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WILLIAM H. T. WALKER L.S.

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WILLIAM H. T. WALKER L.S.
<b>113. WILLIAM H. T. WALKER</b> (1816 - 1864) Confederate major general who commanded a brigade at Pensacola. Walker, a much admired leader, was killed in action before Atlanta. Rare war-date L.S. adding rank and holograph postscript, 1p. 4to., "<i>Camp Walker</i>", Jan. 8, 1862 to Col. and A. & I. Gen. H. C. Wayne in Georgia. Walker advises that he has appointed Octavus C. Myers to serve as his assistant adjutant general, and asks that the man's commission be back-dated to December 25, 1861. Fine condition, expertly inlaid.<b> $1,200-1,500</b>