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Pre-WWII Medal of Honor Hand-Signed Autographs
With Framable Album Pages
Click here to go to the 1940 to date MOH recipient page
This page includes pre World War II documents and autographs - most from the Civil War period. These are all one-of-a-kind and subject to prior sale. Signatures of U.S. Civil War Medal of Honor recipients are very difficult to find and when you do find one the seller more often than not is only offering one. Here you will find scores and all are economically priced.
The list below is pretty much complete, missing only a few items that have been miss-filed and the many I have near duplicates of. As I find the missing ones I will add them. When an item sells, I will replace it with a similar one if I have it. Otherwise I will delete the sold items.
If you are interested in an item and it does not yet have a price or description, please contact me and I will eMail you the details.
Most come with a descriptive album page that is in a heavy poly holder punched with three holes to fit a standard 8.5" x 11" ring binder. The album page will have appropriate pictures, the subject's citation, and, where possible, other details about him. All items that are mounted on the album pages are done so that the autograph or signed item can be easily removed with no damage.
In addition to the Medal of Honor items, there are a few other Civil War documents, letters, etc.
Click on the picture for a larger view.
Facsimiles/Reproductions
With two exceptions, everything on this site is authentic. The two exceptions are the reproductions of Medals and Decorations and the reproductions of very rare, expensive, and difficult to find autographs. To go to the page that features the reproductions of Medals and Decorations, click here. To go to the page that features album pages with reproductions of rare autographs, click here.
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Shipping and Insurance on any of these items is $6.00 per order domestic and $12.50 per order foreign unless otherwise noted..
Cy Stapleton - Box 151107 - Lufkin, TX 75915-1107 - 936-676-6375 - cy@hotlinecy.com
We accept PayPal (username is info@cytreasures.com), Discover, MasterCard, Visa, AmEx, Checks, Money Orders, and Wire Transfers.
Most items are listed, but I still have to put in prices and descriptions on some. I also have to link many of the pictures to the larger picture. If the price and description is not posted and you are interested in the item, eMail me at the above address and I will send the info to you.
Updated pricing is on my inventory list is below. Pix and descriptions follow this list
| NAME | QTY | WAR | VALUE | DESCRIPTION |
| Ames, Adelbert | 2 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/sig |
| Benjamin, Samuel | 12 | CW | $60.00 | Signed Special Order |
| Boynton, Henry | 1 | CW | $149.00 | Handwritten & signed letter |
| Butler, Benjamin | 1 | CW | $100.00 | Typed & signed on letterhead |
| Carpenter, Lewis | 1 | Int | $80.00 | Interim - Indian campaign, handwritten note |
| Casey, James | 1 | CW | $150.00 | Album page w/rare warsigned doc |
| Curtis, Newton | 1 | CW | $95.00 | Album page w/signed typewritten ltr |
| Davis, George | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/signed check |
| DuPont, Henry | 1 | CW | $150.00 | Album page w/signed railroad stock cert |
| Freeman, Henry | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/signed check |
| Gilmore, John | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/signed doc |
| Hartranft, John | 1 | CW | $150.00 | Album page w/signed doc |
| Higginson,Thomas | 1 | Misc | $60.00 | Cmdr of first Black unit - Not MOH recipient |
| Hobson, Richmond | 2 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/sig |
| Hopkins, Julie | 2 | CW | $275.00 | Rare signed check/CSA MOH recip |
| Howard, Oliver | 2 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/sig |
| King, Horatio | 1 | CW | $149.00 | Handwritten & signed card |
| McMahon, Martin | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Handwritten letter |
| McPherson, James | 1 | Misc | $475.00 | Very rare and fantast sig/Ft Mcpherson/Not MOH recip |
| Merriam, Henry | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Signed document |
| Miles, Nelson | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Handwritten & signed note |
| Orr, Charles | 3 | CW | $90.00 | Signed letter |
| Orr, Charles | 3 | CW | $90.00 | Signed letter |
| Porter, Horace | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Signed Pullman Car stock cert |
| Porter, Horace | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Signed card |
| Quay, Matthew | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Signed check |
| Rodenbough, Theo | 2 | CW | $175.00 | Handwritten letter |
| Rowan, S.C. | 1 | Misc | $49.00 | Civil War Admiral-Not MOH recipient |
| Saxton, Rufus | 1 | CW | $225.00 | Handwritten note |
| Schurz, Carl | 1 | Misc | $50.00 | Union General, Not MOH recip. Env signed on both sides |
| Sewell, William | 1 | CW | $140.00 | Letter |
| Shafter, William | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/sig |
| Sickles, Daniel | 2 | CW | $175.00 | Album page w/assorted sigs |
| Tompkins, Charles | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Sig |
| Townsend, Edward | 1 | CW | $150.00 | Rare album page with signed note |
| Tremain, Henry | 1 | CW | $150.00 | Handwritten letter to General King-another MOH recip |
| Webb, Alexander | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Signed document |
| Wheaton, Loyd | 1 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/sig on letterhead |
| Wherry, William | 2 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/sig |
| Wherry, William | 2 | CW | $125.00 | Album page w/sig |
| Wherry, William | 8 | CW | $75.00 | Special orders w/sig-West Point |
| Wherry, William | 10 | CW | $75.00 | Special orders w/sig-Cal. Mil Hq |
| Wilson, John1 | 1 | CW | $45.00 | Album page w/signed check |
| Wood, Clary | 9 | CW | $80.00 | Signed special orders |
| Young, Bennett | 1 | CW | $399.00 | Rare handwritten ltr-CSA MOH recip |
| Young, Bennett | 1 | CW | $275.00 | Rare signed Railroad Stock Cert-CSA MOH recip |
| Byrd, Richard | 1 | Int | $75.00 | Album page w/signed block of stamps |
| Greeley, Adolphus | 1 | Int | $75.00 | Album page w/signed card |
| CSA Signal Flag | 8 | Misc | $49.00 | Fragment of CSA signal flag w/docs |
| Research Paper | 1 | Misc | $50.00 | My 1956 West Point Research Paper-Grade 100%+10pts |
| MOH Bus Card Holder | 10 | Misc | $5.00 | 2002 MOH Reunion vinyl bus card holder w/seal |
| MOH Challenge Coin | 1 | Misc | $20.00 | Official 2002 MOH reunion challenge coin |
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Many of my Civil War autographs came from a rare autograph book that was sold at the Army Relief Bazaar at Albany, New York, Feb. 22nd 1864. The cover of that autograph book is pictured on the left. The proceeds from this bazaar were applied to the relief of the sick and wounded of the Army and Navy through the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Generals of the Army and Navy were asked to contribute their autographs, which were then mounted in the book. All of these autographs were collected between Dec. 15, 1863 and Feb. 22, 1864. |
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$275.00
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Julie Opie Hopkins - Julie Hopkins had something in common with Dr. Mary Walker - Julie was the only Confederate female to be awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor. This display contains a very rare Hopkins signature. and also a note that has per picture on it. In addition to being a nurse, she spent an estimated $500,000 of her own money for supplies, to assist widows, etc. This check is for one of those payments. The Alabama 25c note is an authentic 1863 note that carries Hopkins' picture in the lower right. The autograph is mounted on a descriptive album page. Rare. |
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$275.00 | Bennett Young - Lt. Young was a Lieutenant and a Kentucky cavalry officer. On October 19, 1864 he and about two dozen Confederate raiders descended on St. Albans, Canada and robbed three banks of about $200,000 of funds much needed by the Confederacy, killing one man and wounding three others. He was one of only a few Confederate soldiers awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor. This is a very nice handwritten bank document written and signed by Young. The autograph comes with a descriptive album page. Rare. |
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$95.00 |
RARE Orders for the 1917 Medal of Honor Purge - This is the famous
Bulletin #15 dated March 24, 1917 that announces the famous Purge of 1917
where 911 recipients were stripped of their decoration - Including the only
female recipient, Dr. Mary Walker, and the scout, Buffalo Bill. Over 60
years later President Jimmy Carter reinstated Mary Walker's MOH and a
thirteen years later President George Bush reinstated Buffalo Bill's
along with five other scouts. This would be a superb addition to any Medal
of Honor collection.Bulletin #15 is the digest of opinions of the Judge Advate General of the Army for the month of February, 1917. It is a 16-page document and the Medal of Honor order comprises about 2/3 of page #6. |
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$249.00 | Nelson A. Miles was a Colonel in the 61st New York Infantry who was decorated with the Medal of Honor for heroism at Chancellorsville. This is a rare, wartime fully handwritten and signed note where Miles is recommending Colonel Robert Nugent as Assistant Provost Marshall. Nugent was wounded, shot in the stomach, at the Battle of Fredericksburg and was eventually forced to resign his command. He was appointed acting assistant provost marshal for the southern district of New York, which included New York City and Long Island, by the US War Department. Paper was scarce at that time and Miles' note is written on the back of another handwritten document, written in someone else's hand, containing a list of promotions. |
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$125.00 SOLD |
Adelbert Ames - Ames was a 1st Lt in the 5th U.S. Artillery who was decorated with the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Bull Run. He was the last surviving Civil War General, dying April 13, 1944. He was a West Point graduate. This wartime signed signature came from the fund raising book described at the top of this page. The autograph is mounted on a descriptive album page. |
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$125.00 | Benjamin Franklin Tracy - |
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$125.00 | William Wherry served with the 3rd U.S. Reserve Missouri Infantry and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Wilson's Creek, Missouri. He continued to serve in the military until his retirement in1899. In the 1870's he served as Assistant Adjutant General under General John Schofield at West Point. Schofield, by the way, was also a Medal of Honor recipient. This great signature was clipped from a document and signed in Wherry's hand, "By command of Major General Schofield, Wm M.Wherry, Asst. Adjt. General." The autograph is mounted on a descriptive album page. |
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$125.00 | Orlando Willcox (#1) was a Colonel with the 1st Michigan Infantry who was decorated with the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Bull Run. He was a West Point graduate. The signature is mounted on a descriptive album page that includes his photo, his gravestone, and the Matthew Brady portrait of Willcox and his staff. He died May 10, 1907. This wartime signed signature came from the fund raising book described at the top of this page. |
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$125.00 | Orlando Willcox (#2) - |
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$125.00 | Oliver O. Howard (#1) was a brigadier General with the U.S. volunteers. He was decorated with the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Four Oaks, Virginia. He graduated fourth in his class at West Point. After the war he founded Howard University - the first university for Blacks. Howard died October 26, 1909. This wartime signed signature came from the fund raising book described at the top of this page. |
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$150.00 |
Oliver O. Howard (#2) was a brigadier General with the U.S. volunteers.
He was decorated with the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Four Oaks,
Virginia. He graduated fourth in his class at West Point. After the war he
founded Howard University - the first university for Blacks. Howard died
October 26, 1909. This handwritten note is written on War Department
stationery. It also comes with a very nice, vintage steel engraving of
Howard, pictured at the left. The steel engraving measures approximately 8"
x 10" Note there is some bleeding of the ink on the hand written note and
there is a small tear at the top right of the steel engraving. |
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$125.00 | Richmond Hobson (#1) - |
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$125.00 | Richmond Hobson (#2) - |
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$125.00 | John Hartranft - |
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$125.00 | Adolphus Greely - |
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$125.00 |
John Gilmore |
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$125.00 | Henry Blanchard Freeman - |
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$125.00 | George Evans Davis - |
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$150.00 |
Henry A. DuPont - |
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$95.00 SOLD |
Newton M. Curtis - |
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$150.00 |
James S. Casey = |
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$90.00 SOLD |
Eugene Asa Carr - |
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$75.00 | Richard Byrd - Block of stamps signed by Admiral Byrd. |
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$125.00 SOLD |
Daniel Butterfield - |
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$60.00 |
 Samuel N. Benjamin |
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$150.00 | Daniel Edgar Sickles (#1) - |
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$150.00 | Daniel Edgar Sickles (#2) - |
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$150.00 | Daniel Edgar Sickles (#3) - |
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$225.00 | Rufus Saxton - |
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$125.00 | Horace Porter (#1) - |
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$145.00 | Horace Porter (#2) - |
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$125.00
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Charles A. Orr - |
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$125.00 SOLD |
Loyd Wheaton - |
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$75.00 | William M. Wherry (#1) - |
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$75.00 | William M. Wherry (#2) - |
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$75.00 | William M. Wherry (#3) - Special Order #194 signed by Wherry. See description above. This Special Order relates to Ft. Apache. I found it interesting that West Point graduate Capt. William D. Fuller was arrested and this Special Order mentions that. Fuller was arrested for reasons not mentioned while serving in Indian territory. He is mentioned several times in Cozzen's book, "The Army and the Indians." The order also orders that Pvt. Martin Nelson, stationed at Ft. Apache, is transferred from Company M to Company I of the 23rd Infantry. |
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$475.00 | James Birdseye McPherson - Very rare warsigned autograph signature with beautiful "birdseyes." A West Point graduate, McPherson was killed at Atlanta in 1864. Ft. McPherson was named after him. |
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$65.00 | Stephen C Rowan - Civil War Union Vice Admiral |
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$75.00 | Henry Clay Wood - |
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$150.00 | Edward D. Townsend (#1) - |
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$150.00 SOLD |
Edward D. Townsend (#2) - |
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$175.00 | Theophilus F. Rodenbough (#1) - Handwritten letter |
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$175.00 | Theophilus F. Rodenbough (#2) - |
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$125.00 | Alexander Webb - |
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$90.00 | Thomas W. Higginson - |
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$125.00 SOLD |
William R. Shafter - |
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$140.00 | William J. Sewell - |
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$100.00 | Matthew Quay - |
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$125.00 SOLD |
Henry Merriman - |
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$125.00 SOLD |
Martin T. McMahon - |
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$125.00 SOLD |
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Henry Tompkins - |
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$125.00 SOLD |
Henry Edwin Tremain - |
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$80.00 | John M. Wilson - |
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$125.00 | Carl Schurz - Rare envelope with his sig rather than a stamp - free postage |
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$149.00 | Horatio C. King was a Major in the Quartermaster, U.S. Volunteers. He received his Medal of Honor for heroism near Dinwiddie Courthouse, Virginia, March 31, 1865. This is a very nice handwritten note on King's personal note card. It is dated Octobger 29, 1877. At that time he was the Publisher of The Christian Union. Interestingly, Henry Ward Beecher was the Editor of the publication at that time. |