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