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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1079

Custer, George Armstrong Desirable Civil War-date Autograph Note Signed "GA Custer / Brig Genl," in pencil, 2/3 page, 8vo, Sandy Hook, (MD), September 14, 1864. After rushing from Washington, where he had enjoyed a few brief days with his wife, Libby, to join Gen Philip Sheridan at Harpers Ferry, WV, he wires back to Mr. Stires at the Metropolitan Hotel, asking him to "Call at the National and get an express package for me." Marginal stains and foxing, irregular left edge, VG. Sheridan had summoned his daring cavalry commander in haste after Gen Ulysses S Grant ordered Sheridan to get back to the business of neutralizing Confederate General Jubal Early, who had been making raids into West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The armies soon clashed for a third time at Winchester, VA, on September 19. Sheridan and Custer were victorious in the battle, after which the Union would have the upper hand in the Shenandoah Valley, ultimately erasing the threat posed by Early´s forces.

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