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Soldier’s letter from a camp near Falmouth, Virginia thanking to sisters for their photographs,...

Soldier’s letter from a camp near Falmouth, Virginia thanking to sisters for their photographs, mentioning completion of picket duty, and reporting he has been sick since the Battle of Fredericksburg

Charles E. Bush

Falmouth, Virginia: 1863. Unbound. This three-page letter (no cover) was dated April 15, 1863 and contains messages to two different Woodard sisters: Fanney and Marietta. In nice shape. Transcript included. Bush was an atrocious speller and writes phonetically the best he could. In the letter he thanks each of the... More about Soldier’s letter from a camp near Falmouth, Virginia thanking to sisters for their photographs,...

Price: $100.00

Draft copy of a letter to the Union Army’s Office of the Provost Marshall in Williamsburg...

Draft copy of a letter to the Union Army’s Office of the Provost Marshall in Williamsburg reporting that a prominent citizen had been caught smuggling “Correspondence for the benefit of disloyal Persons”

Unsigned but likely from the Sergeant of the Provost Guard

Williamsburg, Virginia: 1864. Unbound. This three-page letter, dated 23 February 1864, is unsigned and contains a number of cross-throughs and revisions indicating it is, no doubt, a draft. In nice shape. Transcript included. In this letter, the author—probably the Sergeant of the Provost Guard—reports to his lieutenant that: “Mr. George..... More about Draft copy of a letter to the Union Army’s Office of the Provost Marshall in Williamsburg...

Price: $200.00

Three documents related to the Civil War Prize Money claims of John C. Hamlin, an Acting Master...

Three documents related to the Civil War Prize Money claims of John C. Hamlin, an Acting Master in the Union Navy, for capture of the blockade runners Adela, Andromeda, and Florida

Various authors

Washington, DC: 1865-1869. Unbound. This lot consists of one approved prize money claim and two letters regarding disallowed prize money claims. All three documents are in nice shape. The approved claim has some minor edgewear. Naval records identify John C. Hamlin as an Acting Master as a mate and then... More about Three documents related to the Civil War Prize Money claims of John C. Hamlin, an Acting Master...

Price: $750.00

Letter from a Lieutenant in the 27th Massachusetts Infantry while encamped at Washington, North...

Letter from a Lieutenant in the 27th Massachusetts Infantry while encamped at Washington, North Carolina, which includes an assessment of the 1st North Carolina Colored Volunteers

Lieutenant J. H. Judd

Washington, North Carolina: [1863]. Envelope or Cover. This three-page letter is datelined, “Washington N.C. Jan 24th”” 1863. Its envelope is postmarked “Washington / Jan 26 1863” and bears a “Due 3” handstamp. Both letter and cover are in nice shape. In this letter, Judd writes a friend in East Hampton..... More about Letter from a Lieutenant in the 27th Massachusetts Infantry while encamped at Washington, North...

Price: $450.00

Letter from a very angry soldier who had reached his limit dealing with a Lieutenant Colonel and...

Letter from a very angry soldier who had reached his limit dealing with a Lieutenant Colonel and other regimental officers that he described as a “villain” and his “Strange tyrannies,” while ominously suggesting that there “will be more officers shot than privates before this war is over.”

William Morrisey

Halls Hill, Virginia: 186? Envelope or Cover. Three-page letter with envelope. The letter is dated “Halls Hill Nov 29th”, and the envelope bears a circular Washington, DC postmark dated Nov 20, 186?. The envelope is endorsed (censored?) along the top edge in a different hand, “J. E. Newgan . M.C.”..... More about Letter from a very angry soldier who had reached his limit dealing with a Lieutenant Colonel and...

Price: $250.00

Magnus Song Sheet Booklet: Six Military and Patriotic Illustrated Songs. Elaborately Colored. ...

Magnus Song Sheet Booklet: Six Military and Patriotic Illustrated Songs. Elaborately Colored. In a novel form. Series No. 1

Charles Magnus

New York: Charles Magnus (Branch Office, Washington D.C, circa 1863. Unbound. Song sheet titles included in Magnus multi-color illustrated “Series No. 1.” song sheet booklets vary. This one contains: Taking Up Quarters, The Prisoner’s Hope (Tramp, Tramp, Tramp), While there’s Life there’s Hope, The Soldier’s Dream/The Soldier’s Team, Parody of..... More about Magnus Song Sheet Booklet: Six Military and Patriotic Illustrated Songs. Elaborately Colored. ...

Price: $750.00

One year of letters home written by soldier in a three-month volunteer unit that defended...

One year of letters home written by soldier in a three-month volunteer unit that defended Washington, DC at the beginning of the war before it reorganized into a three-year unit that fought a number of battles including Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg

John E. Gillespie

Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia: 1861-1862. Envelope or Cover. Ten letters sent by a private in the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, later the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment. They begin with the unit’s creation in June 1861 and continue through May 1862. During this time the unit first mustered at... More about One year of letters home written by soldier in a three-month volunteer unit that defended...

Price: $2,000.00

A letter from a Confederate soldier in the 1st Virginia Cavalry shortly after the First Battle...

A letter from a Confederate soldier in the 1st Virginia Cavalry shortly after the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) to his sister in Winchester, Virginia

Richard Davis Murphy

Camp Onward near Fairfax Court House, Virginia: 1861. Envelope or Cover. This 8-page, 4” x 6” letter was written shortly after the first major battle of the Civil War while the Confederate Army was camped on the outskirts of Washington in northern Virginia. The letter is dated “Aug,” and its..... More about A letter from a Confederate soldier in the 1st Virginia Cavalry shortly after the First Battle...

Price: $350.00

Patriotic cover with a color illustration of "Maj. Gen. Peck’s Headquarters at Suffolk, Va. 1....

Patriotic cover with a color illustration of "Maj. Gen. Peck’s Headquarters at Suffolk, Va. 1. And the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Camp (Col Spears.)”

Charles Magnus

New York: Chas. Magnus, circa 1862-1863. Envelope or Cover. This colorful unused Civil War patriotic cover is titled “Maj. Gen. Peck’s Headquarters at Suffolk, Va. 1. And the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Camp (Col Spears.) There are two illustrations on this envelope. The lower illustration shows Peck’s headquarters complex. The upper..... More about Patriotic cover with a color illustration of "Maj. Gen. Peck’s Headquarters at Suffolk,...

Price: $150.00

Bird’s eye views of Alexandria, Virginia on Union Civil War patriotic envelopes. Charles Magnus

Bird’s eye views of Alexandria, Virginia on Union Civil War patriotic envelopes.

Charles Magnus

New York: Chas. Magnus, circa 1862-1863. Envelope or Cover. Four unused illustrated patriotic covers published by Charles Magnus during the Civil War. Two of the illustrations are in color and two are in b/w. All of the envelopes are in nice shape; light soiling with some old mounting ghosts on..... More about Bird’s eye views of Alexandria, Virginia on Union Civil War patriotic envelopes

Price: $300.00

A stampless cover from an officer in the 57th Georgia Infantry Regiment posted at Vicksburg,...

A stampless cover from an officer in the 57th Georgia Infantry Regiment posted at Vicksburg, Mississippi as a parolee after he was wounded and captured during the Battle of Champion Hill (Baker’s Creek)

Lieutenant A. J. (Andrew Jackson) Miller

Vicksburg, Mississippi: Company K, 57th Georgia Regiment, Jun 25 [1863]. This stampless cover was mailed by Miller from Vicksburg to a friend back home in Georgia. He has annotated it along the left edge, “From A J Miller / Co. K 57th Ga Rgt”. It bears a 25mm double-circle Vicksburg... More about A stampless cover from an officer in the 57th Georgia Infantry Regiment posted at Vicksburg,...

Price: $200.00

A mysterious, tongue-in-cheek letter from an Alabama Cavalry Sergeant to an Alabama Infantry...

A mysterious, tongue-in-cheek letter from an Alabama Cavalry Sergeant to an Alabama Infantry Lieutenant written in the last weeks of the Civil War

Sgt. Robert Lanier to Lieut. Harris S. Waller

Fort Direction (Macon), Georgia to Greensboro, Alabama: March 25, 1865. Envelope or Cover. This three-page letter was sent by Lanier to Waller just one week before the fall of Richmond and two weeks before Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Its envelope is annotated on the front “Paid on the other side,”..... More about A mysterious, tongue-in-cheek letter from an Alabama Cavalry Sergeant to an Alabama Infantry...

Price: $500.00

Letter from an Indiana soldier stationed at Suffolk, Virginia commenting upon an attemp by...

Letter from an Indiana soldier stationed at Suffolk, Virginia commenting upon an attemp by Indiana Democrats to overthrough the state goverment.

W. Lewis

Suffolk, Virginia: May 31, 1863. Unbound. This four-page letter is written on patriotic stationery that features an illustration of the U. S. Capitol. In it, Lewis—a member of the 13th Indiana Regiment—reports that it has been quiet as “the enemy has retired beyond the black water a distance of 20..... More about Letter from an Indiana soldier stationed at Suffolk, Virginia commenting upon an attemp by...

Price: $600.00

A LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE 3RD ALABAMA HOSPITAL TO HIS COUSIN INFORMING HER OF HIS EFFORT TO...

A LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE 3RD ALABAMA HOSPITAL TO HIS COUSIN INFORMING HER OF HIS EFFORT TO SHIP HOME THE REMAINS OF HER HUSBAND

J. B. Henderson to “Sarah

Richmond, Virginia: February 12, 1862. Unbound. In this three-page letter, Henderson explains to his cousin that as she requested, he had disinterred her husband’s remains and another cousin, a Confederate Lieutenant, would be escorting them to her. A metallic Case would have cost 180 dollars, a zinc Case $150, but... More about A LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE 3RD ALABAMA HOSPITAL TO HIS COUSIN INFORMING HER OF HIS EFFORT TO...

Price: $150.00

Four-page letter from a sutler describing how he sold goods to soldiers at a large training camp....

Four-page letter from a sutler describing how he sold goods to soldiers at a large training camp

“Sam”

Camp Butler (Springfield, Illinois): 1864. Unbound. In this letter a sutler, named Sam, describes his method of selling wares to soldiers at one of the largest Union training camps during the Civil War.“I had a very good trade yesterday amounting to 70$ so I went to town this morning to... More about Four-page letter from a sutler describing how he sold goods to soldiers at a large training camp

Price: $200.00

The only known U.S. postal envelope mailed through the Confederate post office at Salem Virginia;...

The only known U.S. postal envelope mailed through the Confederate post office at Salem Virginia; it was used to carry a letter requesting support for the appointment of the Roanoke College President as a Chaplain in the Confederate Army

James McCauley

Salem, Virginia: May 24, 1861. Envelope or Cover. This letter was mailed using a U.S. 3-cent Nesbitt (Scott #U10) envelope on May 24, 1861, after Virginia had joined the Confederacy. As such it should have been rejected by the Confederate postal authorities. The letter is datelined, Salem May 24, 1861... More about The only known U.S. postal envelope mailed through the Confederate post office at Salem Virginia;...

Price: $750.00

Two Civil War albumin photographs of African-Americans at military camps in Virginia. One...

Two Civil War albumin photographs of African-Americans at military camps in Virginia

One attributed to Mathew Brady

Fort Burnham/Harrison, James River and White House Plantation, Virginia: Circa 1863-1865. Mat. Both photographs are approximately 3.5” square and are mounted on matching gray, heavy card mat stock suitable for framing. The photos are in nice shape with some minor creasing and edge-wear. One photograph, known as “The Ruins of..... More about Two Civil War albumin photographs of African-Americans at military camps in Virginia

Price: $900.00

Exceptionally scarce, poignant, and historically significant Civil War letter from a...

Exceptionally scarce, poignant, and historically significant Civil War letter from a well-educated African-American soldier who served in the U. S. Colored Troops informing family at home that he was ministering to a brother who was about to die from scurvy

William Trail to Barzil Trail

Corpus Christi, Texas to Knightstown, Indiana: 1865. Unbound. Exceptionally scarce, poignant, and historically significant Civil War letter from a well-educated African-American siblings who served in the U. S. Colored Troops informing family at home that he was ministering to a brother who was about to die from scurvy. William Trail... More about Exceptionally scarce, poignant, and historically significant Civil War letter from a...

Price: $22,500.00

Two letters from a Minnesota militiaman who fought against the Sioux follow their barbarous...

Two letters from a Minnesota militiaman who fought against the Sioux follow their barbarous attacks upon settlers and witnessed the hangings of the warriorswho had committed the worst atrocities

William Stephens

Camp Sibley (Henderson) and Fairmount, Minnesota: 1862 and 1863. Unbound. Stephens' first letter—on campaign stationery featuring John Fremont—was written from Camp Sible, Lower Sioux Agency. Its patriotic envelope-featuring the popular song, The Girl I Left Behind Me—was postmarked at Henderson, Minnesota on November 5, [1862]. The letter is in nice..... More about Two letters from a Minnesota militiaman who fought against the Sioux follow their barbarous...

Price: $1,500.00

Civil War soldier’s letter from an atrocious speller describing the layout of the massive...

Civil War soldier’s letter from an atrocious speller describing the layout of the massive complex of forts and camps in Norther Virginia where tens of thousands of Union soldiers lived in tent cities, some on top of Union graves from the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

Private Moses B Aldrich

Alexandria, Virginia: 1862. Unbound. This two-page letter is datelined “Near Alexander va Nov 13th 1862.” It is complete with an inch of toning along the top edge. Short .5” splits starting at the ends of one mailing fold. A transcript will be included. Aldrich was a member of the... More about Civil War soldier’s letter from an atrocious speller describing the layout of the massive...

Price: $300.00

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