Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). President of the United States (1869-1877). Beautifully presented U.S. Grant MsNS signed as president, Washington, 27 Nov. 1869. Received at the hands of Genrl. Butterfield Five Hundred Dollars being the subscription of Messers. Benkard & Hutton to the Rawlins Fund. The transmittal envelope is franked by Horace Porter. This manuscript note to Mess. Benkhart and Hutton acknowledges receipt of the donation via former General Daniel Butterfield, who had just been appointed head of the U.S. sub-treasury in New York City. Butterfield (1831-1901) enlisted 2 May 1861, immediately after war was declared. By the end of the summer he was commissioned into General Staff of the U.S. Volunteers, and served in the Army until 1870. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action 27 June 1862 at Gaines' Mill, VA. He is also credited with composing "Taps" (although others maintain he simply modified an older bugle call) and development of corps insignia. Rawlins (1831-1869) enlisted in August of 1861 with Ulysses Grant, who was raising a regiment from Galena, Illinois. At Grant's request, he joined as Captain and AAG. He served as Grant's aide-de-camp for the entire war, increasing in rank and responsibility. When Grant was promoted to General of all the Union armies, Rawlins was promoted to Brigadier General and commissioned to the General Staff. He was brevetted Major General in Feb. 1865, was given his Brigadier rank in the regular army in March and brevetted Major General of the regular army April 9 (Appomattox). Rawlins is credited with keeping Grant sober when needed and with keeping Grant's image clean. After Grant's election to the Presidency, Rawlins remained with him serving as Secretary of War. He only served six months, dying of tuberculosis in Sept. 1869. Grant was trustee of the benevolent fund set up for Rawlins' second wife and three children by his first marriage. Horace Porter (1837-1921) enlisted as 2nd Lieutenant before the beginning of the war (date unknown). He was commissioned into the Ordnance Dept. on 1 July 1860, and served in the Army until his retirement at the end of 1873. Porter rose through the ranks, becoming Lieutenant Colonel in April 1864 and aide-de-camp to Grant. He was promoted to Colonel and ADC in July 1866, earning a brevet Brigadier Generalcy in March 1865. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action 20 Sept. 1863 at Chickamauga. His signature here is franking on the transmittal envelope as Grant's Secretary.
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). President of the United States (1869-1877). Beautifully presented U.S. Grant MsNS signed as president, Washington, 27 Nov. 1869. Received at the hands of Genrl. Butterfield Five Hundred Dollars being the subscription of Messers. Benkard & Hutton to the Rawlins Fund. The transmittal envelope is franked by Horace Porter. This manuscript note to Mess. Benkhart and Hutton acknowledges receipt of the donation via former General Daniel Butterfield, who had just been appointed head of the U.S. sub-treasury in New York City. Butterfield (1831-1901) enlisted 2 May 1861, immediately after war was declared. By the end of the summer he was commissioned into General Staff of the U.S. Volunteers, and served in the Army until 1870. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action 27 June 1862 at Gaines' Mill, VA. He is also credited with composing "Taps" (although others maintain he simply modified an older bugle call) and development of corps insignia. Rawlins (1831-1869) enlisted in August of 1861 with Ulysses Grant, who was raising a regiment from Galena, Illinois. At Grant's request, he joined as Captain and AAG. He served as Grant's aide-de-camp for the entire war, increasing in rank and responsibility. When Grant was promoted to General of all the Union armies, Rawlins was promoted to Brigadier General and commissioned to the General Staff. He was brevetted Major General in Feb. 1865, was given his Brigadier rank in the regular army in March and brevetted Major General of the regular army April 9 (Appomattox). Rawlins is credited with keeping Grant sober when needed and with keeping Grant's image clean. After Grant's election to the Presidency, Rawlins remained with him serving as Secretary of War. He only served six months, dying of tuberculosis in Sept. 1869. Grant was trustee of the benevolent fund set up for Rawlins' second wife and three children by his first marriage. Horace Porter (1837-1921) enlisted as 2nd Lieutenant before the beginning of the war (date unknown). He was commissioned into the Ordnance Dept. on 1 July 1860, and served in the Army until his retirement at the end of 1873. Porter rose through the ranks, becoming Lieutenant Colonel in April 1864 and aide-de-camp to Grant. He was promoted to Colonel and ADC in July 1866, earning a brevet Brigadier Generalcy in March 1865. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action 20 Sept. 1863 at Chickamauga. His signature here is franking on the transmittal envelope as Grant's Secretary.
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