Bidspirit auction | LAWRENCE O'BRYAN BRANCH

LAWRENCE O'BRYAN BRANCH - (1820-1862) North Carolina representative in the U.S. Congress, later a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Antietam. Rare cut signature 'L. OB. Branch', adding rank: 'O.M. & P., B[rigadier]. Gen[era]l'. Mounted. Some foxing and cockling, else fine.