In the Civil War Kearny distinguished himself during the Peninsula Campaign, rising to major general. In the build-up to that campaign, 2nd Lt. George Armstrong Custer served as Kearny’s aide and it is said that Kearny drummed into Custer the maxim that, “fortune favors the brave.” Ignoring a demand to surrender at the Battle of Chantilly, in the midst of a fierce storm, Kearny was fatally felled by a single bullet which struck his spine. Ink signature, “P. Kearny Junr, Lt. 1st Dragoons, Aide de Camp to The Genl in Chief,” on an off-white 6 x 2.25 slip. Signature is affixed by its left edge to a 7.5 x 4.5 sheet above a collector’s short manuscript biography. In fine condition, with a couple light creases, and light feathering to a single letter of signature. One of the more difficult to acquire Union signatures, as we have offered only a handful in the past 10 years. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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