Large framed American Civil War archive containing a letter and envelope from Confederate States of America soldier Colonel Alfred Holt Colquitt (6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry), to Colonel William M. Tarver dated July 11, 1862, together with a transcription, promotion for Frederick D. Wimberly, dated July 1, 1862, and with reproduction portrait of Colquitt. Certificate of Authenticity for The Lenneth R. Laurence Galleries en verso. Note: There were two Frederick (Fred) D. Wimberlys serving in the 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry and both from Twiggs county, Georgia: Frederick D. Wimberly enlisted May 27, 1861 as a Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant June 10, 1862, Captain July 1, 1862, and killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; Fred D. Wimberly (American, 1840-1893) enlisted as a Private June 15. 1861, promoted to Captain after the Battle of Sharpsburg where he was wounded, and resigned his commission serving out the remainder of the Civil War as a Quartermaster Sergeant in Macon, Georgia, though the 6th Georgia carried his name on their rolls as a Commissary Sergeant as a mark of respect. After the war Colonel Alfred Holt Colquitt (1824-1894) would serve in the Georgia State Legislature, as Governor, and eventually in the United States Senate.

Toning and fading to historical paper artifacts; letter previously folded; not examined out of frame.