1895 TLS By A Confederate Engineer & Lt Gov. of Kentucky On UCV Stationary

1895 TLS By A Confederate Engineer & Lt Gov. of Kentucky On UCV Stationary. Written by John C. Underwood (1840-1913), Confederate States Army engineer, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1875-1879), and major general commanding UCV, HQ Division of the Northwest, Palmer House, Chicago, Ill. The letter was written May 10, 1895 to General Thomas H. Ruger, who was commanding the Department of the Missouri, at Chicago.
The two page typed letter originally was sent with an invitation to attend the reunion of generals (assuming Confederate) and to dedicate the Confederate Monument in Oakwood Cemetery of that city. Gen. Wade Hampton was to deliver the dedicatory oration, “that no word of treason will be uttered by him….” Underwood notes he would be conducting the field ceremonies to see they are conducted properly, and “assure you that the stars and stripes – the glorious flag of the Nation will be the only ensign that will be given to the breeze.” Signed, “Jno C. Underwood, M.-G, U.C.V.

During the Civil War Underwood, enlisted in the Engineer Corps serving Virginia and Tennessee. He served with his uncle, John Threlkeld Cox, in several cavalry brigades; captured in 1863 at Tullahoma, Tenn., imprisoned in Cincinnati, and Boston, and later received a parole from President Lincoln. His time as Lt. Gov. was under term of Gov. James B. McCreay.
The latter part of his life was spent honoring the “lost cause of the Confederacy through the UCV. He raised money for the monument that this letter covered to commemorate the southern prisoners that died at Camp Douglas.

I have included some copies material on Underwood, including “Documents Relating To The Confederate Record of John C. Underwood of Kentucky.” (Extracts of letters).

Some creases and folds but otherwise very good +. This letter came from the my collection of Gen. Thomas Ruger’s papers.