Lot #1829

Civil War Figures

Description

Vast collection of important Civil War officers and politicians

Hearty and comprehensive collection of approximately 157 items, including a wide range of formats such as signed photos, letters, documents, checks, and signatures from a variety of celebrated Civil War notables. This arrangement covers a wide realm of wartime individuals who, in one way or another, made a significant mark during one of the nation’s earliest industrial wars. Signers include: Philip H. Sheridan, Nathaniel P. Banks, Oliver O. Howard, William Mahone, Andrew A. Humphreys, David D. Porter, Daniel Sickles, Salmon P. Chase, Howell Cobb, John Pope, George W. Schofield, Don Carlos Buell, Lawrence O’Bryan Branch, Absalom Baird, John Echols, John J. Peck, George H. Thomas, Edward A. Wild, James S. Wadsworth, Seth Williams, Hiram Burnham, Washington L. Elliott, William B. Bate, Quincy A. Gillmore, Carl Schurz, Kenner Garrard, Edward Hatch, John T. Morgan, Joseph J. Bartlett, James Shields, J. H. Hobart Ward, John A. Dahlgren, James S. Robinson, Thomas H. Ruger, Edward D. Morgan, and French Forrest. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered mild to moderate creasing, toning, and soiling, and collector’s pencil notations to most items, some being copious, though they could be quite easily erased. The O. O. Howard letter has mirroring of ink due to premature folding, and the Salmon P. Chase letters have overall moderate toning and some ink erosion.

Complete list of contents: William Mahone (x2) – Confederate; 1881; (2) Stocks George M. Robeson – Union; SP James S. Robinson – Union; 1864; Endorsement Joseph B. Foraker – Union; signature John B. Floyd – Confederate; 1849; DS Thomas H. Ruger – Union; 1863; Endorsement receiving funds Henry A. Wise – Confederate; 1842; ALS  Robert Ogden Tyler – Union; 1862; DS Horatio G. Wright – Union; 1864; DS (List of Quartermaster’s Stores) Edward D. Morgan – Union; 1862; DS (as governor of NY) Samuel P. Heintzelman and Leavitt Hunt – Union; 1862; endorsement Nathaniel P. Banks – Union; 1890; ALS Horatio Wright and Rufus Saxton – Union; no date; No. 40 Special Requisition DS French Forrest – Confederate; 1863; ALS David Gregg – Union; 1897; ALS Charles K. Graham – Union; 1863; DS (List of Quartermaster’s Stores) Edward W. Hinks (x3) – Union; 1861; 3 DSs – (No. 40 Special Requisition) Charles A. Whittier - Union; 1861; ADS Francis W. Palfrey (x7) – Union; 1861; 7 DSs (Sales to Officers) John D. MacGregor – Union; 1861; DS (Voucher No. 3) Oliver O. Howard – Union; 1893; ALS Samuel Breck – Union; 1867; ALS Adam E. King – Union; 1866; DS Joseph P. Taylor – Union; 1864; free frank A. A. Humphreys – Union; 1867; LS John Echols – Confederate; 1843; ADS (Trust Deed) Matthew S. Quay – Union; 1878; Check (filled out in his hand and signed) Henry W. Hilliard – Confederate; no date; signature Isaac F. Quinby – Union; 1850; Endorsement Charles L. Kilburn – Union; 1862; partial DS Charles Henry Van Wyck (x2) – Union; 1865; 2 DSs George William Curtis – editor of Harper’s Weekly during Civil War – signature Joshua B. Howell – Union; 1862; DS George H. Pendleton – McClellan’s running mate against Lincoln in 1864 – signature Edward D. Townsend (x6) – Union; undated; 6 DSs Stewart L. Woodford – Union; 1878; ALS Charles F. Manderson – Union; 1903; signature John Franklin Miller – Union; 1862; DS John M. Brannan – Union; 1864; DS Henry M. Whittelsey – Union; 1864; DS James Grant Wilson – Union; 1902; ALS Horatio G. Wright – Union; 1888; ALS Samuel N. Benjamin – Union; 1883; DS John A. Dahlgren – Union; 1862; ALS Isaac F. Quinby – Union; 1850; ADS Horatio Seymour – Union; 1878; unsigned handwritten letter Theodore S. Peck – Union; 1906; sig Marsena R. Patrick – Union; 1849; LS James Barnes – Union; 1863; ADS Lawrence P. Graham – Union; 1861; LS Alvan C. Gillem – Union; 1861; DS Jefferson C. Davis – Union; 1864; DS James B. Steedman – Union; 1864; DS Samuel Cooper – Confederate; 1863; telegram L. P. Graham – Union; 1864; DS F. C. Smith – Union; 1862; DS Joseph J. Morrison – Union; no info; 1865; DS George W. Cullum – Union; not dated; sig D. T. Van Buren – Union; 1861; DS Alexander Shaler – Union; 1867; check David D. Porter – Union; 1863; LS Nelson Miles – Union; 1864; DS Jefferson C. Davis and John E. Remington– Union; 1864; DS Robert M. West – Union; 1862; DS William LeDuc – Union; 1864; DS John H. Reagan – Confederate; 1881; ALS Charles H. Davis, Alexander D. Bache, and J.G. Totten – Union; 1860; LS John J. Peck – Union; 1862; DS David S. Stanley – Union; 1890; LS William A. LaMotte – Union; 1864; ALS Wesley Merritt – Union; 1891; signature Francis M. Cockrell (x2)– Confederate; not dated; 2 separate signatures Green B. Raum – Union; 1876; check J. P. Taylor – Union; 1863; LS Irvin McDowell (x3) - Union; 1858; 3 DSs J. H. Hobart Ward – Union; 1861- DS James Shields – Union; 1845; LS John Rawlins – Union; not dated; signature Joseph R. Hawley – Union; 1902; signature David D. Porter – Union; 1886; LS Philip H. Sheridan – Union; not dated; signature Charles Griffin – Union; not dated; signature Joseph J. Bartlett – Union; not dated; signature John C. Kelton – Union; 1866; DS John T. Morgan – Confederate; 1904; ANS Edwin D. Morgan – Union; not dated; signature Thomas M. Vincent – Union; 1865; DS Edward D. Townsend – Union; 1862; DS William T. Ward and F. Smith (x2) – Union; 1863; 2 DSs D. T. Van Buren – Union; 1862; ADS Edward Hatch – Union; 1875; DS John Newton – Union; 1864; DS Kenner Garrard – Union; 1861; ALS John W. Turner – Union; 1864; telegram Hiram Burnham – Union; killed in battle; 1862; DS Seth Williams – Union; 1861; ALS Daniel Sickles (x2) – Union; 1861; 1885; 2 checks Carl Schurz – Union; 1862; ALS Quincy A. Gillmore – Union; 1863; DS David D. Porter – Union; 1884; signature Edward D. Townsend (x4)– Union; 1858–1860; 4 DSs Joseph J. Morrison – Union; 1863; DS William B. Bate – Confederate; 1905; check Washington L. Elliott – Union; 1864; DS William A. Nichols (x3)– Union; 1859; 3 DSs Howell Cobb – Confederate; 1860; DS Lawrence O’Bryan Branch (x2) – Confederate; killed in battle; 1853; 2 stocks Daniel Sickles – Union; 1860; check Absalom Baird (x2) – Union; 1861; 2 DSs John Echols – Confederate; 1869; ALS Henry W. Lawton – Union; 1884; ALS A. A. Humphreys – Union; 1867; ALS W. F. Poole – 1879; ALS Joseph J. Morrison – Union; 1865; 9x DS F. C. Smith – Union; 1862; DS John Pope – Union; 1881; ALS John J. Peck – Union; undated; signature Henry C. Corbin – Union; undated; signature George W. Schofield – Union; 1872; DS R. S. Granger – Union; 1862; DS George H. Thomas – Union; 1861; Civil War Edward A. Wild – Union; 1863; ALS James S. Wadsworth – Union; 1859; ALS Seth Williams – Union; 1864; DS William Denison Whipple – Union; undated; DS Horatio G. Wright – Union; 1879; ALS Seth Williams – Union; 1861; ALS Hiram Burnham – Union; killed in battle; 1863; ADS O. D. Greene – Union; 1887; DS N. B. McLaughlin and George E. Priest – Union; 1865; DS J. N. Petterson – Union; 1864; DS Opdyke, George (x2) – Mayor of NY during CW; 1862; 1863; 2 checks Salmon P. Chase (x4) - LSs

Auction Info

• Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
• Dates: #460 - Ended September 16, 2015