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SAMUEL M. MCGOWAN

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(1819 - 1897), Confederate brigadier general who commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous 'Light Division' and wounded several times. Scarce signature cut from a letter, matted with a photograph and set into a wood frame with ornate silver trim. Very good.

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SAMUEL M. MCGOWAN

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116: Militaria & Autograph Auction 2026 Day 2

Mar 27, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

Elkton, MD, United States

SAMUEL MCGOWAN: (1819-1897), Confederate brigadier general who commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous 'Light Division' and wounded several times. Signature ‘S. McGowan’ in black ink on a 2.5 x 1 in.

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SAMUEL V. FULKERSON: (1822-1862) Confederate colonel, a favorite of Stonewall Jackson who commanded the 3rd Brigade in Jackson’s Division of the Army of Northern Virginia, killed at the Battle of Gaines’ Mill

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SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER: (1823 - 1914) Confederate lieutenant general who led his division at Perryville, and Knoxville. Accepted Ulysses S. Grant's demand for 'unconditional surrender' after the Battle of Fort Donelson

Mar 27, 2026SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER

STEPHEN D. LEE: (1833 - 1908) Confederate Lieutenant General who directed artillery at Second Bull Run and Antietam, later led a corps at Atlanta and in the Carolinas. Fine content A.L.S. ‘S. D. Lee’,

Mar 27, 2026STEPHEN D. LEE

STEPHEN D. LEE: (1833 - 1908) Confederate Lieutenant General who directed artillery at Second Bull Run and Antietam, later led a corps at Atlanta and in the Carolinas. Bold signature ‘Stephen D. Lee’ in

Mar 27, 2026STEPHEN D. LEE

STEPHEN D. LEE: (1833-1908) Confederate Lieutenant General who directed artillery at Second Bull Run and Antietam, later led a corps at Atlanta and in the Carolinas. An interesting manuscript D.S. ‘Stephen D.

Mar 27, 2026STEPHEN D. LEE

STEPHEN G BURBRIDGE: (1831 – 1894) 'The Butcher of Kentucky', controversial Union brigadier general who fought in multiple campaigns early in the war but gained notoriety as military commander of Kentucky where he

Mar 27, 2026STEPHEN G BURBRIDGE

SULLIVAN A. MEREDITH: (1816 – 1874) Union general, wounded in action at Second Bull Run and subsequently served as commissioner for the exchange of prisoners of war. Good content and association, war-date A.L.S.

Mar 27, 2026SULLIVAN A. MEREDITH

THOMAS A. ROWLEY: (1808-1892) Union brigadier general, led his regiment at Yorktown and Williamsburg, as well as a division at Fredericksburg. Scarce signed endorsement on a 3.5 x 3 in. slip of paper cut from a larger

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THOMAS C. HINDMAN: (1828 - 1868) Confederate major general, commanded the Trans-Mississippi Department and 'Hindman's Legion', fled to Mexico after the war. Returned to the U.S. to be assassinated at his Arkansas home

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THOMAS JEFFERSON MCKEAN: (1810-1870) Union brigadier general who held a variety of positions during the war including a paymaster, a commander of cavalry, and a commandant of prisoner of war camps. Manuscript D.S., 1p. 7.5 x

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THOMAS JORDAN: (1819-1895) Confederate brigadier general who served under Beauregard at First Bull Run, and later under Johnston at Shiloh. War-date manuscript D.S., 1p. 4to., Charleston, Dec. 5, 1862, a

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THOMAS READE ROOTES COBB: (1823 - 1862) Confederate brigadier general, brother of Howell Cobb, served in the Maryland campaign and was killed in action at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Close cut black ink signature: Thos. R.

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THOMAS T. ECKERT: (1825 - 1910) Union telegraph officer assigned to the War Department who worked closely on a daily basis with Lincoln. Lincoln invited Eckert to Ford's Theater on the night of his assassination, but

Mar 27, 2026THOMAS T. ECKERT

THOMAS W. SHERMAN: (1813-1879) 'The other General Sherman', Union brigadier general, appointed to brevet major general in the last year of the war for his distinguished service while fighting in Port Royal, Corinth,

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U.S. NAVY FLAG OFFICERS (54): A comprehensive lot of signatures executed by U.S. Navy Rear Admirals and Commodores who gave notable service during the Civil War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War

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WILLIAM J. HARDEE: (1815 - 1873) Confederate lieutenant general who led his corps at Shiloh and Atlanta, and attempted to halt Sherman's March to the Sea. A.L.S. on the letterhead of the Selma and Meridian Rail Road, 1p

Mar 27, 2026WILLIAM J. HARDEE

WILLIAM MAHONE: (1826 - 1895) Confederate major general who fought at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and The Crater; Lee granted him a battlefield promotion at The Crater. War-date partly-printed D.S.,

Mar 27, 2026WILLIAM MAHONE

WILLIAM S. H. BAYLOR: (1831-1862) Confederate colonel who assumed command of Jackson’s Stonewall Brigade after the death of Winder at Cedar Mountain, but was himself killed in action at Second Manassas before his pro

Mar 27, 2026WILLIAM S. H. BAYLOR

(UNION NAVY) JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT SIGNED C.D.V. AND PAYCHECK, K.I.A. AT GALVESTON: JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT (1821-1863) U.S. Navy lieutenant, commander of the revenue cutter USS HARRIET LANE. He was killed in action at the Battle for Galveston on Jan. 1, 1863, when the Union fleet occ

Mar 27, 2026(UNION NAVY) JONATHAN M. WAINWRIGHT SIGNED C.D.V. AND PAYCHECK, K.I.A. AT GALVESTON

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