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A HAND WRITTEN WAR LETTER FROM FRANZ SIGAL. (1822 - 1899) Union brigadier general who repulsed the - A HAND WRITTEN WAR LETTER FROM FRANZ SIGAL. (1822 - 1899) Union brigadier general who repulsed the Confederates at Cheat Mountain and held that portion of West Virginia for the Union. He also served at Chattanooga and Chickamauga. This letter, dated September 5, 1862, recommends a man under his command to be appointed to Judge Advocate. Sigal was well liked by Lincoln.