Auction Details
Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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924ELMER ELLSWORTH'S MANUAL OF ARMSAlexander Historical Auctions
Scarce copy of Ellsworth's Manual of Arms for Light Infantry, adapted to the Rifled Musket, with or without the Priming Attachment, Arranged for...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
925FREED SLAVE IS CONVICTED OF MURDERAlexander Historical Auctions
Union printed General Order No. 5, Headquarters, Beaufort, SC, Aug. 15, 1862, 3pp. 8vo., indicating: "Moses, a colored man, was convicted of mu...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
926GENERAL ORDER FROM OCCUPIED LITTLE ROCKAlexander Historical Auctions
Rare imprint "Special Orders No. 23 Headquarters, Department of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark. Jan. 25th, 1865", signed in type by Maj. Gener...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
927HARPER'S WEEKLY FROM 1862 WITH ANTI-CONFEDERATE CARTOONSAlexander Historical Auctions
A single page from the Aug. 16, 1862 issue of Harper's Weekly, bearing amongst various advertisements are three cartoons. The first shows a youn...
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
928HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK 22ND REGIMENT, N.G.Alexander Historical Auctions
A rare war-date Union regimental history, 47pp. hardbound 8vo., entitled: The LAST CAMPAIGN of the TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT, N. G. S. N. Y. June and Jul
Start Price : 37.50 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
929JEFFERSON DAVIS' "CONFESSION" BROADSIDEAlexander Historical Auctions
A fascinating Union propaganda item, a broadside, 8 1/2" x 14", signed in type by one Wesley Bradshaw and printed by Alexander & Co., ...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
931MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS PARADE BROADSIDEAlexander Historical Auctions
Broadside, 6 1/2" x 13 1/2", Foxboro, July 23, 1861, headed: "GRAND RECEPTION OF VOLUNTEERS! On their Return from the War...". T...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
932NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMACAlexander Historical Auctions
A good pair of war-date newspapers announcing the battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Merrimac on Mar. 9, 1862. Includes Harper's Weekly, New...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 120.00
933OCCUPIED VICKSBURG "WALLPAPER" NEWSPAPERAlexander Historical Auctions
An authentic example at an affordable price
Very rare and highly sought after Vicksburg "wallpaper" newspaper, The Daily Citizen, 1p. 9 1...
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 600.00
934PRISONERS AT LIBBY PRISON HOLD A CHRISTMAS SHOWAlexander Historical Auctions
A Christmas show staged by Union prisoners at Richmond's notorious Libby Prison
An excessively rare printed broadside, a playbill for an 1863 C...
Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
935SECESSION CARDAlexander Historical Auctions
Scarce "secession card", 2" x 3 1/8", shows a Confederate First National flag with the legend: "SOUTHERN RIGHTS 'Don...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
936SECESSION CARDAlexander Historical Auctions
Scarce "secession card", 3 1/8" x 2", shows crossed Confederate First National flags and a serpent with the legend: "WE KNO...
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
937SEDDON REPORTS ON THE COURSE OF THE WARAlexander Historical Auctions
Confederate imprint, Report of the Secretary of War, Richmond, Apr. 28, 1864, 37pp. 8vo. This imprint, the text of Seddon's report to Jefferson ...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
938THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS VOWS TO CONTINUE THE WARAlexander Historical Auctions
Scarce imprint, C.S.A. Senate Bill No. 16, Richmond, Nov. 18, 1864, 4pp. 8vo. In this joint resolution, the Confederate Congress vows to continue its
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
940SLAVE IMPRESSMENT RECEIPTAlexander Historical Auctions
War-date printed document, 1p. 8vp., "Headquarters Army of the Confederate States, Department of the Guly", Mar. 22, 1864, an "Impres...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
9411865 CONFEDERATE ACCOUNT OF MAIL AT GRAVEL HILLAlexander Historical Auctions
Partly-printed D.S. 4pp. folio, Gravel Hill, 1854, a lengthy account of mail received at the post office at Gravel Hill, Virginia, from Feb. 14, 1865
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
942(FRANKLIN BUCHANAN)Alexander Historical Auctions
(1800-1874) Confederate Admiral and commander of the ironclad CSS Virginia, best remembered for his role in the Battle of Hampton Roads, during which
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00