Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
MILROY, Robert Huston (1816-1890), He took part in the western Virginia campaign under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and was promoted to brigadier general on September 3, 1861. He commanded the Cheat Mountain District of the Mountain Department and served as a brigade commander in the Mountain Department during Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862. Milroy commanded another brigade in Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia for the Second Battle of Bull Run. He was promoted to major general on March 10, 1863. Autograph Letter Signed, “R.H. Milroy”, September 27, 1862, 1pp., written “To the Presdt. U.S.,” VG. In large part, “If you should be in want of good material for a Brig. Genl. permit me to recommend to your most favorable consideration Capt. Donn Piatt A. A. Gen. on the staff of Gen. Schenck who possesses in the highest degree all of the requisites for such a Genl. as is needed in these times. -- Plenty of brains -- highly intellectual & cultivated. brave cool & energetic with heart & soul in the cause. Combined with a rich experience of Constant active service in the field since the beginning of the war. No better material for an efficient Brigadier can be found. & the interest of the service cannot be better promoted than by his appointment as such ..” Piatt was promoted to Major, November 4, 1862.
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