Raynor HCA 2014-01
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STONE John Marshall (1830-1900) was an American politician from Mississippi who served longer as Governor of that state than anyone else, from 1876 to 1882 and again from 1890 to 1896. With the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Stone enlisted in the Confederate States Army that April. He commanded Company K of the Second Mississippi Infantry and saw action in Virginia. Stone, who had the rank of colonel, was placed in command of another regiment due to a reorganization in 1862. Colonel Stone was offered a promotion to major general, but he declined since it meant leaving his regiment. He and his unit were captured in early 1865 and held prisoner in Kentucky, Camp Chase, Ohio, and then finally Johnson's Island, Ohio. Autograph Letter Signed, one page on Executive Department letterhead, 8vo, Jackson, Mississippi, February 18, 1880, to Alice A. Johnson, Providence, Rhode Island, reading, "In compliance with your request I have the honor to refer you to the above representation of the Mississippi Coat of Arms, to the seal below, and to attach herewith the autograph of Your Obedient Servant, J. M. Stone. Governor of Miss." John M. Stone, former Confederate colonel, began undoing Reconstruction legislation as fast as he could. Very fine condition.
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