again in command of the Brigade, and am very pleasantly situated on the bank of the Hatchie about a mile from Bolivar...</i>" Near fine.<b> $400-600</b>