Description: 038 HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED letter from Brigadier General Cornelius G. Attwood (1836-1888) to William Alfred Hovey, written on December 31, 1878. At the time, he was secretary of the Boston Board of Trade. Civil War HeroGeneral Attwood's earliest public service was in the war of the rebellion. As a young man of 25, he enlisted on the first call for three months' men, a second lieutenant in the third battalion of rifles organized in Worcester county. Hardly had he been mustered out of service when the three years call came and he went to work to raise a company of which he was made Captain and which was assigned to the 25th regiment. With this regiment he took part in many of the telling engagements of the war, Roanoke Island, Newbern, Goldsboro, Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor among the rest. In the last battle, he was wounded during the famous charge of the third of June, but the final engagement in which he took part was that in the crater before Petersburg. He was mustered out on account of disability in August, 1864, and was afterwards commissioned Colonel of Volunteers. At the close of the war he entered the bond brokers business, and in 1869 he was made Deputy Collector of Customs at Boston. He held that place for five years and then became secretary of the Boston Board of Trade, relinquishing the latter office in 1879 to take the state agency of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, the post he held until his death. In 1876, General Attwood was appointed Inspector General of the Boston State Militia by Gov. Rice and continued in that office three years, re-organizing the militia thoroughly and establishing a method and a working basis the effects of which are still felt. It was in this service that gave him the title of General by which he was in later years known. He was prominent in the Grand Army and in the Loyal Legion and was at one time commander of the Veteran Tigers. General Attwood was a native of Bangor, Maine, having been born there October 27, 1836, but he moved to Boston when a boy and was educated in Boston schools. Search Google for more on this amazing man. ____________________________________________________________________________ Everything being auctioned was personally owned by C. W. Barron with Authenticity Guaranteed 100%. I have been selling on Ebay since 1999 with 100% positive feedback.____________________________________________________________________ Please look at my other auctions!
Price: 49 USD
Location: Washington, Utah
End Time: 2025-01-28T23:19:25.000Z
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Industry: Historical
Signed by: Cornelius Gilbert Attwood
Signed: Yes
Autograph Authentication: UtahSellsHistory
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
