Civil War-Date – as Chaplain of the 20^th Maine Infantry

Signature, “Rufus Ingalls,” with rank in another hand, on a 1 ¼” x 3 ¼” slip of paper, removed from a military letter.

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few small stains; an old mounting hinge is on the reverse.

Signature, as U.S. Senator, “Cha[rle]s W. Jones, Fl[orid]a,” on a 2 ½” x 4” portion of an album page.

Lightly and evenly toned.

Signature, as U.S. Representative, “F.C. Le Blond, Celina, Ohio,” on a 2 ¾” x 5” portion of an album page.

Lightly and evenly toned.

Signature, “Fitz Henry Warren,” on a 1” x 2 ½” portion of a document as “SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.”

Affixed to larger backing.

Autograph Letter Signed, 7 ¼” x 9 ¼”, thanking one “J.H. Coghill, Esq[uire], New York City,” for the gift of a book.

“Richland, Stafford Co[unty], V[irgini]a,
Feb[ruary] 10, 1880.

My dear Sir,

I beg that you will accept my thanks for the book you were kind enough to send me, and I must also tender my congratulations for the excellent manner displayed in grouping the material, you have so carefully gathered, in such handsome form.

Grateful too, for the Kind feelings expressed for myself,

I am very truly yours,
Fitzhugh Lee.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with the expected folds; tipped to slightly larger backing at the edges.

Franked Envelope, 3 ¾” x 8 ¼”, “Free, R.H. Bayard, U.S. Senate,” also addressed by Bayard, to “Herman Cope, Esq[uire], Bank U.S., Philadelphia,” with stamped free designation and a Washington, D.C. postmark, May 8, no year, and a red wax seal on the reverse.

Well-worn, with light toning; numerous edge chips and tears, all away from the signature and address.

Franked Envelope as Civil War Congressman

Franked Envelope, 3” x 5 ½”, “John B. Haskin, M[ember] C[ongress],” with stamped free designation and February 19, 1861 New York City and Williamsburgh, New York postmarks; addressed in another hand to a Westchester County, New York resident.

Smearing of ink in the New York postmark and in portions of the address; heavier soiling and wear at the edges.

Civil War-Date Document Signed

Civil War-Date Autograph Letter Signed – with excellent Vicksburg Campaign content

Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, front and reverse of an imprinted 8” x 10 page as Commander of the District of Eastern Arkansas.  In the early stages of the Vicksburg Campaign, Gorman sends a highly detailed account of operations under his command to Admiral David Dixon Porter.  Worthy of further study.

“St. Charles [Arkansas], Jan[uar]y 20th 1863

Acting Rear Admiral
D[avid] D[ixon] Porter

Admiral:

Your dispatch of the 19th (yesterday) was duly rec[eive]d at 8 A.M. Today.  All my transports will be at the mouth tomorrow.  From there I will row up to Helena, as each boat has Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry and I cannot fit out the force I am going to send to Maj[or] Gen[era]l McClernand at any other place.  I will send for the Vicksburg Expedition all the force possible, at least one full brigade, one field battery fully equipped, and I think I may be able to send two brigades, being one more than the General asks.

My success with the Expedition up White River has been complete.  At St. Charles I captured a large amount of forage, corn &c. and some prisoners.  At Duvall’s Bluff I took two 8 inch Columbiads with carriages in complete order, 25 prisoners with 70 new Enfield rifles, some stores, tents, &c., destroyed 3 cars & R[ail] R[oad] track, and burnt two Bridges – one 90 and the other 200 feet long.

At Des Arc we captured 100 prisoners, several hundred rounds of fixed 6 po[und] ammunition, several thousand bushels of Gov[ernmen]t corn, a large rebel mail, and destroyed their Telegraph.  All the force of the enemy have crossed the Arkansas [River] to Little Rock.

I should have gone to Little Rock dire[c]t if I could have crossed the sea of mud and wa[ter] between there and Duvall’s Bluff, but this is impossible at the present, and my orders were such as to comp[lete] my return at once.

I am Admiral very respectfully y[ou]r
Ob[edient] Serv[an]t,

W.A. Gorman
Brig[adier] Gen[ra]l Com[mandin]g.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with two horizontal folds; an old paper mounting strip at the right edge of the reverse obscures a few letters of text.

Document Signed, 2 ¾” x 7 ¼”, Washington, D.C., December 2, 1918, “A.V. Zane,” an imprinted check also accomplished by Zane just a month before his death, drawn on The Riggs National Bank for twenty dollars.

Hole-punch cancellation, well away from the signature.

Signature & Rank, “William D. Whipple, B[re]v[e]t Maj[or] Gen[eral] U.S. Army,” on a 3 ½” x 5 ¾” album page, with the signature and rank of Union Brevet Brigadier General Joseph Walter Burke on the reverse: “J.W. Burke, Col[one]l 10^th Ohio Inf[an]t[r]y & Brevet Brig[adier] Gen[era]l Vol[unteer]s.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with several light creases; chips and pinholes at the formerly bound edge.