(1828 – 1864) Confederate brigadier general and brigade commander, at the Battle of Raymond, on May 12, 1863, his 3000-man brigade fought a tough 6-hour battle against the XVII Corps under McPherson. Later he fought at Chickamauga and in the East, killed in action before Petersburg. Rare A.E.S. 2pp. legal folio, Fairfield, TX, ‘Fall Term A.D. 1860’, a certification at the conclusion of a legal writ in the case of Sam Nesbit v. C. E. Shelton, in full: ‘I hereby certify that the foregoing statement contains all the material facts found in the trial of said course. Done in the court. John Gregg Dist. Judge &c’. Folds, else very good