Raynor HCA 2014-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/30/2014
Unusual three page printed letter, “Head Quarters, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Middle Military Div., Nov. 6, 1864., under the printed signature of Thomas C. Devin, Brevet Brigadier-General.” Very handsome with script type font, VG. In small part, “At the Battle of Opequan, after charging and routing a superior force of the enemy’s cavalry in your front, you whirled like a thunderbolt on the left of his lines and rode them done in the face of withering fire ... capturing over 500 prisoners and five battle flags ... You have captured during this short campaign, twenty-four guns, nine battle flags in action and over one thousand prisoners ...”
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