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Lot of 2. Morgan, John T. (1824-1907). CSA brigadier general and Reconstruction-era segregationist. Partially printed DsS as colonel, 1p, 16.875 x 8.375 in. One being a morning report dated December 10, 1862 with "Station" identified as "Camp Near Stewart's Creek;" the second being an undated report with no location listed. Both with fields filled out for the 51st Alabama Regiment and other divisions. John Tyler Morgan, like so many southern politicians, began his career by studying law. He was admitted to the bar in Alabama in 1845 and served as an elector for John C. Breckinridge in the contentious 1860 election. A member of the Alabama secession convention, Morgan unsurprisingly enlisted in the CSA in May of 1861, joining the Cahaba Rifles as a private. After rising through the ranks to lieutenant colonel, Morgan recruited his own regiment, the 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers, and served as its colonel, in which capacity he signed the reports featured in this lot. Throughout his career in the CSA, Morgan led troops into battle at First Manassas, Murfreesboro, and Chickamauga, and served under such notable generals as Beauregard, Longstreet, Forrest, and Wheeler. Even as the war ended, Morgan continued his fight for Confederate causes as a democratic politician. Condition: Both reports with vertical creases, some ink smearing, spots of discoloration, and wear to edges and creases. Undated report with 0.75 in. tear extending upward along crease on the right side from bottom edge.