Edmund Kirby Smith (1824-93) West Point graduate who became a CSA general, noted for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department after the fall of Vicksburg. Manuscript document signed ("E. Kirby Smith Col. C.S. Army"), 1p, 6¼ x 7½", with docket, Lynchburg, Virginia, May 13, 1861. A receipt from "Powhatan Robinson aid de camp - M.A. the following Ordnance Stores, Viz. 60,000 musket ball cartridges [and] 100,000 percussion caps." Fine.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
U.S. Civil War
