FRANCIS M. COCKRELL
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(1834 - 1915) Confederate brigadier general captured at Vicksburg and later returned to fight under Hood at Atlanta. Later a U.S. Senator for Missouri. A.L.S. 'F.M. Cockrell', 1p. 4to. Washington D.C., Feb. 15, 1879, to Gen. Marcus J. Wright (1831-1922) Confederate brigadier general who was appointed by the War Department years after the war to collect Confederate military records. In full: '...Your favor duly received. General George C. Bingham is now making his home at Columbia, Boone Co. Mo., where a letter will reach him...' Expertly inlaid to a sheet, fine condition. George C. Bingham (1811-1879) was a Missouri politician, instrumental in keeping the state from joining the Confederacy,and served as adjutant general of Missouri after the war.
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