2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (1821-1891) was an American politician and lawyer, as well as general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Gartrell served in the United States House of Representatives (1857-1861). He resigned from his second term in 1861 to form the Seventh Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry in the Confederate army during the Civil War. In 1862, Gartrell was elected to the Confederate Congress and served in that capacity until 1864. In 1864, he was appointed as a brigadier general in the Confederate forces. Clipped signature at closing of a letter, “Very Respectfully, Your ob. srvt. Lucius Gartrell” ... plus a slip of paper in his hand, “House of Reps.Decr 9, 1858.”
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