Autograph Letter Signed to the Secretary of War Leroy P. Walker recommending Captain George Harrison for a new command.
Sabot Hill, [VA]: 4 September 1861. 2 pp., with integral leaf (201 x 127 mm). Endorsed by Harrison. The future Confederate Secretary of War writes to the present one introducing "…my friend and fellow Countryman Captn. George Harrison late of the Goochland Cavalry serving at Manassas, where he had the privilege of participating in the perils and honor of our late victory. Captn. Harrison is an officer of distinguished gallantry, merit and zeal, and since the commencement of the War, as well as for some time previous as on officer of Volunteers, has had experience in cavalry service…Having from circumstance…been disengaged from his late Command, he is unwilling to remain idle or inactive in the momentous struggle for in some appropriate Command. I feel sure a more efficient officer as Major or Lieut. Colonel of Cavalry could not be found readily…" Following the mention of Manassas, Harrison adds an asterisk leading to a note on the facing page in his hand, adding: "It may be proper to remark that the writer does not intend by this language to overlook the fact that Gen. Ewell's command, to which I was attached, had not the honor of participation in the actual conflict. G.F.H."
Autograph Letter Signed to the Secretary of War Leroy P. Walker recommending Captain George Harrison for a new command.
Sabot Hill, [VA]: 4 September 1861. 2 pp., with integral leaf (201 x 127 mm). Endorsed by Harrison. The future Confederate Secretary of War writes to the present one introducing "…my friend and fellow Countryman Captn. George Harrison late of the Goochland Cavalry serving at Manassas, where he had the privilege of participating in the perils and honor of our late victory. Captn. Harrison is an officer of distinguished gallantry, merit and zeal, and since the commencement of the War, as well as for some time previous as on officer of Volunteers, has had experience in cavalry service…Having from circumstance…been disengaged from his late Command, he is unwilling to remain idle or inactive in the momentous struggle for in some appropriate Command. I feel sure a more efficient officer as Major or Lieut. Colonel of Cavalry could not be found readily…" Following the mention of Manassas, Harrison adds an asterisk leading to a note on the facing page in his hand, adding: "It may be proper to remark that the writer does not intend by this language to overlook the fact that Gen. Ewell's command, to which I was attached, had not the honor of participation in the actual conflict. G.F.H."
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