Robert H. Chilton 1816-1879 Confederate brigadier general and Robert E. Lee's Chief of Staff who signed the famous lost order of the Antietam campaign and led forces at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania. A.L. S. 1p. 8vo., Vicksburg, June 10, 1846 to a captain commanding him advising: I found six companies mustered into service and others to fill the complement I respectfully await. . such orders as the general may deem necessary. Light toning, otherwise very good.