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1865 - Discharge Certificate for Robert Brown from the first black Union unit established in the Civil War, the Louisiana Native Guard Volunteers – Signed by Captain Hannibal Carter, an African-American who had formerly been a Confederate private in the first black Civil War unit, the 1st Louisiana Native Guard

“I certify . . . Robert Brown – a Private of Captain Hannibal Carter’s Company C of the Second Regiment of Louisiana Native Guard Volunteers . . . born in Maryland County, State of Virginia . . . is now entitled to discharge by reason of disability.”

Ship Island, Mississippi: 1865. This Union Army “Certificate to be Given to Union Volunteers at the Time of their Discharge” was issued for Robert Brown, an African-American private in the 2nd Louisiana Native Guards 8” c 10”. It was signed by Captain Hannibal Carter, his African-American company commander and given..... More

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1861 - Anti-secessionist screed sent from San Francisco by a colporteur, John “Johnnie” Wareen, enclosed in its original rare ‘internal’ Pony Express envelope

“Kill the rattlesnake. Keep his musical bones as a trophy, then throw him over the wall. It does one’s soul good . . . to see the Southerners transepted in this section where they have bullied over [us] so long with dirk and bludgeon”.

San Francisco: June 12, 1861. Envelope or Cover. California politics had long been dominated by pro-slavery Democrats until the presidential campaign of 1860 when their party split into two factions, one led by Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas and the other by Vice-President John C. Breckinridge. This schism allowed the..... More

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“Night and day I have been employed trying to secure the Land of the companies from being washed away and our mill from being destroyed.” Letter from the general who went to work for a Colorado mining company to support his family after being scapegoated and cashiered from the Army following the Union defeat at Second Bull Run

Major General Fitz-John Porter

Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter, dated June 14th 1864, was written by former Major General Fitz-John Porter to his wife. The original mailing envelope is franked with a 3-cent stamp (Scott #65) and bears a scarce Black Hawk Point, Colorado (Territory) postmark dated June 15, 1864. Both are in..... More

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“He raised his head to make an attempt to vomit . . . and his head dropped back on the pillow – life having ceased.” A letter from Charles Sumner’s closest “non-romantic” friend, describing the bedside details of his death.

Samuel Hooper

Washington, DC: 1874. Unbound. This two-page letter providing a first-hand account of the death Charles Sumner in 1874, was written by Samuel Hooper to their mutual friend and political ally, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. There is docketing on the reverse, presumably in Dana’s hand. As Hooper relates: “I drove..... More

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”THE FLEET ARE NEAR READY TO GIVE VICKSBURG A TRY.” A significant archive of letters and ephemera from a Civil War gunboat sailor who served on Commodore Porter's flagship and participated in the siege of Vicksburg and the Red River Campaign

Thomas Dennis Allen Briggs

Mississippi River, Yazoo River, and Red River: Frigate Sabine, Gunboat Eastport and Flagship Black Hawk, 1862-1865. Unbound. Ten letters (31 page of text) and two printed poems document a gunboat sailor’s Civil War service in the U.S. Mississippi Squadron. One letter is on squadron letterhead, and one of the poems..... More

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“THE IRON CLADS IN THE RIVER ARE ABOUT TO MAKE AN ATTACK ON US AND I SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE SHOULD BE UPON US SOME STILL DARK NIGHT. . .. WE DON’T MEAN TO RUN AND GIVE UP THE BLOCKADE.”

R.H.G. [Richard H. Green]

U. S. Steamer State of Georgia off the Carolina Coast. Unbound. Letter from the first African-American graduate of Yale who became the U.S. Navy's only African-American Ship’s Surgeon during the Civil War. R.H.G. [Richard H. Green]. U. S. Steamer State of Georgia: 1864. This six-page letter is datelined..... More

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