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Lot #2025
Civil War Generals and Politicians (295+) Signatures with Grant, Doubleday, Davis, Mosby, Sherman, and More

Remarkable collection of nearly 300 Civil War signatures, with icons from North and South—highlighted by Grant, Doubleday, Davis, Mosby, Sherman, Beauregard, and many more!

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Remarkable collection of nearly 300 Civil War signatures, with icons from North and South—highlighted by Grant, Doubleday, Davis, Mosby, Sherman, Beauregard, and many more!

Remarkable oversized autograph book containing over 295 signatures on cards, predominantely comprising generals, admirals, and politicians of the Civil War, including some post-war figures as well. Each card is loosely held in place by slits in the scrapbook's pages, allowing them to be easily removed. The impressive book, half-bound in brown calf with a gilt-stamped nameplate ("E. G. Reid") on the cover, measures 11.5? x 11.5? x 3?. The signatures are in overall fine condition, with the book in very good condition with edgewear, rubbing, and some fraying to boards.

Highlights include: Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, John S. Mosby, Abner Doubleday, James Longstreet, P. G. T. Beauregard, William T. Sherman, John Schofield, Joseph E. Johnson, Jubal A. Early, Joseph C. Breckenridge, Nathaniel P. Banks, Philip Sheridan, Winfield S. Hancock, John Bell Hood, George Dewey, Winfield Scott Schley, Ambrose E. Burnside, Nelson A. Miles, George B. McClellan, Fitz John Porter, Edmund Kirby Smith, D. H. Hill, Wade Hampton, David Dixon Porter, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Adolphus Greely and four survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, and many more.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Military and the Cold War
  • Dates: #684 - Ended May 18, 2023