Signatures of 7 Civil War Confederate & Union Soldiers/Politicians HIRAM BELL+++

Description

Attention Collectors!!!
You are bidding on an authentic antique album page with seven signatures from notable persons from the Civil War, both Union and Confederate. I am able to identify five of the names; more research needs to be done to identify the remaining two names.
Album sheet contains the signatures of:
JAMES T. JONES
(1832-1895), b
orn in Richmond, Virginia, Jones moved with his family to Marengo County, Alabama, in 1834. He pursued classical studies. He graduated from Princeton College in 1852 and from the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855. He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in Demopolis, Alabama. During the Civil War Jones enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a private in the Fourth Alabama Regiment. Jones was elected captain of Company D in this regiment in 1862. He was appointed judge advocate in the Confederate War Department in 1864 and served until the close of the war. He served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865. He served as a member of the State senate in 1872 and 1873.
HIRAM P. BELL
(1827-1907), who signs in black ink adding the place "Cumming Georgia". B
orn near Jefferson, Jackson County, Ga., January 19, 1827; attended the public schools at Cumming, Forsyth County, Ga.; taught school for two years, during which time he studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Cumming; member of the secession convention in 1861 and opposed the secession ordinance; commissioner from Georgia to solicit the cooperation of Tennessee in the formation of a southern confederacy; member of the State senate in 1861, but resigned to enter the Confederate Army; during the Civil War was commissioned captain and later promoted to lieutenant colonel and colonel of the Forty-third Georgia Regiment; member of the Second Confederate Congress in 1864 and 1865; member of the Democratic State executive committee 1868-1871; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876; was chosen a member of the Democratic National Committee from the State at large; elected to the Forty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Benjamin H. Hill and served from March 13, 1877, to March 3, 1879; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878; member of the State house of representatives in 1898 and 1899; served in the State senate in 1900 and 1901; died in Atlanta, Ga., August 17, 1907.
JULIAN HARTRIDGE
(1829-1879), who signs in black ink adding the place "Savannah, Georgia". Hartridge was born in Savannah, Georgia on September 9, 1829, where attended Chatham Academy and Montpelier Institute. Hartridge graduated from Brown University in 1848 and Harvard Law School in 1850. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and practiced law in Savannah, Georgia. He served as the Solicitor of the Eastern District of Georgia from 1854 to 1858. Hartridge was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives 1858 to 1859. He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress. During the Civil War Hartridge served one year in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant in the Chatham Artillery. After the war he returned to politics, and was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress and the Forty-fifth Congress, serving from 1875 until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1879.
U.S. Army Brigadier General
AMERICUS V. RICE
(1835-1904), who signs in black ink adding the place "Ohio". .
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Rice was commissioned as a captain in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment on April 27, 1861, and served until his regiment was mustered out of service on August 12 of the same year. Rice was commissioned as a captain in the 57th Ohio Infantry on September 2, 1861. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on February 8, 1862, and became the regiment's colonel on May 24, 1863. As colonel of the 57th Ohio Infantry at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the Atlanta Campaign, he was wounded and his right leg was amputated.
On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Rice for appointment as a brigadier general of volunteers to rank from a May 31, 1865, appointment date. Rice was mustered out of service on January 15, 1866. The United States Senate confirmed the appointment on February 23, 1866.
William Whitney Rice
(March 7, 1826 – March 1, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
There are two additional names that needs to be researched.
Condition: Shows slight toning to the edges and a chip to the top edge, else very good.
A fantastic item for the collector of historical or military autographs!
Great gift idea!
(Inventory: Autograph Closet Envelope 9)
Track Page Views With
Auctiva's FREE Counter