2 pages, (7 x 4.5 in.), Cincinnati, Ohio, May 30, 1861, to General G. W. Cullum, Washington, D.C., reading, "My nephew Lt. T. M. Anderson will hand you this - He goes on to report for duty with his Regt 22 Cavalry. He is a young man of excellent character and as he has a very commendable ambition to serve our country, I hope that you shall make a good soldier of him. I do not hand him a letter to my friend the general because I know that if the Genl can see him you will introduce him. My Doctors have spoken to me very plainly about the absolute necessity for my avoiding all excitement and have advised me to ask to be relieved from duty. Present my affect(ions) to the General. Yours Sincerely Robert Anderson USA"

A major while commanding the doomed Fort Sumter, Anderson became a hero after its fall and was a brigadier general when he penned this letter.

Vertical crease along open side, else very good condition.