Certifying payment for himself for a month's service, in a partly printed document, complete in manuscript and signed 31 December 1848, at West Point.
1848. Broadside document, 9 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches, a pay request for himself, a "white" servant, and his horse for the month of December, 1848. Smith, a native of Kentucky, was an 1843 graduate of West Point; he was brevetted three time in the Mexican War, served as an instructor at West Point, and worked on fortifications around the country, resigning his commission in 1854 to work as a civil engineer. Commissioned Major General, he commanded a wing of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Peninsular campaign, but resigned in a tiff with Jefferson Davis in early 1863, accepting command of the Georgia militia, holding it through Sherman's advance. Folded (a few short splits at folds). Very good. (800). Item #53729
Price: $300.00