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Chicago Tribune: November 11 1865
Chicago: Chicago Tribune November 11 1865 Vol. XIX No. 163. Large folio. 4pp. Near fine. Clean and handsome free of foxing and edge tears -- altogether superb. Civil War wrap-up news: Execution of Andersonville commander Henry Wirz etc. unknown
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(Civil War) HAWKINS, Brig General John Parker
Collection of SIX Manuscript WAR DATE Letters from Gen. John P. Hawkins Commander of US Colored Troops; From the Collection of Thomas Truxton Moebs author of "Black soldiers - Black sailors - Black ink : research guide on African-Americans in U.S. military history 1526-1900
Goodrich's Landing LA: Original 1863. Original Letters. Very Good. Important collection of six war-date letters written by Union Brigadier General John Parker Hawkins while in command of Colored Troops at Goodrich's Landing LA. Goodrich's Landing was the name for the cotton plantation owned by Henry Goodrich that was siezed by Union troops early in the war. The site was prepared as a staging area for an eventual attack on Vicksburg. As early as 1862 escaped slaves sought refuge at Goodrich's Landing. Hawkins was promoted to Brigadier General and named to command the District of Northeastern Louisiana with a division of colored soldiers in 1863. Every single original letter in this collection is written by Hawkins from Goodrich's Landing.<br /> <br /> John Parker Hawkins 1830 - 1914 born in Indiana graduated 40th in the West Point class of 1852. He began the Civil War as assistant commissary in St. Louis was promoted to chief commissary of the XIII Corps and then chief commissary of the Army of the Tennessee. In 1863 Hawkins was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers and named to command the District of Northeastern Louisiana with a division of COLORED SOLDIERS. He commanded at Vicksburg for much of the rest of the war and took part in the Mobile campaign of 1865. At the end of the war he was promoted to major general of volunteers and of regulars.<br /> <br /> The collection includes the following letters:<br /> <br /> ALS. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg. H.Q. Dist. N.E. La / Goodrich's Ldg. / Oct. 28 1863. Addressed to: Brig. Genl. J.L. Kieman / Milliken's Bend. "A Boat is in route to take the priisoners to Vicksburg have them ready and escort one capt two Lieuts & twenty five men. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. comdg." In ink. 4 3/4 X 7 7/8 Inches.<br /> <br /> ALS. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg. Head Qrs. Dist. N.E. La / Goodrich's Ldg. / Oct. 28 '63. Addressed to: Brig. Genl. Kiernan / Comdg / Milliken's Bend. "Genl Search and take from the Rebel deserters all arms of any kind place them under a strong guard and send them to Vicksburg by first Boat under strong guard. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg." In ink. 7 3/8 X 7 3/4 Inches.<br /> <br /> ALS. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg. Hd Qrs Dist N.E. La. / Goodrich's Ldg. Nove 8th 1863. Addressed to: Commdg Office / Milliken's Bend. "It is reported four-thousand rebels have crossed below Grand Gulf into La. Key out scouts on Richmond road. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg." In ink. 6 X 7 7/8 Inches.<br /> <br /> ALS. John P. Hawkins Brig Genl. Comdg. Goodrich's Landing / Nov. 9 63. Addressed to: Brig. Genl. J.L. Kiernan / Comdg. / Milliken's Bend. "Four Thousand Rebel Cavalry & eight Pieces of Arty are reported at Floyd. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg." In ink. 4 7/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. <br /> <br /> ALS. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg. Goodrich's Landing / Nov. 17 1863. Addressed to: Maj. Genl McPherson / Vicksburg. "Colonel Ballinger at Milliken's Bend telegraphs that Rebel Cavalry yesterday and today were crossing the Mississippi River below Perkins Ldg. Reported to be Wirt Adams Command. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg." In ink. 6 1/2 X 7 7/8 Inches.<br /> <br /> ALS. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg. Goodrich's Ldg. / Jany 24 64. "Have the Madison & Dligent left Vicksburg / John P. Hawkins / Brig. Genl. / Comg. / To Maj. Genl. McPherson." In ink. 4 5/8 X 7 3/4 Inches.<br /> <br /> Accompanied by what appears to be a field copy of a seventh letter from Hawkins to Col. Ballinger - ALS Secretarial. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg. No date. Circa 1863. "Col. Ballinger / Lieut. Johnson a recruiting officer from Vicksburg is reported conscripting Negroes near Omega Ldg. Should he visit your place put him in close arrest and report the fact to these H.Qs. By order & c. John P. Hawkins Brig. Genl. Comdg." In pencil. 7 7/8 X 5 Inches.<br /> <br /> Julian Bryant the nephew of famed journalist editor and poet William Cullen Bryant served in 1863 as a Major of the newly organized regiment the 1st Mississippi Infantry African Descent. He and his regiment fought at Milliken's Bend a brutal engagement where colored soldiers and white officers of colored regiments were targeted by the Confederate Army. With the help of this uncle Bryant participated in the campaign to allow colored units equal responsibilities including combat with regular white units. Bryant filed a full and detailed report on HAWKINS on October 10 1863. In his report he found that the contrabans were nearly always unfairly treated and government contracts with the blacks were often ignored treating them as nothing more than a slave labor force. Upon reading the report GENERAL HAWKINS commented that if improvements were not made soon then the newly free blacks would be better off with their former masters. <br /> <br /> CONDITION: Light toning and some wear to edges. A few fold marks. VG overall. <br /> <br /> PROVENANCE: From the personal collection of Thomas Truxton Moebs author of "Black soldiers - Black sailors - Black ink : research guide on African-Americans in U.S. military history 1526-1900 Original unknown
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(Civil War)
COLLECTION OF 60 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR PRINTED ORDERS
Dated 1862-1865 first editions. Most orders are printed on one side only. Some 2 or a few more pages in length. All are orders from the War Department Adjutant General's Office. Orders concern a wide variety of matters including how to deal with property and persons of African descent "Accounts shall be kept sufficiently accurate and in detail to show quantities and amount.as a basis upon which compensation can be made" August 16 1862; "No citizen liable to be drafted.shall be allowed to go to a foreign country" August 13 1862; "No candles or open lights shall be allowed in the hold or staterooms of any boats" February 18 1864; "All supplies for soldiers sutlers private citizens or traders shall be shipped by Rail Road" August 151863 etc etc. All are original. All in Good or VG condition except for three with some staining almost entirely marginal and a handful with small holes. 60 original orders. Pictures available on request. . unknown
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(CIVIL WAR / MAP)
Commemorative Map: Campaigns of the Civil War -- Centennial Edition
Maplewood NJ: C.S. Hammond & Co 1963. Small 4to folded as issued -- opens to 38" x 26". Heavy glossy stock. Near fine. Superb bright map from this American map producer -- other than original folds none weakened as pristine as it gets. An appealing information-packed full color map of the eastern third of the U.S. featuring pictorial representations of the major battles and accompanying texts color arrows highlighting major troop movements etc. -- and about the border portraits of the major Union and Confederate generals the major flags for each side etc. At lower right it's noted "Published in co-operation with the Civil War Centennial Commission" and bearing the printed signature of that august organization's executive director Karl S. Betts. Interestingly accompanying this map is a Typed Letter Signed from Betts 1p 8" X 11" Washington DC 2 June 1960. Addressed to Arnold Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar. Near fine. On "Civil War Centennial Commission" letterhead Betts notes he looks forward to a meeting with Gates and others -- probably regarding the New York Civil War Round Table of which Gates was officer. Signed simply "Karl" in blue ballpoint. KARL S. BETTS 1892-1962 was a noted Maryland public relations executive and the influential first president of this commemorative organization. C.S. Hammond & Co unknown
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(Civil War)
Confederate Victories in the Southwest- Prelude to Defeat- From the Official Records
Albuquerque. Horn and wallace. 1961. Bound in gilt titled cloth. 8vo. This volume designed and directed by Jack Rittenhouse of the Stagecoach Press. All type and plates were destroyed after the printing of 1000 volumes of which only 900 were for sale. Illustrated with a frontis map and various and various maps en texte. A Fine copy in a Good only heavily chipped dustwrapper. Horn and wallace. hardcover
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(Civil War) Taney, Roger B
Decision of Chief Justice Taney in the case of Ex Parte John Merryman Applying for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
Philadelphia: John Campbell 1862. First Philadelphia edition. 16pp. 8vo. Disbound a bit brittle chip at fore-edge. First Philadelphia edition. 16pp. 8vo. In April 1861 with the Civil War erupting northern troops were rushed to Washington D.C. to protect the capital passing through Baltimore by rail. Although Maryland voted against secession at the end of April pro Southern sentiment abounded in the planter society and the state militia was used to try and prevent northern troops from passing through the state. The following month planter and militia Lieutenant John Merryman was arrested for treason and for advocating "armed hostility against the Government" for his role in destroying railroad bridges in the state being used to transport Union troops. Merryman's lawyers appealed to Justice Roger B. Taney the Supreme Court Justice who infamously decided the Dred Scott case by ruling that those of African ancestry could not claim citizenship in the United States who immediately issued a writ of habeas corpus. Guaranteed by the Suspension Clause of the Constitution habeas corpus protected citizens against unlawful arrests by allowing the court to bring prisoner's before the bench to determine whether their detention was indeed lawful.<br /> <br /> General George Cadwalader the commander of the military district including Fort McHenry where Merryman was being held prisoner refused to abide with Taney's decision citing Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus. On May 28 in the present decision Taney stated from the bench in ex parte John Merryman that the President can neither suspend habeas corpus nor authorize a military officer to do it and that military officers cannot arrest a person not subject to the rules and articles of war except as ordered by the court. President Lincoln would refuse to comply with Taney's ruling continuing the suspension and the military arrests without congressional approval. The passage of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act in March 1863 finally ended the controversy at least temporarily by authorizing presidential suspension of the writ during the Civil War.<br /> <br /> Taney's decision widely seen as pro-Southern although based in sound legal precedent was first published separately in Baltimore in 1861 followed by a New Orleans printing and another in Jackson Mississippi. This Philadelphia edition would appear the following year. Sabin 48029 John Campbell unknown
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(Civil War, Connecticut)
Dedication of the Monument at Andersonville Georgia October 23 1907 in Memory of the Men of Connecticut Who Suffered in Southern Military Prisons 1861-1865
Hartford: Published by the State Connnecticut 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . The actual original edition published in 1908 large 8vo blue ribbed cloth gilt-pressed titles and vignette to front and titles to spine. Two frontispieces of sepia photographs of the Union soldier sculpture monument one of his face in close-up separated by tissue guard. 73pp. Laid-in is printed card "Compliments of the State of Connecticut. Library stamp of CT town on pastedown but no other library markings. Published by the State (Connnecticut) hardcover
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(CIVIL WAR -- HISTORIANS)
Document Signed
Printed DS 4pp rectos only 8½" X 14" New York NY 1955 November 11. Very good. Bit of edgewear minor folds and light age toning to top and bottom pages only; staple holes at upper left. Mimeographed press release captioned "Formation of Civil War Centennial Association Announced Before Meeting of the Southern Historical Association" boldly signed in ink on the verso of the last page by eleven noted Civil War historians eight of them directors named in the text; after their signatures each also adds their city and state. In order: Robert S. Henry 1889-1979 popular Civil War writer Robert L. Kincaid 1893-1960 president of Lincoln Memorial University Bell I. Wiley 1906-80 prolific Civil War scholar Bruce Catton 1899-1978 Pulitzer prize-winning Civil War historian Benjamin P. Thomas 1902-56 Lincoln biographer Ezra J. Warner 1910-74 Civil War author Joseph T. Durkin 1903-2003 Civil War historian and author E.B. Long 1919-81 Civil War historian Christopher Crittenden 1902-69 North Carolina historian editor and archivist Rex B. Magee 1888-1965 noted Civil War scholar and collector and Paul B. Freeland 1904-76 Presbyterian pastor and historian. These were no doubt gathered by Ralph G. Newman 1911-98 founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop who is mentioned in its text as a member of the association's board of directors; at top of the first page he pencils "Keep" and "autographed on back page." An unusual assemblage a veritable "Who's Who" of Civil War writers. unknown
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(Civil War)
Dutch Gap Canal and group of soldiers including an African American solider at the left holding a rope
1865. Unmounted albumen half stereoview. 3-1/16 inches square. Unmounted albumen half stereoview. 3-1/16 inches square. Located on the James River in Chesterfield County Virginia the canal's 1864-65 construction was initiated by Union forces during the American Civil War to bypass a meander loop of the river around a peninsula known as Farrar's Island which was controlled by Confederate artillery. Miller reproduces this image his Photographic History of the Civil War vol. 5 page 243 noting: "The excavation was forty-three yards wide at the top twenty-seven at the water level . The total excavation was nearly 67000 cubic yards. The greater portion of the digging was done by colored troops who showed the utmost bravery under the constant fire of the Confederate batteries on the river. unknown
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(Civil War) Boggs, S S
Eighteen Months a Prisoner under the Rebel Flag
Lovington IL: S. S. Boggs 1887. First edition. Frontispiece illustrations. 96pp. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers minor chipping. First edition. Frontispiece illustrations. 96pp. 8vo. Subtitle is "A Condensed Pen-Picture of Belle Isle Danville Andersonville Charleston Florence and Libby Prisons from Actual Experience." Scarce. Coulter 42. Coulter 42 <br/><br/> S. S. Boggs unknown
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(CIVIL WAR NAVY)
Financial Documents For Two Merchant Ships One Lost In Service Of The Union Cause During The American Civil War
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 Perrys earnings on the ships. These are from Connecticut shipping company Wakeman Dimon & Co. who operated Perrys ships. The sixth letter is from the Atlantic Insurance Company. It concerns Perrys insurance policies on the ships. The documents are in very good condition overall with folds. unknown
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(CIVIL WAR GENERAL ORDERS)
General Orders No. 279 War Department Adjutant General's Office Washington August 8 1863
Washington 1863. First. unbound. very good-. 2pp. 8vo disbound two small file holes in left margin. Washington 1863. First Edition<br/> <br/> A record of the charges presented against Private Reuben Stout Company "K" 60th Indiana Volunteers who is accused of killing in violation of the laws of war and desertion. On March 14 1863 Stout shot and murdered Solomon Huffman in Madison Indiana. Huffman was trying to arrest Stout who was a deserter at the time. ".The Court does therefore sentence him Stout.to forfeit all pay that may be due him and that he be shot to death with musketry." Abraham Lincoln upheld Stout's execution.<br/> <br/> unknown
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(civil war)
GETTYSBURG: SELECTED READINGS
Fort Huachuca 1986 Department of Tactics Intelligence and Military Science U.S. Army Intelligence Center. 4to. 321pp. original wraps. Very light non-circulating library marks and numbers no spine numbers no pocket no bookplate. Near Fine. . paperback
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(Civil War) FOOTE, Shelby; HICKS, Robert; DICKERSON, Nell
GONE: A Heartbreaking Story of the Civil War SIGNED BY NELL DICKERSON AND ROBERT HICKS
Memphis TN: Belle Books 2011. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10 X 12 Inches. 120 Pages. Signed by photographer Nell Dickerson directly on the title-page. Signed by Robert Hicks author of the foreword on corresponding page page 11. AS NEW condition copy of this scarce plea for Civil War preservation. Belle Books hardcover
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(Civil War) MYERS, Marshall
Great Civil War Stories of Kentucky Signed First Printing
Morley Missouri: Acclaim Press 2011. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 224 PP. Signed and inscribed by author directly on the ffep. Original price of $24.95 intact. Acclaim Press hardcover
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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
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(CIVIL WAR)
Grouping of four signatures with rank and command
New York 1861. unbound. Excellent group of signatures with rank and command on various sized paper the largest measuring 2.5 x 5 inches comprising the earliest known autographs of the founding three officers of Battery G First New York Light Artillery along with the last Captain to take command through attrition. Includes: J.D. Frank "Very respectfully - Your Obdt. Servt. - Captain 1st N.Y. Artillery"; M.H. Rundell "Lieutenant - 1st N.Y. Artillery - Camp Barry - Dec. 5th 1861"; Nelson Ames "Lieutenant - Very Respectfully - Your Obdt. Servt. - 1st N.Y. Artillery" and S.A. McClellan "2nd Lieutenant - 1st N.Y. Artillery %u2013 Camp Barry - Washington D.C. - December 7th 1861." Battery G was engaged with the enemy in every battle the Second Army Corps participated in during the war and never was driven by the enemy's fire from a position it was ordered to hold. They also hold the distinction of never falling back until ordered and never losing a gun or carriage of any kind during its term of service. This is an almost impossible-to-assemble group of signatures that are all boldly signed and in very good condition.<br/> <br/> Battery G First New York Light Artillery: Originating from New York they distinguished themselves at Gettysburg whereby a monument was erected and dedicated in their honor on July 3 1893. First recruited at Mexico Oswego County New York in September 1861. It joined the regiment at the general rendezvous at Elmira and was there mustered into United States service for three years September 24 1861 with the following officers: Captain J.D. Black First Lieutenant Nelson Ames Second Lieutenant Marshall H. Rundell. The battery remained at Elmira engaged in drilling with the rest of the regiment for a short time and then went by rail to Washington D.C. arriving on October 31. On January 13 1863 Captain J.D. Frank left the battery on sick leave and was shortly afterwards discharged on surgeons certificate. First Lieutenant Nelson Ames was promoted to Captain and took command. On October 15 1864 Captain Nelson Ames was discharged as his terms of service three years had expired. In his place First Lieutenant S.A. McClellan was promoted to Captain and took command of the battery and remained in command until the battery was mustered out.<br/> <br/> unknown
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(Civil War)
Harvard Memorial Biographies - 2 Vol.
Cambridge UK: Sever and Francis 1867. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/None. A collection of biographies of Harvard graduates who died in the Civil War. 445 483 pages. Nice clean set. No photos tipped-in. Record # 66926 Sever and Francis hardcover
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(Civil War)
Head Quarters Army of the Potomac July 4 1863. General Orders No. 68. The Commanding General in behalf of the country thanks the Army of the Potomac for the glorious result of the recent operations. An enemy superior in numbers and flushed with the pride of a successful invasion attempted to overcome and destroy this Army. Utterly baffled and defeated he has now withdrawn from the contest. The privations and fatigue the Army has endured and the heroic courage and gallantry it has displayed will be matters of history to be ever remembered .
Gettysburg PA 1863. 1p. Signed in print by Maj. Gen. Meade. 6-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. Old folds. Housed in a blue morocco backed box. 1p. Signed in print by Maj. Gen. Meade. 6-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. The General Orders continues: "Our task is not yet accomplished and the Commanding General looks to the Army for greater efforts to drive from our soil every vestige of the presence of the invader. It is right and proper that we should on all suitable occasions return our grateful thanks to the Almighty Disposer of events that in the goodness of his Providence He has thought fit to give victory to the cause of the just."<br /> <br /> Lincoln would take issue with Meade's choice of words arguing that "our soil" applied to the southern states as well. In addition he was disappointed that Meade did not impel a greater effort to pursue Robert E. Lee in retreat. Nevertheless the Union victory at the three-day Battle of Gettysburg would prove a seminal turning point of the war arguably the greatest military victory for the Union. Interestingly Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address would echo Meade's own words from this order over the historic nature of the victory: "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here."<br /> <br /> Fewer than ten known copies of this battlefield-issued printing of Meade's victory message are recorded in several variant printings. The use of tabletop field printing presses by both the Union and Confederate armies helped make quick field communication possible but minor typographical differences were certain to occur given the circumstances of their composition. In addition a more formal printing of General Orders 68 was issued in Washington and can be found in annual bound volumes of such orders though is frequently misidentified as the present field-printed order. The last example on the market sold at Sotheby's in May 2016.<br /> <br /> WITH: Two-page manuscript official true copy of Meade's General Orders No. 66 assuming command of the Army of the Potomac just prior to the Battle of Gettysburg dated June 28 1863 written and signed by Acting Assistant Adjutant General Paul Nason.<br /> <br /> This example accompanied by a contemporary official manuscript true copy written and signed by A.A.A.G. Paul F. Nason of Meade's General Orders No. 66 in which he assumed command of the Army of the Potomac on the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg: "The country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of an hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to undergo let us have in view constantly the magnitude of the interests involved and let each man determine to do his duty leaving to an all-controlling Providence the decision of the contest unknown
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(Civil War)
How The War Commenced And How Near It Is Ended
New York: National Union Executive Committee 1864. Broadside illustrated with a map. 18-1/8x11-1/2 inches. Old folds. Broadside illustrated with a map. 18-1/8x11-1/2 inches. A cartographically illustrated broadside produced in support of Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 election against the claims of the Peace Democrats. The map depicts the southern states with the Confederate regions in black and the Union-held areas in gray. The text of the broadside which refutes the anti-Lincoln claims of the Copperheads concludes: "We have shown unmistakably who commenced the war. It must be apparent to all that the Government has thus far a decided and prepondering advantage. The end cannot be doubtful. They who violated the Divine Law have incurred the penalty and will inevitably meet the allotted punishment. They who took the sword are perishing by the sword.". National Union Executive Committee unknown
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(Civil War) Lyon, W F
In and Out of Andersonville Prison
Detroit: Geo. Harland Co 1905. First edition. Plates. 121pp. 12mo. Publisher's wrappers. First edition. Plates. 121pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Geo. Harland Co unknown
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(Civil War) Cooper, Alonzo
In and Out of Rebel Prisons
Oswego: R. J. Oliphant 1888. First edition. Portrait frontispiece plates. 335pp. 8vo. Publisher's purple cloth upper cover and spine stamped in blind and gilt. Very good. First edition. Portrait frontispiece plates. 335pp. 8vo. "A fairly objective above-average account of Macon Savannah Charleston Columbia escape recapture and Danville" Nevins. Nevins I p. 188. Nevins I p. 188 <br/><br/> R. J. Oliphant hardcover
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(Civil War)
In the Senate . Report . massacre at Fort Pillow
Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1864. 38th Congress 1st Session Senate Rep. Com. Nos. 63 and 68. 128pp. Bound with: Report . with the accompanying testimony. 34pp. 4 wood-engraved plates. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Minor fading to spine. 38th Congress 1st Session Senate Rep. Com. Nos. 63 and 68. 128pp. Bound with: Report . with the accompanying testimony. 34pp. 4 wood-engraved plates. 8vo. An influential and damning report on the Battle of Fort Pillow in Tennessee which ended with a massacre of Union soldiers many of them African Americans serving in the 6th U.S. Colored Artillery attempting to surrender by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover
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(Civil War) [Keiley, Anthony M]
In Vinculis; or the Prisoner of War. Being the Experience of a Rebel in Two Federal Pens Interspersed with Reminiscences of the Late War; Anecdotes of Southern Generals etc. By a Virginia Confederate
Petersburg VA: Daily Index" Office 1866. Second enlarged edition. 2 216pp. 12mo. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth a bit cocked some wear and spotting. Minor foxing. Second enlarged edition. 2 216pp. 12mo. Second enlarged edition after the first of the previous year. A famous and highly regarded wartime account. Based on the author's experiences in two federal prisons Point Lookout and Elmira after his capture at the battle near Petersburg. The first edition of this book was the last or next to last book printed in the Confederacy. Keiley a noted journalist and lawyer also wrote THE FALLING FLAG describing the Confederate retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox. A contemporary review of this work quoted by Harwell EVENING COURIER for March 24 1865 states that Keiley's narrative "is invaluable in arriving at accurate conclusions respecting the opinions hopes prospects and designs of the Northern people in their war for subjugation.It has all the thrilling interest of a legend of romance." Howes K27; Nevins I p.195; Sabin 37169; Confederate Hundred 50 1st ed; Crandall 2637 1st ed; In Tall Cotton 149 1st ed Daily Index" Office unknown
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(Civil War) Davis, Jefferson
Inaugural Address of President Davis Delivered at the Capitol Monday February 18 1861 at 1 o'clock P.M.
Montgomery: Shorter & Reid 1861. First edition. 8pp. 8vo. Unbound. Minor staining. Early 20th century price annotations on upper corner of the title in ink and pencil. First edition. 8pp. 8vo. Once secession became a reality in late 1860 the rebellious states had to decide what form of government they would take. As in 1787 when the original thirteen states wove themselves into the United States through a constitution the South wove itself into a Confederacy by creating their own constitution. In early February 1861 representatives of the six seceded states Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina and Florida met in Montgomery to draft a provisional constitution and officially establish the Confederate States of America. The document would be unanimously ratified on February 8th and the following day Jefferson Davis would be unanimously elected to the provisional presidency of the Confederacy. Davis was not among the members of the convention however having returned to Mississippi from Washington after resigning his Senate seat. He immediately traveled to Montgomery delivering his inauguration address on February 18 the same day that the delegates signed the provisional constitution.<br /> <br /> Delivered on the steps of the Capitol building Davis invoked the principles of the 1776 Declaration of Independence to justify the secession and independence of the southern states: "It illustrates the American idea that governments rest on the consent of the governed and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established. The declared purpose of the compact of the Union from which we have withdrawn was to "establish justice insure domestic tranquillity provide for the common defense promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity;" and when in the judgment of the sovereign States composing this Confederacy it has been perverted from the purposes for which it was ordained and ceased to answer the ends for which it was established a peaceful appeal to the ballot box declared that so far as they are concerned the Government created by that compact should cease to exist."<br /> <br /> His address continued by further linking the actions of the seceding states to the Founding Fathers noting that the provisional constitution they have drafted was in the spirit of the original: "We have changed the constituent parts but not the system of government. The Constitution framed by our fathers is that of these Confederate States. In their exposition of it and in the judicial construction it has received we have a light which reveals its true meaning."<br /> <br /> He defended secession by arguing that their sole purpose is the protection of their social and economic system though does not mention the word slavery and "actuated solely by the desire to preserve our own rights and promote our own welfare the separation by the Confederate States has been marked by no aggression upon others and followed by no domestic convulsion."<br /> <br /> Just a few weeks later on the steps of the Capitol in Washington Abraham Lincoln would deliver his own first inaugural address: "In your hands my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen and not in mine is the momentous issue of civil war . We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature." <br /> <br /> While Lincoln's inaugural is quite common published as a government document the first separate printing of Davis's inaugural address although well represented institutionally is quite scarce on the market. Parrish & Willingham 895; Crandall 607; Sabin 15274 Shorter & Reid unknown
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(Civil War)
INDEX OF GENERAL ORDERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND 1862
Nashville 1864 first edition John T. S Fall. 12mo. 8p. original wraps. Alphabetical listing of Names and of Subjects. Vertical crease throughout. Good splitting at spine worn but intact. . paperback
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(Civil War) French, Captain William H, Captain Wiliam F Barry, Captain H J Hunt
Instruction for Field Artillery prepared by a board of artillery officers 1864.to which is added the Evolutions of Batteries translated from the French by Brigadier General R. Anderson
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1864. Hardcover. Good. Published 1864 8vo original green pebbled cloth xix 282 pp 122 plates. Good copy tightly bound gilt lettering on spine almost completely effaced some glue stains to front pastedown small ink stain to bottom outer corner up to p. 13 other ink stains in the same part of the page through the first half of the book going into margin only a few mm. Some foxing to text but the plates are mainly free of such foxing. Rare book. Government Printing Office hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : H3378
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(Civil War Finance) Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson
Jay Cooke Financier of the Civil War
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs 1907. First Edition. 78 images. Profusely illustrated. 658; 590 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth superb condition in slightly toned original blue-gray dust jackets enclosed in the original publisher's protective board box; box a bit worn. First Edition. 78 images. Profusely illustrated. 658; 590 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. A detailed biography of the colorful financier 1821-1905 whose firm marketed the huge Civil War loans of the Federal Government; whose marketing of its bonds enabled the Northern Pacific Railroad to expand to the Dakotas; and whose firm's eventual closing precipitated the Panic of 1873. A handsome set in choice condition. George W. Jacobs unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11958
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(CIVIL WAR -- Richmond, Virginia -- Map)
Johnson's Map of the Vicinity of Richmond and Peninsular Campaign in Virginia
New York: Johnson's 1862. 27" X 18". Very good. Slightest bit of age toning and wear else clean bright and attractive. Handsome hand-colored map "Compiled from the Official Maps of the War Department by A.J. Johnson" and "Showing also the interesting localities along the James Chickahominy and York Rivers." Choice early war-date map simply and tastefully double matted and glazed in a 1¼" walnut-finish frame overall dimensions 33½" X 25". unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28047
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(civil war)
LA REVOLUTION AMERICAINE DEVOILEE
Paris 1861 Dentu. In French. Dedication reads: A son excellence Jefferson Davis par la volonte nationale President des Etats Confederes d'Amerique. Octavo 31pp. removed from larger binding and rebound in later wraps. Good. . paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : a26224
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(civil war)
MEMORIAL OF WILLIAM KIRKLAND BACON LATE ADJUTANT OF THE 26TH REGIMENT OF NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS
Boston 1865 American Tract Society. By His Father. Octavo 139pp. fine steel engraved portrait of Bacon in Civil War uniform as frontis original boards with later spine. Good light wear. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : a66128
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(CIVIL WAR)
Message of the President of the United States and Accompanying Documents to the Two Houses at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-Eighth Congress; Volume 6: Navy
Washington: Government Printinng Office 1864. hardcover. very good. 2 illustrations one folding. 1259 pages. Very thick 8vo full contemporary calf with leather labels spine reads "Report of the Secretary of the Navy". Washington: GPO 1864. First edition. Leather worn at extremities but still about very good.<br/> <br/> Naval documents for the year 1864 including the Union blockade. 38th Congress 2d Session House of Rep. Ex. Doc. No. 1.<br/> <br/> Government Printinng Office unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 105586
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(Civil War) Sherman, William T
Military Map Showing the Marches of the United States Forces Under the Command of Maj. Genl. William T. Sherman During the Years 1863 1864 1865
St. Louis: Printed by Joseph Gedney 1865. Inscribed by Sherman at the lower right "With compliments of W. T. Sherman Lt. Genl. Saint Louis MO September 21 1868. Large map drawn by Capt. William Kossak and John B. Muller under the direction of Maj. W. L. B. Jenney engraved by Evans and Courtenay. 33x51 inches sheet size. Military movements hand colored. Old folds repairs on verso along folds minor staining. Inscribed by Sherman at the lower right "With compliments of W. T. Sherman Lt. Genl. Saint Louis MO September 21 1868" Large map drawn by Capt. William Kossak and John B. Muller under the direction of Maj. W. L. B. Jenney engraved by Evans and Courtenay. 33x51 inches sheet size. Military movements hand colored. An impressively large map covering most of the southern theater of the Civil War extending from Washington D.C. in the northeast to Brunswick GA in the south and westward as far as Natchez Little Rock and St. Louis. The map is filled with remarkable detail including roads towns and villages rivers creeks and railroads. Compiled under the direction of Bvt. Maj. W.L.B. Jenney by order of General Sherman 13 different authorities are credited in its preparation.<br /> <br /> A key to the hand coloring at the bottom reveals the true reason for the map i.e. to chart Sherman's taking of Atlanta and his infamous march to the sea: black lines show the route of the infantry yellow the pursuit of Hood red the 4th Army Corps green the 14th Army Corps and so on; Union fortifications are colored blue and Confederate in red; the routes of Wilson and Stoneman's cavalry corps are also separately delineated.<br /> <br /> There are various versions of this map similarly titled but produced for different publishers and reasons. The most common includes the imprint of Ferd. Mayer Genl. Lith. of New York who printed the map for inclusion in Sherman's Memoirs New York 1875. Another version was produced at a reduced scale for inclusion in the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies with the imprint of Julius Bien plate CXVII. Yet another includes the The American Photo-Lithographic Company of New York imprint at the lower right. The present version however with the St. Louis imprint of Joseph Gedney at the lower left would appear to have been separately published. Given the present version inscribed by Sherman it was perhaps produced on his behalf.<br /> <br /> We have never encountered another of these maps inscribed and signed by Sherman. Stephenson 72; Rumsey 3876 Printed by Joseph Gedney unknown
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(Civil War) United States, War Department
Military Maps Illustrating the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James May 4th 1864 to April 9th 1865 Including Battlefields of the Wilderness Spottsylvania North Anna Totopotomoy Cold Harbor the Siege of Petersburg and Richmond Battlefield of Five Forks Jetersville & Sailor's Creek Highbridge Farmville & Appomattox Court-House
Washington D.C.: War Department Office of the Chief of Engineers Lithographed by Julius Bien New York 1869. First Edition. Prepared under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Gen. N. Michler Major of Engineers and Bvt. Lieut. Col. P.S. Michie Capt. of Engineers. 16 maps on 17 sheets. All but one double-page. Folio 23-5/8 x 18-1/2 inches. Unbound sheets. Light stains at top edges of several maps title with tape repair. First Edition. Prepared under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Gen. N. Michler Major of Engineers and Bvt. Lieut. Col. P.S. Michie Capt. of Engineers. 16 maps on 17 sheets. All but one double-page. Folio 23-5/8 x 18-1/2 inches. The topographic maps comprise:<br /> 1A. Gettsburg to Appomattox Court House northern<br /> 1B Gettysburg to Appomattox Court House southern <br /> 2. Fredericksburg<br /> 3. Chancellorville <br /> 4. The Wilderness<br /> 5. Spottsylvania<br /> 6. North Anna single page<br /> 7. Totopotomoy <br /> 8. Cold Harbor<br /> 9. Richmond<br /> 10. Bermuda Hundred <br /> 11. Petersburg and Five Forks <br /> 12. Jetersville and Sailor's Creek<br /> 13. High Bridge<br /> 14. Appomattox Court House<br /> 15. Antietam<br /> 16. Harper's Ferry. Phillips Atlases 3688 listing only 15 maps; Civil War Maps 518; Stephenson and McKee "Virginia in Maps" p. 194: "Topographers had already surveyed more than 1300 miles and issued more than 1200 maps prior to the army's passage over the Rapidan River on the night of 3-4 May 1864 the beginning of U.S. Grant's major offensive in Virginia that led from the Battle of the Wilderness on 5 and 6 May to the ten-month siege of Petersburg beginning in mid-June and finally to R.E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox on 9 April 1865. Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Nathaniel Michler's men made more than 1600 photographic sketches between the time of the river crossing and 30 July 1864. The vast number of surveys that Michler directed led to the publication of this atlas. War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers [Lithographed by Julius Bien, New York] unknown
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(Civil War) MCDONOUGH, James Lee
Nashville: The Western Confederacy's Final Gamble SIGNED 1ST
Knoxville TN: The University of Tennessee Press 2004. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 358 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed and dated by author directly on the FFEP. The University of Tennessee Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6542
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(Civil War)
NAVY DEPARTMENT.GENERAL ORDER NO. 13.
Washington 1863. 2pp. Single folded leaf. Torn and stained along fore-edge not affecting text. Good. 2pp. In this general order Navy Secretary Gideon Welles sets forth the rules governing flags of truce. The order details the conditions for issuing and the methods of accepting a truce flag. It also discusses the issue of hospital protective flags. <br/><br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 354307
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(Civil War)
New-York Tribune . July 7 1863 . The Great Victory . The Battle-field Around Gettysburg
New York 1863. 8pp. Large illustration on the front page showing the plan of the Battle of Gettysburg. Folio. Disbound. Paper flaw on front page else very good. 8pp. Large illustration on the front page showing the plan of the Battle of Gettysburg. Folio. This issue of the Tribune includes correspondent reports and official dispatches following the battle including Meade's July 4 address to the Army: ".The privations and fatigues the army has endured and the heroic courage and gallantry it displayed will be matters of history to be ever remembered. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 351862
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(Civil War)
News by Telegraph
Rockland Maine: Rockland Gazette 1862. Printed broadside in three columns. 13 x 9-1/4 in. Old folds else fine. Printed broadside in three columns. 13 x 9-1/4 in. Broadside reporting events of the Civil War including the surrender of Fort Macon N.C. General Butler's advance on New Orleans and an unfounded report on the fall of Wilmington it would not be captured until 1865. The remainder of the broadside concerns gardening and farming matters. Attributed to the Rockland Maine Gazette based on the similarity to the type faces and layout of the 1861 Rockland Gazette broadside "Important News by Telegraph." There is also news here from Buckfield and Gorham Maine and news of Major Lothrop of Leeds Maine. Rockland Gazette] unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 262182
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(Civil War) TROLLOPE, Anthony
North America
Philadelphia: Lippincott 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. First printing of Trollope's description of American society and his defense of the Union during the American Civil War. Two volumes bound together in the original brown pebbled cloth. Light sunning to spine and foxing to gutters. A few dog-eared pages and some foxing to text. Bump to front cover. A very attractive copy overall. Lippincott hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5979
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(Civil War) ARMSTRONG, Orland Kay
Old Massa's People: The Old Slaves tell their Story
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1931. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . 6 X 9 Inches. 357 Pages. Stated First Edition on the copyright page! Hardcover in original dust jacket. Original price of $2.50 intact. By far the nicest copy of this book that we have encountered. Chapters include: "Chillun Roun' de Place" "Servin' in de Mansion House" "In de Fiel'" and "Whar de Road Lead" among others. PO inscription on bastard title page. Slight wear at jacket edges and folds. Slight fading to spine. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 103
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(Civil War) Blackwell, Robert
Original Acrostics on Some of the Southern States Confederate Generals and Various Other Persons and Things
St Louis: Published for the Author at Southwestern Book and Publishing Co 1869. First edition. Illustrated. 100 iv pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth. Soiling to boards free endpapers missing. A very good copy. First edition. Illustrated. 100 iv pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Published for the Author at Southwestern Book and Publishing Co unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 55186
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(CIVIL WAR; PHOTOGRAPHY)
Oval Albumen Photograph of Sgt. Thomas R. Orwig.
Philadelphia : C. Cohill Artist 1862. Oval Albumen Photograph of Sgt. Thomas R. Orwig. Philadelphia: C. Cohill Artist 1862. The photograph measures 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. On photographer's printed mount measuring 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Glazed and in the original carved wooden frame. Some nicks to frame and photograph a bit faded but a striking image.Orwig received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Lewisburg Bucknell University in 1862 and then joined the Union army rising to the rank of sergeant. He died later that year in a naval hospital in Washington D.C. He was a member of the 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. At the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 the unit fought first on McPherson's Ridge and then on Seminary Ridge before being driven back to Cemetery Hill. Orwig missed that fight as he had already died.Charles Cohill wass originally a farily well know portrait painter who studied under John Nagle. But after around 1860 Cohill began listing his occupation as “artist†instead of “portrait painter.†Photography had come onto the scene. Cohill opened his studio on the popular Chestnut Street. He advertised himself as selling both “ambrotypes and photographs the best in the world.†C. Cohill, Artist unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 76762
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(CIVIL WAR)
Partly printed Document Signed "Charles Freuter
1865. unbound. On the day the war ends a volunteer enlists in the Union Army and collects his $300 bounty! 1 page 6.75 x 8.5 inches -- a Statement of Recruitment whereby Freuter a New York City druggist age 30 is allowed to join the Union Army and receive his $300 bounty on the very day the war has ended April 10 1865. Also signed by the Mustering Officer Captain S. C. Wagner. Note: in the very last days of the war it was not uncommon for deceitful Mustering Officers to allow a bounty to be paid and then splitting the money with the Recruit. Very good condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 273942
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(Civil War)
Phelps and Watson's Historical Military Map of the Border and Southern States
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". 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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 215608
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(Civil War) Johns, George S
Philip Henson The Southern Union Spy
St Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Company 1887. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 97pp. 12mo. Publisher's salmon wrappers minor wear. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 97pp. 12mo. Born and raised in the South but with Union loyalties Henson served as a spy for the North from July 28 1862 until May 20 1864 when he was captured by Confederate soldiers. This narrative describes his many exploits as a false member of the Confederate army and behind enemy lines and includes several discussions of the "secret service." Henson's other claim to notoriety was that he was in possession at the time of the world's longest beard measuring over six feet in length. <br/><br/> Nixon-Jones Printing Company unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 370494
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(Civil War)
President Lincoln and General Grant on Peace and War
Np: Printed for Sale by all News Agents 1864. Handbill 11-1/8x8-3/8 inches. Unbound minor toning repaired tear. Handbill 11-1/8x8-3/8 inches. A scarce anti-Demoocrat Election of 1864 camaign handbill which reprints an interview with Lincoln by Joseoph Trotter Mills published in the Grand County Wisconsin Herald in which Lincoln addresses whether he would agree to a peace on Confederate terms which were return African American soldiers to slavery. The interview "shows that Lincoln saw Emancipation as political currency: a vote for him was a vote for the Black fighters helping to save the country" Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print.<br /> <br /> Also included on the handbill is a August 16 1864 letter by Ulysses S. Grant to E. B Washbourne on what would happen if the North agreed to a peaceand a poem by Bayard Taylor titled On the Chicago Surrender a reference to the peace platform of the Democratic party adopted at their convention. Scarce. Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print p. 195; BAL 19689. Not in Monaghan Printed for Sale by all News Agents unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 377691
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(Civil War) [Dunkle, John J]
Prison Life during the Rebellion. Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners Sent from Fort Delaware to Morris' Island to be Punished. Written by Fritz Fuzzlebug one of their number. Published by the Author
Singer's Glen VA: Joseph Funk's Sons Printers 1869. First edition. 48pp. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers minor soiling and spotting ads on the rear wrapper. First edition. 48pp. 8vo. Lieutenant John J. Dunkle's sharply-worded account of his time spent in the Union prison on Morris Island South Carolina as part of the "Immortal Six Hundred" a group of Confederate officers held towards the end of the war 1864-65. Written in part to counter accounts of the sufferings of Union POWs in Confederate prisons Nevins describes it as "an early example of Southern-style prison propaganda; basically a diatribe against Union officers and Negro guards." Writing as the improbably-named Fritz Fuzzlebug Dunkle begins with a brief account of the events leading up to their capture and imprisonment at Fort Delaware and the plan to transfer them to the recently Union-occupied Morris Island. Dunkle includes a list of all six hundred Confederate officers by state including their name rank place of capture and their hometown. He then describes the brutal steamship voyage and the extreme privation and abuse they suffered once they reached Morris Island. Dunkle estimates that at least a third of the six hundred died from disease and/or abuse while in custody though the actual number was closer to fifty. Howes D569; Nevins I p.190; Dornbush III 604 Joseph Funk's Sons, Printers unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 370500
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(Civil War) WILLIAMSON, James J
Prison Life in the Old Capitol and Reminiscences of the Civil War SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR
West Orange NJ: Self-Published 1911. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very Good. B.F. Williamson. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 162 PP. "We of the South accepted the result of that contest and laid down our arms in good faith. But when we are asked like a whipped child to say we were wrong and are sorry for what we did and promise to sin no more it is asking too much. Yet our men who fought and lost and those who died in the struggle were just as brave and as honest as the men who wore the blue. They fought for the Union we fought for our homes for our wives and our dear ones." from the Preface<br /> <br /> First edition copy of this 1864 prison diary. Signed by illustrator B.F. Williamson directly on the FFEP. Inscribed "To Wm. W. Patterson with my compliments / B.F. Williamson" in pencil. Patterson was one of Mosby's Rangers like the author. Illustrated. Brown cloth binding with outer edges a bit frayed. Hint of foxing. Self-Published unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4020
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(Civil War) Harris, William Charles, Lieut
Prison-Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond. By a Ball's Bluff Prisoner
Philadelphia: George W. Childs 1862. First edition. 175 1pp. Frontispiece by Lauderbach. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers some chipping at edges. First edition. 175 1pp. Frontispiece by Lauderbach. 1 vols. 8vo. Harris a member of Colonel Baker's California Regiment was captured at Ball's Bluff and was imprisoned at Liggon's Tobacco Warehouse for four months. Includes a 5-page listing at the back of the officers in the prison their regiments where captured residence and remarks. An early narrative also describing travels in Virginia. "Reflects lax fairly comfortable conditions in early officers' prison; good descriptions of Winder Wirz and other officials" Nevins. The frontispiece depicts "our last day in the Richmond Tobacco Warehouse prison." Coulter 216; Nevins I pg 193; Sabin 30531 George W. Childs unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 370488
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(Civil War) FOWLER, Charles Henry
Program of Exercises For Use in Schools of the United States Upon the One Hundredth Birthday of General Ulysses S. Grant
Philadelphia PA: Grand Army of the Republic 1922. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 5 1/2 X 8 1/8 Inches. 12 PP. Original program in stapled blue wraps as issued. Includes a short biography of Grant as well as two short essays by Fowler. Closes with a printing of "The American's Creed". Minor wear and soiling to edges. Grand Army of the Republic unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7863
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