Collectibles and Original Historical Documents

The Year of War. Bound volume of Harper's Weekly for the complete year 1862, Jan.-Dec. The year of the Emancipation Proclamation, suspension of ...

Harper's Weekly. Group of 32 issues of 1865: Jan. through April, and June through Dec. Including Lincoln's inauguration and death, Petersbur...

John Brown. Three issues of New York Illustrated News, Dec. 10, 17, and 24, 1859, each with front page devoted to the jailing and execution of Brown.

The Civil War in Pictures. Complete set of about 1,800 cards depicting the battles, politics, officers, soldiers, uniforms, medical care, artillery, p

Civil War-related Manuscript Book. Faint Footprints on the Sands, by Dr. James C. Mackie, volunteer aide-de-camp in Civil War, dedicated to his daught

For a Soldier, Jan. 1864-July 1865. Group of four items: 1) Letter entitling "soldier to 3 mos. extra pay...as a returned Prisoner of War."...

A Soldier's Life. Group of three forms, partly printed: 1) Clothing returns, multiple pages, 1863. Somewhat light, breaks at folds, toned. 2) Di...

General Orders. Washington, July 30, 1863, 22 pp., No. 240, a General Court Martial, charging a 1st Lt., a 2nd Lt., and Capt. Saunders of New York&#...

War Plans. June 1862 letter of engineer Ashbel Welch, associate of Ericsson in steamship design, writing to A.L. Holley to bring models and plans to W

Receipt for a "Gun Ship." Of Lt. Col. J.W. Patterson, commanding, of the Volunteers, Nov. 30, 1864. A partly printed form, from Chapins Fa...