[CIVIL WAR]. [GREEN, Charles (1814-1887)]. FOUR PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSIONS TO CIVIL WAR NAVAL HERO, COMMODORE CHARLES GREEN: VAN BUREN, Martin. Document signed ("M. Van Buren"), as President, Washington, 21 March 1837, countersigned by Navy Secretary Mahlon Dickerson. -- PIERCE, Franklin. Document signed ("Franklin Pierce"), as President, 2 October 1855, countersigned by Navy Secretary J. C. Dobbin. -- PIERCE, Franklin. Document signed ("Franklin Pierce") as President, counter-signed by Dobbin, Washington, 24 July 1856. -- JOHNSON, Andrew. Document with stamped signature ("Andrew Johnson"), 12 March 1867, countersigned by Navy Secretary Gideon Welles. Together 4 pages, folio, elaborately engraved, ALL PRINTED ON PARCHMENT. These commissions span Green's distinguished 30-year career, starting as a Lieutenant in 1837. Pierce made him a Commander in 1855, the rank at which he made his mark in the Civil War, destroying or sinking numerous Confederate prize ships off the coasts of the Carolinas and Florida. (For his appointment by Lincoln, see lot 83). Johnson named him a Commodore on the retired list in 1867. Together 4 items. (4)