Lot 127
(James A. Garfield) (1831-1881), 20th President of the United States (1881), assassinated. Ohio congressman, Major General Union Army, a group of five letters/documents relating to S.H. Cole (subject of the Garfield letter in lot 125), including an 1865 letter to Garfield recommending Cole to be a captain; a letter from Garfield in the hand of an adjutant; an 1862 letter to Cole ordering him "take every Negro man within one mile of said camp and report him in person to me…", said Negroes to be used to build a stockade as a defence against the enemy and to be released to their masters as soon as said work is completed, mixed condition but the group offers good insight pertaining to the Civil War.
Estimate 500 - 750
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