James Longstreet. Mexican War officer, Confederate General, Lee's "Old War Horse", two covers, first is a postal card with letter to Col. Taylor in Norfolk Va., datelined Gainesville Ga. Aug. 26, 1892 and signed by Longstreet, one corner nicked and other corners with creases, the signature and writing are clear and Very Fine, second cover with House of Representatives corner card and free franked "J Wheeler", addressed to General Longstreet in Washington D.C., 1899 Washington circular datestamp on back, reduced at left, otherwise Very Fine, Joseph Wheeler was a Confederate general who served in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1881 and 1900, and became one of four former Confederate generals to serve as a U.S. general in the Spanish-American War (the others were Fitzhugh Lee, Thomas Rosser and Matthew C. Butler -- see the Spanish-American War section of this sale for letters from Wheeler and Lee)

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