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Four CDVs, Including Staff Officer BBGs: Alexander Perry, Joseph A. Potter, William R. Price, Theodore Read, KIA
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Four CDVs, Including Staff Officer BBGs: Alexander Perry, Joseph A. Potter, William R. Price, Theodore Read, KIA
4/30/2014 - Firearms and Militaria: Live Salesroom Auction
Lot of 4: Bvt. Brig. Gen. Alexander J. Perry, Col. & QM officer, held charge of the Bureau of Clothing and Equipage for the majority of the war, carte ink signed on recto, with faded studio stamp on verso. Bvt. Brig Gen. Joseph Adams Potter, Col. & QM officer, in charge of the forts and prisons in the West for much of the war, ink signed on recto. Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Redwood Price, Maj., AAG, & Asst. Inspector General of the Cavalry Bureau, earlier Capt. 3rd. Penn. Cav., after the war rose to Lt. Col. 6th US Cav., carte by H. Glosser. Bvt. Brig. Gen. Theodore Read, Lt. Col., AAG, Chief of Staff, Army of the James, rose from Pvt. 12th Illinois Inf., KIA April 6, 1865 at the Battle of High Bridge, just three days before Lee's surrender.
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