RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Civil War

Contemporary manuscript copy of a Civil War–dated letter from P. G. T. Beauregard to Jefferson Davis, five pages on three sheets, 8 x 10, December 6,

ALS signed “J. L. Chamberlain,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, May 26, 1886. Letter to Charles O. Farrington of Brewer, Maine, in part: ...

Fantastic US Model 1850 staff and field officer's sword belonging to Brigadier-General Calvin E. Pratt of the 31st New York Infantry. This is an...

A short crown, 'McClellan style' kepi with tarred leather peak, dark blue worsted crown, Commonwealth of Massachusetts chinstrap buttons, an...

Desirable Civil War US M1840 non-commissioned officer's sword dated 1863, measuring 38? overall, with a 31 7/8? straight, single-edged blade wit...

Handsome US M1860 cavalry saber measuring 41 1/8? overall, with a 34 7/8? curved, single-edged blade having wide and narrow fullers. The blade has an

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, November 25, 1874. Letter as president of the American office of the Mississippi Valley Society, w

Civil War–dated ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page, 7.75 x 10, April 12, 1861. Letter written to J. F. Callan from Montgomery, Alabama, on the day t

Union general (1819–1893) who commanded a division at Gettysburg and has controversially been credited with the invention of baseball. ALS, one page,

Stunning pairing of ink signatures of the Union and Confederate commanders who squared off at the Battle of Fort Sumter, "Fort Sumter, S.C., Fe...