American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

FOOTE, Andrew H. Autograph letter signed ("A.H. Foote") to Miss A.L. Whipple. Cleveland, 22 May 1862. 1 page, 8vo, adhesive residue to verso corners. “I regret to inform you that illness, resulting from my wound, prevents me from responding, as I could wish, to your kind letter of sympathy.”  Foote received a foot wound in the attack on Fort Donelson in February 1862.  He never fully recovered. 

[With:] FOOTE, Andrew H. Autograph letter signed ("A.H. Foote") to John L. Ogden, Cleveland, 30 May 1862. 1 page, 8vo, adhesive residue to verso edge. “I am in bed ‘hors de Combat’ which I am sure will excuse not only chirography but also a more full compliance with your request of the 28th instant.” Foote cooperated with Grant on the attack of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River, fought 11–16 February 1862. Foote received a foot wound. A couple of weeks later, this letter finds him recuperating, though he does not state the reason for being bedridden.

[Also with:] Gideon WELLES. Letter signed ("Gideon Welles"), to Captain Andrew H. Foote. Navy Department, 17 June 1862. 1 page, 4to, minor offsetting. Granting, per Foote’s request, a leave of absence of three months from his “command of the U. S. Naval Fleet employed on the Mississippi River and its tributaries...based upon the condition of your health, arising from a wound received at Fort Donelson.”