BENJAMIN G. HUMPHREYS
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(1808 – 1882) Confederate brigadier general and later Governor of Mississippi, colonel of the 21st Mississippi Infantry. At Gettysburg, Humphreys's regiment was part of the force that attacked Federal positions at the Peach Orchard, driving the defenders back toward Cemetery Ridge. Humphreys also took command of Barksdale's brigade following the latter's death at Gettysburg. Scarce partly-printed D.S. as Governor of Mississippi, 1p. folio, Jackson, Jan. 23, 1867, the appointment of Charles Cooke to serve as a commissioner in Gainesville. Folds, else fine.
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