1862 ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED DOCUMENT APPOINTING CIVIL WAR BRIGADIER GENERAL

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1862 ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED DOCUMENT APPOINTING CIVIL WAR BRIGADIER GENERAL:
$5700.00

Very rare and original, 1862 Military Warrant / Commission Document Signed by Abraham Lincoln as President. This beautiful 13 3/4\" x 17 1/2\", engraved Military Commission is printed on vellum and signed by President Abraham Lincoln. It is also signed by Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War. The Commission is dated July 16th, 1862 and appoints Cadwallader C Washburn as \"Brigadier General of Volunteers\".

Cadwallader C Washburn served in the Union Army during the Civil War, becoming colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, on February 6, 1862, brigadier general of Volunteers on July 16, 1862 and major general on November 29, 1862. At one point Ulysses S. Grant called Washburn \"one of the best administrative officers we have.\" He commanded the cavalry of the XIII Corps in the opening stages of Ulysses S. Grant\'s Vicksburg Campaign. Once siege operations had begun against the city of Vicksburg and Grant called for all available forces, Washburn led a detachment of the XVI Corps during the siege of Vicksburg. He commanded the 1st Division in the XIII Corps in Nathaniel P. Banks\' operations along the Texas Coast leading the expedition against Fort Esperanza in November 1863. For the rest of the war he served in administrative capacities in Mississippi and Tennessee. While commanding Union forces in Memphis, he was the target of an unsuccessful raid led by Nathan B. Forrest to kidnap him and other Union generals. He left the Union Army on May 25, 1865. After the conclusion of the war, Washburn returned to his home in La Crosse, where he was elected again for two terms in the House of Representatives. This time representing Wisconsin\'s 6th congressional district at the 40th and 41st Congresses from March 4, 1867 to March 3, 1871, where he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings in the first term. He declined to run in 1870.In 1871, he was urged to run for Governor of Wisconsin against James R. Doolittle. Washburn won the election and was inaugurated governor of Wisconsin on the first Monday in January, 1872 and served from 1872 to 1874. As a businessman Washburn founded teamed with John Crosby to form the Washburn-Crosby Company - a flour milling company which eventually became General Mills and continues in operation to this day.

While Military Warrant / Commission Documents signed by Abraham Lincoln do come to market, those elevating officers to the rank of Brigadier General are few and far between. This document, Commissioning Cadwallader C Washburn as a Brigadier General is not only made important by the fact that it was signed by President Abraham Lincoln but also by the facts of the life and public service of General Washburn himself.

This very rare and important, Abraham Lincoln signed Military Warrant Document is in very good condition. The elaborate engravings are strong and the Document retains its original, blue paper, affixed seal in the upper left hand quadrant. The signatures of Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Stanton along with all of the manuscript entries are somewhat faded but still very legible (as can be seen in the scans below) and the Document exhibits some light fold lines (as issued) with some scattered foxing and some small areas of light staining. The Document comes directly from the collection of the Greene Museum of Southern History, Jacksonville, Florida and was exhibited there for many years.

The signature of President Abraham Lincoln and this wonderful Military Commission Document are unconditionally guaranteed authentic and original and the Signature is unconditionally guaranteed to be in the hand of Abraham Lincoln. The Document and Signature are backed by our “no questions asked” return policy and lifetime guarantee of authenticity. The Signature and Document are unconditionally guaranteed to be deemed authentic by any third party authentication service and the Document will be accompanied by our own Letter of Authenticity with a statement of our unconditional return policy and guarantee of authenticity.

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