Autograph, General Samuel Breck

War Date Document Signed

General McClellan appoints future Union Generals' Averill, Gregg and Duffie to a military board

Samuel Breck: (1834-1918) Graduated in the West Point class of 1855. Served in the 1st U.S. Artillery. During the Civil War he served as aide-de-camp on the staff of General Irvin McDowell, and was Assistant Adjutant General in the Adjutant General's Office. He was promoted to brevet brigadier general in March 1865.

7 3/4 x 10, in ink.

Head Quarters Army of the Potomac
Washington, Feby. 12th,...  

1863 Receipt For Union Deserter of the Excelsior Brigade

Autographed document signed by a captain killed in the Peach Orchard, during the battle of Gettysburg!

7 3/4 x 4 1/4, in ink.

Rec.[eived] from officer Marsh, private Charles Keith, Co. F, 4 Reg. Excel.[sior] Brigade, a deserter.

N.Y., Jany. 10/63.

Eugene C. Shine
Capt. Co. F
4th Regt. Ex.[celsior] Brig.[ade]

Light age toning and wear. Small stain at lower right edge. Very fine. Very desirable A.D.S. from a New York officer killed in action at Gettysburg!

Eugene C. Shine, was 29 years old when he...  

Autograph, General Christian T. Christensen

War Date Autographed Letter Signed

Glowing recommendation of Major J.B. Cook, 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry, for leading the charge on Big Black River Bridge, described by General Canby as "one of the most daring and heroic acts of the war!"

7 3/4 x 10, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet.

Acting Assistant Quartermaster's Office
Memphis, Tenn.
Jan. 9th, 1865

Hd. Qrs. Mil.[itary] Div.[ision] West Miss.
N.O., La., Dec. 9, 1864

General Orders
No. 81

Subject to the approval of the President of...  

1863 Union Officer's Pay Voucher

Includes Listing for his Negro Servant

17 x 11, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Pay Voucher for E.S. Jones, Capt. and C.S., U.S. Vols., for the period June 1, 1863, to June 30, 1863. Also accounts for his black servant named Andrew Jackson. Signed at lower right, E.S. Jones, Capt. & C.S. Light age toning and wear. Very fine.

Edwin S. Jones, was born in Connecticut, and served in the U.S. Army, 1863-66, and held the rank of brevet major at the time of his discharge.
 

Autograph, General William Hawley

1865 Document Signed

(1824-73) Born in Porter, Niagra County, N.Y. He served with the 3rd U.S. Artillery during the Mexican War. Commissioned Captain, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, April 24, 1861. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, November 14, 1862; Colonel, June 29, 1864; Brevet Brigadier General, March 16, 1865 for gallantry in the Georgia and Carolina's campaigns. Mustered out of service July 18, 1865.

1865 Document Signed: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4, in ink.

Hd. Qrs. Batl., 31st Wis. Vol. Infty.
Near Louisville, Ky.
June 21st,...  

1863 Communication to Colonel S.B. Holabird, New Orleans, La.

7 1/2 x 9 1/2, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet.

Assistant Quartermaster's Office,
Boston, Mass., May 26th, 1863

Col. S.B. Holabird
Chief Qr. Mr. Dept. of the Gulf
New Orleans, La.

Colonel,

I have forwarded to you per Brig. "Proteus," the Commissarry Stores described in the enclosed Invoice and Bill of Lading, which please deliver as addressed and advise me of their receipt.

I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
Wm. W. McKim
Capt. & A.Q.M.

Very fine.  

1862 Union Officer's Pay Voucher

Includes Listing for his Negro Servant

17 x 11, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Pay Voucher for Captain Donn Piatt, A.A.G., for the period July 1, 1862, to July 31, 1862. Also accounts for his black servant. Signed at lower right, Donn Piatt, Capt. & A.A.G. Light wear. Very fine.

Donn Piatt, enlisted on April 24, 1861, as a captain, and was commissioned into the 13th Ohio Infantry. He was discharged for promotion on June 28, 1861, and commissioned into the U.S. Volunteers Adjutant General's Department. Promoted to major,...  

Secretary of War Announces Extension of Military Departments

5 x 7 1/4, imprint.

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, June 8, 1862

General Orders, No. 62

I. The Department of the Mississippi is extended so as to include the whole of the State of Tennessee and Kentucky. All officers on duty in those States will report to Major General Halleck.

II. The Mountain Department is extended Eastward to the road running from Williamsport to Martinsburg. Winchester, Strasburg, Harrisonburg, and Staunton, including that place; thence in the same direction Southward until it...  

The President is Authorized to Assign Commanders of Troops

5 x 7 1/4, imprint.

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, April 8, 1862

General Orders, No. 37

The following Resolution of Congress is published for the information of all concerned:

A Resolution to authorize the President to assign the command of troops in the same field or department to officers of the same grade, without regard to seniority.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever military operations may require the...  

Clothing Account for Soldier in 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery

Signed by officer wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va. in 1864

8 x 10 1/2, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

1st Div. Rendezvous of Distribution

Headquarters Convalescent Camp, Va.

August 16th, 1864

Comndt. Battery F, 1st Penna. Light Art. Regiment. Enclosed you will find amount of Clothing issued to men of your Company at this Camp during the month of August, this receipt of which you will please acknowledge and charge to Clothing Account.

Yours respectfully,

Geo. S. Greene

Lieut. &...  

1862 Voucher For Lieutenant, 7th Rhode Island Volunteers

7 1/2 x 9 3/4, imprinted form filled out in ink.

The State of Rhode Island, To D. Smith Linnell, 1862, On Account Of The Military Service in the Seventh Regt. Rhode Island Volunteers as first Lieut & Quarter Master, from Sept. first to Nov. thirteenth, making seventy four days, at four Dollars & twenty three cents per Day, making $310.39. More content. Light age toning and wear. Very fine.  

1862 Order Naming Fort Edisto, South Carolina

5 x 7 1/4, imprint.

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, March 13, 1862

General Orders
No. 24

I. The military post established by the troops under command of Colonel Henry Moore, 47th New York Volunteers, United States service, at the "Point of Pines," Edisto Island, South Carolina, will be called Fort Edisto.

II. The following Resolution of Congress is published for the information of all concerned:

A RESOLUTION providing for the payment of the awards of the commission to investigate...