CDV, General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick

The first Regular U.S. Army officer to be wounded in action during the Civil War, June 1861

Colonel 2nd New York Cavalry

He was wounded again in the 1864 Atlanta, Georgia campaign

United States Minister to Chile

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

(1836-81) Born near Deckertown, New Jersey, he graduated in the West Point class of May...  

CDV, General George G. Meade

Union commander who defeated General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg

(1815-1872) He was born in Cádiz, Spain, to a wealthy merchant and banking family from Philadelphia. He graduated in the West Point class of 1835, and fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican War where he earned a brevet for gallantry in the battles at Monterey. He served in the United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, and led construction of lighthouses in Florida and New Jersey from 1851 to 1856, and the United States Lake...  

CDV, General Samuel W. Crawford

He commanded several artillery pieces at Fort Sumter during the Confederate bombardment that started the Civil War in April 1861

Severely wounded at the Battles of Antietam, Maryland, and at the Weldon Railroad, Virginia

(1829-92) Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Medical School in 1850. The following year he accepted an appointment as assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army and served at various points on the western frontier until 1860. He was stationed at Fort Moultrie, in...  

Gettysburg National Museum Commemorative Cover

9 1/2 x 4 1/4, envelope featuring an illustration of President Lincoln at left. Imprint reads, Gettysburg National Museum, Inc., Gettysburg, Pa., World's Largest Collection of American Civil War Relics. Below this is President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and at the bottom is, See The Battle Of Gettysburg Re-Enacted On The Electric Map, "One of America's Greatest Attractions." Circular date stamped, Gettysburg, Pa., Nov. 19, 1963, 3 PM, with a 5 cents U.S. Battle of Gettysburg postage stamp that is stamped in black "Pray For Peace."...  

CDV, General Richard S. Ewell

Lost a leg at the 1862 battle of Groveton, Virginia

(1817-1872) Born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., he was raised in Prince William County, Virginia, from the age of 3, at an estate near Manassas known as "Stony Lonesome." He was the grandson of Benjamin Stoddert, the first United States Secretary of the Navy; the grandson of Revolutionary War Colonel Jesse Ewell; and the younger brother of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, an 1832 West Point grad, and a U.S. and Confederate army officer. Richard graduated in the West Point class of 1840,...  

CDV, General Winfield S. Hancock

Commanded the 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg where he was seriously wounded repulsing Pickett's Charge!

United States Presidential Candidate in 1880

(1824-1886) Winfield Scott Hancock and his identical twin brother, Hilary Baker Hancock, were born in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, a hamlet just northwest of Philadelphia. Winfield was named after Winfield Scott, a prominent U.S. general in the War of 1812, and the Mexican War, and who was commander-in-chief of the Union armies at the beginning of the Civil War. He...  

Photograph, Jennie Wade of Gettysburg

She was the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg!

Wet plate photograph, 5 1/2 x 3 7/8, on thick 7 x 5 card mount. Shows a portrait of Jennie Wade at the upper right, the house where she was killed on July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg in the center, and her grave site monument in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa., at left. Jennie Wade was 19 years old when she was killed in the kitchen of her sister's house, while baking bread for the Union soldiers. A stray Confederate sharpshooter's bullet pierced through two wooden doors and...  

President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Commemorative Envelope

Honoring the 125th Anniversary of his immortal address at Gettysburg

7 3/8 x 4, commemorative envelope, with vignette of President Lincoln at left, and imprint at center, Commemorating the 125th Anniversary, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863 November 19 1988, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Postmarked, Gettysburg, Pa., 17325, Nov. 19, 1988. There are 2 U.S. postage stamps at the upper right with one of them being the 3 cents commemorative stamp issued to honor the Gettysburg Address, and the second one depicting an American flag with a star...  

CDV, Edward Everett

United States Congressman and Senator

United States Secretary of State

Governor of Massachusetts

He gave the keynote speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863

(1794-1865) Famous orator and statesman. He made many famous speeches for the Union cause, the best known being his 2 hour oration preceding President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. During his very distinguished career he served as U.S. Congressman,...  

Portrait, Edward Everett

United States Congressman and Senator

United States Secretary of State

Governor of Massachusetts

He gave the keynote speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863

(1794-1865) Famous orator and statesman. He made many famous speeches for the Union cause, the best known being his 2 hour oration preceding President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. During his very distinguished career he served as U.S. Congressman,...  

Autograph, Edward Everett

United States Congressman and Senator

United States Secretary of State

Governor of Massachusetts

He gave the keynote speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863

(1794-1865) Famous orator and statesman. He made many famous speeches for the Union cause, the best known being his 2 hour oration preceding President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. Everett later told Mr. Lincoln that he wished he had struck the same chord...  

CDV, General Gouvenor K. Warren

The Hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg, on July 2, 1863!

He was wounded at Gaines Mills, Va., and at Gettysburg, Pa.

(1830-1882) He was born in Cold Spring, New York, and named for Gouverneur Kemble, a prominent local Congressman, diplomat, industrialist, and owner of the West Point Foundry. "G.K." graduated in the West Point class of 1850, ranking #2, and he was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the prestigious Corps of Topographical Engineers. In the Antebellum South, he worked on the Mississippi River,...