2022-11 Raynors HCA Auction
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HUMES, William Young Conn (1830 - 1882) was an American educator, lawyer, and soldier. He served as a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War, in which he was wounded twice, and fought mainly in the Western Theater of the conflict. Autograph Letter Signed "W. Y. Humes" 1pp., datelined Hd Qrs Humes Brigade, Dalton Ga. Feby 22nd 1864. In large part, "In this brigade each regiment is armed with guns of different calibers. Scarcely a company has arms of uniform caliber. This produces great confusion and increase the difficulty of keeping men supplied with suitable ammunition. I respectfully suggest and ask an order from army 265. Also to establish uniformity in different regiments by arming each with the same gun or arms as follows: to the 8th Confederate, pistols and sabers, to the 1st branch loading guns and sabers, to the 3rd confederate the Austrian rifle, and to the 10th confederate Enfield rifle."
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