2020-07 2 sessions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/23/2020
War-date Manuscript Letter Signed, "F.T. Gayden 1st Lieut. Commanding Comp. E." 4pp. octavo, November 11, 1863, Atlanta, and reads in part: "...The bearer hereof Robert Baker a private in Capt. Whitaker's Company 2nd Regt. State Guards aged 33 years 5 feet 9 inches high fair complexion blue eyes lite hair and by profession a farmer born in the county of Fayette State of Georgia & enlisted at Fayetteville, Georgia on the 4th day of August 1863 to serve for the period of six months is hereby permitted to go to his home in the County Fayette...he having received a furlough..." With endorsements by Surgeons J.S. Holliday & J.C. Tucker (3 times). Also contains endorsements by Lieutenant Colonel William P. Beasley of the 2nd Georgia State Guard and by W.H. Lanier A.A.G who was later Killed in Action in July 1864 at Sunshine Church, after being transferred to the 2nd Georgia Cavalry. Very good condition.
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