Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

Revealing letter in which C.S.A. Brig. Gen. is accused of drinking before assuming command at Fort Sumter, submitted in the course of an investigation

A great naval poem, undoubtedly contemporary, 5pp. 8vo., written by 3rd Asst. Engineer, Montgomery P. Griffis and entitled: "Cruise of the U. S...

Group of 14 war-date 2nd Delaware Regiment documents, includes: "List of Camp & Garrison Equipage" 1p. oblong 4to., Near Petersburg, V...

A good archive of three war-date pieces related to Capt. Joseph R. Mitchell, Co. B, 98th Ohio Vols. (later major and lieutenant colonel), including a

An early war-date Confederate document, "A Requisition for Rations for the Brass Band of the 4th Regiment Geo. Volunteers for Eleven (11) men…&...

A fine Confederate imprint captured on the field by a Union opfficer, namely the Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States, (Richmond: J. W R

Scarce Confederate imprint, General Orders No. 13, Jan. 23, 1862, 2pp. 8vo., court martial proceedings against three soldiers, one of whom drew a gun

CHARLES MUDGE (d. 1863) Enlisted in the hard-fighting 2nd Mass. Infy. as a 1st Lieutenant on May 25, 1861. He rapidly rose through the ranks, finally

Lot of seven war-date letters, 16pp. total, 8vo., written by Pvt. Willard Pierce, Co. C, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, various locations in Va. and Md

"Shoes are laying in the woods with the feet in them as they were shot off..." Lot of six war-date letters written by Sgt. William Seed, ...

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