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GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN LETTER – CORPORAL ALFRED COBB, 15th VERMONT

GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN LETTER – CORPORAL ALFRED COBB, 15th VERMONT

Alfred Cobb hailed from Derby, Vermont, and enlisted on 9/18/1862 as a Private.  On 10/22/1862, he mustered into Company H of the 15th Vermont Volunteer Infantry.  He was promoted to Corporal on… (2023-529). Learn More »

$150.00
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UNION SOLDIER LETTER - PRIVATE ALBERT A. TRESCOTT, BATTERY “E”, 1ST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY

UNION SOLDIER LETTER - PRIVATE ALBERT A. TRESCOTT, BATTERY “E”, 1ST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY

Dated “Camp Winfield Scott / Before Yorktown, May 3rd, 1862, enroute to Yorktown, VA. Addressed to “Dear Friends” 4 pages in ink on unlined paper, 12.5” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks, chipping… (467-22). Learn More »

UNION SOLDIER LETTER / YORKTOWN 1862--FROM “THATCHER” TO SISTER ALICE

UNION SOLDIER LETTER / YORKTOWN 1862--FROM “THATCHER” TO SISTER ALICE

Dated, “June 11, 1862.” 2 pages in ink on lined paper, 5” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks. Ink lightly faded but entirely legible. Else VG. Text. “Sister alice….I got your letter a weak ago to day… (467-23). Learn More »

UNION SOLDIER LETTER - PRIVATE ALBERT A. TRESCOTT, BATTERY “E”, 1ST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY

UNION SOLDIER LETTER - PRIVATE ALBERT A. TRESCOTT, BATTERY “E”, 1ST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY

Dated “Camp Winfield Scott / Before Yorktown, May 3rd, 1862, enroute to Yorktown, VA. Addressed to “Dear Friends” 4 pages in ink on unlined paper, 12.5” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks, chipping… (467-25). Learn More »

VERY RARE CHANCELLORSVILLE BODY RETRIEVAL NOTE

VERY RARE CHANCELLORSVILLE BODY RETRIEVAL NOTE

Dated May 13th, 1863, this extraordinary document provides an account of the end of Lieutenant Charles D. Rossiter’s life. Colonel Robert F. Taylor wrote this note from the headquarters of the 33rd… (2023-537). Learn More »

$85.00
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UNION SOLDIER LETTER WITH COVER  - BUGLER A. N. MISSIMER [MESSEIMER, MESSIMER], CO. “B”, 8TH PA CAVALRY

UNION SOLDIER LETTER WITH COVER - BUGLER A. N. MISSIMER [MESSEIMER, MESSIMER], CO. “B”, 8TH PA CAVALRY

Dated, “Chickahominy Valley, Virginia, May 2, 1862.” Addressed to Miss Kate Missimer /Jersey Shore /Lycoming Co, Penna. 6 pages in ink, 5” x 8, on stationary w/attractive print of Washington… (467-24). Learn More »

119th PENNSYLVANIA LETTERS BETWEEN KIA OFFICER AND FAMILY – GETTYSBURG CONTENT!

119th PENNSYLVANIA LETTERS BETWEEN KIA OFFICER AND FAMILY – GETTYSBURG CONTENT!

Lieutenant Edward Coxe of the 119th Pennsylvania, Company D, wrote his sister on July 20th, 1863 from Lovettsville, Virginia – just over 2 weeks after the close of the Battle of Gettysburg.  Edward… (2023-1031). Learn More »

$250.00
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REMARKABLE HOSPITAL LETTER ON BEHALF OF WOUNDED 5th MAINE SOLDIER – US CHRISTIAN COMMISSION STATIONARY

REMARKABLE HOSPITAL LETTER ON BEHALF OF WOUNDED 5th MAINE SOLDIER – US CHRISTIAN COMMISSION STATIONARY

Private Joseph Leavitt enlisted at age 19 in Portland, Maine in June of 1861 and mustered into Company G of the 5th Maine Infantry.  And the end of his term, he re-enlisted in December of 1863.  In… (2023-472). Learn More »

207th PENNSYLVANIA LETTER – PETERSBURG CONTENT!

207th PENNSYLVANIA LETTER – PETERSBURG CONTENT!

Sergeant David W. Crider of the 20th PA, Company F, penned this letter on September 21st, 1864 while camped near Bermuda Hundred.  He writes to his cousin Eliza as a fresh recruit, mentioning being… (2023-1186). Learn More »

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
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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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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 »

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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 »

IDENTIFIED CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS’ GROUPING OF THE HEALEY/ HALEY FAMILY OF VERMONT: JOHN HALEY, 4th VERMONT, WIA SPOTTSYLVANIA AND CEDAR CREEK: LETTERS AND PHOTOS OF HIM AND BROTHER

IDENTIFIED CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS’ GROUPING OF THE HEALEY/ HALEY FAMILY OF VERMONT: JOHN HALEY, 4th VERMONT, WIA SPOTTSYLVANIA AND CEDAR CREEK: LETTERS AND PHOTOS OF HIM AND BROTHER

This grouping came from the Healy family of Vermont and relates to John Haley, Jr., (1843-1901,) who enlisted at Mt. Holly, VT, on August 7, 1862, and mustered into Co. C, 4th Vermont Infantry as a… (915-22). Learn More »

VERY RARE CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM CONFEDERATE SOLDIER TO GRIEVING MOTHER

VERY RARE CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM CONFEDERATE SOLDIER TO GRIEVING MOTHER

This letter originated from a camp in the field near Enterprise, Mississippi and was written on September 22, 1863.  In the letter, a soldier named W.P. Billingsley writes to Elizabeth Williams of… (2024-655). Learn More »

$300.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER,  POST-WAR ALS

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, POST-WAR ALS

Dated “Washington DC / April 11, 1877.”Addressed to “James Parton, Esq.” / Newberry, Mass.” One page, on lined paper in ink, 5” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks. Else fine, and featuring a brash… (490-6494). Learn More »

UNION SOLDIER LETTERS - 1ST LIEUT. FRANK W. DAVIS, CO. “E”, 58TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, W/COVERS

UNION SOLDIER LETTERS - 1ST LIEUT. FRANK W. DAVIS, CO. “E”, 58TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, W/COVERS

Two letters dated: (1) Philadelphia, PA / Sept. 16th 1864, (2) Camp in the Field / Bermuda Hundred, VA / Sept. 28, 1864. Both covers addressed to S. Bryon D’Golier, post-marked Philadelphia, PA,… (1179-1693). Learn More »

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UNION CAVALRY GENERAL WILLIAM WELLS’ FIELD BLOUSE: MEDAL OF HONOR FOR GETTYSBURG WHERE HE RODE IN THE LEAD OF FARNSWORTH’S CHARGE; BRIGADE COMMANDER UNDER CUSTER; BLOUSE ACTUALLY WORN IN ONE OF HIS PHOTOS

This coat is the epitome of a Civil War Union general’s field uniform, a blouse following the popular sack coat pattern of the period, looking somewhat like an enlisted man’s fatigue blouse and suitable for campaign wear, but with a double row of… (1179-281). Learn More »

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