Autographs
Excellent "U.S. Grant" Signed Cabinet Card Photograph Beautifully Period Display Matted and Framed
ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822-1885). Eighteenth President of the United States, First "Lieutenant-General" since George Washington, and Major General (July 4, 1863), he led the Union Armies to victory in the last years of the American Civil War.
c. 1875, Cabinet Card Photograph Signed, "U.S. Grant", measuring 3.75" x 5" (by sight), matted inside an original Victorian period decorative wooden frame to fully 12.75" x 14.75", Choice Extremely Fine. This studio portrait taken by the great photographer Abraham Bogardus. Signature at bottom is a bit light, but still fully readable, clear and distinct. One of the more handsome examples to be found.
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the U.S. (1869-1877), was promoted to the rank of Major General (July 4, 1863). In March of 1864, Abraham Lincoln promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant General in command of all the armies of the United States. He received surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, marking the end of the American Civil War.