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WILLIAM H. PALMER - A.P. HILL STAFF OFFICER - GETTYSBURG DOCUMENT

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
WILLIAM H. PALMER - A.P. HILL STAFF OFFICER - GETTYSBURG DOCUMENT
WILLIAM H. PALMER (1835-1926) Confederate staff officer under A. P. Hill who witnessed many of the war's turning points including taking part in the battle First Bull Run, witnessing the wounding of Jackson, the North's breakthrough at Petersburg and Custer 's entering the lines at Appomattox. During the battle of Williamsburg, the colonel of the First Virginia was shot and Palmer, now a major, was given command of the regiment. In a rear-guard action, he was severely wounded in the arm and taken out of action. Palmer was with Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville and was with him when he was mortally wounded. As Jackson fell, Palmer's horse was shot from under him. Moments after securing a new mount, this horse too was shot and killed and Palmer critically wounded. However, in 1864 he was again back in action and serving with Hill's staff again. He took part in the Appomattox campaign and guided Union Gen. George Custer back to the Union lines after entering Longstreet's lines with a flag of truce requesting the surrender of the Army of North Virginia. A great war-date manuscript Gettysburg campaign document, 1p. folio: "Requisition for Stationery for use of the Subsistence Department of Genl. A. P. Hill's Division for the Quarter ending 30th June 1863." The main body of the document contains a list of all the necessary supplies used to sustain the bureaucratic needs of Hill's Division while in the field, including: "Six Reams Foolscap Paper…Eight Large Blank Books…One Thousand Envelopes Large Size…Six. Doz. Lead Pencils…One doz. Red Tape…". Boldly signed at the bottom: "Approved By Order Maj. Genl. A. P. Hill. Wm. H. Palmer, a. a. a. Genl.". Near fine.

Estimate: $300 - 400.

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