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CIVIL WAR -- Gen. Orlando B. Willcox.

Autographed Letter Signed.

Sacketts Harbor, NY 1882 Union brigadier general wounded and captured at Bull Run and held hostage for C.S.A. privateers. Autographed letter signed "O.B. Willcox," to Gen. Brackett. 4 pages, 8vo (tears along folds, some soiling). Sacketts Harbor, NY, Sept. 27, 1882. unbound very good "...I wrote you a note which I hope reached you safely from Prescott to Grant or Milbery, appreciative of your valuable service in Arizona & your loyalty to me. I think if your friend Carr had pursued a similar career to that followed by yourself, Shafter & Evans, he would have come out much better...Sherman, who has been here to see us, says he intends to relieve the 10th by the 21st next summer & to keep two Infantry regiments East if possible..."

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