FS: Autographs CIVIL WAR Generals

[JimStinson]

100) GENERAL WILLIAM MAHONE heavy stock card measures 3 1/2 x 4 1/2. A small top left portion of the corner is missing. Mahone has signed and also written 1883 Virginia. There are two small tears on far left and far right that were long ago mended from the reverse. Comes with an unsigned 8x10 photo of Mahone for display. Confederate General best known for regaining the initiative at the late war siege of Petersburg, Virginia, while Confederate troops were in shock after a huge mine/load of black powder kegs was exploded beneath them by tunnel-digging former coal miner Union Army troops resulting in the Battle of the Crater in July 1864; his counter-attack turned the engagement into a disastrous Union defeat. Participated in many notable battles of the War including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville & Gettysburg. He died in 1895. $375.00
101) PHILIP SHERIDAN AUTOGRAPHED ORIGINAL CABINET PHOTO Measures 4x6 1/2. In Amazingly excellent condition. Boldly signed by Sheridan. Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces under General Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction of the economic infrastructure of the Valley, called "The Burning" by residents, was one of the first uses of scorched-earth tactics in the war. In 1865, his cavalry pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in forcing his surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Died-1888 $950.00
102) GENERAL DANIEL SICKLES Complete twice signed personal check dated March 17th, 1879. Signed on the front and endorsed on reverse. Sickles became one of the war's most prominent political generals, he served as a brigade, division, and corps commander in some of the early Eastern campaigns. His military career ended at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, after he moved his III Corps without orders to an untenable position, where they suffered 40% casualties but slowed General James Longstreet's flanking maneuver. Sickles himself was wounded by cannon fire at Gettysburg and had to have his leg amputated. He was eventually awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions. Died-1914 $375.00