April 12, 2024
"Rough Riders" Wood, Kentucky Slavery Compromiser Crittenden -- Their Autographs
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MAJORGENERAL LEONARD WOOD transformed the U.S.Army into a modern fighting force. Born on October 9, 1860, in Winchester, NH, Wood entered Harvard Medical School in 1880 and graduated in 1883. He received a Medal of Honor in 1898. He was personal physician to President William McKinley and his family. Wood participated in the war with Spain, leading the "Rough Riders." At the end of hostilities, he remained in Cuba and was the Military Governor from 1900 to 1902. From 1902 on, Wood served in a number of leadership positions including commander of the Philippines Division and Commander of the Department of the East. In 1910, he was named Chief of Staff of the Army, the only medical officer to ever hold that position. JOHN JORDAN CRITTENDEN represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives and served as U.S. Attorney General in the administrations of William Harrison, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore. He was also the 17 th governor of Kentucky. In the Senate, Crittenden urged compromise on the slavery issue to prevent the break-up of the United States. In 1860, he authored the Crittenden Compromise, a series of resolutions and constitutional amendments he hoped would avert the Civil war, but Congress would not approve them. Free Frank cover of Crittenden to William Brown of Lexington, KY, and an autograph of Wood with
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