GOLDSBOROUGH, LOUIS MALESHERBES (1805-77) Union Rear Admiral; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy – 1853-57; Veteran of the Mexican War# goldsboroughlouismalesherbes
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GORDON, GEORGE HENRY (1823-86) Union Brigadier General - Massachusetts; Veteran of the Mexican War # gordongeorgehenry
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GORMAN, WILLIS ARNOLD (1816-76) Union Brigadier General; Early-war Colonel of the 1st Minnesota Infantry; Minnesota Territory Governor – 1853-57; U.S. Representative – Indiana – 1849-53; Veteran of the Mexican War# gormanwillisarnold
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GRAHAM, CHARLES KINNAIRD (1824-89) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 74th New York Infantry, the “Excelsior Brigade”; Wounded & captured at the Battle of Gettysburg# grahamcharleskinnaird
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WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833-1912) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd Iowa Infantry; U.S. Representative – 1879-81 & 1885-89 # weaverjamesbaird
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WEBB, ALEXANDER STEWART (1835-1911) Union Brigadier General; Staff officer to Generals William F. Barry, Fitz John Porter, and George G. Meade; Awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg; Veteran of the Third Seminole War# webbalexanderstewart
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STRONG, GEORGE CROCKETT (1832-63) Union Major General; Mortally wounded in the assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina – July 18, 1863# stronggeorgecrockett
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JONES, EDWARD FRANC (1828-1913) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 26th Massachusetts Infantry; Lieutenant Governor of New York – 1886-92 # jonesedwardfranc
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STRONG, WILLIAM (1808-95) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1870-80; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1847-51# strongwilliam
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STUART, JOHN TODD (1807-85) Law Partner of Abraham Lincoln – 1837-41: U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1839-43 & 1863-65; Veteran of the Black Hawk War# stuartjohntodd
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VIELE, EGBERT LUDOVICUS (1825-1902) Union Brigadier General – New York# vieleegbertludovicus
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SUMNER, CHARLES (1811-74) Abolitionist U.S. Senator – 1851-74; Severely beaten on the senate floor by South Carolina Senator Preston Brooks in 1856# sumnercharles
* With Abraham Lincoln, Quincy A Gillmore, Henry Wilson
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SULLY, ALFRED (1820-79) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Minnesota Infantry; Veteran of the Seminole, Mexican, and western Indian Wars# sullyalfred
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ANNE (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland – 1702-07; Queen of Great Britain – 1707-14 # anne
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BUCKNER, SIMON BOLIVAR (1823-1914) Confederate Lieutenant General; Surrendered Fort Donelson, Tennessee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant – February, 1862; Veteran of the Mexican War; Governor of Kentucky – 1887-91 # 10988
Civil War-Date Document Signed, 7” x 9”, “S.B. Buckner, Maj[or] Gen[era]l Commanding,” a manuscript listing of rations, “Abstract of Provisions issued from the 1st to the 31st day of December 1863 to the troops of the Confederate States stationed in the field by Capt[ain] I. Shelby, Jr…”
Lightly and evenly toned, with two horizontal folds.
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EWING, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1808-88) Confederate Congressman – Kentucky – 1861-65# ewinggeorgewashington
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HOLDEN, CHARLES COURTNEY PICKNEY (1827-1905) Prominent Councilman and City Official in Chicago, Illinois; Land Agent for the Illinois Central Railroad Company – 1855-73# holdencharlescourtneypickney
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BALDWIN, ABRAHAM (1754-1807) American Revolutionary War, Continental Army Chaplain; Signer of the U.S. Constitution; U.S. Senator – Georgia – 1799-1807; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1789-99; Founder of the University of Georgia # baldwinabraham
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ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, LORD STIRLING (1726-83) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army# alexanderwilliam
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BEEKMAN, CORNELIA CORTLANDT (1753-1847) Prominent American Revolutionary War Figure; Sister of Continental Army Brigadier General Philip Van Cortlandt# beekmancorneliacortlandt
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