July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
Grant, Ulysses S. Eighteenth President of the United States (1822-85, served 1869-77); the top Union General of the Civil War, rising from the rank of colonel; first man since George Washington to achieve the rank of Lieutenant General in the US Army. Beautiful engraved Document Signed "U.S. Grant" as president of the Jo Daviess Soldiers' Monument Association, measuring 11" X 15", Galena, IL, August 28, 1865. Also signed by JC Smith as secretary. The document certifies membership in the association, which was formed to erect a monument to the soldiers from Jo Daviess County, IL, who fought to preserve the Union. The beautiful document features an engraving of Abraham Lincoln surrounded by clouds, rays of light, US flags, and six tattered banners, crowned by an eagle with a scroll in its beak. With four other vignettes, of an allegorical woman with flag and olive branch in front of the Capitol; an allegorical woman on a warship with doves; miners working underground; and a soldier with his horse at a blacksmith. Matted and framed using museum quality material to an overall size of 19" X 23". The Soldiers' Monument now resides in Galena's Grant Park. Only a handful of these documents are known extant. Quite rare.
Click on a thumbnail above to display a larger image below
Hold down the mouse button and slide side to side to see more thumbnails(if available).
Click above for larger image.