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IDENTIFIED 1st NH VOLS 1861 PRESENTED BOOK OF PSALMS WITH CARVED CASE

IDENTIFIED 1st NH VOLS 1861 PRESENTED BOOK OF PSALMS WITH CARVED CASE

This Book of Psalms was published in 1860 by the American Bible Society and bears a very clear, old black ink presentation on the flyleaf: “James C. Dame Co. A 1st Regt. N.H.V. Concord NH 1861 with… (557-251). Learn More »

GETTYSBURG WHAT THEY DID HERE

GETTYSBURG WHAT THEY DID HERE

The standard historical guide book on Gettysburg with numerous maps and illustrations. By L. W. Minnigh. This is a 1954 “new edition”, “replenished with new maps, photographs of state… (205-175). Learn More »

$25.00
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MEMORIAL--GENERAL THOMAS G. STEVENSON—ID’D TO BREVET COLONEL  NATHANIEL WALES, 35TH MASSACHUSETTS, WIA ANTIETAM, 9/17/1862

MEMORIAL--GENERAL THOMAS G. STEVENSON—ID’D TO BREVET COLONEL NATHANIEL WALES, 35TH MASSACHUSETTS, WIA ANTIETAM, 9/17/1862

Published by the Memorial association, Boston, 1906. Owner inscription, front page, in ink: “Natl [?] Wales / 1st Sergeant, Co. “G”/ (Color Company)/ 24th Mass. Infantry / Major Commdg. / 35th… (825-58). Learn More »

$45.00
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U.S. INFANTRY TACTICS ID’D TO CAPTAIN FREDERICK A. ROSS, CO. “D”, 133rd INDIANA INFANTRY (LATER MAYOR OF TERRE HAUTE)

U.S. INFANTRY TACTICS ID’D TO CAPTAIN FREDERICK A. ROSS, CO. “D”, 133rd INDIANA INFANTRY (LATER MAYOR OF TERRE HAUTE)

Authorized by the War Department, 1861. Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863. Owner inscription, in front eps (in pencil): “Fred. A. Ross / Union Rifles 133rd Regt”. 450 pp., plates. In… (825-48). Learn More »

CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS., Vol. II, ID’D TO 2ND LIEUT. ANDREW A. BAXTER, CO. “F”, 4TH MICHIGAN INFANTRY

CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS., Vol. II, ID’D TO 2ND LIEUT. ANDREW A. BAXTER, CO. “F”, 4TH MICHIGAN INFANTRY

By Brigadier-Gen. Silas Casey. Published by D, Van Nostrand, New York, 1862. Owner inscription front eps, in ink: “A.A. Baxter / 1st Sergt / Co. “F”, 4th Michigan Rifles.” 279 pp., plates. In… (825-47). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED 3rd NEW CAVALRY 1863 REGULATIONS PASSED FROM CAPTAIN TO HIS FIRST LIEUTENANT

IDENTIFIED 3rd NEW CAVALRY 1863 REGULATIONS PASSED FROM CAPTAIN TO HIS FIRST LIEUTENANT

This is a good copy of the revised 1863 US Army Regulations with a great series of inscriptions. If you really want to understand the inner workings of the army in the Civil War these manuals are a… (2024-1853). Learn More »

BOOK -- U.S. CIVIL WAR STORE CARDS (TOKENS)

BOOK -- U.S. CIVIL WAR STORE CARDS (TOKENS)

U.S. Civil War Store Cards, by George and Melvin Fuld, second edition, 1975. This is the third and final book in a series by the Authors on Civil War tokens. It provides the listing of over 8,400… (236-1009). Learn More »

$50.00
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HISTORY OF THE 16th NEW HAMPSHIRE

HISTORY OF THE 16th NEW HAMPSHIRE

A very good copy, just small spotting on the front cover. Written by Regimental Adjutant L. T. Townsend, published in Washington by Townsend and H.L. Johnson in 1897, N.T. Elliott, printer and… (205-174). Learn More »

THE HOLY BIBLE,  OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS—ID’D TO SERGEANT MAJOR WARREN F. SHERMAN, 160th NEW YORK INFANTRY

THE HOLY BIBLE, OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS—ID’D TO SERGEANT MAJOR WARREN F. SHERMAN, 160th NEW YORK INFANTRY

Published by His Majesty’s Special Command. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1849.  Owner inscription on title page (in pencil) : “Segt. Maj. Warren F. Sherman / 160th New York Vol. / New Orleans… (825-49). Learn More »

BOOK -- BRITISH COPPER TOKENS, 1811-1820: INCLUDING THOSE OF IRELAND, THE ISLE OF MAN, AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

BOOK -- BRITISH COPPER TOKENS, 1811-1820: INCLUDING THOSE OF IRELAND, THE ISLE OF MAN, AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

Hardcover, condition is like new, 8.5” x 12”, 264 pages, illustrated, maps. The towns of issue are listed alphabetically and the descriptions of them were taken from contemporary directories and… (236-1011). Learn More »

BOOK – UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS

BOOK – UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS

In this book Howard Newcomb presents his revision of the 1883 work of Frank D. Andrews on copper cents from 1816-1857. Newcomb has also had the opportunity to correct the typographical errors in… (236-1010). Learn More »

1ST EDITION COPY OF “CONFEDERATE RIFLES & MUSKETS” BY MURPHY & MADAUS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DEAN S. THOMAS

1ST EDITION COPY OF “CONFEDERATE RIFLES & MUSKETS” BY MURPHY & MADAUS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DEAN S. THOMAS

Very fine condition copy of “CONFEDERATE RIFLES & MUSKETS: INFANTRY SMALL ARMS MANUFACTURED IN THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY 1861-1865” by John M. Murphy and Howard Michael Madaus published in… (2022-1304). Learn More »

REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONs, 1863. ID’D TO CAPT. SAMUEL J. PEALER, 209th and 74th PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS

REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONs, 1863. ID’D TO CAPT. SAMUEL J. PEALER, 209th and 74th PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS

Washington Printing Office, 1863. Owner signature, front & rear eps: “S.J. Pealer /Asbury / Capt. Com A of 74th PA Vols.” 594 pp., forms. In blue blind-stamped buckram w/gilt spine lettering… (1256-143). Learn More »

SCOTT’S INFANTRY TACTICS, VOLS. 1 & 2—ID’D TO MAJOR FRANCIS ASBURY DAVIES, U.S. ARMY 16TH INFANTRY

SCOTT’S INFANTRY TACTICS, VOLS. 1 & 2—ID’D TO MAJOR FRANCIS ASBURY DAVIES, U.S. ARMY 16TH INFANTRY

New Edition, Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1855. Owner inscription in both volumes, in front eps, in pencil: “Frank Davis / of Harrisburg / June 1856 / military academy / West Point… (1256-140). Learn More »

REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONS, 1861 IDENTIFIED TO CAPT. JESSE W. HURST, THE UNION COAST GUARD (99TH NEW YORK INFANTRY)

REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONS, 1861 IDENTIFIED TO CAPT. JESSE W. HURST, THE UNION COAST GUARD (99TH NEW YORK INFANTRY)

Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. Inscribed in ink, front eps: “Sept. 29, 1861 / Jesse W. Hursts/ Capt. E Co. 13 / Union Coast Guard.” 559 pp,, tbls, forms. In blue cloth buckram,… (825-55). Learn More »

ID’D COPY OF TWENTIETH REUNION OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND / SEPTEMBER 1889 – WILLIAM MAYBERRY, 15TH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY

ID’D COPY OF TWENTIETH REUNION OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND / SEPTEMBER 1889 – WILLIAM MAYBERRY, 15TH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY

ID’D TO Private William Mayberry, Co. “A”, 15th PA Cavalry.  Owner inscription, front ep—“W. W. Mayberry ____ S.C. /Oct. 1889 / Co C/ 15th PA Cavalry.” Published by Robert Clarke &… (825-57). Learn More »

$65.00
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EXCELLENT CONDITION IDENTIFIED SET OF CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS

EXCELLENT CONDITION IDENTIFIED SET OF CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS

This is the full three-volume set of Casey’s Infantry Tactics, published by Van Nostrand, in New York in 1862. They bear the book seller’s label of Philp and Solomon, Washington, DC, on the inside… (1256-142). Learn More »

$395.00
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EXCELLENT USED COPY OF GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD RELICS & SOUVENIRS

EXCELLENT USED COPY OF GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD RELICS & SOUVENIRS

Now out of print and originally published by Mike O’Donnell in 2009, this hardcover reference book is a collection of photographs and descriptions of Gettysburg relics gathered by Mr. O’Donnell… (2024-1686). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED VOL. 2 COOKE’S CAVALRY TACTICS, POSSIBLY LT. EZRA PECK, CO. D, 8th NY CAVALRY

IDENTIFIED VOL. 2 COOKE’S CAVALRY TACTICS, POSSIBLY LT. EZRA PECK, CO. D, 8th NY CAVALRY

This is an 1861 copy of “Cavalry Tactics or Regulations for the Instruction, Formations, and Movements, of the Cavalry of the Army and Volunteers of the United States” by Phillip St. George Cooke,… (1254-07). Learn More »

BENJAMIN CROWNINSHIELD’S COPY OF MCCLELLAN’S CAVALRY MANUAL

BENJAMIN CROWNINSHIELD’S COPY OF MCCLELLAN’S CAVALRY MANUAL

Crowninshield was an officer the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry and later wrote its regimental history. Member of a socially prominent Boston “brahmin” family and Harvard-educated, he enlisted in the… (1254-06). Learn More »


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PIECE OF WOOD FROM THE ROOM IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

“A piece of wood from the White House where President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and usd (sic) as a private office by the Presidents since Jefferson’s time. Presented to Genl. W. J. Palmer by his friend and Comrade Col. W.M.… (945-297). Learn More »

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