CIVIL WAR WIA GENERAL COLONEL 15th MA ATTORNEY GENL GAR DEVENS AUTOGRAPH SIGNED!

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CIVIL WAR WIA GENERAL COLONEL 15th MA ATTORNEY GENL GAR DEVENS AUTOGRAPH SIGNED!.
(1820 1891)
CIVIL WAR3xWOUNDED-IN-ACTION
HARD-FIGHTINGFULL BRIGADIER GENERAL and BVT MAJOR GENERAL WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES
, and COMMANDING THE 2ndBRIGADE, 3rdDIVISION, VI ARMY CORPS DURING THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, WIACOLONELand COMMANDER OF THE15thMASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY -
WOUNDED AT THEBATTLE OF BALL'S BLUFFIN VIRGINIA IN OCTOBER 1861, IN JANUARY 1863, DEVENS WAS GIVEN COMMAND OF THE 1ST BRIGADE, 3RD DIVISION, VI CORPS. AFTER MAJ. GEN DIVISION COMMANDER OF THE XI CORPS, WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE,
COMMANDER OF THE 3rd DIVISION,XVIII CORPSIN ULYSSES S. GRANT'S OVERLAND CAMPAIGN, LEADING HIS MEN WITH GREAT DISTINCTION IN THE FIGHT AT THEBATTLE OF COLD HARBOR, COMMANDER OF THE 3rdDIVISION OF THEXXIV CORPSDURING THE FINAL STAGES OF THESIEGE OF PETERSBURG, COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY DISTRICT OFCHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA1865-1866, MARCHED THE1stTROOPS TO OCCUPYRICHMOND, VIRGINIA AFTER ITS FALL IN APRIL 1865, 35thATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES 1877-1881, 5thCOMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THEGRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC1873-1875 and VETERAN COMPANION OF THEMILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES(MOLLUS), JUDGE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPERIOR COURT 1867-1873 -&- ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THEMASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT1873-1877, and 1881-1891
HERE’s DEVEN’S SIGNATURE REMOVED FROM A CIVIL WAR DATE MILITARY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, and SIGNED
“Chas Devens Jr”
The document measures 5” x 2” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION.
A GREAT WAR-DATE ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WAR “GENERALS IN BLUE” AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION.
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BIOGRAPHY OF GEN. CHARLES DEVENS JR
Charles Devens Jr.
(April 4, 1820 – January 7, 1891) was an American lawyer, jurist and statesman. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Early life and career
Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Devens graduated from Boston Latin School and eventually Harvard College in 1838, and from the Harvard Law School in 1840. He was admitted to the bar in Franklin County, Massachusetts, where he practiced law from 1841 to 1849.
In 1848, he was a Whig member of the Massachusetts Senate. From 1849 to 1853, Devens was United States Marshal for Massachusetts, in which capacity he was called upon in 1851 to remand the fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, to slavery. This he felt constrained to do, much against his personal desire; subsequently, he attempted in vain to purchase Sims's freedom, and many years later appointed him to a position in the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
Devens practiced law at Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1853 until 1861.
Civil War
On April 16, 1861, Devens gave an impassioned speech at Mechanics Hall in Worcester. To a large crowd he called upon the young men of Worcester to "rise and go with" him to the "rescue of Washington." Three days later, he was appointed major of the 3rd Massachusetts Rifle Battalion.
He was appointed as colonel of the 15th Massachusetts Infantry in July 1861 and wounded at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in Virginia in October.
Although still recovering, Devens was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers in April 1862 and assigned command of the 1st Brigade/1st Division. He was wounded a second time at the Battle of Seven Pines and spent most of the summer recovering.
His brigade was not heavily involved in the Maryland Campaign. Shortly afterwards, it was reassigned to the VI Corps. Devens commanded the 2nd Brigade/3rd Division/VI Corps during the Battle of Fredericksburg.
In January 1863, Devens was given command of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VI Corps. After Maj. Gen Oliver O. Howard took command of the XI Corps, he appointed Devens as a division commander, and at Chancellorsville he was wounded a third time. According to a report by Gen. Steward L. Woodford, who served with him, Devens remounted his horse, stayed with his men and did not go to the hospital until his men had bivouacked.