2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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SIMONS, James (1813-1879) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. The speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives when the war broke out, he was appointed by President Jefferson Davis as the first general officer of the Confederacy. As brigadier general of South Carolina Militia Fourth Infantry Brigade, he led the first attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. Document Signed, "Hon. James Simons" on Office of the Master Chancery legal document, July 27, 1859, scheduling a meeting and approving associated expenses. In October 1862, during the Civil War, the Simons house was loaned to Gen. Pierr
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