Raynors HCA 2019-05
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WHEELER, Joseph "Fighting Joe" (1836-1906) was an American military commander and politician. He is known for having served both as a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and then as a general in the United States Army during both the Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War near the turn of the twentieth century. For much of the Civil War he served as the senior cavalry general in the Army of Tennessee and fought in most of its battles in the Western Theater. Between the Civil War and the Spanish–American War, Wheeler served multiple terms as a United States Representative from the state of Alabama as a Democrat. Document Signed “Joseph Wheeler” January 18, 1906, being a check issued to Henry Romeike Inc for $3.81. Fine condition....plus; HUNTON II, Eppa (September 22, 1822 – October 11, 1908) was a Virginia lawyer and soldier who rose to become a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and after the war helped revitalize the state's Democratic party and won election both to the United States House of Representatives and then the United States Senate from Virginia. His autobiography (which he finished in 1904), originally only for family use and 100 copies of which were printed by his son in 1929, is a perspective on Virginia life in the 19th century. Autograph Document Signed “Eppa Hunton” June 22, 1854, being a check issued to Miss Margaret Norville for $40. Fine condition.
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