[ Autographs ] HENRY W. HALLECK (1815 - 1872) Union major general, Lincoln's General in Chief and advisor, he was a major administrator in the prosecution of the war against the Confederates. A.L.S. on Head Quarters Military Division of the James letterhead, 1p. 8vo., Richmond, June 8, 1865, in full: "Will Dr. Palmer please call & see myboy who is quite unwell this morning. Yours truly H. W. Halleck M. G.Com'g". Slight mounting trace at lower-left, far from text, otherwise very good.