William B. Franklin 1823-1903 Union major general blamed for the Union debacle at Fredericksburg and nearly captured by Jubal Early. A L.S. 2pp. 8vo., Hartford, May 12, 1882 declining an invitation to a Vermont veterans reunion: there will be no assemblage on that day at which there will be braver men I never cease to remember the Vermont troops in the 6th Corps. Mounting remnants on blank last page with negligible show-through not affecting text.