Confederate Autographs

Autograph, Albert G. Brown

U.S. Congressman

U.S. Senator

Governor of Mississippi

Confederate Senator

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(1813-80) Attended Mississippi College, and Jefferson College, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833, and practiced in Gallatin, Miss. Served as a member of the Mississippi house of representatives, 1835-39; U.S. Congressman, 1839-41; Governor of Mississippi, 1844-48; U.S. Congressman, 1847-53; U.S. Senator, 1854-61. During the Civil War he served as captain, in the 18th Mississippi Infantry, and as...  

Autograph General Roger A. Pryor

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(1828-1919) Born near Petersburg, Va., he graduated from Hampton-Sydney College in 1845 as valedictorian of his class and with a considerable reputation as an orator. He then studied law at the University of Virginia. By the outbreak of the Civil War, Pryor had a notable career as a lawyer, newspaper editor, and Congressman. He resigned from the House of Representatives on March 3, 1861, and was said to have declined the honor of firing the first shot at Fort Sumter. He was elected to the Provisional Confederate Congress, but...  

Autograph, Admiral Raphael Semmes, Confederate States Navy

(1809-1877) Named a Midshipman in 1826, he entered active duty in 1832, and later fought in the Mexican War. Having moved to Alabama, he resigned his naval commission when that state seceded from the Union and was given the duty by Jefferson Davis of purchasing material and engaging mechanics to manufacture ordnance for the Confederacy. He was commissioned Commander, and then fitted out the cruiser Sumter in New Orleans. Cutting through the river blockade for a six month's cruise, he took 18 prizes. Abandoning his ship at Gibraltar, he went to England to...  

Autograph General James Longstreet

Signature on letter requesting his autograph!

(1821-1904) Old Pete and Lee's Old War Horse were two names commonly used when referring to Confederate General James Longstreet. He commanded the 1st Corps, of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, for most of the Civil War. He fought at 1st Manassas, in the Virginia Peninsula campaign, at 2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. He was briefly sent west by General Lee to bolster that army and saw action at Chickamauga and Knoxville. Returning east, he fought in the...  

Autograph Varina Howell Davis

First Lady of the Confederacy

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Mentions Jefferson Davis several times!

(1826-1906) Wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Varina Howell, a Natchez, Mississippi girl, not yet twenty years old, married Jefferson Davis on Feb. 25, 1845. She became the mainstay of his life; independent, sometimes willful, she irritated the older Davis at first. After a period of adjustment, she shared his trials and triumphs, fought battles for him, bore him four sons and two daughters, and loved him...  

Autograph 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...  

Autograph General Alfred H. Colquitt

(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, Fredericksburg, and...  

Autograph General Lafayette Mc Laws

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(1821-97) Born at Augusta, Ga., he was a nephew of President Zachary Taylor by marriage. He graduated from West Point in 1842 along with his future corps commander, James Longstreet. He fought in the Mexican War and resigned his U.S. Army commission on Mar. 23, 1861. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he helped organize the 10th Georgia Infantry, and was appointed their colonel. He was then promoted to brigadier general on Sept. 25, 1861, and major general on May 23, 1862. He fought in the Peninsular campaign, at Antietam,...  

Autograph General Howell Cobb

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(1815-68) Born in Jefferson County, Ga., he graduated from the University of Georgia in 1834, and was admitted to the bar two years later. He served in the U.S. Congress from 1843 to 1851, and was Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851, when he was overwhelmingly elected governor of Georgia. He returned to Congress in 1855, and was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Buchanan in 1857. Upon the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860, he advocated immediate secession. He was a strong candidate...  

Autograph George G. Vest

Confederate Congressman & Senator

U.S. Senator

(1830-1904) Born in Frankfort, Kentucky. Graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1848, and from the Law Department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1853, and was admitted to the bar. Commenced practice in Georgetown, Missouri. Served as a presidential elector in 1860. Member of the Missouri State House of Representatives in 1860-61. Was Judge Advocate of the Confederate forces in Missouri in 1862. Served as Confederate Congressman, 1862-65, was appointed a...  

Autograph General William E. Jones

Killed at the battle of Piedmont, Va. in 1864

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(1824-64) Known as "Grumble" Jones. Graduated from West Point in 1848, and served on the frontier until 1857 when he resigned his commission in the U.S. Army. When his state of Virginia seceded from the Union, he organized a company known as the "Washington Mounted Rifles," and was elected their captain. He served under J.E.B. Stuart at 1st Manassas, and became colonel of the 1st, and then the 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment. He continued to serve under...  

Henry St. George Offutt

Chief of Contract Bureau, Confederate States of America

Acting Postmaster General, C.S.A.

(1821-94) From Virginia. Appointed Chief of Contract Bureau, Confederate States of America, April 19, 1862. He was appointed Acting Postmaster General, by Jefferson Davis, on June 12, 1862.

Autographed Letter Signed: 2 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 3/4, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet, Offutt & Co., Railway Material, Steamship and Machinists Supplies, etc., New York. This is an incomplete letter as it includes pages 3 and 4 only. No exact...