Autograph Letter Signed "J. D. Imboden" to his brother on his final command of the civil war.
Columbia, S.C.: 4 January 1865. 2 pp. (255 x 200 mm). Condition : slight crease, very light toning. rare war-date imboden letter: complaining of a "rascally scheme" to take away his brigade and on his travels to take command of prisons in the deep south. A lengthy letter by the Confederate general to his brother, George, who had been severely wounded in the face at Gordonsville on 20 December 1864. After writing of his concern for his brother's injuries, Imboden concedes that his convalescence will "prevent much harassment to you under the probable command of Davidson, and in this feeling I concur. Hull writes me of [a] rascally scheme [that] is put on foot since I left, to deprive me of my Brigade & give it to Davidson. I understand the game fully but the parties engaged in it will be foiled at their own game. I have the assurance of the Sec. of War and Gen. Lee through Mr. Russell that I shall return to my Brigade in the Spring, and it will take a smarter man than Lomax or Davidson to set me aside - and if Lomax doesn't manage his affairs very cautiously he will lay himself open to a prosecution for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and on my return to Va. I will put him through. I will write a letter to the Brigade today assuring them of my return to them in the Spring." He then proceeds to comment upon his journey to assume his new post as commander of Confederate prisoners in the Deep South: "Gen Winder is here & has been very kind to me. He offered to let me go where I pleased South of this. I expressed a preference for Augusta. He therefore ordered me to establish my Hd. Qrs. at that place, and assigns me to Command all the prisons of the South of the Savannah River, some 5 or 6 in number. My duties are very light. I will travel little else to do than forward reports once a month…Sherman may attempt to take Augusta. If so I will go further South…" This would be Imboden's final assignment of the war. Shortly after this letter, he traveled to Augusta, where he established an office, and then to Aiken, where he organized his headquarters. Based on reports supplied by his inspector, he decided to close most of the camps and consolidate the prisoners at Andersonville and Eufaula. In late February, he made a surprise inspection of Andersonville and was dismayed by the horrendous conditions. A superb content letter by Imboden documenting the chaotic last months of the Confederacy.
Autograph Letter Signed "J. D. Imboden" to his brother on his final command of the civil war.
Columbia, S.C.: 4 January 1865. 2 pp. (255 x 200 mm). Condition : slight crease, very light toning. rare war-date imboden letter: complaining of a "rascally scheme" to take away his brigade and on his travels to take command of prisons in the deep south. A lengthy letter by the Confederate general to his brother, George, who had been severely wounded in the face at Gordonsville on 20 December 1864. After writing of his concern for his brother's injuries, Imboden concedes that his convalescence will "prevent much harassment to you under the probable command of Davidson, and in this feeling I concur. Hull writes me of [a] rascally scheme [that] is put on foot since I left, to deprive me of my Brigade & give it to Davidson. I understand the game fully but the parties engaged in it will be foiled at their own game. I have the assurance of the Sec. of War and Gen. Lee through Mr. Russell that I shall return to my Brigade in the Spring, and it will take a smarter man than Lomax or Davidson to set me aside - and if Lomax doesn't manage his affairs very cautiously he will lay himself open to a prosecution for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and on my return to Va. I will put him through. I will write a letter to the Brigade today assuring them of my return to them in the Spring." He then proceeds to comment upon his journey to assume his new post as commander of Confederate prisoners in the Deep South: "Gen Winder is here & has been very kind to me. He offered to let me go where I pleased South of this. I expressed a preference for Augusta. He therefore ordered me to establish my Hd. Qrs. at that place, and assigns me to Command all the prisons of the South of the Savannah River, some 5 or 6 in number. My duties are very light. I will travel little else to do than forward reports once a month…Sherman may attempt to take Augusta. If so I will go further South…" This would be Imboden's final assignment of the war. Shortly after this letter, he traveled to Augusta, where he established an office, and then to Aiken, where he organized his headquarters. Based on reports supplied by his inspector, he decided to close most of the camps and consolidate the prisoners at Andersonville and Eufaula. In late February, he made a surprise inspection of Andersonville and was dismayed by the horrendous conditions. A superb content letter by Imboden documenting the chaotic last months of the Confederacy.
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