LINCOLN, Abraham (809-1865). Partly-printed appointment signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President of the United States. Washington, D.C., 26 March 1862.

1 page, 14 1/4 x 18 in. creasing, light wear and soil, framed to 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Docketing to upper left corner.

An appointment for Samuel S. Carroll as Captain in the Fourth Regiment of Infantry. Signed by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Provenance: The Lloyd Ostendorf Collection of Lincolniana; Bonhams & Butterfields (consignor notes).

Samuel Sprigg Carroll (1832-1893) graduated West Point in 1856 and was a career army officer who rose to the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War. He served as commander of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade" at the Battle of Gettysburg, playing a key role in the defense of Cemetery Hill and repulsing a portion of Pickett's Charge. Carroll suffered wounds at the Battles of Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House. He retired as a major general, U.S. Army, for disability resulting from wounds received in battle.

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LINCOLN, Abraham (809-1865). Partly-printed appointment signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President of the United States. Washington, D.C., 26 March 1862.

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