Raynors HCA 2019-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2019
CVD of Earl Van Dorn, vignetted, backmark by Gurney NYC., VG. Earl Van Dorn (September 17, 1820 – May 7, 1863) was a United States Army officer and great-nephew of Andrew Jackson, fighting with distinction during the Mexican–American War, against several tribes of Native Americans, and in the Western theater of the American Civil War as a Confederate general officer. The former military installation Camp Van Dorn is named for him. ... In May 1863, he was shot dead at his headquarters at Spring Hill by a doctor who claimed that Van Dorn had carried on an affair with his wife.
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