Civil War JACKSON STONEWALL Autograph Letter Signed T J Jack

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WAR-DATE ALS AS BRIGADIER GENERAL JACKSON, "STONEWALL." Autograph Letter Signed, "T. J. Jackson / Brig Genl P.A.C.S." to Major S. Bassett French, asking for his assistance in the return of VMI cadet muskets from Capt. Updike's company. 1 page, single small sheet (approximately 3 3/4x4 inches) apparently torn from a small field notebook, with the left edge ragged; mounted. "Near Fairfax Station," 26 September 1861

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rare als written in the field just a few weeks after bull run.
"Your letter of the 20th Inst has been received, and in reply, I regret to say that Capt Updike's Company has not turned in the cadet muskets, and I fear that I will be unable to forward them to the V.M.I. until their place can be supplied with other percussion muskets. I am very desirous of having them returned, and have made efforts to effect that object but in vain . . ."
This letter was published and illustrated in Guy Carlton Lee's 1903 True History of the Civil War, as an example of the early war ordnance deficiencies faced by the Provisonal Army of the Confederate States. The rifles referred to in the letter were U.S. model 1851 VMI cadet muskets.