A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

JOHN A. WINSLOW: (1811 - 1873) Union naval officer and captain of the "Kearsarge", he was active against Confederate blockade runners, mos...

JOHN WITHERS: Confederate Asst. Adjutant General, a U.S. Army officer who resigned to serve the Confederacy. War-date A.L.S. TO Lee's Chief of S...

JOHN L. WORDEN: (1818 - 1897) Union naval commander of the Monitor during her historic clash with the CSS Merrimac at Hampton Roads. Nice signature ...

DAVID LEVY YULEE: (1810-1886) The first Jewish Senator, served in the Confederate United States during the Civil War, captured with Jefferson Davis. K

(UNION GENERALS): Lot of four letters including JOHN A. DIX, A.L.S. 1p. 12mo., Albany, Feb. 26, 1873 accepting an invitation; CARL SCHURZ A.L.S. 1p. 8

(UNION NAVAL OFFICERS): Lot of three items signed by Union naval figures, includes a bold signatures of GIDEON WELLES and D. N. INGRAHAM, with a D.S.

(CIVIL WAR GENERALS): A nice lot of 12 autographs by Civil War generals, in various formats, includes: AMBROSE BURNSIDE (sig on card); B. F. BUTLER (A

(CIVIL WAR GENERALS): D.S. 1p. folio, West Point, N.Y., June 20, 1845, a diploma for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point issued to James N. Ward o

(UNION NAVAL OFFICERS): Lot of four signatures of noted Union naval officers, all of which are matted with an image and similarly framed, includes CHA

(CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENCE OF CHARLES EVANS): War date correspondence of Charles Evans, who served in the Adjutant General's Office for the State...

(CONFEDERATE PRISONER`S LETTERS): Lot of two letters written by Confederate soldier R.C. Wilson to his mother from captivity on Johnson's Island...

CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S SWEETHEART HAS BROTHER IN THE UNION ARMY: War-date Confederate soldier's letter, in pencil, 3pp., 7 3/4"x 4"...

CONFEDERATE SOLDIER IN THE BRIG ASKS TO BE SET FREE TO FIGHT THE YANKEES: A fascinating Confederate soldier's letter 1p. 4to. [n.p., n.d.] but t...

(GREETINGS FROM SUNNY FLORIDA): Union soldier's letter 4pp. 8vo., Key West, "Camp Morgan, 90th. Regt.", Jan. 15, 1862 and in which Pvt...

[ALABAMA CLAIMS]: JAMES ARCHIBALD WHARNCLIFFE (1805 - 1881) Solicitor-General under Lord Palmerston. A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo., Wharncliffe House, June 7, 1872

[C.W. LTR - 7/28/1862]: Nice content A.L.S. by Asst. Surgeon AARON S. OBERLY, aboard the U.S. Gunboat Kineo, 4pp. 4to., "Off Baton Rouge",...

6TH VIRGINIA CONFEDERATE CAVALRYMAN WRITES HOME IN THE CLOSING MONTHS OF THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN: A good content 2pp. 4to. Confederate Soldier's...

YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN REPORT: A.L.S., 2pp. legal folio, "Headquarters 63rd Pa. Volunteers", April 15, 1862, in which Captain Jason R. Hanna re...

(LOUISIANA C.S.A.VETERAN`S AND WIDOWS BOND): D.S. 1p. folio, Baton Rouge, Apr.1, 1925, State of Louisiana $1,000 bond secured in order to provide for

CONFEDERATE CROSS OF HONOR APPLICATION: A fine grouping of documents relating to the son of A.H. Latern's attempts to have his father posthumous...