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UNION SOLDIER LETTER - SERGEANT WILLIAM H. BAKER, 100TH NEW YORK INFANTRY, WITH COVER ADDRESSED TO CAPT. ANDERSON GRIFFIN ERIE CO, NY

UNION SOLDIER LETTER - SERGEANT WILLIAM H. BAKER, 100TH NEW YORK INFANTRY, WITH COVER ADDRESSED TO CAPT. ANDERSON GRIFFIN ERIE CO, NY

Dated “Camp of the 100th Regt. Seven Miles from Richmond, Sunday afternoon, May 26th, 1862.” Addressed to “Capt. Deacon Griffin, Capt. of Griffins Mill Home Guards, Dear Friend.” 4pp. on… (467-21). Learn More »

$240.00
Originally $300.00

UNION SOLDIER LETTER - BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL CLARK SWETT EDWARDS

UNION SOLDIER LETTER - BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL CLARK SWETT EDWARDS

Written by Edwards while serving as  Captain  of Co. “I”, 5th Maine Infantry. Dated “Thursday May 8, 1862 ,Brickhill Point near West Point VA.” Four page fragment of a letter detailing 5th… (467-20). Learn More »

$360.00
Originally $450.00

UNION SOLDIER LETTER - 2ND LIEUT. CHARLES HENRY RICHARDSON, 26TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY

UNION SOLDIER LETTER - 2ND LIEUT. CHARLES HENRY RICHARDSON, 26TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY

Dated “Custom House, New Orleans / Dec. 15th, 1862.” Addressed to “Dear Mother.” 4 pp. In ink on lined paper, 5” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks. Else VG & entirely legible. A resident of… (490-6619). Learn More »

$150.00
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BENJAMIN BUTLER CIVIL WAR ERA CLIPPED SIGNATURE

BENJAMIN BUTLER CIVIL WAR ERA CLIPPED SIGNATURE

Undated, cut signature. On lined paper in ink, 3” x 1.75. Featuring a bright bold, flamboyant “Benj. F. Butler”  tucked between “Very Respectfully Your” above, and “Maj. Gen Comdg.”… (490-6525). Learn More »

PATRIOTIC BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK SONG SHEET

PATRIOTIC BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK SONG SHEET

The 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek was a brutal but remarkable affair.  US troops were surprised in their camps on October 19th, and were forced to abandon the field.  Remarkably, and with the… (2024-675). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE PATRIOTIC SHEET

CONFEDERATE PATRIOTIC SHEET

This small, undated, pro-Confederate sheet measures 4.65” x 3.1” and features a few rebellious motifs. Red text across the top unmistakably reads “TRUTH IS MIGHTY” and further down matches the… (2024-670). Learn More »

$45.00
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1862 UNION SHEET MUSIC PUBLISHED IN BALTIMORE TITLED “COMING AT LAST!”

1862 UNION SHEET MUSIC PUBLISHED IN BALTIMORE TITLED “COMING AT LAST!”

Very nice piece of wartime sheet music titled “COMING AT LAST! O YES SIR< THE REBELS ARE COMING AT LAST” written and composed by Earnest Halphin and published in Baltimore by Miller &… (998-445). Learn More »

$15.00
Originally $22.50
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PAMPHLET ON SPEECH OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE SENATOR - DECEMBER 19, 1860

PAMPHLET ON SPEECH OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE SENATOR - DECEMBER 19, 1860

This 16 page pamphlet is titled “REMARKS OF HON. BEDFORD BROWN OF CASWELL, MADE IN THE SENATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ON DEC. 19TH, 1860, ON THE RESOLUTION OF MR. HALL, OF NEW HANOVER, ON FEDERAL… (998-355). Learn More »

$55.00
Originally $75.00

NORTHAMPTON [MASS.] COURIER, FEBRUARY 10, 1836

NORTHAMPTON [MASS.] COURIER, FEBRUARY 10, 1836

Vol. VII—Whole Number 320. 4 pp., 20.75 x 15”, five columns. Exhibits slight horizontal fold-mark, and a slight patch of slight water staining at the lower left margin. Else near fine. This… (998-1817). Learn More »

$15.00
Originally $20.00

COMPANY REPORT BOOK FOR CO. “B” 13TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY

COMPANY REPORT BOOK FOR CO. “B” 13TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY

Leather bound “Company Morning Reports” book, measures 10.5” x 14.5”. Pages are pre-printed forms to be filled in by some poor clerk. These pages are completed in ink for Company B, 13th… (1268-324). Learn More »

$350.00
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1860 PRO-UNION CIVILIAN LETTER

1860 PRO-UNION CIVILIAN LETTER

This extensive letter captures the tumult of 1860 America in the words of a father to his son written on December 20, 1860.  Though much of the letter deals in personal business between family, the… (2023-1184). Learn More »

$150.00
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DECEMBER 1862 LETTER WRITTEN BY COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN TO HIS WIFE FANNY

DECEMBER 1862 LETTER WRITTEN BY COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN TO HIS WIFE FANNY

Here we have a letter written by a man who needs no introduction, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. This four-page letter is written on standard 8.5 inch by 11 inch unlined paper. In period ink,… (557-250B). Learn More »

JULY 1863 LETTER BY FAMED COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE 20TH MAINE

JULY 1863 LETTER BY FAMED COL. JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE 20TH MAINE

This letter comes from the hand of famed Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine and is written to his wife from his shelter tent in the Shenandoah Valley near Front Royal. Dated July… (557-250). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE SOLDIER LETTER—MAJOR SAMUEL S.J. MOORE, STONEWALL BRIGADE / WIA AT KERNSTOWN--SECOND MANASSAS--THE WILDERNESS

CONFEDERATE SOLDIER LETTER—MAJOR SAMUEL S.J. MOORE, STONEWALL BRIGADE / WIA AT KERNSTOWN--SECOND MANASSAS--THE WILDERNESS

Dated “Camp near Centerville November 1 1861.” Addressed to wife Ellen Scollay Moore. 3 pp. In ink on unlined paper, 12.75 x 7.75.”  Exhibits fold marks & slight smudging while remaining… (846-566). Learn More »

APPOMATTOX PAROLE - COLONEL JOHN R. TOWERS, CSA, 8TH GEORGIA INFANTRY

APPOMATTOX PAROLE - COLONEL JOHN R. TOWERS, CSA, 8TH GEORGIA INFANTRY

Standard pre-printed form, on lined paper. Dated April 10th, 1865. One page, exhibiting fold marks, and slight chipping along lower margin. Slight soiling of lower left corner. Missing .375”… (846-557). Learn More »

HOMEFRONT LETTER TO CONFEDERATE SOLDIER – PROOF OF LIFE AFTER BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG

HOMEFRONT LETTER TO CONFEDERATE SOLDIER – PROOF OF LIFE AFTER BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG

This letter was written by a Sallie Griffith on August 18, 1862 from Cascade, Virginia to her cousin, a Confederate soldier in Company H of the 15th Virginia named James Griffith. In it, she mentions… (2024-656). Learn More »

$95.00
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CONFEDERATE GENERAL ORDERS DOCUMENT – VOLUNTEERS AND CONSCRIPTS

CONFEDERATE GENERAL ORDERS DOCUMENT – VOLUNTEERS AND CONSCRIPTS

This interesting General Orders document is numbered 113 and outlines directives for volunteers prior to conscription. The order reads: “ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE Richmond, August… (2024-683). Learn More »

GENERAL ORDER  NO. 17—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / NEW ORLEANS NEWSPAPER CENSORSHIP

GENERAL ORDER NO. 17—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / NEW ORLEANS NEWSPAPER CENSORSHIP

Dated Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, May 2, 1862. One page document. 5” x 8. Fine condition. Text: “The proprietors of the New Orleans True Delta, having refused to print the Proclamation of… (490-6596). Learn More »

$25.00
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GENERAL ORDERS NO. 104—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF / COMMISSARY ISSUES TO CONTRABANDS

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 104—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF / COMMISSARY ISSUES TO CONTRABANDS

Dated “New Orleans, December 5, 1862. 2 pp, 5” x 8. Two chipped spots, left margin. Else VG. In the order General Butler is concerning with the wastage in the issue of food to contrabands… (490-6643). Learn More »

$45.00
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REGISTER OF THE OFFICERS AND CADETS OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, JUNE, 1830

REGISTER OF THE OFFICERS AND CADETS OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, JUNE, 1830

West Point, N.Y.: United States Military Academy Printing Office, 1830.  22 pp. Rare. Excellent condition, with a very few minor scattered spots of foxing. There is a very slight crease at the upper… (337-283). Learn More »

$265.00
Originally $350.00


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WOODWARD GETTYSBURG LAMP USING A CONFEDERATE 12-POUND SIDE-LOADING SPHERICAL CASE SHOT

Local gunsmith Edward Woodward turned his talents to the relic business not long after the battle, selling relics picked up here to veterans and visitors as early as 1865, and is particularly known for his engraved artillery rounds and his desk sets.… (490-6965). Learn More »

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