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ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Joshua B. Howell1761 - Joshua B. Howell
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Union general who was mortally wounded at the end of a war as a result of a horse riding accident. War-dated manuscript DS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, Mar
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Andrew A. Humphreys1762 - Andrew A. Humphreys
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Union General (1810-1883) and Chief Engineer of the US Army. Humphreys became an aide to General George B. McClellan in 1861 and was promoted to briga
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Henry Hunt1763 - Henry Hunt
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War-dated ALS signed “Henry J. Hunt, Brig. Gen. Chief of Ary,” one lightly-lined page, both sides, 5 x 8.25, embossed Office of Chief of Artillery, Ar
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Henry Hunt1764 - Henry Hunt
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Chief of Artillery in the Army of the Potomac (1819–1889), he was considered a master of gunnery. War-dated ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 8, embossed
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Infantry and Rifle Tactics1765 - Infantry and Rifle Tactics
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Signed book: U.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise, and Maneuvers of the United States Infantry. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1862. H
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Rufus Ingalls1766 - Rufus Ingalls
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Union general (1818–1893). At the beginning of the Civil War, Ingalls was appointed Chief Quarter Master of the Army of the Potomac. In 1864, his inti
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Adelbert Ames1767 - Adelbert Ames
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Union general (1835–1933). Appointed colonel of the 20th Maine Infantry, he led his troops in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsv
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Andrew Johnson1768 - Andrew Johnson
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Original U. S. Senate pass to the impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson, 3.5 x 3, dated April 20, 1868, signed at the bottom by Sergeant-at-A
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Philip Kearny1769 - Philip Kearny
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In the Civil War Kearny distinguished himself during the Peninsula Campaign, rising to major general. In the build-up to that campaign, 2nd Lt. George
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Hugh Judson Kilpatrick1770 - Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
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American military officer (1836–1881), who, as a general in the Civil War, earned the sobriquet “Kill-Cavalry” for his gung-ho disregard for the lives
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Hugh Judson Kilpatrick1771 - Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
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Union general (1836–1881). He had the distinction of being the first Regular officer to be wounded in action during the Civil War, this coming in June
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Rufus King1772 - Rufus King
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Union general (1814–1876). He was appointed minister to the Papal States by President Lincoln, but resigned when Fort Sumter was bombarded, and was ap
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Stephen J. Lee1773 - Stephen J. Lee
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Union officer (1837–1872). Lee served in the 18th Connecticut Infantry and utilized his skills as a printer while stationed at Harper’s Ferry, working
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Stephen J. Lee1774 - Stephen J. Lee
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Three items: Special Orders, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, Headquarters 1st Division 1st Army Corps, Camp Stoneman, DC letterhead, May 31, 1865. Special Orde
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Stephen J. Lee1775 - Stephen J. Lee
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Three items pertaining to Lee’s military service: War-dated Special Orders, one lined page, 7.75 x 9.75, August 27, 1862. Order sent from Head Quarter
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Stephen J. Lee1776 - Stephen J. Lee
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War-dated manuscript report in an unknown hand, being a transcript of a letter from Lee sent on July 3, 1863, providing information on the Battle of W
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Stephen J. Lee1777 - Stephen J. Lee
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Four worn Confederate currency notes, all of which were carried by Stephen Lee during his time as a prisoner at both Andersonville and Libby Prisons.
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Stephen J. Lee1778 - Stephen J. Lee
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Pocket Hymn Book for the Army and Navy, 2.75 x 4.25, published by the American Tract Society, 96 pages. First free end page bears an ownership pencil
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Stephen J. Lee1779 - Stephen J. Lee
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Two attached letters signed “Stephen J. Lee” at the conclusion of each, four pages on two adjoining lined sheets, 7.75 x 9.75. LS, February 15, 1864,
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Stephen J. Lee1780 - Stephen J. Lee
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Six examples of printing done by Stephen Lee while at Harper’s Ferry. Collection consists of two 5 x 8 invitations to a “Concert and Social Assembly”
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Stephen J. Lee1781 - Stephen J. Lee
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Two items: rare partly-printed DS, one page, 8.25 x 4, May 24, 1852. A pay order for L. H. Goodrich for $200, signed at the conclusion by Lee; and a s
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Stephen J. Lee1782 - Stephen J. Lee
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Partly-printed DS, signed “F. Whittelsey,” one page, 7.5 x 7, October 1, 1868. Form letter issued to Lee by the Adjutant General’s Office of Connectic
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Stephen J. Lee1783 - Stephen J. Lee
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In a 19 page narrative regarding her experience at Harper’s Ferry, Mary Jane Lee, Lee’s Indian wife, also known as ‘Singing Bird,’ writes, in part: “I
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Stephen J. Lee1784 - Stephen J. Lee
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Partly-printed DS, signed “T J Pratt,” one page, 7.75 x 2.5, July 25, 1864. Guards and Pickett pass issued to Lee’s wife “to Sandy Hook & Baltim...
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Stephen J. Lee1785 - Stephen J. Lee
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Five pieces of Civil War patriotic images (one original and four printed), ranging in size from 5 x 3 to 8 x 5, each done by Lee while at Harper’s Fer
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Stephen J. Lee1786 - Stephen J. Lee
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Detailed and intriguing collection of 13 letters and legal documents relating to Mary Jane Lee’s problems in receiving her husband’s pension after his
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Stephen J. Lee1787 - Stephen J. Lee
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Embossed invitation for a Friday Evening, Feb. 17th, 1865, Compliments of the Staff of Maj. Gen’l. Crook at the ‘Revere House,’ 5 x 8, printed by Lee
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Stephen J. Lee1788 - Stephen J. Lee
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An ALS sent to Lee, from J. W. Randall, three lightly-lined pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, September 11, 1868. Randall writes to Lee about an u
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Stephen J. Lee1789 - Stephen J. Lee
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Two small booklets, The Little Deserter and The Babes in the Wood in Verse, printed in 1824 and 1828 respectively, both carried by Lee during the war.
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Stephen J. Lee1790 - Stephen J. Lee
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Partly-printed DS signed by Lee’s commanding officer, one page, 14.75 x 10, February 7, 1864. Lee’s appointment to Corporal “in Company ‘B’ of the 18t
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Stephen J. Lee1791 - Stephen J. Lee
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Antique brass four-barrel collapsing telescope, 1.25 x 13.25, used by Lee at Harper’s Ferry. In fine condition, with the expected wear from age.
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Stephen J. Lee1792 - Stephen J. Lee
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DS signed by commander John R. Craig, one lined page, 31 x 10.25, December 31, 1864. “Muster Roll of a Detachment of the 18th Regiment of Connecticut
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Stephen J. Lee1793 - Stephen J. Lee
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Lee’s original copy of the New York Herald, April 15, 1865, 17 x 23, cover page. Headline on the front page covers “Assassination of President Lincoln
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Stephen J. Lee1794 - Stephen J. Lee
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Lee’s original Windham County Transcript, May 11, 1865, four pages, 15.5 x 21.75. A few headlines on the front page read: “President Lincoln’s Favorit
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Francis Lieber1795 - Francis Lieber
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Author of The Lieber Code and The Code for the Government of Armies in the Field, the latter becoming the foundation from which wartime conduct amongs
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Lincoln’s Call to Arms1796 - Lincoln’s Call to Arms
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Classic wet plate, albumen 4 x 2.5 carte-de-visite photo. The village drums were beating, and the shrill call of the fife filled the midwestern air, a
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Thaddeus S. C. Lowe1797 - Thaddeus S. C. Lowe
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American balloonist (1832–1913) whose Union balloon corps tracked enemy movements, known as the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United
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Joseph K. F. Mansfield1798 - Joseph K. F. Mansfield
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Union general (1803–1862). On May 18, 1861, he was appointed Brigadier General in the regular army and assigned to the command of Washington and its
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John H. Martindale and John Fitz Porter1799 - John H. Martindale and John Fitz Porter
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Manuscript DS, signed “John H. Martindale, Brigadier General, Commanding,” and endorsed on the reverse, “Approved and earnestly recommended for immedi
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John H. Martindale1800 - John H. Martindale
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Union Army general (1815–1881) who later served as New York State attorney general. War-dated ALS signed “J. H. Martindale,” two lined pages on two ad
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Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War1801 - Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War
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Eight hardcover, gold imprinted volumes of Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, Norwood Press, published 1931 through 1935,
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John McArthur1802 - John McArthur
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Union general (1826–1906) regarded as one of the ablest Federal commanders in the Western Theater. Wet plate, albumen 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo. B
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George B. McClellan1803 - George B. McClellan
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ALS signed “Geo. B. McClellan,” one page, lightly-lined, 8.5 x 11, Office of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad Co., New York letterhead, Jun...
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George B. McClellan1804 - George B. McClellan
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ALS signed “Geo B. McClellan,” one page, 8.25 x 6.5, rare Grand Belt Copper Company letterhead, May 18, 1885. Letter to an associate. In full: “Will y
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George B. McClellan1805 - George B. McClellan
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Union general (1826–1885) removed from command by Lincoln for his failure to exert pressure on Lee’s army during the crucial Peninsula Campaign. He ra
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George B. McClellan1806 - George B. McClellan
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War-dated ALS signed “Geo. B. McClellan,” one page, 4.5 x 7, November 13, 1861. McClellan writes to a colonel, in part: “Your letter of the 25th has j
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George B. McClellan1807 - George B. McClellan
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Book: McClellan’s Own Story. NY: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1887. Hardcover with gold embossed lettering, 6.25 x 9.25, 678 pages. A printed signa...
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George B. McClellan1808 - George B. McClellan
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Signed book: Key to the Exercises in Ollendorff’s New Method of Learning To Read, Write, and Speak the German Language. NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1850.
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George B. McClellan’s Staff1809 - George B. McClellan’s Staff
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Desirable wet plate, albumen 4 x 2.25 carte-de-visite photo. 1862 Barnard & Gibson imprint on the front of the mount. Group of four Union office...
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George B. McClellan1810 - George B. McClellan
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Union general (1826–1885). Hailed at the beginning of the Civil War as the "Young Napoleon." He was defeated for the presidency in 1864 by...
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