[CIVIL WAR]. SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman") to E.L. Plumb, St. Louis, Missouri, 3 January 1867, 3 pages, 8vo, on imprinted Head Quarters stationery, an interesting letter on the war in Mexico and Indian uprisings: "...I fully appreciate the vast extent of Mexico, and the great difficulty of President [Benito] Juarez moving from point to point...the less foreign assistance he accepts the better for him and [his] Country. I was in hopes Mr. Campbell would...await certain news of Juarez' arrival at Monterey and San Luis Potosi and then meet him. The simple fact that our two Republican Govts. are in direct Communication would be of great help to Juarez. I am fearful that some accident should involve us in Mexico....Since my return the Indians...have killed in a hard fight 94 of our regular Soldiers, and I see us involved in two distinct Indian wars. We have local disorders in this & other Border States...." -- -- [GRANT, ULYSSES S.] Telegram (in the hand of a telegraphic clerk) to Mrs. U.S. Grant, Head Quarters, 3 April (received 4 April) 1865, one page, 4to, soiled, a remarkable message: "We are progressing nicely. Sheridan picked up 1200 prisoners today and 4 pieces of artillery. I will probably be in Richmond on Friday next." -- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ("Beast Butler"). Letter signed ("Benj. F. Butler") to W.B. Franklin of the National Home for Disabled Veterans, 4 pages, 4to, regarding the management and employees at the Home -- DAHLGREN, JOHN ADOLPH, Rear Admiral. Autograph letter signed ("J.A. Dahlgren") to Mrs. Cheney, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., 18 January 1870, 4 pages, 8vo, regarding his career and his book on artillery: "...My own work Shells and Shell-guns is not to be had - the Edition having been bought up at once and the subsequent events of the Rebellion have not been allowed an active participant the leisure necessary for literary pursuits....[My book] exposes the principles on which I conceived the present Armament of the Navy, that carried that Navy through the battles of the Rebellion...." -- DRAYTON, P., Commander, U.S.N. Autograph letter signed to Fleet Surgeon J.C. Palmer, "U.S. Flag Ship Hartford, 17 September 1864, 2 pages, 8vo, an interesting letter concerning the Battle of Mobile Bay, asking if Palmer will ascertain from Admiral Buchanan "..."when the xv inch shot which almost penetrated the port side of the Tennessee was delivered....while his vessel was in the lower bay, or after he brought her up to attack the fleet..." -- PORTER, DAVID DIXON, Rear Admiral Letter signed ("David D. Porter") to Commander J. H. Shotts of the U.S.S. Pawtuxet, "Flag Ship Malvern," Hampton Roads, 15 October, n.y., one page, 4to, telling Shotts that "a steam-launch belonging to the Navy left Point Lookout for Hampton Roads on the...8th..., in the midst of a gale....It is supposed that she was either driven ashore on the Eastern shore of the Bay, or has foundered. You will proceed in searchof her...making diligent inquiry of such vessels as you meet and at points along the shore...." -- [GRANT, ULYSSES S.]. Telegram (in the hand of a telegraphic clerk) to Governor William P. Kellogg of Louisiana, Washington, D.C., 7 January 1877, 2 pages, 8vo: "I am constrained to decline your request for the aid of troops to inaugurate the new State Government...at the very time when a Committee of each of the Houses of Congress is...investigating all the facts connected with the late election. All the troops will be called upon to do will be to suppress violence if any should take place & leave Constitutional authority & means to settle which is the rightful Governor...." -- PARK, W.E., Union soldier. Autograph letter signed to Mr. Newton, Fort Spanish, Alabama, 21 April 1865, 3 pages, 4to, a fine letter commenting on the Lincoln assassination: "today there is being a shot fired every half hour. I have heard a great many different opinions...Most of the boys are for exterminating the Rebels altogether. It was sad news to the soldiers, and it has made an impression on their harts [sic] that will never be forgotten....I hope Mr. [Andrew] Johnson is capable...I would like to have charge of Jeff Davis for about ten minutes I dont think he would ever preside over another Rebellion"; noting the excitement since the surrender of Lee and his army: "the general opinion is that the war is over," adding that "we played a game of ball with the Rebs a little...but here the one that caught the ball was put out instead of the one that throwed it and some of the balls would weight 200 lbs. rather heavy to catch wasnt they..." -- And four printed items including a Marietta, Ohio, newspaper extra dated 13 April [l861] with news of the firing on Fort Sumter; a broadside "Letter to the President," from St. Louis, dated 6 November 1863, regarding the condition of freed slaves encamped nearby; a 2-page Order of the Procession for the laying of the cornerstone of the monument in the Soldier's National Cemetary, 4 July 1865; and a pamphlet describing the organization of Union forces operating against Mobile, Alabama in March-April l865. 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