Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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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CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY AND EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES, 1862923CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY AND EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES, 1862
Alexander Historical Auctions
Civil War-date printed pamphlet titled: "Confiscation of Property and Emancipation of the Slaves of the Rebels Speech by Hon. Alfred Ely of New...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
ELMER ELLSWORTH'S MANUAL OF ARMS924ELMER ELLSWORTH'S MANUAL OF ARMS
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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
FREED SLAVE IS CONVICTED OF MURDER925FREED SLAVE IS CONVICTED OF MURDER
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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
GENERAL ORDER FROM OCCUPIED LITTLE ROCK926GENERAL ORDER FROM OCCUPIED LITTLE ROCK
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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
HARPER'S WEEKLY FROM 1862 WITH ANTI-CONFEDERATE CARTOONS927HARPER'S WEEKLY FROM 1862 WITH ANTI-CONFEDERATE CARTOONS
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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
HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK 22ND REGIMENT, N.G.928HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK 22ND REGIMENT, N.G.
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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
JEFFERSON DAVIS' "CONFESSION" BROADSIDE929JEFFERSON DAVIS' "CONFESSION" BROADSIDE
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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
JEFFERSON DAVIS' RESPONSE TO THE RESULTS OF THE "PEACE COMMISSION"930JEFFERSON DAVIS' RESPONSE TO THE RESULTS OF THE "PEACE COMMISSION"
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Rare Confederate imprint, Message of the President. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America., 4pp. 8vo.,
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS PARADE BROADSIDE931MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS PARADE BROADSIDE
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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
NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC932NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC
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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
OCCUPIED VICKSBURG "WALLPAPER" NEWSPAPER933OCCUPIED VICKSBURG "WALLPAPER" NEWSPAPER
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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
PRISONERS AT LIBBY PRISON HOLD A CHRISTMAS SHOW934PRISONERS AT LIBBY PRISON HOLD A CHRISTMAS SHOW
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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
SECESSION CARD935SECESSION CARD
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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
SECESSION CARD936SECESSION CARD
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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
SEDDON REPORTS ON THE COURSE OF THE WAR937SEDDON REPORTS ON THE COURSE OF THE WAR
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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
THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS VOWS TO CONTINUE THE WAR938THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS VOWS TO CONTINUE THE WAR
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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
WILLIAM L. YANCEY'S DEATH IS RECOGNIZED BY THE C.S.A. CONGRESS939WILLIAM L. YANCEY'S DEATH IS RECOGNIZED BY THE C.S.A. CONGRESS
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WILLIAM L. YANCEY (1814 - 1863) Confederate politician who, as Congressman, proposed a Southern confederacy as early as 1858. He also acted as Jeffers
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
SLAVE IMPRESSMENT RECEIPT940SLAVE IMPRESSMENT RECEIPT
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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
1865 CONFEDERATE ACCOUNT OF MAIL AT GRAVEL HILL9411865 CONFEDERATE ACCOUNT OF MAIL AT GRAVEL HILL
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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
(FRANKLIN BUCHANAN)942(FRANKLIN BUCHANAN)
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(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