GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON

12120 - GENERAL HIRAM B. GRANBURY, Granbury and his regiment served in north Mississippi with General Vicksburg Campaign. Colonel Granbury led the regiment in the battles of Raymond and Jackson. Granbury fought and was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. He then participated in the Siege of Chattanooga and the Battle of Missionary Ridge. When Brigadier General James Argyle Smith was wounded at Chattanooga, Granbury led the brigade in the retreat from Chattanooga. Division commander, Major General Patrick R. Cleburne, commended Colonel Granbury for his handling of the brigade. On February 29, 1864, Colonel Granbury was promoted to brigadier general. He then led the Texas brigade. This brigade was composed of eight (8) under strength Texas regiments, including the 7th Texas Infantry, through the Atlanta Campaign. He fought with particular distinction at the Battle of New Hope Church in the Atlanta Campaign. At the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864, Hood ordered 18 brigades to make numerous hopeless frontal assaults against fortified positions occupied by the Union Army forces under Major General John M. Schofield. Granbury's brigade charged the center of the Federal breastworks and he was killed, along with Major General Patrick R. Cleburne, just outside the Union works. In total, six Confederate generals died in or as a result of the battle. A nice ink signature of Granbury H. B. Granbury, [never have seen one offered cheaper before].................$1,200.00

12120A - A large signature of Hiram Granbury along with a signature of Edward J. Gurley, Colonel who formed and commanded the 13th Texas Cavalry, dated April 1st, 1861. Very fine and extremely rare, 3" X 6.5".....................................$1,600.00

12122 - GENERAL E. L. TRACY, LOUISIANA, CSA, Camp Moore, LA, September 17th, 1861. Pre-printed provision return for Captain M. O. Tracy's 4th Company Governor's Guards, 5.5" X 12", gray paper, signed by Louisiana General Elisha L. Tracy who was first in command of Camp Moore north of New Orleans. [Listed in More Confederate Generals in Gray]. This Company later became Company I of the 13th Louisiana. Tracy died in October 1862 at Chatawa, Mississippi. Very fine..........................................$195.00

12123 - GENERAL HENRY BENNING, CSA, the colonel of the 17th Georgia Infantry, a regiment he raised himself in Columbus on August 29, 1861. The regiment became part of Toombs' Brigade in the Right Wing of the Army of Northern Virginia, under Gen. Robert E. Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg. There, on July 2, 1863, Benning led his brigade in a furious assault against the Union position in the Devil's Den, driving out the defenders at no small cost to themselves. That September, Longstreet's Corps was sent west to assist Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee. On the second day of the bloody Battle of Chickamauga, Benning participated in Longstreet's massive charge against a gap in the Union line, even as his horse was shot out from under him. He mounted another horse, which was also killed. Finally, he cut loose a horse from a nearby artillery battery and rode into combat bareback. During a surprise Union counterattack against his brigade, many of his men fled and Benning ran off to Longstreet to report the calamity. Riding an old artillery horse and whipping it with a piece of rope. Benning's Brigade fought at the Battle of Wauhatchie outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, and joined Longstreet's Corps in its unsuccessful Knoxville Campaign in late 1863. Returning to Virginia, the brigade fought against Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the 1864 Overland Campaign, where Benning was severely wounded in the left shoulder during the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5. This wound kept him out of the remainder of the campaign and much of the subsequent Siege of Petersburg, but he was able to return in time for the waning days of that lengthy campaign. His brigade withstood strong Union assaults against its entrenchments, but was forced to withdraw along with the rest of Lee's army in the retreat to Appomattox Court House in early April 1865. Benning, heartbroken, was one of the final officers to lead his men to the surrender ceremony. Ft. Benning, GA is named after him. His signature in ink signed twice in a volume of one of his law books, "Decisions of the US Supreme Court" by Curtis, 1870 with paper label Foley & Chappell Law Library, Columbus, GA, compete, nice brown calfskin binding, top cover trifle loose but attached..........................................................................$200.00

72026 - CONFEDERATE GENERAL MATHEW C. BUTLER, Autograph on a 2" X 3.5" card in ink, Major General CSA and USA. Butler received a commission as captain in the cavalry detachment of the Hampton Legions, where he first became acquainted with, and eventually became the protégé of, Wade Hampton. Butler then received a promotion to colonel of the 2nd South Carolina Cavalry in August 1862. He led his regiment in action at Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Stuart's Second Ride Around McClellan in October 1862. He was fearless. "It used to be said his skin glanced bullets," wrote one of his troopers, "and that it required a twelve-pounder to carry away [his foot]." At the June 9, 1863, Battle of Brandy Station, Butler's regiment of South Carolinians, fighting mostly alone, held off an entire division of Union cavalry for much of the day. However, while Butler was conferring with Capt. Will Farley, one of Stuart's favorite scouts, a well-aimed shot by Union horse artillery killed Farley, Butler's horse, and carried Butler's foot clean off. For most men, losing a foot would have ended their military career, but not Butler. In September 1863, Butler returned to duty, with a fresh promotion to brigadier general. He was sent to South Carolina, where he assumed command of a newly-formed brigade of mounted infantry. In the spring of 1864, that brigade joined Hampton's division, and it bore the brunt of the brutal fighting at Haw's Shop on May 28, 1864, and then at Trevilian Station on June 11-12. By then, with Stuart dead, Hampton was in command of the Confedrate cavalry by virtue of seniority, and as senior brigadier, Butler took command of Hampton's division. In that capacity, he was magnificent at Trevilian Station, prompting Hampton to say, "Butler's defense at Trevilian was never surpassed." In recognition of his fine service, he was promoted to major general in September 1864, assuming permanent command of Hampton's division. When Hampton went to South Carolina in 1865 to try to defend his home state against William T. Sherman's invaders, he brought Butler's division with him. Butler performed good service during the Carolinas Campaign, and was with Joseph E. Johnston's army when it surrendered at Bennett Place in April 1865. "From the fall of Columbia to the surrender of Johnston at Durham, Butler was ever at the front, harassing and impeding Sherman's advance," recalled one of his staff officers.................................................$85.00

72027 - CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRKETT DAVENPORT FRY, DS, 10" X 14". Requisition for clothing, November 11th, 1864 for patients who are patients at Blackie Hospital. Signed, 8 soldiers are listed by regiment and sign the form. Also signed by J. G. Boatwright, the Surgeon, B. D. Fry as Brig. General. Fry was wounded five times during the war, captured at Gettysburg, and sent to Johnson's Island. The hospital was located at Augusta, GA. Bold manuscript and print, very fine condition. A rare war dated signature by Fry.........................................$750.00

72029 - GENERAL CHARLES CLARK AND WILLIAM HARDEE WAR DATED SIGNATURES, Special Requisition #40 form. January 7th, 1862, Hopkinsville, KY. Clark requests $5000 to pay his staff and brigade officers at Hopkinsville, KY for the month of January 1862. The comment at the bottom notes that there is no money in the pay department to pay the voucher for pay. Major V. K. Stevenson, who became General Nathan Forrest's Brigade quartermaster signs the note. Signed by Clark as Brig. Gen. commanding. General William Hardee endorses the note on the verso. As it seems that $2500 was paid on January 20th. Clark was wounded in the right shoulder at Shiloh. During a charge that he led against the 6th Michigan at Baton Rouge a bullet shattered his right thigh bone. He was crippled for life and left on the battlefield and was captured. He was paroled and allow to return home in February 1863 where he was elected Governor of Mississippi. As Governor, he helped pave the way for the Confederate Government to pass a bill providing for the enlistment of slaves as soldiers. War dated documents are rare signed by Clark as he was imprisoned as a POW in August of 1862 and never returned to field duty. Very fine, blue paper..........................$950.00

60707 - GENERAL BENJAMIN J. HILL, CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, c. 1875, undated promissory note for $333.33 payable at the First National Bank of Nashville for a final payment on the "Malton Tract of land" in Warren County, TN. 4.5" X 7.5". Hill signs it twice on the verso as Attorney at Law. (1825-80) Hill was born near McMinnville, TN. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was appointed colonel of the 5th Regiment, Provisional Army of Tennessee, which later became the 35th Tennessee Infantry. The regiment served in Cleburne's brigade, and Hill led it with distinction at Shiloh, in Bragg's Kentucky campaign, and in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Chattanooga. At Chickamauga, the gallant Colonel Hill won this high praise from Lieutenant General D. H. Hill, "the extraordinary merit of Colonel Hill of the 35th Tennessee came under my personal observation. This noble officer has been distinguished himself in John Bell Hood's Tennessee campaign, and as a result was promoted to brigadier general on Nov. 30, 1864. In the last months of the war, he commanded a cavalry brigade under General Nathan Bedford Forrest and participated in the campaign against Union General James H. Wilson. 2 signatures........................................................$195.00

30608 - MANSFIELD LOVELL, WRITES A PASS FOR HIS STAFF OFFICER TO PASS THE LINES [TO NEW ORLEANS], ALS by Lovell. On headquarters Dept #1, New Orleans stationary marked out and Jackson, MS, substituted. June 9th, 1862, "All persons are ordered to pass and give any facility to the bearer Lt. Colonel Ogden of my Staff on official business, M. Lovell Mgr. General Commanding." 5.5" X 7", Ogden had been the first and only commander of the Negro regiment the Louisiana Native Guard [1861-62] and was on Lovell's Staff. Lovell had moved north from Camp Moore, Louisiana to Jackson and set up his command there. Ogden, from New Orleans, had been exchanging correspondence between Lovell and Butler in New Orleans regarding prisoners and had his wife back in the City. Lovell War dated items this close to the Fall of New Orleans are rare. Very fine.................................................................................$1,600.00

30609 - COLONEL JOHN WITHERS, ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, ON THE STAFF OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, DETAILING A 1ST LOUISIANA OFFICER FOR ASSIGNMENT, January 28th, 1864, Special Orders #23, Richmond, VA. 8" X 10", being addressed to General J. E. Johnston. Partially printed document written and signed by Colonel Withers. He assigns Lt. William Huger of the 1st Louisiana to temporary assignment at Athens, GA due to being unfit for field service.........................................$195.00

1240 - CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN GREGG OF TEXAS "KIA", 8" X 10" legal document, May 25th, 1858, court document dealing with the fear of two Negro slaves being removed while legal proceedings are taking place. John Gregg as Judge writes a complete paragraph on the verso and signs it giving his judgment of the case, Freestone County, Texas. Gregg signs in full "John Gregg". Gregg formed the 7th Texas Infantry, becoming its Colonel in September. Gregg and the 7th saw their first action at the Battle of Fort Donelson from February 12 to February 16, 1862, where they were captured along with most of the garrison. He was sent to Fort Warren in Boston, Massachusetts for confinement. Gregg was exchanged on August 15, 1862 and was promoted to brigadier general on August 29. His was sent to Mississippi for service in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, and was assigned to 10th Brigade, 1st Division of the Army of Mississippi, from October 24, 1862 to March 1863. His command, now styled Gregg's Brigade, was attached to William H. T. Walker's Division in the Department of the West on May 10, 1863. Gregg's first major main brigade fought a tough 6-hour battle against the XVII Corps, 10,000 strong, under the command of Union Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson. Gregg was forced to retreat back to Jackson, Mississippi after the battle, where he would be involved in the Battle of Jackson on May 14, 1863. Gregg's Brigade formed part of the Reserve Corps of the Army of Tennessee briefly that September. During the Battle of Chickamauga he was assigned to Bushrod Johnson's Division, Third Corps in the Army of Tennessee on September 19. Gregg was severely wounded on September 20, when he was hit in the neck. After recovering from his wounds, Gregg was given command of the famous Hood's Texas Brigade in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Gregg and his brigade participated in the Eastern Campaigns of the spring of 1864, seeing action at the Battle of the Wilderness, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, the Battle of Cold Harbor, and the Siege of Petersburg. During the fighting in the Wilderness, Gregg was wounded on May 6, 1864, and then went with Lee's army to Petersburg until 1864. Gregg was struck in the neck for a second time and killed along the Charles City Road, near Richmond, Virginia. He was shot while leading a counterattack at the Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads. Gregg's signature is quite desirable and rare......................................................$895.00

1021 - GENERAL P. G. T. BEAUREGARD (1818 - 93), The 4th highest ranking officer in the Confederacy. Graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1838. Brevetted captain and major for gallantry in the Mexican War. He was in command at Charleston, S.C., in April 1861, during the bombardment and capture of Fort Sumter and rose to instant fame in the Confederacy. He also saw action at 1st Manassas, Shiloh, the 1863-64 Charleston, S.C. campaign, Bermuda Hundred and Petersburg. Beauregard was a railroad executive in the 1860's and early 1870's and later served as Commissioner of public works in New Orleans and Adjutant General of Louisiana. Signature With Sentiment: 4 5/8 X 2, in ink, I am yrs very truly, G. T. Beauregard. Light age toning and wear. Nice large bold autograph.......................................$350.00

1022 - GENERAL JOHN B. MAGRUDER (1807-71) Known as "Prince John," he was born at Port Royal, VA and graduated from West Point in the class of 1830. He was brevetted three times for gallantry during the Mexican War while an artillery officer. Magruder was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, 1st U.S. Artillery, for gallantry in the battle of Chapultepec, Sept. 13, 1847. He resigned from the U.S. Army on April 20, 1861, and was appointed brigadier general in the Provisional Confederate Army on June 17, 1861, and major general on Oct. 7, 1861. He distinguished himself in the early part of the Peninsula campaign, completely deceiving General McClellan as to the size of his forces at Yorktown. He was less successful during the Seven Days battles, and was later assigned to command the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Here he was successful in the recapture of Galveston, Texas and the dispersal of the Federal blockading fleet. After the war he went to Mexico without being formally paroled and joined Emperor Maximilian's Imperial forces with the rank of major general. Signature: 7 3/4 X 1 3/4, in ink. Partial imprinted requisition, for two dozen birch brooms. Beautiful large autograph, J. Bankhead Magruder. Bt. Lt. Col. U.S.A., Capt. 1st Arty. Comdg. Co. Excellent, scarce.........................................................$395.00

1023 - GENERAL ALFRED E. JACKSON, (1807-89) Born in Davidson County, Tennessee. Educated at Washington and Greenville Colleges. He became an extremely successful dealer of produce and manufactured goods trading all over the South. His various businesses included stores, mills, factories and farms which operated from North Carolina to the Mississippi River. Jackson enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, and was appointed quartermaster on the staff of General Felix K. Zollicoffer, with whom he served until the latter's death at the battle of Mill's Springs, KY. He was commissioned brigadier general, Feb. 9, 1863, and assigned to the command of an infantry brigade in the Department of East Tennessee, and participated in a number of engagements including the capture of the 100th Ohio Infantry at Telford's Station, TN. The war left Jackson impoverished, and he ended up renting land in Washington County, VA which he cultivated with his own hands. A special pardon was issued to him by President Andrew Johnson for showing kindness to Johnson's family in Tennessee during the war. His estates were gradually restored to him and he lived out his life in Jonesboro, TN. Autographed Letter Signed:  6 pages, 4 X 6, in ink. Clear Branch, VA. Nov. 22, 1867 to Cousin Harriet, an excellent postwar letter detailing his difficulties in paying notes due to false war claims made against him, mentions Confederate money, poor treatment by servants and others, a great post war letter from a Confederate General experiencing financial hard ships in post war Tennessee................................................$200.00

1024 - GENERAL JAMES G. MARTIN, (1819-78) Born in Elizabeth City, N.C., he graduated in the West Point class of 1840. Fought in the Mexican War battles of Monterey, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras and Churubusco, where he lost his right arm which was shattered by grapeshot. Afterwards Marin was known by his nickname of "Old One Wing." He was appointed Adjutant General of North Carolina and it was his idea to employ blockade runners to bring supplies into the Confederacy from Europe. Appointed Commander-in-Chief of N.C. State Forces, on Sept. 28, 1861. In May 1862, he was appointed brigadier general in the Confederate Army, and in Aug. 1862 he was given command of the District of N.C. When General George E. Pickett made his demonstration against New Bern in February 1864, Martin successfully attacked and drove the Union troops from Newport. When the Overland Campaign opened Martin was called to Petersburg, and was the first in the field under General William H. C. Whiting. General D. H. Hill took command of the division on May 20, and Martin's brigade won distinction for their charge, driving the enemy from the works in their front. Afterwards his men carried him around on their shoulders, shouting: "Three cheers for Old One Wing." The brigade was then assigned to General Robert Hoke's division, and reinforced General R. E. Lee during the Battle of Cold Harbor, where they repulsed the Union assaults on June 3, and afterward were engaged in a sharp shooting fight along the line. Lee, believing General Grant would make another attack, informed Martin that he held the key to the Confederate position, and asked if his troops, comparatively new, could be relied upon. Martin promptly responded that his men were as good as veterans, but that he thought he should be transferred to the south of the James River, as he believed Grant would attack Richmond from the rear. Lee then sent Martin's brigade to Petersburg. During the siege, Martin's health gave way under the strain and exposure, and he was transferred to the command of the district of Western North Carolina, with headquarters at Asheville. After he left the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee stated that "General Martin is one to whom North Carolina owes a debt she can never repay." Martin surrendered the Army of Western North Carolina in Waynesville, North Carolina on May 6, 1865. This was the last organized Confederate force remaining in the state. Document Signed:  7 1/2 X 9 1/2, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Fort Leavenworth, K. [ansas] T. [erritory], May 3, 1860. Received of Captain S. Van Vliet (a future Union Civil War General), Assistant Quarter Master, U.S. Army, in good order and condition the following Military Stores, marked and numbered as per margin which agree to deliver, with all practicable dispatch, in like order and condition, unto the Assistant Quarter Master, U.S. Army, at Fort Riley, the freight thereon being payable by the Assistant Quarter Master. The receipt lists 2 boxes, hubs & wheels; for Maj. J. [ohn] Sedgwick, 1 Cav. (future Union General who would be killed in 1864) 77 boxes ord. stores; and under the section marked "Private" it lists Capt. [Nathaniel] Lyon, 1 case ale, 1 keg wine, 1 basket wine, 2 boxes liquor [Lyon, a future Union General would be killed in 1861]; with more entries. Signed at bottom of page by Michael Falen [?]. Endorsement Signed on the reverse: Received at Fort Riley, K. [ansas] T. [erritory] May 9th, 1860, the within named stores, J. G. Martin, A. Q. M. Minor wear and age toning. Very fine, SCARCE............................................$250.00

1025 - GENERAL DANIEL RUGGLES, 1861 Autographed Endorsement Signed (1810-97) Graduated from West Point in the class of 1833, fought in the Seminole War, and earned the brevets of major and lieutenant colonel for gallantry during the Mexican War. Resigning his commission in the U.S. Army on May 7, 1861, he commanded the Virginia forces on the Rappahannock River at the opening of the Civil War. Commissioned brigadier general, Aug. 9, 1861, he commanded a brigade during the battle of Shiloh where he rendered good service in gathering a large number of guns to fire on the Union position at the Hornet's Nest, and aided in the assault which caused the surrender of Prentiss' division. Thereafter, he held district and department commands at various points including the Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana, and at the end of the war was commissary general of prisoners. War Date Autographed Endorsement Signed: 1 page document, 7 3/4 X 9 3/4, in ink. Asst. Adjt. General's Office, First Brig., C. S. Forces, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 4th, 1861. Sir, the Commanding General of the First Brigade C. S. Forces directs me to enclose to you the requisition of Captain LaSalle, Asst. Qr. Master of your Regiment for axes, pick axes, etc. for the use of the Regiment. The Quarter Master states that he has already issued a full supply of these articles to your Regiment except Dutch ovens which are not allowed by this Department. Very respectfully, Yr. Obedt. servt., Roy Mason Hooe, Asst. Adjt. General. To Col. R. L. Gibson, Comdg. 13th Regt. LA Vol. [Gibson was later appointed brigadier general in the Confederate army]. Ruggles writes at the bottom of the document: Note. It is unnecessary to enclose these Requisitions. Daniel Ruggles, Brig. Genl., C.S.A..............................................................$395.00

1026 - ALABAMA GENERAL DUFF GREEN, General Green was the Quarter Master General of Alabama during the War Between the States. Autographed Letter Signed: 1 page, 8 1/4 X 10 3/4, in ink. Qr. Master General Office, Mobile, March 28, 1861. Capt. M. Smith, Captain: This morning Col. F. Sheppard presented me your requisition for funds with letter accompanying. He became quite excited because I would not pay him the money. You can explain to him that you must first give me a receipt for the money and then take his receipt. If you will advise me how to send you the funds and at same time send receipts I will forward the amt. of your requisition, but as money is so easily lost, I decline to send any until I have the receipts. In future you will please not give any one orders for money. You know the reasons for the disbursement and you must present the normal forms. Your obt. svt., Duff C. Green, Q. M. Genl. Light wear and age toning. Duff Cyrus Green was quartermaster general of Alabama. Prewar he was a U.S. Army Officer and Mobile Alabama Merchant......................................................$125.00

101150 - GENERAL FRANCIS M. COCKRELL, Confederate General. At the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861, Cockrell joined the Missouri State Guard as a captain. After transferring to the Confederate army and being promoted to colonel, he was an important leader in the Vicksburg Campaign and was wounded in the hand by an exploding shell during the Siege of Vicksburg. He was promoted to brigadier general on July 18, 1863. In April 1865, shortly before the end of the war, Cockrell was captured in Alabama, but was paroled after a few weeks. He returned to his law practice in Missouri. A nice post war signature as a United States Senator..........................................$89.00

32703 - JEFFERSON DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY, A nice large ink clipped signature from the conclusion of a letter, "Respectfully, Jefferson Davis." On February 9, 1861, after he resigned from the U.S. Senate, Davis was selected provisional President of the Confederate States of America. He was elected without opposition to a six-year term that November. During his presidency, Davis took charge of the Confederate war plans but was unable to find a strategy to stop the larger, more powerful and better organized Union. His diplomatic efforts failed to gain recognition from any foreign country, and he paid little attention to the collapsing Confederate economy, printing more and more paper money to cover the war's expenses. Historians have criticized Davis for being a much less effective war leader than his Union counterpart Abraham Lincoln, which they attribute to Davis being overbearing, over controlling, and overly meddlesome, as well as being out of touch with public opinion, and lacking support from a political party (the Confederacy had no political parties). His preoccupation with detail, inability to delegate responsibility, lack of popular appeal, feuds with powerful state governors, inability to get along with people who disagreed with him, and his neglect of civil matters in favor of military were only a few of the shortcomings which worked against him. After Davis was captured on May 10, 1865, he was charged with treason, though not tried, and stripped of his eligibility to run for public office. While not disgraced, he was displaced in Southern affection after the war by the leading Confederate general, Robert E. Lee. However, many Southerners empathized with his defiance, refusal to accept defeat, and resistance to Reconstruction. Over time, admiration for his pride and ideals made him a Civil War hero to many Southerners, and his legacy became part of the foundation of the postwar New South. The signature is bold, some mounting traces on verso. A nice large example............................................................$595.00

32005 - ROBERT E. LEE AND JOHN B. HOOD SIGNED CERTIFICATE FOR THE SOUTHERN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANS, Overall framed 16" X 20" with a period steel engraving of Robert E. Lee. The certificate card is signed boldly in ink by Robert E. Lee and by John B. Hood as President of the Association. This card was intended to be given in appreciation for donors who contributed funds for injured soldiers being cared for in New Orleans institutions. The association was founded by Hood on July 1st, 1866 and has a very attractive vignette of a Confederate soldier receiving a cup of water from a Southern lady. The certificate was published by Douglas of New Orleans and condition. This is the first example of this Association's donor card we have ever seen or offered. After the war, Hood moved to Louisiana and worked as a cotton broker and in the insurance business. His business was ruined by a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans during the winter of 1878-79 and he succumbed to the disease himself, dying just days after his wife and oldest child, leaving ten destitute orphans. Two excellent autographs.......................................$3,750.00

2070 - GENERAL EDWARD DORR TRACY, KILLED AT VICKSBURG, 12th Alabama Infantry, Colonel of the 19th Alabama, Shiloh, Vicksburg. He led the company, Company I, Fourth Alabama Infantry, to Virginia and fought in the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia. On the 12th of October, 1861, he became Lieutenant-colonel of the Nineteenth Alabama, Col. JOe Wheeler's regiment. In the battle of Shiloh, he led the Nineteenth, having a horse killed under him. Going to East Tennessee with McCown's division, he soon attracted the attention of Gen. E. Kirby Smith, who wrote, July 22nd, "Should any new appointments be made for this command, I would recommend Lieut. - Col. Edward D. Tracy. Upright, intelligent and accomplished, Colonel Tracy, by his services at Manassas and Shiloh, has attested his soldierly qualities." Five Alabama regiments in the various brigade of Smith's army were collected in a brigade and he assigned commander. A commission as brigadier-general followed in August, 1862. In early 1863, he led his brigade to Vicksburg, Mississippi, this occurring the time Grant landed at Bruinsburg. With about 1,500 men, tired by a hasty march, he reached Port Gibson in time to participate in the battle of May 1st, where the brigade suffered significant loss in killed, wounded and captured. The fighting commenced at sunrise, and soon became warm and bloody. "A little before 8 o'clock," said Colonel Garrett in his report, "our brave and gallant commander, General Tracy, fell near the front line, pierced through the breast, and instantly died without uttering a work." His remains were sent to Macon, Georgia and there interred. His ink signature contained in his addressed postal cover dated Oct. 2, to his wife in Huntsville, AL. PM Macon, Georgia, 3 Cent embossed stamp. Bold signature, trifle fray at bottom and top of cover, scarce KIA General......................................................$375.00

2085 - DOUBLE SIGNED NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST BOND, Signed as President of the Selma, Marion, and Memphis Railroad overall 16" X 19". First mortgage at 8% guaranteed by the State of Alabama 1869. Also signed for by Governor William Hugh Smith of Alabama. Forrest served as President until 1874 when he resigned from the railroad due to health and financial reasons. Known as the "wizard in the saddle" after having 29 horses shot from under him. This example is in pristine condition and getting more difficult to find as such. Many have been divided to sell both signatures individually. Most often offered at $2500+. This nice specimen is.................................................................$2,150.00

1030 - GENERAL FRANCIS MARION COCKRELL, 2 1/2" X 3.5". Autograph. From Missouri, at the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861, Cockrell joined the Confederate Army as a captain. He was an important leader in the Vicksburg Campaign and was wounded in the hand by an exploding shell during the Siege of Vicksburg. He was promote to brigadier general on July 18, 1863. In April 1865, shortly before the end of the war, Cockrell was captured in Alabama, but was paroled after a few weeks. He returned to his law practice in Missouri. He later served in the US Senate until 1905. His card is signed. F.M. Cockrell Missouri", boldly signed in ink. Nice bold ink signature......................................$80.00

122130 - GENERAL JOE WHEELER, CSA, ink signature on a card. 1.5" X 2.25", slight age tone to top left corner away from signature, strong signature. Wheeler has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860's during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the United States Army during both the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War near the turn of the century. For much of the Civil War, he served as the senior cavalry general in the Army of Tennessee and fought in most of its battles in the Western Theater......................................................$85.00

122131 - GENERAL JOE WHEELER, CSA, ink signature on a card. 3" X 2", strong signature..........................................$95.00

122132 - GENERAL JOE WHEELER, CSA, ink signature on a card. 1.5" X 2", nice signature...............................................$95.00

122133 - GENERAL WILLIAM B. BATE, CSA, ink signature on a card. 1.75" X 3", "William Bate Tennessee", bold signature. Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and subsequently a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1887 until his death. He served in the Confederate forces in the American Civil War, attaining the rank of major general and commanding a division in the Army of Tennessee..................................................$69.00

122134 - GENERAL EDMUND W. PETTUS, CSA, ink signature on a card. 1.75" X 3", "E.W. Pettus, Ala." bold signature. Pettus helped organize the 20th Alabama Infantry, and was elected as one of its first officers. On September 9, he was made the regiment's major, and on October 8, he became its lieutenant colonel. From then on Pettus served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. During the Stones River Campaign, he was captured by Union soldiers on December 29, 1862. He was exchanged a short time later, and was captured again on May 1, 1863. At the time, Pettus was part of the surrendered garrison that had been defending Port Gibson in Mississippi, however he managed to escape and return to his own lines. He was promoted to colonel on May 28, and given command of the 20th Alabama. During the 1863 Vicksburg Campaign, Pettus and his regiment was part of the force defending Confederate control of the Mississippi River. When the garrison was surrendered on July 4, Pettus was again captured, and would be a prisoner until his exchange on September 12. Six days later he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general, and on November 3, he was given brigade command in the Army of Tennessee. Pettus and his brigade participated in the Chattanooga Campaign, posted on the extreme southern slope of Missionary Ridge on November 24, and fought during the action the following day. Pettus and his command toop part in the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, fighting in the battles of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, Atlanta on July 22, and Jonesborough from August 31 to September 1. Beginning on December 17, he temporarily led a division in the Army of Tennessee. Afterward during the 1865 Carolinas Campaign, Pettus was sent to defend Columbia, South Carolina, and participated in the Battle of Bentonville from March 19-21. Pettus was wounded in this fight, hit his right leg during the battle's first day. On May 2, he was paroled from Salisbury, North Carolina, and was pardoned by the U.S. Government on October 20...........................................$69.00

122135 - GENERAL JOHN S. WINDER, CSA, large notation signed dated March 26th, 1862 regarding an inspection by the Provost Marshall and an inventory of guns will be made. Framed with a colored engraving of Winder, 22" X 24". The long docket was on the back of a document involving a soldier. Winder chose to follow the Confederate cause and resigned his U.S. Army commission on April 27, 1861. He was appointed a colonel in the Confederate Army infantry on March 16. He was ten promoted to brigadier general on June 21 and the next day was made Assistant Inspector General of the Camps of Instruction that were in the Confederacy's capital of Richmond, Virginia, a post he would hold until October 21. In addition to his duties involving prisons, he was responsible for dealing with deserters, local law enforcement, and for a short time setting the commodity prices for the residents of a city dealing with a doubled population. During this time, he commanded Libby Prison in Richmond as well. In April 1864, Winder appointed Capt. Henry Wirz commandant a new prison camp in Georgia called Camp Sumter, better known as the infamous Andersonville Prison. Winder commanded the Department of Henrico for much of the war, lasting until May 5, 1864. He then commanded the 2nd District of the Department of North Carolina & Southern Virginia from May 25 until June 7. Ten days later, he briefly commanded Camp Sumter himself, lasting until July 26. Winder then was given command of all military prisons in Georgia as well as those in Alabama until November 21, when he was put in charge of the Confederate Bureau of Prison Camps, a post which he held until his death on February 7, 1865. Very scarce wartime document...........................................................$450.00

4240 - GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST, His signature on a portion of a Selma, Marion RR bond as President with the popular vignette of the slaves picking cotton from the obverse of the bond. Nice dark signature, known as the "wizard of the saddle" during his career as a cavalry General in the Army of Tennessee. There were two signatures of Forrest on these bonds and this is the post popular one with the great vignette along side of the signature. Very fine.....................................$1,095.00

3101 - SUPERINTENDANT OF THE CONFEDERATE NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD, 8" X 10" signed stock certificate for the Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railroad with a nice large vignette of a steam engine. c 1875, signed by Edmund W. "King" Cole who ran the Chattanooga & Nashville Railroad during the war and was a lifeline for Confederate supplies. His trains transported wounded soldiers from the Murfreesboro battlefield. After the war, he became President of the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Company. Crisp condition......................................$79.00

3102 - COLONEL ALFRED LANDON RIVES, Letter with fine vignette of a Steam engine dated September 30th, 1882 to A.L. Rives, General Manager of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad offering them steam engines at a cost of $10,000 each. Rivers notes on the verso that they will decline the offer as they had just purchased eight engines. Rives had designed the Cabin John Bridge in Maryland, Capt CSA 1861, served as Engineering officer on Magruder's Staff, acting chief of the Confederate Engineering Bureau, remained in Richmond for the duration of the war in the capacity as Asst. Chief of the Bureau, Lt. Colonel 1863, Colonel 1864. Active in all engineering needs for the Confederacy including railroads, Superintendent of the Panama Railroad, General Manager of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, died 1903. The letter is datelined New York on the letterhead of Barrows & Company Railway Equipment. Some archival restoration on verso, otherwise well written.....................................$75.00

2047 - COLONEL HENRY D. OGDEN, First Commander of the Louisiana Native Guard (1861-62), ALS by General Mansfield Lovell dated at Jackson, MS, June 9th, 1862 on Confederate States stationary ordering all persons to give every facility needed by Lt. Colonel Ogden of my Staff on official business. This 5" X 7" ALS is entirely written and signed by Lovell as Major General Commanding Dept. #1. Ogden was given this to facilitate his travels within Confederate lines. A very scarce ALS by Lovell whose war dated correspondence is quite uncommon. Very fine (#14)........................$1,800.00

639 - JEFFERSON DAVIS, letter signed, August 14th, 1871. 8" X 10" manuscript datelined Mississippi City P.O. (Mississippi). Letter to H.H. Edwards acknowledging receipt of a letter informing him that he had been selected a member of the Society and been confirmed with a degree and hoped in the future to be able  to attend a meeting in appreciation of the degree confirmed upon him. Signed Jefferson Davis in very large script measuring over 3" in length. Very fine....................................................$995.00

645 - GENERAL THOMAS JORDAN, signature of Jordan dated April 29th, 1865. Just at the end of the War. Somewhat light buy very clear. Still a war period autograph and a very reasonable price...................................................$125.00

646 - GENERAL ROBERT VANCE, 4" X 5" paper, really a half page from a scrapbook. Huge signature "Robt B. Vance, Riverside, NC". North Carolina General............................$145.00

650 - GENERAL JOHN ECHOLS, Confederate Commander in Western Virginia. 3" X 5" manuscript accounting by Echols as an attorney dated July 17th, 1860, just prior to the War. Quite a lot of data in Echols' hand..................................................$195.00

653 - GENERAL JOHN WINDER, 11" X 14", Commander of Confederate prisons. His signature framed with a copy photo. Uncommon..............................................$300.00

657 - GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET, Mexican War, Brig. General, 2nd Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Wilderness and Confidant of Lee. A check entirely written by Longstreet with full signature drawn of the State Banking Company of Gainesville, GA in 1901. Very fine........................................................$650.00 ON HOLD

658 - GENERAL OTHO STRAHL, Signature on a 1.25" X 2.75" portion of a pre-war legal document. Confederate Brigadier General - Tennessee. After entering Confederate service as Captain of the 4th Tennessee, Strahl saw action at Shiloh and Murfreesboro before promotion to Brigadier General and participation in the battles of Chickamauga and Atlanta. While leading his brigade in Brown's Division at Franklin, Tennessee on November 30, 1864. Strahl became one of six mortally wounded Confederate Generals. September 1860, witnessed W.H.B. Beaumont...O.F. Strahl......................................................$1,250.00

659 - GENERAL BENJAMIN J. HILL, Tennessee. Fought at Shiloh with Cleburne, Chickamauga, Atlanta Campaign, fought at Forrest and Murfreesboro, later last against Wilson's Cavalry. Have several examples of Hill's signature. Hill's signature is not common and he had an exceptional record in the Army of Tennessee. Document signed pre-War......................$175.00

12121 - SIDNEY S. LEE, CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY, Sydney Smith Lee (September 2, 1802 - July 22, 1869) was an American naval officer and older brother to Robert E. Lee. He was the third child of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and Anne Hill Carter. During the Mexican-American War, he was stationed at Vera Cruz. He was promoted to commander on June 4, 1850 and accompanied Commodore Perry to Japan in 1853, commanding his flagship. He served as commandant at the US Naval Academy and Philadelphia Navy Yard. He resigned from the service on April 17, 1861, the day Virginia seceded though the resignation was not accepted. After dismissal on April 22, 1861, he accepted a commission as commander in the Confederate States Navy. When the US Navy abandoned the Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, Sydney became the commander there. When Union forces regained it, Sydney was put in charge of batteries at Drewry's Bluffs, Virginia. On May 6, 1864, he became chief of the confederate Navy's Bureau of Orders and Detail, replacing Captain John K. Mitchell. Sidney was promoted to captain, and remained at this post until the end of the war. Sydney Smith Lee died at Richlands, Virginia on July 22, 1869. One of his sons was Fitzhugh Lee, a Confederate major general, governor of Virginia, and a major general of volunteers during the Spanish American War. An ink signature in ink, "S. S. Lee, US Navy, Virginia", very scarce and seldom seen................................................................SOLD

8213 - GENERAL HOWELL COBB FREE FRANKED COVER ADDRESSED TO HIS WIFE, Postmarked Washington DC as Member of Congress from Georgia, free franking the cover and addressing to his wife in Athens, GA. Thus two signatures of Cobb, a later Confederate General. Light stains..................SOLD

7108 - AN IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GENERAL T. H. HOLMES AND GENERAL P. G. T. BEAUREGARD BEFORE THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY FUTURE GENERAL SAMUEL W. FERGUSON AIDE DE CAMP TO BEAUREGARD, Headquarters, Dept. of Fredericksburg, Brook Station June 18th, 1861, Genl. Herewith enclosed you will find a copy of a letter addressed to the Adj. Genl. By me which was answered by General Lee stating that the enemy's were not sufficiently developed to justify the adoption of my suggestions, and recommending if my force could be divided that I should erect a battery at Mathias Point some 30 miles below here, from this you will see how utterly out of the question it is for me to send a regiment to your neighborhood as all the force I have would scarcely be sufficient to resist on effort by the Enemy to land with a view to invade. I need not say it will give me the greatest satisfaction to co-operate with you and if you will keep me advised of your wishes, they shall receive the most respectful consideration, and as I can, consistently with my other obligations be complied with. I am Genl. Very respt., Your Obt. Servt, T. H. Holmes Brig. Genl. Comdg. Dept. to Genl. G. T. Beauregard, Comdg. Manassas...a true copy S. W. Ferguson Aide de Camp. Beauregard had requested that Holmes send a regiment to Manassas. Holmes replied in this letter that Lee [Robert E. Lee] rejected his suggestions and recommended that he divide his force. All of these tactical requests and maneuvers were a prelude to the Battle of First Manassas or Bull Run. Holmes commanded the Confederate forces at Fredericksburg. From this point, he dispatched troops to slow down any Northern advance. SAMUEL WRAGG FERGUSON WAS ON BEAUREGARD'S STAFF AT CHARLESTON AND RECEIVED THE FORMAL SURRENDER OF THE FEDERAL GARRISON AT FORT SUMTER AND RAISED THE FIRST CONFEDERATE OVER THAT FORT. HE LATER AT THE END OF THE WAR SERVED AS PART OF THE ESCORT OF THE FLEEING JEFFERSON DAVIS FROM RICHMOND, HE HAD BEEN APPOINTED BRIG. GENERAL ON JULY 28TH, 1863. An important early war correspondence written by Ferguson as Aide de Camp to Beauregard...well written, minor archival repaid unaffecting any content, several moderate spot stains also unaffecting content................................................SOLD

4255 - AN OUTSTANDING LETTER BY VARINA DAVIS ON THE IMPENDING PROMOTION OF GENERAL NELSON MILES WHO WAS THE JAILER OF JEFFERSON DAVIS AT FORTRESS MONROE AND WHO DAVIS HAD DESCRIBED AS A BUTTE IN REGARD TO HIS TREATMENT IN PRISON, 3 page letter by Varina Davis, written from the Gerard Hotel, New York City to General Joseph Wheeler, May 6th, 1898 accompanied by the stamped postal cover to Wheeler in the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, noted "personal". She relates to General Wheeler...My Dear General, I have received your two kind letters and if I could, would have adopted your suggestion, but one of my husband's last conversation with Me was about his work when he should get well, for said he "I cannot die until I pay my respects to that butte Miles." If I could ever hope the creature had improved with time...but I felt that he had told a falsehood to the military commission about his authority for shackling his prisoner - and that anything that kept him from the charge of troops was righteous work. I am satisfied that if the grade is granted into the army, General Miles will be the first incumbent and while in difference to your opinion, I am silent - this is all that I can do as a Southern woman and Mr. Davis' widow. I believe the Southern would win the fight with almost the whole regular army behind them if they made it...and I think when the Southern men are wanted in the field it is the time for the expression of this antagonism to Miles but of course I am out of the arena and may not know as you do but the mortification thank God will be only meaningful for my children, not to him who is at rest. If Miles gets his high grade by the silence of the men for whom Mr. Davis went to his grave, disfranchised and harried by every circumstance that could torture an old and heart weary patient who had given all of his ambitions and all he had of worldly goods to his cause. I know beyond a doubt that you are treated by the pure desire for the good of the country and that your heard is where it was in 1865, and that you feel that you are doing not what you will but will you must and I do not misunderstand you in the least, but I cannot see my duty to my husband in following your advise except in the partial way I have been unable to do it and I hope that you will appreciate my feelings in this matter and accord me the same selfish motive that I am sure you have. Believe me Dear General always with warm regard. Your friend Varina Jefferson Davis, May 6th, 1898...Death would be preferable to me than seeing Miles promoted by Southern allegiance. An outstanding personal letter to General Joe Wheeler by Varina Davis opposing Nelson Miles' impending promotion to Lt. General [occurred in 1900]. Obviously Wheeler had written Varina advising her to cease in her apparent attempt to gather Southern support to derail Miles' appointment but she continues her campaign with Wheeler to gain his support in Congress. Davis was sent to Fortress Monroe after his capture along with Clement C. Clay of Alabama [see photo below upon their release]. Nelson Miles was in charge of the fortress prison and received direct orders from Secretary of War Stanton on how Davis was to be treated. According to written orders issued by Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton and hand delivered to General Miles by observers Assistant Secretary of War Charles A. Dana and Major General Henry W. Halleck, the guards were to pace up and down inside the room beside Davis' cot. The candle was never to be extinguished, even at night. An officer was detailed to walk into the cell and look at Davis every 15 minutes to make sure he had not escaped the guarded room during the previous 15 minutes, and presumably, no facsimile of Davis had taken the place of the real Davis in the previous 15 minutes. No guard was to speak to Davis under any circumstances. When given his meals, Davis was to be allowed no implements other than a wooden spoon - even when the meal was a slab of meat. Miles followed through on another order from Stanton hand-delivered by Assistant Secretary of War Dana: "Brevet Major-General Miles is hereby authorized and directed to place manacles and fetters upon the hands and feet of Jefferson Davis and Clement C. Clay whenever he may think it advisable in order to render their imprisonment more secure." Miles did not follow through on the order to manacle the hands of Davis, but he did have a blacksmith chain Davis' ankles together, an action that the emaciated Davis "violently resisted" according to Miles. The leg irons placement was leaked to the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. When other newspapers picked up the news, Davis drew some sympathy from Northerners who might otherwise be angry at him for the 320,000 Northerners who had lost their lives during the war. More important to the Republicans in power, their political sponsors were disturbed at the apparent torture of a man who had yet to be charged with a crime. Thurlow Week, a New York City political boss, was one of several prominent Republicans  who sent Secretary of War Stanton a note that the "irons were an error and an enormity...wholly unnecessary severity." The prison doctor, Dr. John Craven, reported to Miles after seeing the condition of Davis that the shackles would prohibit needed exercise and would possibly cause him to become insane. Miles sent word to Stanton of Craven's assessment and the chains were removed. But the news of Davis' treatment had leaked out and Stanton did not want to make Davis a martyr so his treatment gradually improved. It is apparent from this correspondence that Davis and Varina held Miles accountable for his treatment although the harsh orders seemingly were made by Stanton and Miles carried them out. Excellent content showing Varina's steadfast feelings that Miles treated her husband inhumanly while at Fortress Monroe..........................................SOLD

7112 - WAR DATE DOCUMENT SIGNED BY BRIG, GENERAL B. D. FRY, CAPTURED AT GETTYSBURG, WOUNDED FIVE TIMES, Augusta, GA, November 4th, 1864, 8" X 10" pre-printed requisition of eating utensils for seven men detailed as Provost Guards. Signed in ink by Fry as Brig, General Commanding Post. Also signed by James P. Baltzell [from Texas] as quartermaster. Fry was wounded five times during the War and sent to Johnson's Island after being captured at Gettysburg. Paper is crisp and fresh with nice signatures, uncommon war dated........................SOLD

2101 VARINA DAVIS, Wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States. A closing from a post-war letter signed Jefferson Davis that was written by Varina Davis for her husband. Her handwriting is very close to Davis', but she puts the period behind his name which indicates a Varina signature..............................SOLD

110700 - GENERAL JOHN B. HOOD, Signature from a document as 2nd Lt. as a member of the US Army before the war, "John B. Hood" with rank. On blue paper from an Army document with a nice bold signature (many from this period are water stained, we have seen).................................SOLD

110701 - JEFFERSON DAVIS BY VARINA DAVIS, Large salutation in closing a letter. Jefferson Davis with Varina's period put at the end of his name. When she wrote and signed the letter for him late in his life. A little tone, large signature...............................SOLD

640 - JEFFERSON DAVIS BY HIS WIFE VARINA, a beautiful lavender ink signature of Davis written by his wife Varina. "Jefferson Davis Mispi" with her period behind the s in Davis. Without this period, the average person would swear this was signed by Davis himself. Highly collectible..............................................................SOLD

4240 - VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN 1ST TENNESSEE ARTILLERY, REQUEST FOR A REQUISITION FOR SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION AND FOR ARTILLERY ROUNDS, SIGNED BY CSA BRIG. GENERAL ALLEN THOMAS AS COLONEL OF THE 28TH LOUISIANA, A. D. S. by Captain James A. Wiggs, Brigade Ordinance Officer. Also signed by Colonel Allen Thomas, 28th Louisiana Infantry (LATER BRIG. GENERAL), and other officers, March 23rd, 1863. One page 5" X 7 1/2", headquarters 3rd Brigade, Smith's Div. Circular. You will return to this office as soon as practicable, a consolidated Requisition for all the Ordinance and Ordinance Stores necessary to equip your Command fully in every respect. The requisitions to be made according to the form given in the Ordinance regulations. The requisitions for Ammunition should be based upon an estimate of one hundred & fifty rounds per gun for small arms, and for artillery the number of rounds necessary to fill caissons & limber chest. It is not possible that all deficiencies can be supplied at once, but the requisition will be placed on file and filled as rapidly as possible and no further requisitions for the same articles will be required. By Order Col. E. Higgins, Comdg. Brigade James A. Wiggs, Captain & Brigade Ordinance Officer. Signed on the reverse by Allen Thomas, Col. 28 LA. LATER BRIG. GENERAL, J. E. Mooney, Lt. & Actg. Adjt. 28 LA, John R. Bisland, Adjt. 26th LA. There also appears to be 2 other signatures. Fine and a rare item regarding artillery at Vicksburg. There were two 28th Louisiana Regiments, one led by Colonel Thomas from men from South Louisiana and one led by Colonel Gray from men from the northern portion of the state......................................SOLD

James A. Wiggs, the writer of this document, was born on May 17, 1837, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Shortly after the Civil War broke out, he enlisted on May 15, 1861, as a private, and was mustered into the 4th Tennessee Infantry. Governor Isham G. Harris soon promoted hm to the position of Assistant Quartermaster General of Tennessee, on June 21, 1861. Afterwards, he served the Confederacy in various positions including, Chief of Ordinance, on the staff of General Stephen D. Lee; Chief of Artillery, on the staff of General Francis A. Shoup; he surrendered with the garrison at Vicksburg, on July 4, 1863; was captain in the 1st Tennessee Artillery; Chief of Staff, of General Bryan M. Thomas; Chief of Artillery, on the staff of General Marcus J. Wright, in the District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee; and he surrendered with the forces of Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, to Union General E. R. S. Canby, and was paroled at Jackson, Mississippi, on May 12, 1865. He died at Starkville, Mississippi, on January 27, 1911, and was buried in Vicksburg. His obituary and photo can be found in the Confederate Veteran issue of February 1913, where he was described as having a "brilliant record for service and bravery during the four year's struggle."

4241 - STEPHEN D. LEE, HIS FIELD ORDER TO CAPTAIN JAMES WIGGS, MOVING TROOPS VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN APRIL 1863, ALS BY LEE, Capt. Wiggs...All men belonging to the Regts. now here with you, and those going up on the flat boats must return with you after placing men of the detachment from Col. Shelly's Regt. in the flat boats to relieve them if they have not got up - come down with the horses at once on one of the flats -  must try and get here tonight so we can start early in the morning - none of Col. Shelly's Regt. can go on this boat...S. D. Lee, Brig. Gen. Commanding...Golden A. Q. Q. 7PM. The Colonel Shelly mentioned in this field order was Colonel Charles M. Shelley, commander of the 30th Alabama Infantry, and future Confederate Brigadier General. He served under General Stephen D. Lee in 1863. At Port Gibson, Mississippi, in action against General U.S. Grant's army, Shelley was described as cool, brave and gallant in resisting the attack of the enemy. At Baker's Creek, on May 16, 1863, General Lee praised Shelley's regiment for their distinguished gallantry, fighting. James A. Wiggs, the recipient of this document, was born on May 17, 1837, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Shortly after the Civil War broke out, he enlisted on May 15, 1861, as a private, and was mustered into the 4th Tennessee Infantry. Governor Isham G. Harris soon promoted him to the position of Assistant Quartermaster General of Tennessee, on June 21, 1861. Afterwards he served the Confederacy in various positions including, Chief of Ordinance, on the staff of General Stephen D. Lee; Chief of Artillery, on the staff of General Francis A Shoup; he surrendered with the garrison at Vicksburg, on July 4, 1863; was captain in the 1st Tennessee Artillery; Chief of Staff, of General Bryan M. Thomas; Chief of Artillery, on the staff of General Marcus J. Wright, in the District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee; and he surrendered with the forces of Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, to Union General E. R. S. Canby, and was paroled at Jackson, Mississippi, on May 12, 1865. He died at Starkville, Mississippi, on January 27, 1911, and was buried in Vicksburg. His obituary and photo can be found in the Confederate Veteran issue of February 1913, where he was described as having a "brilliant record for service and bravery during the four year's struggle."  7 1/2" X 3 1/2" in a bold pencil hand. Very fine......................................................SOLD

4242 - DURING THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG MAY 1863, SWAPPING ENFIELD RIFLES FOR OLD MUSKETS IN THE REGIMENT SIGNED BY COLONEL ALLEN THOMAS LATER BRIG. GENERAL CSA, Headquarters, 5th Brigade, May 6th, 1863. A manuscript order written and signed by Captain James A. Wiggs instructing the commanding officers of the regiments under his command [Chief of Artillery] to deliver to him an accounting of the unarmed men and the number of Mississippi Rifles and altered percussion muskets to be exchanged for Enfield rifles and at the same time a requisition for 80 rounds to be issued per gun. Countersigned by Colonel Winchester Hall Colonel of the 26th Louisiana and Colonel Allen Thomas of the 28th Louisiana Infantry. Signed boldly by Colonel Allen later Brigadier General Confederate States Army. Winchester Hall wrote the regimental history of the 26th Louisiana. James A. Wiggs, the recipient of this document, was born on May 17, 1837, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Shortly after the Civil War broke out, he enlisted on May 15, 1861, as a private, and was mustered into the 4th Tennessee Infantry. Governor Isham G. Harris soon promoted him to the position of Assistant Quartermaster General of Tennessee, on June 21, 1861. Afterwards he served the Confederacy in various positions including, Chief of Ordinance, on the staff of General Stephen D. Lee; Chief of Artillery, on the staff of General Francis A Shoup; he surrendered with the garrison at Vicksburg, on July 4, 1863; was captain in the 1st Tennessee Artillery; Chief of Staff, of General Bryan M. Thomas; Chief of Artillery, on the staff of General Marcus J. Wright, in the District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee; and he surrendered with the forces of Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, to Union General E. R. S. Canby, and was paroled at Jackson, Mississippi, on May 12, 1865. He died at Starkville, Mississippi, on January 27, 1911, and was buried in Vicksburg. His obituary and photo can be found in the Confederate Veteran issue of February 1913, where he was described as having a "brilliant record for service and bravery during the four year's struggle." Fine, paper originally slightly irregular...........................................................SOLD

2214 - JOHN MCINTOSH KELL, CONFEDERATE NAVAL COMMANDER, John McIntosh Kell entered the U.S. Navy in September 1841 as a Midshipman. Over the next two decades, he served in several ships, was active in California during the war with Mexico and participated in Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan. When Georgia seceded from the Union in early 1861, Lieutenant Kell resigned from the United States' Navy. In April 1861, he briefly commanded the Georgia state gunboat Savannah, but received a Confederate States Navy commission as First Lieutenant the following month and was sent to New Orleans. There, he helped Commander Raphael Semmes fit out the cruiser CSS Sumter. He served as Executive Officer during her commerce raiding cruise in 1861-62. First Lieutenant Kell was Semmes' Executive Officer on CSS Alabama throughout her career, and was present when she was sunk by USS Kearsarge in June 1864. He was rescued by the British yacht Dearhound and taken to England. Promoted to the rank of Commander in that month, he commanded the ironclad CSS Richmond in the James River Squadron in 1865. After the end of the Civil War, Kell returned to Georgia and became a farmer. In later years, he served as Adjutant General of Georgia. John McIntosh Kell died in 1900. A printed photo (as Adj. General of Georgia) of Kell SIGNED by him in ink and framed 8" X 10" overall. A nice large 4+" ink signature............................................... SOLD

50911 - GENERAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, ALS 1 1/2 pages. Written and signed by General A.S. Johnston without a date. Written from Headquarters 1st Regt. Texan Riflemen, Point Isabel Texas to W.W. Blip, Adj. Genl. Army of the Occupation. This was written in the 1840's during time of the Mexican War:  

     I have the honor to report that the 1st Regt. Texan Rifleman (Foot) is organized & complete with the inception of two Companies which have not yet arrived but which I presume may be inspected in time to march with this Regiment.
     The instruction of the officers & men is now progressing in the Rifle Drill, the only system adapted to this arm, which I hope will be approved by the Commanding General, though it has been included from the book of tactics now in use.
     It would be greatly to the advantage of this Regiment & Capt. Snell's Company to be authorized to order that company to join the Regiment -- The Company is detached on Garrison duty at this place. Besides the ____ of instruction in the drill now going on, your better experience will hear me out in the belief that Garrison duty is entirely unsuited to the volunteer service & perhaps, where they are until in the same garrison with regular troops incompatible with the efficiency of either.
     The above is submitted most respectfully to the consideration of the commanding General with the hope that I may be ordered to direct Capt. Snell to report with his company to the Commanding officer of the regiment, very respectfully your Svt., A.S. Johnston Comg. 1st Texas Rifleman

Any signature of Johnston who was mortally wounded at Shiloh is rare on today's market. This is a great ALS by Johnston as Commander of the Texas Rifleman during the Mexican War, on blue ink, blue paper. Discoloration in scans does not exist to great degree on the actual document..................................................... SOLD

4241 - C.C. MEMMINGER, June 20th, 1856, 8" X 14". Printed and filled in bond for over $10,000 involving Memminger in Charleston where Memminger writes and signs two paragraphs on the verso of the bond. Memminger signs with W.J. Bennett and William Lucas in regard to interest being paid on the bond. Lucas was a wealthy rice planter near Charleston and Memminger soon became Confederate Secretary of the Treasury. Quite a few words written in Memminger with two signatures. All in ink, very fine...............................SOLD

120802 - GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST, A nice dark ink signature of Forrest as President of the Selma, Marion, and Memphis Railroad dated in September 1969. The back signature that Forrest signed from that famous bond, comes with several ornate coupons from that bond............. SOLD

90701 - GENERAL TURNER ASHBY, April 10th, 1862. 5" X 7" pre-printed and filled in listing overcoats, drawers, caps, shirts, pants, jackets, etc. Special requisition for clothing for a company dated at Harrisonburg, VA. Signed as commanding "Turner Ashby". Ashby gained his fame with Jackson in the Shenandoah Campaign and was killed fighting rear guard action near Harrisonburg, VA, June 6th, 1862. Ashby was called a "legend in his own time". Nicely framed 11" X 18" with a copy photo of the only known photo of Ashby in death. Condition is excellent............ SOLD