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Item:302487788159John Letcher Civil War CSA VA Gov, made Lee a general: 1860 signed commission.
John Letcher Civil War Confederate Governor of Virginia, made Robert E. Lee a general: 1860 signed Justice commission
FRAMEABLE Part-printed commission of several Justices of the Peace, signed by Governor of Virginia, John Letcher. Attractive document with intact green paper embossed great seal of Virginia at lower left. Signature bold, not affected by any fold. Document size 8 in. by 10 in. on rag-content paper. Mildly age toned, has been folded, overall fine condition.
John Letcher (March 29, 1813 – January 26, 1884) was an American lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as a Representative in the United States Congress, was the 34th Governor of Virginia 1860-64, during the American Civil War, and later served in the Virginia General Assembly. He was also active on the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute.
John Letcher was elected as Governor of Virginia in 1859, defeating Whig candidate William L. Goggin, and served from 1860–1864. Letcher was prominent in the organization of the peace convention that met in Washington, D.C., February 8, 1861, in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending American Civil War. He discouraged secession, but was active in sustaining the ordinance passed by Virginia on April 17, 1861. Despite scheduling a popular vote to ultimately determine whether Virginia would secede from the Union, the actions of the Virginia Secession Convention and of the state government, especially Virginia Governor Letcher effectively took Virginia out of the Union.[1][2] Governor Letcher appointed Robert E. Lee, who had just resigned as a colonel in the U.S. Army, as commander in chief of Virginia’s army and navy forces on April 22, 1861 at the grade of major general.
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