A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

JEFFERSON DAVIS: (1808 - 1889) President of the Confederacy who led his armies beyond the surrender at Appomattox. A.L.S. as Secretary of War, 4pp. 8v

(DAVIS JEFFERSON) VARINA H. DAVIS: (1826 - 1906) Wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. Mrs. Davis remained a staunc

(DAVIS JEFFERSON) VARINA H. DAVIS: (1826 - 1906) Wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. Mrs. Davis remained a staunc

(DAVIS JEFFERSON) VARINA H. DAVIS: (1826 - 1906) Wife of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. Mrs. Davis remained a staunc

(JEFFERSON DAVIS ELECTION HANDBILL): Very rare election ballot, 1p. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2", reading at top: "Virginia Electoral Ticket. Elec...

WILLIAM E. DOSTER: (1837-1919) Union brevet brigadier general who was a lieut. colonel in the 4th Penn. Cav. and provost marshal of the District of Co

NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST: (1821 - 1877) Confederate lieutenant general of Tennessee cavalry and arguably the greatest cavalry officer in history, he rai

JOHN B. GORDON: (1832 - 1904) Confederate major general who led a brigade at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and crushed Grant's line at the Wi...

BRYAN GRIMES: (1828 - 1880) Confederate major general and the last such appointed in Lee's army, he participated in nearly all of the A.N.V.'...

BRYAN GRIMES: (1828 - 1880) Confederate major general and the last such appointed in Lee's army, he participated in nearly all of the A.N.V.'...

SAMUEL JONES: (1820 - 1887) Confederate major general who served as Beauregard's Chief of Artillery at Bull Run, later he succeeded Beauregard t...

PHILIP KEARNY: (1815 - 1862) Union major general who served in Napoleon III's guard, lost an arm during the Mexican War, and led with distinctio...

(A LOCK OF ROBERT E. LEE`S HAIR): An extraordinary relic, a lock of 10-15 strands of Robert E. Lee's hair. The lock was removed by us from a lar...

STEPHEN DILL LEE: (1833 - 1908) Confederate Lieutenant General who directed artillery at Second Bull Run and Antietam, later led a corps at Atlanta an

(VIRGINIA "JENNIE" WADE): (d. 1863) Civilian resident of Gettysburg, the only civilian killed in the battle when she was struck in her hom...

NATHANIEL LYON: (1818 - 1861) Union brigadier general who met with Confederate representatives and declared "This means war", he later put...

GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN: (1826 - 1885) Union major general and general-in-chief of the army whose hesitation in attacking Confederate forces caused him to

WILLIAM N. PENDLETON: (1809 - 1883) Confederate brigadier general and Episcopal minister, Lee's Chief of Artillery who named four of his field p...

GEORGE E. PICKETT: (1825 - 1875) Confederate major general who formed the brigades for the ill-fated charge on the final day at Gettysburg. Pickett ne

JAMES A. SEDDON: War-date partly-printed D.S. 1p. legal folio, Richmond, Aug. 2, 1964, a Confederate War Department Warrant issued to the Treasury Dep