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Partly-printed LS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, War Department letterhead, July 3, 1855. Letter to "Samuel Breck, Jr., First Regiment of Artillery, Bridgewater, Massachusetts," in part: "You are hereby informed that the President of the United States has appointed you Brevet Second Lieutenant of Artillery in the service of the United States, to rank as such from the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five." Neatly signed at the conclusion in ink by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. In very good to fine condition, with dampstaining touching, but not adversely affecting, the signature.
Samuel Breck, Jr., (1834–1918), graduated seventh in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1855 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant of artillery. During the Civil War, Breck held various staff positions, including assistant adjutant general of the Army of the Potomac and the Department of the Rappahannock. He continued his service in the Adjutant General's Department after the war, achieving the rank of brigadier general before retiring in 1898.
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