GENERAL COURTNEY H. HODGES Photograph signed in 1946 by the Commanding Army General that was first to enter Paris in World War II! Autographed Photograph Signed: " Courtney H. Hodges/Gen. U.S. Army/Dec. 1, 1946.", 8x10. Reverse bears a Signal Corps credit stamp. Hodges (1887-1966) was the Commanding General of the Third U.S. Army from February 16, 1943 to January 25, 1944, when he turned it over to Lieutenant General Patton. First Army soldiers commanded by Hodges were the first Americans to enter Paris on their way across Northern France and through the Ardennes Forest. They were also the first to cross the Siegfried Line into Germany in September 1944 and reach the Rhine in March 1945. Minor surface creasing and slightly creased and worn at corners and edges. Ink stamps and notes (unknown hand) on verso. Fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA. 
JOSEPH STILWELL Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of General Stilwell wearing his four-star uniform Photograph signed: "Joseph W. Stilwell/Gen., U.S.A.", 8x10. Collector's notations to reverse date the autograph to May 28, 1946. Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883-1946) was a tactically skilled US Army officer who, at the date of this letter, was training the newly formed US Seventh Division. If assigned to the European or Pacific Theaters when World War II commenced, Stilwell might have been remembered as a gifted corps commander. Instead, President Roosevelt sent him in 1942 to the China-Burma-India Theater, where he led British and Chinese forces in combat and served as Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Stilwell, who reveled in the nickname "Vinegar Joe," was not a talented diplomat. Although he led British troops on foot in a daring escape from Burma, he soon antagonized British commanders and Chiang himself.(Stilwell came to believe, not unreasonably, 
ALFRED T. TORBERT Exceedingly rare carte-de-visite photo of Torbert in uniform by Mathew Brady! Autograph Signed Photograph: "Yours truly/A. T. A. Torbert, Brig. Genl: Vols." 2½x4 carte-de-viste with backstamp of Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York & Washington. Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert (1833-1880), an 1855 graduate of West Point, was appointed a First Lieutenant in the Confederate States Army on March 16, 1861, just before the start of the American Civil War, but the Delaware native declined the appointment and remained a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. By August 1862, he was a Brigade Commander of the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and Torbert was promoted to Brigadier General on November 29, 1862. On April 10, 1864, he was given command of the 1st Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. During Major General Philip Sheridan's Valley Campaigns (1864), Torbert commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Shenandoah. He later commanded the Army of the Shenandoah from April 22, 1865-June 27, 1865.
JEFFERSON DAVIS Davis writes to Colonel Robert Scott concerning a text of his Civil War recollections, intended for publication. Davis speaks of his dissatisfaction with General Beauregard's actions during the war. Here he claims he told Beauregard: "The last sentence of my telegram conveyed to Genl. Beauregard my dissatisfaction at the change and doubt as to the expected result." Autograph Letter signed: "Jefferson Davis", 2 pages (front and verso), 5x8. Beauvoir, Mipi, 1884, October 11. In full: "Yours of the 8th inst. has been this day received, and the enclosure compared. It is in the main correct, the alterations you will find restored by pencil erasure and interlineation. You were correct in the supposition that it was a telegram; and that together with the fact that it was addressed to one fully informed of my views, will account for its brevity. The telegram to which mine was a response, was, I believe, the one which announced a change of the plan of campaign; which Genl.
JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN He signs a handwritten 1871 letter responding to a bill for nautical equipment, complaining that some of it was faulty. ALS: "J L. Chamberlain", 2 pages, 5x8. Brunswick, Maine, 1871 September 23. To C.S. Donnelly, Esq. In part: "Your bill is received as requested, & is I believe correct. I don't know anything about the Notch Boom but suppose Capt. Stover got it. It never came to my yacht, but if it was got for me, I will be accountable for it...Also I may mention that I found the pump, when I came to set it, in two pieces, never having been properly soldered or brazed. & I had to pay $1.00 to have it done...But the pump was an imperfect one, & I would have returned it if I could have done so. Please inform me if I am at liberty to make deduction accordingly...." Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) commanded the 20th Maine in its famous defense of Little Round Top in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Chamberlain was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for this action.
ANDREW JACKSONAs President, he signs an 1829 autograph letter to a Tennessee neighbor, explaining that he has neither the desire nor the financial means to purchase an offered parcel of land adjacent to his own. Autograph Letter Signed: "Andrew Jackson" as President, 1 page, 8x10. Washington, 1829 September 3. To Captain Peter Mosely. In full: "Being absent from this city at the Rip Raps for the benefit of my health I did not receive your letter until my return on the first instant and I hasten to answer it the first leisure moment that has occurred. I regret to say to you, that my monied concerns are not in a situation to purchase your land, I am sorry to be compelled to say to you, that my expense is equal to all my means, & it is out of my power to loan you the sum wanted. The land you propose selling; that part where McCulla lived, would not suit me; If I had the means to buy, I would buy that north of my tract, say 150 acres at a fair price, but as yet, I have not the means. Present me affectionately to your family & all my good neighbours & believe me, yr friend.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON As the Whig Party candidate for President, Harrison devotes 3 pages to defending his conduct at the Battle of the Thames (War of 1812). He is so anxious to vindicate his military record that he is traveling to Cincinnati to have copies of depositions made and published! Harrison's signature is rare, especially so close to the date of his brief Presidency! Autograph Letter signed: "W. H. Harrison", 3 pages with integral address leaf, 7¼x12½. North Bend (Ohio), 1840 February 14. To Moses B. Corwin, House of Representatives of Ohio. In full: "Your letter of the 10th was brought to me yesterday from Cincinnati. I had seen an article in the journal that Flood was charged with having written in his place, an assertion that I was not in the sortie of the Thames. I immediately addressed a note to him which I enclosed to General [Joseph] Vance demanding to know whether he had made such an assertion and the ground upon which it was made. In answer to my letter 
OMAR BRADLEY A bound copy of his Memorial Day Address (1948), inscribed and signed to his longtime secretary, Mary Pitcairn, by America's last five-star general Speech inscribed and signed: "To Miss Mary Pitcairn/With appreciation for/your loyal and/untiring assistance/Omar N. Bradley", 5p, 6x9. Leather-bound, soft cover copy of his Memorial Day Address, titled "That We Might Learn to Live as Bravely as They Died", Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 1948. Inscribed and signed on third free end page. Omar N. Bradley (1893-1981), a corps commander in North Africa and Sicily (1943), commanded of the U.S. First Army, which landed at Utah and Omaha beaches, Normandy, on D-Day, June 6, 1944. In August 1944, he became the Commander of the 12th Army Group, the largest force ever commanded on the field. He headed the new Veterans Administration (1945-1948). On September 20, 1950, Bradley was promoted to Five-Star General of the Army, and would be the last surviving general of 5-star rank. From 1950 to 1953, he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNWhile defending a woman accused of murdering her husband (1857), the future President added six lines of text in his own hand to the written deposition of a witness.Autograph Statement unsigned at the conclusion of Manuscript Document Signed: "J.L. Springgate", 2 pages, 7¾x12¼. Woodford County, [Metamora, Illinois], c. 1845-1857.AT THE CONCLUSION, SIX LINES IN THE HAND OF LINCOLN DIRECTLY ABOVE SPRINGGATE'S SIGNATURE, NOT SIGNED BY LINCOLN WHO WROTE,IN FULL: "Re-cross examination by defendants- The morning of the sale, Laws said that he wanted to go and buy horses, and wanted Vandike to go with him and be his security, and then they both, and this witness went to the sale together (The plaintiff objects to the last piece of evidence)". The names of the plaintiff and defendants are spelled differently throughout the document. Headed: "Deposition of Witness to be used in evidence on the trial of the case now pending in the Circuit Court of Woodford County where John A. Minahan is Plff & J J Lass & Wm G Vandike are defts pursuant to agreement representative of the parties.
JEB STEWART Note handwritten as a lieutenant in the US Army, on duty at Fort Riley, Kansas Territory, signed in the text and accompanied by the original $3 bank note Stewart enclosed with it. Third Person Autograph Note, 1 page, 8x5. In full: "Be sure to direct $6 Lieut. J. E. B. Stuart Fort Riley K. T. P. S. I enclose also $3 more for which please send the Congressional Globe & appendix t P. L. Taylor, Fort Riley K. T. [Kansas Territory]." Accompanied by the $3 demand note, issued by the Phoenix Bank of Hartford, which Stewart forwarded with this letter.James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart (1833-1864), called Jeb by his friends and by history, graduated from West Point in 1854, serving on the Western frontier. He participated in the capture of John Brown at Harper's Ferry. When he signed this note, Stewart was serving as Quartermaster of the 1st Cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley in the Kansas Territory. "Bleeding Kansas" was aflame with pro- and anti-slavery forces, seeking to determine by which system the Territory would enter the Union.
WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY His autograph letter, signed as Cousin Will, asking to be sent "some more headache powders" to relieve the headache caused by his financial woes Autograph Letter signed: "Cousin Will", 1 page, 8x10. New Rochelle, N.Y., no date. To "Dear Frank and Nellie". In full [spelling errors in original]: "I've had a lot of hard upset. Twice I've had moneyed men who were ready to put up a $150,000 to back me with a new show. And that man Tammen has scared them out by telling them he had a contract for my services for 1916 which he hasent. But he still thinks if I cant get out with a show I come back and make more money for him, which will never do. However, I haven't given up. But will stay here until know what I can do. The men are still working at the mines. Say, please send me some more headache powders. This nervous strain makes my head ache. I am living here at Rochelle with my nephew and neice. Its only 45 minutes from New York. Love ever." William Frederick CODY (1846-1917) earned the name "BUFFALO BILL" for killing thousands of buffalo as a hired hunter in 1867 and 1868.
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTERImportant, Civil War-dated ALS, enthusiastically endorsing a new saber shield and urging that the US Cavalry be equipped with it Autograph Letter signed: "G. A. Custer, Brig. Genl.", 1 page, 6¼x8. Washington, D.C., 1864 April 6. To Captain R. R. Moffatt, in full: "Having carefully examined your 'Sabre Shield,' and having considered its merits, as pertaining to my own branch of the service, I do not hesitate in pronouncing it a most invaluable acquisition to the cavalry arm of the service. I am firm in the belief that the possession of it by our cavalry would give confidence and increases courage to those wearing it. The trifling weight of the shield is such as to be almost unfelt by the wearer. I hope it will be adopted at once." George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) graduated last in his class at West Point in 1858, but promptly redeemed himself through his brave and aggressive cavalry leadership during the Civil War.Military | Baseballs
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BOB BUHL - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 274809BOB BUHL Paratrooper in Korea one year, Major League pitching mound the next Baseball signed: "Bob Buhl". Rawlings Official League practice ball with Major League Baseball logo. Buhl (1928-2001) went from US Army paratrooper in Korea in 1952 to the Milwaukee Braves pitching staff the following year.Sale Price $81.00
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LEON DAY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 285027LEON DAY Signed American League (Brown) baseball, signed on the sweet-spot Baseball signed: "Leon Day". Rawlings Official American League Baseball, Bobby Brown, President. Signed in blue ink on the sweet-spot.Sale Price $198.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (MORRIS JEPPSON) - ANNOTATED BASEBALL SIGNED - HFSID 294070MORRIS JEPPSON The Air Force officer who armed the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima signs a Rawlings Official Major League baseballin blue ink on the sweet spot. Annotated Baseball signed: "Morris Jeppson/Enola Gay Mission", Rawlings Official Major League baseball, Allan H. Selig, Commissioner, signed in blue ink on the sweet spot.Sale Price $337.50
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ENOLA GAY CREW (THEODORE VAN KIRK) - ANNOTATED BASEBALL SIGNED - HFSID 294068THEODORE "DUTCH" VAN KIRK The navigator of the Enola Gay which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima signs a Rawlings Official Major League baseball in black ink on the sweet spot. Annotated Baseball signed: "Dutch Van Kirk/Navigator -Enola Gay/6 Aug 1945/Hiroshima", Rawlings Official Major League baseball, Allan H.Sale Price $405.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (THEODORE VAN KIRK) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL CO-SIGNED BY: ENOLA GAY CREW (MORRIS JEPPSON) - HFSID 291037ENOLA GAY CREW: MORRIS JEPPSON and THEODORE VAN KIRKThe members of the history-making crew signed this Major League Baseball, adding information about the mission. Ball merits a perfect 10 PSA/DNASale Price $450.00
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WILMER FIELDS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 289789WILMER FIELDS Official National League (Coleman) baseball Baseball signed: "Wilmer Fields". Rawlings Official National League Baseball, Leonard S. Coleman, President, signed in black ink. Wilmer Fields (1922-2004) joined the Negro League Homestead Grays in 1939.Sale Price $324.00
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PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 152227GERALD R. FORD Champion football player who became a Congressman, Vice President and President of the U.S. Official Bobby Brown American League Baseball signed: "Gerald Ford". On August 9, 1974, Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) was sworn in as the nation's 38th President following the resignation of Richard Nixon.Sale Price $680.00
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PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 254897GERALD R. FORD Champion football player who became a Congressman, Vice President and President of the U.S. Official A. Bartlett Giamatti National League Baseball signed: "Gerald R. Ford". The first appointed U.S. Vice President (1973-1974), former Michigan Congressman Gerald R.Sale Price $450.00
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COLONEL C. GORDON FULLERTON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 312523GORDON FULLERTON The astronaut signs a black leather baseball with silver ink Baseball signed: "Gordon Fullerton". Official Major League Baseball, Allan Selig, Commissioner. This ball is of black leather, with gold stitching, signed in silver ink.Sale Price $252.00
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TOMMY HENRICH - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 283603TOMMY HENRICH"Old Reliable" signed this American League ("Budig") baseball on the sweet-spot. Baseball signed: "Tommy Henrich". Rawlings Official American League Baseball, Gene A. Budig, President, signed on the sweet-spot. Until his death on December 1, 2009, Tommy Henrich (b.Sale Price $198.00
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TOMMY HENRICH - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 284115TOMMY HENRICHAmerican League (Brown) baseball, signed in the sweet spot Baseball signed: "Tommy Henrich". Rawlings Official American League Baseball (Bobby Brown, President), signed in blue ball point on the sweet-spot. Until his death on December 1, 2009, Tommy Henrich (b.Sale Price $198.00
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JACK KLUGMAN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 300443JACK KLUGMANThe Golden Globe-winning actor signs a Rawlings Little League baseball, PSA/DNA certified signature Baseball Signed: "Jack Klugman", Rawlings Little League baseball. With PSA/DNA Certificate of Authenticy (#M89238) and sticker.Sale Price $552.50
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ED McMAHON - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL CIRCA 2005 - HFSID 278915ED MCMAHON Signed baseball Baseball signed: "Ed McMahon". Diamond Little League/Minor League baseball, signed in the sweet-spot. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso: "Ed McMahon/6-05". Ed McMahonSale Price $180.00
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DANNY MURTAUGH - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL CO-SIGNED BY: BILL ROBINSON, BOB ROBERTSON, SPARKY ANDERSON - HFSID 101213DANNY MURTAUGH, SPARKY ANDERSON and OTHERS. Official Feeney National League Baseball signed:"Danny Murtaugh" on the sweet-spot, "Sparky Anderson", "Bob Robertson", "Bill Robinson" and two others.Sale Price $680.00
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BOB NEWHART - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 278922BOB NEWHART Bob Newhart signs a baseball in blue ink. Baseball signed: "Bob Newhart/Many Newhart/Shows" on the sweet spot. Diamond Official League baseball. Originally a standup comic whose first record album sold 1.Sale Price $288.00
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GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL CIRCA 1992 - HFSID 166919NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF Led the team of "good guys" during the Gulf War. Official Bobby Brown American League Baseball signed: "Norman Schwarzkopf" on the sweet-spot. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., who played football and soccer at West Point, attained the rank of General in 1978.Sale Price $765.00
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SIBBY (SEBASTIAN DANIEL) SISTI - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED BASEBALL - HFSID 270061SIBBY SISTI. Baseball signed: "Sibby Sisti" on sweet spot. Rawlings official National League baseball, A. Bartlett, Giamatti, President. Sebastian Daniel "Sibby" Sisti was a utility infielder for the Boston (and Milwaukee) Braves before and after his military service in World War II (1939-1942, 1946-1954).Sale Price $198.00
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BIRDIE (GEORGE R.) TEBBETTS - INSCRIBED BASEBALL SIGNED - HFSID 270094BIRDIE TEBBETTSThe catcher who later became a manager inscribes this baseball to a fan Inscribed Baseball signed: "Hi Ron = Birdie Tebbetts" on the sweet spot. Official Rawlings National League baseball, Bart Giamatti, President.Sale Price $198.00
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