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Twiggs, David Emanuel.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
Twiggs, David Emanuel.
&#40;1760-1862&#41; He fought in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War and was a CSA general. When the states began to secede, he was U.S. commander of the Department of Texas; he turned over his command to the Confederacy and defected on 19 Feb.1861. Autograph Letter Signed &#34;<I>D.E. Twiggs</I>&#34; as Col. 2d Dragoons, 1p, 9 3/4x7 ¾&#34;, Corpus Christi, Texas, 18 Nov. 1845. Very good; rust-like stain on one vertical fold, affecting a few letters. To Samuel Parsons, whose son was a minor and had enlisted illegally, telling him he could not be discharged &#34;<I>without authority from the Comg. Genl. of the Army &#40;Genl Scott&#41; or the Secretary of War</I>….&#34;.