2024-01 Raynors Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/20/2024
Document, 6-1/2" x 4" signed by Provost Marshal "James C. Sledge" and approved by "Jas. E. Hughes, Lt. & Provost Marshal Rome Georgia", on preprinted form "Confederate States of America, Office of Provost Marshal Opelika, Ala, Sept 2nd 1863, Permission is granted Capt. J.A. Wiggs to visit Summerville Ala. upon honor not to communicate in writing or verbally, anything that may prove detrimental to the Confederate States. " James A. Wiggs, the recipient of these orders, was born on May 17, 1837, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Shortly after the Civil War broke out, he enlisted on May 15, 1861, as a private, and was mustered into the 4th Tennessee Infantry. Governor Isham G. Harris soon promoted him to the position of Assistant Quartermaster General of Tennessee, on June 21, 1861. Afterwards he served the Confederacy in various positions including, Chief of Ordnance, on the staff of General Stephen D. Lee; Chief of Artillery, on the staff of General Francis A Shoup; he surrendered with the garrison at Vicksburg, on July 4, 1863; was captain in the 1st Tennessee Artillery; Chief of Staff, of General Bryan M. Thomas; Chief of Artillery, on the staff of General Marcus J. Wright, in the District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee; and he surrendered with the forces of Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, to Union General E.R.S. Canby, and was paroled at Jackson, Miss., on May 12, 1865. He died at Starkville, Miss., on January 27, 1911, and was buried in Vicksburg. His obituary, and photo can be found in the Confederate Veteran issue of February 1913, where he was described as having a "brilliant record for service and bravery during the four year's struggle."
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