A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

(SARATOGA PRISONERS): Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong legal folio, Fredrick Town, Feb. 24, 1781, a return detailing the "Present State of the Britis...

(BURGOYNE`S CONVENTION ARMY): A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 1778 by one James Young, probably an officer in the Quarter Master's Depar...

(COLONIAL TAX COLLECTOR ATTACKED BY AN ANGRY MOB): A fascinating D.S. 1p. legal folio, March 21, 1767, in which Deputy Marshall George Beasley accuses

THE WARTIME CORRESPONDENCE GEN. DANIEL RUGGLES: (1810 - 1897) Confederate brigadier general. Ruggles served with distinction in the Mexican War, winni

JEFFERSON DAVIS: (1808 - 1889) President of the Confederacy who led his armies beyond the surrender at Appomattox. Probable war-date S.P., a carte-de-

GEORGE G. MEADE: (1815 - 1872) Union major general who commanded brilliantly at Gettysburg, leading to a Union victory and the turning point of the Ci

ROBERT E. LEE: (1807 - 1870) Confederate General and commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, arguably the most brilliant commander of field armies

(THOMAS J. JACKSON): (1824 - 1863) "Stonewall", Confederate lieutenant general and a brilliant yet somewhat eccentric tactician, he gained...

JUBAL A. EARLY: (1819 - 1894) Confederate major general who fought throughout the war, leading a division at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg an

LEONIDAS POLK: (1806 - 1864) Confederate lieutenant general who was a Bishop of Louisiana before the war, led with distinction at Belmont and Shiloh a