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Winfield Scott

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Winfield Scott

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Auction Date:2013 Feb 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 10, October 15, 1861. Scott grants painter Albert Bierstadt a five-day pass enabling him to “pass the United States lines, to visit the U. S. camps on both sides the Potomac.” In very good condition, with two horizontal folds with partial separations, overall wrinkling, and scattered toning and soiling. Bierstadt, though best known for his sweeping landscapes of the American West, painted a number of Civil War scenes over the course of two years—and this is the pass that got him started. Among his more notable war works are a scene depicting Union sharpshooters firing on Confederates, and an aerial view of the bombardment of Fort Sumter. A fascinating association and historically important document.