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Auction: 313 - Numismatic Collector's Series - Ft. Worth, TX
Lot: 1441

Civil War: James A Seddon American politician (1815-80); served as Secretary of War for the Confederate States of America from late 1862 to the beginning of 1865; earlier, a US Representative from Virginia. Scarce Document Signed "J.A. Seddon" as CSA Secretary of War, 1 page, legal folio, on imprinted War Department form, Richmond, November 29, 1864. He requests from Secretary of the Treasury George Trenholm a warrant for $2000 "in favor of Col. A.G. Taliferro, [sic, Taliaferro] Enrolling officer, 7th Cong. District, University of Va in settlement of his act..." Also signed by Comptroller Louis Cruger and Auditor WHT Taylor. Paste traces at upper left corner, edge wear, VG. Seddon would spend just one more month as Secretary of War, tendering his resignation on January 1, 1865. Col Alexander Galt Taliaferro (pronounced "Tolliver,") had served under TJ "Stonewall" Jackson until he was wounded at Second Manassas and took the recruiting assignment at Charlottesville.

Estimate
$500 to $750