William Arnold Eaton Autograph Letter Signed.

Rare autograph letter signed by General William Arnold Eaton. Octavo, four pages on Durban Club stationary, the letter reads in part, "22 March 1900 My dear mama, I go back tomorrow to join the 19th...Churchill has promised me in this case to get me some job with the troops at the front, he is going to ask Lord Dundonald to take me temporary as his staff as an extra...galloper, that is if anything important is going on but every thing seems very quiet..." Captain Eaton served in South Africa 1900-1902, led the first foreign United States military victory at the Battle of Derne by capturing the Tripoli subject city of Derne in support of the restoration of the local monarch, Hamet Caramelli. He also gave testimony at the treason trial of former Vice President Aaron Burr. In this letter to his mother, he mentions Churchill who had returned to South Africa in January to take Pretoria and relieve the Siege of Ladysmith. In very good condition with light toning, mail folds, and vertical creasing. Accompanied by a 1995 reprint of Churchill's speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 5 March 1946.