WRITTEN SOON AFTER HIS VICTORY AND INJURIES AT FORT DONELSON

Sale 2139 - Lot 22

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WRITTEN SOON AFTER HIS VICTORY AND INJURIES AT FORT DONELSON (CIVIL WAR.) FOOTE, ANDREW H. Brief Autograph Letter Signed, "A.H. Foote," to an unnamed recipient ("My dear Professor"), in full: "I thank you for your kind note of congratulation and had I time I would send as long a letter in response, but I am overpressed & overworked but I send more good autographs which will be even more acceptable." 1 page, 8vo; remnants of prior mounting along right edge verso, minor soiling, inlaid, folds. Cairo, 2 March 1862

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Foote (1806-1863) was a naval officer involved in the attacks on Forts Henry and Donelson in 1862.