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1871 Letter: Alexander P. Stewart Confederate General
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Letter: On letterhead of the Saint Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company St. Louis, Mo Aug 21 1871. Gen. A.P Stewart is listed as Secretary of the Company. Letter is sent to Mr. Rodney A. Mercur, Tonawanda, Pennsylvania. Rodney Augustus Mercur was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania in 1851 the son of Ulysses Mercur who was later a Congressman and still later Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Rodney had an excellent education, Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard. [This letter was written when he was 20 years old, probably at Harvard] He was a lawyer, member of the Executive Committee of the American Bar Association 1900-1903, Commissioner from Pennsylvania to the Columbian Exposition, United States delegate to the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, 1904 and was licensed to practice in all Federal courts including the Supreme Court. Why he had written Stewart is unknown. Letter reads " Dear Sir ----- Your note of 9th just received by me in this place. I can not give you exact dates, not having records at hand, but was appointed Major of Artillery by Gov. Harris [Isham Harris (1818-1897) Governor of Tennessee 1857-1862, later US Senator] of Tenn in May or June /61 & as such mustered into Confederate State service in August, after ratification by the people of Tenn of the act of legislature providing for separartion & representation [Tennessee voters approved Secession June 8, 1861]. Appointed Brig. Gen in Nov 61 on recomendation of A Sydney Johnston [Albert Sydney Johnston (1803-1862) Killed at Shiloh]. Major Genl. in June or July 63, Lieut Genl after Polk [Leonidas Polk (1806-1864), the "Fighting Bishop" killed at Pine Mountain, Georgia June 14, 1864] was killed in Ga. campaign in /64---- Was at Belmont [Belmont, Missouri November 7, 1861. Commanded heavy artillery. Inconclusive contest], Shiloh [ southwestern Tennessee April 4-6, 1862, Union victory], Perryville [Perryville, Kentucky October 8, 1862 Tactical Confederate victory, Strategic Union victory], Murfreesboro (or Stones River) [Murfreesboro, Tennessee December 31, 1862 -- January 2, 1863. Inconclusive but Confederates withdrew. Stewart's troops performed well], Chickamauga [Northwest Georgia September 18, 1863- September 20, 1863. Confederate victory as Stewart's soldiers again performed wel]-----through all the Ga. campaign in 64 [Campaign for Atlanta December 16, 1863 to September 3, 1864], at New Hope Church May 25th [New Hope Church, Georgia May 25-26 1864. Confederate victory], Peach Tree Creek July 20th ------ [Peach Tree Creek, Georgia July 20, 1864. Union victory] wounded July 29th------[He was supposedly wounded at the Battle of Ezra Church, Georgia which was July 28, 1864] through siege of Atlanta [May 5, 1864 -- August 31, 1864] & in retreat with Hood [John Bell Hood (1831-1879) Confederate General] in all his campaigns ----- destroyed railroad & captured posts at Big Shanty [Re-occupation by Confederates October 3, 1864 in attempt to disrupt Union supply line] & Ackworth [Acworth, re-occupied at same time]-----at battle Frank [Battle of Franklin, Tennessee November 30, 1864. Disaster for Confederacy] & around Nashville ----at latter place commanded on left & was literally overwhelmed, with my handfull of men by Thomas's thousands [Battle of Nasville December 15 --16, 1864. Great defeat for the Confederates. Thomas is Union General George H. Thomas] & finally commanded all that was left of the Army of Tennessee [principal Confederate army between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River] at battle of Cole's Farm in No Car in March /65 [Part of the Battle of Bentonville March 19 -- March 21, 1865] ------ last fight we had with Sherman's Army [Western Army of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman] Hoping the above may answer your queries Yours very truly Alex P. Stewart" Alexander P. Stewart ( 1821-1908) was born in Rogersville, Tennessee and graduated from West Point in 1843. He resigned his commission in 1845 to become professor of mathematics and experimental Philosophy at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, He l...
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