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Auction: 313 - Numismatic Collector's Series - Ft. Worth, TX
Lot: 1440

Civil War: James Longstreet American soldier and businessman (1821-1904); one of the greatest Confederate generals, he was considered Robert E Lee´s "war horse;" served at First and Second Manassas, the Seven Days, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Appomattox, where he surrendered with Lee. ALS "J. Longstreet" in pencil, 2-1/2 pages, 8vo, Point Clear, AL, August 5, 1866. To Maj RJ Moses in Columbus, GA, he writes, "I am now here trying to repair damage rec´d from a fall from a runaway horse and buggy...I may be able to make you a visit in the early part of Sept. I don´t think that Mrs Longstreet will be able to go as she is about to lose her old nurse...I am coming on business however as much as pleasure. We want cotton and are not afraid that we shall get more than we can attend to. As much of your cotton comes to N.O. via the river &c, I wish to look for our share. Fairfax writes me that he is looking for you and I in London..." Partial fold splits, stains including paste stain on last page, small hole affects one word without harming legibility. About VG. This letter features a markedly different style of penmanship than Longstreet displayed during most of the war, for here he was forced to write with his left hand after his right one was paralyzed by a shoulder injury suffered in the Battle of the Wilderness. He would regain movement in his right hand some years later.

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