Raynors HCA 2020-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2020
A great war-date packet of attached Virginia Cavalry documents being, (5) five partly-printed requisition forms, ca. mid 1863, oblong 8vo. and 4to., on typical coarse pulp Confederate paper, all related to resupplying the 3rd Virginia Cavalry, Fitz-Hugh Lee's Cavalry Brigade, Army of Norther Virginia, with locations including Culpeper, Court House, Orange Court House and Brandy Station, Va., issued by Capt. John A. Selden, including resupplying his regiment a requisition immediately following the Battle of Brandy Station, Va. while, at least, one document is signed by Confederate Gen. Ewell staff officer, Major William J. Hawks (1814-1873). Hawks served as Stonewall Jackson's commissary, before that general's death, while also serving on the staffs of preeminent Confederate commanders Robert E. Lee and Jubal Early. Bound together with period organic animal glue with upper left corner removed, perhaps as a cancel, else VG.
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