Autograph Christopher G. Memminger

Confederate Secretary of the Treasury

War Date Letter Signed to Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens

(1803-88) He graduated from South Carolina College at the age of 16, standing #2 in his class. Studied law, passed the bar in 1825, and commenced a practice in Charleston. Served in the South Carolina Legislature from 1836-52, and 1854-60. He signed South Carolina's secession ordnance, was chairman of the Provisional Confederate Congress Committee on Commercial Affairs, and was the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury,...  

Autograph General James Longstreet

(1821-1904) "Old Pete" and "Lee's Old War Horse" were two names commonly used when referring to General James Longstreet. He commanded the 1st Corps, of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, for most of the 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 battle of the Wilderness where he was severely...  

Autograph, General John B. Gordon

(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 Sharpsburg he was wounded...  

Autograph, General Daniel Ruggles

War Date Requisition For Arms & Ammunition issued to the Fredericksburg Grays

(1810-97) Graduated from West Point in the class of 1833, fought in the Seminole War, and earned the brevets of major and lieutenant colonel for gallantry during the Mexican War. Resigning his commission in the U.S. Army on May 7, 1861, he commanded the Virginia forces on the Rappahannock River at the opening of the Civil War. Commissioned brigadier general, August 9, 1861, he commanded a brigade during the battle of Shiloh where he rendered excellent service in...  

Autograph, General William B. Bate

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Wounded 3 times and had 6 horses shot out from under him!

(1826-1905) Born in Bledsoe's Lick, Tennessee. Fought in the Mexican War as 1st lieutenant of the 3rd Tennessee Infantry. Served in the Tennessee House of Representatives, 1849-51. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was commissioned colonel of the 2nd Tennessee Infantry. He saw action at 1st Manassas, and Shiloh, where he was badly wounded. Promoted to brigadier general on Oct. 2, 1862. He also fought with distinction as a brigade commander in the Tullahoma...  

Autograph, 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,...  

Autograph, General John Echols

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(1823-96) Born at Lynchburg, Va., he graduated from Washington College, [later named Washington & Lee] Lexington, Va., studied law at Harvard, and was admitted to the bar in 1843. He served as attorney to the Commonwealth of Virginia, was a member of the general assembly, and a delegate to the secession convention. At the 1st battle of Manassas, Echols commanded the 27th Virginia Infantry, of the Stonewall Brigade, and he was seriously wounded at Kernstown during Jackson's famous 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign. Promoted to...  

Autograph, General John H. Winder

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(1800-65) A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he was brevetted for gallantry during the Mexican War. He was appointed brigadier general in the Provisional Confederate Army on June 21, 1861, and made Provost Marshal of Richmond. In this position Winder was in command of all the prison camps in the area which included the notorious Libby Prison, as well as being in charge of arresting deserters and keeping order in the Confederate capital city. In 1864 he was named Commissary General of prisoners east of...  

Autograph, George A. Trenholm

Confederate Secretary of the Treasury

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(1807-86) Born at Charleston, S.C. In 1822, he went to work for John Fraser & Co., and in 1836, he succeeded his employer, and became the director of the Bank of South Carolina, the largest bank in the state. He served in the South Carolina legislature, 1852-56, and by 1860 he was extremely wealthy. Trenholm faithfully served the Confederacy as he built and donated the gunboat Chicora, and worked on the Board of Commissioners fortifying Charleston. He also expanded his fleet to 50...  

Autograph, 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...  

Autograph, General Birkett D. Fry

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Fry was wounded and captured during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg!

He was 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...  

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...