LOT Old Heritage Auctions  /  2007 Apr Books, Manuscripts & Autographs #658  / 

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Civil War Union Generals and Officers Autographs

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:62.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 350.00 USD
Civil War Union Generals and Officers Autographs
<B>Civil War: Union Generals and Officers Autograph Group</B></I> A good collection of fifteen pieces including <B>Philip Henry Sheridan</B></I> Signature adding rank as major general, 4 x 1.5 inches, removed from a document mounted to a small slip of period paper; <B>Winfield Scott Hancock,</B></I> clipped signature on a 4 x 1 inch slip; <B>Schuyler Hamilton</B></I> A.L.S. one page, 5 x 8 inches, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y. , Nov. 17, 1879; <B>Quincy Adams Gillmore,</B></I> A.L.S. one page, 5 x 8 inches, New York, November 27, 1867; <B>O.O. Howard</B></I> A.L.S. one page, 5 x 8 inches, Washington, April 16, 1866, <B>Don Carlos Buell</B></I> Signature on 4 x 1.5 inch slip adding rank as major general; <B>Carl Schurz</B></I> A.L.S. two pages, 5 x 6.5 inches, New York, March 15, 1884; <B>William Wilson</B></I> A.D.S. one page, 5 x 5 inches, Baltimore, August 15, 1863, a pass to visit "<I>Col. Davis, Rebel prisoner, confined at Ft. Mc Henry</B></I>"; <B>A Schaff</B></I> Endorsement Signature on a docket portion of a document adding rank, 3.5 x 8 inches, Fort Delaware a "<I>Petition for release form imprisonment & restoration to the rights of citizenship</B></I>"; <B>H. F. Clarke</B></I> A.L.S. two pages, 8 x 10 inches, West Point, January 30, 1856 requesting parts for an artillery piece. Offered together with letters from several Union officers including <B>Maj. C. T. Christenson,</B></I> A.L.S., March 6, 1863; <B>W. H. Chesebrough,</B></I> A.L.S., October 27, 1863; <B>Thomas L. Kane,</B></I> A.L.S., March 13, 1860; <B>R. H. Hall,</B></I> A.L.S. January, 26, 1863; <B>Leslie Combs,</B></I> A.N.S., January 11, 1855. Most pieces are in very good to fine condition. Together fifteen pieces. <I>From the Henry E. Luhrs Collection.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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