.jpg?w=1)
Details
AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED BY JAMES FORSYTH TO GEN. GEORGE CUSTER
Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope, this one-page letter dated September 4, 1865, relates Forsyth's adventures Enroute to Eagle Pass. In part: My Dear Custer, I intended to return from San Antonio with Genl. Wright but Genl. Sheridan insisted that I should go on with him to "Eagle Pass" and here I am some 50 miles from San Antonio on my way out....Saw a review of Merritts Div. of Cavly. Will tell you about it on my return. Remember me to the Madame. Envelope is marked Official Business and bears Forsyth's handwritten delivery instructions: To Maj. Genl. G.A. Custer, Cavly. Divs., Camp near homestead, Via Houston Texas. Both Custer and Forsyth served under General Sheridan during the Civil War. They would remain friends and would continue to be involved in Sheridan's military family-Forsyth on Sheridan's staff, and Custer in the field.
Accompanied by the original transmittal envelope, this one-page letter dated September 4, 1865, relates Forsyth's adventures Enroute to Eagle Pass. In part: My Dear Custer, I intended to return from San Antonio with Genl. Wright but Genl. Sheridan insisted that I should go on with him to "Eagle Pass" and here I am some 50 miles from San Antonio on my way out....Saw a review of Merritts Div. of Cavly. Will tell you about it on my return. Remember me to the Madame. Envelope is marked Official Business and bears Forsyth's handwritten delivery instructions: To Maj. Genl. G.A. Custer, Cavly. Divs., Camp near homestead, Via Houston Texas. Both Custer and Forsyth served under General Sheridan during the Civil War. They would remain friends and would continue to be involved in Sheridan's military family-Forsyth on Sheridan's staff, and Custer in the field.