780. CHARLES GRIFFIN (1825-1867) Union major general who fought from Bull Run to Appomattox, leading a division at Gettysburg and in the pursuit of Lee after Petersburg. War-date A.L.S. "Chas. Griffin", adding rank as Brevet Major Gen., 2pp. 8vo., "Headquarters 5th Corps", [Washington], May, 23, 1865 addressed to Col. Francis J. Parker, former commander of the 32nd Mass. Vols., concerning needing a job after the war. In part: "...I am glad beyond description that the war is ended for I have always been mightily afraid that I would be maimed or killed. Glory don't pay...it will not clothe the babies or feed a family...I shall have to look for something to do for I am only a captain in the regular service just where I stood when the war commenced. What I can turn my hand to I am at a loss to know...I neither have capital or credit. The end of the war has been a glorious one. I wish you could have witnessed the grand review. They passed off splendidly...Sherman has the finest looking army..." Unfortunately, Griffin died of yellow fever two years after the end of the war. From the personal archive of Col. Francis J. Parker. Usual folds, else very good. $300-400