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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 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

Price: $22,500.00

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. Stephen’s first letter—on campaign stationer 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

Price: $1,500.00

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

Price: $300.00

Civil War letter from Union soldier besieging Petersburg, Virginia describing shelling by Confederate artillery

By “George”

Petersburg, VA: [1865]. Unbound. Civil War letter from Union soldier besieging Petersburg, Virginia describing shelling by Confederate artillery. By “George.” Near Petersburg, VA: [1865]In this three-page letter, datelined “in Camp near pettersburgs Va,” to a younger brother, George makes light of the discomfort of camp life and describes how he..... More

Price: $200.00

Postally used envelope promoting Civil War Artificial Leg Depots established by Dr. Douglas Bly in conjunction with the U.S. Government

Robert Bly

Chicago: circa 1865. Unbound. This postally used cover promotes Artificial Leg Depots operated by Dr. Robert Bly in conjunction with the U.S. Government. It includes an illustration of the Bly artificial leg. The envelope bears an undated circular Chicago postmark and is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp cancelled by... More

Price: $200.00

Civil War account book kept by a sutler traveling with the 94th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Morgan Bond

Various locations: Circa 1862-1865. Disbound. This 3.75” x 5.75” notebook contains 77 pages with about 540 entries. In nice shape although its string binding has perished. Entries are in faint pencil but legible; the cover title “Morgan Bond / Account Book Sutler 94th Il Reg,” has faded but can be... More

Price: $1,000.00

Collection of American Tract Society, Philadelphia Tract House Civil War patriotic envelopes (covers) used by a soldier in the 31st Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry

Mailed by

Published in Philadelphia; sent from vaious places: American Tract Society, 1862-1864. Unbound. 22 postally used envelopes, each with the same imprint on the reverse, “Tract House, 929 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.” Large vignettes with either a Bible verse or encouraging aphorism are printed in the front of each, and related smaller... More

Price: $3,000.00

Handbill advertising a “Freedom of Speech,” anti-Lincoln, pro-McClellan, campaign rally featuring a balloon ascension and speech by the exiled Ohio politician Clement Vallandigham

Unidentified

Unidentified: Unidentified, [1864]. Unbound. Unidentified place, publisher, and year, but probably somewhere in Ohio between June and August of 1864. The small broadside measures 6.5” x 9” and features a large image of a balloon ascension. The thin, fragile paper has been expertly backed with silk tissue. It is lightly... More

Price: $1,500.00

Two New York City checks reimbursing property owners for damages to their buildings

Signed by Mayor George Opdyke and others

New York City: 1863. Unbound. These checks measure approximately 8” x 3.75”. Both are printed in blue and have official red overprints reading, “Riot Damages.” Both were drawn on the County Treasury account at the Broadway Bank, one for $25 and one for $914. Both were signed by Opdyke with... More

Price: $1,000.00

Union soldier’s detailed Civil War letter describing combat during the Battle of Bloody Bridge outside of Charleston, South Carolina

Folly Island: 1864. Unbound. This four-page letter was sent by Private Atwell B. Leavenworth of the 57th New York Infantry to his father. It is dated “Folly Island July 13. 64”. The letter is in nice shape with splits beginning at the ends of its mailing folds. Transcript included. In... More

Price: $500.00

Union soldier’s Civil War letter on patriotic letter head informing his family in Illinois that he had been deployed to St. Joseph, Missouri where his unit would soon begin enforcing martial law

Sent by Erber Shelton

St. Louis and St. Joseph, Missouri: 1861. Unbound. This four-page letter from Private Erber Shelton of the 52nd Regiment of Illinois Volunteers to his family at home is dated “St. Loose Misoura / December the 13.” Its accompanying envelope bears a 3ct rose Washington stamp (Scott #65) that has been... More

Price: $300.00

Loan request sent to the preeminent retailer and one of the wealthiest men in the United States from a New York business man who had been ruined during the Civil War when the Confederacy seized his entire inventory in accordance with its Sequestration Act of 1861

J. W. Little to A. T. (Alexander Turney) Stewart

New York City: 1869. Unbound. In this three-page letter to Stewart, Little asks to borrow money to pay off a loan for equipment he purchased to re-establish his business after Confederate authorities in Mobile, Alabama seized his entire inventory. A stereoview of Stewart’s four-story, cast-iron, full-block retail “Palace” in New..... More

Price: $200.00

Loyalty and Religion. A Discourse for the Times

By Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot

St. Louis: George Knapp, 1861. Wraps. Complete with 12 pages including the cover. (See Sabin 2217.) In nice shape with some light marginal toning. William Greenleaf Eliot was born in Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard Divinity School in 1834, he moved to St. Louis where he founded the first Unitarian... More

Price: $200.00

Albumin photograph of the 50th New York Engineers Headquarters at Petersburg, Virginia taken by the famed Civil War photographer, Timothy O’Sullivan

Photograph by Timothy O’Sullivan

Petersburg, Virginia: 1864. Unbound. The unmounted photograph measures approximately 9” x 6.75”. It shows the elaborate tent headquarters constructed by the unit complete with evergreen lined outside walls and double-arched entrance topped with a large triple-turreted insignia of the U.S. Army Engineers. A tripod-mounted theodolite and the unit’s colors stand..... More

Price: $850.00

Small collection of letters pertaining to a Civil War naval officer who became a faculty member at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis

Theodor Cooper

Various locations: 1863-1867. Unbound. Four letters and one stereoview. The first two letters are from Cooper to his family, one of which cautions against allowing a younger brother to become prey to full-grown seamen by joining the navy. The third is a manuscript copy of an official letter (with secretarial... More

Price: $750.00

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