Various Collection of signatures, calling cards, and other documents related to political who also served during the Civil War [Decimalized .01- .16]

Collection Summary

Collection of signatures and documents, including items signed or related to Benjamin Franklin Butler, Joshua Chamberlain, Orris S. Ferry, Walter Q. Gresham, William T. Sherman, Joseph Wheeler, and Samuel Francis Du Pont.

Collection Details

GLC#: GLC02878.04
Type: Header Record
Date: 1857-1865
Author/Creator: Various
Title: Collection of signatures, calling cards, and other documents related to political who also served during the Civil War [Decimalized .01- .16]
Place Written: s.l.
Pagination: 14 cards and documents, 1 envelope, 1 carte de visite

Time Period

Primary time period: National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860

Sub-Era: Age of Jackson

Subjects

Confederate General or Leader

Confederate States of America

Showing 15 of 15 records

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to James William Denver

20 May 1857

McKibbin, Joseph Chambers, 1824-1896

Location is illegible. McKibbin, a United States Representative from California, informs Denver that Colonel Hooker will file an application for the position of paymaster in the army. Highly recommends Hooker, asking Denver to pay special attention...

GLC02878.04.01

Collection Item

Document signed

[Receipt of pay pertaining to Captain Charles H. Whittelsey, Assistant Adjutant General]

18 July 1863

Hardie, James A., 1823-1876

Charles H. Whittelsey signs, confirming that he received $56.53 from J. Harper, paymaster, for his service from 18- 31 May 1863. Walter Mitchell is listed as Whittelsey's black servant. James A. Hardie signs an attached paper, attesting that...

GLC02878.04.02

Collection Item

[Print based on a painting of Samuel F. Du Pont]

1863

Johnson, Fry, & Co., fl. 1825-1873

Depicts Rear Admiral Du Pont in uniform, seated at a table.

GLC02878.04.03

Collection Item

Autograph note signed

[Confirmation of payment]

circa 1863-1864

Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865

Du Pont writes, "I am paid up to the Old paper to Dec 5th/64." Thanks the recipient for a previous letter, and promises to write again soon.

GLC02878.04.04

Collection Item

Printed document signed

General orders, No. 43

21 March 1865

Burger, William L.M., 1833-?

Burger signs as assistant adjutant general. Orders pertain to organization and assignment of 1st and 2nd Battalions, Veteran Reserve Corps. Based on the order of Edward Davis Townsend, Secretary of War.

GLC02878.04.05

Collection Item

Printed document signed

General orders, No. 80

7 June 1865

Keefer, J., fl. 1865

[Keefer?] signs as acting assistant adjutant general. Orders pertain to "the use of spring wagons, ambulances & c., the property of the United States, by unauthorized persons for unauthorized purposes." Issued by Assistant Adjutant General A.E...

GLC02878.04.06

Collection Item

Signature

[Signature of Wheeler]

circa 1861-1862

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

Wheeler became a Confederate colonel of the 19th Alabama Infantry in September 1861. He was promoted to Brigadier General in October 1862. Wheeler was noted for his command of cavalry during the Civil War, was wounded three times and had sixteen...

GLC02878.04.07

Collection Item

Autograph note signed

[Calling card signed by Sherman]

1869-1883

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Possibly created while Sherman served as Commander in Chief of the United States, 1869-1883. On verso, contains a note written in pencil and initialed by Sherman. Sherman writes, "Dear Hoxie- I would like very much to see you and [Green?]- either...

GLC02878.04.08

Collection Item

Signature

[Signature of Gresham on a small card]

1861-1865

Gresham, Walter Q., 1832-1895

GLC02878.04.09

Collection Item

Signature

[Signature on a card]

1861-1865

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914

Includes biographical information on verso, written in pencil at a later date. Chamberlain signs as Brevet Major General, a title he achieved 29 March 1865.

GLC02878.04.10

Collection Item

Signature

[Signature on a card]

1861-1865

Ferry, Orris S. (Orris Sanford), 1823-1875

GLC02878.04.11

Collection Item

Signature

[Signature on a card]

1861-1865

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893