Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848 who later led the Union's Irish Brigade during the Civil War (1823-1867). Scarce Civil War–dated ALS signed “Robert Nugent, Col. 69 Regt. N.Y.C., Meagher's Irish Brigade,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, January 17, 1863. Handwritten letter to "Adjt. Gen'l Sprague," in part: "Lieut. John Dillon Mulhall, late of the Irish Papal Brigade, has been appointed by me as First Lieut. in the Sixty-Ninth Regt. N. Y. Vols., vice Bermingham, killed at battle of Fredericksburg. I would feel under many obligations should his Excellency Gov. Seymour confirm said appointment and forward his commission at your earliest convenience." Endorsed on the integral leaf by Meagher, in full: "Fully and most cordially approved by the undersigned. Thomas Francis Meagher, Brigadier General, Commanding the Irish Brigade." In fine condition, with small splits to folds. Robert Nugent, an Irish-born American U.S. Army officer, was wounded in action at Fredericksburg and brevetted a brigadier general at war's end.
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