Fine Selection of Autographs and Manuscripts

(1835 - 1889) Union brigadier general and Indian fighter with Custer at Little Big Horn, accused of cowardice and failure to support Custer during th

(1810 - 1897) Confederate brigadier general who led a corps at Shiloh, later serving under Bragg, Van Dorn, and Joseph E. Johnston. Fine content war-

(1810 - 1897) Confederate brigadier general who led a corps at Shiloh, later serving under Bragg, Van Dorn, and Joseph E. Johnston. Great Mexican War

(1830 - 1897) Confederate cavalry brigadier general who fought at Prairie Grove, Pea Ridge and was on numerous raids with Quantrill and Price in the

(1820 - 1891) Union major general declared by the press to be ""insane"", he led his army in their March to the Sea, taking Atla...

(1820 - 1891) Union major general declared by the press to be ""insane"", he led his army in their March to the Sea, taking Atla...

(1816 - 1862) Confederate brigadier general who was severly wounded at the battle of Wilson's Creek.He died two weeks after again being wounded ...

(1816 - 1862) Confederate brigadier general who was severely wounded at the battle of Wilson's Creek. He died two weeks after again being wounde...

(1820 - 1885) Union brigadier general, as colonel he led the 35 Illinois, wounded at Pea Ridge, later served in guarding critical railroad routes. Ex

(1812 - 1887) Brother of Lincoln's boyhood friend and the President's second Attorney General. War-date A.L.S. ""James Speed"...

(1821 - 1908) Confederate major general who commanded at Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Atlanta, and replaced Polk after that general's death. Scarce...

(1822 - 1893) Confederate major general who led a division at Harpers Ferry and Antietam, later serving in the Trans-Mississippi and in New Mexico. L

(1821 - 1862) Confederate brigadier general who commanded two divisions around Cairo, fought at Forts Henry and Donelson, and was mortally wounded le

(1800 - 1865) Confederate brigadier general and commander of the Confederate Libby Prison, Belle Isle and the notorious prison at Andersonville. He e

(1800 - 1865) Confederate brigadier general and commander of the Confederate Libby Prison, Belle Isle and the notorious prison at Andersonville. He e

(1800 - 1865) Confederate brigadier general and commander of the Confederate Libby Prison, Belle Isle and the notorious prison at Andersonville. He e

(1811 - 1873) Union naval officer and captain of the ""Kearsarge"", he was active against Confederate blockade runners, most no...

(1823 - 1863) Union brigadier general who commanded a regiment on the Peninsula, mortally wounded leading his men at Gettysburg. Rare D.S. "&q...

"Great war-date diary belonging to Pvt. Alfred Elliott, Co. D, 16th New Hampshire Volunteers, comprising about 74pp. in dark pencil covering Ja...

Total of 11 letters in this lot. "A great archive of early war-date letters in various formats from Pvt. Lewis Prall of the 30th Pennsylvania ...

"An interesting correspondence from William W. Gordon, the father of Juliette Gordon Low founder of the Girls Scout of America. Gordon served i...

"A fine grouping of 18 war-date letters 68pp. Total in various formats written by two brothers, Melancthon Bowman of the 126th Ohio Volunteers ...

A fine South Carolina secession cockade affixed to the letter of a Confederate sympathizer urging a future Union Brigadier General to side with the So

"Rare A.L.S. ""Van H. Manning"" adding rank, 2pp. 4to., U. S. Military Prison, Fort Delaware, June 17, 1865, to President A...

JOHN QUINCY MARR (d. 1861) The first Confederate soldier (and officer) to be killed in action during the Civil War. A graduate and former faculty memb

"A fascinating look at the coastal military career of Confederate Pvt. W. H. H. Vaughn of Bartow's Artillery. Included are eighteen, 8vo., ...

"A great archive related to Major John C. Noble a quartermaster who served in Forrest's Cavalry Corp. Includes Noble's service record, ...

"An exceptional war-date D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Camp Barton, Va., [ca. September 30, 1861], signed by two scarce Confederate generals and fille...

"A great 1/9th plate ruby-red ambrotype measuring 2"" x 2 1/2"", showing a young ""Sesech"" recruit in ...

"A rather morbid albumen photograph, 8 3/4"" x 6 3/4"", on a larger mount of dead Union artillery soldiers. Alexander Gardn...

"A very rare 1/6th plate tintype of a young Black Union private with a camp scene backdrop showing a cannon, drum, stack of guns, with nicely t...

"An identified wallet and letter from Private Ira Simmons of the 146th New York Zouaves (Garrard's Tigers), killed in action. Simmons enlis...

(1824 - 1881) Union major general known for the disastrous charges made at Fredericksburg in 1862, and the nicknaming of distinctive facial hair. A gr

"Two relics relative to the famous mortal wounding of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth by a rebel hotel keeper at Alexandria, Virginia, comprising a sma...

"A relic related to the famous mortal wounding of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth by a rebel hotel keeper at Alexandria, Virginia. In late May, 1861. E...

"A highly unusual and very rare war-date carte-de-visite by Masury, Boston, showing Frances Clalin who posed as a man in order to serve with th...

"A very nice war-date carte-de-visite of Kady Brownell who served with the 1st Rhode Island Volunteers and 5th Rhode Island Battalion as a laun...

"Very rare carte-de-visite of Lt. Frederick Rogers of the famed 54th Mass. Volunteers, posed full standing with sword. Rogers originally enlist...

"A great war-date carte-de-visite of Robert Hendershot, ""The drummer boy of the Rappahannock"". Hendershot received his fa...

"A great 1/6th plate tintype of a Union private wearing a frock coat and a light grey kepi. On his hat are the insignias ""27"&q...

"A great 1/4th plate tintype of a Union private wearing a frock coat, accouterment belt with cap box attached, and holding a kepi, standing nex...

"A great 1/6th plate ruby-red ambrotype of a Union private wearing a four button sack coat. Near his waist a bone handle bowie knife is shown, ...

"A great 1/6th plate ruby-red ambrotype of a Union private wearing a winter overcoat, cape, and accouterment belt, with a Sheffield style bowie...

"A neat original Civil War image, a 7"" x 9"" sepia albumen photograph of ""The Shebang or Quarters of the U.S. S...

"A great 1/6th plate tintype of a Union private wearing a sack coat , kepi, accouterment belt, and sling, shown standing next to an American fl...

Rare carte-de-visite photograph of Confederate Capt. William H. Murray who was instrumental in establishing the 1st Maryland Regiment, CSA, and its su

(1825 - 1883) Confederate brigadier general who commanded cavalry at Corinth and governed Port Hudson until its surrender. Rare carte-de-visite photo

"A great 1/4th plate tintype of a private of the 11th Indiana (Wallace's Zouaves), shown in full-length with his bayoneted musket. He is we...

(1833 - 1864) Confederate major general of cavalry who circled McClellan's army twice, was late to the battle of Gettysburg, and in 1864 was mo...

Excellent oval collage-type photo, 7"" x 8"" image on a 13 1/2"" x 17"" mount, depicting those Senators and ...

"A nice salt print measuring 5 3/4"" x 7 1/2"" on paper mount, showing a naval officer wearing a regulation July 1862-July ...

"A great outdoor stereoview card bearing a double 6"" x 3"" photograph showing General Grant sitting in a homemade chair at...

"A great outdoor carte-de-visite of a 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery color guard with field officers present, showing seventeen men near a single ch...

"A good war-date 1/6th plate tintype of a sailor with rank insignia on sleeve, showing him in regulation shirt with scarf with lightly tinted c...

(1801 - 1877) Leader of the Mormon church who succeeded Joseph Smith as head of the church and led the mass migration to Salt Lake Valley. Young was

"A fine broadside, measuring approximately 9"" x 12"", Liberty, [Mo.], Mar. 7, 1860, in which John S. Majors offers "&...

Exceedingly rare broadside advertising the sale in New Orleans of 28 named slaves, 1p. 5 1/4"" x 13"", ""Gravier Stre...

Uncommon poster advertising the auction of the estate of a Lincoln Co., Kentucky man, to include land, a mill, and his slave, 1p. 11 1/2""...

Excellent, rare poster advertising a reward for the capture of a runaway slave, 1p. 9"" x 12 1/4"". The boldly-printed poster re...

A rather graphic early slave arrest warrant, 1p. sm. folio, Warren Co., NC, Dec. 22, 1798, a proclamation in which Justices of the Peace William Johns

(1809 - 1868) American frontier scout, trapper and soldier, served as a guide for John C. Fremont, led forces which put the Pico guerillas in Los Ang

(1734 - 1820) American pioneer who explored the Kentucky region and guided settlers into the area, constructed a fort at what is now Boonesboro, Thre

(1808 - 1895) American clergyman and poet, author of our nation hymn ""America"" (1832), otherwise known as ""My Coun...

(1779 - 1843) American lawyer and poet who , inspired by Americans' tenacity during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, wrote they lyrics ...

(1846 - 1917) ""Buffalo Bill"", American scout and showman, he started his career as a rider with the Pony Express, and in late...

(1810 - 1891) American showman who opened his circus, ""The Greatest Show On Earth"", merged with James Bailey to form Barnum a...

"A fine and very interesting D.S., a scroll measuring 8 1/2"" x 132"" (11 feet!), New York, Dec. 17, 1868, a petition requ...

"A great 31 letter correspondence totaling 75pp. mostly 4to. covering the period 1852 through 1856, written between Susan M. Tate, her son Samu...

"A great archive of five Georgia Supreme Court documents mostly in folio format, related to the murder of a Mrs. Peggy Saddler by a slave named...

"A fascinating archive concerning the murder of slave Moses by slave Surry, both from Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1808, consisting of ten foli...

"An exceedingly rare slave dealer's business card, roughly 2 3/4"" x 3 1/2"", advertising the services of ""...

"A great manuscript document 4pp. 4to., July 1, 1837 to Mar. 7, 1838, concerning the expense account of Assistant Superintendent and Conducto...

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"A scarce Republic of Texas related piece, a calling card for Memucan Hunt, described on the card as the ""Envoy Extraordinary and Mi...

"A most intriguing and important historical archive, a collection of over 275 pps. of letters and statements compiled in honor of WALTER F. WHI...

(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Partly-printed D.S. "&q...

(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. His franking signature "...

(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. His signature ""Go...

(1732 - 1799) First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. An fine and unusual Washington

"An interesting Washington-related document, a D.S. 1p. irregular legal folio, [n.p., c. 1786] being an assessment of Virginia estate which inc...

An excessively rare and important association item, a small lock of George Washington's hair clipped as Washington lay on his deathbed and sent ...

(1735 - 1826) Second President of the United States and a drafter of the Declaration of Independence, which he also signed. He later joined Franklin

(1735 - 1826) Second President of the United States and a drafter of the Declaration of Independence, which he also signed. He later joined Franklin

(1743 - 1826) Third President of the United States, author and signer of the Declaration of Independence, ceased the importation of slaves to America

(1743 - 1826) Third President of the United States, author and signer of the Declaration of Independence, ceased the importation of slaves to America

(1743 - 1826) Third President of the United States, author and signer of the Declaration of Independence, ceased the importation of slaves to America

(1751 - 1836) Fourth President of the United States considered the ""Father of the Constitution"", he authored the Federalist p...

(1751 - 1836) Fourth President of the United States considered the ""Father of the Constitution"", he authored the Federalist p...

(1751 - 1836) Fourth President of the United States considered the ""Father of the Constitution"", he authored the Federalist p...

(1758 - 1831) Fifth President of the United States who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase and promulgated the Monroe Doctrine. Fine and important cont

(1758 - 1831) Fifth President of the United States who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase and promulgated the Monroe Doctrine. Uncommon A.L.S. "...

(1767 - 1848) Sixth President of the United States, Secretary of State under Monroe who principally formulated the Monroe Doctrine. Early A.L.S. &q...

(1775 - 1852) First Lady, wife of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States. Eight lines of poetry in Adams' hand, signed "&...

(1767 - 1845) Seventh President of the United States, ""Old Hickory"" became a national hero in his defense of New Orleans and ...

(1767 - 1845) Seventh President of the United States, ""Old Hickory"" became a national hero in his defense of New Orleans and ...

(1767 - 1845) Seventh President of the United States, ""Old Hickory"" became a national hero in his defense of New Orleans and ...

(1782 - 1862) Eighth President of the United States, Secretary of State and a close ally of Andrew Jackson. A.L.S. as President ""M. Van ...

(1773 - 1841) Ninth President of the United States, military hero at Tippecanoe Creek and against Tecumseh, died after one month in office. Rare A.L.

(1773 - 1841) Ninth President of the United States, military hero at Tippecanoe Creek and against Tecumseh, died after one month in office. A.L.S. as

(1773 - 1841) Ninth President of the United States, military hero at Tippecanoe Creek and against Tecumseh, died after one month in office. Partly-pr