Military engineer (1835–1910) who rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate army. Civil War–dated endorsement by Porter penned on the reverse of a letter from a lieutenant in Ramsay’s Battery requesting a leave of absence, one page, 8 x 9, February 22, 1865. Porter’s handwritten endorsement, in full: “Hd Qrs Arty 1st Corps, Feb 22nd 1865. Resp forwarded, Approved. E. P. Alexander, Brig Genl Chf Arty.” The original letter, signed “E. Meyers,” requests a three-week leave of absence “to attend the removal of my Negroes, and other property, from my home in the western part of North Carolina now threatened by the enemy.” Several other officers have endorsed the reverse in addition to Alexander. Light creases and toning, show-through from writing to opposing sides, and Alexander’s endorsement light but legible, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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