Rare War-date Usage of General John B. Gordon AES

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GORDON, John Brown(1832-1904) was an attorney, a slaveholding plantation owner, general in the Confederate States Army, and politician in the postwar years. By the end of the Civil War, he had become "one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted generals."War-date Confederate Autograph Endorsement Signed "J.B. Gordon Maj. Gen. Comdg" Headquarters 2nd Corps, Army Northern Virginia, March 5, 1865, who adds "Respectfully ford approved." 1pp. oblong octavo. Fine condition.

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