GENERAL ROBERT B. VANCE

Confederate General captured at Crosby Creek in 1864!

(1828-99) Born on Reems Creek, near Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. He was the older brother of North Carolina Civil War Governor, Zebulon Vance. In 1861, he recruited a company known as the "Buncombe Life Guards" and was elected their captain. When they were formed into the 29th North Carolina Infantry, he was elected colonel. He fought at Cumberland Gap, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and was captured at Crosby Creek, Jan. 14, 1864, and was not released for exchange from Fort Delaware...  

1859 JOHNSON COUNTY, MISSOURI CIRCUIT COURT DOCUMENT

Written in the hand of Francis M. Cockrell

7 x 7 1/4, in ink.

Jonathan Graves and Love S. Cromwell, Plaintiffs

Against

Baldwin H. Fine, Defendant

In the Circuit Court of Johnson County, Missouri

Plaintiffs state that the defendant, by his certain promissory note attached and herewith filed, dated the first day of January AD 1859, promised, by the style and description of B.H. Fine, for value received to pay plaintiffs, under the firm name and style of J. Graves & Co., four hundred and eighty nine dollars...  

GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON

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(1832-1904) Born in Upson County, Ga., he had one of the most spectacular Civil War and postbellum careers of any civilian who fought for the Confederacy. His army service began in 1861 with his election as captain of a mountaineer company from northwest Georgia called the "Raccoon Roughs," and ended at Appomattox Court House as a corps commander. In between he fought magnificently on every battlefield in which the Army of Northern Virginia participated, except when he was absent from wounds. During the battle of...  

GENERAL ALFRED H. COLQUITT

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(1824-94) Born at Monroe, Ga., he graduated from Princeton in 1844, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He served in the Mexican War as a major, and in 1852, was elected to the U.S. Congress. A member of the Georgia legislature in 1859, he became a Breckenridge presidential elector in 1860, and a member of the state secession convention in 1861. He was elected colonel of the 6th Georgia Infantry in May 1861, and saw action with his regiment in the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, the 7 Days battles, Sharpsburg,...  

GENERAL BIRKETT D. FRY

Wounded and captured during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg!

Also wounded at Seven Pines, Sharpsburg and Chancellorsville!

(1822-91) Born in Kanawha County, Va., he was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and West Point. He served as a 1st lieutenant of voltigeurs during the Mexican War. At the outbreak of the War Between the States, Fry was in Alabama engaged in the cotton manufacturing business. He was appointed colonel of the 13th Alabama Infantry which he led to Virginia. He was severely wounded at Seven Pines, again...  

JOHN G. SHORTER, CIVIL WAR GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA

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(1818-72) Born in Monticello, Georgia, he studied law, commenced practice in Alabama in 1838, was a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives, and served as a judge. In early 1861 he was appointed commissioner from Alabama to the Georgia secession convention. He was then named to the Provisional Confederate Congress where he was appointed chairman of the Committee on Engrossment. He also sat on the committees on Buildings; Executive Departments; and Flag and Seal. Elected Governor of Alabama in August...  

GENERAL WILLIAM MAHONE

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(1826-95) Born in Southampton County, Va., he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1847. Studying engineering, he was president and superintendent of the Norfolk & Petersburg R.R. at the outbreak of the Civil War. Soon appointed colonel of the 6th Virginia Infantry, he was involved in the capture of the Norfolk Navy Yard and commanded the Norfolk District until its evacuation. Mahone fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Seven Pines to Appomattox, except while convalescing from wounds received at the...  

GENERAL WILLIAM J. HARDEE

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(1815-73) Known as "Old Reliable," he graduated from West Point in 1838, and was twice brevetted for gallantry in the Mexican War. Afterwards he served as commandant of cadets at West Point, 1856-60, and wrote the standard textbook, "Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics," which was later used by both armies in the Civil War. When his native state of Georgia seceded from the Union, he resigned his lieutenant colonelcy in the U.S. Army and was appointed brigadier general in the Confederacy on June...  

GENERAL JAMES CONNER

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(1829-83) Born at Charleston, S.C., he graduated from South Carolina College, practiced law, and in 1856 was appointed United States district attorney. While serving in this position he prosecuted the famous case of the slave ship Echo. In 1861, he joined Hampton's Legion as captain, and saw action in the 1st battle of Manassas. Soon afterwards, he was promoted to colonel, and was given command of the 22nd North Carolina Infantry, which he led with distinction until his promotion to brigadier general, on June 1,...  

GENERAL MARCUS J. WRIGHT

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(1831-1922) Lieutenant colonel 154th Tennessee Infantry. After acting as military governor of Columbus, Kentucky, he fought at Belmont and was wounded at Shiloh. During Bragg's invasion of Kentucky in 1862 he was on the staff of Gen. Cheatham and took part in the battle of Perryville. Promoted brigadier general Dec. 1862, he led the old Tennessee Brigade at Chickamauga and in the Chattanooga campaign. He later commanded the post and District of Atlanta, the post at Macon, and at the end of the war, the District...  

GENERAL WADE HAMPTON

(1818-1902) He served in both houses of the South Carolina legislature, 1852-61. In 1861, he was reputed to be the largest landowner in the South. He organized and equipped at his own expense the famed "Hampton Legion," taking them to Virginia in time to fight in the battle of 1st Manassas, where he was wounded. He commanded an infantry brigade in the Virginia Peninsular campaign, and then in the summer of 1862, was assigned a cavalry command under General J.E.B. Stuart. He participated in most of their actions from 1862-64, and was seriously...  

C.S.A. SECRETARY OF WAR, JAMES A. SEDDON

War Date Letter Signed to South Carolina Governor M.L. Bonham

(1815-80) Born at Fredericksburg, Va., he graduated from the University of Virginia Law School. He served as U.S. Congressman, 1845-47, 1849-51, and was the Confederate Secretary of War, 1862-65. After the Confederate collapse, Federal authorities arrested Seddon, imprisoning him for several months at Fort Monroe.

War Date Letter Signed: 5 x 8, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet. Confederate States of America, War Department, Richmond, Va., Oct. 22, 1863. His...