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Abner Doubleday was an officer of the U.S. Army and Union General in the American Civil War. He was known for ordering the first Union shots at Fort Sumter and for having a central role in the early part of the Battle of Gettysburg. Many also credit Abner Doubleday with playing the first game of baseball in 1939 while at the United States Military Academy in West Point. Some believe it to be a myth, however the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum credit Doubleday and the baseball field at West Point is named after him.
We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold an Abner Doubleday signed document from 1867 for $1,100. Please see details below:
Abner Doubleday 1867 Document Signed
Post-Civil War document signed by Lieutenant Colonel Abner Doubleday, Brevet Major General and Second Lieutenant Henry Horton, Acting Adjutant of the 17th U.S. Infantry. Datelined Galveston, Texas, 21 May 1867, document appoints John McKenah Corporal of Company C. General Doubleday, a career army artillerist, fired the first Union shot in response to the Confederate attack on Fort Sumpter, South Carolina. Document measures 15″ x 10″. Mild toning and soiling, otherwise near fine condition. Sold for $1,100.
The following are some additional autographs we sold:
Millard Fillmore autograph letter signed to politician and poet George Lunt, regarding Lunt’s anti-Civil War poem, ”The Union.” Like Fillmore, Lunt preferred compromise over conflict in dealing with slavery, reflected in his poem which Fillmore praises in this letter, written on 25 June 1860 from his home in Buffalo, New York. In part, ”…I beg of you to accept my sincere thanks for the short poem which you were so kind as to send me entitled, ‘The Union.’ I have perused it with great pleasure and sincerely wish that the fanatic might feel the sting of its sarcasm, and the patriot inhale its spirit…Millard Fillmore”. 1pp. measures 5” x 7.75”, mounted to a backing sheet to an overall size of 5.5” x 8”. Loss to lower left corner, very good condition. Sold for $1,399.
Rare autograph letter signed by General Joshua Chamberlain, dated 30 November (1864), with Chamberlain writing of his wounds from the Battle of Petersburg. Chamberlain writes a partial letter to Maine’s Secretary of State, E.B. French, in part: ”…direct, as I think you wished me to put it into your hands. I have kept it a few days in order to see the officers of the Regt. I have been assigned to the 1st Brigade 1st Division 5th Corps for the present. I feel the effect of my wounds very much but think I can stand it. They did not seem very sorry to see me back. With kind remembrances to Mrs. French, very truly yours, J.L. Chamberlain / Nov. 30th. Headquarters / 1st Divisions / 5th Army Corps”. Letter on one page measures 5” x 7.75”, mounted to a piece of cardboard paper measuring 8” x 10.5”. Foxing and toning throughout, overall very good. Sold for $1,250.
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