DS as president, one page, 15 x 18, March 13, 1863. President Lincoln appoints Francis A. Walker “Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers with the rank of Major.” Signed at the bottom in black ink “Abraham Lincoln,” and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Beautifully gilt suede matted and framed with a portrait of Lincoln and a biographical plaque, to an overall size of 35.5 x 27. Francis Amasa Walker was promoted assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of captain, Sept. 14, 1861, in Gen. D. N. Couch's first division, 4th army corps; adjutant-general, with the rank of major, Aug. 11, 1862, and lieutenant-colonel on the staff of 2d army corps, Dec. 23, 1862, serving on the staffs of Generals Couch, Warren and Hancock. He was severely wounded by a shell at Chancellorsville, May 1, 1863; captured at Reams's station, Aug. 25, 1864, and confined for a short time in Libby prison. He was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general, U.S.V., for "gallantry and good conduct," and mustered out of service, Jan. 12, 1865, on account of disability resulting from his imprisonment. He later was superintendent of the U.S. Census at 30, one of the first presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), president of the American Statistical Association and the first president of the American Economic Association, (which, before the days of the Nobel Memorial prize, would award the "Walker Medal" to leading economists for lifetime achievements).Ê Walker was also an economics professor at Yale and head of the statistical bureau of the U.S. Treasury. In fine condition, with expected document folds, intact seal, docketing to top left corner and two impressive vignettes. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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