Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 93

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) General Orders No. 3 . . . An Act to Provide for the Appointment of a General in Chief. One printed page, 7 3/4 x 5 inches, plus integral blank leaf, signed in type by Samuel Cooper as adjutant; minor toning, faint inked "Rebel Archives" stamp as usual. (MRS) Richmond, VA, 6 February 1865
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The Confederate Army printing of the act appointing Robert E. Lee as General in Chief. This was a desperate measure to shift power from Jefferson Davis to Lee during the final months of the war.