Major General R. Morris Copeland Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
MAJOR GENERAL R. MORRIS COPELAND
Biography
R. Morris Copeland, was an assistant adjutant general and Major of Volunteers, as well as a member of Gen. Nathaniel Bank's staff. He was removed from Bank's staff and honorably discharged after revealing embarrassing details about the Shenandoah Valley campaigns. He fought his discharge, and was reinstated in 1870. Copeland apparently tried to raise black troops for the Union army along with Col. Robert Shaw, subject of the movie Glory.
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MAJOR GENERAL R. MORRIS COPELAND - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/16/1862 - HFSID 280081862 orders to Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, signed by Copeland, regarding the rebuilding and defenses of Manassas, dated four months before the Second Battle of Manassas Manuscript document signed "R. Morris Copeland".Price: $1,200.00
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MAJOR GENERAL R. MORRIS COPELAND - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 04/13/1862 - HFSID 28010Letter to Brigadier General James Shields a month after Shields was wounded at the First Battle of Kernstown Manuscript letter signed "R. Morris Copeland/Maj Gen & A. A. G." 1 page , 7¾x9¾, on lined paper. Woodstock, Georgia, April 13, 1862.
Price: $800.00
