FULLERTON, JOSEPH SCOTT (1835-97) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Lieutenant in the 2nd Missouri Infantry; Served on the staff of Union General Gordon Granger

Civil War-Date

Autograph Endorsement Signed, on a 2 ¾” x 3 ¼” slip of paper, removed from a larger document; dated from Atlanta, Georgia just three weeks after the fall of the city to General William Tecumseh Sherman, his action there earning Fullerton the appointment to brevet brigadier general.

“Head-Quarters 4^th Army Corps, Atlanta, Sept[embe]r 22/[18]64.  Respectfully referred to L[ieutenan]t Col[onel] Remick, Chief Com[mandin]g Sub[sistence] for remark.  By order of Maj[or] Gen[era]l Stanley, J.S. Fullerton, A[ssistant] A[djutant] G[eneral].”

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few small chips at the edges.