GENERAL ALFRED W. ELLET

Autograph with rank as commander of the Mississippi Marine Brigade!

(1820-95) Brother of the celebrated engineer Charles Ellet. In 1861, he served as a captain in the 59th Illinois Infantry. The following spring when his brother was ordered by the War Dept. to purchase vessels and convert them into rams, Alfred was commissioned lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp to his brother Charles. They completed their fleet at Cincinnati and steamed down the river to Memphis, defeating the Confederate fleet there on June 6, 1862, and sinking or...  

GENERAL C.C. AUGUR & GENERAL G.L. HARTSUFF

Endorsements on U.S. Army contract

Christopher C. Augur: (1821-1885) Graduated in the West Point class of 1843 which furnished ten general officers to the North and three to the South. He was a Mexican War veteran and later became commandant of cadets at West Point. His first active field command during the Civil War was on the line of the Rappahannock during the Peninsular campaign. Augur was one of several professional soldiers victimized by General N. P. Banks's poor showing at Cedar Mountain and was severely wounded in the Federal...  

GENERAL CHRISTOPHER C. AUGUR

Release for officer in Old Capitol Prison!

1865 Document Signed

(1821-1885) Graduated in the West Point class of 1843 which furnished ten general officers to the North and three to the South. He was a Mexican War veteran and later became commandant of cadets at West Point. His first active field command during the Civil War was on the line of the Rappahannock during the Peninsular campaign. Augur was one of several professional soldiers victimized by General N. P. Banks's poor showing at Cedar Mountain and was severely...  

GENERAL WILLIAM H. MORRIS

War Date Autographed Letter Signed

(1827-1900) Graduated in the West Point class of 1851. In 1861-62, he served on the staff of Gen. John J. Peck. He was commissioned colonel of the 135th New York Infantry, a regiment that was soon converted into the 6th New York Heavy Artillery. On March 16, 1863, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and was stationed with his brigade on Maryland Heights. In the Gettysburg campaign he was attached to the command of Gen. William H. French. He saw action in the Bristoe and Mine Run campaigns and...  

GENERALS SILAS CASEY & FRANCIS FESSENDEN

War Date Document Endorsed

Casey: (1807-82) Graduated in the West Point class of 1826. Distinguished himself during the Mexican War battles of Contreras, Churubusco, Molina del Rey, and Chapultepec, earning the brevets of major and lieutenant colonel for gallantry. Appointed a brigadier general of volunteers on Aug. 31, 1861. At the battle of Seven Pines, Va., in 1862, his division of the 4th Corps, bore the brunt of the Confederate attack by Gen. A.P. Hill's troops, and "Casey's Redoubt" was named for him. He later...  

GENERALS JOHN H. MARTINDALE & FITZ JOHN PORTER

War Date Document Signed by General Martindale + Autographed Endorsement Signed by General Porter

Martindale: (1815-81) Graduated #3 in the West Point class of 1835. On August 9, 1861, he was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers and fought throughout the Peninsular campaign in command of a brigade of General Heintzelman's 3rd Corps. He was military governor of Washington, D.C., and later commanded a division of General Baldy Smith's 18th Corps at Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred and Petersburg, subsequently commanding the corps...  

GENERAL GEORGE L. ANDREWS

1861 Autographed Letter Signed Seeking Military Appointment

Plus an A.L.S. by Abolitionist John G. Palfrey and 2 Autographed Endorsements Signed by Radical Republican Senator Charles Sumner

(1828-99) Born at Bridgewater, Mass., he graduated #1 in the West Point class of 1851. As an officer in the elite Corps of Engineers, he worked on the construction of Fort Warren, in Boston Harbor, and then taught at West Point as an assistant professor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 2nd...  

GENERALS OLIVER O. HOWARD & ROBERT K. SCOTT

Endorsements Signed

O.O. Howard: (1830-1909) Graduated #4 in the West Point class of 1846. Was Colonel 3rd Maine Inf., June 1861. He saw action at 1st Bull Run, Yorktown and Fair Oaks where he received two serious wounds, lost his right arm and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He also fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg [where he was voted the Thanks of Congress] and in the Atlanta campaign. He founded Howard University for negroes in Washington and served as it's president from 1869-74....  

GENERAL WILLIAM H. FRENCH

War Date Autographed Letter Signed

(1815-81) Graduated in the West Point class of 1837. Fought in the Florida Wars and the Mexican War. Earned the brevets of captain and major for gallantry in Mexico. Appointed brigadier general of volunteers to rank September 28, 1861. He commanded a brigade of the 2nd Corps during the Peninsular campaign, and a division of the corps at Antietam. He also fought in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and commanded the District of Harpers Ferry during the Gettysburg campaign. French commanded...  

GENERAL GUSTAVUS A. DE RUSSY

War Date Autographed Letter Signed

(1818-91) Commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the 4th Artillery, he was awarded the brevets of 1st lieutenant and captain for gallantry at Contreras, Churubusco and Chapultepec in the Mexican War. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was a full rank captain in the regular army and was highly commended by General McClellan during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign for his conduct at Malvern Hill winning the brevets of major and lieutenant colonel. He commanded the guns of General A.E. Burnside's army on the...  

GENERAL JOHN H. MARTINDALE

War Date Autographed Letter Signed

(1815-81) Graduated #3 in the West Point class of 1835. On August 9, 1861, he was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers and fought throughout the Peninsular campaign in command of a brigade of General Heintzelman's 3rd Corps. He was military governor of Washington, D.C., and later commanded a division of General Baldy Smith's 18th Corps at Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred and Petersburg, subsequently commanding the corps itself until health problems forced him to resign. He was brevetted major general...  

GENERAL IRVIN MC DOWELL

War Date Autographed Endorsement Signed

(1818-1885) Graduated in the West Point class of 1838. From 1841 to 1845 he taught tactics at the U.S. Military Academy and many of the students he taught went on to become Confederate generals who haunted him on the battlefields of the Civil War. He was awarded the rank of brevet captain for gallantry at the battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican War. He was appointed brigadier general May 14, 1861. By July, political pressure demanded an advance by his half trained army on the Rebels under the...