LEROY P. WALKER
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(1817 - 1884) First Confederate Secretary of War, resigned in 1861 due to poor health and was made a brigadier general serving in Alabama and Florida. Superb content war-date A.D.S., 1p. 8vo., Tuscumbia, Mar. 10, 1862 in pencil to Gen. DANIEL RUGGLES. In full: 'My house was burned to the ground last night with every thing in it - [I] ask permission to visit Huntsville to make preparations for family answer [to] L. P. Walker' One the verso, Ruggles dockets the dispatch with Walker's name and the time the message was received. Some old hinges on verso, light foxing and slight show-through of Ruggles' docket, else very good. Walker would quit the Confederate Army the same month, but later return in April 1864 to serve as a military judge.
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LEROY P. WALKER
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