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SELECTION OF PATRIOTIC COVERS

SELECTION OF PATRIOTIC COVERS

Shown is a selection of five patriotic covers. All are in excellent condition with no tears or staining; see photos above. Below is a list with item codes, titles and prices, which are in the order as… (1179-). Learn More »

CHRIST CHURCH AND GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER

CHRIST CHURCH AND GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER

Edited by John S. Kendall, Reprinted from the Louisiana Historical quarterly, Vol 23, No. 4., October, 1940. In beige wraps, 19 pp., 10.5” x 7. Covers lightly fade round the margins. Else near… (490-6645). Learn More »

NEW ORLEANS UNDER GENERAL BUTLER

NEW ORLEANS UNDER GENERAL BUTLER

By Howard Palmer Johnson. Reprinted from the Louisiana Historical Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 2, April 1941. In beige wraps, 105pp, 10.5” x 7. Exhibits light chipping at the margins. Else VG. This… (490-6644). 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
ON HOLD

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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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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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

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 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 »

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

THE AFRICAN REPOSITORY (AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY) – JULY, 1859

THE AFRICAN REPOSITORY (AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY) – JULY, 1859

The African Repository was the official journal of the American Colonization Society. Henry Clay served as the Society’s president from 1836 to 1849, and its directors included former US Presidents… (337-280). Learn More »

$335.00
Originally $450.00

US NAVY RECEIPT – MEXICAN WAR

US NAVY RECEIPT – MEXICAN WAR

Measures 6.5” x 2.25. pre-printed “United States Navy Yard, New-York”. Received from Samuel P. Todd, Purser of the U. States Navy. Dated May 1, 1848, for $73.97.  Signed by George McGee.  … (1030-437). Learn More »

$29.50
Originally $35.00

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 »

SERVICE MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES M. THOMPSON, COMPANY "L", BAXTER'S ZOUAVES (72ND PENNSYLVANIA VOLS) - DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

SERVICE MEMORIAL FOR CHARLES M. THOMPSON, COMPANY "L", BAXTER'S ZOUAVES (72ND PENNSYLVANIA VOLS) - DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

Executed in pen and ink, the memorial measures 16 x 18", mounted on heavy card paper within a glassed, dark wooden period frame, measuring 25 x 25.5", with contemporary paper backing and hang-wire.… (457-44). Learn More »

$475.00
Originally $695.00

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 »

SELECTION OF SIGNATURES - US NAVAL OFFICERS; REDUCED PRICES

The following signatures are all on signature cards and are not clipped from documents. Each card is pasted to a sheet from an autograph album. The cards generally measure 3” x 1.75”. These… (215-). Learn More »

SELECTION OF SIGNATURES - UNION GENERALS; REDUCED PRICES

The following signatures are all on signature cards and are not clipped from documents. Each card is pasted to a sheet from an autograph album. The cards generally measure 3” x 1.75”. These… (215-). Learn More »

SELECTION OF SIGNATURES - UNION MAJOR GENERALS; REDUCED PRICES

The following signatures are all on signature cards and are not clipped from documents. Each card is pasted to a sheet from an autograph album. The cards generally measure 3” x 1.75”. These… (215-). Learn More »

SELECTION OF SIGNATURES - GOVERNORS; REDUCED PRICES

The following signatures are all on signature cards and are not clipped from documents. Each card is pasted to a sheet from an autograph album. The cards generally measure 3” x 1.75”. These… (215-). Learn More »


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RARE “SNELL” SWORD BAYONET – M1841 RIFLE, CIRCA 1855

Scarce “Snell” or “ring-style” sword bayonet for the Mississippi Rifle. When it became evident that riflemen needed a bayonet to put them on equal footing with regular musket-armed infantry in close combat, several methods of attaching long… (490-7260). Learn More »

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