Union cavalry officer (1826–1863) whose troops fired the first shots at Gettysburg. He fell ill shortly thereafter, likely stricken with typhoid, and passed away before the year’s end. LS signed “Jno Buford,” one lightly-lined page, 8 x 9.75, New York City, October 4, 1857. Letter to Colonel Jonathan Munroe. In part, “As I passed through Chicago I saw Lt. Wood sick in bed. He gave me in my charge one of your trunks which had been left on some account or other yesterday….The day after in St. Louis I had a bilious attack which confined me to bed for 11 days…At Detroit I took the fever…which still hangs on to me.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature. Handwritten correspondence from Buford is quite uncommon and this example presents an interesting discussion of sickness and fever—of which a later instance would take his life. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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