(CIVIL WAR) FLOYD JOHN BUCHANAN Letter Signed as Secretary o

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TO JEFFERSON DAVIS (CIVIL WAR.) FLOYD, JOHN BUCHANAN. Letter Signed, as Secretary of War, to Jefferson Davis, written just a few months prior to secession, the letter responds to Davis's request for a commission for the son of William Jones. 1 page, single 4to sheet. Washington, 11 December 1860

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Floyd's service as Secretary of War under President Buchanan became controversial at the time of secession, when Northern Congressmen accused Floyd of diverting U. S. troops to far away posts and sending excess arms and materials to Southern forts. He was commissioned a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army on 23 May 1861 and after 2 years of command and several battles he retired from service and died in August 1863.