Beschreibung:

lot of 49 clipped signatures. Includes Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War; James Buchanan as Secretary of State; Andrew Johnson, as Congressman from TN (n.d., not clear whether as Rep. or Senator); Alexander Stephens, Vice Pres. CSA; Horace Greeley, 1872, Journalist and Congressman in 1847-48; Henry Wilson Senator from MA; Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln's first Vice President and Senator from ME; R[ubin] Fenton, Governor of KY; (2) John Hoffman, possibly the Mayor of New York City. Also included are 27 Civil War figures: Phil[ip] H. Sheridan, Lt. Genl.; John Pope Brig. Genl., Army of Virginia; J[ohn] M. Schofield, Maj. Genl., Army of the Ohio, Amy of the Gulf; Alf[red] H. Terry, Brig. Genl., 10th Corps; Cha[rle]s Devens Jr., Bvt. Maj. Genl., Army of the Potomac; Geo[rge] G. Meade, Maj. Genl., Army of the Potomac; H[enry] W. Benham, Brig. Genl., Northern Div. of Dept. of the South; [Daniel E.] Sickles, Maj. Genl., 3rd Corps; H[enry] W. Slocum, 20th Corps; C[hristopher] C. Augur, Bvt. Maj. Genl., various commands; Winf[iel]d S. Hancock, Maj. Genl., 2nd Army Corps; C[uvier] Grover, Bvt. Maj. Genl., 19th Corps; Irwin McDowell, Bvt. Maj. Genl.; Q[uincy] A. Gillmore, Maj. Genl., Dept. of the South; N[athaniel] J. Jackson Brig. Genl. Vols., Volunteers and Army of the Potomac; Ja[me]s A. Hardie, Col. and Inspector Genl., later Maj. Genl. by brevet; H[oratio] G. Wright, Brig. Genl., Army of the Potomac, Army of the Shenandoah, later Maj. Genl.; (2) Fran[cis] V. Randall, USA, Col., Army of the Potomac; T[ruman] Seymour, M. Genl., Army of the Potomac, Dept. of the South; A[lexander] Schimmelfennig, Brig. Genl., Dept. of the South; (2) R[obert] K[ingston] Scott, Bvt. Maj. Genl., Dept. of the Tennessee; L[ewis] G. Arnold, Brig. General, Depts. of the South, Gulf; Edw[ard] Canby, USA, Maj. Genl., Army & Dept. of the Gulf; G[eorge L. Beal, Brig. Genl., later Maj. Genl., Army of the Shenandoah; and two Confederates, M[atthew] C. Butler, Maj. Genl., CSA; and Ben[jamin] C. Yancey, Lt. Col. CSA and Minister to Argentina. There are a few Colonels and AAGs: H[arrison] S. Fairchild Col., and Brig. Genl. by brevet; C[harles] H[enry] Crane, Surgeon U.S. Army, and Brig. Genl. by brevet; E[dward] D. Townsend, Asst. Agt. Genl., later Brig. Genl. by brevet; Saml.(?) Buck, Asst. Adj. Genl.; B[ennett] H. Hill, Lt. Col. 5th U.S. Army, Bvt. Brig. Genl.; and two printed calling cards Richard C. Drum, U.S. Army, Brig. Genl. by brevet. Plus 5 indecipherable, 2 are AAGs and one is a Brig. Genl., but we cannot read them. Condition: As expected for clipped signatures.