Kentucky-born Union general (1822–1892) remembered for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run. ALS signed “Jno. Pope,” two pages on two lined adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, Headquarters Department of the Missouri letterhead, October 31, 1871. Letter to General A. S. Williams. In part: “I accept with great pleasure the invitation to be present as a guest at the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland…I have been anxious to attend…to testify my grateful feeling for the kind consideration which has always been shown me by its members & by that Army generally.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature, scattered toning and soiling to the borders, and small cuts to the left edge. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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