Autograph, Master Sergeant Paul J. Wiedorfer, U.S. Army

World War II Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions on Christmas Day, near Chaumont, Belgium, in 1944

(1921-2011) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Wiedorfer joined the United States Army in July 1943, and did his basic training at Camp Lee, Virginia. On Christmas Day, 1944, near Chaumont, Belgium, Wiedorfer single-handedly charged across 40 yards of wide open ground, destroyed two German machine gun emplacements and took six Germans prisoner. He was subsequently promoted to staff sergeant, and on May 29, 1945, he was awarded the Medal...  

Autograph, General Horace Porter

Medal of Honor Recipient for gallantry in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia in 1863

Private Secretary of President Ulysses S. Grant

Signed on the back of the business card of former Colonel George H. Starr, 104th New York Infantry, who was captured at Gettysburg! Starr escaped from 3 different Rebel prisons!

(1837-1921) Born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, he was the son of David R. Porter, a Governor of Pennsylvania, and was the first cousin of, Andrew Porter, a Union Civil War general. He graduated #3 in the West Point class of...  

Autograph, General Orlando B. Willcox

Colonel 1st Michigan Infantry

Medal of Honor Recipient for distinguished gallantry at the 1st Battle of Bull Run where he was wounded and captured

(1823-1907) Born in Detroit, Michigan, he graduated in the West Point class of 1847. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery, and would subsequently serve in the United States Army in various capacities over a period of forty years. Willcox fought in the Mexican War, he fought against the Indians on the frontier, and he fought in the Third Seminole Indian War in...  

Autograph, General Nelson A. Miles

Medal of Honor Recipient for gallantry at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia

He was wounded 4 times during the Civil War

Captured the notorious Indian Chief Geronimo

(1839-1925) Born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm, he intensely read military history, and mastered military principles and techniques, including battle drills. Working in Boston at the commencement of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army on September 9, 1861, and was commissioned 1st lieutenant, in the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry....  

Autograph, Marcus A. Hanna

Medal of Honor Recipient for gallantry at Port Hudson, Louisiana

Earned the Gold Lifesaving Medal of Honor for saving drowning sailors

He is the only person in American history to have received both the Medal of Honor and the Gold Lifesaving Medal

(1842-1921) Born in Bristol, Maine, Marcus A. Hanna, was living in Rockport, Massachusetts, when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted as a landsman, at Boston, on May 9, 1861, and was mustered into the U.S. Navy. He was discharged on June 20, 1862 having served on the U.S.S. Ohio, the...  

Autograph, Lieutenant Samuel B. Horne

Medal of Honor Recipient

Wounded three times during the Civil War

Provost Marshal's Office, 18th Army Corps Reports a Straggler of the 11th Connecticut Infantry

War Date Document Signed

(1843-1928) Born in Ireland, he was a resident of Winchester, Conn., when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted on April 22, 1861, as a private, and was mustered into Co. K, 2nd Connecticut Infantry, a 90 days regiment, and was mustered out on August 7, 1861. He re-enlisted on October 25, 1861, and was mustered into Co. E, 11th Connecticut...  

Autograph General Newton M. Curtis

Awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the capture of Fort Fisher, N.C.

U.S. Congressman from New York

Autograph Letter Signed

(1835-1910) The son of a veteran of the War of 1812, Curtis was born in De Peyster, N.Y. Upon the fall of Fort Sumter, he was commissioned captain of the 16th New York Infantry. He was severely wounded during the Virginia peninsula campaign in May 1862, saw action at Cold Harbor and Petersburg, Va., and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry at the capture of Fort Fisher, N.C., where he...  

Autograph General Charles H.T. Collis

Awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Fredericksburg

Colonel of Collis's Zouaves

Document Signed

(1838-1902) Born in Ireland. Colonel of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Promoted to brevet brigadier general, October 28, 1864, and brevet major general, March 13, 1865. He was mustered out of service on May 29, 1865. He is buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

Colonel Charles H.T. Collis at...