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Wm. B. Bate.

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Wm. B. Bate.
Of Tenn. Confederate Maj. Gen., once a Private in the U.S. Army during Mexican War. Advancing from a Mississippi River boat to the state legislature, Bate was an early and strong advocate of secession and states rights, and supporter of Andrew Johnson. Wounded thrice during the war - and having six horses shot from under him (three in one day at Chickamauga) - he declined the governorship of Tenn. in 1863, choosing to fight as long as the enemy was in his state. Postwar Gov. and Sen. In his hand, "Tennessee." At top, in another contemporary hand, "U.S.S. Chamber, Feb. 17, 1904." Mount toned, else excellent.