[CIVIL WAR]. MCPHERSON, JAMES BIRDSEYE, General.Autograph letter signed ("Jas. B. McPherson") to Brigadier General M.M. Crocker, at Natchez; Head-quarters...Department of the Tennessee, Vicksburg, 20 November 1863, 3 pages, 4to, on printed Headquarters stationery. "Have you heard anything more definite in relation to the movements of Troops...and the concentraiton of Cavalry in the lower part of the State? The information I have is that the Rebel forces occupy about the same relative position between the Big Black and Pearl River, that they have done for the last six months. Brig. Genl. Hawkins at Goodrich's Landing has been quite alarmed and sent down...for large reinforcements, stating that...16,000 men are marching to attack him...If you do not decide to make the Expedition to Fort Advance...you can come up with Gresham's Brigade as soon as practicable...There is no special hurry..." (McPherson was killed at Atlanta, 22 July 1864). Rare --SHERIDAN, PHILIP H. General. Letter signed ("P.H. Sheridan") to Col. J.J. Crosby, Headquarters, New Orleans, La., 9 May 1866, one page, 4to, on printed stationery, neatly inlaid at edges, ordering Crosby to "proceed without delay with Captain Mehaffey after he has seized the Steamer 'Virgin,' make a close inspection...with reference to her equipment as a Slaver..." --GREELEY, HORACE, Journalist. Autograph letter signed to Miss Harriet Weed of Albany; Chappaqua, N.Y., 2 October 1857, 2 pages, 8vo, integral blank, elaborate letter to a child, regretting he could not visit sooner and arranging to meet when he reaches Albany, as promised. (Maxwell) (3)