Dated “Hd Qrs. Caldwell’s Brigade/ July 12, 1862.” Addressed to “Gov. E[dward]. D. Morgan [Governor of New York]. One page in ink on lined paper, 10 x 8”. Exhibits fold-lines & one small, slight smudge in the upper right corner. Else VG plus to fine. In this letter to the Governor, Gen. Caldwell recommends the promotion of 61^st New York Infantry officer Frederick W. Grannis. Text as follows:

“Gov. E. D. Morgan……Sir, I take pleasure in recommending for appointment Frederick W. Grannis 61^st Regt. N.Y. Vols. I think he would make a capable and efficient officer, and be of benefit to the Service, he is competent to command, and well qualified in every respect, and I think him deserving of an appointment for his faithful & strict attention to all duties. It would afford me much gratification to see him appointed to a command/ With the highest respect/ Your Excellency’s Obdt. Servt./ John C. Caldwell”

General Caldwell is best known as a Gettysburg divisional commander who took temporary command of the 2^nd Corps upon the wounding of General Hancock. He was relieved of command in the Army of Potomac on the eve of Grant’s 1864 Overland campaign, but later was one of eight officer appointed as the guards of honor on the Lincoln funeral train from Washington to Springfield. Frederick Grannis, the officer for whom Caldwell was requesting a command promotion, was a 2^nd lieutenant at the time this letter was sent. He received one more promotion, to First Lieutenant and 61^st NY regimental Adjutant in October 1862, and was discharged on 2/26/1864. Edward Dennison Morgan served as Governor of New York from 1859-1862, and was later U.S. Senator and longtime Republican Party chairman.

Solid 1862 ALS from a later Gettysburg commander.

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