Stampless Col George E Spencer 1st Alabama Cavalry Civil War senator Champion NY - $65 - (Edwards, CA)
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Letter from Spencer in his hometown of Champion NY to Jason C Easton, a banker and railroad promoter, in Lowville. Spencer was 14 years old at the time! Written in apology for forgetting to send along some cards. Very nice signature. (Missing spot in the letter is still attached to the wax seal.) During the Civil War, Spencer enlisted as a captain on October 16, 1862. While serving on the staff of Brigadier-General Grenville M. Dodge, he requested a transfer to the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union), a volunteer regiment made up of Southern Unionists, which did not have a permanent commander. Receiving a promotion to colonel, he led the regiment from September 11, 1863 till his resignation on July 5, 1865.[2] After the war, Spencer returned to Alabama to practice law. His wife died of typhoid fever in 1867. For a time he served as register in bankruptcy for the fourth district of Alabama.[3] Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate upon readmission of Alabama to the Union, Spencer served from July 13, 1868, to March 4, 1879.[4] He was appointed a commissioner of the Union Pacific Railroad with help from his previous leader, Major-General Dodge. In 1877, he married prominent actress "May" Nunez. The couple then spent two years on a ranch in Nevada tending to mining interests before settling in Washington, DC, about 1880.
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