CIVIL WAR LINCOLN CUSTER WIA 7TH CAVALRY OFFICER GAR COMMANDER SIGNED LETTER !!!

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HENRY MARTIN NEVIUS (1841 - 1911) NATIONAL DEPARTMENT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of the GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC ( GAR )!! CIVIL WAR CAVALRY OFFICER SERVING IN THE LINCOLN CAVALRY and LATER UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER - WOUNDED IN ACTION RESISTING GENERAL EARLY'S ATTACK ON WASHINGTON & CAUSING HIS LEFT ARM TO BE AMPUTATED ( THAT NIGHT PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN MADE HIM A MAJOR !) - NEVIUS WAS ALSO A NOTED NEW JERSEY SENATOR, LAWYER & JUDGE! HERE'S A RARE 1898 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY HENRY M. NEVIUS ON "HUDSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, JE RSEY CITY" LETTERHEAD TO THE HONORABLE JOHN STILLWELL APPLEGATE, HIS CLOSE FRIEND & STATE SENATOR REGARDING PAYMENT FOR LEGAL FEES IN CONNECTION W ITH THE HINSDALE COURT CASE . The letter measures 8" x 10" and is in very good condition and nicely executed by Nevius! Note that the photogra ph of Nevius is not included with the ALS. (THIS LETTER CAME OUT OF THE 19th CENTURY ESTATE PAPERS OF NJ SEN. & C IVIL WAR AUTHOR, JOHN STILLWELL APPLEGATE & HAS NEVER APPEARED ON THE COLLECTOR MARKET!!) RARE ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WAR GAR MILITARY HISTORY AUROGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & MEMORABILIA COLLECTION!! WOULD LOOK GREAT FRAMED WITH A CDV PHOTOGRAPH OR GAR RIBBON PICTURING NEVIUS (WHICH DO EXIST!). <[<[<[< BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HENRY MARTIN NEVIUS >]>]>]> Henry Martin Nevius was born at Freehold, New Jersey, on January 30, 1841, and was the second child of James Schureman Nevius and Hannah Browne-Nevius. He was educated at the Freehold Public School and Institute. Subsequently talking a two years post-graduate course at the Grand Rapids, Michigan, High School. He then entered the law office of General & later Secretary of War, Russell A. Alger. In August of the same year of his graduation, 1861, he enlisted as a Private in Company K, First New York "Lincoln Cavalry," serving as Regimental Commissary Sergeant with his Regiment in the Army of the Potomac. In 1862 he was appointed Second Lieutenant for gallantry in Action to Company D, 7th Michigan Cavalry in the Brigade under the command of General George A. Custer (this brigade won fame in the Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. He served with the 7th Michigan Cavalry until he resigned in 1864 to take a position in a Regiment forming in Trenton, New Jersey. This organization not having been completed, Henry Nevius again enlisted as a Private in Company D, 25th New York (Sickles) Cavalry, where he was promoted for bravery on the Field to a Second Lieutenant and later to Captain but he was never mustered for this rank. He commanded the center of a small band, which resisted General Early's attack upon Washington, in July 1864, and led the charge, which forced the enemy back. His left arm was shattered with a bullet, but he held his men till the crisis was past, and then fell to the ground. That night the President made him a Major. Later his left arm was amputated due to the wound he received. His record of service was at West Point, Via, Army of the Potomac, Antietam Campaign, Gettysburg, Defenses of Washington, Shenandoah Valley, and various other cavalry raids and expeditions. He was also wounded in action no less than four times. After the close of the War, he held the position of Collector of Internal Revenue at Monmouth County. In 1868 he resumed the study of law with General Charles Haight, being admitted to the Bar of Monmouth County in 1875, and as counselor in 1876. In 1875 he came to Red Bank, New Jersey, and entered into partnership with Hon John S. Applegate of Red Bank, until 1879. In 1888 he formed the co-partnership of Nevius & Wilson, latter having been a student with him, now the Attorney General of New Jersey. In 1896 Governor Griggs appointed him Judge of the Circuit Court of Hudson County. In 1881 he was instrumental in organizing Arrowsmith Post No 61, G.A.R., at Red Bank, New Jersey, and was its Commander until 1884, when he was elected to the position of Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the state of New Jersey. In 1887 he was elected to the State Senate, ... read more

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