2022-01 Raynors HCA Auction
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SIMONS, James (1813-1879) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. The speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives when the war broke out, he was appointed by President Jefferson Davis as the first general officer of the Confederacy. As brigadier general of South Carolina Militia Fourth Infantry Brigade, he led the first attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. 9" x 8", blank paper folder in three, Signed on center panel, "James Simons April 1841". ... plus, CDV, vignetted chest up with ink ID on the albumen paper and Anthony backmark.
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