A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

JOHN L. CLEM: (1851 - 1937) "The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga". Clem "enlisted" as a drummer at the age of nine, is created with k...

THOMAS L. CLINGMAN: (1812 - 1897) Confederate brigadier general who commanded a brigade at the Wilderness and fought at Drewry's Bluff, Cold Har...

JOHN A. DAHLGREN: (1809 - 1870) Union rear admiral and inventor of the cannon which bore his name. He also commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squ

(JEFFERSON C. DAVIS): (1828 - 1879) Union brigadier general who was in Fort Sumter at the start of the war. He killed Major General William Nelson ove

SAMUEL F. DU PONT: (1803 - 1865) Union admiral who commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron who was instrumental in the taking of Port Royal a

THOMAS THOMPSON ECKERT: (1825 - 1910) Union telegraph officer assigned to the War Department who worked closely on a daily basis with Lincoln. Lincoln

DAVID G. FARRAGUT: (1801 - 1870) Union rear admiral instrumental in the taking of New Orleans and the Union control of the Mississippi. It was at Mobi

JOHN C. FREMONT: (1813 - 1890) "The Pathfinder", explorer of the western frontier and Union army major general until sacked by Lincoln for...

ETHAN A. HITCHCOCK: (1798 - 1870) Union major general who served as Commissioner for the Exchange of War Prisoners and Commissary General of Prisoners

JOSEPH HOOKER: (1814 - 1879) Union major general who commanded the Army of the Potomac only to be defeated at the hands of Stonewall Jackson at Chance

JOSHUA B. HOWELL: (? - 1864) Union brigadier general who led a regiment at Fair Oaks and at the siege of Fort Wagner, fatally injured in a fall from h

FITZHUGH LEE: (1835 - 1905) Confederate major general and nephew of Robert E. Lee. Fitzhugh Lee directed cavalry in Stuart's ride around McClell...

SAMUEL P. LEE: (1812 - 1897) Union rear admiral and a relative of Robert E. Lee, he commanded various blockading squadrons and was active at Vicksburg

(ROBERT E. LEE): Excellent 1898 steel engraving on parchment, 10" x 13", depicts Lee half-length in uniform looking at the viewer, pencil ...

(A LOCK OF ROBERT E. LEE`S HAIR): An extraordinary relic, a lock of 10-15 strands of Robert E. Lee's hair. The lock was removed by us from a lar...

THADDEUS S. C. LOWE: (1832 - 1913) American balloonist whose Union balloon corps tracked enemy movements, most notably at Fair Oaks where observations

STEPHEN R. MALLORY: (1813 - 1873) Confederate Secretary of the Navy. large, bold signature adding his state "Florida". Closely-cut, else v...

GEORGE A. MCCALL: (1802 - 1868) Union brigadier general who led a division in the Army of the Potomac, captured at New Market Cross Roads and sent to

SAMUEL MCGOWEN: (1819 - 1897) Confederate brigadier general who led a brigade during the bombardment of Fort Sumter, fought at Cedar Mountain, Second

CHRISTOPHER G. MEMMINGER: (1803 - 1888) Confederate Secretary of the Treasury and a drafter of the Constitution of the Confederate States. A scarce 16