Autograph General Philip H. Sheridan

Signature as Major General

(1831-88) A prominent Civil War commander, he graduated in the West Point class of 1853. Appointed brigadier general of volunteers September 13, 1862, and major general, March 16, 1863. Fought in the battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, the Shenandoah Valley and Appomattox campaigns, to name but a few. Sheridan also saw action against the Plains Indians in the 1870's.

Signature With Rank: 4 1/8 x 1 1/4, in ink, Phil. H. Sheridan, Maj. Genl. Very fine.  

Autograph General John J. Peck

War Date Document Signed

(1821-78) Graduated in the West Point class of 1843 and served with great distinction in the Mexican War earning the brevets of captain and major. On Aug. 9, 1861, President Lincoln appointed him a brigadier general of volunteers and in the course of the Peninsular campaign he commanded the 2nd Division of Keyes's 4th Corps. On July 25, 1862, he was promoted to major general and commanded all the Union troops in Virginia south of the James River. The following spring, while commanding at Suffolk, Peck rendered his...  

Autograph William Williams

Commandant of Camp Allen, Fort Wayne, Indiana

U.S. Paymaster during Civil War

U.S. Congressman

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

(1821-96) Studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845, and commenced practice in Warsaw, Indiana. Director of the Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, 1854-56. Director of the Michigan City Prison, 1859-62. Served in the Union Army as Commandant of Camp Allen, Fort Wayne, Ind., and as a Paymaster of Volunteers with headquarters at Louisville, Ky., until the close of the...  

Autograph Colonel Martin Welker

Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

U.S. Congressman

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

(1819-1902) Born in Knox County, Ohio, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and commenced practice in Millersburg, Ohio. Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of Ohio, 1852-57. Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1857-58, serving under Governor Salmon P. Chase. Aide-de-Camp, with rank of colonel, to the Governor of Ohio. Judge Advocate General of the State of Ohio. Superintendent of drafting with rank of colonel under...  

Autograph Lieutenant Colonel Finley Anderson

Document Signed

...the wearing of the ball and chain during their terms of imprisonment

Born in Ireland. Enlisted in the Civil War from New York. Commissioned Captain, A.A.G., Oct. 7, 1864; Major, A.A.G., June 6, 1865; brevet lieutenant colonel, Dec. 1, 1865, for gallantry and meritorious Civil War service; mustered out of service, June 19, 1866.

Document Signed: 6 1/2 x 9, imprinted special orders issued by General Winfield S. Hancock, and signed in ink by Anderson as A.A.G.

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Autograph General Thomas H. Ruger

Signature With Rank

(1833-1907) Graduated from West Point in 1854 ranking 3rd in his class. On September 1, 1861, he was appointed colonel of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. He served under General N.P. Banks in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign and again at Cedar Mountain. He also fought in the Antietam campaign where he was wounded. He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers to rank from November 29, 1862. In the Chancellorsville campaign he commanded a brigade of General Alpheus S. Williams division; and at Gettysburg he directed...  

Autograph General Samuel W. Crawford

Document Signed

(1829-92) Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Medical School in 1850. The following year he accepted an appointment as assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army and served at various points on the western frontier until 1860. He was then stationed at Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor and later Fort Sumter, where he had command of a battery during the bombardment which signaled the start of the Civil War. Soon after, he vacated his staff commission by becoming major of the newly authorized 13th Infantry. During the...  

Autograph General Francis A. Walker

War Date Document Signed Twice

(1840-97) Served as sergeant major in the 15th Massachusetts Infantry, Major and A.A.G. on the staff of General Darius N. Couch, and Lieutenant Colonel, A.A.G., 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. He was wounded at Chancellorsville, captured and held in Libby Prison, and promoted to Brevet Brigadier General in 1865 for his gallantry at Chancellorsville. After the Civil War he served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Chief of the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, Deputy Special Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and...  

Autograph General Christopher C. Augur

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 wounded in the Federal rout. Banks asked for him as second in...  

Autograph John T. Wilson

Served as Captain of the 70th Ohio Infantry during the Civil War

U.S. Congressman from Ohio

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

(1811-91) Born in Bell, Highland County, Ohio, he was engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits before the Civil War. He enlisted on November 2, 1861, and was commissioned captain, Co. E, 70th Ohio Infantry, and resigned on November 27, 1862. Member of the Ohio State Senate, 1863-66. Served as U.S. Congressman, 1867-73, including the 40th U.S. Congress, which was the...  

Autograph General Henry J. Hunt

Civil War period signature with rank and title

Commander of the Artillery of the Army of the Potomac

(1819-1889) Graduate of the West Point class of 1839. He fought in the Mexican War receiving two brevets for gallantry. Hunt played a prominent part in the 1st Bull Run campaign, and became chief of artillery. At Malvern Hill, the concluding battle of the Peninsular campaign, Hunt's guns shattered the Confederate assault. He fought with distinction at Fredericksburg, Antietam, and on July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, his guns on Cemetery...  

Autograph George M. Adams

Captain 7th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War

U.S. Congressman from Kentucky

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

(1837-1920) Born in Barbourville, Knox County, Ky., attended Centre College, Danville, Ky., studied law, and served as clerk of the court of Knox County, 1859-61. Enlisted on August 20, 1861, and was commissioned captain, Co. H, 7th Kentucky Infantry. Resigned on January 24, 1863. On May 28, 1864, he was commissioned major, U.S. Volunteers Paymaster's Department, and served in that...