A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

GUSTAVUS A. SMITH: (1820 - 1885) Union brigadier general, as colonel he led the 35 Illinois, wounded at Pea Ridge, later served in guarding critical r

MARTIN L. SMITH: (1819 - 1866) Confederate major general who constructed the fortifications at Vicksburg and commanded forces in the defense of the ci

LEROY P. WALKER: (1817-1884) 1st Confederate Secretary of War. In Sept. 1861 he resigned because of health and was made a brigadier general serving in

JOHN H. WINDER: (1800 - 1865) Confederate brigadier general and commander of the Confederate Libby Prison, Belle Isle and the notorious prison at Ande

(CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR GENERALS): Unusual D.S. 1p. 8" x 17 1/2" [n.p., n.d., c. 1858], a subscription list for the printing of "The S...

(CONFEDERATE GENERALS): Fine grouping of two signed endorsements of Confederate generals penned on a document wrapper, February, 1865, pertaining to a

(CONFEDERATE GENERALS): A rare grouping of war-date endorsements on the verso of a letter by one James L. Coker, Major 6th Reg. S.C.V. Infantry, [n.p.

(FORREST CAVALRY ARCHIVE): A great archive related to Major John C. Noble a quartermaster who served in Forrest's Cavalry Corp. Includes Noble&#...

12TH MISSISSIPPI ARCHIVE: An interesting grouping of eight documents all pertaining to the outfitting of the Claiborne Guards, which comprised H Compa

CONSOLING THE WIDOW OF A K.I.A. UNION GUNBOAT COMMANDER: A fascinating and rather intimate group of four letters, three of which are originals and one

UNION SOLDIER'S LETER ARCHIVE: A great collection of seven war-date letters by Union Pvt. George R. Baldwin, Co. C, 1st Conn. Hvy. Artillery, to...

FOURTEENTH CONNECTICUT SOLDIER DESCRIBES THE SURRENDER OF LEE: Union soldier's letter 4pp. 8vo., Camp 14th Conn. Vols., Burkesville, Va., April ...

CAROLINA LEGISLATOR WRITES A FRIEND WHILE SERVING IN "ORRS RIFLES": Confederate soldier's letter 3pp. 4to., Sullivan's Island, S.C...

[IN THE CORNFIELD OF ANTIETAM]: War-date Union soldier's letter written by Pvt. George Satterlee, Co. A, 104th New York 2pp. 8vo., "Sharpsb...

[FLANKING HOOD OUT OF ATLANTA]: War-date Union soldier's letter penned by Corp. J. A. Morlan, Co. D, 107th Illinois Vol., 3pp. 8vo., "Three...

(UNION SURGEON VISITS A WHOREHOUSE): An intriguing war-date surgeon's letter 3pp. 8vo., 146th Regt. N.Y.V. (Garrard's Tigers) near Culpeper ...

CONNECTICUT OFFICER'S PREMONITION OF HIS DEATH AT ANTIETAM:: Intriguing war-date letter 4pp. 8vo., Pleasant Valley, Md., Oct. 411 1862 from 2nd ...

(A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER ASKS HIS DAD TO SPRING HIM FROM PRISON): An interesting pair of letters related to efforts to get John Woodbridge Bosworth, a f

[GETTYSBURG - 121ST PENN MUSTER ROLL: A great partly-printed muster roll for Co. H, 121st Pennsylvania Vols., 2pp. large folio, Rappahannock, Va., Aug

(TEXAS RANGER LIEUTENANT COLONEL): A very rare war-date partly-printed D.S. "John G. Walker" adding rank as lieut. colonel of the 8th Texa...