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SHELBY, JOSEPH O.

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SHELBY, JOSEPH O.
(1830 - 1897) Confederate cavalry brigadier general who fought at Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge and was on numerous raids with Quantrill and Price in the Trans-Mississippi Department. A partly-printed D.S. ""Jos. O. Shelby"", 1p. 6 1/8"" x 3"""", Butler, Mo., Nov. 17, 1891, a promissory note in which Shelby agrees to pay Joseph Hook $200.00. Boldly signed at bottom and co-signed by Bettie and Benjamin G. Shelby. Light soiling, with endorsement on verso slightly bleeding through, otherwise very good.