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CIVIL WAR, UNION]. SIEGEL, FRANZ, General . Autograph letter signed to Mr. Dawson, New York, 17 July 1872, 2 pages, 8vo, lined stationery , regarding former military colleagues: "...In regard to the affair at Cole Camp, I know that Capt Cook and his men were surprised by rebel troops and some or many of them killed..." -- CARL SCHURZ, General . Autograph endorsement signed to an unidentified recipient, "Camp near Brook Station, Va.," 30 May 1863, 1 page, 8vo, integral blank, lightly browned , "It gives me pleasure to state that...Capt Willis...behaved most gallantly and did his duty to the full extent of his power..." -- WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, General . Partly printed document signed, Washington, D.C., 7 July 1865, an oblong card, accomplished in manuscript, discolored , General Hancock admits "Gen Massey [to] the Military Prison this day..." -- JOHN ADOLPH DAHLGREN, Admiral . Autograph letter signed to A. Hast, Washington, D.C., 15 April 1852, 1 page, 4to, integral address leaf, lined stationery , regarding the receipt of a book: "The copy of 'Boat Armament' arrived duly, and I was much pleased at its appearance..." -- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER, General . Document signed, Washington, D.C., 22 March 1867, 1 page, 4to, on Massachusetts Miltary State Agency stationery , Butler certifies that "...Ben Pirley Poore...was commissioned Major of the 8th Regt. of Mass. Vol. Militia May 16th 1861..." -- LEWIS WALLACE General . Letter signed to E.F. Test, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 27 August 1875, 1 page, 4to, Wallace & Hurley stationery , an interesting letter: "...Thank you very much for your interest in the Shiloh matter...The gross injustice done me by Sherman in his book...[is] remarkable..." -- DAVID DIXON PORTER Admiral . Letter signed to Senator H.B. Anthony, Washington, D.C., 26 February 1874, 2 pages, folio, lined stationery, top margin soiled , regarding naval matters; PORTER. Autograph letter signed to O.H. Peck, Washington, D.C., 16 May 1887, 2 pages, 8vo, integral blank, lightly browned, forwarding an address: "...Admiral Farragut's son lives in New York City..." -- WILLIAM STARKE ROSECRANS, General . Autograph letter signed to "Missrs Cornett & Nightengale," Newport, 24 January 1849, 1 page, 4to, blue stationery, left corner cut away (not affecting text) , requesting information about machinery: "Please inform...at what rates [wrought iron] may be had..." -- DANIEL EDGAR SICKLES, General . Autograph letter signed to John M. Kranth, Mexico City, 24 October 1884, 2 1/2 pages, 8vo, concerning the circumstances surrounding the loss of his leg at Gettysburg: "...I received my wound between half-past five and six o'clock, the last memorandum in my field book was made at five thirty-eight p.m...."; SICKLES. Autograph letter signed to Philip Phelps, New York, 3 October 1842, 2 pages, 4to, integral address leaf with orange circular postmark, seal hole , regarding a prisoner of the Revolutionary War: "...Edward McCollum was not found recorded in your dept as a prisoner of war...what are the sources of facts relative to the Prisoners alluded to which are posessed by the dept and which were examined..."; together 11 items . (11)