Lot 323
Generals King, Couch, Carleton, Curtis, Crawford, Howe, and Delafield. Rufus King ALS as Brig. Genl., 2 page, 8 x 5 in., Camp Kalarama,Washington, Aug. 16, 1861. To an unknown recipient asking for commissions for three Wisconsin officers on his staff, who are "gentlemen of character and intelligence and zeaous supporters of the war for the maintenance of the Union…." Darius Nash Couch ALS ("D.N.Couch") as Maj. Gen., 1 page, 7½ x 5 in., Div. Hd Qrs, 2½ miles from Jefferson (1862). Tipped to a larger sheet, stains at lower left. To Gen. Marcy: "I marched this morning via Adamstown not knowing that Franklin was on the road and find myself halted by his train….My 4 guns have got over and Infantry coming down." James H. Carleton, ALS, 1 page, 9¾ x 7¾ in., Head-Quarters, Dept. of New Mexico, Mar. 9, 1864, regretting that he could not get autographs to a man in Albany, N.Y. in time for the Great Fair. (The Sanitary Commission Fair to raise funds for Union wounded took place Feb. 22-Mar. 5 in Albany). Samuel R. Curtis ALS ("S.R. Curtis") as Maj. Gen., 1 page, 8 x 5 in., Head Quarters, Dept. of Kansas, Fort Leavenworth, June 21, 1864. To an unidentified recipient, asking for the whereabouts of a soldier who had joined the Ohio Volunteers at Cincinnati and whose wife doesn't know his company or regiment.
Samuel Wylie Crawford ALS ("S.W. Crawford"), 3 pages, 8 x 5 in., Headquarters 3d Div., 5th Corps, Sept. 14, 1864. To Doctor Carnac, thanking him for the kind attention that Mrs. Carnac has shown his aid Lt. Clarke: "I do so deeply regret that his being with me should have resulted so seriously. I very much regreted to hear that your hospital had been taken from you…." Albion Parris Howe ALS ("A.P. Howe") as Brig. Genl. Inspr. of Arty., 2 pages, 10 x 7¾ in., Office of Inspector of Artillery, Washington, Nov. 29,1864. To Secretary of War E.M. Stanton recommending Capt. Albert M. Harper, Asst. Adjt. General, whom he has know since the battle of Antietam and who served in the same Corps with him, part of the time under his command. "I regard Captain Harper as one of the most promising officers of his rank…." Richard Delafield ALS ("Rich.d Delafield") as Genl. & Chief Engineer, 1 page, 8 x 5 in., Washington, Jan. 25, 1865. To Prof. Joseph Henry (Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution), "The astronomical and such like instruments and apparatus, I can have stored and otherwise taken care, in the apartments assigned to this Department, in case you have no suitable place at the Smithsonian building fit for use." (7 items).
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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