(CIVIL WAR) MAXEY S B Autograph letter Signed

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(CIVIL WAR.) MAXEY, S. B. Autograph letter Signed, to General Marcy J. Wright, thanking him for sending a copy of a speech to the Grand Council of Confederate Indians and detailing his and Marmaduke's Civil War promotions and ranks. 3 pages, 2 single 8vo sheets; tipped to a larger sheet. Paris, TX, 30 October 1879

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" . . . I was placed on duty with that rank & so continued to the close of the war, commanding a Division of Cavalry at the surrender of West Miss. Dept. near Hampton . . . I was not only Supt of Indian affairs but Commdr of that District & all the Forces therein from about Dec. 23, 1863 till I think Aprl 1865 when I was assigned to a Division of Cavalry . . . I care very little for these things, but if my name is used I want it used right . . ."