59. JUDAH P. BENJAMIN Rare war date A.L.S. as Secretary of War, 1p. 4to. on Confederate War Department letterhead, Richmond, Mar. 12, 1862 to Capt. Lallenstadt of the 22nd Georgia Volunteers informing him that "It is not possible for me to detach your Company from its present requirements to which it was attached by the Governor of Georgia -- If however Governor Brown thinks proper to put a new company into the Regiment in the place of yours..." Light usual folds, otherwise fine. $1,000-1,500