Signed Civil War Texas & Tenn WIA Southern B General William Young 1872 Note

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You're bidding on a fantastic piece of important Civil War history. This 1872 promissory note is hand signed by William Hugh Young (January 1, 1838 – November 28, 1901) was a Rebel States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War).  Young spent nine months at the end of the war as a prisoner of war


On July 25, 1861, Young became aide-de-camp to Governor of Texas Edward Clark. Clark was lieutenant governor and became governor when Governor Sam Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and was deposed. Clark served as governor between March 18, 1861 and November 7, 1861. In September 1861, Young became a captain in the 9th Texas Infantry Regiment.



As part of the Army of Mississippi at the Battle of Shiloh under Brigadier General James Patton Anderson and Major General Braxton Bragg, the 9th Texas Infantry Regiment, was decimated and routed by an Illinois artillery battery. Soon after the Battle of Shiloh, Young becam