September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
DRAYTON, Thomas Fenwick (1809-1891) was a plantation owner, politician, railroad president, and military officer, serving in the United States Army and then as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. At the Battle of Port Royal , troops under his command at Fort Beauregard and Fort Walker came under attack by ships of the Union Navy, including the USS Pocahontas, commanded by his brother, Percival Drayton. Bond for the "Charleston and Savannah Rail Road" issued December 19, 1856, signed by THOMAS DRAYTON as President. Nice locomotive vignette at top with attached coupons. Fine condition.
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