RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Civil War–dated ALS in pencil, signed “Lollie E. Boardman,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7.75, Wheatland, July 4, 1863. Letter to Rev. G

Confederate general who gained early fame as commander of the ‘Light Division’ under Stonewall Jackson and was killed during the Third Battle of Peter

The most famous cartographer of the Civil War (1828–1899) whose detailed maps of the Shenandoah Valley are often credited as principal factors in Ston

ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 8, Headquarters Department of the Columbia letterhead, August 29, 1874. Letter to General Beatty and Ca

War-dated ALS signed “Rene,” one page, 7 x 10.25, United States Marines letterhead, Parris Island, South Carolina, June 26, 1943. Letter to his future

Partly-printed vellum DS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 14.25 x 9.5, September 1, 1789. Untranslated official military commission for the Fr

Civil War–dated ADS, signed “R. E. Lee, Genl,” one page, 7.25 x 3.5, May 22, 1862. Document issued from “Hd Qrts Richmond,” instructing that a gentlem

Unsigned 2.5 x 3.25 albumen photo of Robert E. Lee, his son Custis Lee, and Colonel Walter Taylor outside his home in Richmond, Virginia. Mounted on m

Choice partly-printed DS, signed “R. E. Lee” and “J. B. Hood, Pres,” one page, 6.25 x 4.25, no date. An unissued subscription certificate for the bene

Qing Empire general (1823–1901) who quelled several major rebellions and served as the premier viceroy of Zhili and the minister of Belyang from 1871