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GARFIELD, James A. (1831-1881), General, U. S. Army and 20th President of the U. S. Autograph letter signed ("J. A. Garfield") to R. Hayward, Willards Hotel, Washington, 16 December 1862. 1 page, 4to. Asking a clothier to make a cloak for his wife (the same that Garfield saw on "Senator Robinson's lady") and enclosing a $21 check. -- ARTHUR, Chester A. (1830-1886), Quartermaster General, NYS and later 21st President of the United States. Autograph letter signed ("C. A. Arthur") to Maj. J. H. Linsly, New York, 14 August 1861. 2 pages, 4to., on stationery of State of New York Quartermaster General's Department, fine. A recommendation for John Bell to "some Regiment in the field...This boy is a brave young fellow, has seen three months service & should have a place. The Gov. promised it but may forget it, unless he is reminded of it."
TWO FUTURE PRESIDENTS IN UNIFORM. After surviving the meat grinder of combat at the battles of Middle Creek and Pound Gap Kentucky, and at Shiloh, Garfield lost his life to an assassin just four months into his term as President of the United States. He lingered until 19 September, when his Vice-president Chester A. Arthur, succeeded him. Garfield was one of the North's few successful political generals. A member of the Ohio legislature before Sumter, his tour of duty in the western theatre also included a stint as Rosecrans's chief of staff and a seat on the Fitz-John Porter court martial board. He successfully ran for Congress and took his seat in 1863, beginning the career as a national politician that Charles Guiteau ended in 1881. Arthur had a less distinguished war record: a crony of Gov. Edwin Morgan, he was New York State's inspector general, engineer in chief, and Quartermaster. But he handled those jobs with honesty and skill. Grant made him collector at the Port of New York where, as the D. A. B. discreetly puts it, "he believed and practised...the theory that underlay the spoils system." As president, however, he tried to enact some reforms and signed into law the Pendleton Civil Service Act. Together 2 items. (2)
TWO FUTURE PRESIDENTS IN UNIFORM. After surviving the meat grinder of combat at the battles of Middle Creek and Pound Gap Kentucky, and at Shiloh, Garfield lost his life to an assassin just four months into his term as President of the United States. He lingered until 19 September, when his Vice-president Chester A. Arthur, succeeded him. Garfield was one of the North's few successful political generals. A member of the Ohio legislature before Sumter, his tour of duty in the western theatre also included a stint as Rosecrans's chief of staff and a seat on the Fitz-John Porter court martial board. He successfully ran for Congress and took his seat in 1863, beginning the career as a national politician that Charles Guiteau ended in 1881. Arthur had a less distinguished war record: a crony of Gov. Edwin Morgan, he was New York State's inspector general, engineer in chief, and Quartermaster. But he handled those jobs with honesty and skill. Grant made him collector at the Port of New York where, as the D. A. B. discreetly puts it, "he believed and practised...the theory that underlay the spoils system." As president, however, he tried to enact some reforms and signed into law the Pendleton Civil Service Act. Together 2 items. (2)