Nov 09, 2004 - Sale 2021

Sale 2021 - Lot 52

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(CIVIL WAR.) BIRNEY, DAVID BELL. Manuscript Document Signed, "D. B. Birney," as Major General, certifying that J. C. Briscoe has served as his aide-de-camp during the month of August 1864. 1/2 page, single 4to sheet, Tenth Army Corps stationery; usual folds. Virginia, 9 September 1864

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Birney (1825-64) commanded the 10th Army Corps under U. S. Grant. This document was written just 5 weeks before his death, having contracted malaria during the Virginia campaign.