Franklin who in December 1862 commanded the left grand division at the Battle of Fredericksburg. This message might have been written by Hooker himself. Civil War Journalist Abolitionist Theodore Tilton CDV w/ Personalized Autograph. Theodore Tilton (October 2, 1835 - May 29, 1907) was an American newspaper editor, poet and abolitionist. He was born in New York City to Silas Tilton and Eusebia Tilton (same surname).
On his twentieth birthday, October 2, 1855, he married Elizabeth Richards. Tilton's newspaper work was fully supportive of abolitionism and the Northern cause in the American Civil War.
Civil War CDV of 1st Lieutenant Van Brunt M. Bergen 131st New York Infantry Regiment Co. At age 23 Van Brunt mustered in as a First Lieutenant, Co. September 6, 1862 - discharged for disability March 10th, 1865.