Auction Date:2012 Dec 12 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Union general (1819–1898) who, after a long string of victories, was defeated at Chickamauga and relieved of his command. War-dated ALS signed “W. S. Rosecrans, Majr Gen,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, March 30, 1865. Letter to a New York editor. In full: “I was about to say friend—as I so esteem you not having the opportunity to call and say it to you in person. I cannot leave the city without dropping you a line to thank you for the many friendly things you have said and written to defend from unjust assaults the services and character of your fellow country man, and friend.” Letter is inlaid to a 7 x 10 off-white sheet. In fine condition.
Though ‘Old Rosy’ was a gifted tactician and highly respected general among his men, he lost the support of U. S. Grant midway through the Civil War when he made a fatal mistake at the Battle of Chickamauga. With 16,000 Union soldiers lost and Chattanooga opened up to Confederate attacks under Bragg, Grant relieved Rosecrans from his duties. Widely considered a disappointment and a failure, he was reassigned to Missouri and left awaiting orders that never came; after years of resentment, he eventually resigned his commission in the army in 1867. Grateful for the support of a New York editor, the disgraced general sent this kind note as his ambitions of military greatness were coming to a close. An excellent war-dated letter from a one-time integral part of the Union forces.
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