New York: Published by E. & H. T. Anthony . . . from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery, circa 1865. Very nice cdv of Admiral Farragut, standing with his hand resting on a book that has been laid upon a table. Both the photograph and the card mount... More about Admiral David G. Farragut Civil War CDV
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 about Union soldier’s detailed Civil War letter describing combat during the Battle of Bloody Bridge...
![Abraham's Daughter, or Raw Recruits [Sheet Music]. Dan Bryant](/pictures/thumb/007954.jpg?v=1465418748)
New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1861. First Edition. Sheet Music. Complete: 6 pages including the cover. Early Civil War music with a terrific cover showing five black misfit volunteers in various milita and zouave uniforms. Slightly trimmed and with nice corners and old tape binding so probably from an... More about Abraham's Daughter, or Raw Recruits [Sheet Music
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 about Loyalty and Religion. A Discourse for the Times
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 about Civil War letter from Union soldier besieging Petersburg, Virginia describing shelling by...
Unlisted. Unbound. Nice cdv of Confederate General Braxton Bragg. Identified in pencil on front of the card under the photograph. In the uniform of a US general officer. Bragg was a principal Confederate commander in the Western theater and later the military advisor to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. More about Confederate General Braxton Bragg - Carte de Visite
E. & H.T. Anthony. Unbound. Nice cdv of General Thomas Leonidas Crittenden. Crittenden was a border state general from Kentucky who remained loyal to the Union. Following the Battle of Shiloh, he was promoted to Major General and served as one of General Rosencran's principal lieutenants at Tullahoma and Chickamauga..... More about General Thomas Leonidas Crittenden - Carte De Visite
Boston: J. W. Black & Co. Carte De Visite. Photographer's mark on the reverse reads "Black / 163 Washington St. / Boston." Upper left corner is slightly trimmed. There is a narrow strip of light toning at the top of the reverse of the card. The Reverend Hall was one... More about Christopher Newman Hall - CDV
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
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. ...
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,...
New York: Wm A. Pond, 1865. Unbound. 6 pages including the cover. Light wear and toning; two small ghosts at top margin of cover. On April 15, 1865, after President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, his body was carried by an honor guard to the White House. There... More about Funeral March Dedicated to the Memory of Abraham Lincoln . . . Played at the Obsequies of the...
[Philadelphia]: T. M. Scroggy, 1855. _. Broadside. Songsheet lyrics for a popular minstrel song originally published as sheet music several years earlier. 6" x 8". African-American dialect.Light wear and marginal toning. Very faint vetical crease. Five stanzas recounting a slave's surreptitious trip to Charleston to visit a woman while his... More about I'm Off to Charleston
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 canceled by... More about Postally used envelope promoting Civil War Artificial Leg Depots established by Dr. Douglas Bly...
Greenwood, [Pennsylvania]: 23 June and 18 July 1863. Unbound. Two letters (one with 6-pages and one with 4-pages) measure approximately 4.5” x 6.5”. Their envelopes are postmarked at Brookeville, Maryland; one is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65), and the stamp is missing from the other. The letters... More about Two letters from a female Confederate sympathizer in Pennsylvania to her aunt in New York City
![Major Anderson's Grand March [Sheet Music]. Charles Grobe](/pictures/thumb/007104.jpg?v=1465418721)
Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1861. Unlisted. Sheet Music. Complete. 6 pages including cover. Cover features a large portrait of Major Robert Anderson, the Commander of Fort Sumter. Clean with only light wear. Once bound. Slight tobacco odor. An early Civil War patriotic march published shortly after the attack on Fort Sumter. More about Major Anderson's Grand March [Sheet Music
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... More about A letter from a soldier at the 3rd Alabama Hosptial to his cousin informing her of his effort to...
On board the Euterpe: January 5, 1865. 1865. Unbound. Lightly soiled with some doodling at the upper corner of the first page. In this letter, Goddard expresses heartfelt sorrow to “Eva” that he would not be able to take leave for a visit. The reason he explains as follows... More about A LOVE LETTER FROM A WHITE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE ALL-AFRICAN-AMERICAN 25TH CORPS AS IT SAILED...
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 about Loan request sent to the preeminent retailer and one of the wealthiest men in the United States...
Tallahassee: 1848. Unbound. This one-page folded letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It is dated “January the 16th, 1848.” The cover bears a green “Free” handstamp indicting no postage was required as it was addressed to a U.S. Senator. It is postmarked with a green circular Tallassee handstamp dated January..... More about RECOMMENDATION FOR A FLORIDA PHYSICIAN AND PLANTATION OWNER TO RECEIVE A FEDERAL COMMISSION AS A...
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;...
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...
Camp Vermont near Hunting Creek, Virginia: 5 December 1862. Unbound. Two-page letter with envelope. Envelope is franked with a three-cent stamp (Scott #65) canceled with a circular Washington, DC postmark. The letter and envelope are in nice shape; clean and legible. This charming letter, written to the wife of a.... More about Letter to the wife of a Union soldier wounded on picket duty while guarding approach to ...
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,...
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... More about Letter from a Lieutenant in the 27th Massachusetts Infantry while encamped at Washington, North...
