Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

A most unusual Confederate document denying the requested exemption from Mexican War service requested by David Green of Richmond County, NC. The docu

Fine content war-date A.D. (unsigned), 2pp. legal folio, [near Appomattox], Apr. 15, 1865, in pencil, written six days after Lee's surrender and...

Confederate tract, 8pp. 8vo., South Carolina Tract Society, published by Evans & Cogswell, Charleston [n.d.], #103, An Appeal to Young Soldiers....

War-date Southern citizens contribution document appealing to their region's sense of patriotism to help clothe their soldiers, 1p. folio, [Buff...

A scarce war-date document from the P.O.W. camp located on Johnson's Island, Ohio, 1p. 5 1/2" x 13", Jan. 5, 1865, a Morning Report is...

"The Union...must and shall be preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure and blood..." Field-printed document, 1p. 8vo., "Camp n...

An intriguing exchange of letters between C.S.A. Gen. Nathan "Shanks" Evans and Loudoun County attorney and slave owner Matthew Harrison (...

A fine group of three war-date documents and a letter related to the resignation of Third Asst. Engineer Charles Sinclair of the USS Western World. Fi

A fine grouping of items owned by Sgt. Henry R. Kintz of the 200th Pennsylvania Vols.. Kintz mustered-in Aug. 29, 1864 and was mustered-out May 30, 18

Fine content war-date retained Union naval action report written by Acting Master Samuel B. Gregory, USS Western World, 2pp. folio, Mud River, [South

JOHN HUGHES (1797-1864) Irish-born Archbishop of New York serving between 1842 and 1864. Archive of five signed letters, 10pp. total, variously 8vo. o

(1830-1895) Civil War politician, soldier and adjutant general from Rockland, Maine; Chief of Artillery under Edward O. C. Ord, later raised a regimen

Lot of three telegrams and one receipt evidencing sales of goods by Philadelphia manufacturer George D. Parrish to the Federal government during the C

A most unusual Confederate bond, a Commonwealth of Virginia State Stock (in red) (Criswell #61A), July 14, 1860, incredibly made out to: "Mitch...

"The old cus he won't carry any more news to Dixy…" Excellent content A.L.S. by First Lt. Charles Morfoot, Co. C, 101st Ohio Infantry...

Fine content Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., Fort Totten, Jan. 26, 1863 in which Pvt. Levi Hines of the 1st Vt. Heavy Artillery describes en ...

Pretending to be a Dane, a "Louisiana Tiger" tries to bluff his captors and remain free in the North A rare war-date Confederate POW lett...

Good content A.L.S. of Pvt. Pleasant Ritchey, Co. F, 5th NC, 4pp., 8vo. July 5, 1863 from Virginia Hospital, Petersburg, VA. It reads in part: "...

A good antebellum Southern travel letter, 8pp. 4to., by a Mrs. Turner, "Sullivan's Island, next door to Fort Moultrie, Sept. 7, 1856" ...

"My wound is slight, a piece of my ear shot off…" War date A.L.S. of Pvt. Noah Deaton of the 26th North Carolina, 2pp. 8vo., "Washin...

War date A.L. of Pvt. Noah Deaton of the 26th North Carolina Infantry, 4pp. 12mo., "Magnolia Dauphin County, N.C." Jan. 25, 1863 in ink an...

"Our rank & file has greatly diminished…our little band has lost some of its best men…" A great Gettysburg Confederate officer's ...

"They find baskets necessary to carry the money required…" Fine content war date A.L.S. "W.S.W." 3pp. 4to., Richmond, Va., Marc...

"If we have chosen badly let us bear the penalty…" A superb content A.L.S., anonymously signed, "A Carolinian" 4pp. 8vo., "...

"Tyson was shot in the thigh and while the Dr. was dressing his wound he was shot in the head..." A.L.S. of Noah Deaton, a member of th...

"Go out slyly or secretly and report to me..." Superb-content A.L.S. by Lt. Col. G. A. Gowin of the 6th Tenn. Mounted Infantry, 1p. 4to.,...

"He was branded on the forehead with the letter D. He screamed, prayed, and reared around…" Incredible content A.L.S. of Pvt. Hiram Talbo...

War-date A.L.S. of J. Fraser Matthews, a soldier from South Carolina who fought with distinction at Fort Wagner and is noted in Charles Olmstead'...

ELLISON L. KEITT Confederate Captain of the 19th SC Batt'n Cavalry and the 20th SC Infantry. Fine content war-date A.L.S., 1p. legal folio, [Sou...

A good early war-date Confederate soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. Fred Treat, "Head Quarters 7th Regiment S. C., Camp Twiggs n...

Touching war-date Southern lady's letter, 2pp. 8vo., written by Hattie Gettinger, Richmond, June 10, 1864, in part: "… got one of yours pe...

"Soon the Enemy massed their troops and charging on our little band with desperate determination…" A good war-date Union officer’s letter...

War-date Union soldier's letter by Fred B. Beach, 20th Iowa Infantry, 2pp. 4to., Headquarters, 20th Iowa, Point Isabel, TX, Nov. 19, 1863, addre...

Union soldier's battle letter, 3pp. 8vo., by Pvt. James McIntyre, Co. K, 49th New York Vols., " near Yorktown, April 25, 1862", on pat...

The Indian wife of Prince Salm-Salm challenges Meagher to a race! Fascinating content A.L.S. "Ted" (likely an A.A.G. in the 2nd Corps), A...

War-date A.L.S. of Pvt. George P. Taylor, Co. D, 6th NY Heavy Artillery to his sister on fine lettersheet with an aerial view of Harpers Ferry, 4pp. 4

War-date latter of Pvt. James R. Hussey, Co. K, 1st Maine Cavalry (POW June 24, 1864, died a prisoner), 5pp. 8to., "Bermuda Hundred", June...

Good war-date Union naval letter by Acting Master Samuel B. Gregory, 1p. 4to., U.S.S. Western World, Wingaw (Winyah) Bay, SC, July 7, 1862, to Asst. P

"With the aid of a dark lantern we followed the wheel tracks… opened the door and found the goods" Fine content war-date retained Union n...

"We were the first to fire at her & the first shot struck her in the bow…" A great war-date Union sailor's letter, 6pp. 8vo., by ...

A.L.S. of John F. Thomas, 4pp. 4to., Camp Bruce "five miles from Bowling Green", Mar. 4, 1862, in pencil to his parents in Cincinnati, Ohi...

A good war-date Union soldier's letter, with its original stamped envelope endorsed by Lt. Charles Hand (POW 1862), 4pp. 8vo., written by Alfred...

Historically important war-date A.L.S. by Lt. Frank M. Metcalf, inventor of the cipher disk "Metcalf's Disk", 6pp. 8vo., City Point, J...

A.L.S. of "Asa", 1p. sm. 8vo., Clover Hill, Va., Apr. 9, 1865, in pencil on lined letterhead to his wife, in part: "...I am safe &...

Pair of war-date Union soldier's letters written by Pvt. Timothy O'Sullivan, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, to Astoria, Connecticut, 2pp. ...

A.L.S. of Union soldier John Thomas Louisville, Ky, Sept. 27, 1862, to his parents in Cincinnati, in pencil. He writes, in part: "...I suppose ...

Large mounted albumen photograph 12 1/2" x 10" titled on mount "Home of Washington, Mount Vernon, VA" showing a large group of U...

Scarce pro-Confederacy history, The Second Year of the War, by Edward A. Pollard. (Richmond: West & Johnston). 1863. 326pp. 8vo., sewn, without ...

A rare Union "General Orders" broadside printed on light blue stock, 1p. legal folio, Lewistown, Sept. 19, 1859, by command of Maj. Gen. W...

A good early war-date printed Confederate first and only presidential ballot issued by the state of Virginia, 12mo., reading: "For President, J...