CONFEDERATE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 1st Lieutenant John McMallan, Company E 12th Battallion, Tennessee Cavalry. Addressed from "Camp near Kingsport Ten/ January 4 1863" and asking for a leave of absence "for the purpose of visiting my wife in Alabama. I have been in the Army of the Confederate States for three years, and have never had but one furlough and that was the one at the time I was married...." - Framed: 9 3/4 in. x 7 3/4 in. Estimate $300-400
PROVENANCE: Estate of John B. Rogan, Oakencroft Farm, Charlottesville, VA, founder of Boar's Head Inn,
