Alexander S. Webb (1835 1911) Union brigadier general who held the "Bloody Angle against Picketts charge at Gettysburg War date A.L. S. on Headquarters 2nd Brig. 2n Div. 2nd Corps letterhead, 2pp. 8vo., Sep. 6, 1863 to Col. J. B. Swaine. In part You were kind enough to offer Mr Meade an appointment in your regt as Lieut there seems to be a hitch somewhere it arises from the old dispute within the War Dept. [Meade] will make a good officer Neatly inlaid fine