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![<b>Signed with rank and date as Military Commander at Richmond, Va.</b>
(1820-92) Brother-in-law of General Ulysses S. Grant. Born in St. Louis, he graduated in the West Point class of 1843, a class that produced 15 full rank generals in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. One of them was U.S. Grant, whom Dent introduced to his sister Julia, who ended up marrying Grant. Dent fought in the Mexican War where he received two brevets for gallantry, and was severely wounded at Molino del Rey. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was stationed in San Francisco, serving as captain of the 9th U.S. Infantry. Later promoted to major of the 4th U.S. Infantry, he was transferred east and stationed in New York City where he served as a military commissioner who tried prisoners of the state. In the spring of 1864, Lieutenant General U.S. Grant who by this time was General-in-Chief in command of all U.S. Armies, appointed Dent as his aide-de-camp. At the close of the war he held rank of brigadier general and served as military governor of Richmond, Va. He served as President Grant's military secretary until 1873 when he was assigned to the command of Fort Trumbull. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1883 having served over forty years.
<u>Signature as Military Commander at Richmond</u>: 4 x 3, in ink, Head Qrtrs. Mil.[itary] Comdr., Richmond, May 12/65. F.T. Dent, Brig. Gen., Mil. Comdr. Light age toning and staining. Very desirable in this format.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3891a.jpg)
![<b>Document Signed</b>
(1824-1911) A native of Ohio, he was a lawyer and a judge before the Civil War. He enlisted on April 20, 1861, as a 1st lieutenant, and was commissioned into the 12th Ohio Infantry. He was promoted to captain on June 18, 1861, and was discharged for disability on October 18, 1861. He re-enlisted on August 23, 1862, and was commissioned lieutenant colonel, of the 79th Ohio Infantry. He was promoted to brevet brigadier general on March 13, 1865, and mustered out of the service on June 9, 1865.
<u>Legal Document Signed</u>: 8 x 12 1/2, in ink.
The State of Ohio, Clinton County Court of Common Pleas, of the term of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.
Clinton County, S.S.
The Grand Jurors of the State of Ohio, for the county of Clinton, being first duly empaneled, sworn, and affirmed and charged as a grand inquest to enquire of and true presentments make of all crimes and misdemeanors committed within the body of said County of Clinton, upon their oaths and affirmations present that Joseph Rapp, late of the township of Richland, in the said county of Clinton, and state of Ohio, on the first day of January 1857, and from that day until the seventeenth day of March, A.D. 1857, at the said County of Clinton, and State of aforesaid was and has been then and there unlawfully the keeper of a tavern of public resort where intoxicating liquors were and have been then and there unlawfully sold by the said Joseph Rapp contrary to the form of the statue in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of Ohio.
A.W. Doan
Pros.[ecuting] Attorney for
Clinton County, Oh[io]
Light age toning and wear. Very fine. Interesting content.
The 79th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison from Aug. 20 to Oct. 21, 1862, to serve for three years.
It crossed the Ohio River at Cincinnati, that city being menaced by the Confederate army concentrated at Lexington. It performed guard duty and other detailed work in Kentucky and Tennessee until the spring of 1864, when it joined in the campaign against Atlanta. The regiment was not engaged in the demonstrations at Buzzard Roost and Dug Gap, being in the reserve line, but after passing through Snake Creek Gap, near Resaca, it skirmished with the enemy, with considerable loss in killed and wounded. In the assault on Kennesaw Mountain the regiment was in the charging party and it lost several men. At Peachtree Creek it was in the front line, being the second regiment engaged, and in the battle lost one half its men. After this battle and until the evacuation of Atlanta, when the regiment received recruits, it was only a regiment in name, not in numbers. It commenced the campaign with 600 men and at its close had 182. Fifteen recruits were received during the campaign, of whom 7 were lost, thus making the loss 425 men in about 100 days. It was in the March to the Sea and the campaign of the Carolina's, taking part in the affairs at Columbia, Averasboro and Bentonville. At Columbia the loss was small, not exceeding 30 men killed, wounded and prisoners. At Averasboro it took an active part, assaulting and carrying that part of the enemy's lines where his artillery was posted. It captured 3 pieces of artillery, 100 stands of small arms and 31 prisoners. For this charge the regiment received many encomiums, but its loss in killed and wounded was severe, being one fourth of the number engaged.
About May 1, it turned homeward by way of Richmond and was mustered out at Washington on June 9, 1865. Its loss, from all causes, was about 1,000 men more than its original number.
Source: The Union Army, Vol. 2](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3888a.jpg)
![<b>U.S. Congressman from Illinois
Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress</b>
(1820-97) Admitted to the bar in 1841, he commenced practice in St. Charles, Illinois. Elected as U.S. Congressman in 1856, Farnsworth served to March 1861, and was described as a full blown "Lovejoy abolitionist." In September 1861, he recruited the 8th Illinois Cavalry and was commissioned their colonel. The regiment saw action under him during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign. During the Antietam campaign, Farnsworth held brigade command in General Alfred Pleasanton's division. Promoted to brigadier general, November 29, 1862, he was with his brigade at Fredericksburg. In March 1863, he was re-elected to Congress, and resigned his military commission. He was re-elected successively and held his congressional seat until 1873. He aligned himself with the Radical Republicans and voted for every extreme Reconstruction measure put before congress including the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Served as Chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. His nephew was General Elon J. Farnsworth who was killed in action at Gettysburg.
<u>Signature as Member of Congress</u>: 4 x 1 1/2, in ink, J.F. Farnsworth, M.[ember] C.[ongress]. Light age toning. Very fine.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3876a.jpg)
![<b>War Date Document Signed as Judge Advocate of the Department of the Missouri
Also served as U.S. Congressman from Indiana</b>
(1814-87) Born in Hanover, Indiana, he graduated from Indiana College in 1832, and from Yale in 1835. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1837, and commenced a law practice. He served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1848, and was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1850. Dunn served as a U.S. Congressman, from 1859-63, and was Chairman of the Committee on Patents. In addition to his congressional duties, he served as a volunteer aide to General George B. McClellan, from June to August 1861, during the western Virginia campaign. He accepted a military commission from Governor Morton in 1863, and was commissioned Major & Judge Advocate, of the Department of the Missouri. He was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Judge Advocate General, U.S.A., on June 22, 1864. He was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865, for faithful, meritorious and distinguished services during the war. After the war, Dunn remained in the Regular U.S. Army, and was promoted to Brigadier General and Judge Advocate General, December 1, 1875. He retired on January 22, 1881.
<u>War Date Document Signed</u>: 7 3/4 x 10, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet.
Head Quarters, Department of the Missouri,
Judge Advocate’s Office
St. Louis, Mo., December 12th, 1863
General,
The proceedings of General Courts Martial published in your General Orders No. 19, have been received.
I have to request that you forward to these Head Quarters, seventeen (17) copies of said order, in addition to those already sent.
When proceedings are transmitted through these Head Quarters for file, one copy of the General Orders publishing such proceedings should accompany the record of each case published in such order, also two additional copies for file at these Hd. Qtrs.
Your attention is respectfully called to page 31 of Dunn on Military Commissions, a treatise lately issued from this office.
By command of Major Genl. Schofield
W.M. Dunn
Maj. & Judge Adv.
[to] Brig. Genl. Thomas Ewing
Comdg. Dist. Of the Border
Endorsement on the reverse: Head Qrs. Dist. Of the Border, Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 17/63. Respectfully referred to Lieut. R.J. Lewis, District Judge Advocate, for his information. Seventeen copies of Gen. Orders, No. 19, of this District have been sent as within requested. By order of Brig. Genl. Ewing. J.W. Hadley, Lieut. and A.A.A.G.
Light age toning and wear. Very fine. Uncommon Missouri imprint.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3872a.jpg)
![<b>War Date Document Signed
Orders regarding Lieutenant Colonel Bryan's expedition to Rappahannock Station, Va.</b>
(1838-1921) Born in Boston, Mass., he enlisted on June 26, 1861, as a 2nd lieutenant, and was commissioned into the 12th Massachusetts Infantry. He was discharged from this regiment on August 25, 1861, and commissioned 2nd lieutenant, 6th U.S. Infantry. He was discharged for promotion on May 22, 1862, and commissioned captain, U.S. Volunteers Aide-de-Camp. During the war he served as A.D.C., on the staff of General George L. Hartsuff; served as Lieutenant Colonel, A.A.G. & Chief of Staff, 23rd Army Corps; and Lieutenant Colonel, A.A.G. & Chief of Staff, Department of the Gulf. He was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General, March 13, 1865, for faithful, efficient and meritorious services during the war.
<u>War Date Document Signed</u>: 7 3/4 x 12 1/4, in ink.
Head Quarters, 2d Brigade
Warrenton Junction, April 17th, 1862
Special Orders
No. 37
VI. A reconnaissance under command of Lt. Col. Bryan consisting of 12th Mass. Vols., 5 companies, N.Y. 9th under Lt. Col. [?], 5 companies, 12th Ind. under Lt. Col. Humphries, Thompson’s Battery, two sections Matthews Battery, one section Thompson's Battery, and two Squadrons (4 companies) 1st Maine Cavalry will proceed to the Rappahannock in obedience to instructions given to Lt. Col. Bryan. They will take three days cooked rations and start as soon as the moon rises tonight. These details will be selected with the greatest care. The officers will be selected with the greatest care from the commands from which the details are made. The Comdg. officers of the above detachments will report to Lt. Col. Bryan at once for instructions. Dr. Moseley, Brigade Surgeon will make suitable provisions for his Department. The object or destination will not be communicated to the troops.
By Command Brig. Gen. Abercrombie
Geo. B. Drake
Lt. 6th Infty. & A.A.A.G.
[to] Lt. Ricketts, 1st Pa. Battery
Docket on the reverse: Hd. Qrs. Abercrombie's Brigade, April 17th, 1862. Special Orders No. 37. Lt. Col. Bryan's Expedition to Rappahannock Station.
Light age toning and wear. Archival tape repair on the reverse. Nice content.
Footnote: Thompson's Battery, who was part of Lieutenant Colonel Bryan's expedition, was raised by Captain James Thompson in September 1861. He said that his battery, "fired its first shot and received its baptism of fire" on April 18, 1862 while on a reconnaissance to Rappahannock Bridge, Virginia. Lieutenant Colonel Bryan, the expedition commander, found the Confederates strongly fortified on the far bank and in greatly superior numbers. In his battle report, regarding Thompson's Battery, Lieutenant Colonel Bryan said: " The fifth shot from Lieutenant Barry’s section blew up the magazine in that work and silenced their guns. When the magazine exploded dark objects were thrown upward, probably men, but I could not say whether they were troops or the logs of which the magazine doubtless was built. This silenced that work. Lieutenant Barry had thrown a shell through some tents and many in the parapet, tearing it terribly, so that this work was pretty well used up, when suddenly two masked batteries enfiladed us."
The greatly superior Confederate force was now recovering from the surprise attack and bringing more batteries into action. After estimating the size and strength of the enemy, Bryan ordered his entire force back out of range, and they returned to camp without further incident. Source: History of Thompson's Independent Battery C, Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Artillery](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3871a.jpg)
![<b>Autograph Letter Signed</b>
(1829-96) Brother of Generals Charles and Hugh Ewing. At the age of 19 while his father was Sec. of the Interior, he became a private secretary of President Zachary Taylor. In 1856 Ewing moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, and was a staunch antislavery advocate and had much to do with preventing the admission of Kansas to the Union as a slave state. He was the first chief justice of the Kansas State Supreme Court. In 1862, he recruited and became colonel of the 11th Kansas Cavalry seeing action at Cane Hill and Prairie Grove, Ark. On Mar. 13, 1863, he was promoted to brigadier general, and soon took command of the District of the Border, comprising Kansas and western Missouri. In an effort to suppress the bushwackers who roamed that area, Ewing issued his notorious Order #11, which decreed expulsion of the inhabitants, loyal or disloyal, from the Missouri counties of Jackson, Cass, Vernon, and Bates. During Gen. Sterling Price's famous Missouri Raid in 1864, Ewing distinguished himself at the battle of Pilot Knob.
<u>Autograph Letter Signed</u>: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, in ink.
Leavenworth, Kansas, Dec. 17, 1859
Dear Henry,
I want my horse taken to the farm and wintered. I have also a cow which yet gives some milk & a calf about 8 months old which I would also send to the farm if they could be taken there without any considerable expense. The cow & calf I can probably sell here if it will not be convenient to have her taken out to the farm.
Please arrange to take the horse out. You might throw a saddle & bridle into some wagon coming in here & come in yourself, or get someone else to come in & ride the horse out. Do not delay making some arrangement in the matter and if it will not cart much arrange also to take the cow & calf out. All pretty well here & at home.
Yours truly,
Thomas Ewing, Jr.
[to] H. Clark, Esq.
Light age toning and wear. Some very minor paper loss at the edges and a couple of small pieces of old tape on the reverse.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3869a.jpg)
![<b>Colonel of the famous Duryee's Zouaves
Wounded 5 times during the Civil War
Autograph Letter Signed</b>
(1815-90) He recruited a regiment of volunteers known as Duryee's Zouaves, which were mustered into the Union army as the 5th New York Infantry. He led his regiment in the first land battle of the war, at Big Bethel, Va., June 10, 1861, losing 5 killed and 16 wounded. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him a brigadier general of volunteers to rank from Aug. 31, 1861. He saw action as a brigade commander at Cedar Mountain, Thoroughfare Gap, and the 2nd Bull Run campaign, where he was wounded twice. He then commanded a division at South Mountain and Antietam and was wounded on three occasions. He received the rank of brevet major general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, for distinguished Civil War service. After the war, he served as police commissioner and dockmaster of New York.
<u>Autograph Letter Signed</u>: 1 1/2 pages, 5 x 8, in ink. Tipped to album page.
New York, Dec. 7/69
Mrs. Lottie Dickenson
Dear Madam,
Will you have the goodness to inform me if your son Stephen has a middle letter to his name?
I have obtained three pieces of music from Mr. Millet, all that he possessed.
They are "Lucia di Lammermoor," "Ernani" by Verdi and "Don Juan" by Mozart, each piece contains from 17 to 20 pages of music.
It afforded me much gratification in selecting this exquisite music because I am assured your son possesses high toned musical taste.
May the sweet melody that he will capture from the dotted lines be [?] of the love, harmony and devotion that he will ever bear to a widowed mother's hope.
I regret that I could not obtain "Nabucco" because it is so beautiful.
Yours with high respect,
A. Duryee
Very fine.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3866a.jpg)
![<b>Signature With Rank as Commander of the Mississippi Marine Brigade</b>
(1820-95) Brother of the celebrated engineer Charles Ellet. In 1861, he served as a captain in the 59th Illinois Infantry. The following spring when his brother was ordered by the War Department to purchase vessels and convert them into rams, Alfred was commissioned lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp to his brother Charles. They completed their fleet at Cincinnati and steamed down the river to Memphis, defeating the Confederate fleet there on June 6, 1862, and sinking or disabling eight of the nine enemy ironclads. Charles received a mortal wound here and Alfred took over the command. With the Monarch and the Lancaster he steamed up the Yazoo River and discovered and reported the presence of the Confederate ram Arkansas. Promoted to brigadier general to rank from November 1, 1862, he was assigned to the Department of the Mississippi and placed in command of the Marine Brigade in 1863. After running the Vicksburg batteries in March 1863, Ellet was engaged for some time in moving General U.S. Grant's troops to the east bank of the Mississippi. In retaliation for information furnished to the troops of CSA General Chalmer's command, he burned Austin, Miss.
<u>War Period Signature With Rank</u>: 3 1/2 x 1, in ink, Alfred W. Ellet, Brig. Genl., Comdg. M.[ississippi] M.[arine] Brigade. Very fine.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3855a.jpg){kind=small}
![<b>Signature With Rank</b>
(1821-97) Born in Sackets Harbor, New York, he entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1837, and was promoted to passed midshipman in 1843. During his long naval career he served in the West Indies Squadron, the Mediterranean Squadron, the Home Squadron, the U.S. Coast Survey, the East India Squadron, and the Pacific Squadron. During the Mexican War, he participated in the siege of Isla de Sacrificios off Vera Cruz, the surrender of the Castle San Juan de Ulua, was on patrol in the Gulf of Mexico, and took part in the seizure of Tuxpan. He was promoted to master in 1850, lieutenant in 1851, and commander in 1862. He served as the commanding officer of the steam gunboat, USS Penobscot in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in 1863, and later that year of the sloop of war, USS Juniata in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. His next assignment was as commander of the side wheel gunboat, USS Osceola in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which he led in the battles of Fort Fisher, N.C., in December 1864, and January 1865. Rear Admiral David D. Porter complimented Clitz for his actions at Fort Fisher in his January 28th dispatch and recommended him for promotion. After the war Clitz continued with his prominent naval career, and was promoted to captain in 1866; he commanded the sloop of war, USS Pawnee, in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1868-69; commanded the steam frigate, USS California in the Pacific Squadron, 1870-72; promoted to commodore in 1872; he commanded the Naval Station at Port Royal, S.C., 1876-77; was lighthouse inspector, 1878-80; promoted to rear admiral in 1880; was commander-in-chief of the Asiatic Squadron, 1880-83, and retired from the U.S. Navy in 1883.
<u>Signature With Rank</u>: Very respectfully, J.M.B. Clitz, Commo. U.S.N., Inspr. 3rd L.[ight] Ho.[use] Dist.[rict]. Written just above Very respectfully is the year 1880, and glued to top edge of the paper is a thin piece of paper with imprint that reads: Navy Promotions- Commodore John M.B. Clitz to be Rear Admiral. Light age toning.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3854a.jpg)
![<b>1860 dated signature as attorney</b>
(1823-96) Born at Lynchburg, Va., he graduated from Washington College, [later named Washington & Lee] 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 general assembly, and a delegate to the secession convention. At the 1st battle of Manassas, Echols commanded the 27th Virginia Infantry, of the Stonewall Brigade, and he was seriously wounded at Kernstown during Jackson's famous 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign. Promoted to brigadier general to rank from April 16, 1862, he served in western Virginia until 1864, as commander of the Department of Southwestern Virginia, and later as a brigade commander under General John C. Breckenridge. He took part in the victory at New Market, Va. over General Franz Sigel, and saw action with General R.E. Lee's army at Cold Harbor.
<u>1860 Dated Signature</u>: 3 1/2 x 3, in ink, cut from a legal document, and signed as Attorney for Plaintiff. Jno. Echols, Att. for Plff., 1860 Feby. 21. Light age toning and wear. Very fine. There is some writing on the reverse that identifies this as having come from a Circuit Court case at Monroe, the Bank of Virginia vs. David J.L. Snidon.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3840a.jpg)
![<b>War Date Endorsement Signed</b>
(1823-90) Brother of Confederate Senator, Clement C. Clay. Born in Alabama, he attended the University of Alabama and the University of Virginia. Practiced law in Hunstville, Ala. Saw action in the Mexican War as Captain of the 13th U.S. Infantry. Confederate Service Record: Commissioned Major, Mar. 16, 1861. Commanded post at Lynchburg, Va., June to Oct. 1861. Major, A.A.G. on staff of General E.K. Smith, Mar. 21, 1862. Major, A.A.G., on staff of General Henry Heth, Dec. 6, 1862. Assigned to duty in Richmond, Va., Jan. 26, 1863. Lieutenant Colonel, to rank from Oct. 14, 1862. Served in the office of General Samuel Cooper, 1863-65.
<u>War Date Endorsement Signed</u>:
7 x 7 3/4, in ink.
Respy. referred thro Lt. Genl. J. Longstreet to Capt. Bruster, Co. H, 29th Regt. Va. Vols. with the following report from Lt. Col. Jas. Harrison, 2nd Regt. Va. State Line. As to C.C. Pack charged with desertion from Capt. Bruster's Company, the following are the facts. Pack was a member of Co. A, Capt. Harrison, 45th Regt. Va. Vols. He was regularly transferred to Capt. Bruster's Co., 29th Va. Regt. He had proceeded as far as Tazewell Co. enroute to join his company when he learned that the 29th Regt. had marched into Ky. & that it would be periless in the extreme to attempt to join them, as the intermediate district was infested by bands of Union men & while awaiting an opportunity to report to Capt. Bruster he made an exchange with Private Jonas Whitt of Capt. Harrison's Co. of this Regt. I gave Whitt a transfer to Capt. Bruster & also wrote to Capt. B in relation to the transfer. I recd. no reply, but was reliably informed that Capt. B accepted Whitt & put him on duty. Capt. B became dissatisfied with Whitt and sent him off without communicating with me on the subject. Whitt then attached himself to the 45th Regt. where he is at present. Pack learning these facts conferred with me as to the course proper for him to pursue. I told him that I considered him a member of this Regt. as Bruster had accepted the exchange by putting Whitt on duty in his Co. & that I would not give him up. By Commd. of Secy. of War, H.L. Clay, A.A.G. A.[djutant] & I.[nspector] G.[enerals] O.[ffice], Mar. 19/63. Pickett's Div. Sent by mistake. Light age toning and wear. Very fine. Interesting content.
Crocket C. Pack, was 23 years old when he enlisted on May 29, 1861, at Wytheville, Va., as a private, and mustered into Co. A, 45th Virginia Infantry. He was discharged for promotion, May 15, 1863, and commissioned Captain, 37th Virginia Cavalry. He died on June 27, 1903, in Tazewell County, Va.
Joanas Whitt, Jr., enlisted on May 29, 1861, at Wytheville, Va., as a private, and mustered into Co. A, 45th Virginia Infantry. He was captured on May 9, 1864, at Cloyd's Farm, Va., confined in Camp Chase, Ohio Prison, and exchanged on March 2, 1865.
Ebenezer Bruster, born in Tazewell, Va., was 38 years old when he enlisted on April 2, 1862, at Tazewell, as Captain, and was commissioned into Co. H, 29th Virginia Infantry. He was promoted to Major, on August 15, 1864. He was paroled on June 12, 1865, in West Virginia.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3826a.jpg)
![<b>War Date Autograph Letter Signed</b>
(1832-1905) Enlisted at the age of 29, at New York City, on April 24, 1861, as a 1st lieutenant, and was commissioned into Co. I, 1st New York Infantry. He was promoted to captain, November 5, 1861, and discharged for promotion on September 13, 1862, and commissioned major, U.S. Volunteers Aide-de-Camp. He was discharged for promotion on May 11, 1864, and was commissioned lieutenant colonel & assistant adjutant general. Promoted to brevet brigadier general, March 13, 1865.
2 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet, written to Colonel E. Holmstedt.
<b><u>Headquarters Military Division of West Mississippi, New Orleans, La., October 4th, 1864</b></u>
My dear friend,
I take great pleasure in introducing to your personal acquaintance and favorable consideration Mr. James D. Rich, who has recently been appointed a 2d Lieutenant in your Regiment. Mr. Rich belongs to the 8th Vermont Volunteers, and has been my Chief Clerk since Division Headquarters were established in this city. I think he will make a good officer. He certainly performed his duties while with me in such a manner as to justify my unqualified good opinion. If you will kindly bear with him in his little short comings which are a natural consequence of his constant attention to his office duties to the exclusion of study, and aid him with your valuable advice, it will be esteemed as a personal favor shown to myself. Of one thing I am certain, that he will earnestly strive to please you and to become a useful and reliable officer.
Always dear Holmstedt,
Your attached friend,
C.T. Christensen
Lt. Colonel
Asst. Adj. General of the Mil. Div. W. Miss.
[to]Col. E. Holmstedt
74th U.S. Infy. (Col’d)
Comdg. Ship Island & c
Light age toning and wear, and some staining. Very neatly written.
The subject of this recommendation letter, James D. Rich, was a resident of Bethel, Vermont, when he enlisted as a private, on December 30, 1863, and was mustered into Co. C, 8th Vermont Infantry. He was discharged for promotion on October 20, 1864, and was commissioned 1st lieutenant, Co. K, 80th U.S. Colored Infantry.
The recipient of this letter was Colonel Ernest W. Holmstedt, commander of the 74th U.S. Colored Infantry.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3805a.jpg)
![<b>Autograph Letter Signed</b>
(1811-97) Born in Maine, he was appointed a midshipman on November 1, 1827, and commissioned lieutenant on February 28, 1838. Throughout the Mexican War he was attached to the ship of line, Ohio, and took part in all the important actions on the Pacific coast. During the years 1850-58, he served at the Boston Navy Yard and the Naval Academy, being commissioned commander on September 14, 1855. Appointed captain in 1862, he commanded the steam sloop Canandaigua, in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. He participated in the bombardment of Fort Wagner, S.C., on July 18, 1863, and rescued some of the crew of the Housatonic after she was sunk in Charleston Harbor, in February 1864. From 1866-68, he served on ordnance duty at the Boston Navy Yard, and was commissioned commodore on July 24, 1867. He was on special assignment in 1869, and was promoted to rear admiral in 1870, and given command of the southern squadron of the Atlantic fleet.
<u>Autograph Letter Signed</u>: 5 x 7 1/4, in ink. Washington, May 10th/72. Dear Sir: I comply with your request of the 13th ult. with pleasure. Yr. obt. sevt., J.F. Green, Rear Admiral. [to] C.L. Farrington, Esq., Holyoke, Mass. Light age toning. Very fine.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3801a.jpg)
![<b>War Date Document Signed issuing orders to General Alfred Duffie</b>
(1892-1901) Born at Culpeper, Va., he graduated in the West Point class of 1851, and was commissioned brevet 2nd lieutenant, 1st U.S. Dragoons, July 1, 1851. Promoted to 2nd lieutenant, July 15, 1853; 1st lieutenant, June 7, 1855; captain, A.A.G., August 3, 1861; staff of General Nathaniel P. Banks; colonel, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry, October 7, 1861; commanded his regiment at Secessionville, James Island and Hilton Head; A.A.G., and Assistant in the Adjutant General's Office; brevet brigadier general, March 13, 1865, for dilligent, faithful and meritorious Civil War service. He remained in the Regular U.S. Army after the war, attaining rank of brigadier general and adjutant general; retired in 1893. He married the widow of U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
<u>War Date Document Signed</u>: 8 x 10, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet.
War Department,
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, July 1st, 1863
Special Orders,
No. 290
4. Brigadier General A.N. Duffie, U.S. Volunteers having responded at the Adjutant General's Office in accordance with a telegraphic order from Head Quarters, Army of the Potomac, will await further orders in this city.
By order of the Secretary of War
Official
Robt. Williams
Assistant Adjt. General
(Sd) E.D. Townsend
Assistant Adjutant General
[to] Genl. Duffie, National Hotel
Light age toning and wear. Very fine.
This document came out of the personal papers of General Alfred N. Duffie, and this was his personal copy of this order. Rare.
General Alfred N. Duffie: (1835-80) Born in Paris, he was the son of a French count. He graduated from the military college of St. Cyr in 1854 and won four decorations in the Crimea. Wounded in the battle of Solferino against the Austrians, he took leave of absence to come to the U.S. in 1859, where he met and married the daughter of a prominent Staten Island family. When the Civil War broke out he resigned his commission in the French army and offered his services to the U.S. On Aug. 2, 1861, he was commissioned captain of the 2nd N.Y. Cavalry and was promoted to major in October. In July 1862, he was appointed colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry which he led in the 2nd Bull Run campaign. In March 1863 his distinguished services at the battle of Kelly's Ford got the attention of General Joe Hooker who requested his promotion to brigadier general which was granted. He commanded a division of the Cavalry Corps under General Alfred Pleasanton during the Chancellorsville campaign and the early phases of the Gettysburg campaign. After this he was ordered to the Department of West Virginia and his subsequent service was in that department under Generals' Benjamin F. Kelley, Franz Sigel, David Hunter and George Crook. In October 1864, he was captured by Confederate partisans near Bunker Hill, Va., and was not paroled until the end of February 1865.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto3787a.jpg)
