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SMITH, WILLIAM F.

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SMITH, WILLIAM F.
(1824 - 1903) Union major general who led at First Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and was instrumental in the ""Cracker Line"" operations at Chattanooga. A.E.S. ""Wm. F. Smith"", Cincinnati, June 26, 1865, in part: ""I take the liberty of forwarding this letter to his Excellency the President because I know the writerà"". Docket stamp shows that the document was received by the president. Penned on the verso of an L.S. by BENJAMIN F. FLANDERS (1816-1896), 2pp. 4to., New Orleans, June 9, 1865 recommending a Charles Hornor as a Supreme Court Justice. Minor fold separation, else very good.