INVITING A FELLOW OFFICER, MAJOR GENERAL JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE, TO JOIN HIM FOR SUPPER, ALONG WITH GENERALS JAMES LONGSTREET AND SIMON B. BUCKNER ON OCT. 5, 1863, IN AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER

by William Preston

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near Chattanooga, TN : 1863. Single sheet, 19 x 24 cm., folded, a one-page note in pencil, approx. 65 words, signed by Preston. Addressed on one side Immediate & Private- Major Gen'l. Breckenridge, and additionally signed by Preston. Old fold lines, paper strip glued to the blank verso, else very good, legible. Preston's invitation, dated 2 pm, Oct. 5, reads, in part: I have a leg of mutton, & Generals Longstreet & Buckner at 5 to 6 o'clock - Can you come over at 5- If you

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