Autograph, General John A. Dix

Famous for his American flag dispatch, "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot!" This became a clarion call in the North during the Civil War!

New York Secretary of State

United States Senator from New York

Governor of New York

(1798-1879) Born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, he joined the U.S. Army in 1813, and served until 1828. In 1830, he was appointed by Governor Enos T. Throop as Adjutant General of the New York State Militia. Was New York Secretary of State, 1833-39, and...  

Autograph, Stewart Lee Udall

United States Secretary of the Interior appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961

United States Congressman from Arizona

Card signature as Secretary of the Interior

World War II Air Force hero

(1920-2010) Born in St. Johns, Arizona, Udall attended the University of Arizona for two years until World War II. He then served four years in the U.S. Air Force as an enlisted gunner on a B-24 Liberator, flying fifty missions over Western Europe from Italy with the 736th Bomb Squadron, 454th Bomb Group, for which he was...  

Autograph, General John B. Gordon

Received five wounds at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Md. in 1862 and almost died

United States Senator from Georgia

Governor of Georgia

Endorsement on the reverse of a letter to Senator 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 shortly after the bombardment of Fort Sumter when he raised a company of mountain men from northwest Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee called the...  

Autograph, Fernando Wood, Mayor of New York City

Mayor Wood suggested to the New York City Council in 1861 that the city should declare itself an independent city-state in order to continue its profitable cotton trade with the Confederate States of America

United States Congressman from New York

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

Mayor of New York City during the Civil War

(1812-81) Born in Philadelphia, he entered politics in New York City, in 1834, and was active in Tammany Hall politics, serving as a member of the U.S. Congress, 1841-43....  

Autograph, General Grenville M. Dodge

Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry

He was severely wounded in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas in 1862, and in the Atlanta campaign in 1864

Served as Chief of Intelligence for the army of General U.S. Grant

He fought against the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in 1865

United States Congressman from Iowa

(1831-1916) Born in Danvers, Massachusetts, he graduated from Norwich University with a degree in civil engineering in 1851. He settled in the Missouri River city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and for the next 10...  

Autograph, General Roger A. Pryor

Colonel of the 3rd Virginia Infantry

United States Congressman from Virginia

(1828-1919) Born near Petersburg, Virginia, 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 U.S. Congressman. He was known as a fiery and eloquent advocate of slavery, Southern states rights, and secession; although he and his wife did...  

Autograph, Thomas L. Clingman

Colonel of the 25th North Carolina Infantry

Severely wounded in 1864 at the Battle on the Weldon Railroad, Virginia

U.S. Congressman and Senator from North Carolina

(1812-97) Born at Huntsville, North Carolina. He graduated from N.C. State University in 1832, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1834. He then started a political career, first in the North Carolina State Legislature, and then as a U.S. Congressman, 1843-45, and 1847-58. He was then elected U.S. Senator in 1860. When the Civil War began, he left Washington...  

Autograph, General Francis R.T. Nicholls

Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Louisiana Infantry

Wounded and captured at Winchester, Virginia in 1862 losing his left arm as a result, and at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 his left foot was blown off by an artillery shell

Governor of Louisiana

(1834-1912) Born at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, he graduated in the West Point class of 1855. He studied law at the University of Louisiana, now Tulane University, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Napoleonville. At the outbreak of the War Between the States, he...  

Autograph, Governor William Sprague of Rhode Island

Colonel of the Rhode Island Militia he fought in the Civil War in 1861-62

Civil War Governor of Rhode Island

Civil War Senator from Rhode Island

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

Son-in-Law of President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase

(1830-1915) Born in the Governor's Mansion in Cranston, Rhode Island, he was from an extremely wealthy and politically influential Rhode Island family. His Uncle William Sprague was the Governor of Rhode Island, and a U.S....  

Autograph, General Nathaniel P. Banks

Rare war date General N.P. Banks letter from the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign to General John P. Hatch regarding the movements of his cavalry

United States Congressman from Massachusetts

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

United States Speaker of the House

Governor of Massachusetts

(1816-1894) Born at Waltham, Massachusetts. He was Speaker of the Massachusetts House, presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1853, and the same year was elected to the U.S. Congress, the first of ten...  

Autograph, General Russell A. Alger

Letter Signed

Wounded and captured at the Battle of Booneville, Mississippi

Colonel of the 5th Michigan Cavalry in General Custer's Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg

Severely wounded during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg

United States Senator from Michigan

U.S. Secretary of War under President William McKinley

Governor of Michigan

(1836-1907) Born in Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio. He attended Richfield Academy, studied law in Akron, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He...  

Autograph, Colonel Eliakim Sherrill

Colonel of the 126th New York Infantry

Mortally wounded in action at the Battle of Gettysburg while repulsing Pickett's Charge

United States Congressman from New York

(1813-63) Born in Greenville, New York, where he attended the public schools. He moved to Herkimer County, N.Y. in 1832, and then moved to Shandaken in 1838, where Sherrill owned a tannery. He entered local politics, holding several political offices, and served as a major in the New York State Militia. He was elected as a Whig to the United States Congress,...