Matthew W. Ransom 1826-1904 Confederate brigadier general who fought in the Seven Days, Sharpsburg and Petersburg, wounded three times in the process. A.L.S. on Senate letterhead, 1p. 4to., Washington, Jan. 18, 1888 to Mr. Hutches presenting young Josephus Daniels as a young gentleman of your great profession no man in our state has greater promise Daniels would, of course, later become Wilson's Secretary of the Navy. Fine. E3000-500