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Civil War. Income Tax. Law. Lincoln Springer William M.
The Income Tax. Supreme Court of Illinois January term A.D. 1868. Wm. M. Springer plaintiff in error vs. John E. Rosette et al. deft's in error. Argument for plaintiff by McClernand Broadwell & Springer
Springfield: Daily State Register Job Print 1868. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good copy; mail fold some minor wear and soiling to wrappers. 25 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy. Inscribed on front wrapper "Compl. of plaintiff." <br /> <br /> President Lincoln signed into law a temporary income tax to help finance the Civil War. William Springer an Illinois lawyer refused to pay on earnings from his law practice. Eventually his real property was seized and sold to the government to satisfy the arrearage. Springer and his law firm argued that the War income tax was an impermissible direct tax on his estate by the federal government not apportioned among the states in violation of the Constitution. The case would eventually go to the Supreme Court in 1881.<br /> <br /> Two of the members of the firm McClernand Broadwell & Springer were well known to Lincoln: Norman M. Broadwell studied law in the office of Lincoln and Herndon in Springfield Illinois and John McClernand was a disastrous Civil War General once relieved his his command then restored by Lincoln. <br /> <br /> John E. Rosette for the government had "at the invitation of Abraham Lincoln. moved to Springfield Illinois where he practiced law for about thirty years. Rosette came to Sangamon County as a Democrat in politics but from 1856 on he identified himself with the Republican party. He edited the Springfield Republican and supported Lincoln’s presidential nomination" lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org.<br /> <br /> Provenance: William O. Bartlett prominent New York lawyer.<br /> <br /> Not in Sabin who lists only the corresponding argument of John E. Rosette Defendants 89841. OCLC locates three copies: Abraham Lincoln Pres. Lib. Wisc. Hist. Soc. So. Illinois Univ. Law. Daily State Register Job Print unknown
Bookseller reference : 37668
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Civil War.
The New York Times. Saturday April 8 1865. Vol. XIV. NO. 4224.
<p>Newspaper folded six columns 8 pp. Some splits and tears at folds with some loss of text a couple of small pieces are missing creasing and chipping mostly in margins paper in a somewhat fragile state. Paper is folded in half at this point. Overall condition fair for newsprint. An exciting piece of Civil War history published the day before Lee surrendered. The paper is full of Civil War coverage including the capture of six Confederate Generals Sheridan's route of a rebel army and Lee's army broken up. The Times article talks of victory and the demise of the Confederate army. This issue is at the end of the Civil War and about a week before Lincoln would be assassinated. </p> books
Bookseller reference : 106216
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Civil War.
The New York Weekly News November 19 1864. Vol. IX No. 1.
<p>Newsprint folio sheets 8 pp. Last four pages uncut Creasing and chips and tears along edges with some loss in the final column and top margin. A little bit of soiling staining and foxing; overall between fair and good. This issue has a couple of articles on the war. One relates to General Sheridan's activities in Virginia another relates to Confederate Finances. A somewhat large chip has resulted in the loss of some words in these articles but most of the articles are present. Paper maybe shipped at center fold. </p> books
Bookseller reference : 106621
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Civil War.
The New York Weekly News. Saturday September 17 1864. Vol. VIII. No. 44.
<p>Newspaper folded six columns 8 pp. Mostly uncut a few splits chips and tears at folds a couple of small pieces are missing from top margin creasing some foxing or darkening name stamp in top margin paper somewhat fragile and is folded. Overall condition about good for newsprint. This issue includes considerable Civil War and politics of the day coverage. May ship folded. </p> books
Bookseller reference : 106627
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Civil War.
The Soldier's Prayer Book. Arranged from the Book of Common Prayer; with Additional Collects and Hymns.
Small pamphlet 11x7.5 cm 4¼x3" cloth-backed printed wrappers 64 pp. Some wear and staining; a couple of chips and holes on wrappers small piece of newsprint glued to a preliminary page normal aging to content very good for this type of item. Thousands of these small prayer books were distributed to Union troops during the Civil War by the U.S. Christian Commission however because of the fragile nature of these pray books they are quite scarce today. In addition to prayers this little book includes a section of hymns. Protestant Episcopal Book Society, books
Bookseller reference : 106467
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CIVIL WAR. ANNA BIGELOW
Unique Sea Mosses Book Sold at the New York Metropolitan Fair to Benefit Sick and Wounded Union Troops
<p><i>"call us not weeds we are flowers of the Sea."</i></p> <b>CIVIL WAR. ANNA BIGELOW.</b>Autograph Manuscript Signed unique calligraphy book with illustrations pressed sea weeds and hand lettered four lines of verse titled 'Sea Weeds.' New York N.Y 1864. 7½ x 10½ on 60-plus pages with 31 moss examples interleaved.<p>Album donated to benefit Union soldiers presented at the New York Metropolitan Fair held on March 28 1864 to raise funds to aid sick and wounded Union soldiers. The Metropolitan Fair was organized to benefit the Sanitary Commission a private relief agency authorized by federal legislation in 1861. The Commission raised an estimated $25 million in revenue more than $386 million today and enlisted thousands of volunteers. A New York Times article on Jan. 1 1864 provided a preview: "Every branch of agriculture trade industry and art will be invited to contribute its choicest and costliest products for exhibition and sale. Musical and dramatic artists will be invited to aid the common cause with their talent and genius. All the material resources of the great City of New-York and of the region directly tributary to it are to be invoked."</p><p>The great success of an earlier Chicago fair inspired many women in the North to become involved. The Metropolitan Fair included everything from "Architectural Ornaments" to "Wines & Liquors" to "Wholesale Millinery Goods." Commemorative and ceremonial objects were often specially designed for the Sanitary fairs. Anna Bigelow's album of sea mosses may have been displayed in the "Arrangements and Decoration" section.</p><p>When Northerners attended fairs donated money or goods or volunteered their time they were aiding the soldiers on the front lines. Autographs of leading Americans were often sold; Lincoln even donated an autograph manuscript of the Gettysburg Address to the New York Fair where it sold for $1000. For Chicago's Great Northwestern Fair Lincoln donated his original signed draft of the Emancipation Proclamation with an accompanying letter stating his "desire to retain the paper but if it shall contribute to the relief or comfort of the soldiers that will be better."</p><p>The elaborately hand lettered and decorated title page of this album bears a small signature "Ellsworth" and "819 Broadway." Henry W. Ellsworth is listed in New York's Manual of the Board of Education as a penmanship instructor at School No. 47 on Twelfth Street between Broadway and University Place p. 295. There is also an inscription "Drawn by E. W. Gandy 1864" at the top of the front free endpaper.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>All edges gilt. Elaborately gilt stamped brown morocco gift binding with white silk linings with gilt title "Sea Mosses" at front board and "Album" at spine. A bit chipped top of spine. Internally a bit marked at the silk linings. The plates in very good condition with the each sea moss plate a delicate floral arrangement. Front cover detached. Some soiling and foxing.</p> hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24170
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Civil War. Armstrong Gen. Frank C. 1834 . Joyce Col. John A lexander 1842 1915
JEWELS Of MEMORY
Washington DC: Gibson Brothers 1895. 1st edition. Presentation copy. Red cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & boards ruled in blind. A VG copy bit of spine sunning/light soil to cloth. 245 pp. Frontis of Joyce. 12mo. 5" x 7 3/8" <br/><br/>Armstrong a respected member of the Confederate miliatary senior guard having served with Polk & Jackson. Long laudatory inscription from Joyce to Armstrong on the ffep: "Inscribed to / Genl Frank C. / Armstrong with / the respect that / a genuine soldier / of the "Blue" has / for a genuine / soldier of the "Gray" / John A. Joyce / Author / Washington D.C. / Nov. 25th 1895". Gibson Brothers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 16075
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Civil War. Barbe Muriel Culp
A UNION FOREVER. An Historical Story of the Turbulent Years 1854 - 1865 in the Lincoln Country and the Kansas - Missouri Border of the Old Central West Based on Contemporary Records Documents and Letters of Lewis Hanback Hitherto Unpublished
Glendale CA: The Barbe Associates 1949. 1st edition. White cloth with blue spine lettering. Dust jacket. VG/VG some age toning to jacket. 470 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Barbe Associates hardcover books
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Civil War. Bill Henry 1824 1891 Copyright Holder
The FIRST BATTLE BETWEEN "IRON" SHIPS Of WAR.; The "Monitor" 2 Guns and "Merrimac" 10 Guns. The Merrimac was crippled and the whole Rebel Fleet driven off
n. p. 1862. 1st printing presumed. Vertical & horizontal fold-lines with short splits along one fold edge. Age-toning & dusting with old repair to left edge. An About VG example. Single sheet lithograph printed recto only. Image size: 10-1/2" x 17-5/8". Entire: 14" x 19-5/8" <br/><br/>The lithograph shows the Monitor and the Merrimack firing at each other during their historically important battle of 9 March 1862 with other named ships Cumberland -- Newport News -- Jamestown & Yorktown -- Congress -- Sewell's Point -- Minnesota in the background with the Cumberland sinking on the left the first ship sunk by the Merrimack i.e. CSS Virginia the two having engaged the day prior. OCLC records 3 holding institutions: LoC Boston Athenaeum & AAS. Rare in the trade. unknown books
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Civil War. Buckingham Wm. Alfred. 1804 1875. Osgood Hugh. Henry. 1821 1899
MESSAGE Of GOVERNOR BUCKINGHAM Accompanying the Report of Col. H. H. Osgood Giving the Number of Drafted Men in the State to the General Assembly December 10th 1862. Printed by Order of the Legislature
New Haven: Babcock & Sizer State Printers 1862. 1st edition. Printed yellow wrappers. Minor wear & dust soiling. A VG copy. 44 4 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>OCLC shows 10 institutional holdings. Babcock & Sizer, State Printers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 32747
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Civil War. Carter III Samuel
The FINAL FORTRESS: The Campaign for Vicksburg 1862 - 1863
New York: St. Martin's Press 1980. 1st edition. Black cloth spine with blue paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. F/NF. xi 1 354 pp including index. Illustrated. Map eps. 8vo. <br/><br/> St. Martin's Press hardcover books
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Civil War. Edmonds Miss S. Emma Mrs Seelye. pseudonym for Sarah Emma Edmundson. 1841 1898
NURSE And SPY. Thrilling Story of the Adventures of a Woman Who Served as a Union Soldier. Old Glory Library No. 34
Washington DC: The National Tribune 1900. Early reprint cf Nevins II 125. Yellow printed 'aligator' leatherette wrappers. Some wear & soiling to wrappers. Vertical crease to rear wrapper. Paper age-toned as usual. VG. 179 13 pp. 12 pages of publisher adverts "Great War Books" conclude volume. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Described by Nevins as "A sensational account." The National Tribune hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 15672.1
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Civil War. Harwell Richard B. Editor
The UNION READER
London: Longmans Green & Co 1958. 1st edition. Abt VG spot of dampstain to rear board/Abt VG sp sunned/edgeworn. 362 pp including index 8vo. <br/><br/>The story of the war as seen and reported by the Northern soldiers and civilians. Longmans Green & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 8417
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Civil War. Rawls Walton
GREAT CIVIL WAR HEROES AND THEIR BATTLES
New York. Abbeville Press. 1985. Oblong 4to. Hardcover with dustjacket in fine condition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1285
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Civil War. Wiley Bell Irvin
The LIFE Of JOHNNY REB. The Common Soldier of the Confederacy
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1943. 1st edition. Maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering. No dust jacket. VG spine panel sunned/eps toned. 444 pp including index. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. <br/><br/> Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 28143
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CIVIL WAR. ABBOT Willis
Battle-Fields of '61: A Narrative of the Military Operations of the War For the Union Up to the End of the Peninsular Campaign
New York Dodd Mead and Company Publishers 1889. 1889. First edition. Frontispiece; 27 illustrations by W.C. Jackson; 8 maps. 2 pages introduction by author. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt with gilt stamped cream banner on the front cover. Very good. 356 pages. No dust jacket No signatures or bookplates. Provenance: from the estate of director Delbert Mann. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Dodd, Mead and Company Publishers [1889]. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 229827
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CIVIL WAR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Attending the Philadelphia Sanitary Fair in the Summer of 1864
<p>Two tickets to the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia. One admitted a pupil of the public schools of Philadelphia and was used on Saturday June 11 according to the stamp on the verso. The other is an apparently unused "Season Ticket" that admitted the bearer "<i>To All Parts of the Fair</i>" except the Children's Exhibitions but was "<i>Forfeited if Transferred and Not Good unless Endorsed</i>." The verso includes the oath "<i>I hereby promise that this Ticket shall be used to obtain admission to the Fair by myself only</i>" and a blank line for a signature.</p> <b>CIVIL WAR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Great Central Fair Tickets June 1864. Pair of passes for the Great Central Fair held in Philadelphia June 7-28 1864. One ticket is for one day's admission for a public school student. The other is a season ticket. 1 p. each 3½ x 2¼ and 3½ x 2 in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>During the Civil War several northern cities hosted sanitary fairs between 1863 and 1865 to raise money for the care of wounded soldiers. The Great Central Fair held at Logan Square in Philadelphia in June 1864 was a fundraiser for the United States Sanitary Commission and was one of the largest fairs. The main exhibit building constructed in forty working days by local volunteer skilled labor enclosed 200000 square feet. It featured nearly one hundred departments offering a broad range of displays from Arms and Trophies to Fine Arts to Umbrellas and Canes. Curiosities included a $1000 doll house a recreated parlor of William Penn with Penn artifacts the boat used by Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane and George Washington's carriage.</p><p>Over three weeks the fair welcomed more than 400000 visitors. The season ticket offered here cost $5 a week's pay for a day laborer or a domestic and several days' wages for skilled workers. The fair served more than 9000 meals per day in its restaurant and had a daily newspaper with descriptions of the various departments. During its existence the fair raised approximately $1 million for the Sanitary Commission second only to New York City in money raised.</p><p>President Abraham Lincoln attended the fair with his family on June 16. He also donated forty-eight signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation printed under the auspices of George Boker of the Union League which were sold for $10 each.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Both have glue discolored on the reverse sides. The smaller card has a 1" edge tear on the right side neatly repaired with archival tape.</p><br /> books
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CIVIL WAR. ANNA BIGELOW
Unique Sea Mosses Book Sold at the New York Metropolitan Fair to Benefit Sick and Wounded Union Troops
<p><i>"call us not weeds we are flowers of the Sea."</i></p> <b>CIVIL WAR. ANNA BIGELOW.</b>Autograph Manuscript Signed unique calligraphy book with illustrations pressed sea weeds and hand lettered four lines of verse titled 'Sea Weeds.' New York N.Y 1864. 7½ x 10½ on 60-plus pages with 31 moss examples interleaved.<p>Album donated to benefit Union soldiers presented at the New York Metropolitan Fair held on March 28 1864 to raise funds to aid sick and wounded Union soldiers. The Metropolitan Fair was organized to benefit the Sanitary Commission a private relief agency authorized by federal legislation in 1861. The Commission raised an estimated $25 million in revenue more than $386 million today and enlisted thousands of volunteers. A New York Times article on Jan. 1 1864 provided a preview: "Every branch of agriculture trade industry and art will be invited to contribute its choicest and costliest products for exhibition and sale. Musical and dramatic artists will be invited to aid the common cause with their talent and genius. All the material resources of the great City of New-York and of the region directly tributary to it are to be invoked."</p><p>The great success of an earlier Chicago fair inspired many women in the North to become involved. The Metropolitan Fair included everything from "Architectural Ornaments" to "Wines & Liquors" to "Wholesale Millinery Goods." Commemorative and ceremonial objects were often specially designed for the Sanitary fairs. Anna Bigelow's album of sea mosses may have been displayed in the "Arrangements and Decoration" section.</p><p>When Northerners attended fairs donated money or goods or volunteered their time they were aiding the soldiers on the front lines. Autographs of leading Americans were often sold; Lincoln even donated an autograph manuscript of the Gettysburg Address to the New York Fair where it sold for $1000. For Chicago's Great Northwestern Fair Lincoln donated his original signed draft of the Emancipation Proclamation with an accompanying letter stating his "desire to retain the paper but if it shall contribute to the relief or comfort of the soldiers that will be better."</p><p>The elaborately hand lettered and decorated title page of this album bears a small signature "Ellsworth" and "819 Broadway." Henry W. Ellsworth is listed in New York's Manual of the Board of Education as a penmanship instructor at School No. 47 on Twelfth Street between Broadway and University Place p. 295. There is also an inscription "Drawn by E. W. Gandy 1864" at the top of the front free endpaper.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>All edges gilt. Elaborately gilt stamped brown morocco gift binding with white silk linings with gilt title "Sea Mosses" at front board and "Album" at spine. A bit chipped top of spine. Internally a bit marked at the silk linings. The plates in very good condition with the each sea moss plate a delicate floral arrangement. Front cover detached. Some soiling and foxing.</p> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 24170
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CIVIL WAR. Anon
Autograph Letter Signed
of A.H. Perry to W.P. Burrall Esq. on Hartford and New Haven Railroad Office letterhead Springfield MA February 22 1864. Small 4to 1 page. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 500989
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CIVIL WAR. Anon
Autograph Letter Signed
text of a telegram on printed form of the American Telegraph Company from Captain William M. McKim to agent George P. Greer of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Boston ca. 1864. 8vo 1 page with additional Autograph Letter Signed of S.R. Conner on verso for certification. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 500990
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CIVIL WAR. Anon
Document Signed
holograph "Official Copy" in the hand of 1st Lieutenant William Stone of "General Order No. 1" on "Office Act. Ass't. Pro. Mar. Gen'l" letterhead Philadelphia April 9 1864. Order routing information in red ink at bottom in another hand. 4to 1 page. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 500997
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CIVIL WAR. Anon
Printed Telegram
holograph copies of text for 4 telegrams Boston February 15-18 1864. Small 4to sheet 2pp. recto and verso. F. Soft cover. paperback books
Bookseller reference : 501001
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CIVIL WAR. BURR Frank A. and Richard J. Hinton
The Life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Its Romances and Reality: How an Humble Lad Reached the Head of an Army. The Career And Achievements of This Masterly Leader of Men in Battle; Realistic Descriptions of the March Raid and Charge of the Horsemen; and Graphic Sketches of Other Great Cavalry Leaders
Providence R.I. J.A. & R.A. Reid Publishers 1888. 1888. First edition. Thick 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait; 22 illustrations; 46 portraits. 2 page preface by Frank A. Burr. Original green cloth stamped in dark brown and gilt; green floral endpapers. Very good. 445 pages. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Providence, R.I., J.A. & R.A. Reid, Publishers, 1888. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 229914
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CIVIL WAR. CONFEDERATE STATES
Uniform and Dress of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States of America
New Hope Pennsylvania The River House 1952 1861. 1952. Reprint of the 1861 Richmond edition. 4to. 23 illustrations. Original blue cloth stamped in black; blue endpapers. Very good. Bookplate of Charles S. Schwartz on the front pastedown. Ink signature on the front endpapers. #67/400 copies. Hardcover. New Hope, Pennsylvania, The River House, 1952, 1861. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 198635
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Civil War. Cook William J.
Poems on the Battle of Gettysburg wrapper title.
Gettysburg Pa.: Wm. J. Cook ca. 1887. First edition. Roughly opened or trimmed along the lower edge; some light chipping and light soiling; a very good copy. Original printed yellow wrappers 6 x 4 inches 9 1 pages. Illus. Seemingly unrecorded a bound pamphlet of irregular leaves and varied typefaces stitched together into printed wrappers; likely only a short step up from an amateur press production. With a historical summary plus dramatic poetry on Gettysburg; one of the poems is signed in type W. J. C. and the rear wrappers note that the book is available from Wm. J. Cook Box 82 Gettysburg. The rear wrappers also note that one poem concerns an 1887 reunion of veterans from both sides of the war. Wm. J. Cook), unknown books
Bookseller reference : 19211
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CIVIL WAR. EDGAR A. BURPEE
A Union Officer Sheds New Light on the Battle of Fredericksburg with Schematic Drawings
<p>Mainer Edgar Alphonso Burpee describes the Battle of Fredericksburg providing previously-unknown details regarding order of battle Union movement through city streets <i>"unbecoming"</i> ransacking of civilian property and Confederates shelling Union-occupied parts of their city. He also includes drawings of the city's streets.</p> <b>CIVIL WAR. EDGAR A. BURPEE.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to Alexander Burpee. Fredericksburg Va. December 15 1862 12 pp. 5 1/8 x 7¾ in.<p><b>Partial Transcript</b></p><p><i>"Being our orderly I summoned the company at 4 o'clock and gave them my orders.a report of a gun was heard that sounded like thunder. It was a signal gun and to us indicated that something was in process of being done. Then another was heard and immediately after that musketry and some other guns.we stacked arms and lay down waiting the order to move forward.waiting for the pontoon bridges to be laid so we could pass.guns of both forces were constantly being fired and such a roar I never heard before. It seems as if the very heavens were filled with thunder and it was very stirring that our forces were engaged in shelling the city.Then later at double quick we crossed the pontoon bridge and set foot in the doomed city for our first time. We filed into the street that runs along the river bank having the honor of being the first regiment of our brigade in. As we entered marched up the street some 5 or 6 rods in front of us skirmishing and the bullets of the rebels came whistling thickly over our heads and around our ankles.</i></p><p><i>The streets are laid out in regular squares I shall draw you a plan. Because skirmishing was going on in the next street above us we were protected from the rebel shots. the rebel sharpshooters were about six rods away in the houses.their sharpshooters rapidly picked off our men.Our batteries too poured into the rebels showers of shells so that they completely riddled the homes nearby killing a large number of the enemy.By this time 7 o'clock the firing had ceased.our men commenced.ransacking the houses and stores tearing down fences & out buildings.It was alarming to see the scenes of unbecoming behaviors around us.All this time the dead and wounded were being brought down the street. The surgeons were busy attending to those badly wounded.On going up the street we would stumble over the dead of both sides some shot in the heads with shells still there were others killed by bullets. Some wounded would crawl off to some place of shelter.It was indeed a sad scene.</i></p><p><i>Morning came.we formed into line of battle.We were ordered to lie low or march in a stooping position.The ambulance corps were also engaged in carrying off the dead & wounded.In the street where we were two or three rebels lay. One had his whole side and his arms shot off. Another had the top of his head and brains carried away.Towards morning December 13 when it became light enough for the rebels to see our men they began to shell us and the pieces would fly.About 12 o'clock skirmishing commenced on our left.The streets were now filled with moving lines of soldiers.We could see and hear nearly the whole field and our brave men as they advanced under heavy fire from the enemy's batteries and musketry fire.Gen Howard marched often along our line & encouraged us by his words and presence. A balloon was in the rear of the city to observe all movements.About 4 o'clock our brigade was ordered in and down the street with a rush we went.bang went the rebel guns and whiz came their shells at us.Our regiment remained firm.Gen. came along after dark and said 'men of the 19th reg. you have done nobly. Your consistency deserves great praise.' To be continued - Ed."</i></p><p><b>Edgar A. Burpee</b> 1839 – 1919 of Rockland Maine mustered into the 19th Maine Infantry on August 25 1862. He rose to captain's rank was wounded at Gettysburg and was captured at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road Virginia in June 1864. He returned to Rockland married Annie Farwell and eventually joined his family's funeral business.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Fine. Written in light pencil. With some separation at edge of folds.</p> books
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CIVIL WAR. FORCE MF
From Fort Henry to Corinth
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1881. 1881. 8vo. 3 page preface. Illustrated with 8 maps including one fold-out. One page preface by M.F. Force. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine with stamped in gilt and blind with an imprint of a rifle and sword. Very good. 204 pages 4 pages of publisher's advertisements. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 229921
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CIVIL WAR. Funk Isaac
Die Munition des Loyalisten
Philadelphia: Druck von H. B. Ashmead 1863. . 8vo printed buff wrappers front pictorial small loss to front bottom outer corner; bottom outer corners of text slightly dog-eared A collection of articles on northern sedition against the Union and foreign intervention culled from leading newspapers. There is also a signed declaration by the officers of 150th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment scorning northern traitors who were trying to harm the efforts of the army. Funk is credited with the section "Rede eines braven alten Patrioten" and Rousseau with "Die Worte eines patriotischen Soldaten". Includes a quote from Oliver Cromwell and a call by a Democrat for both Republicans and Democrats to join together to defeat traitors to the Northern cause Philadelphia: Druck von H. B. Ashmead, 1863. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 1236
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Civil War. H. B . Harrison Beverage
The Brave Volunteers from North Haven. Caption title
North Haven Maine 1864. 4to. broadside. 255 x 167 mm. 10 x 6 ¾ inches.  12 stanzas of verse in two columns with woodcut engraving of large sailing ship set beneath the title. American Navy Civil War verse broadside from North Haven Island Mainewritten by Harrison Beverage. The broadside lists many names of sailors from North Haven and ships that they served on. The names included are Hanson Carver the Brown's - Eben & John the Alexanders - James Ezekiel & Zena. They served on board the School Ship Sabine The Ohio a ship of the line The steamship Colorado the Rhode Island and on board the Monitor Menadnoc with a couple of them getting wounded in battle. The piece also tells about the battle at Fort Fisher and Commodore Porter. Rare. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 712
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Civil War. Harlow Louis Kinney
Army Memoirs
New York: Koch Sons & Co. 1887. Folio. 480 x 405 mm. 19 x 16 inches. Printed index of plates followed by 12 chromolithographic images after original drawings by L. K. Harlow. Each image is mounted to a cardboard mat 11 of which have lithographic vignettes in the lower corner of the mat. Each image is preceded by a tissue with the title of plate printed; some of the tissues are creased and chipped at the out edges. Each plate is signed by Harlow in pencil and a few are signed in the plate; the images are clean and bright but the mats show some toning and a few have minor chips to the edges.  The folio plates are housed in a folding portfolio the spine and flaps are worn and probably should be discarded. Deluxe Edition numbered "79". Sold by Subscription Only. Scarce portfolio of Civil War paintings by the noted Boston artist Louis Kinney Harlow.  Harlow was noted for his water color illustrations that were used to illustrate scores of books and which keep the printer Louis Prang very busy in the 1880's and 1890's. Fielding writes "In 1880 he opened his studio in Boston. Since that time he has been much sought after by publishers of fine books his illustrations having color brilliancy." The plates in this portfolio depict aspects of army life and battle scenes including Grant at Vicksburg Sherman on his march and Sheridan at the Battle of Cedar Creek Each is finely designed and colored and each is signed in pencil in the lower margin. The color plates were printed by Koch and Sons and demonstrate the technical skills of the printer and his attention to detail and color registration. Copies of this portfolio were scarce in the trade. NUC lists only the Boston Public Copy and OCLC adds seven others all in American libraries. Mantle Fielding Dictionary of American Painters p. 158. . Koch, Sons, & Co. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 692
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CIVIL WAR. HENDERSON GFR G. F.
The Civil War A Soldier's View: A Collection of Civil War Writings
Chicago University of Chicago 1958. 1958. First edition. 8vo. Edited with a 8 page introduction and afterword by Jay Luvaas. 2 b/w illustrations; 7 maps in text 1 double-page; 1 folding map laid in loose. Bibliographical references. Dust jacket unclipped; short tears; nicks. Very good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. [Chicago] University of Chicago [1958]. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 302970
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CIVIL WAR. HORAN James D
Confederate Agent: A Discovery in History
New York Crown Publishers Inc. 1954. 1954. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 100 b/w photographs and facsimiles; endpaper maps by Alfred P. Jancovic. Bibliography. Dust jacket unclipped; slight rubbing. Very Good. 326 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. [1954]. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 302567
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CIVIL WAR. HUTCHINS James S
Horse Equipments and Cavalry Accoutrements
Pasadena California Soci-Technical Publications 1970 1891. 1970. 4to. Indtoduction by James S. Hutchins. Illustated with 20 b/w plates from drawings; b/w full page halftone of Charles A. Wolford. Original black/brown marbled boards stamped in gilt. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Very good-fine fresh copy. Bookplate of Charles S. Schwartz on the front pastedown. No signatures. Hardcover. Pasadena, California, Soci-Technical Publications, 1970 [1891]. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 198394
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Civil War. Illinois
ROCKFORD REGISTER. Extra. Rockford April 3 4 P.M. CAPTURE OF RICHMOND CONFIRMED! PETERSBURG EVACUATED! Caption title in six lines
Rockford IL 1865. Broadside 22 X 8 cm. with small illustration of an eagle & flag motif under the "Rockford Register" line. A few shallow chips at edges not affecting text. The "extra" announces: "We have just received the following additional despatches confirming the glorious news of the fall of Richmond. Lee is in full flight. The End Cometh." Following with a Buffalo April 3 dateline are further dispatches from the Secretary of War. At the time there was a Rockford Illinois paper called the Register. We did not find any other possibilities. No OCLC. <br/><br/> Rockford, [IL unknown books
Bookseller reference : 64431
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CIVIL WAR. JOHNSON Gerald W
The Undefeated
New York Minton Balch & Company 1927. 1927. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece halfton photographs. Original black stamped gray cloth. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. Author's first book. Story of Stone Mountain Memorial. F. Hardcover. New York, Minton, Balch & Company, 1927. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 197562
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CIVIL WAR. KING William Fletcher
Reminiscences
New York Abingdon Press 1915 1915. First edition. Thick 8vo. Author's preface. Frontispiece portrait photograph. Index. Original gilt stamped maroon cloth. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks. Very good. Autobiographical reminiscences of the distinguished Ohio-born educator 1830-1921; notable for Chapter 16 which deals with King's Civil War experiences with Sherman's army in the Carolinas: visit to Alaska Chapter 33. No signatures or bookplates. F. Hardcover. New York, Abingdon Press, 1915 hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 197672
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CIVIL WAR. NICOLAY John G
The Outbreak of Rebellion
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1881. 1881. 8vo. 2 page preface. Illustrated with 8 maps. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine with stamped in gilt and blind with an imprint of a rifle and sword lacks front free endpaper; rubbing; spine ends frayed; corners rubbed. Good. 220 pages 4 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. No dust jacket. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 229899
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CIVIL WAR. PAKULA Marvin J. William J. Ryan and David K. Rothstein
Centennial Album of the Civil War
New York Thomas Yoseloff 1960. 1960. First edition. Small folio. Foreword and acknowledgments by Pakula; introduction by Ryan and Rothstein. 20 color plates; 108 b/w portrait drawings by Pakula. Bibliography. Dust jacket unclipped; small chips nicks. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. F. Hardcover. New York, Thomas Yoseloff [1960]. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 221155
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Civil War. Publishing History
Veterans of the War to Whome These Presents May Come: A True Romance of the Rebellion Is the Title of a Handsomely Printed Volume of Twenty-four Pages by Major Cyrus S. Haldeman. caption title and first lines of text
Boston: Combination Publishing Company 1886. About good. Broadsheet 11.75 x 8.5 inches. Old folds a few slight losses not affecting text. Lightly soiling and moderate wear. Ephemeral broadsheet advertising a new book "A True Romance of the Rebellion" by Cyrus S. Haldeman a veteran of the Civil War. "The story is unusually well written and is very interesting within itself; but it carries with it an earnest appeal for a wise revision of the present Pension Laws which are so cruelly unjust to thousands of deserving veterans." In addition to its narrative it contains "official tables showing the enormous sums of money paid by the Government to our Bondholders.and the meagre amounts in proportion paid in Pensions to soldiers for the use of their bodies together with other information which every old soldier should have so that he may advocate his own cause in an intelligent manner." Includes information for pricing and orders. The verso contains an excerpt with a large woodcut illustration of a skeleton in the weeds captioned "Reported Missing." While we locate several copies of the book itself in OCLC we find no record of this advertising broadsheet. Ephemeral and an interesting piece of publishing history. Combination Publishing Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 858
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Civil War. Scott Major John.
PARTISAN LIFE WITH COL. JOHN S. MOSBY BY Â MAJOR JOHN SCOTT OF FAUQUIER LATE CSA.
New York: Harper and Brothers 1867. Few faint spots to cloth; scattered foxing to prelims and title page brief unobtrusive numbers in red ink at rear pastedown still a tight attractive copy in the original publisher’s binding Very Good or better. Tall 8vo xix 20-492 pages; three frontispiece plates; folding map; numerous plates and text illustrations. Publisher's original blue cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine. Eicher/ The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography 293. <br/><br/>". an early highly partisan account of life with the cavalry raider who was transformed into legend by this and other works. Endorsed by Mosby himself this authorized biography sets forth the life story of the Confederate partisan ranger through the Civil War ." Harper and Brothers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 0000404
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CIVIL WAR. WILLIAM H. NOBLE
Connecticut Civil War Colonel Sketches Jacksonville Florida Headquarters Muses on the Fountain of Youth Supports Freed Slaves Getting Land and Recognizes their Humanity
<p>"<i>Just make up your mind that negro nature & human white nature are very near alike.</i>"</p><p>"<i>Every now & then it is proclaimed with great joy that Mr So & so some northern nabob or speculator has purchased some rebel plantation & prepares to work the same. … It's of more consequence locally & nationally thus the negro should buy & toil as he surely will on his acre of land than that princely men in Illinois should have inserted his loose change in a southern plantation.</i>"</p><p>Connecticut native William H. Noble writing to his wife responds to rumors of the fountain of youth vilifies northerner plantation renters who continued the Southern system as new feudal barons and calls for the redistribution of plantations to former slaves to ensure national stability. Jacksonville Florida was occupied and then abandoned by the Union four times. The result was a broken skeletal city at the Civil War's conclusion.</p><p>Noble reflects on how the African Americans' freedom will change Southern and national life and that regardless of race he believed human nature was the same. Further the former slaves needed an interest in and responsibility for their own advancement. Presaging Booker T. Washington he thinks developing industry more important than carpetbaggers coming south offering education. With a detailed sketch of headquarters in Jacksonville including tents stables and the brigade flagstaff.</p> <b>CIVIL WAR. WILLIAM H. NOBLE.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to his wife Jacksonville Fla. April 8 1864. 16 pp. 8 x 10 in. on 4 folding sheets stitched together.<p><b>Excerpts</b></p><p>"<i>An artillery officer told me yesterday that there is a spot down the coast somewhere at which people never die. I am going to live down there. I want to see how this country I am helping to save and remake gets along and grows & flourishes in the coming years.</i></p><p>"<i>The truth is there are but very few men as old as I really am in point of years in the army and I have no doubt I look old to them. But I am not in point of the elements of youth & age & their manifestations more than half the years…. <b>I think very likely however that the change in the Status of the negro will show that race to occupy the place now accorded to the Irish and push up the Irish girls a peg or two. That is just what the Irish did for the American help. When I was young there were no Irish field or house servitors. All were Yankeys.</b></i></p><p><b><i> Well the irish are dreadfully down on the negroes. American laborers used to be very hard on the Irish. But</i></b><i><b> God works wonders in spite of mans blindness</b> <b>and I have no doubt in more ways than one he will do so with the Negro. But I see but very few contrabands. My Regiment has never yet penetrated into a virgin Ethiopian place. In fact wherever we have been the yanks have one time & another been before us and culled them out for soldiers or Sambo has taken his chance and gone north.</b></i></p><p><i> The fact is the quicker Sambo learns to take care of himself and is made so to do the better. But it wont by apprenticeing him to some one who only cares to get the most possible out of him. Forcing him to work for set wages to remain in a fixed place & to toil for a man who buys of the government his industry is but a mockery of Freedom. Sambo has the same right & must be treated like any other human & not as if his skin hid under its somber hue a different nature or a soul governed by different impulses passions & motives.</i></p><p><i> <b>Who cares whether the world has cotton princes or not. Let the production run out if need be. Don't bother yourself about obtuse fancies on the negro question & his industry. Take no thought about large Estates going to waste & without culture.</b> <b>Have no anxiety but that human nature & niger nature will work out its own salvation if you give it a chance. Sambo wont work if you feed him a plumb pudding and send down a lot of infatuated people who should make little nigs. fully acquainted with general geography the distribution of offices universal History in 24 lessons</b>.</i>"Additional excerpts below</p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Jacksonville Florida suffered mightily as it changed hands several times during the Civil War. With the Union Navy blockading the port for most of the war the army alternately occupied and abandoned the city deeming its defense too costly and non-essential. Despite the blockade the city remained a key Confederate supply point becoming the "breadbasket" of the Confederacy and shipping large quantities of pork beef molasses corn potatoes and other supplies to troops via rail. In an attempt to take the railroads and stop the flow of foodstuffs and supplies on February 7 1864 Union soldiers occupied Jacksonville for a fourth time. Politically Lincoln hoped to establish a Unionist government after cutting the Confederate supply lines. He even sent John Hay one of his personal secretaries as his representative. But Union troops suffered a devastating loss 45 miles away at the Battle of Olustee on February 20 and veteran soldiers on both sides remarked that they had never experienced such terrible fighting.</p><p>As the Union forces were still retreating the 54th Massachusetts US Colored Troops USCT was ordered to march back to a broken-down train carrying wounded Union soldiers. When the USCT troops arrived the men attached ropes to the engine and cars and manually pulled the train approximately three miles to camp where horses then helped pull the train the ten miles back to Jacksonville.</p><p><b>Additional Excerpts </b>Full Transcript Available</p><p>"<i>…<b>Just make up your mind that negro nature & human white nature are very near alike.</b> Find out its appetites & fancies & give them play. <b>The negro has toiled as the chattel & possession of some body who </b></i><6><b><i>owned him & his toil & the soil on which he lived. He has never known the manhood & the anchorage which comes of the ownership deep down & high as heaven of a little piece of Gods footstool.</i></b><i>He longs for this purchase next after the freedom for himself & his household. Till he has this he does not feel himself fastened any where but still a moveable whom the whim of the white man may tote about. <b>But once let him have his little fast anchored piece of mother Earth and you will find him planting therein his faith not only in being free but in the reality of that freedom which has no seeming substance for him but in calling a little piece of land his own & the home of him & his.</b> When he has got the time he will toil to get that which he also covets the beasts to help his tillage. The negro saves they are found to get & keep money. At Hilton Head they have more cash than any body else. Let him plant it in a home.</i>"</p><p> "<i>What are you keeping these immense plantations leased out to farmers to whom you have the impudence & effrontery to lease freed men whom you would fasten to the soil. The terrible horror is manifested lest Estates should go uncultivated. <b>Every now & then it is proclaimed with great joy that Mr So & so some northern nabob or speculator has purchased some rebel plantation & prepares to work the same. You had proclaimed a more welcome fact if you could tell me that you had cut up our Rebel hosts plantations & that his chattels had bought it in pieces with cash or with </b></i><b><7><i> the right of prescription which they proposed to make secure & perfect by their toil & its products. </i></b><i><b>It's of more consequence locally & nationally thus the negro should buy & toil as he surely will on his acre of land than that princely men in Illinois should have inserted his loose change in a southern plantation.</b> As an item of national health as an element of Public currency the latter has to my mind much the less significance. <b>Give me the divided & subdivided proprietorship of the soil as the best element of national strength and the surest index of national happiness & prosperity. The small proprietors of the lands make no rebellions they are looking for no exclusive privileges. They have no schemes to enhance the importance & consequence of a big landed aristocracy.</b></i></p><p> "<i>Then <b>cut up their big possessions. Parcel out the sugar & the cotton land into small proprietorships. Let the poor white man or the poor negro have the chance. If they cannot pay to day let them have the chance to earn their living & the money to do so at a more convenient season.</b> Confiscate every rebel Estate down to a certain amount to be reserved for him & his family Declare forfeited the possesses of every one who cant prove his loyalty especially of all who have aided and abetted the Rebellion turning only a small proportional account for the innocent of his own household. <b>Render no man but a willful arrant rebel in arms homeless.</b> But open up his rich possessions to the part of the white & the negro in such limited quantities as the </i><i>population</i> <i>& the desire to purchase seem to demand</i></p><p> "<b><i>The Ethiopian will then see in the ownership of the soil his interest in the government & the reality of freedom which without this is only in airy theory & which this makes solid and practical.</i></b></p><p> "<i>You need not trouble yourself then about what to do with the freedmen. They will take care of themselves exceptions there will be. <b>Poor miserable lazy wretches there will be wearing both white & black skins. These can be taken care of by wise laws if found necessary.</b></i></p><p> "<i>But enough if you will watch you will find among wise men there is a great deal of tomfoolery & very little common sense when you try to render their wisdom practical. Genl </i>George Henry <i>Gordon told me he had known of all men first class legislators & lawyers come out & utterly break down in the care of a Regiment. They were <u>old</u> dogs & could not learn new tricks. They had a great deal of uncommon but a very little common sense</i>."</p><p><b>William H. Noble </b>1813-1894 was born in Connecticut and graduated from Yale University with a law degree in 1836. He established a practice in Bridgeport and helped the city secure its charter. He served as state's attorney in the late 1840s and when his father died he entered into an agreement with P. T. Barnum to develop land in East Bridgeport that Noble had inherited. A conservative Democrat but strong Unionist Noble obtained a commission as colonel of the 17th Connecticut Infantry on July 23 1862. He led his regiment in the Battle of Chancellorsville where his horse was killed under him and he was severely wounded. Before completely recuperating at Bridgeport Noble rejoined his regiment and led it at the Battle of Gettysburg and later in the sieges of Fort Wagner and Fort Sumter. In February 1864 the regiment transferred to Jacksonville Florida where Noble served as commander of the first brigade of Adelbert Ames's division. On December 24 1864 Noble was captured while traveling between Jacksonville and St. Augustine Florida and sent to the prisoner-of-war camp at Andersonville Georgia where he was the highest ranking officer. Exchanged early in 1865 he returned to the service before mustering out in July 1865. After the war General Ulysses S. Grant brevetted Noble as a brigadier general. Returning to his law practice Noble lived in Bridgeport until his death. In 1870 his family had an African American domestic servant named Anthony Seymour b. 1835 who was born in South Carolina and had likely been a slave.</p><p><b>Harriet J. Brooks Noble</b> 1818-1901 was born in Bridgeport Connecticut. She married William H. Noble in October 1839. They had five children born between 1840 and 1859.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Fine.</p> books
Bookseller reference : 23878
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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 books
Bookseller reference : 197555
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Civil War: Reenactments Sylvia Sylvia
Civil War: Reenactments
Good. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Book is free of any other writing highlighting or underlining throughout. The book has a bit of bending to the edge and some usage wear to the spine. Overall a good used collectible copy. unknown
Bookseller reference : AP2-12-1-21-MO ISBN : 0943522110 9780943522111
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Civil War: Bamberger Solomo
MAP OF BATTLES ON BULL RUN NEAR MANASSAS ON THE LINE OF FAIRFAX & PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA FOUGHT BETWEEN THE FORCES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Richmond: West & Johnsto 1861. Sheet map 19 3/4 x 26 inches. Old fold lines. Some separation at two folds on the right edge. Light wear minor toning. Very good. A handsome and historic map depicting the First Battle of Manassas or Bull Run depicting troop positions and movements roads railroads houses and other significant geographical features. First Manassas was the first significant engagement of the Civil War and the place where Thomas J. Jackson became "Stonewall" Jackson when his brigade stood their ground against disorganized Union forces. The Confederate troops won the battle raising hopes in the South and signaling to the North that the war would not be won so easily. The map indicates that it was "made from observation" by Solomon Bamberger and lithographed by the firm of Hoyer & Ludwig in Richmond. <br> <br> It appears that at least two issues of this map exist this being the most vividly pictorial that we have found and thus perhaps the later of the two. Rather than a simple plan of the battle the present map lays out the same information augmenting the background with shading and pictorial scenery. The title is likewise enclosed in a simple border setting it off from the rest of the map and though the title is the same the typeface of some of the title lettering has been changed slightly. Parrish & Willingham do not indicate any differentiation of issues but the details and graphics make this by far the most desirable. <br> <br> A rare and interesting map of this important battle and one of the most dramatic graphics produced in the Confederacy. Without the means to produce suitable paper few pieces on a comparable scale were created. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 6148 West & Johnsto unknown
Bookseller reference : WRCAM48993
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Civil War: Smart Edwin
REBEL RAID IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. ATTACK UPON PATTERSON. FIGHT BETWEEN 1500 OF THE ENEMY AND 400 FEDERALS. THE LATTER FALL BACK TO BIG CREEK. INTERESTING DISPATCH FROM PILOT KNOB. MAJOR McCONNELL REPORTED MORTALLY WOUNDED AND A PRISONER. THE INCURSION AT AN END caption title
N.p. but likely St. Louis 1863. Broadside 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Remnants of tape at top edge and ink mark in top margin. Slight tanning and spotting old folds. Very good. A rare Civil War broadside recounting Confederate General John S. Marmaduke's second raid into Missouri. It gives detailed news of battles between Union and Confederate troops in southeast Missouri an area that saw bloody battles between Unionists and Bushwhackers throughout the Civil War. <br> <br> Marmaduke aided by other Confederate units led by Joseph O. Shelby and Sterling Price and others attempted to lay claim to Missouri in 1861; they were unsuccessful but did not acknowledge defeat. Marmaduke planned his return for spring of 1863 confident that secessionist-minded Missourians would rally to his banner and he could make a decisive move on Jefferson City and even St. Louis. He needed the help: at the beginning of the raid Marmaduke had about 5000 troops of which 1200 were unarmed and 900 were unmounted and he hoped to resupply at Patterson and Bloomfield. He divided his forces and sent 2000 against Patterson the furthest south in a string of fortified outposts in southeastern Missouri. Marmaduke's troops had the element of surprise initially approaching Patterson and its small garrison of about 400 troops commanded by Col. Edwin Smart. Marmaduke's men captured Smart's pickets but revealed themselves soon after as over-eager artillery troops started firing before the infantry could get into place. Smart sent out a battalion under Major Wood to hold off the Confederates while he prepared his troops and supply trains for retreat. <br> <br> In the text of this broadside Smart reports that Wood "held them in check and skirmished them into town.Before I left the town I destroyed what stores I could not bring away. Nothing fell into the hands of the enemy." Marmaduke pursued them to Big Creek about eight miles west of Patterson and Smart writes: "The engagement was severe in the extreme often fighting hand to hand. At Big Creek they got in my front and attempted to cut off my retreat but I forced my way and formed on this side of the Creek. The enemy did not renew the engagement." Smart lost about fifty troops including Major McConnell. Marmaduke failed to obtain any military stores at Patterson or during his subsequent raid at Bloomfield and no sympathetic Missourians joined his cause; the raid was a failure and confirmed that while Missouri was no Union stronghold neither was it interested in furthering the Confederate cause. <br> <br> This broadside bears no imprint and the place of printing is unknown but the tone of the text and the fact that the news arrived so quickly indicates that it might have been printed in St. Louis. No copies of this broadside are listed in OCLC. Such broadsides bearing news of the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi West are rare and shine an important spotlight on an often- neglected aspect of Civil War history. unknown
Bookseller reference : WRCAM55392
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CIVIL WAR: A WISCONSIN SAILOR ABOARD THE USS ELFIN
Union Navy Autographed Letter Signed
1864. unbound. fine. Union Navy A.L.S. 8vo. 2 pages August 27th 1864 Aboard the USS Elfin. Just three months before she would be destroyed by bombardment while in service on the Tennessee & Cumberland Rivers. Letter from a sailor who is trying to get his Land Grant application to Wisconsin but he can't raise the $11.00 application fee on his ship. In part: "I received the papers alright and I signed an affidavit before my Commanding Officer - and I signed them and sent them off but could not get $11.00 aboard of the boat. The Captain signed them also. Write to my wife and have her send the eleven dollars down to Menasha before the 20th of September. I was transferred from the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Co. into the United States Navy as I suppose they could get Soldiers easier than they could get Sailors. I think I can serve my country better here than I could in the land service as I have formerly been to sea and I am an able seaman at present." Fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 283337
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Civil War: African Americana
GENERAL COURT MARTIAL ORDERS NO. 20. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI VICKSBURG MISS. JUNE 6 1865 caption title
Vicksburg Ms 1865. 4pp. on a small bifolium. Slight chips at upper right corner two slits at gutter margin for intended binding. Faint foxing at edges. About very good. A brief report on the courts-martial of two officers in the 58th Colored Infantry in Vicksburg two months after the surrender of the Confederacy. Col. Simon M. Preston the commanding officer of the regiment was convicted of several charges relating to a false muster roll and intentionally reporting another officer as absent with leave; he was cashiered. Lieut. W.B. Brinkerhoff was found not guilty of drunkenness on duty and joining an expedition without authority. Not located in OCLC. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCAM54371
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Civil War: African Americana
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 296 297 & 300. WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE WASHINGTON DECEMBER 2 3 & 19 1864
Washington 1864. Three sheets each 7 1/4 x 5 inches. Loose sheets. Two slits at gutter margins for intended binding. A couple of small creases at corners. Very good. Three interesting General Orders from the War Department at the end of 1864 relating to freedman and the organization of black troops in the Union Army. Two of the orders authorize transportation of supplies and books by the United States Army on behalf of the United States Commission for the Relief of the National Freedmen as well as for the American Freedmen's Friends Society and the Executive Committee for the Relief of Freedmen of Iowa. The third order reorganizes black troops in the Union Army from Virginia and North Carolina into the 25th Corps. unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCAM54372
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Civil War: Bamberger Solomon
MAP OF BATTLES ON BULL RUN NEAR MANASSAS ON THE LINE OF FAIRFAX & PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA FOUGHT BETWEEN THE FORCES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Richmond: West & Johnston 1861. Sheet map 19 3/4 x 26 inches. Old fold lines. Some separation at two folds on the right edge. Light wear minor toning. Very good. A handsome and historic map depicting the First Battle of Manassas or Bull Run depicting troop positions and movements roads railroads houses and other significant geographical features. First Manassas was the first significant engagement of the Civil War and the place where Thomas J. Jackson became "Stonewall" Jackson when his brigade stood their ground against disorganized Union forces. The Confederate troops won the battle raising hopes in the South and signaling to the North that the war would not be won so easily. The map indicates that it was "made from observation" by Solomon Bamberger and lithographed by the firm of Hoyer & Ludwig in Richmond. <br> <br> It appears that at least two issues of this map exist this being the most vividly pictorial that we have found and thus perhaps the later of the two. Rather than a simple plan of the battle the present map lays out the same information augmenting the background with shading and pictorial scenery. The title is likewise enclosed in a simple border setting it off from the rest of the map and though the title is the same the typeface of some of the title lettering has been changed slightly. Parrish & Willingham do not indicate any differentiation of issues but the details and graphics make this by far the most desirable. <br> <br> A rare and interesting map of this important battle and one of the most dramatic graphics produced in the Confederacy. Without the means to produce suitable paper few pieces on a comparable scale were created. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 6148. West & Johnston unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCAM48993
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Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg: Siege of Vicksburg
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE. SATURDAY JULY 4 1863
New York 1863. Elephant folio 8pp. Disbound and lightly worn. Each page printed in six columns. Upper blank corners of last page with remnants of old matting. Very Good. <br/><br/> Exciting material on the "Rebel Invasion" and "The Fighting at Gettysburg" is printed with "The Rebels still Desperately Contesting" the Siege at Vicksburg. General Order No. 5 prohibiting Copperhead "Secret Societies" is also printed; as is material on "Colored Enlistments. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 36673
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