Winter Auction 2013

An excessively rare piece of Confederate headgear, the surgeon's kepi once belonging to Lt. James W. Claiborne of the 12th Virginia and one of o...

(1833 - 1864) Confederate major general of cavalry who circled McClellan's army twice, was late to the battle of Gettysburg, and in 1864 was mo...

(1816 - 1873) Confederate major general who served with distinction in the Valley Campaign of 1862. Johnson led Stonewall Jackson's old division...

(1821 - 1904) Confederate major general who commanded Lee's right wing at Antietam, and the left flank at Chickamauga. Longstreet has been accu...

An excessively rare U.S. Captain of Rifles frock coat, one of only a tiny handful known to be in public or private hands. This dark blue single breast

(1833 - 1916) Confederate officer, "The Grey Ghost" led his Partisan Rangers on numerous troublesome raids against Union forces and suppl...

Excessively rare broadside, 1p., 5 1/2" x 10 1/2"., Austin: [printer unknown], headed: "REPORT. COMMITTEE ROOM, January 31st, 1861&q...

(d. 1887) Confederate military officer, the commandant of the Confederate Marine Corps which was considered one of the best fighting units in the Civ

(1824-1881) Union major general who is known for the disastrous charges made at Fredericksburg in 1862, and the nicknaming of distinctive facial hair.

Surgeon and Medical Director of U.S.V. War-date manuscript D.S. 1p. 4to., Cumberland, Md., Feb. 1, 1865, on official letterhead. Titled "Specia...

(1798 - 1879) Union major general most remembered for his threat to shoot anyone hauling down the American flag, and his suppression of the bloody New

(1798 - 1879) Union major general most remembered for his threat to shoot anyone hauling down the American flag, and his suppression of the bloody New

(1829 - 1896) Union brigadier general who fought with distinction at Pilot Knob and in the subsequent Union retreat. War-date A.L.S. "Thomas E...

(1801 - 1870) Union rear admiral instrumental in the taking of New Orleans and the Union control of the Mississippi. It was at Mobile Bay where he exc

FRANCIS LIEBER (1800-1872) German-American jurist and political philosopher. Most widely known as the author of the Lieber Code during the American Ci

(1803-1888) Confederate Secretary of the Treasury. A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo., Flat Rock, Aug. 4, 1876, to "McGrady", defending a clergyman and disc...

(1813 - 1891) Union admiral who received the surrenders of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and was indispensable in the siege and subsequent Union vict

Virginia Adjutant General, early on signing orders in place of Robert E. Lee. Fine content pre-war A.L.S. as Adjutant General, 1p. 4to., , O

(1809 - 1877) Confederate admiral of the raider Alabama which battled and was eventually destroyed by the Union frigate Kearsarge off Cherbourg in 186

Fine association war-date I.S.P., a carte-de-visite by Chas. D. Fredericks, New York, showing the stout Lt. General in a seated pose with sword at the

(1831 - 1906) Union major general who led a corps at Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and defeated Hood at Franklin. A.L.S. on Dept. of the Potomac letter

(1820-1891) Union major general declared by the press to be "insane", he led his army in their March to the Sea, taking Atlanta, Savannah ...

(1831 - 1868) Union brevet brigadier general, served on the field and staff of the 1st Ohio and the 126th Ohio Vols. After serving in Kentucky with t

(1814 - 1869) Secretary of War in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet whose dismissal by Andrew Johnson led to impeachment hearings for the president. Fin...

(1827-1905) Union major general who saw action at Forts Henry and Donelson and was later criticized by Grant for his costly hesitancy at Shiloh. Wall

A lot of seven signatures executed on vintage album pages or cut individually, includes: JUDAH BENJAMIN, ROBERT TOOMBS, THOMAS BRAGG, ROBERT M. T. HUN

Manuscript L.S. 1p. legal folio, Cantamount, Mar. 15, 1877, a request for a furlough, endorsed on verso by; NELSON A. MILES, GEORGE RUGGLES (son of Ge

A excellent archive of material including 37 A.Ls.S and a diary written and kept by J. B. Coppenhaver of the 93rd Pennsylvania dating between Feb. 23,

A great group of three war-date A.L.S.s written to Emily A. Gates, Peoria, Illinois by her friends and family members. The first is a battle letter, b

A good group of eight (8) Union naval letters, totaling 15 pp. 8vo., written by Sailor Henry S. Gray, USS Cambridge of Bradley, Maine concerning his n

A good correspondence of four letters dating between March 11, 1862 and Jan 31, 1863 written by Junius Sprately of the 13th Virginia Cavalry to his si

Startling historic eyewitness accounts of likely the first meeting of Confederate guerillas William Quantrill and "Bloody" Bill Anderson, ...

Fine content war-date A.L.S. by attorney David A. Buehler 3pp. 8vo., Gettysburg, Pa., Oct. 21, 1863 to Surgeon Henry Janes of Camp Letterman concernin

War-date partly-printed D.S., 1p. 4to., [Gettysburg, Pa.], August 30, 1863, enumerating payment due to "The Gettysburg Gas Company", listi...

A rare Gettysburg related D.S. by Surgeon Henry Janes, as director of Camp Letterman, ., 1p. 4to., "Camp Letterman, Gettysburgh Pa., Oct. 7th, ...

A great war-date Gettysburg hospital-related letter, written by former 5th New York Chaplain Gordon Winslow (1821-1864) as military agent of the Sani

Group of three war-date Gettysburg hospital-related letters, totaling 6pp., concerning a lost pay voucher due Gettysburg contract surgeon James B. Car

ORRIS S. FERRY (1823-1875), A good Gettysburg related military order, 1p. 4to. issued and signed as Brigadier General "Head Quarters U. S. Forc...

A good war-date A.L.S. by Capt. James Harrison, 9th Alabama Cavalry, 1p. oblong 4to., "Military Prison, Johnson's Island, Ohio, Nov. 21, 18...

A good war-date A.L.S, by Pvt. George Bright, Co. I, 11th Illinois Vols., 4pp. 8vo., on "Onward to Victory" patriotic stationery Bird'...

A good war-date A.L.S. by Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman [wounded in the chest at Gettysburg July 1, 1863], Co. D, 17th Conn. Vols.,, 4pp. 4to., Tennalytown,

War-date A.L.S. by Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman (wounded in the chest at Gettysburg July 1, 1863), Co. D, 17th Conn. Vols., 5pp. 8vo., "Camp 17th Reg...

A nice war-date A.L.S., by Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman (wounded in the chest at Gettysburg July 1, 1863), Co. D, 17th Conn. Vols., 4pp. 8vo., "In th...

A nice war-date A.L.S. by Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman [wounded in the chest at Gettysburg July 1, 1863], Co. D, 17th Conn. Vols., 4pp. 4to., "Lacey...

A war-date A.L.S. by Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman (wounded in the chest at Gettysburg July 1, 1863), Co. D, 17th Conn. Vols., 4pp. 8vo., by, [n. p., n. d.,

Fine content war date A.L.S. "W.S.W." 3pp. 4to., Richmond, Va., March 29, 1865. Identified in pencil as William S. Wall, the correspondent...

A rare war-date A.L.S. by Pvt. William Seely, Co. B, 47th Illinois Vols., 4pp. 8vo., "Lagrange, Tenn., Dec. 10, 1863", in part: "…yo...

A nice war-date A.L.S., by Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman (wounded in the chest at Gettysburg July 1, 1863), Co. D, 17th Conn. Vols., 4pp. 8vo., "Camp ...

A fine war-date A.L.S. written by Pvt. Franklin S. Twichell, Co. B, 13th Conn. Vols., [POW Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. Died as POW Salisbury Pris

A good war-date Union artillery document packet with seven documents signed by ROBERT B. RICKETTS, Captain of the 1st Pennsylvania Artillery, total of

A great war-date A.L.S., by Pvt. James H. Gowdy [KIA Resaca, Ga., May 14, 64], Co. A, 2nd Ohio Vols., 4pp. 8vo., "Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 30, ...

A nice war-date A.L.S. written by Pvt. John Wollen, Co. B, 46th Penn. Vols., 3pp. 8vo., on finely illustrated patriotic stationery on a mounted office

A great war-date A.L.S. by Sgt. Sherman P. Cooley [WIA Drewry's Bluff, Va., May 12, 64 & Petersburg, June 18, 64], Co. F, 27th Mass. Vols., ...

JOHN NEILL (1819-1880) Surgeon-in-Charge of the Broad Street US General Hospital, Philadelphia, Gettysburg Hospital surgeon and founder of the College

A crass A.L.S. by a private in Company I, 6th New York Cavalry, 3pp. 8vo., written, on patriotic stationery "Washington, [D. C.], Oct. 17, [61]...

A good war-date A.L.S., written by Pvt. J. Henry Blakeman [wounded in the chest at Gettysburg July 1, 1863], Co. D, 17th Conn. Vols., 4pp. 4to., &qu...

Good content Union sailor's letter, 7pp. 8vo., "On the Old Ship Off Mobile Bay[USS Hartford]", June 9, 1864 in which Robin writres to ...

Good content war-date A.L.S., 4pp. 4to., Cincinnati, May 21, 1863 in which William Tomlinson writes his daughter of unrest in the area. In part: &qu...

A.L.S. "B M Trevett" 4pp. 8vo., Pine Bluff, Wis., Mar. 13, 1863, to his friend, in part, "….there is nothing of importance to talk a...

A great recruiting broadside, folio, Newburgh, N.Y., [n.d.], offering recruitment bounties for new enlistees in the 3rd New York: "'FALL IN...

A good war-date Union hospital newspaper, 4pp. large folio, entitled: "HOSPITAL REGISTER," published at the Satterlee Hospital, West Phila...

A good war-date printed Massachusetts soldier's bounty broadside, on finely illustrated "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" letterhead, 1p...

A great war-date Union regimental order book, large folio, leather bound, entitled in period ink: "Special Orders, Genl. Orders, Circulars, Mes...

(1818 - 1885) Union major general whose army was routed at Bull Run. and who was later reprimanded for his command of the III Corps at Cedar Mountain

Albumen photograph, 9 x 7 1/4, sepia, a excellent image by Alexander Gardner of the gatehouse taken only days after the battle in July 1863 (note the

A set of six photographs including three cartes-de-visite and three cabinet card photographs of JAMES M. YOUNG (1843 - 1913), Union solider and a reci

Scarce stereoview card: "All the Livestock Left on Mr. Gill's Plantation After the Battle of Gettysburgh", 7" x 3 1/4", from...

A superb carte-de-vsite by Charles Pierce, of Bath, Maine of a man, seated, with a prosthetic hook on one arm. Corners clipped, else very fine. A stro

A great ca. 1865 carte-de-visite depicting the Soldiers National Monument which is located in the National Cemetery, Gettysburg. It marks the spot whe

A nice Civil War era stereoviw showing the freshly laid graves of Confederate soldiers who lost their lives in the "Lost Cause". On yellow...

A good pair of Civil War era stereoviews showing the massive boulders and stone out cropping of Devils Den, Gettysburg. On one is the period inscripti

A nice war-date carte-de-visite of New York Congressman Alfred Ely (1815-1892) who was captured in 1861 during the rout of the Union army from the bat

A Civil War era stereoview showing the gate house at the entrance of Ever Green Cemetery, Gettysburg around which heavy fighting occurred on July 2, 1

JOHN S. MOSBY (1833 - 1916) Confederate officer, "The Grey Ghost" led his Partisan Rangers on numerous troublesome raids against Union fo...

Civil War era stereoview showing posed dead soldiers at Devils Den, Gettysburg. Photographer Tipton appears in the image's center inspecting the...

A great war-date carte-de-visite of the U. S. General Hospital at Mound City, Illinois. Depicted is an engraving of the three story brick building (or

Civil War-era American flag, 27 1/2" x 17 1/2", a fairly loosely-woven cotton with printed design, likely used for decorative or political...

Regulation Civil War infantry eagle drum, 16 1/2" diameter, 13" tall, all parts original and authentic including skins. Bottom skin shows ...

Extremely rare hand-forged slave collar, ca. 1840’s, approximately 14 3/4” in length and likely used on a child on a plantation. The collar is compose

Fine content manuscript D.S., 3pp. legal folio, Madison, Ky., Dec. 1, 1832, the last will and testament of slaveowner Martin Green. Green instructs th

Fascinating manuscript D.S. 50pp. legal folio attached with ribbon at top margin, Austin, Tex., Jan. 13, 1869 detailing a suit in which the executors

(1727/8 - 1804) Virginia planter and grandson of Robert "King" Carter of Corotoman. After a religious awakening in 1787, Carter rejected s...

One of the earliest known contracts documenting the sale of a slave in the Western Hemisphere, 2pp. legal folio, Arequipa (Peru), Apr. 24, 1550, only

Printed sheet music boldy entitled: "LITTLE EVA; Uncle Tom's Guardian Angel…Composed and Most Respectfully Dedicated to MRS. HARRIET BEECHE...

Interesting printed broadside 8 1/2" x 13" on blue sheet, Mohawk Parsonage, Mill Point, May 15, 1879 printed by the Missionary and Rural D...

A manuscript L.S. of Indian Agent WILLIAM P. WYMAN, 1p. 4to., Crow Agency, Montana Territory, Aug. 5, 1889, to A. M. Quivey, Esq. Wyman forwards paper

Partly-printed document, 1p. oblong 8vo., "Cherokee Nation" District, Sept. 1, 1893, in which: "Permission is hereby granted to D. W....

A trio of items related to the Crow Creek Agency, post Civil War. Includes: manuscript D.S. 4pp. legal folio, Sept. 16, 1865, a ledger sheet with a li

Hand-woven belt from the Chimu culture of northern coastal regions of Peru, a people that grew and flourished from 900-1400 AD. The cotton belt measur

Manuscript D.S. 1p. small folio parchment, New York, May, 1696, a deed in which Heyttie Clopper, widow of prominent New Amsterdam landowner Cornelius

SAMUEL WARD (1814 - 1884) "Uncle Sam". American politician and lobbyist for financiers seeking legislation in their favor, brother of Juli...

A small scale for gold manufactured by W. &. T. Avery of Birmingham, housed within a wooden. The scale appears to be intact with plates, cord an...

An interesting war-date A.L.S. of J. C. C. Hoskins, a Dartmouth engineer, who headed west to Leavenworth and Sioux City 1857. In 1863, he served as Co

A curious piece, a 34" bone walking stick with what appears to be an ivory knob at top, the ivory bearing several separating disks of an unknow...

A quirky piece of oenophilia, a recipe for wine penned ca. 1850 on a small blue sheet. The concoction calls for, in part: "...1 Bushel Currants...

Large brown glazed earthenware pitcher, 8" tall, 6" diameter at top, bears swastikas encircling top and bottom with two larger swastikas o...

A very rare partly-printed D.S. 1p. oblong folio (16" x 20"), Alcatraz Island, Jan. 15, 1883, a "Descriptive List and Account of Pay ...

Good lot of 12 childrens alphabet blocks from the late 180os, each about 5" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/4", hollow cardboard construction with qua...

Lot of five items from the Cleveland Fire Department, past and present, includes three chief's badges, one quite early ca. 1920, a ca. 1940 hat ...

An interesting pair of letters of George W. Smith of "Black and Tan Pit Games" in Washington, DC, on his firm's letterhead, Sept. 18, ...