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[Civil War].
Eastern Argus. Portlamd ME Saturday October 25 1862. Vol. LIX No. 43. :
<p>Folio newsprint eight columns 4 pp. Folds some staining a couple of dark stains chips and tears in margins a tear or two goes into print but no losss of text some soiling and aging overall fair to good. Contains some coverage of the Civil War including The Battle of Chambersburg PA in October 1862.</p> John M. Adams & Co.
书商的参考编号 : 106861
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[Civil War]
EXECUTIVE OFFICE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
New York: J. Brill 1865. 2-3/8" x 3-7/8" illustration of a despairing Jefferson Davis now a prisoner in handcuffs standing in the middle of his small cell. Mrs. Davis's dress and crinoline in which he was allegedly captured hangs on a wall in his prison cell. A stool and a pitcher are by his bed. A chain for shackling is on another wall. The verso is blank. Very Good with light wear.<br /> Not located on OCLC as of January 2023. J. Brill unknown
书商的参考编号 : 39061
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[Civil War] Sprague, William C
Famous Battles of the 19th Century 1961-1871.
<p>A Near Fine copy in a Good dust jacket that is separated along the rear fold but complete. Some of the battles included here are: The First Battle of Bull Run Shiloh Morgan's Raid Sherman's March to the Sea The Downfall of the Empire of Sudan and others. In 1848 William Sprague joined the Providence Rhode Island Marine Artillery Company as a private and eventually worked his way up to colonel. In 1860 he won the gubernatorial race which he held with the outbreak of the Civil War. Sprague was known as the "War Governor" because he personally led his troops to the front as soon as Lincoln asked for volunteers. He was in the battle of Bull Run on July 21 1861 when his horse was shot out from under him. He was given a commission as a Brigadier General but was unable to continue his military service without giving up his governorship.</p> A. Wessells Co, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 29023
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[Civil War] [Union] R M Dun.
February 2 1863 Civil War Soldier Letter written from Birney's Div. Hospital near Falmouth VA
Falmouth VA: n.p. 1862. Letter. Good. Letter. 4 pages of content. Paper is folded and creased and measures 8" x 10". All available space used for writing a lengthy letter to the soldiers mother. Letter written in pencil and pen. Soldier identifies himself with a very small signature located in the bottom left corner of the first page which appears to be R M Dun. Last name spelling is difficult to decipher. Mother is not identified. No envelope. <br /> <br /> Contents of the letter mostly concern the Soldier's health and the medical treatment he has received. He tells his mother not to worry but gives details on his condition which includes severe diarrhea and rheumatism. The soldier served under David B. Birney who became a Brigadier General later in February. n.p. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 35353
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[Civil War Song Sheet] Johnson, Robert
Flash every Sabre bright
New York: Charles Magnus 1864. Single leaf approximately 5" x 8. Near fine condition with a small chip to top right corner. Hand-colored lithograph headpiece. Patriotic Union Civil War song sheet with three verses beginning: <br /> <br /> "Draw comrades draw the bright sabre again<br /> Let the crack of rifle for ever be heard."<br /> <br /> The hand-colored headpiece is a view of the City of Richmond from across the James River with the Confederate Capitol prominently in the center Magnus 61 per Wolf. <br /> <br /> Charles Magnus was a German immigrant printing entrepreneur who produced city views as well as views of camps and hospitals during the Civil War. He is well known for his postal covers and song sheets as well. <br /> <br /> Ref. WOLF 656. Charles Magnus unknown
书商的参考编号 : 1367
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[Civil War] [Union] [26th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers]
Folio manuscript. 1861-1864 Roster of Commissioned & Non Commissioned Officers of the 26th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers
n.p.: n/a 1864. Ledger. Fair. Folio. Manuscript. Approx. 16" x 10.25". 192 hand numbered pages. Orangish marbled paper covered boards with leather corners and spine. A paper label with the hand written title is pasted down center on the front cover. Damp stains to the title label. Blue front and rear end sheets. Pages 106-192 blank. Dried water stains persist from the rear end sheets and back pages gradually diminishing by page 160. The rear cover is slightly warped. Front joint is split upper edge. <br /> <br /> The majority of the first 105 pages contain hand written names with rank date of commission discharge cause of vacancy for the Field Staff non commissioned staff; Captains First Lieutenants Second Lieutenants and non commissioned officers of Companies A-K. Page 6 has the written name at the top of Colonel Edward F. Jones first commander of the 26th Regiment. He was Commissioned August 1861 and discharged July 28 1862 on account of disability. Dates of records range from August of 1861 to June 1st 1864 with the majority of recorded dates in 1862 and 1863. The 26th Regiment saw action in the Gulf operations and New Orleans up until 1863. The unit later moved to Virginia and participated in Sheridan's Shenandoah Campaign. The unit mustered out in Savannah Georgia 1865. n/a unknown
书商的参考编号 : 34331
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[CIVIL WAR] SEAVER, Charles M , 5th U S Cavalry; and FLINT, Merrill S
Four Civil War original letters from two different soldiers.
Virginia; various places including City Point 1863-1865. Fine original condition. 8vo. With a brief signed note describing the finding of these letters on a farm near Albany New York. Two letters from Charles Seaver to his sister describe a night-time call to arms arrival on the Rapidan coming under battery fire and forcing the enemy infantry across the river; hoping to relocate to Washington rather than South Carolina; effecting the surrender of "five Rebble sentenals" and the destruction of a railroad bridge by axe and fire. To his mother from City Point he writes of religion; of money due him and how to collect it in case he is killed; and a temporarily successful Rebel capture of 2500 cattle. Merrill Flint writes to his sister on April 6th 1865 from Virginia about walking the streets of Petersburg "it looks very rough"; and not expecting to see Richmond for some time "for we are following Old Lee as fast as the Army can march.the Confederate Army is on its last pins." With one original addressed envelope. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 58198
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[Civil War] [Union Army] [General Greenville M Dodge]
General Order No 17 Head Quarters Dist of Corinth Department of Tennessee Corinth Miss Feby 5th 1863 by Order of Brig Genl G M Dodge
Corinth Mississippi 1863. Document. Fair. Manuscript document. Approx. 12.5" x 8." Folded. 1 page. A few edge chips and small splits at the folds to the paper. Very slight loss of content. <br /> <br /> Contents of the order include rules to parole prisoners and the arrest of "Officers or Soldiers who by straggling from their Commands are captured and paroled will at once be arrested and brought to trial before a court-martial. It will be strictly enforced in this command and read at the head of Each Regiment and Detachment of Command. By Order of Brig. Genl G M Dodge signed Geo E Spencer A A Genl." Spencer also signed the verso of this document. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 31612
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[CIVIL WAR; EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION]. LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
General Orders Containing General Order No. 139 the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Washington D.C.: War Department 1862. Calf marbled boards. Very Good. FIRST OBTAINABLE PRINTING OF THE PRELIMINARY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION setting a date for the freedom of more than three million enslaved in the United States and reframing the Civil War as a fight against slavery. Issued by the War Department to regimental commanders in the field during the Civil War in the week after the completion of President Lincoln’s official manuscript version. Contained is a set of three volumes of General Orders covering the full year 1862 July-Dec 1863 and the full year 1864. History of the Emancipation Proclamation:<br /> <br /> “The proclamation has been called by responsible persons one of the three great<br /> documents of world history ranking with Magna Carta and the Declaration of<br /> Independence†– Eberstadt<br /> <br /> “From the first days of the Civil War slaves had acted to secure their own liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically. As a milestone along the road to slavery’s final destruction the Emancipation Proclamation has assumed a place among the great documents of human freedom†– National Archives<br /> <br /> Following the Seven Days Battle and General McClellan’s retreat from the Peninsula at the end of June 1862 President Lincoln realized that there would be no early end to the war and found himself “as inconsolable as it was possible for a human to be and yet live.†Anxious for news from the army and needing to escape the constant interruptions at the White House he frequently visited the telegraph office in the War Department building to await dispatches. It was during one such visit early in July that he asked the chief of the telegraph staff Major Thomas Thompson Eckert for some paper to “write something special†and began the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation completing it in a few weeks. Lincoln had long hoped to resolve the slavery issue through a congressional act of emancipation compensating slave owners for their loss of “property†but that approach was roundly rejected by representatives from the border states leaving the President who had decided upon the necessity of emancipation with a presidential proclamation as the only option. The extraordinary document he conceived would announce the liberation on January 1 1863 of all slaves in those states still in rebellion against the Union and promised compensation to slave owners in those states that returned to the fold before that time if they adopted “immediate or gradual abolishment of slavery.†This proclamation would be followed by a final proclamation issued on the 1st of January identifying those states still in rebellion and confirming the liberation of all slaves therein.<br /> <br /> On Tuesday July 22 Lincoln presented his draft to the Cabinet telling them that he had resolved firmly upon the course of action it specified and asking them not for advice but suggestions. The only observation he had not anticipated came from Secretary of State Seward who proposed that it might be best to wait for a military victory before issuing the Proclamation as it could otherwise seem like “the last measure of an exhausted government.†Immediately recognizing the wisdom of the suggestion Lincoln held back. On September 17 after an anxious wait of nearly two months he received the victory he needed at the bloody Battle of Antietam. Completing his final draft Lincoln presented it to his cabinet for refinement on September 22. Following the meeting Seward took the amended draft with him to the State Department where a formal manuscript copy was made then signed by Lincoln and Seward. The formal official “Emancipation Proclamation†was of course issued on January 1 1863 the day it became the law of the land.<br /> <br /> Printing History:<br /> <br /> This printing in the War Department’s official “General Orders†is the fourth printing overall but realistically the first obtainable printing. It is preceded by:<br /> <br /> -The first printing Eberstadt #1 a small three-page circular intended for distribution within the government and to the local press likely printed on September 22. At the time that Charles Eberstadt published his study of the Proclamation 1950 he was able to locate only one copy which he himself owned and as nearly as we have been able to determine no other copies have come to light since then.<br /> <br /> -The second printing Eberstadt #2 may be a phantom printing. Charles Eberstadt was not able to locate a copy but he inferred its existence from the standard State Department practice of printing a folio edition consisting solely of the text of the proclamation followed by another printing consisting of the text of a letter of transmittal from the Secretary of State as well as the text of the proclamation. While there may be a copy of Eberstadt #2 in the National Archives as he speculated it is not recorded in their online catalogue nor have we been able to find a copy in any other online catalogue including OCLC the Library of Congress and the Abraham Lincoln Library.<br /> <br /> -Eberstadt’s third printing is of legendary rarity. It consists of Secretary of State Seward’s one-page letter of transmittal addressed “To the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States in foreign countries†and the text of the proclamation. Eberstadt located a total of only five copies in institutions at the Library of Congress the National Archives Yale the Clements Library and Brown. OCLC does not record any additional copies nor is it recorded in Monaghan. There has been one copy at auction $400000 in 2021 and that was described as the only copy in private hands. <br /> <br /> -The present copy General Orders No. 139 is Eberstadt’s fourth printing of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation dated in print on September 24. Eberstadt surmises that this field order printing could have been accomplished as late as September 29 or 30. Although it may have been printed in as many as 15000 copies it is very rare in commerce likely due to the ephemeral nature of the printing and distribution.<br /> <br /> Additional General Orders and Provenance:
<br /> <br /> The three volumes once belonged to John G. Haskell A.Q.M. Chief Quartermaster and contain the General Orders for the year 1862 July-December only for the year 1863 and for the full year 1864. John Gideon Haskell 1832-1907 was a resident of Kansas and joined the Union Army when the war broke out. He enlisted with the 14th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and later served as Assistant Quartermaster General of Kansas as quartermaster of the Third Kansas and the Tenth Kansas Volunteers as Captain and Assistant Quartermaster on the staff of General James G. Blunt and as Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Frontier. After the war Haskell was named official state architect and worked on the state house the capitol the State University and more.<br /> <br /> In addition to the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation the three volumes also contain the Acts of Congress on many other subjects including pay discharge recruitment handling of troops etc.<br /> <br /> Washington D.C.: War Department Adjutant General’s Office 1862-64. Three volumes. Small octavo contemporary three-quarter brown morocco two volumes with cloth boards one with marbled boards. Some rubbing and wear to bindings pencil notations on endpapers with collation and highlighting certain orders and some internal pages. Dampstaining to general title of 1862 volume; internal text and Emancipation Proclamation generally fine. RARE AND IMPORTANT.<br /> <br /> References:<br /> <br /> Charles Eberstadt. “Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.†New York: 1950. War Department unknown
书商的参考编号 : 2923
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[Civil War] Commonwealth of Massachusetts
General Order No. 18
Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1863. Good. A printed order establishing the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia on July 31 1863. <br /> <br /> 4 pages. 8 by 10-1/2 inches. A single sheet folded to make four pages. Two works redacted in ink; rear panel tanned. Generally good. With the pencil signature of Lieut. Bradford D. Davol a textile executive who briefly served in the volunteers in 1864. Commonwealth of Massachusetts unknown
书商的参考编号 : 366292
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[Civil War].
General Orders No. 32 67 71 72 142 and 191. War Department. Adjutant General's Office.
Pamphlets small 8vo disbound 2 1 1 2 4 5 pp. Completely disbound series of orders removed some chipping where removed normal aging and browning. A series of six General Orders from the Adjutant General's Office L. Thomas concerning the treatment of prisoners. The first orders relates to the process of handling and treatment of prisoners of war including appropriate documentation on transfers to prison depots. The final order 191 includes a list of prisoners of war Union soldiers exchanged with Southern soldiers on November 11 1862 at Aiken's Landing.
书商的参考编号 : 102059
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[CIVIL WAR SONGSHEET] [WINNER, Septimus]
Give Us Back Our Old Commander
Philadelphia: Wm. A. Stephens n.d. c.1862. Sonsheet or lettersheet; bifolium 9" x 5-1/2" overprinted on ruled paper top page only. Hand-colored engraved portrait of Gen. George B. McLellan beside his horse above title; text in five stanzas below. Advertisement at lower margin for "Stephens' Colored Album Drolleries.photographs illustrated army ballads and envelopes." Old folds; creased at upper and lower margins with some soil and toning; Very Good. <br /> <br /> Songsheet promoting General George B. McLellan's return to command in 1862. Following his perceived tactical errors in the Seven Days Battles and the Battle of Antietam in 1862 McLellan was relieved of his command as General-in-Chief of the Union exacerbating the already strong mutual antipathy between himself and Abraham Lincoln; despite popular appeals for his reinstatement and despite being as this song argues "a perfect man" he never held another field command during the Civil War. In an effort to unseat his now bitter rival McLellan ran as a Democrat for the presidency in 1864 but lost in a landslide winning only 21 electoral votes. This song was originally composed by Septimus Winner and published as sheet music under his own imprint in 1862. Wolf notes thirteen variations on this sheet some with slightly different titles from at least six different publishers. Wolf American Song Sheets 754l. Wm. A. Stephens unknown
书商的参考编号 : 63687
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[Civil War].
Green-Back to His Country Friends.
Pamphlet 8vo original green printed wrappers 17 pp. Wrappers chipped and torn with a few small pieces missing from the margins back wrapper almost detached vertical tear on cover repaired on verso a few pages with tears at extremities light toning; else very good.This is a scarce and unusual item that gives a different political message from the Civil War period. The author who calls himself Green-Back seems to object to the failures of politicians of his day and in fact this is an open letter to the 37th Congress. Sounds like he has Copperhead leanings but his key message is that it was time for the Representatives and represented come to an understanding. He seems to think that Congress is too busy or distracted with the needs of slaves and related issues to take care of other business. According to Green-Back Congress doesn't seem to have much time for other affairs because of their plans "for the full development of their much admired and more beloved Congo men". He also seems dissatisfied with the press who he suggests instigated or helped cause the war and whom only present a one sided view of the war.
书商的参考编号 : 100852
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[Civil War]
Group of General Orders Issued from Various Offices Stationed at Union Headquarters at New Berne North Carolina During the Civil War
New Berne N.C. 1864. Very good. Twenty printed general orders totaling 24pp. Original plain or lined paper single or folded sheets. Minor overall wear some dust-soiling especially to final order. A collection of twenty Union general orders issued in North Carolina during the penultimate year of the Civil War. The orders run from January 25 to May 3 1864 and were issued by the Sub-District of New Berne the Forces and Defences and the District of North Carolina. The orders were all issued by or by the command of Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer whose leadership was instrumental for the Union forces' defense of New Berne in 1864 or Colonel T.I.C. Amory. Palmer's orders here naturally pertain to a wide range of issues namely internal procedures and organization military discipline and pay various military appointments modifications made to the General Regulations the maintenance of ordnance stores and more. All but four of the orders are signed by the relevant adjutant general. One of the more notable orders prints the charges circumstances verdicts and sentences for various courts martial conducted in New Berne in early May 1864. The third soldier charged in the order Private Charles Alberts of the 12th New York Volunteer Cavalry was accused of assaulting "Jacob Tucker a colored man" and also of assault and battery as well as the rape of "Emeline Tucker a colored woman." Alberts was acquitted of all charges. The final order here is a long diatribe by Brigadier General Palmer lambasting his troops for razing the town of Washington North Carolina; Palmer refers to this incident as "an outrage against humanity which brings the blush of shame to the cheek of every true man and soldier." The seige and burning of Washington North Carolina occurred during the last few days of April as Confederate troops took over the town. Before they left several Union troops set fire to the settlement and practically destroyed the entire town. Such a collection of field-printed general orders from North Carolina are scarce in the market. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 3409
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[Civil War] Viele, Egbert L
Hand-Book for Active Service. Containing Practical Instructions in Campaign Duties. For the Use of Volunteers
New York: Van Nostrand 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Good -. 'There are at this moment in the United States 3000000 of organized troops. many of them have been drilled in military tactics. but few have of them have been in actual service and are unacquainted with the duties of camp and garrison life. These pages have been prepared to avoid .useless labor unnecessary privation personal suffering that would come with. life in the field.' "With this knowledge. volunteers have in many respects the advantage over regular troops."<br /> <br /> With chapters such as the Recruit Company Regiment March Camp Guards and Guard Mounting Rations and Mode of cooking them Field Fortifications Ammunition.<br /> <br /> Contemporary pencil ownership signature of 'Edwin D. Brown' written in pen and pencil at the end blank endpaper with what looks like a family crest of a stag's head. There is also a lovely pencil portrait of an older man on the front free endpaper with the top half of the page torn out.<br /> <br /> In an article in the Geneva Courier newspaper for 10th September 1862. 'The following are the names age and residence of each member of Capt. Clapp's Company from the Town of Phelps. ---- NAME Edwin D. Brown AGE 21 ---' Phelps is a small town in upstate New York above Lake Geneva.<br /> <br /> Small 8vo 252pp10 tipped in plates. Red cloth binding with the cover featuring a gold stamped image of a Zouave soldier standing in front of a tent with drums on his right and rifles standing in a pyramid formation. Spine darkened rubbed and unreadable. Spine cracked and fragile but holding. Internally slt foxing otherwise vg. Van Nostrand hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 28557
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[CIVIL WAR]
Hand-Made Union Patriotic and Religious Song Book
1864. No binding. Condition: Fine. Manuscript Pen and Ink Folk Art Song Book ca. 1864. 24 pp. 6 5/8 x 8 in. This hand-sewn booklet contains eight songs popular during the Civil War era with music and lyrics in calligraphy. Songs include "On a Green Grassy Noll" by J. D. Canning with music by Ira Odell; "The Old Mountain Tree" by James G. Clark; "Harmonian Waltz"; "Year of Jubilee or Kingdom has Come!"; "Squire Jones's Daughter"; "The Sweet Birds Are Singing"; "Lament of the Irish Emigrant"; and "Soon and For Ever" by J. B. Monsell. The last page of the booklet is dated February 21 1864. Partial Transcript: Year of Jubilee or Kingdom has Come! I come up Norf on a little bender Left Missus at home wid no one to tend her Ole Massa's gone I dun-no what to; Sambo pretty sure he don't much care to. Chorus: Den sound de horn beat de drum Sound de horn and beat de drum De year ob jubilee am come Sound de horn and beat de drum De year ob jubilee am come. Met genral Bloaregard on my way here He told me dat I had better stay dere He said up Norf dey would skin and eat me Dat was a yarn dat a little heat me. He said he had just whipp'd Gen-ral Bu-el Grant and Wallace All three in a duel. I axed him den why he was running away Sam-bo says he dat question aint fair play. Oh times down Soth am getting quite rotten He's so berry scarce they have to burn cotton I left dat land ob oppression and gas And roam de free Norf without nary pass. Molasses Junction was a big scarecrow Nigh its wooden guns nobody didn't dare go; But when McClellan got a good ready De Southern Gentry seemed quite unsteady. Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation De two tallest tings in dis tall nation; Hurrah den boys let us still be merry Kingdom has come boys we've good times berry. Historical Background: Music played a prominent role in the American Civil War. On the battlefield and in the camps it boosted morale and released tensions. On the homefront it helped individuals and families express political sentiments grief and longing. Music entertained and often carried political religious and social messages. "The Year of Jubilee or Kingdom has Come!" was written by "Sambo" and first published in 1862 by H. M. Higgins in Chicago. "Squire Jones's Daughter" tells of the virtues of "The prettiest girl in the State of Maine" and was copyrighted by New York publisher Henry De Marsan in 1860. "The Sweet Birds Are Singing" is a cheerful pastoral duet about springtime that dates to at least 1836. "On a Green Grassy Noll" by J. D. Canning was first published in Boston in 1852 and is an elegy for a nameless old farmer who has "ploughed his last furrow." "The Old Mountain Tree" is a ballad in the form of a quartet by James G. Clark first published in 1854. It expresses longing for an old homestead. Clark 1829-1897 enlisted in the 35th New York as a 1st lieutenant and was detailed to remain in the recruiting service. He used music in his efforts to enlist soldiers in the cause and was dubbed "The People's Poet." "Lament of the Irish Emigrant" is a ballad by Helen Blackwood 1807-1867 with music by William R. Dempster 1808-1871 first published in Boston around 1840. It tells the story of an Irish emigrant who has buried his wife Mary and their child. Blackwood Baronness Dufferin and Claneboye was a British songwriter composer poet and author. Dempster a Scottish singer was very popular in the United States. "Soon and For Ever" is a sentimental hymn by J. B. Monsell about the Christian's union with Christ in Heaven. Rev. James Samuel Bewley Monsell 1811-1875 was an Irish Anglican clergyman and poet. He wrote the poem in 1853 or earlier.Condition: Very minor soiling else near fine.<br />
书商的参考编号 : 24826
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[Civil War Annapolis] Powell, George May, Warren Choate, et al
Handwritten Charter Forming a 'Special Relief Corps' of YMCA Members to Help Care for Soldiers at Annapolis Military Hospital
Washington DC: Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. 1865. Single sheet folded to 7 1/4" x 9 3/4. Document shows two old horizontal fold creases else fine. Ink remains clean and legible. Dated March 27th 1865 at the Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. in Washington D.C. this document reads as follows: <br /> ____________<br /> <br /> "The undersigned hereby organize ourselves into a 'Special Relief Corps' to be held in readiness to send not exceeding three of our members at one time to help care for sick and starved soldiers at the U.S. General Hospital at Annapolis Maryland. We agree that our delegates shall remain at Annapolis working under the supervision of either the local manager of the U.S. Christian Commission stationed there or of the Directress of said hospital for a time not exceeding three days excepting as they may be able or willing voluntarily to remain longer. Otherwise in cases of special emergency their places are to be filled by others of our number all of whom are to be held in readiness to go to Annapolis upon notification by telegram or otherwise of such services being needed. <br /> <br /> signed Geo. May Powell / Warren Choate / A. K. Browne / Alex. A. C. Klaucke / John S. Polen / Levi Beardsley / Wm. A. Thompson / B. H. Stinemetz"<br /> <br /> words in brackets above stricken through.<br /> ____________<br /> <br /> The U.S. General Hospital mentioned in this document occupied a substantial area of the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. It was the primary receiving point for Union soldiers wounded in the eastern theatres of the war as well as those being returned from Confederate prisons such as Libby and Andersonville. The former prisoners were in shockingly poor health due to the conditions in which they were held with many dying on the transports to Annapolis and those who survived needing much attention. Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 1986
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[Civil War] Guernsey, Alfred H; Alden, Henry M
Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War. Two volumes
Chicago: The Puritan Press Co 1894. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. Folios. Two volumes. 4 398 pages; 1. pages 399-836 pages. Illustrated. Green cloth hardcovers with red leather corners and spines. Gilt titles on the front covers. Faded titles on the spines. Green end papers. Covers are scuffed and worn in spots. All hinges have been reinforced at an earlier period. A repair made to 2 index pages in front of volume 1. Internal contents are sturdy and clean. First copyrighted 1866. The Puritan Press Co hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 35945
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[Civil War].
Harper’s Weekly Vol. LX. No.442.
<p>Folio newspaper extracted illustrated 369=384 pp. Disbound some pages separated double page illustration torn and separated a bit at the center with some loss tear at left side; normal aging; otherwise about good. This issue features Secretary of State William H. Seward on the cover. This issue contains a short article on the capture of Jefferson Davis. Also double page panoramic view of Richmond based on a photograph of Alexander Gardner. Included is an almost full-page picture of Major General William T. Sherman.</p> Harper's
书商的参考编号 : 106614
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[Civil War] [Union] [Regimental] Carter, W R (Company C)
History of the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in the Great War of the Rebellion With the Armies of the Ohio and Cumberland Under Generals Morgan Rosecrans Thomas Stanley and Wilson
Knoxville: Gaut-Ogden Co. Printers and Binders 1902. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 335 pages. Illustrated. Light blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. This copy appears to be a former institutional copy or from a private library. A faded spot to the cloth lower spine where a label appears to be removed. The front paste down and right front flyleaf are newer. The paper covering the the original front paste down obscures an illustrated label and has been partially peeled back. The original front blank end sheet is chipped and missing a large piece on the left edge. The frontispiece portrait is present. A note on the copyright page in pencil states "Copy to come from C.A.P." The rear paste down and rear flyleaf is also covered with newer paper. The blank page preceding the rear end papers is chipped in the same manner as the front. Light shelf wear to the cloth binding. A small ink spot located at the top edge of the front cover. The internal contents and illustrations are in very good condition. <br /> <br /> Nevins I page 67 "A unique and quite revealing unit study of a Unionist regiment from Tennessee; exceedingly scarce. Gaut-Ogden Co., Printers and Binders hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 35224
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[Civil War] Willett, Elbert D | edited by Joseph J Willett
History of Company B Originally Pickens Planters 40th Alabama Regiment Confederate States Army 1862 to 1865
Anniston AL: Norwood 1902. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. 2 89. 1 pp. First edition. In original cloth with title in gilt on the front cover. Binding is worn at the head of the spine with small loss to cloth; likewise the bottom corner of the front board is worn; binding is generally darkened and somewhat soiled; a solid copy with light to moderate foxing/toning to the contents. Despite its faults this is a better copy than one usually sees. Laid in is a tattered reproduction of: "Pages from History & The Men from Pickens County Who Wore the Gray" compiled by Mrs. T. R. Spell Jr. with a short history of Pickens County veterans in attendance at past U.C.V. events the roll of Company B and a list of those killed and wounded from J. H. Pepper's diary about the Battle of Vicksburg<br /> <br /> The diary was largely taken directly from Captain Elbert D. Willett's daybook while in the war. His son Joseph Jackson Willett edited this book and remarks on its merits in a short preface: "It is not expected or contended this book will shed any additional light on that momentous struggle known as the War between the States about which so many volumes have been written . . . . but that diary now well thumb worn which faithfully records the movements engagements and casualties of Company B and the 40th Alabama Regiment C.S.A. Willett's notes have the advantage however of being written at the same time yes on the same day the narrated facts occurred. No matter how long the march or how fierce the battle the author of the diary on each day recorded the doings of Company B." An interesting contemporary account which given the immediacy with which events were recorded probably does "shed additional light" contrary to J. J. Willett's suggestion to the contrary. The final 5 pages are taken from the diary of J. H. Curry. Additionally several pages of rosters are included. Rare in commerce. Howes W-437 "aa"; Dornbusch II AL-76; Wright W-685. Norwood unknown
书商的参考编号 : 10674
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[CIVIL WAR - KENTUCKY] DUKE, Basil
History of Morgan's Cavalry
Cincinnati: Miami Printing and Publishing Company 1867. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 23cm. Publisher's green cloth; gilt spine title; viii9-578pp; eight maps in text reckoned in pagination. A straight tight generally clean copy but with scattered foxing mostly marginal throughout; mild rubbing to cloth at base of spine; still an attractive Very Good copy in the publisher's binding. Contemporary ownership inscription J. Shackleford Richmond KY dated 1867. <br /> <br /> The standard work on Morgan's campaigns in Kentucky Ohio and Tennessee written by his brother-in-law who was also Morgan's brigadier. ".Valuable for Duke's eyewitness recollections recorded soon after the war" Eicher. NEVINS I:82. EICHER 1060. DORNBUSCH III:1229. Miami Printing and Publishing Company unknown
书商的参考编号 : 88823
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[Civil War Masonry] Pike, Albert
Hymns to the Gods and Other Poems Presentation copy to Fayette Hewitt
N.p.: Privately Printed 1872. First edition. 8vo 20x14cm 3 98pp with 50pp consisting of 13 separately printed Pike poems and "In Memoriam Albert Pike" from 1898 bound in at rear. Lengthy presentation inscription from Pike to Capt. Fayette Hewitt and dated in 1872 Washington on separate leaf in front; and opposite a lengthy presentation inscription from Hewitt to a J.H. Johnson in 1896 Frankfort KY memorializing his friendship with Pike and gifting the book. Additionally Pike has briefly inscribed 2 of the poems bound in at rear to Hewitt one dated in 1870. Bound for Hewitt in full gilt-ruled black morocco binding spine and turn-ins tooled in gilt gilt lettering on spine marbled endpapers g.e. Spine ends joints and corners rubbed. Few of the poems at rear with light transmittal folds. <br /> <br /> Tremendous presentation copy of this privately printed collection of mythological poems from the Confederate General and architect of the Southern Scottish Rite Albert Pike 1809-1891. This copy presented to his close friend and subordinate Captain Fayette Hewitt 1831-1909 who served under Pike during the Civil War including the period of Pike's treaty negotiations in Indian Territory. Contemporary accounts from Pike on Hewitt illustrate the foundations of their relationship:<br /> <br /> "He daily deserved praise and won the love and admiration of all who knew him. He became as dear to me as my own sons. Brave courteous amiable unassuming obliging and kind to every one firm in the performance of duty—a nobler gentleman or better soldier never lived."<br /> <br /> <br /> This association is further deepened by the volume itself which Pike inscribed to “Capt. Fayette Hewitt†and which Hewitt preserved for over two decades before presenting it onward in 1896. Expanded with a substantial group of privately circulated poems including one inscribed in 1870 the volume documents a longstanding association between the two men later reinforced by Hewitt’s memorial presentation.  L. Boyden in his Bibliography of the Writings of Albert Pike 1921 records many of these bound-in poems as separately issued printings spanning from 1859 through the early 1870s with titles including "Cruiskeen Lan" "The Light of Days Long Past" "After the Midnight Cometh Morn" "The Fine Arkansas Gentleman" and others.  <br /> <br /> In all this volume represents a singular object at the intersection of the Civil War Southern fraternal culture and the personal legacy of Albert Pike preserved through his wartime friend and subordinate Fayette Hewitt.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> . Privately Printed unknown
书商的参考编号 : 9402
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[CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION]. RICHARD YATES
Illinois Governor Richard Yates’ Fourth of July Address at the End of Civil War – Unhappy that the Nation Would not Execute Jefferson Davis
<p>"<i>The American revolution was begun and fought through for an idea—to establish that man is a man—to vindicate the right of every man to equal rights and to equal citizenship…. Every boy imbibes the genius of our free institutions. The poor friendless rail splitter rises to the proudest pinnacle of human power. Cheers The poor tailor boy becomes and is now our President cheers the ferry boy the Chief Justice of our Supreme Court cheers and the humble tanner boys become the great commander who marshals a million of veteran warriors in the great cause of union and liberty and holds up the flaming symbol of emancipation to a whole race of mankind. Applause.</i>" p1/c2 – p2/c1</p><p>"<i>And yet for Jeff Davis who has been a wholesale murderer who has struck at the life of the whole nation and rolled the red wave of bloody civil war over the land they say we must be magnanimous. Sensation. We shoot the poor deserter and the poor soldier who is found sleeping at his post on guard but the nation must be magnanimous and not execute Jeff Davis!</i>" p6/c1</p> <b>CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION. RICHARD YATES.</b>Printed Pamphlet. <i>Speech of Hon. Richard Yates Delivered at Elgin Ill. on the Fourth Day of July A.D. 1865</i>. Jacksonville IL: Ironmonger and Mendenhall 1865. 8 pp. 6⅛ x 9½ in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpts:</b></p><p>"<i>We celebrate the 4th day of July 1776 because then commenced the great experiment whether man is capable of self-government. Our fathers boldly announced to the world in the great and immortal charter of freedom the Declaration of Independence the bible of the rights of man which has just been read to you.</i>" p1/c1</p><p>"<i>The American revolution was begun and fought through for an idea—to establish that man is a man—to vindicate the right of every man to equal rights and to equal citizenship not by virtue of his birth or fortune or of his nativity or color but by virtue of his intrinsic God-created manhood.</i>" p1/c2</p><p>"<i>Every boy imbibes the genius of our free institutions. The poor friendless rail splitter rises to the proudest pinnacle of human power. Cheers The poor tailor boy becomes and is now our President cheers the ferry boy the Chief Justice of our Supreme Court cheers and the humble tanner boys become the great commander who marshals a million of veteran warriors in the great cause of union and liberty and holds up the flaming symbol of emancipation to a whole race of mankind. Applause.</i>" p2/c1</p><p>"<i>The system of slavery existing in our Southern States fostered interests tastes opinions manners and prejudices at war with the genius of our institutions and necessarily divided our people.</i>" p2/c2</p><p>"<i>I feel highly honored to-day that I have the opportunity of meeting so many of our returned officers and soldiers here for somehow I cannot divest myself of the feeling that I have been in the war myself and am a returned soldier although I have only on one or two occasions smelt the gunpowder of the enemy. Laughter. Yet under my administration the State of Illinois has sent nearly two hundred thousand brave volunteers to the field.</i>" p3/c1</p><p>"<i>Your brave comrades have died and you have risked your lives that the nation and the Union might live and you have proclaimed at the point of the bayonet the divine right of all men to be free.</i>" p4/c2</p><p>"<i>But thanks to you the accursed blot of human slavery which has divided and distracted us at home and sullied our name abroad is wiped out and every man in America is free.</i>" p5/c1</p><p>"<i>peace prevails in the land yet peace brings with it the most complicated questions. We are not safe until the great questions in dispute for which we have fought have been definitely and forever settled and upon such a basis as to prevent the recurrence of another war to mar our peace and endanger the safety of the Union.</i>" p5/c2-p6/c1</p><p>"<i>And yet for Jeff Davis who has been a wholesale murderer who has struck at the life of the whole nation and rolled the red wave of bloody civil war over the land they say we must be magnanimous. Sensation. We shoot the poor deserter and the poor soldier who is found sleeping at his post on guard but the nation must be magnanimous and not execute Jeff Davis!</i>" p6/c1</p><p>"<i>As a Senator of the United States certainly I could consider no State Government Republican in form which was at variance with the fundamental principles of our republican institutions</i>; <i>which denied the equality of all men before the law; which set aside the principle that governments justly exist by the consent of the governed and that taxation and representation must go together. And I am here to-day to say that I could approve of no State government whose constitution or bill of rights does not deny in express words this right of a State to secede from the Union and which does not provide that slavery shall be finally and forever abolished and prohibited so that not even a root seed or grease spot shall remain of this sum of all villainies the accursed system which has been the fountain of all our troubles and of the fratricidal and bloody war which has desolated the land.</i>" p7/c1</p><p>"<i>I thank God that I have never cast a vote or uttered a sentiment against human freedom; and no loud alarums of popular applause no shining height of human power shall ever seduce me to give up the God-given sentiments of my heart in favor of freedom and humanity.</i>" p7/c2</p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Fourth of July celebrations in the nineteenth century often began with artillery at dawn a parade and a speech at a courthouse or church for an hour or two. After the speech men often went to a tavern to drink thirteen toasts for the number of the original states while the women and children went home. Bonfires and fire-crackers carried the festivities into the evening. Typically a speech blended a sermon with a political address promoting patriotism. Readings of and orations on the Declaration of Independence or Washington's Farewell Address were also common.</p><p>Early during the Civil War celebrations often included sham battles to portray the real ones occurring on the battlefields. By the middle of the war fundraisers for widows and orphans of soldiers who had died in military service replaced the sham battles. After the war celebrations turned away from the community toward smaller gatherings of families and friends though many smaller communities continued the pre-war tradition.</p><p>The city of Elgin Illinois was established as a village in 1835 on the Fox River thirty-five miles northwest of Chicago. Chartered as a city in 1854 Elgin in 1865 had a population of 4000-5000 people. Four days after Yates delivered this address the city's first major fire swept the entire north side of Chicago Street in the business district.</p><p>Thousands of people from Elgin and the surrounding area celebrated the Fourth of July in 1865 with an artillery salute at dawn a "huge procession" at 10:30 a.m. of "returned soldiers civilians societies and other citizens" who marched from the Waverly House to Colby's Grove. The singing of "America" opened the exercises followed by a prayer by a local minister and a choir concert. Col. Edward S. Joslyn an Elgin attorney who served in the 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry read the Declaration of Independence. State Adjutant General Allen C. Fuller delivered an address welcoming the returned soldiers then the choir sang "Battle Cry of Freedom." Gen. J. F. Farnsworth responded to Fuller on behalf of the soldiers followed by another choir performance. Former Governor and current Senator Yates followed with his oration and the singing of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" concluded the formal program. A dinner for the soldiers who were present and a general picnic followed. The city concluded the day's festivities with a ball at the Waverly House.</p><p>The <i>Daily Illinois State Journal</i> proclaimed Yates' speech at Elgin "not only the best effort of his life but one of the most forcible and eloquent among the many able and patriotic addresses which our recent National Anniversary occurring at a juncture in our history of so much interest has called forth."</p><p><b>Richard Yates</b> 1815-1873 was born in Kentucky and graduated from Illinois College in Jacksonville in 1835. He studied law in Jacksonville and at Transylvania University in Lexington Kentucky. Yates began practicing law in Jacksonville in 1837 and served as a Whig in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1842 to 1846 and from 1848 to 1850. He represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. He joined the Republican Party and supported John C. Fremont for president in 1856 and Abraham Lincoln for U.S. senator in 1858. In 1860 he was elected governor as a Republican and strongly supported the Lincoln administration's conduct of the war. When the Democratic state legislature proved uncooperative Yates dissolved the legislature on June 10 1863 and governed the state on his own. At the end of his term in 1865 Yates won election to the U.S. Senate where he served from 1865 to 1871. He supported radical reconstruction and the conviction of President Andrew Johnson.</p> Ironmonger and Mendenhall
书商的参考编号 : 24904
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[CIVIL WAR -- ARMS & UNIFORMS].
Illustrated catalogue of arms and military goods containing regulations for the uniform of the Army Navy Marine and Revenue Corps. of the United States. . . 1864.
New Milford CT: N. Flayderman & Co. Inc. 1967. 4to. 6 153 15 pp. Frontisp. illustrated title 100’s of illustrations throughout. Brown publisher’s cloth decorative black lettering front cover & spine minor shelfwear w/ d.j. minor scuffing edgewear rubbing still VG/VG- copy. Second printing of this invaluable facsimile printing of the famed Schuyler Hartley & Graham catalogue offering an essential reference for Civil War era arms & ammunition uniforms horse equipment flags guidons Masonic goods and coats of arms. N. Flayderman & Co., Inc., hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 62610
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[CIVIL WAR -- GETTYSBURG]. [SICKLES, Daniel E (Chairman)].
In memoriam: George Sears Greene Brevet Major-General United States Volunteers 1801-1899. . . .
Albany NY: J.B. Lyon State Printers 1909. 4to. 2 106 2 pp. Engraved frontisp. 4 large folding colour battlefield maps numerous plates. Green publisher’s buckram gilt lozenge seal for New York front cover gilt lettering front cover & spine minor scuffing edgewear still VG copy. First edition of this memorial volume dedicated to General George Sears Greene and his New York Troops at the dedication of a monument to their actions at Culp’s Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg. Referred to as “Old Man†or “Pap†Greene as he had re-enlisted at the age of 61 in the Union Army whose troops assaulted and cracked Stonewall Jackson’s defensive lines at the Battle of Antietam near the Dunker Church and his decision to build breastworks atop Culp’s Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg against General Meade’s orders were essential to holding the position. J.B. Lyon, State Printers, hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 62258
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[CIVIL WAR]
In Memoriam: James Samuel Wadsworth 1807-1864
Albany J.B. Lyon Company Printers 1916. 1916. First edition. 4to. Frontispiece and 16 plates. Original red cloth stamped in gilt. Very good. 121 pages. No dust jacket. Cover title reads: "Major General James S. Wadsworth at Gettysburg and Other Fields." Presentation inscription on the front free endpaper: "With compliments & best wishes of Frederick B. Maerkle To my friend Col. William C. Griffith dated September 21 1916." Provenance: from the estate of director Delbert Mann. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Albany, J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1916. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 229837
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[Civil War]
INSTRUCTIONS. COUNTERSIGN SIGNALS. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
Washington 1861. 4to 8-1/2" x 10-3/4." Caption title as issued. 6 2 pp. Old vertical fold. Very Good plus. Page 7 has the following manuscript "Note- - This Circular is in so far confidential that the Officer receiving it will not make its contents public; nor will he reveal them unless in the discharge of Signal duty to others than officers actually in the Service of the United States." <br /> with The oversized envelope of Office of the Signal Officer "Official Business" addressed to Lt. Col. Connor & Major Hyde of the 7th Maine Infantry.<br /> <br /> This scarce General Order No. 29 issued "By command of Major General McClellan" lists elaborately detailed "Countersign and Countersign Signals for the week ending October 24 1861"; "Day Countersign Signals"; "Night Countersign Signals";"Countersign Signals by Sound"; and General Instructions. <br /> OCLC 43312441 4- Duke Huntington DLC NYHS as of May 2023. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 39281
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[Civil War – Political Satire – Sheet Music] Cooper, George; Tucker, Henry; Eno, Henry [illustrator]
Jeff in Petticoats. A Song for the Times
New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co 1865. Folio sheet music lithographed pictorial cover. 6 pp. including cover. 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Typical light age toning and minor edge wear; very good example with strong impression remnants of string at spine removed from a larger volume. A vivid piece of end-of-war political satire commemorating the capture of Confederate president Jefferson Davis whose attempted escape in May 1865 quickly became the subject of popular ridicule in Northern newspapers and song sheets. The cover lithograph depicts Davis fleeing through a wooded encampment while dressed in women’s clothing a reference to widely circulated reports that he attempted to evade Union troops by donning a shawl or petticoats; in truth he had borrowed a shawl from his wife. Behind him a Union soldier points in recognition while onlookers react with amusement. The music was written by Henry Tucker a prolific mid-nineteenth-century songwriter known for sentimental and topical pieces with lyrics by George Cooper one of the most active American lyricists of the period and collaborator with composers such as Stephen Foster and J. R. Thomas. Together they produced a number of patriotic and topical songs during the Civil War years. The myth of Davis in women’s clothing was represented a few different ways though this large lithographic illustration done by Henry C. Eno is possibly the most iconic. Wm. A. Pond & Co unknown
书商的参考编号 : List3646
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[Civil War Lithograph] Currier & Ives
JOHN BULL MAKES A DISCOVERY
New York: Currier & Ives 1863. Folio lithograph broadside oblong 18" x 13-1/4." A few vertical folds with a closed tear along the end of one fold no loss; expertly repaired on verso with archival tape. Light spotting and wear Good.<br /> <br /> John Bull representing Great Britain holds a large clump of cotton in one hand. He grabs a kneeling slave by the hair i.e. "wool" with his other hand exclaiming "Well yes! it is certain that Cotton is more useful to me than Wool!" Two other black men stand in the back left; one covers his face crying. A man in a wide-brimmed hat with a goatee stands to the back right smiling at the scene. A large bail of cotton stands to the right of Bull.<br /> "Racist cartoon reflecting the Northern fear that Britain's economic ties with Southern cotton growers would cause the British government to relinquish its abolitionist stance in order to support the Confederacy. Depicts a plump John Bull representing Great Britain centered between a kneeling enslaved African American man and a bale of cotton in a storage shed. Bull touches the hair of the African American man with his right hand and holds a piece of the cotton from the bale in the other. He declares 'it is certain that Cotton is more useful to me than Wool!!/ In the left background two African American men stand and cry. In the right background a Southern white man plantation owner looks on and smiles" LCP description on line.<br /> Conningham 3257. Weitenkampf 133. Reilly 1861-40. OCLC 191119968 2 191908779 1 as of August 2025. Currier & Ives unknown
书商的参考编号 : 41236
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[CIVIL WAR]. WILLSON, Beckles
John Slidell and the Confederates in Paris 1862-65
New York Minton Balch & Company 1932. 1932. First edition. 8vo. Author's foreword. Frontispiece and 7 b/w illustrations. Original black stamped brick red cloth. Dust jacket unclipped; few small chips. Very good. Bookplate of Edna Spennetta on the front free endpaper. F. Hardcover. New York, Minton, Balch & Company, 1932. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 197555
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[CIVIL WAR]
Journal and proceedings of the Missouri state convention held at Jefferson City and St. Louis March 1861
St. Louis: George Knapp & Co. 1861. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth-backed boards with paper spine label; small cancelled stamp on title scattered foxing but overall an excellent copy of this item in the delicate original binding. First edition. A fascinating view of the proceedings at which the State of Missouri considers its relationship with the federal government of the United States. George Knapp & Co. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 11526
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[Civil War] [Georgia] [Kennesaw Mountain] Brown, Joseph M
Kennesaw's Bombardment or How the Sharpshooters Woke up the Batteries
Atlanta: Record Publishing Company 1890. Wraps. Fair. Stapled wraps. Approx. 7" x 5". 172 pages. Illustrated. Yellow illustrated paper covers with title printed on the front. Restored. Fragile paper covers and end sheets reattached. Paper tears repaired with mulberry paper. Text is lightly damp stained in the middle portions. A few pages with insect damage on the corners and edges. No loss of print. A few small pencil margin notes inside. <br /> <br /> The author Joseph Makay Brown was the son of the Georgia's Civil War Governor Joseph Emerson Brown. Joseph M. Brown was elected Governor of Georgia twice serving 1909-11 and 1912-13. This book is historical fiction. <br /> <br /> Scarce in the trade. One copy currently held in OCLC Rice. Not in Georgia Derenne catalog and not in Nevins. Record Publishing Company unknown
书商的参考编号 : 34729
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[Civil War]
Large Format Photograph of Brigadier General Lorenzo Thomas
New York: Chas. D. Fredricks & Company Photographers 1862. Photograph. Very Good . Large format print measuring 35 cm by 27.5 cm. Actual image is oval and measures 20 cm by 15 cm. Image is near fine. Mount has a few minor losses at the extremities. Image is undated. The view shows Thomas sitting in a wooden chair in uniform with a sword in his left hand. Lorenzo Thomas 1804-1875 was a general during the American Civil War and later served as Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson. Chas. D. Fredricks & Company Photographers unknown
书商的参考编号 : 66984
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[Civil War – 23rd US Colored Infantry – Desertion] Wood, M Herbert
Letter from a White Officer Commanding an African-American Regiment in the Civil War to His Sister Discussing Pay and Her Husband’s Disappearance
Petersburg Virginia 1864. Single letter four 5 x 8 inch pages folded. Toning and some tears at folds overall excellent condition. M. Herbert Wood c. 1839–deceased was an officer of the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Infantry during the American Civil War. This regiment which consisted of African-American enlisted men with white officers was part of the 4th Division of the IX Corps organized at Camp Casey Virginia. Wood may also have served in the 25th Ohio regiment. A newspaper account from the time alleges that Wood a Mainer had married an Alabama woman who owned a considerable number of enslaved people and then “sold the negroes pocketed the proceeds turned abolitionist abandoned his wife and child and went back to Maine†before joining the Union army.1 Following the Civil War Wood purportedly asked President Andrew Johnson for a position but was denied after testifying that he would side with Congress over the President presumably concerning Reconstruction.<br /> <br /> This letter to Wood’s sister Mollie is dated July 16 1864 after the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and shortly before the Battle of the Crater in which the 23rd suffered significant casualties. Wood describes the Regiment’s dire financial situation apparently having gone months without pay:<br /> <br /> “I cannot send any money to you in this letter for the simple reason that I have not any myself. We have not been paid since the last day of Feb and there is not an officer in the Regt that has 5 dollars but we shall be paid I hope soon it cannot be very long and I will then send you as much as you need.â€<br /> <br /> He also informs Mollie of some sad intelligence about her husband:<br /> <br /> “I do not wish or would not say one single word to injure your feelings but I very much fear that what I told you when we last met at New Berne has proved true. And that you are now a deserter’s wife. I have enquired of a great many officers who know him and to some who are Bro. Masons & have stated circumstances omitting name & place and all agree in saying that you will probably never hear from him again. We may all be mistaken however I hope we are.â€<br /> <br /> The Civil War saw quite a high desertion rate on both sides though many men eventually returned to their posts voluntarily or otherwise.<br /> <br /> 1 “A Specimen of the Impeachment of Witnesses†The Louisville Daily Journal April 15 1868. unknown
书商的参考编号 : List2721
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[Civil War – Union Army – Carolinas Campaign – Freedmen] Vannada, George H
Letter from Union Army Soldier Concerning Sherman’s “Forty Acres†Order and His Carolinas Campaign
South Carolina 1865. Single letter measuring 7.5 x 10 inches folded one double-sided sheet with stampless envelope. Near fine with light normal wear. George Harpole Vannada 1844–1928 was a private promoted to corporal in Company I of the 25th Indiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The 25th Infantry was a volunteer regiment mustered in August 1861 and mustered out in July 1865. At the time of Vannada’s writing the Regiment was involved in the Campaign of the Carolinas – led by General Sherman this campaign would culminate in the Army of the South’s unconditional surrender and effectively end the war.<br /> <br /> Vannada writes that his regiment had “started with 25 days rations from pocotaligo staton for i supose Charleston.†On the way they had encountered:<br /> <br /> “a few Johneys i.e. Confederates not far off i have heard sevrel cannons to day we will be botherd with them all the way to Charleston between here and Buford they had a fort a bout evry 3 miles they wood stop and fire a few shots and then get up a bug for the next fortâ€.<br /> By “Buford†Vannada probably means Beaufort South Carolina which had been occupied by Union forces since November 1861. At this point the Savannah area had been essentially a refugee camp for freed people for several years and Sherman’s Special Field Orders No. 15 which settled them in the nearby South Carolina Sea Islands—the “forty acres and a mule†order—came in response to their request for stewardship over the land. Vannada remarks on Sherman’s order:<br /> <br /> “Gen Foster has been on Buford Iland for 2 years and now Sherman has comand of his troops i think they will get off now this Iland they have to give to the Niggars to setle on that is all that have famlies 40 acre to the manâ€.<br /> <br /> Vannada also accurately forecasts despite the fact that “we don’t often get any papers here to see what is goin on†that there “is some talk of peace down here but i think it is sevrel months off yetâ€. unknown
书商的参考编号 : List2724
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[Civil War] [YMCA Christian Commission] Powell, George May (1835-1905) Y M C A
Letter of Formation of Y.M.C.A. "Special Relief Corps" for Sick and Starved Soldiers at Annapolis
1865. Single sheet folded in half to 7 3/4" x 9 3/4. Fine condition with some mild browning light stains and two horizontal mailing folds. Original handwritten letter dated March 27 1865 from the "Rooms of the Y.M.C.A." in Washington DC. The letter organizes a "Special Relief Corps" of short term nurse volunteers standing ready to travel from Washington DC to Annapolis to assist in the care of soldiers in the U.S. General Hospital there. The text of the letter is as follows: <br /> <br /> "The undersigned hereby organize ourselves into a 'Special Relief Corps' to be held in readiness to send not exceeding three of our members at one time to help care for sick and starved soldiers at the U.S. General Hospital at Annapolis Maryland. We agree that our delegates shall remain at Annapolis working under the supervision of either the local manager of the U.S. Christian Commission stationed there or of the Directoress of said capital for a time not exceeding three days excepting as they may be able or willing voluntarily to remain longer. Otherwise in cases of special emergency their places are to be filled by others of our members all of whom are to be held in readiness to go to Annapolis upon notification by telegram or otherwise of such services being needed."<br /> <br /> The "starved soldiers" referred to in the letter were Union prisoners of war recently released from Confederate prison camps. Annapolis was the receiving station for prisoners returning from Andersonville Belle Isle Libby Prison and other Confederate prisons.<br /> <br /> The document is signed by eight men including George May Powell notable Y.M.C.A. activist Lincoln supporter and Treasury Dept statistician and Benjamin Stinemetz national vice-president of the Y.M.C.A. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 1572
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[CIVIL WAR] McCLELLAN, George B (Gen)
Letter of the Secretary of War Transmitting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac and of its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland. Under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan July 26 1861 to November 7 1862
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1864. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 23cm; publisher's brown cloth ruled in blind with gilt spine title; 242pp. Some foxing to endpapers and text block edges else a fresh straight copy solidly Very Good.<br /> <br /> A very nice copy of this oft-cited sourcebook for Civil War historians. An early owner has annotated this copy in pencil: "Read this carefully and see if you don't think little Mac the candidate for the White House" initialed "W.J.B." identity unknown. McClellan was indeed the Democratic Party's candidate for the Presidency in 1864 losing in a landslide to Lincoln. NEVINS I p.10. Government Printing Office unknown
书商的参考编号 : 88936
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[Civil War – Politics – Americans Abroad] Peck, Tracy
Letters from Friends to Tracy Peck Connecticuter Living Abroad
United States Germany and others 1869. Seven letters approximately twenty-six total pages most about 8 x 5 inches. One letter dated 1862; one dated 1863; two dated 1864; one dated 1869; two without date. Two of the letters are written in French untranslated. Generally very good or better with one showing water damage though legible. Tracy Peck 1838–1921 was born in Bristol Connecticut to a family who had been in the Hartford area since the 17th century. According to his obituary in The Classical Journal Vol. 17 No. 6 Peck studied at Yale and then abroad in Germany returned to the United States to teach Latin at Cornell and Yale and then went back to Europe again where he served as the Director of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome until his death.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a group of letters from friends and family to Peck mainly written during the American Civil War when Peck was studying in Germany. The letters update Peck on the war politics and the activities and fortunes of various friends.<br /> <br /> Many of Peck’s friends were academics and avoided involvement in the Civil War nearly as well as Peck himself did. Not all were so lucky though. A friend probably a Yale classmate writes from Massachusetts “with a notice of the death of F.S. Davisâ€:<br /> <br /> “He died poor fellow in the hospital at Chattanooga about the middle of April. After leaving college he spent the first winter at home joined the ‘Memphis Southrons’ in March ‘62 He was at many battles and suffered untold hardships for one year when he died the first martyr of our class.†August 17 1863<br /> <br /> Another friend Sheldon had just completed his service:<br /> <br /> “He had been in several severe battles had been captured and taken to Richmond. While in service he met Bob Stiles who wouldn’t shake hands with him but tried to prove that unionism was oppressionâ€.<br /> <br /> Though the war would continue for several more years the friend writes that zeal for it is already waning:<br /> <br /> “The war goes on languidly. The enthusiasm has died out. Everyone expects the war to close by the south yielding to reasonable conditions. There is no apprehension felt as to the final issue. It has about ceased to be talked of.â€<br /> <br /> That same friend would later travel abroad as well though his aspirations would be less intellectual than were Peck’s. He writes from Egypt where it is so hot that “Except for some luscious oranges which we got of a lightly-clad nymph we should have perished of thirst†about a comical scene:<br /> <br /> “A tall muselman at one of the intermediate train stations had lain down his silk mantle and turning to the east gave through the prostrations prayers of his religion with great fervor and to the intense satisfaction of the ladies. Suddenly he touched his forehead to the ground leaped up. Their interest redoubled their attention with it when to my great amusement he squatted down unbuttoned his trousers began to pump ship in full view. The abrupt descent from prayer to pissing was too much for the females while I stifled a laugh in a cough my jacket handkerchief.†No Date<br /> <br /> A later comment in the same letter where he describes being escorted up one of the pyramids and then “shouting ‘be quiet’ to the clamoring Egyptiansâ€â€”whom he also describes as a “rapacious broodâ€â€”is likewise revealing of his attitude towards the locals.<br /> <br /> The latest letter in the group from Richard Harck is more high-minded. Harck inquires whether as Peck’s “foot . again walks on hallowed native soil†he has “acquired such a situation among the lumina of your country as your knowledge and learning deserve†July 30 1869. Harck is in Germany where there “is an utter stagnation in politics†as they approach the unification:<br /> <br /> “The particularities and sectional ideas of the southern population and their sovereigns the antagony of the there powerfull clergy and the partly illiberal constitution and laws of the North German Union. Bismarck may be a great statesman and minster for foreign affairs but not a fit man to rule the interior of a constitutional state. . But he cannot stop the progress of the ever advancing ideas of liberalism and freedom; the powerful public opinion overwhelms him .â€.<br /> <br /> Overall a look at the effects on ordinary lives of several important political upheavals of the mid-19th century. unknown
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[Civil War] Thomas, William A
Letters regarding the Schooner Anna Shepard stopped in the 'Sound' in North Carolina and told to return cargo to the ship 'if you land anything else I will put you. in double irons
1863. Very good condition. Two Civil War letters describing problems the Schooner Anna Shepard had delivering cargo. Schooner was stopped in North Carolina with Letter from War Department 1863.<br /> <br /> According to the January 1863 letter from the War Department the Schooner Anna Shepherd sic bearing cargo for US Troops now detained at Beaufort N.C. has permission to discharge cargo at any port held by the United States in North Carolina.<br /> <br /> The February 1863 letter from William Thomas describes the Schooner Anna Shepard sic journey through Beaufort NC to Washington NC via Hatteras Inlet to the Sound. After 1 week Commodore Davenport in command of the Sound Department in NC visited the Schooner then docked in Washington NC and were told to remove their cargo from the dock and threatened with double irons. They were left without transport to Newbern for 5 days until they could charter a lighter. He notes that they violated no regulations in their conduct and had seen other lighters discharge merchandise from private parties. <br /> <br /> War Dept. letter: 1pp 7 3/4 x 9 3/4" manuscript on letterhead embossed stamp in upper left corner "Congress Owen & Hurleut" and image of Capitol dome; Thomas letter: 4pp 7 3/4 x 9 3/4" manuscript stamped "P&P" with locomotive in top left corner. unknown
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[Civil War] [J Magee]
Liberty and Union Forever The Battle of Cedar Creek October 19th 1864
Philadelphia: J Magee 1864. Broadside. Very good. Broadside. Approx. 8" x 5". Paper with red white and blue borders and patriotic heading illustrated with two American flags. Verse printed in blue. Light wear to the broadside. The content contains thirteen verses about Union General Sheridan's victory over Confederate General Jubal Early at the Battle of Cedar Creek Virginia October 19 1864. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by J. Magee 316 Chestnut Street Philadelphia" printed in red at the bottom of the sheet. J Magee unknown
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[Civil War]
LIST OF QUARTERMASTER STORES &C. TRANSFERRED BY CHARLES GENTSCH 1ST LIEUT. 51ST U.S. ARMY TO LEANDER A. POOR CAPT. & ASST. QUARTERMASTER 1ST DIV. C.D.J. AT IN THE FIELD TEXAS ON THE 15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1865. . . SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED & TWENTY PDS CORN. . . EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED & TWENTY PDS OATS. . . TWELVE THOUSAND PDS HAY. . . ONE HUNDRED AND ONE PDS GRAIN SACKS. . . &C
Texas 1865. Folio 11" x 16". Printed broadside completed in ink manuscript. Signed by Charles Gentsch as quartermaster. Docketed on verso. Contains columns listing number quantity name of articles and condition when delivered. Old folds very clean. Near Fine. <br /> <br /> The 51st Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Meigs in Ohio beginning September 17 1861 and mustered into service on October 26 1861. The regiment was attached to several different units of the Army of Ohio the Army of the Cumberland and the Department of Texas. The Regiment participated in an expedition down the Ohio River in February 1862 to reinforce General Grant and then took part in the Occupation of Nashville. They marched to Louisville and pursued Bragg from late August to late October 1862 participating in the Battle of Perryville. They later fought at Stone's River Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign Chickamauga Chattanooga Atlanta Nashville and others. <br /> Charles Gentsch 1842-1914 of New Philadelphia Ohio was mustered in as 1st Sergeant of Company K 51st Ohio Infantry in October 1861. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in January 1863; 1st Lieutenant in April 1863; and to Quartermaster in February 1865 at which time he was also transferred to Company S of the same regiment. After the war he attended Georgetown University. By 1872 he was practicing as a physician in Cleveland as well as a director in the Guardian Savings and Trust Company the United Banking & Savings Company the Lorain Street Savings Bank Company and in several manufacturing companies. He lived out his life in Cleveland and was a member of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine the Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Industry Army and Navy Post of the G.A.R. and other local clubs. His two brothers Daniel C. and Frank H. Gentsch were also physicians. In 1907 he wrote and read a paper before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion called "Instantaneous Rigor-Mortis Occasionally occurring and observed upon the Battlefield" based on his war experiences.<br /> Leander Alonso Poor 1833-1910 of Vienna Maine graduated from Bowdoin College and was a principal at a high school in Massachusetts when the war began. He joined Company C U.S. Engineers Battalion at Worcester Massachusetts but was discharged for medical reasons. In 1864 he was commissioned Captain in the United States Volunteers and assigned to the Union Army's First Division Fourth Army Corps. His unit was ordered to Texas to reestablish federal authority spending from September 1865 to June 1866 at Indianola and later Port Lavaca to oversee the rebuilding of the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railway. He returned to Maine in 1866 and was given the rank of Brevet Major. After the war he was a school teacher and administrator. "Capt. Leander A. Poor U.S.V. in Port Lavaca 1865-1866" by Charles D. Spurlin 2003 THE JOURNAL OF SOUTH TEXAS 16 169-194; military records at website Fold3. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 37141
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[Civil War]
Loyalty and Disloyalty
Philadelphia: Ringwalt & Brown Printers 1863. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good copy with sunned wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. Anonymous piece calling for national unity especially in Pennsylvania. OCLC locates ten copies. Not at AAS. Sabin 42566. Samuel J. May Anti-slavery Collection: 34907118. Ringwalt & Brown, Printers unknown
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[CIVIL WAR -- PHOTOGRAPH]. ANDERSON, D[avid] H (Photographer).
Mammoth plate albumen photograph of General Phil Sheridan portraying himself dressed in uniform mounted on a horse charging in an artful yet artificial backdrop.
New York: D.H. Anderson 1893. One large original albumen photograph sized 17.5 x 21 in. mounted on 21 x 25 in. board minor chipping & damage to fore-edges of board some very minor staining still a VG image. First edition of this very scarce and early attempt at art photography of the patriotic sort and often referred to as reenactment photography. While the image of Sheridan is indeed from a photographic negative the backdrop of galloping horse and battlefield have all been supplied via lithography. This was an unusual and labor-intensive special effects process of which Anderson developed most of his skills during the Civil War in the Richmond VA area. Anderson 1827-1905 began his career as a daguerreotype photographer in Paducah KY in 1855 and moved throughout the South and Midwest before landing in Richmond during the Civil War. In 1879 he sold his business there to George Cook and purchased and refitted Mathew Brady’s historic studio at 785 Broadway in New York adorning the walls with life-sized crayon drawings and pastels a la Sarony and was one of the first adopters of Charles Bennet’s gelatin dry plate process requiring very little exposure time for excellent photographic images. He would often engage the original participants to reenact their historical actions and events which may have inspired the very popular Wild West shows at the time reenacting recent events in the Indian Wars using the actual participants in their performances. He specialized in mammoth and gargantuan photographic prints. No copies located in Worldcat: See: David H. Shields David H. Anderson Time Period 1855-1905 Broadway Photographs 2013. D.H. Anderson, unknown
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[Civil War]. [Mississippi]. [Kerr, Thomas B]
Manuscript Amnesty Oath from Mississippi Following the Civil War
Tishomingo County Ms: November 3 1865. Very good. 1p. of manuscript on a folio sheet. Old folds minor wear and soiling. A manuscript true copy of a loyalty oath taken by Thomas B. Kerr of Tishomingo County Mississippi following the end of the Civil War. The oath itself reads: "I do solemnly swear in the presence of almighty God that I will hereafter faithfully support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the states thereunder and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the Existing Rebellion with reference to the Emancipation of the Slaves. So help me God." The document is signed by Kerr as well as the Justice of the Peace James M. Amis and docketed on the verso "Thos. B. Kerr amnesty oath." Amnesty oaths from Mississippi are increasingly more rare in the market especially those directly referencing the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery. November 3 unknown
书商的参考编号 : 5112
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[Civil War Connecticut Desertions] Winter, Charles H
Manuscript Resignation and Transmission of Orders from Charles H. Winter 2nd Lieutenant of the 11th Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Pertaining to the Desertions of Recently Enlisted Substitutes
Chapin's Farm Chaffin's Farm VA 1865. Very good light creasing closed tear along centerfold minor soiling and ink staining contents clean. 2 pp. Bifolium. 8 x 12.5 inches. Even before the secession of the southern states the people of Connecticut were divided regarding their views of the war effort. Throughout the military conflict the social and political tensions were consistently exacerbated by incongruous perspectives on abolition and emancipation.<br /> <br /> This document demonstrates how even in the final weeks of the war northern sympathy for the Confederacy remained prevalent. Dated March 11th 1865 Charles H. Winter tenders his resignation as 2nd Lieutenant of the 11th Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteer Infantry due to the increased instances of desertions by substitutes. He tells the Assistant Adjutant General "The Regiment to which I belong is a Veteran organization and has until filled with Substitutes borne a reputation of which I felt proud It has lately been troubled with desertions of these Substitutes to the enemy from the Picket Line. I with the other officers have made every effort in my power to stop these desertions but without success these men joined the Regiment evidently with the intention to desert at the first available opportunity." Below Winter's explanation is the transmission of Special Order No. 201 issued by Colonel Edgar M. Cullen 1843-1922 of the 24th Army Corps March 9th 1865. Cullen's orders prohibit any of the men belonging to the 11th Regiment to leave the confines of the encampment the written permission from his Head Quarters.<br /> <br /> In his closing Winter places blame elsewhere noting that "these restrictions are placed upon us for a fault which clearly belongs to the authorities sending these Substitutes and for the character of whom I do not deem I can be held responsible." unknown
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[Civil War]: [Texas]: [Law]: McGinnis, AD A D
Manuscript Document Involving a Writ of Habeas Corpus in Late-Confederate Texas
March 14 1865. Very good. 2pp. on a folio sheet. Old folds some abrading in the margins minor edge wear. A Confederate Texas legal document in which Judge A.D. McGinnis of the "2nd Judicial District" orders those parties holding William L. Carter to report to court for a hearing on a matter "on a writ of habeas corpus." A month before the end of the Civil War Carter alleges that he was "illegally restrained in his liberty" by Lt. Robert Burton of "Alexander Cowan's Company of the Reserve Corps of Caldwell County of the Confederate States of America." Judge McGinnis states that Carter is now apparently being held by another officer of Cowan's Company and orders that said officer "is hereby commanded to produce the person of said Carter before the district court of said county.and there to show cause why he is held in custody and under restraint." Confederate habeas corpus documents are quite uncommon in the market. March 14 unknown
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[Civil War].
Manuscript Letter from General Andrew Porter to Captain William W. Averell.
<p>Folded letter sheet 2 1/2 pages of text with original mailing envelope no stamp. Light wear normal aging legible hand; overall near fine. General Andrew Porter 1820-1872 was born in Pennsylvania and was the grandson of Revolutionary War General Andrew Porter. Porter was also related to Mary Todd Lincoln. He served in the Mexican War and was a Brigadier General at the Battle of Bull Run. Porter was appointed Provost Marshall General of the Army of the Potomac in 1862 and left the service in 1864 for health reasons. This letter to Captain William Averell appears to be written in somewhat secretive style. He tells Averell to mail a letter to a Mrs. P. that is under a newspaper. " I will return when it is safe to leave Mrs. P. or sooner if pub." He tells the captain to "please telegraph me at once if anything of importance turns up or I am needed with the command." He goes on to tell Averell keep the s pol.service with us. Much reputation is to be gained by carrying it on or aiding it successfully. This is probably a reference to the Secret Police that was headed by Allan Pinkerton at that time and who were very busy hunting down Confederate spies at that time. He also talks a little about other military matters including a troop build-up in Philadelphia. find a grave website.</p>
书商的参考编号 : 104033
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[Civil War].
Manuscript Letter Signed by a New Jersey Soldier to His Family Describing Battle Action in the Civil War.
4 pages on one leaf 4to with original envelope and typed transcript. Normal aging and browning slight separation at folds. The letters were written by George Roden who was born in 1841 from Newark New Jersey who was the son of English immigrants and served in the 2nd New Jersey Infantry regiment. He was a corporal when this letter was written. The letter is addressed "Dear Folks at home" and tells his family how happy he was to receive their letters after waiting so long but he also includes a description of the Battle of Gaines' Mills; 'Our four companies left as they were without any support whatever to contend with over a brigade of the enemy surrounding us on three sides they poured in an awful cross fire but even amid that and their insane yells our boys rallied around the dear old flag three times. Once They were taken but as the fellow a Lieut. grasped it from our wounded color sergeant a ball went through his heart and again they were retaken." He also adds an interesting account of his company's reserve role in the Battle of White Old Swamp. See guide to Roden family papers at the William L. Clements Library.
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[Civil War].
Manuscript Letter Signed by Frederick Steubing a Confederate Soldier to another Soldier.
<p>One plain brown lettersheet 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in folded format about 2 1/2 pages of text. Creased a small hole only affecting one letter some aging; otherwise very good. Includes a typed transcript. This is a letter from Frederick Steubing a Confederate soldier to J.H. Williams another Confederate soldier describing various events and combat in a humorous way. Steubing tells of a very merry Christmas parted that ended with most of the company getting drunk. "We had a jolly time of it Christmas here the biggest part of the company got drunk and we throwed in with them I got as drunk as a fool and you bet I was sick the next day." Steubing asks Williams for news of his friends and tells him about some of the action he saw on the Mississippi. "I got a good look at the old gunboats and you bet I heard them belch several times at us whenever we would shoot at the transport with our cannon and small arms. the cannon balls would cut down trees as big as anybody and you bet that the cannon balls would make boys hug the levy and eat sand." The rough brown paper used for this letter would seem to reflect the scarcity of supplies among Confederate soldiers.</p>
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