John Warwick Daniel letter to John Letcher [manuscript], 1862 September 29.

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John Warwick Daniel letter to John Letcher [manuscript], 1862 September 29.

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Daniel, a 1st Lieutenant in the 11th Regiment Virginia Volunteers requests a letter of recommendation from Letcher, reminding him that he had been recommended for promotion after the battle of Mannassas by General John Echols but had been too young to accept the appointment. He is now seeking promotion after being wounded at Antietam and encloses a letter of recommendation from Lt. Col. Langhorne (not present)

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Echols, John, 1823-1896

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 11th

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Daniel, John W. (John Warwick), 1842-1910

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Daniel was born and educated at Lynchburg, Virginia, served in the Confederate Army and practised law afterwards. He was a member of Congress from 1885-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1910. From the description of Papers, 1849-1910 (inclusive), 1865-1910 (bulk). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122471372 John Warwick Daniel (1842-1910) was prominent in Virginia and national political circles. He served as a representative and senator both on a state ...

Virginia. Governor (1860-1864 : Letcher)

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Governor John Letcher was born on March 29, 1813, in Lexington, Va. Letcher graduated from Randolph Macon in 1833, where he studied law. He participated in the State Constitutional Convention of 1850 and was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1852. Letcher served in Congress until 1859 when he was elected governor of Virginia. Shortly after the Virginia Convention of 1861 passed the ordinance of secession on April 17, 1861, he ordered state troops to seize the Harper's Ferry arsenal and the Go...

Letcher, John, 1813-1884

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, Va., to President Buchanan, 1860 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591184 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lexington, Va., to Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, 1813-1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590807 Native of Virginia; graduate of Washington College; lawyer, newspaper editor, presidential elector in 1848, and member of Virginia's constitutional c...

Langhorne, Maurice Scaisbrooke, 1823-1908.

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