2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Henry Wager Halleck (1815-1872) was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory: "Old Brains". He was an important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful lawyer and land developer. Halleck served as the General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States from 1862 to 1864, and then became Chief of Staff for the remainder of the war when Ulysses S. Grant was appointed to that position. Autograph Letter Signed “H.W. Hallack, Major Gen’l” on Head Quarters Department of the Missouri, datelined Saint Louis, July 17, 1862, written to Brig Gen’l Rosencrantz(sic), Wheeling Va.1pp. In full, “Johnston & Buckner it is said by some Pillow & fifteen thousand prisoners taken. Floyd with five thousand men stole off in the night. He is denounced by his own party as a coward & thief.” This letter was written just one day after Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant captured the Confederate stronghold of Fort Donelson.
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