General Order, No. 1.
Bolivar, TN: Head-Quarters, Com'dr of the Post, 1862 November 3. Handbill. Small 8vo (5" X 7 3/4"). Very good. Clean and nice, though bottom and left margins heavily chipped, not affecting text. Item #22500
Mason Brayman announces his taking command of the Post of Bolivar, per Major General J.B. McPherson's order, and lists the several regiments that will report to this headquarters. Signed in type at the conclusion by M. Brayman as "Brig Gen'l Commanding Post." Brayman (1813-95) was a New York attorney who migrated to Michigan, then Illinois -- where in 1848 when Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress and moved to Washington he rented the Lincoln's home. He served with the 29th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and rose to major general during a short but heroic career, after the war editing the "Illinois State Journal" and n 1876 appointed Governor of the Idaho Territory. Given the crude typesetting, quite possibly printed on a field press. Very scarce.
Price: $195.00