^Lot 315 Civil War

Collection of 32 items consisting of signatures, letters, and documents from various officers and soldiers. Group includes signatures of S. R. Curtis, John Schofield, W. S. Rosencrans, H. W. Slocum, M. F. Force, Edwin Dumner, R. J. Oglesby, Benjamin Butler, John M. Corse, Willis A. Gorman, Carl Schurz, and Andrew Johnson; Letters (both ALSs and LSs) from Isaac P. Gragg, Eramus D. Keyes, Joseph Hooker, C. C. Augur, Edwin D. Morgan, James Negley, Nathaniel P. Banks, and John Pope; documents signed by J. C. Sullivan, Edward Townsend, Lawrence P. Graham, and Adam J. Slemmer. Also included are three Civil War soldier letters, one written by James Simpson on October 11, 1861, from Croos Creek Village, regards the death of a family member, and also a soldier, from dysentery, and also about delivery of new arms to his company, in part (with grammar and spelling retained): “We got on our arms this week they are what they call the Minney Rifle witt sword bayonet the are waranted to shoot strait 1000 yards.” Letter is accompanied by an original fractional five cent currency note. A few of the signatures are affixed to larger scrapbook pages along with biographical information. In overall very good condition.