Lot 113
113. CONFEDERATE GENERALS An outstanding document signed by nine Confederate generals and other important military and political figures, 2pp. 8vo. On senate letterhead, Washington, June 17, 1879, a letter of recommendation for an attorney, ex-Confederate E. Willoughby Anderson. Among those signing are Confederate Generals JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, WADE HAMPTON, SAMUEL B. MAXEY, JOHN T. MORGAN, WILLIAM H. FORNEY, CHARLES M. SHELLEY, JOHN B. CLARK, RANDALL LEE GIBSON, JOHN STUART WILLIAMS and MATTHEW W. RANSOM, also signed by Union Major General AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE, CSA Gov. of Tennessee ISHAM G. HARRIS, Confederate Senators AUGUSTUS H. GARLAND and GEORGE G. VEST, Confederate Major BENJAMIN F. JONAS and CSA Florida Adjt. Gen. WILKINSON CALL. Pinhole at one corner, light soiling, else every good. Frankly, we've never seen so many Confederate generals on a single document! $800-1,200
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