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Militaria
Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Estimate

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649

Civil War – Militaria, cont.

/D 1902 ALEXANDER S. WEBB, SIGNED MILITARY
ORDER OF FOREIGN WARS APPOINTMENT ... PH $400-600

Alexander S. Webb (1835-1911) was a Union general, awarded
the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Visually striking ‘Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United
States’ document signed boldly ‘Alex. S. Webb Brvt. Maj Gen
U.S.A.’ as Commander General, 21"x17", on calf vellum, May
23, 1902, appointing Lieut. Clarence King La Motteas as a
Companion of The Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United
States ‘...in recognition of the services rendered in the War
with Spain, 1898.’ Document also signed by five additional
officials including James N. Morgan, Henry N. Wayne, & C.W.
Lolthrop. Includes outstanding engraved military vignettes of
Battles of Yorktown, Tripoli, Fort McHenry, and Chapultepec.
Tiny natural hide hole lower right, otherwise very fine.

– WORLD WAR I –
AMERICAN
650

1910s GENERAL PERSHING SIGNATURE ........ PH $200-300

John J. Pershing pen signature on a 10"x12½” sheet of pressed
paper under an added photo. General Pershing was the
Commander of the US Expeditionary Forces in WWI. Fine
condition.
651
646

/D 1888-90 SIGNIFICANT 11-PAGE ARCHIVE OF
4 SIGNED LETTERS FROM W.T. SHERMAN
........................................................................... PH $5000-7000

Archive containing three handwritten letters signed by
Sherman, as well as a fourth signed by him but in another’s
hand. All addressed to Gen. William E. Strong of Chicago.
Dates range from November 1888 to July 1890. The Nov 27,
1888, letter reads in part, ‘In my judgment the horse and rider
are excellent, and reflect great credit on the designer. I am glad
you have made such progress in this matter. Ours at St. Louis
was the first done, but you are entitled to great praise
notwithstanding...’ Each of the other three letters are written
entirely in Sherman’s hand and are signed by him. They are
dated March 27, April 3 and July 15, 1890. All reference the
statue of Grant to be erected in Chicago, as well as various
delays, meetings and more. Grant, of course, had died in 1885,
and memorials were popping up around the country. The statue
was not dedicated until Oct 7, 1891. Sherman himself died in
early 1891. Very fine.
647

/D 1901 JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN SIGNED LETTER
........................................................................... PH $1500-2000

Six page handwritten letter on Grand Continental hotel (Cairo)
stationery, dated January 30, 1901, from Civil War General
Joshua L. Chamberlain to his wife Fanny back in Brunswick,
Maine. Staying in Egypt for health reasons, he pens a newsy
letter about ‘threading underground tomb passages like
labyrinths, or catacombs, with candles & magnesium lights’,
a Nile cruise to Nubia and the death of Queen Victoria. Letter
simply signed ‘Lawrence’, photocopy of original stamped
envelope included (and offered as a separate lot in this sale).
Very fine. (University Archives LOA).
648

/D 1901 JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN ADDRESSED
ENVELOPE FROM CAIRO ................................. PH $900-1200

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