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CIVIL WAR]. SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. Autograph letter signed ("Sherman") to General Edward O.C. Ord, Washington, D.C., 18 April 1870, 3 pages, 4to, a fine letter between old comrades: "...The death of General Thomas...the assignment of Schofield to his place...& sending Canby out to Oregon, will make a radical change on your Coast...Schofield will probably come out in mMay....Stoneman ought to be able to keep things moderately quiet....I do not see any good reason for keeping in Alaska more than two or three companies....I want to come out to see you all in California this summer...As soon as I can properly think I will move back to Saint Louis, and leave the Politicians to run the Army...."; Letter signed (""W.T. Sherman General") to W.A. Church of the Army & Navy Journal, Washington, D.C., 31 October 1871, 4 pages, 4to, soiled, silked, concerning a plan to accompany Admiral Alden "an old friend," aboard the Wabash to the Mediterranean, and discussing their itinerary, confirming that "my visit to Europe is purely private," and, "like Mr. Pickwick I pay my own way..." -- MCLAWS, LAFAYETTE, General, C.S.A. Autograph letter signed ("L McLaws") to Pennypacker, "Editor of the Weekly Press," Savannah, Georgia, 27 March 1886, 2 pages, 4to, traces of mount, sending an address, thanking him for "frank comments" of a wartime memoir: "...I agree with you that the Paragraph relating to the mentioning of Gen'l [Daniel] Sickles should not be included....erase the whole of it....The Confederate Congressman from whom I obtained ex-President Davis' opinion of Gen'l Meade was Col. R.R. Bridges," and wishing Meade's son "would give an 'inside' account of Gen'l Meade's 'administration' in Georgia..." -- SCHOFIELD, JOHN MCALLISTER. Autograph letter signed to "the Honourable The Secretary of War," New York, 11 May [l887], one page, 8vo, integral blank, recommending the son of Major Throckmorton for a West Point appointment -- HALLECK, HENRY WAGER. Autograph letter signed ("H.W. Halleck") to Brig. General Lorenzo Thomas, St. Louis, Missouri, 2 January 1862, one page, 4to, on printed Head Quarters stationery, requesting the appointment of an Assistant Adjutant General in his department since "the duties of this office are so onerous that an additional" adjutant "is very necessary...." -- SCOTT, WINFIELD. Document signed in full as General in Chief of the Army, Washington, D.C., 30 July 1861, one page, 4to, granting a "safeguard" to Mrs. Mary Throckmorton, her family and servants - and brown cottage near 'Soldiers Home'..." -- BUTLER, BENJAMIN F. ("Beast Butler"). Autograph letter signed ("Benj. F. Butler") to Mrs. Sarah Morewood, Boston, 18 February 1862, 2 pages, 8vo, on printed Head Quarters stationery, thanking her for a gift for "the cheering consideration that I was to be strengthened by the availing prayers of a true-hearted patriotic Christian woman...a woman yet a strong Soldier in the Country's cause. I have been told of your noble acts of beneficent kindness to my soldiers at 'Camp Seward...."; Letter signed ("Benj. F. Butler") to Messrs. Blatchford, Seward and Griswold, New Orleans, 11 October 1862, one page, 4to, on printed Head Quarters stationery, concerning a "letter book of Major Andrews," which is "in a blue box in my Office at Lowell.... " -- DAHLGREN, JOHN ADOLPH, Rear Admiral . Autograph letter signed ("J.A.Dahlgren") to "My dear Captain," 12 November n.y., one page, 4to, a war-date letter referring to the ships Canandaiguq , Nipsic , and Wabash, and expressing the hope that a "gunboat from Port Royal" may be obtained -- [FORT SUMTER]. RIPLEY, ROSWELL S., General, C.S.A. Document signed ("R.S. Ripley"), Charleston, S.C., 12 December 1862, 1/2 page, folio, on verso of printed form headed "Ordnance Bureau," listing ammunition "turned over by John Manigault...for transportation to Lt. Col. R.S. Ripley, Cmmdg. Fort Sumter," dated 22 April 1862 (Fort Sumter had fallen to the Confederate forces on April 14), the list running to 20 l