Confederate Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas / SOLD

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Confederate Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas

 

Exceptional framed Civil War–era display featuring an original handwritten letter by Confederate Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas, Chief of the Ordnance Department of the Confederacy.

 

The letter, written in ink on lined paper and dated Richmond, February 14, 1864, is addressed to Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, C.S.A., and discusses the approval and forwarding of an application related to ordnance and agency matters, reflecting Gorgas’s critical administrative role in supplying and managing Confederate military resources. The content is consistent with Gorgas’s known wartime correspondence and bureaucratic responsibilities within the Confederate War Department.

 

Josiah Gorgas was born in Pennsylvania but cast his lot with the Confederacy, ultimately serving as Chief of Ordnance, where he was instrumental in overcoming Southern shortages of arms and ammunition. His work was vital to sustaining Confederate military operations throughout the war.

 

The letter is professionally framed alongside a portrait of Gorgas, with a descriptive plaque identifying him as Confederate Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas, Chief of the Ordnance Department of the Confederacy.

Frame measures approximately 15 ½” x12 ½”

 

Inventory Number: CON 652

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Framed display featuring a black-and-white portrait of Confederate Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas and a handwritten letter, both mounted with a labeled plaque.
Framed handwritten letter dated February 14, 1864, addressed to a Major, discussing military permissions and signed by Confederate Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas.
Black-and-white portrait of a man in a Confederate military uniform, with a plaque below identifying him as a Confederate Brigadier General and Chief of Ordnance.
Handwritten note in cursive on lined paper, reading: "Very Rety Both sot thro as cold defow." The writing is brown and slightly faded.
Handwritten letter dated "Richmond Feby 14 / 64," responding to an application for Mr. Chas. Chas. McClain, mentioning it was referred to the Secretary of War.
Handwritten letter stating that an application for agent Mr. Chas. McLain was recommended and forwarded to the Secretary of War, signed by J. Brooks Cole.
A handwritten letter with a signature at the bottom, featuring cursive script and a torn section on the left side of the paper.
A black plaque with gold text reads: "Confederate Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas, Born in Pennsylvania Chief of the Ordnance Department of the Confederacy.

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