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UNION BREVET BRIGADIER AND MAJOR GENREAL LOT

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UNION BREVET BRIGADIER AND MAJOR GENREAL LOT
<b>780. UNION BREVET BRIGADIER AND MAJOR GENREAL LOT </b>A good grouping of four war-date and post-war documents from Union officers who had gained either brevet brigadier or major general status during the war. Includes: a war-date A.L.S. by <b>JOHN W. AMES</b> (1833 - 1878) adding rank on the verso of a captured blank Confederate telegraph sheet, 1p. oblong 8vo., Wilmington, N. C., [n. d.], to Capt. Carter, in part: "<i>...How soon will the 2nd Mass. H. A. report in compliance with S. O. No. 115...</i>"; A.E.S. by <b>CHARLES H. WARD</b> (1838 - 1908) adding rank, 1p. Birman R., Dec. 3, 1866, endorsing his faith in a Mr. Brown as justice of the peace. Heavily smudged; A.L.S. by <b>JOSEPH DICKINSON</b> (1830 - 1904) adding rank, 1p. 8vo., Jersey City, Jan. 16, 1872, concerning his endorsement of a Mr. Cummings as U.S. Marshall; and an A.L.S. by <b>FREDERICK SALOMON</b> (1826 - 1897) as late brevet major general, 2pp. 4to., St. Louis, Oct. 1, 1877 to a war-time comrade, Capt. H. T. Holmes, regarding that officer's candidacy for the office of U. S. Marshall of Western Missouri. Overall good to very good.<b>$300-500</b>