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PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY AND CAVALRY SOLDIERS’ ARCHIVE FROM THE WALLACE FAMILY: SOLDIER LETTERS, ARMED TINTYPE, RARE BLAKESLEE CARTRIDGE BOX FOR THE SPENCER, ETC.

PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY AND CAVALRY SOLDIERS’ ARCHIVE FROM THE WALLACE FAMILY: SOLDIER LETTERS, ARMED TINTYPE, RARE BLAKESLEE CARTRIDGE BOX FOR THE SPENCER, ETC.

This grouping contains 25 camp letters from eight Pennsylvania soldiers, along with miscellaneous covers, and minor post-war pension correspondence: Benjamin Wallace, Co. “D”, 11th PA Cavalry… (2026-485). Learn More »

$7,500.00

UNION SOLDIER LETTER--BVT. MAJOR JOHN R. CRAIG, US VOLUNTEERS QUARTERMASTER DEPT.

UNION SOLDIER LETTER--BVT. MAJOR JOHN R. CRAIG, US VOLUNTEERS QUARTERMASTER DEPT.

Dated "Camp Stoneman /Washington, DC. /July 12, 1865. Addressed to "Bob". 4 pp. in ink on line paper, "5 x 8.  Exhibits fold-marks, else VG. John R. Craig was commissioned as Captain into the US… (2022-34). Learn More »

$65.00
Originally $95.00

RARE ALEXANDER GARDNER AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

RARE ALEXANDER GARDNER AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

Dated Washington, DC 15th April, 1878. Pre-printed letter-head: "The / Washington Beneficial Endowment Association / of the District of Columbia…". One page letter written in ink on lined paper… (337-181). Learn More »

$1,875.00
Originally $2,500.00

GENERAL ORDER NO 79—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF / RE: PRISONER CARTEL

GENERAL ORDER NO 79—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF / RE: PRISONER CARTEL

Dated “New Orleans, October 4, 1862.” One page, 5” x 8. Exhibits small smudge lower left corner. Text: In accordance with the terms of the cartel recently negotiated between Major General… (490-6638). Learn More »

$30.00

GENERAL ORDER NO. 45, McCALL’S 3RD PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE CORPS DIVISION

GENERAL ORDER NO. 45, McCALL’S 3RD PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE CORPS DIVISION

Dated “Headquarters 3rd Brig. McCalls Div / Camper near Cottell’s Station, April 19/63.”  2 pp. in ink on lined paper. Signed by  “H.J. riddle / Ast. Adjt Gen.” This general order was… (2021-1114). Learn More »

$125.00

WAR DEPARTMENT DOCUMENT SPECIAL ORDER SURGEON BENJAMIN ROHRER, 10TH REGT. PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES

WAR DEPARTMENT DOCUMENT SPECIAL ORDER SURGEON BENJAMIN ROHRER, 10TH REGT. PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES

Dated “War Department / Adjutant General’s Office/ Washington February 23 / 63.” One page in ink on unlined paper, 12.25” x 7.75. Exhibits fold-marks, scattered light foxing, Else VG. Text:… (2021-1113). Learn More »

$50.00

SPECIAL [MEDICAL] ORDERS NO. 30 - McCALL’S PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE DIVISION

SPECIAL [MEDICAL] ORDERS NO. 30 - McCALL’S PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE DIVISION

Dated “Headquarters McCall’s Division / Camp Pierpont, Feby. 5, 1862. Reverse signature: “B. Rohrer / Surgeon / 10th Infy PRVC”. One page in ink on unlined paper, 10” x 7.5.  Exhibits… (2021-1108). Learn More »

$175.00

McCALL’S DIVISION OF PRVC - MEDICAL DEPT - GENERAL ORDER NO. 1

McCALL’S DIVISION OF PRVC - MEDICAL DEPT - GENERAL ORDER NO. 1

Dated “Camp Pierpont / Oct. 10 1861.” Signed by “Anthony E. Stocker MD / Acting Brig. Surg. Of 3rd Brigade.”  One pp. in ink on lined paper. 7.75” x 9.75. Exhibits fold-marks, slightly… (2021-1102). Learn More »

$125.00
Originally $225.00

JULY 1864 ALS – CS GENERAL ISAAC R. TRIMBLE (WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG) TO CAPT. MCHENRY HOWARD – BOTH OF WHOM WERE BEING HELD AS PRISONERS OF WAR

JULY 1864 ALS – CS GENERAL ISAAC R. TRIMBLE (WOUNDED AT GETTYSBURG) TO CAPT. MCHENRY HOWARD – BOTH OF WHOM WERE BEING HELD AS PRISONERS OF WAR

This one page letter is a fine war dated missive, in ink on 7 ¾” x 9 ¼” lined paper. Dated “Johnson’s Island, July 14th 1864”; Johnson’s Island was a large prison where Confederate… (2025-3323). Learn More »

$2,250.00

RENOWNED NURSE, SALLIE MYERS, FRAMED LETTER TO “MR. RUSSELL” SIX WEEKS POST BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG - You need not thank me for what I have done as it was a privilege for me to do anything for our soldiers and their friends

RENOWNED NURSE, SALLIE MYERS, FRAMED LETTER TO “MR. RUSSELL” SIX WEEKS POST BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG - You need not thank me for what I have done as it was a privilege for me to do anything for our soldiers and their friends

Here we have a rarely seen letter written by one of the most well-known Gettysburg nurses in the battle’s history, Sallie Myers. She writes of her recollections giving some vivid details of what… (236-1202). Learn More »

$5,950.00

EXTRAORDINARY 123rd NY BATTLE LETTER – BREASTWORKS, NEAR ATLANTA – EX-GREG COCO COLLECTION

EXTRAORDINARY 123rd NY BATTLE LETTER – BREASTWORKS, NEAR ATLANTA – EX-GREG COCO COLLECTION

The venerable 123rd New York was one of those East meets West regiments that saw the elephant in both major theaters. Sergeant Rice Bull of Company D can certainly attest to that, having been wounded… (1300-93). Learn More »

$450.00
SOLD

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 »

$4,950.00
Originally $7,950.00

MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER NOTE

MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER NOTE

Dated “Headquarters of the Gulf / New Orleans, Aug. 18, 1862.” One page in ink, 5” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks. Else VG plus. Text: “The Louisiana State Bank will pay the coupons of the Union… (490-6605). Learn More »

$50.00

ALS, COLONEL ANDREW JACKSON BUTLER [BENJAMIN BUTLER’S OLDER BROTHER]

ALS, COLONEL ANDREW JACKSON BUTLER [BENJAMIN BUTLER’S OLDER BROTHER]

Dated Jan. 1863, New Orleans, Louisiana.  One page in ink, 5” x 8. Exhibits fold-marks. Paper is somewhat yellowed while remaining entirely legible. Text: “Dr. Sir...Your note of yesterday… (490-6612). Learn More »

$50.00

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, POST-WAR ALS

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, POST-WAR ALS

Dated “Washington, Feb. 4, 1876.” Addressed to Oaks A. Ames / North Easton, Mass.  2 pp., on unlined paper in ink, w/post-script in pencil on reverse. Exhibits fold-marks. Else… (490-6493). Learn More »

$95.00

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 »

$5,500.00

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 »

$8,500.00

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 »

$1,695.00

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 »

$95.00

UNION SOLDIER LETTER—1ST LIEUTENANT FRANK W. DAVIS, CO. “E”, 58TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, w/COVER

UNION SOLDIER LETTER—1ST LIEUTENANT FRANK W. DAVIS, CO. “E”, 58TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, w/COVER

Dated “Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division / 18th Army Corps Nov. 5th 1864. Postmarked “Old Point Comfort, VA /Addressed to  Sylvester P.S. Golier / Bradford / McKean County / Penn.” .  4… (1179-1707). Learn More »

$135.00

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