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CONFEDERATE GENERALS An exceptional war-date D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Camp Barton, Va., [ca. September 30, 1861], signed by two scarce Confederate generals and filled out in the hand of an even rarer third general, JAMES DESHLER, wherein he charges Pvt. Cyrus Champ of Co. B., 31st Va. with: "...Violation of the 20th Article of War...that he, having been regularly mustered into the service of the C.S.A. did desert the service of the same... " . Signed by WILLIAM L. (MUDWALL) JACKSON as "Wm. L. Jackson, Lt. Col. Comdg ", in command of the 31st Va. to which the deserter belonged. Along with an A.E.S. on the verso by EDWARD JOHNSON, in full: "Camp Bartow, Sept. 30. 1861. Referred to Genl Comdg. E. Johnson, Col. Comg. Brig.". A truly unusual combination of Confederate generals, rare in war-date material, all on a single piece. Very good condition $2,500-3,500

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