Willcox, O.B.

OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 1ST DIVISION, 9TH ARMY CORPS; / THE TIME HAS COME WHEN WE MUST ALL SEPARATE / [5 paragraphs of text] / YOUR GENERAL / BIDS YOU A SAD BUT PROUD FAREWELL.

Washington DC: Special Orders no. 57, 25 July 1865. Broadside, 9 1/4 x 8 inches. Folded as for filing, but very good. Item #41236

Willcox's farewell address to his division which he commanded at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Knoxville, and all of Grant's battles in the campaign to Richmond, Petersburg, and Appomattox, 1864-1865. "The red Shield of the Division shines with full lustre and reflects a glory upon all who have fought under it."

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