Shiloh Civil War Relics
proudly presents
Our American History
in an
Autograph Album
This is one of the most historically significant pieces of Americana that
we have ever had the honor to offer.
This is a fantastic autograph album of historic political figures from 1854.
The album is filled with original autographs from some of the most influential names in American history. Many of the names featured went on to serve in the military and government of both factions during the Civil War. This book contains 290 ink autographs from the President of the United States to his distinguished cabinet to the members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
each autograph is pictured
under that name of each historic figure, click on the signature to see a larger
image due to space we were not able to photograph each
autograph, if there is a signature not pictured that you are particularly
interested in, send us an email and we will take a photo and email you an image
a select group of
historical figures are listed below with their names underlined, click on
underlined names to see a brief biography
The first page of the album has the bold heading “President of the United States” in his own hand
and then a bold and flamboyant “Franklin Pierce” .
14th President of the United States
Below that is the Secretary of state’s signature William L. Marcy.
Secretary State
William Henry Seward of New York
24th United States Secretary of State
in office March 5, 1861-March 4, 1869
On the next page is one of the most beautiful signatures of the book.
It has, in Davis’ own hand, “Secretary of War Jeffn. Davis” and then he adds “Of Mississippi”.
Jefferson Davis then Secretary of War
but soon to become
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson's Signature
Most of the signatures in this book have the state from where they served in addition there are also a few towns listed from which these history makers hailed.
Almost every page of the album contains at least two signatures, some of them having up to four.
You will note in the list of names that most every page features the signature of a historical figure
that influenced the events of the Civil War in some way.
Among the members of the Senate include:
David Rice Atchison of Missouri (President Pro Tem of the Senate)
Steven Mallory of Florida (Confederate Secretary of the Navy)
Edward Everett of Massachusetts (V.P. Candidate from the 1860 Election)
Hannibal Hamlin of Maine (1st Vice President of Abe Lincoln)
Judah P. Benjamin of Louisiana (C.S. Sec. of War & Later C.S. Sec. of State)
Albert Brown of Mississippi (Confederate Congressman)
Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois (Famous Orator and Debater of Abe Lincoln)
John Bell of Tennessee (1860 Candidate for President against Lincoln)
John Slidell of Louisiana (Confederate Diplomat of the Trent Affair)
Robert Hunter of Virginia (Confederate Senator & Pictured on C.S. Currency)
James Murray Mason of Virginia (Confederate Diplomat of the Trent Affair)
Clement C. Clay Jr. of Alabama (Confederate Congressman & Pictured on C.S. Currency)
Henry Sheffie Geyer of Missouri (Attorney for the Defendant Slave-Owner in Dred Scott case)
Robert A. Toombs of Georgia (Confederate Secretary of State & General)
Charles T. James of Rhode Island (Inventor of the James Rifled Cannon & Shell that bore his name)
Solomon Chase of Ohio (Founder of Chase Bank & Lincoln Treasury Secretary)
Samuel Houston of Texas (1st President of the Republic of Texas)
Among the Members of the House of Representatives are:
Linn Boyer of Kentucky (Speaker of the House of Representatives)
John Smith Phelps of Missouri (Civil War Military Governor of Arkansas)
David Lewis Campbell of Ohio (Colonel of the 69th Ohio Infantry)
George Washington Jones of Tennessee (1st Confederate Congress)
Thomas Ruffin of North Carolina (Colonel 1st North Carolina C.S. Cavalry K.I.A. Auburn, VA Oct. 13th 1863)
James Henry Lane of Indiana (Appointed by Lincoln as a Brigadier General of Volunteers)
George Washington Smyth of Texas
(Signer of the Declaration of Independence of Texas in 1836 & Served in C.S. Army)
Ner Middlewarth of Pennsylvania (Captain in the War of 1812)
Daniel Boone Wright of Mississippi (34th Mississippi Infantry Colonel & on N.B. Forrest’s Military Courts)
William Montgomery Churchwell of Tennessee (Colonel 4th Tennessee Infantry C.S.A.)
Israel Washburn, Jr. of Maine (Governor of Maine in 1861 & 1862)
Thomas L. Clingman of North Carolina (Brigadier General of Confederate Army)
Charles Faulkner of Virginia (Confederate Staff of Stonewall Jackson)
William Barksdale of Mississippi (Commanded Mississippi Brigade of Longstreet, Killed at Gettysburg)
Thomas Andrew Hendricks of Indiana (Vice-President under Grover Cleveland)
Asa Packer of Pennsylvania (Founded Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
Richard Clauselle Puryear of North Carolina (Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress in 1861)
Theodore Galliard Hunt of Louisiana (Brigadier General in Louisiana Confederate Army)
John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky
(Vice President of the U.S. Under James Buchanan & Major General in the
Confederacy)
Carlton Brandaga Curtis of Pennsylvania (Colonel of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry)
William Taylor Sulivan Barry of Mississippi
(President of Mississippi Secession Convention & raised the 35th Mississippi Infantry regiment)
Elijah Webb Chastain of Georgia (Lt. Colonel of the 1st Georgia Confederate Infantry)
William Shepperd Ashe of North Carolina (Major in Confederate Army in Charge of Transportation)
Norman Eddy of Indiana (Colonel of the 48th Indiana Infantry)
Edwin Barber Morgan of New York (1st president of the Wells Fargo Express Company)
William Preston of Kentucky (Major General in the Confederate Army)
William Russell Smith of Alabama (Colonel of the 26th Alabama Confederate Infantry)
Aaron Harlan of Ohio (Lt. Colonel 94th Ohio Minutemen in 1862)
William Waters Boyce of South Carolina (1st & 2nd Confederate Congress)
William Marcy Tweed of New York (Better Known as “Boss” Tweed of New York Corruption Infamy)
Thomas Henry Bayly of Virginia (Brigadier General Virginia Militia 1837-1842)
Wiley Pope Harris of Mississippi (Provision Confederate Congress 1861)
Laurence M. Keitt of South Carolina
(Confederate Brigadier General died of Wounds Battle of Cold Harbor)
Alfred H. Colquitt of Georgia (Major General in Confederate Army & Post War Governor of Georgia)
Nathaniel P. Banks of Massachusetts (Union Army Major General)
William Harridon Bissell of Illinois (Governor of Illinois from 1856-1860)
Henry Marchmore Shaw of North Carolina
(Colonel in Confederate Army Killed Near New Berne, N.C. November 1st 1864)
William Smith of Virginia (Confederate Major General & Confederate Congressman)
John Letcher of Virginia (Confederate Governor of Virginia During the Civil War)
Felix K. Zollicoffer of Tennessee
(Confederate Brigadier General Died of Wounds at Mill Springs, Kentucky in 1862)
Sion Hart Rogers of North Carolina (Colonel 47th North Carolina Confederate Infantry)
Peter Hansbrough Bell of Texas (Texas Ranger & Governor of Texas 1849-1853)
Thomas Stanley Bocock of Virginia (Speaker of the Confederate Congress in 1861)
Francis Burton Craige of North Carolina (Confederate Provisional Congress of 1861)
James Ferguson Dowdell of Alabama (Colonel of the 37th Confederate Alabama Infantry)
Henry Alonzo Edmundson of Virginia (Lt. Colonel of the 44th Virginia Infantry Then 27th Virginia Cavalry)
Milton Slocum Latham of California (Governor of California 1859-1860)
Fayette McMullen of Virginia (Governor of Washington Territory 1857-1861 & Confederate Congressman)
Augustus Emmett Maxwell of Florida (Confederate Senator from 1862-1865)
Caleb Lyon of New York
(Designed the State Seal of New York Adopted 1849 & Governor of Idaho Territory 1864-1865)
James L. Orr from South Carolina (Confederate Senator & Served in Confederate Army)
John Perkins, Jr. of Louisiana (Chairman of Louisiana Secession Convention & Confederate Senator)
the binding of the autograph album
As you see the list of these great Americans it is almost staggering...
Included with this historically significant album, Shiloh Relics provides a
certificate of authentication for the album. The album also is accompanied by a brief
biography of each person who's
signatures are documented in this album.
This archival information accompanies the autograph album at no additional charge.
This is truly a spectacular piece of Americana that could be the centerpiece of any collection of history.
Offered for $19,500.00
For Personal Service Call Rafael at Shiloh Relics
731-689-4114
or email us at rafael@shilohrelics.com