This son of Union general Adelbert Ames and grandson of Union general Benjamin F. Butler played soldier himself in the Spanish-American War, then politician as a Massachusetts Congressman (1903-13) and finally as engineer and businessman. TNS, 1p, 8½" X 11", Washington, DC, 1903 May 1. Addressed to Captain Isaac P.... More about Typed Note Signed
This officer with the 57th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War penned that regiment's official history, "The Fifth-Seventh Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion" (Boston, 1896). Handsome "Very truly yours / John Anderson / Capt. U.S. Army / President 57th Association" in black ink... More about Signature and Salutation
Medal of Honor-winning Union general remembered as the lieutenant colonel of the 37th Illinois Infantry Regiment led his troops into the Battle of Prairie Grove; he was later a Congressman and president of the U.S. Civil Service Commission (1903-13). ALS, 1p, 8" X 10½", Danville, IL, 1884 September 13. Addressed... More about Autograph Letter Signed
This member of the old Dutch stock who inherited estates on Manhattan Island that became fabulously valuable as New York burgeoned -- he was grandson of Henry L. Brevoort (1791-1874), Washington Irving's lifelong buddy -- was a major and assistant adjutant general on the staff of General David B. Birney... More about Printed Document Signed
The Union general who gave us "sideburns" experienced victories in East Tennessee and North Carolina and managed to outwit General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders, but defeats in the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater caused him to resign; he was later elected governor and then... More about Signature and Salutation / Unsigned Portrait
Best known for supposedly writing "Taps" (more likely a rewrite of an existing bugle melody), this Union general served as Hooker's chief of staff and apparently partook of that controversial general's political and shall-we-say social proclivities; he had to resign his position as Assistant Treasurer of the United Stated under... More about Signature / Unsigned Portrait
Printed DS, 4pp (rectos only), 8½" X 14", New York, NY, 1955 November 11. Very good. Staple holes at upper left. Mimeographed press release captioned "Formation of Civil War Centennial Association Announced Before Meeting of the Southern Historical Association," signed on the verso of the last page by eight of... More about Document Signed
This Brigadier General of Volunteers was a Missouri politician who served in the Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska area. ANS, 1p, 7 3/4" X 9 3/4", n.p., 1864 October 26. Addressed to Lt. A.J. Harding, an aide-de-camp stationed in St. Joseph, Missouri. Very good. Minor binding traces along left edge, not... More about Autograph Note Signed
To label this impossible-to-categorize figure a ne'er-do-well would be an understatement: He actually was a Union officer with the 1st Tennessee Artillery (supposedly commended for bravery and later serving with the 64th Illinois Volunteers), though pre-war he was a convicted felon who forged his own pardon and during the war... More about Signature and Rank
Together with his brother, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, this member of a French royal house considered illegitimate by many joined the Union forces during the American Civil War, in which he was commissioned a captain in the U.S. Army and served as assistant adjutant general on the staff of..... More about Autograph Note Signed
This New York attorney became major general of volunteers in the Civil War, serving as "a cavalryman by instinct" from 1861-65. Small clipped signature, 2" X ½", n.p., n.y. Near fine. Bold, quick and typical "HE Davies." Most likely from a legal document of some sort, for Davies literally "signs..... More about Signature
Major general in charge of the Department of Maryland and the East; as treasury secretary, he is credited with saying, "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot!" Printed DS, 1p, 13" X 6¼", New York, NY, n.d. Fine. Stock certificate ("Construction Stock"), never... More about Document Signed
"The Soldiers' Friend," so called because of his advocacy of Civil War veterans and their needs, was a merchant and Democrat turned Republican politician who served New York as representative (1853-55, 1857-65), governor (1865-68) and senator (1869-75). Large, bold "R.E. Fenton" in brown ink, heavy stock 3½" X 2¼" card..... More about Signature / Unsigned Portrait
This lawyer, author and soldier served as lieutenant colonel (brevet brigadier general) with the 80th New York Infantry (formerly the 20th New York State Militia); commanding them at Gettysburg, his troops on July 1st held a strategic spot until forced back by Confederate forces, and on July 3rd they repulsed... More about Signature
The long-time University of Chattanooga librarian (1934-62) and professor was best known for having authored/edited popular Civil War books with James W. Livingood such as "A Different Valor: The Story of General Joseph W. Johnston, C.S.A." (1956) and "The Haskell Memoirs: The Personal Narrative of a Confederate Officer" (1960). TLS..... More about Typed Letter Signed
President Grant's namesake grandson, child of his eldest son Frederick; ironically, he too was a West Point graduate and rose through the ranks until he achieved major general; also ironically, just as his grandfather died shortly after completing his "Memoirs" and never saw the finished product, so too did Grant... More about Document Signed
President Grant's namesake grandson, child of his eldest son Frederick; ironically, he too was a West Point graduate and rose through the ranks until he achieved major general; also ironically, just as his grandfather died shortly after completing his "Memoirs" and never saw the finished product, so too did Grant... More about Signed Program
This Union colonel with the 18th Ohio Infantry led his regiment at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1864, and ultimately was raised to the rank of brevet brigadier general,, U.S. Volunteers; later a politician, a Republican congressman from Ohio (1885-91, 1893-1907). DS, 1p, 8" X 3 3/4", Athens, OH, n.y.... More about Document Signed
This career U.S. Army officer almost dueled with future-Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard in 1844 when quartermaster Henshaw refused Beauregard certain supplies; he served in the Seminole War and as captain of the 7th Infantry Regiment during the Mexican War, and in 2008 his highly critical diaries of the war were..... More about Printed Document Signed
This great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin served as aide-de-camp to General George B. McClellan and later to General Nathaniel Banks through most of the Civil War; a Wyoming cattle rancher later in life, he authored the 1892 "History of the Nineteenth Army Corps" and contributed many articles to "The Battles and... More about Printed Document Signed
This Democratic senator from Rhode Island (1851-57) was an engineer and machinist and developed a promising new projectile called the "James projectile"; while a major general in the Rhode Island State Militia in 1862, his invention was being demonstrated at Sag Harbor, New York when one of his shells accidentally... More about Signature
This Union officer served on the staff of Brigadier General James Shields (whose troops faced Stonewall Jackson's Confederate troops in the Shenandoah Valley in June 1862) and later commanded the Second Louisiana Regiment Cavalry; he was a good friend of famed Irish soldier Miles W. Keogh (1840-76, killed in the... More about Autograph Note Signed
This brigadier general survived the Civil War, Spanish-American War, Indian uprisings, the Phillipine insurrection and World War One -- then died after tripping on a rug; when he wasn't fightin', he was writing', producing almost 60 novels about army life and frontier romance. ANS, 1p, heavy stock 4¼" X 3½"... More about Autograph Note Signed
This quartermaster with the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry (1861-62) was later a captain and Adjutant Commissar of Subsistence until the war's end, at which time he became personal secretary to Governor John W. Geary (1867-73), a former Union general -- and Lee's brother-in-law. ALS, 2pp (lettersheet), 5" X 7 3/4", Harrisburg... More about Autograph Letter Signed
The namesake son of the Florida senator and Confederacy's Secretary of the Navy (1812-73) himself served in the Confederate Navy, then was elected Florida representative (1891-95) and senator (1897-1907). Printed DS, 1p, Pensacola, Florida, n.y. [likely 1897]. Near fine. Lightly age toned. Printed receipt noting "RECEIVED of the Chickamauga and... More about Document Signed