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1169: William Sherman Autograph Letter Signed UAC

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Civil War Union General. Autograph Document Signed, one page, 7.75" x 9.75". Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi, In the Field, Raleigh, N.C., April 19, 1865. In full, "Major W.F. Haines of Genl Bowens Staff, a paroled officer with a servant & Mule has permission to travel with his horse and personal Baggage to any place within our Lines en route to his home in Missouri." Signed, "W.T. Sherman/Maj Gen Comdg," In excellent condition.Confederate Major William F. Haines served as Quartermaster in the First Missouri Regiment under the command of General John S. Bowen. Just before the fall of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, Maj. Haines was ordered by Gen. Bowen to destroy all remaining unissued Confederate currency to keep it from falling into Union hands. To relieve him of the responsibility of accounting for the destroyed bills, on February 16, 1864, Pres. Jefferson Davis signed a joint resolution of the Confederate Congress "providing for the relief of Maj. W.F. Haines." In full, "Whereas, W. F. Haines, Quartermaster of Major General Bowen's division, immediately before the capitulation of Vicksburg was consummated, destroyed a large sum of treasury notes belonging to the Government to prevent said notes from falling into the hands of the public enemy: And whereas, the Treasury Department has no legal authority to give credit for the notes so destroyed: Therefore, Major W. F. Haines to have credit at the treasury for treasury notes destroyed. Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the Treasury Department give the said Major W. F. Haines, in the settlement of his accounts as said quartermaster, credit for the amount of treasury notes belonging to the Government, which he may show by satisfactory evidence, to have been destroyed by him at Vicksburg, by order of Major General Bowen." Gen. Bowen, 32 years old, was captured at Vicksburg and then fell ill with dysentery. He was paroled and died in an army ambulance on July 12, 1863.

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