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OPDYCKE, EMERSON

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OPDYCKE, EMERSON
(1830 - 1884) Union general who helped save the Federal army at Chickamauga. He accidentally mortally wounded himself while cleaning a gun after the war. A.L.S. "E. Opdycke" on Banking House of Opdycke & Company letterhead, 2pp. 4to., New York, May 14, 1881, to President James A. Garfield concerning the appointment of General Lane to Judge of the Court of Claims. Very good.