Very hard to find full ALS by the KIA General Phil Kearny, dated 11/24/61 to a Colonel McReynolds about his regiment with a bold signature.  Philip Kearny Jr. (/ˈkɑːrni/; June 1, 1815 – September 1, 1862) was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. He served in French Emperor Napoleon III's Imperial Guard at the Battle of Solferino. He was also Stephen Watts Kearny's nephew.The first U.S. citizen to be awarded the French Légion d'Honneur, he was killed in action in the 1862 Battle of Chantilly.