Nov 29, 2012 - Sale 2296

Sale 2296 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 4,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(CIVIL WAR.) CUSTER, GEORGE A. Autograph Endorsement Signed, "G.A. Custer / Brig Genl," approving a 35-day furlough for William A. Irwin of the First Michigan Cavalry: "Approved & respectfully forwarded." Additionally endorsed by Judson Kilpatrick as Brigadier General, directly below Custer's signature. Several other Union officer endorsements on the same page. 1 page, 4to; folds. "Head Qrs 2nd Rg 3d DivCC," 27 December 1863

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Custer served under Kilpatrick during the Gettysburg Campaign and through the balance of 1863.