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Autograph, General Hylan B. Lyon
Captured at the fall of Fort Donelson, Tennessee in February 1862
Kentucky Cavalry Commander under General Nathan Bedford Forrest
He escaped from capture at Red Hill, Alabama in January 1865, by his quick thinking and daring action and shooting a Yankee sergeant
(1836-1907) He was born in what is now Lyon County, Kentucky, to a wealthy plantation family, and was the grandson of Congressman Matthew Lyon. He graduated in the West Point class of 1856, and was assigned to the 2nd U.S. Artillery Regiment on duty at Fort Myers during...
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Autograph, General John Pegram
Killed in the battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia on February 6, 1865
(1832-65) Born at Petersburg, Virginia, he graduated in the West Point class of 1854. Resigning his commission in the U.S. Army on May 10, 1861, he served as a lieutenant colonel under General Robert S. Garnett in the Rich Mountain campaign, and was captured. After his return to the army, he was promoted to colonel and served under Generals' P.G.T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith respectively, being chief of staff to the latter during the 1862 invasion of...
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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...
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Autograph, General Winfield S. Featherston
United States Congressman from Mississippi
Colonel of the 17th Mississippi Infantry
Wounded during the Seven Days Battles in 1862
Rare 1861 Mississippi "Confederate Guards" document on Army of Mississippi imprinted letter sheet
(1820-91) Born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Featherston completed his preparatory studies, but left school in 1836 to enroll in a local militia company to fight the Creek Indians during the Creek War. He later moved to Mississippi where he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840,...
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Autograph, General Alexander R. Lawton
Lawton favored Georgia's secession and became colonel of the 1st Georgia Volunteers whom he led at the capture of Fort Pulaski, Ga.
He was very severely wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland in 1862
(1818-96) Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, he was the brother-in-law of Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander who commanded General Lee's artillery at Gettysburg. He graduated in the West Point class of 1839, and served in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His antebellum career saw him as the president of the Augusta & Savannah...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Autograph, General David A. Weisiger
Colonel of the 12th Virginia Infantry
Wounded 3 times during the Civil War; at the Battles of 2nd Manassas, the Wilderness, and at the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia
Document Signed
(1818-99) Born in Chesterfield County, Va., he served as a lieutenant of the 1st Virginia Volunteers during the Mexican War. As a captain of Virginia Militia he was officer of the day at the hanging of John Brown in 1859. Two years later, as a major of the 4th Virginia Battalion, Weisiger took his battalion to the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk,...
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Autograph, Admiral Raphael Semmes, Confederate States Navy
Commander of the famous Confederate raider, the C.S.S. Alabama
Very Rare Mexican War era signature with sentiment, rank and date
(1809-1877) Born in Charles County, Maryland, on Tayloe's Neck, he was a cousin of future Confederate general Paul J. Semmes. He graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy, and entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1826. During his early U.S. Naval service he cruised on various ships on duty in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and the West Indies attempting to suppress piracy. During the Mexican War,...
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Autograph, General James Patton Anderson
Colonel 1st Florida Infantry, Confederate States of America
Wounded in action during the Atlanta campaign
United States Congressman from Washington Territory
War period autograph endorsement signed
(1822-72) Born near Winchester, in Franklin County, Tennessee. He attended the medical school of Jefferson College, and practiced medicine in Hernando County, Mississippi. He also studied law at Montrose Law School in Frankfort, Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar in 1843, establishing a practice in Hernando, in DeSoto...
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Autograph, General John Echols
Delegate to the 1861 Virginia Secession Convention
Colonel of the 27th Virginia Infantry of the "Stonewall Brigade"
Severely wounded at the 1st Battle of Kernstown, Virginia in 1862
(1823-96) Born at Lynchburg, Va., he graduated from Washington College, [later named Washington & Lee University] 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 Virginia General Assembly, and a delegate to the Virginia secession...
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