AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH RESOURCES
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WILCOX, CADMUS MARCELLUS (1824-90) Confederate Major General
# wilcoxcadmusmarcellus
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WILD, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1825-91) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 35th Massachusetts Infantry, later led “Wild’s African Brigade” of U.S. Colored Troops
# wildedwardaugustus
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WILEY, DANIEL DAY (1837-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General
# wileydanielday
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WILHELM I (1797-1888) King of Prussia – 1861-88; First Emperor of Germany – 1861-78
# wilhelmI
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
WILKES, CHARLES (1813-91) Union Commodore; Captured Confederate Commissioners James Mason and John Slidell aboard the British Steamer Trent on November 8, 1861; Antarctic Explorer
# wilkescharles
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
WILKES, PETER SINGLETON (1827-1900) Confederate Congressman – Missouri - 1864-65
# wilkespetersingleton
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WILKIE, WENDELL L. (1892-1944) American Lawyer & Corporate Executive; Republican Candidate for U.S. President - 1940
# wilkiewendelll
Typed Letter Signed 1942 05 14
WILLARD, GEORGE (1839-1909) Served in the 132nd Illinois Infantry during the American Civil War; Prominent Lawyer in Chicago, Illinois; Attorney for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
# willardgeorge
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
WILLCOX, ORLANDO BOLIVAR (1823-1907) Union Brigadier General; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of First Bull Run; Veteran of the Mexican, Frontier, and Third Seminole Wars
# willcoxorlandowillcox
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WILLEY, WAITMAN THOMAS (1811-1900) U.S. Senator – West Virginia – 1863-71; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1861-63
# willeywaitmanthomas
Document Signed circa 1861-63 with others
WILLIAM I, THE CONQUEROR (circa 1028-87) King of England – 1066-87
# williamItheconqueror
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WILLIAM IV (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland – 1830-37
# williamIVofengland
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WILLIAMS, ALPHEUS STARKEY (1810-78) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Representative – Michigan – 1875-78
# williamsalpheusstarkey
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WILLIAMS, JOHN STUART (1818-98) Confederate Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Kentucky – 1879-85
# williamsjohnstuart
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WILLIAMS, JONATHAN (1751-1815) First Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point – 1802-03 & 1805-1812; Nephew of Benjamin Franklin
# williamsjonathan
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WILLIAMS, OTHO H. (1749-94) American Revolutionary War, Brigadier General in the Continental Army; Saw Action at the Battles of Fort Washington, Monmouth, and Cowpens
# williamsothoh
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
WILLIAMS, REUBEN (1831-1905) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 12th Indiana Infantry
# williamsreuben
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WILLIAMS, ROBERT (1829-1901) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry; Served on the staff of General Nathaniel P. Banks
# williamsrobert
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Document Signed 1865 01 25
WILLIAMS, SETH (1822-66) Union Brigadier General - Maine
# williamsseth
Document Signed 1862 10 11 *
Document Signed 1863 11 24 **
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* With John F. Reynolds, Abner Doubleday, William F. Rogers
** With Joseph Hooker, Joseph F. Knipe, Henry W. Slocum
WILLIAMS, THOMAS R. (1815-62) Union Brigadier General; Killed in Action during the Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana – August 5, 1862; Veteran of the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican Wars
# williamsthomasr
Autograph Note Signed 1852 06 28 with Winfield Scott ANS
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