Philadelphia: Published by the Author for the Subscribers 1875. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Signed by General Guss. Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson in the Nevins bibiliography considers this "a useful reservoir of personal narratives for the campaigns along the Atlantic coast" Nevins I 149. The Regiment was commanded by Gen. Henry R. Guss and this copy is Signed by Gen. Guss "with his compliments". In publisher's brown gilt decorated cloth with portrait frontispiece of Henry R. Guss illustrated with portraits plates and maps. Quite an attractive bright copy from the personal library of Bud Robertson with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Nevins I 149. Very Good binding. Published by the Author for the Subscribers unknown books
Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1891. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison unknown books
Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1891. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison unknown books
Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1893. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison unknown books
Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1890. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison unknown books
Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1887. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. 17.5 x 25 inches. Matted. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. 17.5 x 25 inches. Kurz was the most prolific Civil War artist of the nineteenth century and he is most famous for the 36 chromolithographs of Civil War battles. see Schiele "The Civil War Artwork of Louis Kurz: An Escape from Realism. Kurz & Allison unknown books
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER LETTER. ALS. 2pgs. September 29 1864. Camp 26 miles from Atlanta Georgia. An autograph letter from a Confederate soldier of the 19th South Carolina Regiment. He wrote home to his parents mentioning the possibility of going to Tennessee or Alabama. The letter seems to have been written over several sittings with a greeting at the beginning of each separate entry. “To My Dear Pa and Ma I now have an opertunity sic of writing you a few lines to let you Know that I am all the Boys up my company is well on all that is in the Regt that you know. Pa I will tell you that we are one a going to start up in Tenn and if we do I don’t know when I will get the chance to write to you again. Dear Pa and Ma up if you don’t hear from me soon you must not think hard of me for I write as often as I see any chance. Ma if I take the trip in Tennessee I will need my clothing up. You must send them the first chance you can send them to me by Capt Harris or Lr. Randall are Both at home they have got 30 days parole but I…no idea where we will be then but if I am a live I hear that the weather will be cold enough for any thing Pa I cant tell you where I think we are a going to Blue Mountain Ala but let us go where we may I will write to you every chance I get I am now 26 miles from Atlanta Ga…â€. The 19th would in fact go to Tennessee to join Hood’s Campaign there. It is in fine condition. hardcover books
CONFEDERATE LETTER. ALS. 4pgs. May 15 1862. Lake Beautyfull. An autograph letter signed “Georg Curle†by an inhabitant of the Confederate south. The writer empowers the recipient to negotiate a marriage contract on his behalf. He also mentions the Civil War obliquely calling the Union “the Lincolnists†as well as his economic struggles: “…But you say you had commenced a negotiation with Cos M. P and did not know what to say to her I had in one of my former letter you with all power to act for me and close the contract with her and had supposed you so understood it be such have been watching with much interest to here sic the result so I hope you will not feel at a loss to know how to act but close the matter as if I were present say to Cos MP to be ready I expect to be in about the first of July all she has to say is to say yes and we will go before the parson and have the not sic tied at once. Know all men by these presents that I Goerg Curle do hereby constitute Sally Sallie G Shelton my Legal representative to negotiate and close a marriage contract between Miss MP and myself any and every promise on act of said SGS as…this subject will be as binding as if I were present myself. Given under my hand and seale sic this 13 day May 1862 Georg Curle…I can let you have one or two sections of as find land as can be found in the South; I have plenty land if the Lincolnists do not subjugate us it will be quite valuable; but must confess Ive no money as I have not collected a dollar since I left Va our cotton crop cannot be sold at any price at all…George Curleâ€. The letter is in fine condition with just a hint of toning. unknown books
2pp plus postal envelope with cancel and 3 cent stamp. Very Good.<br/><br/> Weaver advises that his son "George is enjoying good health since he has returned from Dixie he was conscripted the third time since the rebellion but has succeeded by being detailed to attend to some other duties but the last time he was compeled to go into camp and from there to the front in Virginia & in place of going to camp he forged himself a detail that he was ordered from Montgomery to go into Miss. to gather up material to make paper he left Selma Alabama Nov 2 /64 & arrived home safe with many hair's breath escape of being taken prisoner on the 1st Dec /64. He is now in Phila in a wholesale notions store. unknown books
New York: F. M. Lupton 1886. Early printing with the rear wrapper advert listing through No. 123 in the series. OCLC records two holding institutions: Yale & the Huntington. Printed self wrappers sewn. Age toning to paper. Two stab holes in margin along spine. A VG copy of this rare title. 16 pp text double column. Ornamental masthead. Folio. 11-5/8" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton unknown books
Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead Book and Job Printer 1864. 60pp. Printed wrappers. Upper wrapper stained at edges as are the fore-edges of the first several leaves otherwise a good copy. First edition of this anthology of poetry and prose largely accounts of battle capture and privation by soldiers in the field and in hospital published under the auspices of the Great Central Fair of the Sanitary Commission. Henry B. Ashmead, Book and Job Printer unknown books
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1862. 1st Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Advert eps. Square & tight. Pencil pos. Some foxing & staining to paper. Withal a respectable VG copy. viii 9 - 182 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue concludes volume. Illustrated with 15 maps 5 folding 5 plates & 31 intratextual figures. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>"I have undertaken in this little work to give a clear and precise idea of the great maxims of war. It was written for the citizen soldier and officer. To show the application of the principles I have given several examples fully developed." J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
New York: Phelps & Watson Publishers 16 Beekman St 1864. Fold out hand-colored map. 1 vols. 60 x 88 cm 35 x 29 inches folded in cover to 18 x 12 cm. 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches; with 35 pp booklet "Brief Description of Battles and Skirmishes of he War. Orange printed pictorial boards cloth spine with 35 booklet tipped to inside front cover. Fragile binding is splitting at cloth spine corners are chipped; map torn along folds one small tear into image. Interestingly the map is stamped on the verso; "Price 50 cts. for the benefit of a one armed soldier"; and signed by an early NYC owner. Fold out hand-colored map. 1 vols. 60 x 88 cm 35 x 29 inches folded in cover to 18 x 12 cm. 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches; with 35 pp booklet "Brief Description of Battles and Skirmishes of he War". Rare and Fragile Civil War Map. Fragile and very scarce map from the Civil War this copy being issued after May 1864 as the final entry on the accompanying booklet listing skirmishes concludes with 'spotsylvania Pa." The map itself locates battles and skirmishes by means of red dots or by red underlining of place names and it also gives the population statistics for each state. OCLC locates 4 copies and the map is not in ot in Stephenson Civil War Maps in the Library of Congress. Phelps & Watson, Publishers, 16 Beekman St unknown books
Philadelphia 1864. Great Central Fair letterhead sheet folded to 5" X 8". 4 pp manuscript on rectos only. Letterhead depicts the Fair's Seal with a vignette of a Goddess-like figure handing a chalice to two soldiers one of whom appears wounded; surrounded by the words "The Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission." Mount remnants on final blank page one small tape repair Very Good.<br/> OFFERED WITH SALT PRINT PHOTOGRAPH BUST PORTRAIT OF MARGARETTA MEADE. 5-1/2" x 4" mounted on plain paper. Very Good. <br/><br/> Margaretta Sargent Meade 1814-1886 the wife of General George Meade did her part for the War effort at the United States Sanitary Commission. She labored long and hard to make its upcoming Fair a success. <br/> Colonel William Watts Hart Davis 1820-1910 to whom the Letter is addressed was stationed at James Island in South Carolina home of the famous Swamp Angel Battery which had bombarded Charleston in 1863. The Battery was immortalized in a poem by Herman Melville. Davis served with the 25th and 104th Pennsylvania regiments during the War and was breveted a Brigadier General March 13 1865 for his "gallant and meritorious service during operations against Charleston South Carolina." He was a lawyer; professor and superintendent of the Virginia Military Scientific and Literary Academy in Portsmouth; a Mexican War veteran; a government official in the Territory of New Mexico; and wrote several books. Jordan Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania Genealogical Publishing Company p 380; "Davis W. W. H. William Watts Hart 1820-1910" website of Social Networks and Archival Context. unknown books
New Orleans: Search & Pfaff 1926. First Edition. Paperbound in the publisher’s orignal printed covers. Very good clean copy. Two books bound by the publisher in one volume each with a separate title page. It is the two books bound by the publisher together.The Lugo Case 69 pages and Ironclad 84 pages. The reflections of Joseph Lancaster Brent Brigadier General in the Army of the Confederate States of America. Rare book. Search & Pfaff unknown books
paperback. illus. 450pp. 8vo pr. wrs. Inman SC: B&B Historical Research 1985. Limited Edn.<br/><br/> Facsimile of the Philadephia 1862 edition. Previous owner's notations on margin of preface otherwise very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
New York 1865. Small broadside 5" x 7.5". Printed using different typesettings completed in ink manuscript. Two very small holes no text loss a few small spots old folds. Good to Very Good. unknown books
July 1863-March 1864. A set of six financial documents relating to two ships. The barque Texas and the barque Alamo were owned by Oliver H. Perry a shipping merchant from Southport Connecticut. The Texas was lost at sea in late 1862 while serving the Union cause during the American Civil War. Five of the six documents report Perry’s earnings on the ships. These are from Connecticut shipping company Wakeman Dimon & Co. who operated Perry’s ships. The sixth letter is from the Atlantic Insurance Company. It concerns Perry’s insurance policies on the ships. The documents are in very good condition overall with folds. unknown books
Virginia 1864. Folio 8" x 12". Three loose leaves making 6 pp completely in ink manuscript. Occasional short separations at folds light age toning and soiling some edge wear with slight loss of text. Overall Good. <br/><br/> The 1st New York Infantry Regiment was mustered for two years of service in April 1861. After serving at Big Bethel Fair Oaks Malvern Hill Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville they were duly mustered out in May 1863. This history by 2nd Lieutenant John S. Brush details the organization of the company and its movements. The Company arrived at Big Bethel on the morning of June 10th 1861 formed a line of battle remained under the enemy's fire for nearly two hours before being ordered to retreat. They moved on to Newport News where the Rebel Iron Clad Merrimac shelled the garrison for two hours before retiring; no casualties were reported. Onward to join the Army of the Potomac and to the White House plantation on the Pamunkey River on June 4 1862. Then to Savage Station then joining the battle at Peach Orchard where Privates Carlisle Ferris Patrick Culhane & Edward Corcoran were killed and Privates William Rodgers Frank Cox & Thos. Hillman were wounded. Later at Glendale "Captain John H. Carter was dangerously wounded while gallantly rallying his men to the contest" and was taken prisoner while Sergeant Joseph E. Fallon "seeing the colors falling into the hands of the rebels rushed forward under a heavy fire from the enemy and secured two of them." Other battles and casualties are mentioned followed by a list of soldiers who were killed transferred discharged deserted etc. With a Recapitulation signed and dated by John S. Brush at Potomac Creek Virginia 4 April 1863.<br/> John S. Brush born c. 1840 was mustered into the New York Infantry in 1861 a 1st Corporal and was mustered out a 2d Lieutenant. Brush had an interesting life following the war. 1880 Federal census records list him as a resident of Sing Sing Prison. Unfortunately this Civil War veteran went into the forgery business. By 1903 he had spent more than 20 years in Illinois and New York State prisons because of his "expertness in 'free hand' imitation of signatures and handwriting" versus the more common tracing method making him "one of the most dangerous professional forgers operating in this country." He was so good that those he had imitated at times would identify his forgeries as their own signatures. In 1903 Brush pleaded guilty yet again to forgery and was sentenced to another five years imprisonment at Dannemora prison. By the 1910 U.S. Federal Census he was living at the National Soldiers' Home in Tennessee. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION. . . 1903. pp. 127-129. unknown books
NY: New York Herald 1865. Folio folded good copy. Headline the capture of Corpus Christie Texas with a large map skirmish and battle for Williamsburg the Missouri elections emancipation in the border states. New York Herald unknown books
New York: Jackson 1860. First Edition. An unrecorded recruitment broadside for the 11th New York Cavalry. Col. James Swain led the regiment which was first organized on Staten Island in late 1861. Most troops came from New York City the site of robust recruitment in the early years of the conflict largely from Irish and German immigrants. The regiment saw service throughout the South. The verse in small part: "Must our nation to the rebels yield or vainly call for aid / Our brethren now are in the field shall we keep in the shade. that our cause is just I hope and trust there are few who can but own / As if was the rebels raised this dust which we will soon put down. / Then if you wish to bear a hand you might not have again / A chance to join a chosen band of Mounted Riflemen." <br /> <br /> We find no record of the verse's author R.B. Nicol. Curiously though this broadside is unrecorded a broadside with the same song was published in Washington D.C. by G.F. Hardwick in 1864. A very good copy well preserved with some light creasing and hints of foxing. Jackson unknown books
NY: New York Times 1865. Folio folded good copy. A review od Saturday's action in Fredericksburg with a map of the placements of the forces. New York Times unknown books
NY: New York Tribune 1865. Folio folded good copy. Includes an article on the Lincoln assassination forthcoming trial etc. New York Tribune unknown books
NY: New York Tribune 1865. Folio folded good copy. Sheridan in New Orleans Complicity of Rebel Leaders in assassination surrender by General Hood etc. New York Tribune unknown books
NY: New York Tribune 1865. Folio folded good copy. Includes an article on the the passing of the Enrollment Bill news of Sherman approaching Raleigh etc. More Civil War news. Congress passed an amendment to the Enrollment Act on March 3 1865; this is sometimes referred to itself as the Enrollment Act of 1865. Section 21 of the Act 13 Stat. 490 imposed denationalization loss of citizenship as a penalty for draft evasion or desertion. Justice John Marshall Harlan II's dissent in Afroyim v. Rusk mentioned the Enrollment Act of 1865 as an example of a law in which citizenship could be revoked without a person's consent and that the Congress then regarded it as constitutional. New York Tribune unknown books
NY: New York Tribune 1865. Folio folded good copy. Sherman advances in South Carolina news from the "rebel" newspapers etc. New York Tribune unknown books
NY: New York Tribune 1863. Folio folded good copy. Civil War news: General Gillmore' army Genral Butler retreat of Longstreet from Knoxville etc. New York Tribune unknown books
NY: New York Tribune 1865. Folio folded good copy. Rally for Lincoln and Johnson at Coper Union the coming Presidential electionsetc. New York Tribune unknown books