Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

Manuscript D.S., 1p. legal folio, , June 18, 1780 being an "Invoice of Damaged Muskets Sent to Trenton by Capt. Arthur Young Waggon Mas

If only we knew! The Post Boy, London, Printed For John Morphew near Stationers-Hall, Sept. 22, 1720, single sheet, small folio. London paper adverti

Document for the purchase of "Saltpetre", an ingredient for gunpowder, 5 3/4" X 7 3/4", 2 pp., Hartford , Mar. 5, 1777, in part:...

A group of four pieces, includes: THOMAS MIFFLIN, signature on a small sheet beneath a blind-embossed seal, closely-cropped; JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, manusc

An unusual manuscript D.S. "Martha Sheed" 1p. 4to., "Beekman's Precinct" Apr. 15, 1753 a notice: "…to Inform my Acquain...

An unusual manuscript D.S., 1p. legal folio, East Sudbury, [Mass.], Apr. 4, 1791, being the election returns for that town electing John Hancock as Go

A nineteenth-century bronze version of the original Fidelity Medallion, the oldest decoration of the United States military and created by act of the

JOHN TROTTER Revolutionary War military officer, an aide-de-camp to Gen. Rufus Putnam. A.D.S., 1p. oblong 9vo., Colla Bargh, Feb. 20, 1779, orders dir

Printed document, "A Compleat and Exact List of Both Houses of the Sixth Parliament of Great Britain...As they Stood On the 6th Day of January,...

Fine group of twelve Connecticut "Pay Table" documents, all war-date, issued in Hartford and making payment to soldiers, officers, and qua...

A fascinating early Connecticut document, 1p. legal folio, Hartford, Oct. 3, 1710, a "true copy" of a court decision in which Nathanael Ho...

A copy of the Washington Federalist for Monday, Dec. 13, 1802, 4pp. folio. Still reeling from their rout by Jefferson, the Federalist mouthpiece for W

Interesting A.L.S. of one Edward Smythe, penned at the heyday of turnpikes in England and the creation of turnpike trusts to manage them, 3pp. 4to., B

In a war-date letter, J. E. B. Suarts proposes having Union deserters put to labor aiding the Southern cause: "I am uneasy about their presence...

(1821 - 1904) Confederate major general who commanded Lee's right wing at Antietam, and the left flank at Chickamauga. Longstreet has been accus...

Mosby defends Stuart's "late" arrival at Gettysburg: "If Stuart ought to have been at Gettysburg on the first day then so ought G...

(1817 - 1872) Confederate lieutenant general who fought in the war from Bull Run to Appomattox, he lost a leg at Groveton and was strapped in his sadd

Sherman describes a desperate and determined assault on the Confederate works at Vicksburg (1820-1891) Union major general declared by the press to

From a surgeon with the 12th Virginia, serving his state from April 30, 1861 until the surrender at Appomattox An excessively rare piece of Confedera

An excessively rare U.S. Captain of Rifles frock coat, one of only a tiny handful known to be in public or private hands. This dark blue single breast

(1835 - 1894) Confederate major general who commanded a brigade of cavalry with Wheeler at Atlanta, also wounded at Perryville. Rare war-date A.E.S. o

(1805 - 1871) Union brigadier general, the "Hero of Fort Sumter", who refused Confederate demands to surrender the fort and ultimately end...

(1828 - 1862) Confederate brigadier general of cavalry in the Shenendoah, under the command of Stonewall Jackson. Killed leading an infantry charge at

(1818-1893) Confederate major general who initiated the attack on Fort Sumter that started the Civil War. He also led with distinction at First Bull R

(1818-1893) Confederate major general who initiated the attack on Fort Sumter that started the Civil War. He also led with distinction at First Bull R

(1806 - 1889) Civil War surgeon attached to the 114th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, distinguished himself in the Battle of Pleasant Hill. He wo

(1811 - 1884) Confederate Secretary of War and Secretary of State who became very unpopular for his convictions that Southern slaves should be armed t

Bragg's tour of the antebellum South: "Mile after mile we rode along without seeing anything but occasionally a stray Negro…" (1827 -...

(1823-1914) Confederate major general who led his division at Perryville, Knoxville and in an abortive attempt of forces in the Trans-Mississippi. A.L

SIDNEY BURBANK (1807 - 1882) Union officer who led a brigade of U.S. Regulars at Chancellorsville and at Gettysburg. At the Wheatfield his brigade was

A paranoid Burnside fears for his reputation following the debacle at First Manassas: "I unwisely alluded to your looks of distrust as to my co...

(1817 - 1873) Union major general who commanded the Department of New Mexico stopping Sibley's assault on California. He later commanded the ass...

(1817 - 1873) Union major general who commanded the Department of New Mexico stopping Sibley's assault on California. He later commanded the ass...

(1824 - 1912) Union brigadier general placed in command of the Mountain District, a military department created to include the Powder River country, t

(1828-1914) Union brigadier general of the 20th Maine whose valiant defense of Little Round Top prevented the Confederates from turning the line at Ge

(1828-1914) Union brigadier general of the 20th Maine whose valiant defense of Little Round Top prevented the Confederates from turning the line at Ge

(1816-1882) Confederate Senator from Alabama whose portrait appeared on the one-dollar Confederate bill. Bold signature on a small sheet taken from an

Signed three days before his death… (1815 - 1868) James Buchanan's Secretary of War and one of the founders of the Confederate States of Americ...

(1815 - 1868) American politician, congressman, and Secretary of the Treasury (1857-60). He resigned from the Treasury in December of 1860 citing that

(1817-1894) Confederate general, fought at Manassus, Antietam, Second Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville, where he was wounded. Cook was again wounded

Signed three days before he would be killed at Brandy Station! (1832 - 1863) Union colonel of the 8th N.Y. Cav. who led his regiment in the famous es

(1808 - 1889) President of the Confederacy who led his armies beyond the surrender at Appomattox. Good content L.S. "Jefferson Davis", 2pp...

(1808 - 1889) President of the Confederacy who led his armies beyond the surrender at Appomattox. Fine bold signature on an oblong sheet adding &quo...

(1808 - 1889) President of the Confederacy who led his armies beyond the surrender at Appomattox. A.L.S. signed "J.D." in the postscript o...

Confederate imprint, President's Message, Richmond, May 30, 1864, 7pp. (P&W #931). By May of 1864 the Confederate Congress had become quite ...

(1813 - 1861) American politician who drafted the Kansas-Nebraska bill, most remembered for his memorable debates with Abraham Lincoln throughout Illi

War-date signed endorsement at the conclusion of a letter by Lt. George B. Balch as commander of the USS Pocahontas, 2pp. 4to., Georgetown Harbor, SC,

(1820 - 1887) American engineer and inventor responsible for the Union's quickly-built fleet of ironclads, delivering them in 65 days. Fine cont...

(1837-1861) Union officer and a close friend of Lincoln, leader of "Ellsworth's Zouaves", killed by a hotel owner in Alexandria after ...

ALFRED ELY (1815-1892) U.S. Representative from New York. While witnessing the First Battle of Bull Run, Ely was taken prisoner by the Confederates an