Autograph, General Turner Ashby

Killed in action on June 6, 1862, at Harrisonburg, Virginia

1862 War Date Document Signed

On Captured Yankee Requisition Form

(1828-62) Born at Rose Bank, in Fauquier County, Virginia. A gifted horseman and natural born leader of men. Upon the secession of his native state Virginia, he became captain of 7th Virginia Cavalry. Rising to rank of colonel within a few months, he was engaged in scouting and outpost duty until the spring of 1862 when he took command of all of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's cavalry,...  

Autograph, General Robert E. Lee

Commander of the Confederate States Army during the War Between the States

1860 Endorsement Signed With Rank, San Antonio, Texas

(1807-1870) Born at Stratford, in Westmoreland County, Va. Son of the legendary Revolutionary War hero, "Lighthorse Harry" Lee. Graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1829 without a single demerit to his name in 4 years! He emerged from the Mexican War with one wound, three brevets for gallantry, a brilliant reputation, and the ever lasting esteem of the commanding General of the U.S.A., Winfield...  

Autograph, Colonel Richard C. Morgan

Brother of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan

Colonel of the 14th Kentucky Cavalry

Captured during General John Hunt Morgan's famous 1863 Ohio Raid

1863 WAR DATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

(1836-1918) Born in Fayette County, Kentucky, he was the younger brother of the legendary Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, and the brother-in-law of Confederate Generals’ Basil Duke and A.P. Hill. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1859, and was appointed as the U.S. Consul to Messina, Italy. During his time in Italy he...  

Autograph, General Hylan B. Lyon

Captured at the fall of Fort Donelson, Tennessee in February 1862

Kentucky Cavalry Commander under General Nathan Bedford Forrest

He escaped from capture at Red Hill, Alabama in January 1865, by his quick thinking and daring action and shooting a Yankee sergeant

(1836-1907) He was born in what is now Lyon County, Kentucky, to a wealthy plantation family, and was the grandson of Congressman Matthew Lyon. He graduated in the West Point class of 1856, and was assigned to the 2nd U.S. Artillery Regiment on duty at Fort Myers during...  

Autograph, General John Pegram

Killed in the battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia on February 6, 1865

Very rare and desirable Confederate signature

(1832-65) Born at Petersburg, Virginia, he graduated in the West Point class of 1854. Resigning his commission in the U.S. Army on May 10, 1861, he served as a lieutenant colonel under General Robert S. Garnett in the Rich Mountain campaign, and was captured. After his return to the army, he was promoted to colonel and served under Generals' P.G.T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith respectively, being chief...  

Autograph, General John B. Gordon

Received five wounds at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Md. in 1862 and almost died

United States Senator from Georgia

Governor of Georgia

Endorsement on the reverse of a letter to Senator John B. Gordon

(1832-1904) Born in Upson County, Ga., he had one of the most spectacular Civil War and postbellum careers of any civilian who fought for the Confederacy. His army service began shortly after the bombardment of Fort Sumter when he raised a company of mountain men from northwest Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee called the...  

Autograph, General Winfield S. Featherston

United States Congressman from Mississippi

Colonel of the 17th Mississippi Infantry

Wounded during the Seven Days Battles in 1862

Rare 1861 Mississippi "Confederate Guards" document on Army of Mississippi imprinted letter sheet

(1820-91) Born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Featherston completed his preparatory studies, but left school in 1836 to enroll in a local militia company to fight the Creek Indians during the Creek War. He later moved to Mississippi where he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840,...  

Autograph, General Alexander R. Lawton

Lawton favored Georgia's secession and became colonel of the 1st Georgia Volunteers whom he led at the capture of Fort Pulaski, Ga.

He was very severely wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland in 1862

(1818-96) Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, he was the brother-in-law of Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander who commanded General Lee's artillery at Gettysburg. He graduated in the West Point class of 1839, and served in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His antebellum career saw him as the president of the Augusta & Savannah...  

Autograph, General Roger A. Pryor

Colonel of the 3rd Virginia Infantry

United States Congressman from Virginia

(1828-1919) Born near Petersburg, Virginia, he graduated from Hampton-Sydney College in 1845 as valedictorian of his class, and with a considerable reputation as an orator. He then studied law at the University of Virginia. By the outbreak of the Civil War, Pryor had a notable career as a lawyer, newspaper editor, and U.S. Congressman. He was known as a fiery and eloquent advocate of slavery, Southern states rights, and secession; although he and his wife did...  

Autograph, Thomas L. Clingman

Colonel of the 25th North Carolina Infantry

Severely wounded in 1864 at the Battle on the Weldon Railroad, Virginia

U.S. Congressman and Senator from North Carolina

(1812-97) Born at Huntsville, North Carolina. He graduated from N.C. State University in 1832, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1834. He then started a political career, first in the North Carolina State Legislature, and then as a U.S. Congressman, 1843-45, and 1847-58. He was then elected U.S. Senator in 1860. When the Civil War began, he left Washington...  

Autograph, General David A. Weisiger

Colonel of the 12th Virginia Infantry

Wounded 3 times during the Civil War; at the Battles of 2nd Manassas, the Wilderness, and at the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia

Document Signed

(1818-99) Born in Chesterfield County, Va., he served as a lieutenant of the 1st Virginia Volunteers during the Mexican War. As a captain of Virginia Militia he was officer of the day at the hanging of John Brown in 1859. Two years later, as a major of the 4th Virginia Battalion, Weisiger took his battalion to the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk,...  

Autograph, John H. Reagan

Postmaster General of the Confederate States of America

United States Congressman and Senator from Texas

(1818-1905) Born in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, he left Tennessee at the age of 19, and traveled to the Republic of Texas, in 1836, the year before it had become independent from Mexico. Reagan worked as a surveyor from 1839 to 1843. A lawyer, judge and Indian fighter, he served as U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1857-61. Voting for secession at the 1861 Texas convention, he was soon elected to the Provisional Confederate Congress, and in...