2020-09 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2020
Great war-date Confederate citizen's petition, 2pp. 8vo., written by William G. Sterrett, Staunton, Va., Sept. 25, [1862], and signed by two of her leading citizens including, Confederate General JEB Stuart's cousin, Honorable ALEXANDER H. H. STUART (1807-1891), to Secretary of War George W. Randolph, reading, in part: "We feel compelled by a sense of public duty to report…that commissary [Capt. Francis William] Henderson of this post is now in a condition of intoxication which utterly unfits him for duty…our town is now covered with wounded soldiers who are neglected in the most shameful manner & very much dependent on the charity of our citizens…(Wm. G. Sterrett) witnessed…Commissary Henderson riding in a state of intoxication through a crowd of wounded soldiers, rode down one of them down, causing him to lie for some time in a state of insensibility. We would also invite an investigation into the habits of several of the quarter masters & surgeons in this section of the state…Wm. G. Sterrett, J. C. Bowzer, Alex. H. H. Stuart." Light spotting, else VG.
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