George W. Getty 1819-1901) Union brigadier general who commanded artillery at Yorktown, Malvern Hill and Antietam. he also commanded forces at Norfolk and Portsmouth. A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. on United States Artillery School letterhead, Fort Monroe, May 9, 1882 to Gen. W. W. Henry declining to attend a reunion of Vermont veterans: sincere wishes that you may live to re New, for many years to come, the memories of the great civil war. Signed with rank, minor glue stain in lower left of second page, not touching text.