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Lovely framed pair of Anthony CDV of WHC Lee with his autograph from a cut
document. Signed document from his service in the 6th US Infantry pre war.
"GWC Lee was born at Arlington House in Arlington, Virginia. He attended Harvard University, and
then followed in his father's footsteps, entering the United States Army in 1857 as a second
lieutenant. He served with the 6th U.S. Infantry under Albert Sidney Johnston, and participated in
the Utah War against the Mormons. In 1859, he resigned from the U.S. Army to operate his White
House Plantation, on the south shore of the Pamunkey River, in New Kent County, Virginia.
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), known as Rooney Lee or W.H.F.
Lee, was the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. He was a planter, a
Confederate cavalry General in the American Civil War, and later a member of the U.S.
Congress. With the outbreak of the Civil War Lee became a captain in the Confederate Army
cavalry and was soon promoted to major. He initially served in western Virginia under the
command of Brig. Gen. William Loring during 1861 and early 1862. He was then placed under
the command of Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, becoming a lieutenant colonel, and later colonel in the
9th Virginia Cavalry. After the Battle of South Mountain, Lee was promoted to brigadier general.
He fought at Antietam under the command of Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, his cousin. He
commanded the 3rd Brigade of Stuart's Cavalry Division at the Battles of Fredericksburg and
Chancellorsville. He was wounded during combat at Brandy Station at the beginning of the
Gettysburg Campaign and was captured by Union forces at Hickory Hill, Virginia, two weeks later,
while recuperating. He was a prisoner of war in New York State until returned to the Confederate
Army on February 25, 1864. To accomplish this he was exchanged for Confederate captive Union
Brig. Gen. Neal S. Dow. In April, he was promoted to major general and commanded a division in
the Cavalry Corps during the breakout from Petersburg and the retreat of his father's army in the
Appomattox Campaign. By the end of the war, he had risen to second-in-command of the
Confederate cavalry. He surrendered along with his father at Appomattox Court House "
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Lovely framed War Date Autograph cut from a Confederate Document of General
Isaac Trimble. Typical Blue Confederate paper signed as a Brigadier General.
"Isaac Ridgeway Trimble (May 15, 1802 – January 2, 1888) was a United States Army officer, a
civil engineer, a prominent railroad construction superintendent and executive, and a Confederate
general in the American Civil War, most famous for his leadership role in the assault known as
Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. When Trimble realized that Maryland would not
secede from the Union, he returned to his Virginia home and joined the Confederate army as a
colonel of engineers in 1861. He was promoted to brigadier general on August 9, 1861, and by
November 16 was in command of a brigade in the (Confederate) Army of Northern Virginia.
Trimble first saw combat as part of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign in the
Shenandoah Valley and he distinguished himself in the Battle of Cross Keys by ordering a
dangerous close-in musket volley that routed Union troops under John C. Frémont. During the
Seven Days Battles under Jackson, his brigade fought hard at Gaines' Mill and he sought to
follow up the unsuccessful assault on Malvern Hill by making a night attack, but his request was
refused. In the Second Battle of Bull Run, Trimble's brigade defeated a Union brigade at
Freeman's Ford. He then marched with Jackson around Maj. Gen. John Pope's main force and
captured a supply depot in their rear, along with two artillery batteries, which eventually compelled
Pope to attack Jackson's strong defensive positions and suffer a severe defeat. Trimble was
wounded in the leg with an explosive bullet and he had to deal with poor health (due in part to his
advanced age) for many months in his recovery. Although he was promoted to major general in
January 1863, he was unable to command a division due to his health, and he was assigned to
light duty as commander of the Valley District in the Shenandoah Valley. By June 1863, Robert E.
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had crossed the Potomac River on its second invasion of the
north and Trimble was desperate to get back into action, particularly because he was familiar
with the area from his railroad days. He joined Lee's headquarters unsolicited, but wore out his
welcome hanging around without formal assignment. Riding north, he caught up with Lt. Gen.
Richard S. Ewell on the way to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and joined his staff as a
supernumerary, or senior officer in command of nothing. He and Ewell quarreled frequently due
to this clumsy arrangement and Trimble's lack of tact. On July 3, 1863, Trimble was one of the
three division commanders in Pickett's Charge. He stepped in to replace W. Dorsey Pender, of A.
P. Hill's Corps, who was mortally wounded the previous day. Trimble was at a great disadvantage
because he had never worked with these troops before. His division participated in the left
section of the assault, advancing just behind the division led by J. Johnston Pettigrew (formerly by
Henry Heth). The slaughter of the assault is well known. Trimble rode his horse, Jinny, and was
wounded in the leg, the same left leg as at Second Bull Run. His leg was amputated by Dr.
Hunter McGuire and he could not be taken along with the retreating Confederates, because of
fear of infection that would result from a long ambulance ride back to Virginia, so he was left to be
captured by Union soldiers. Of the charge at Gettysburg Trimble said: "If the men I had the honor
to command that day could not take that position, all hell couldn't take it. Gettysburg was the end
of Trimble's military career. He spent the next year and a half in Federal hands at Johnson's
Island and Fort Warren. He was recommended for parole soon after capture, but former U.S.
Secretary of War Simon Cameron recommended against it, citing Trimble's expert knowledge of
northern railroads. He was finally paroled in Lynchburg, Virginia, on April 16, 1865, just after Lee's
surrender.
Very Rare Autograph.
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