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Lot of 10. Major General Patrick Edward Conner. Cdv signed "P.E. Connor" in lower margin. Conner was the commanding officer of the Stockton, CA Blues when the Civil War erupted. He quickly enlisted a regiment, becoming its Colonel. They were dispatched to Utah Territory to guard Stage and Telegraph lines, and keep Southern sympathizers from securing the Southwest for the Confederacy. They established Camp Ruby in the Nevada desert, but there was not enough water or forage or timber to support a large fort/camp. As McClellan was being removed as commander of the Army of the Potomac, Conner notified the army that his men were willing to pay their own way to the east, since they thought they had enlisted to fight rebels. Halleck convinced him that he was needed where he was, so Conner moved to a hill overlooking Salt Lake, establishing Fort Douglas Utah. He continued to command the Utah Military District through the war and beyond. Conner mustered out in 1866 but remained in Utah, publishing the first daily newspaper, writing Utah's mining laws, and more. He died there in 1891. Cdv of Alfred Sully Son of painter Thomas Sully he was born in the East in 1820. He graduated from USMA in 1840 and was sent to Florida in the Seminole Wars. He then served in the Mexican War, and was on frontier duty fighting the Cheyennes when the Civil War broke out. He became Colonel of the 1st Minnesota Infy. and was sent to the Peninsula. He fought at battles such as Sharpsburg / Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, but it became clear that he was a better Indian fighter than brigade commander, so by mid-war he found himself back fighting Sioux and Dakotas. Indeed, he has been called one of the best Indian fighters no one has ever heard of. This was because of a number of factors, including his dislike for reporters and some unpopular views of Indians (leave them alone rather than exterminating them). He took up painting after retiring. He remained at his last command, Vancouver, WA, where he died in 1879 after a nearly four decade military career. Cdv of Nelson Miles (1839-1925) plus clipped signature with rank. This career military man served in the Civil War, Indian Wars and the Spanish American War. Cdv of Oliver O. Howard (1830-1909), by Brady, Washington. With "O.O. Howard, Maj. Gen. Vols." on recto. Howard enlisted early and fought at Bull Run / Manassas right through Sherman's "March to the Sea." He lost his right arm at Fair Oaks (1862) but returned to fight at Gettysburg. President Johnson put Howard in charge of the Freedman's Bureau at the end of the war, in part because of Howard's devotion to the cause of the betterment of former enslaved people and other African Americans. Cdv of David Sloane Stanley (1828-1902), USMA 1852, with clipped signature as Brig. General. After graduation, Stanley was assigned to frontier duty. When the Civil War began, he was given command of a division in the Western Theater, fighting at places such as Island No. 10, Corinth, Stone's River. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Franklin (Nov. 1864). Later he commanded a Yellowstone expedition, encouraging settlement in the area. Cdv of Samuel Davis Sturgis (1822-1889), USMA 1846, signed on front. Before the Civil War, Sturgis served in the Mexican War and on frontier duty. During the war, he first moved troops from Ft. Smith AR to defend Washington. He then fought at South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, then moved west to Tennessee and Mississippi, and the Dept. of the Ohio. After the war, he went back to frontier duty before resigning in 1886. ADS, Spec. Order No. 148, HQ, Fort Philip Kearney, DT, Sept. 6, 1867. Signed by A.H. Bowman, Adjt for Col. John E. Smith Cdv H.B. Carrington (1824-1912). A lawyer by training, Carrington reorganized the Ohio State militia. During the Civil War, he helped save West Virginia for the Union by sending the Ohio Militia there. He also served as chief mustering officer for India