Autograph, Stewart Lee Udall

United States Secretary of the Interior appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961

United States Congressman from Arizona

Card signature as Secretary of the Interior

World War II Air Force hero

(1920-2010) Born in St. Johns, Arizona, Udall attended the University of Arizona for two years until World War II. He then served four years in the U.S. Air Force as an enlisted gunner on a B-24 Liberator, flying fifty missions over Western Europe from Italy with the 736th Bomb Squadron, 454th Bomb Group, for which he was...  

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, Fernando Wood, Mayor of New York City

Mayor Wood suggested to the New York City Council in 1861 that the city should declare itself an independent city-state in order to continue its profitable cotton trade with the Confederate States of America

United States Congressman from New York

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

Mayor of New York City during the Civil War

(1812-81) Born in Philadelphia, he entered politics in New York City, in 1834, and was active in Tammany Hall politics, serving as a member of the U.S. Congress, 1841-43....  

Autograph, General Grenville M. Dodge

Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry

He was severely wounded in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas in 1862, and in the Atlanta campaign in 1864

Served as Chief of Intelligence for the army of General U.S. Grant

He fought against the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in 1865

United States Congressman from Iowa

(1831-1916) Born in Danvers, Massachusetts, he graduated from Norwich University with a degree in civil engineering in 1851. He settled in the Missouri River city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and for the next 10...  

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, Governor William Sprague of Rhode Island

Colonel of the Rhode Island Militia he fought in the Civil War in 1861-62

Civil War Governor of Rhode Island

Civil War Senator from Rhode Island

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

Son-in-Law of President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase

(1830-1915) Born in the Governor's Mansion in Cranston, Rhode Island, he was from an extremely wealthy and politically influential Rhode Island family. His Uncle William Sprague was the Governor of Rhode Island, and a U.S....  

Autograph, General Nathaniel P. Banks

Rare war date General N.P. Banks letter from the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign to General John P. Hatch regarding the movements of his cavalry

United States Congressman from Massachusetts

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

United States Speaker of the House

Governor of Massachusetts

(1816-1894) Born at Waltham, Massachusetts. He was Speaker of the Massachusetts House, presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1853, and the same year was elected to the U.S. Congress, the first of ten...  

Autograph, General Russell A. Alger

Letter Signed

Wounded and captured at the Battle of Booneville, Mississippi

Colonel of the 5th Michigan Cavalry in General Custer's Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg

Severely wounded during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg

United States Senator from Michigan

U.S. Secretary of War under President William McKinley

Governor of Michigan

(1836-1907) Born in Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio. He attended Richfield Academy, studied law in Akron, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He...  

Autograph, General William S. Rosecrans

Union Army Commander

United States Congressman from California

War period signature with rank

(1819-98) Born on a farm near Little Taylor Run, in Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio, he graduated #5 in the West Point class of 1842, and was known as "Old Rosy." Just days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Rosecrans offered his services to Ohio Governor William Dennison, and he was given command of the 23rd Ohio Infantry, whose members included Rutherford B. Hayes, and William McKinley, both...  

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...  

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...