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IDENTIFIED 12th NEW JERSEY SOLDIER’S RELIGIOUS TRACT

IDENTIFIED 12th NEW JERSEY SOLDIER’S RELIGIOUS TRACT

A pocket-size religious tract titled, “Our Heavenly Father or God a Refuge and Strength” by Rev. James Smith, printed by the American Tract Society of Boston. Very typical of the many religious… (37-446). Learn More »

GETTYSBURG SKELLY POST GAR MONUMENT DEDICATION BOOK

GETTYSBURG SKELLY POST GAR MONUMENT DEDICATION BOOK

A very good condition, cloth bound copy of a 27-page book covering the dedication of the Skelly Post G.A.R. monument, including the dedicatory address of local newspaper editor and U.S. Congressman… (2025-1897). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S PRAYER BOOK

CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S PRAYER BOOK

These small prayer books were printed and handed out to new soldiers by various religious and charitable groups and are typical of the items found in a soldier’s personal effects. This one has the… (1273-11). Learn More »

$75.00
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IDENTIFIED 30th INDIANA OFFICER’S POCKET DICTIONARY: ACTIVE SERVICE 1861-1865

IDENTIFIED 30th INDIANA OFFICER’S POCKET DICTIONARY: ACTIVE SERVICE 1861-1865

An abridged Webster’s pocket dictionary bearing an 1863 New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati publication date. Embossed leather covers partially detached and showing wear. Title page is there,… (490-7374). Learn More »

VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL HISTORY SERIES COPY OF 18THTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY HISTORY

VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL HISTORY SERIES COPY OF 18THTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY HISTORY

Gray hardcover with “18TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY” embossed in gold on the cover with the Virginia State Seal below it. Title also in gold on the spine. Printed by H. E. Howard and written by James I… (1268-1059). Learn More »

BOOK, “SIMEON GREEN; OR, THE MAN THAT KILLED HIS NEIGHBORS”

BOOK, “SIMEON GREEN; OR, THE MAN THAT KILLED HIS NEIGHBORS”

Title is approximately 4” x 6”, 52 pages. Brown cloth covers with impressed design. Gold foil title on spine. Published by the American Sunday-School Union, 1853. A nice copy with complete text. A… (2024-571). Learn More »

$39.50
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NICE COPY OF UNIFORM BUTTONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1865

NICE COPY OF UNIFORM BUTTONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1865

By Warren K. Tice. Published by Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA, 1997.  520 pp., ills. White glazed color-illustrated cover, 11.25 x 8.75”, with black spine lettering. Fine condition. An… (2025-1487). Learn More »

HARD TO GET COPY OF “JOHN BACHELDER’S HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

HARD TO GET COPY OF “JOHN BACHELDER’S HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

Volume has dark blue hardcovers with the title in gold on the spine and front cover. Exterior is very clean and bright. White dustjacket with red lettering is also present and in good condition with… (2025-1278). Learn More »

$225.00
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OUT OF PRINT BOOK – “GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD RELIC & SOUVENIRS”

OUT OF PRINT BOOK – “GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD RELIC & SOUVENIRS”

Published in 2009 by Mike O’Donnell; now out of print. This book provides pictures and descriptions of relics found on the Battlefield of Gettysburg and surrounding area through the ages. This is… (2025-1276). Learn More »

WAR TALKS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS COMPILED BY GEORGE S. BERNARD

WAR TALKS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS COMPILED BY GEORGE S. BERNARD

The subtitle of this book is: “Addresses delivered before the A.P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans of Petersburg, Virginia with addenda giving statements of participants, eye witnesses, and others… (1180-231). Learn More »

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA MEMORIAL VOLUME BY J. WILLIAM JONES

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA MEMORIAL VOLUME BY J. WILLIAM JONES

This volume contains a compilation of memorial addresses made at the first nine annual reunions of ANV Confederate veterans from 1870 to 1879. All of the papers presented related to battles and… (1180-230). Learn More »

$15.00
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RARE BOOK – JOHN WILKES BOOTH, HIMSELF

RARE BOOK – JOHN WILKES BOOTH, HIMSELF

By Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman. 1979. Very rare, limited-edition book. Hand signed and numbered by the authors. This book is number 990 of 1000. Hard, cloth covers with the dust… (2025-1282). Learn More »

RARE 33rd DIVISION WWI SOUVENIR PHOTO BOOK - “ACROSS NO MAN’S LAND”, 1919

RARE 33rd DIVISION WWI SOUVENIR PHOTO BOOK - “ACROSS NO MAN’S LAND”, 1919

This uncommonly found book was printed in limited numbers in 1919 and offered to veterans of the Division as part of a singular first edition by BARNETT W. HARRIS AND VIRGIL C. NICKERSON.  It… (1288-03). Learn More »

BOOK – “ORDERLY BOOK KEPT BY JEREMIAH FOGG ADJUTANT SECOND NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT SIEGE OF BOSTON 1775-76”

BOOK – “ORDERLY BOOK KEPT BY JEREMIAH FOGG ADJUTANT SECOND NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT SIEGE OF BOSTON 1775-76”

This scarce antiquarian book is a 1903 facsimile reprint of the original. Fogg was adjutant to Colonel Enoch Poor’s 2nd New Hampshire Regiment. Camped on Winter Hill during the Siege of Boston, from… (236-1128). Learn More »

FIVE VOLUME SET OF NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTS (1861-1865) EDITED BY WALTER CLARK

FIVE VOLUME SET OF NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTS (1861-1865) EDITED BY WALTER CLARK

“This work fully merits Douglas S. Freeman’s classification as one of the most indispensable works for the Army of Northern Virginia” is the commentary of the editors of Civil War Books (1967).… (1180-250). Learn More »

LIBERTY HALL VOLUNTEERS BY W. G. BEAN

LIBERTY HALL VOLUNTEERS BY W. G. BEAN

This is a Civil War Centennial standard, first printed in 1964, and written by a Washington & Lee College history professor. It tells the story of the men of Company I of the 4th Viriginia… (1180-224). Learn More »

ORIGINAL “PENNSYLVANIA AT ANTIETAM” – ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL COMMISSION OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1906

ORIGINAL “PENNSYLVANIA AT ANTIETAM” – ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL COMMISSION OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1906

First Edition, First Printing of this iconic post-Civil War series devoted to the contributions of the numerous Pennsylvania units that fought at Antietam.  Included within are descriptions of 13… (1180-269). Learn More »

$85.00
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VERY RARE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES AT ANTIETAM BOOK – STATE PUBLISHED, 1908

VERY RARE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES AT ANTIETAM BOOK – STATE PUBLISHED, 1908

This book is a classic and rare volume of the well-known state publication series about Pennsylvania units in Civil War battles and their legacies of monuments and memorial events. Published in 1908… (1180-270). Learn More »

$95.00
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FIRST EDITION COPY – DIARY OF WYMAN S. WHITE, 2nd US SHARPSHOOTERS (BERDAN’S)

FIRST EDITION COPY – DIARY OF WYMAN S. WHITE, 2nd US SHARPSHOOTERS (BERDAN’S)

This 1991 copy of the very scarce Civil War Diary of Wyman S. White comes to us in a fine condition. It is in a protective sleeve, binding is solid and square, and all pages are tight. This is 1 of… (1180-258). Learn More »

$195.00
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RE-COVERED ORIGINAL 1909 EDITION OF THE HISTORY OF THE 40TH NEW YORK INFANTRY

RE-COVERED ORIGINAL 1909 EDITION OF THE HISTORY OF THE 40TH NEW YORK INFANTRY

Truly a hard-fought regiment, this book is complimented in Nevin’s Civil War Books as a “superior unit history, based on wartime letters and diaries. Highly useful for personal insights,” their… (1180-144). Learn More »

$150.00
Originally $175.00
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IDENTIFIED CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN’S FROCK COAT OF CAPTAIN PHARES WALDO SHEARER, 45th MISSISSIPPI, WITH 28-PAGE REMINSCENCES AND VETERAN’S BADGE- HE EXCHANGED SALUTES WITH THE WOUNDED JOHN BELL HOOD AT CHICKAMAUGA

This coat came directly out of the family along with a reunion badge and type-written copy of the officer’s 1906 reminiscences. The coat was formerly in the collection of Steve Mullinax, is accompanied by a file containing details of its… (1179-179). Learn More »

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