American Historical Ephemera & Photography

GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Commanding General of the United States Army during the Civil War and President of the United States (1869-1877). Document signed ("U.S. Grant") as President, countersigned by William W. Belknap as Secretary of War, 13 January 1873. 1 page, 15 3/4 x 19 1/2 in., with embossed seal formerly affixed upper left (now loose). Appointing Herbert E. Tutherly as "Second Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry." 

HAYES, Rutherford B. (1822-1893). Governor of Ohio and President of the United States (1877-1881). Document signed ("R.B. Hayes") as President, countersigned by George W. McCrary as Secretary of War, 12 June 1879. 1 page, 15 7/8  x 19 5/8 in., embossed seal affixed upper left. Appointing Herbert E. Tutherly as "First Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry." 

HARRISON, Benjamin (1833-1901). President of the United States (1889-1893). Document signed ("Benj. Harrison") as President, countersigned by Redfield Proctor as Secretary of War, 27 December 1890. 1 page, 15 1/2 x 19 1/8 in., embossed seal affixed lower left. Appointing Herbert E. Tutherly as "Captain of Cavalry."   

MCKINLEY, William (1843-1901). President of the United States (1897-1901) assassinated while in office. Document signed ("William McKinley") as President, countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War, 7 March 1901. 1 page, 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in., embossed seal affixed lower left. Appointing Herbert E. Tutherly as "Major of Cavalry (subject to examination)." 

Herbert Everett Tutherly (1848-1921) entered the United States Military Academy at West Point as a cadet in 1868, graduating four years later and being appointed second lieutenant of cavalry within the 1st US Cavalry Regiment. He received many promotions within that regiment and commanded a squadron of four troops of the regiment in battle at San Juan Hill and other encounters culminating in the surrender of Santiago de Cuba on 17 July 1898. Tutherly eventually retired after more than 30 years of service, including many early years of frontier duty throughout the West, serving in Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Kansas, and Montana. After retirement from the US Army, he went on duty with the organized Militia of New Hampshire, and was elected Commissary General of the State of New Hampshire in 1915. He was ultimately promoted to colonel on the US Army Retired List in 1918, just three years before his death. Tutherly left behind not only a storied and successful military career but also written works on the subject, including Score Book for Riflemen (1882) and Elementary Treatise on Military Science and the Art of War (1897).