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Lot 1044 |
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Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861), Democratic Representative and Senator from Illinois (1843-1861), unsuccessful candidate for President (1860), ALS, "S.A. Douglas", 1p, 5 x 6½ no place no date. Letter of recommendation "To the President" (probably Polk) "…for appointment in the New Regiment of the Army from Illinois…" giving three names for Captain and one for Surgeon, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1045 |
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Hill, Ambrose Powell (1825-1865), C.S.A. Lt. General, KIA at Petersburg, Wardate AES, "A.P. Hill", 2¾ x 2½ Headquarters A.P. Hill's Light Division, Mar. 21, 1863. Cut from a document, Hill writes "disapproved-- I request the man to be ordered to camp. A.P. Hill, Maj Gen", Fine and rare.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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Lot 1046 |
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Imboden, John Daniel (1823-1895), C.S.A. Brigadier General, commanded a cavalry brigade at Gettysburg, ALS, "J.D. Imboden", 3pp, 7½ x 9¾ Richmond, Feb 28, 1866. Letter to General Gaspar Tochman in New York apparently regarding Tochman's Virginia Board of Immigration, where Tochman was trying to attract his fellow Polish immigrants to settle in Virginia; tell of try to drum up support for the effort; slightly trimmed with last leaf affixed to an album page, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Tochman never actually rose above the rank of Colonel in the Confederate army, but he aspired to the rank of Brigadier General and apparently granted it to himself after the war.
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Lot 1047 |
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Kearney, Phillip (1815-1862), U.S. Army Brig. General, killed after Second Bull Run when he accidentally rode into enemy lines at Chantilly. Wardates ALS, "Phill", 4pp (2 sides on one folded sheet), 5 x 8, Harrison's Landing (Va.), July 29, 1862. Writes to "My Dear John", mostly sharing his feeding about a mutual acquaintance name Watts; signed vertically on first pages (due to lack of space on last) "with best regards, yours, Phill"; two halves separated, otherwise very fine.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
Written only about a month prior to his death.
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Lot 1048 |
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Lee, Samuel Phillips (1812-1897), U.S. Navy Admiral during Civil War, relative of Robert E. Lee, Wardate ALS, "S.P. Lee", 1p, 5 x 8, U.S. Flag-ship "Minnesota", Mr. 6, 1863. Letter of invitation to Maj. Gen's William F. "Baldy" Smith at Newport News, Va., "I send the 'Mount Washington' for you. The trip to the Yard will take about four hours- if extended to Norfolk about two more…" includes envelope of transmittal with "Minnesota" imprint, addressed by Lee to "Major Genl. Smith, U.S.A., Commanding, &c &c", Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1049 |
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Meade, George Gordon (1815-1862), U.S. Army Major General, commanded Union forces at Gettysburg, ALS "Geo. Gr. Meade", 1p, 5 x 8, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, May 18, 1865. Letter one month after the war to a Miss Ash concerning her mother and mentioning "Genl. Grant"; last leaf tipped typed to biographical album page.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1050 |
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Reagan, John H. (1818-1905), CSA postmaster general (1861-1865), U.S. Representative from Texas (1857-61, 1875-87), DS, 1p (2 sides), 8 x 12½ Washington, D.C., c. 1883. Handwritten Congressional recommendation to President Arthur that he appoint on H.D. Money to the post of U.S. postmaster general, signed by Reagan and 32 other Congressional Democrat, mainly from the South, including William C. Oates of Atlanta, whose 15th Alabama regiment was defeated by Joshua Chamberlain at Little Round Top, Gettysburg, and Charles T. Crisp of Georgia, who later became Speaker of the House. Folded in quarters, tipped to sheet of Reagan biographical information, Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Hernando deSoto Money, a Democrat from Mississippi, had also been a Colonel in the Confederate Army.
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Lot 1051 |
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Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888), U.S. Civil War Maj. General, succeeded Sherman as Army commander-in-chief wartime civilian pass, signed "PH Sheridan", 1p, 7¾ x 9¾ no place, no date. Letter of introduction for a Dr. Lippitt written by one I.W. Kennedy and addressed on the integral address leaf to "Major Genl Sheridan, Present" Kennedy writes that Lippitt "has several patients sick of Diphtheria written on lines. Can you authorise him to visit them upon his Parole of Honor not to mention any thing he has seen in a military point of view?…". On the address leaf Sheridan has penciled "Gen Pass-PH Sheridan"; light toning and extraneous purple mottling, Fine and extremely rare wartime document.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1052 |
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Zook, Samuel Kosciuszko (1821-1863), C.S.A. Brigadier General, KIA at Gettysburg, War date ALS, "S.K. Zook", 2+ pp, 7¾ x 10, Headquarters 57th N.Y.V., Camp California (Va.), Feb. 20, 1862. Letter to Dr. S. Oakley Vanderpool, Surgeon General of N.Y. regarding the promotion of Dr. McKim to the post of regimental surgeon. Zook adds a nine-line postscript mentioning that "Yesterday a Division of Rebels advanced to Fairfax Station…" and signing "S.K.Z.", Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 4,000 - 6,000
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Civil War Politicians, selection of three ALSs: Edward Bates (1793-1869), Attorney General (1861-1864), "Edw. Bates", Washington, D.C., Atty Genl's Office, Jan 29, 1862, Letter of Introduction to Capt. Dalghren, Commander of the Washington Navy Yard, requesting tour of the Yard for Bates' son, Judge Barton Bates, and one James B. Eads, the engineer most responsible for Civil War ironclads; Edward Everett (1794-1865), Fillmore's Secretary of State (1852-53), principle speaker at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, where he was overshadowed by Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"; Boston, Nov. 20, 1888, as Governor of Massachusetts. Writes concerning arrest warrants for "Gurney and Phillips" of New York; Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), Secretary of War (1862-68), "Edwin M. Stanton", Washington, D.C., Dec 14, 1866 on War Dept. letterhead. Fine group, tipped to biographical album pages.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1054 |
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Union Generals, group of six ALss: Horace Porter (1837-1921), Grant's Aide-de-Camp, "Horace Porter", New York, April 25, 1913; Henry Warren Slocum (1827-1894), "H.W. Slocum", Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1891; Edcoin Vose Sumner (1797-1863), died en route to command the Dept. of Missouri, "E.V. Sumner", Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 1862; John Wesley Turner (1833-1899), "Jno W. Turner", Hilton Head, S.C., April 19, 1864; James Lyman Van Buren (1837-1866), cousin of Martin Van Buren, "J.L. Van Buren", Headquarters Grant C., Feb. 26, 1865, tells of his surprise at being promoted to Brevet Brig. Gen'l., "…not having the least idea such a thing was in contemplation"; &Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818-1882), "C.C. Washburn", Washington, D.C., Mar. 22, 1864. All about 5 x 7, Very Fine, transcripts available.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Confederate Personages, Group of four: Maj. Charles Henry Lee (1818-?), ES, "CH Lee, Adj G", Richmond, Oct. 9, 1863, signed endorsement on back of inquiry as to the whereabouts of one Michael Geddings; Maj. Genl. John Bankhead ("Prince John") Magruder (1810-1871), "J. Bankhead Magruder", New York, Oct. 10, 1867, also includes an old newspaper woodcut (1¾ x 1¾) with penciled "Genl Margruder" that may actually be his signature; Steven Russell Mallory (c. 1812-1873) (U.S. Senator from Florida (1851-1861), C.S.A. Secretary of the Navy, ALS, "S.R. Mallory", Washington, D.C., U.S. Senate, Feb. 28, 1857, recommendation to J.C. Dobbin, Sec'y of the Navy; Maj. Genl. Thomas Rosser (1836-1910), ALS, "Thos. L. Rosser", Charlottesville, Va, Dec. 31, 1895; Fine group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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