47068: Ambrose Powell Hill Endorsement Signed "AP Hill.

Ambrose Powell Hill Endorsement Signed "AP Hill." Two pages, 8" x 9.75, Lansdale, Mississippi January 19, 1865. AP Hill has made an endorsement on verso of an autograph letter signed by Private P.P. Bergen, who requests a hearing before the Medical Examining Board. Bergen claims to have been "permanently disabled" by wounds received at Petersburg. His letter, dated December 9, 1864, stated that he suffered a "laceration of right hand…from a shell fragment" along with the loss of a finger, "destroying the use of his hand." His request was approved by numerous endorsements on verso, including AP Hill, Brigadier General Nathanial Harris and Joseph Finegan. Attached to the bottom margin to Bergen’s letter is an Autograph Letter Signed by A.B. Snell, Surgeon. One page, 5.5" x 7.5", Infirmary Harris’s Brigade; January 15, 1865. In contrast, Snell writes that the "wound is as described in accompanying application although I am of opinion that he is not disabled from all military duty." A.P. Hill gained significant victories for the Confederacy at Mechanicsville, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam. He was killed in battle less than three months after making this endorsement, on April 2, 1865, just seven days before Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Condition: Flattened folds, with a few small separations starting at edges. Light toning, foxing, and soiling throughout. Signature is faded. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved