THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE, JANUARY 8, 1864

Congress Discusses Slavery!

The Official Proceedings of Congress. Published by John C. Rives, Washington, D.C. Twenty-Eighth Congress, 1st Session. Friday, January 8, 1864. Imprint, 16 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 1/4.

President's Annual Message, The Progress of Liberty, Weapons of Freedom, Slavery Must Die by the Laws of War, Indictment Against Slavery, Slavery Became Master of Our Government, Slavery Revolutionized the Government and Destroyed the Principle of Liberty, How Shall Slavery be Exterminated, What Power Has Congress Over Slavery in...  

GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE KNIFE

The Official General Robert E. Lee, Limited Edition, Collector Knife authorized by The Civil War Library and Museum. This custom designed folding knife features a full color vignette of General Robert E. Lee in Confederate uniform with sword, standing in front of a cannon, with "Robert E. Lee" in a riband below. The vignette is set within the enameled blue and gray pewter handle accented with thirteen stars representing the Confederate States. In addition, it is adorned with a full color enameled Confederate States of America battleflag. The...  

1862 PRO CONFEDERATE MARYLAND BROADSIDE

4 3/4 x 10 1/2, imprint.

Titled, "Da Vis!" this 1862 dated imprint has a vignette at the top of the Maryland State flag. It reads in part: Sons of the Palmetto, we call upon you. We call upon Georgia, the gallant and true, Virginia, our mother, we call upon thee, And the lone star of Texas, and brave Tennessee, State of the Pelican, State of the Pine, Quickly to rescue your proud hosts combine! Mississippi, Arkansas, we know will be true, And brave Alabama, we count upon you, Then there's Florida too, ever ready at need, Must ne'er leave...  

WOOD FROM THE GALLOWS WHERE THE LINCOLN CONSPIRATORS WERE HUNG

Includes wood fragment that originated from the scaffold used to execute the four Lincoln conspirators; Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold and George Atzerodt, July 7, 1865. Beautifully presented in a scarlett suede mat with florentine gold trim. The wood relic is housed at the center of the display under a 3X magnifying cover. Above is an (Alexander Gardner) copy photograph of the four dead conspirators hanging from the gallows, with descriptive text below. This relic was secured as a souvenir by a soldier of the 1st U.S....  

FUNERAL MARCH TO THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Sheet music. 5 pages, 10 1/2 x 13 1/2, with beautiful engraved portrait of President Lincoln on the front. The National Mourns. Funeral March To The Memory Of Abraham Lincoln, The Martyr President. Written by Mrs. E.A. Parkhurst. Published by Horace Waters, 481 Broadway, New York. 1865 imprint date. The inside pages containing the music have thick black mourning borders. Light age toning and some small edge tears and wear. Slight paper loss at lower left edge of cover. This does not affect any content. Please note that the sheet music is wider than...  

CONFEDERATE BROADSIDE POEM

5 3/8 x 10 1/4, imprint.

"Audax omnia perpeti Gens Lincolna ruit per vetitum nefas"

Come pretty Muse give me your help,
Keen make my pen as the teamster's lash,
That I may prove to each worthless whelp,
'Tis useless to strive the South to thrash.

You Mansfield leader of the spies,
We leave to your father, the father of lies,
But coolly Jeff your plans will retard,
By sending to meet you his Beauregard;
The thrashing we gave you at the Junction,
Should teach you that your proper function
Is...  

PROCEEDINGS AT THE MASS MEETING OF LOYAL CITIZENS ON UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK

15th Day Of July, 1862. Under The Auspices Of The Chamber Of Commerce Of The State Of New York, The Union Defence Committee Of The Citizens Of New York, The Common Council Of The City Of New York, And Other Committees Of Loyal Citizens. Letters And Speeches. Published By Order Of The Committee Of Arrangements Under The Supervision Of John Austin Stevens, Jr., Secretary. New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers, Corner Of Pearl and Pine Sts., 1862.

Imprint, 116 pages, stringbound. Light age toning, soiling and...  

WHEN SHERMAN MARCHED DOWN TO THE SEA

Sheet music, 10 1/4 x 13 1/4, imprint, 5 pages. Words by Adjt. Byers, 5th Iowa Cavalry, at Columbia, S.C. Music composed by E. Mack. Published by Lee & Walker, 722 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 1865. Some minor edge chips at left, and a few tiny pin holes at extreme left edge from old binding. Very fine. Desirable war date General William T. Sherman and his March to the Sea related item.

1863 IMPRINT, THE LOYAL NATIONAL LEAGUE

THE GREAT MASS MEETING, UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK

Opinions of Prominent Men. The Great Questions of the Times Expressed in Their Letters to the Loyal National League on Occassion of The Great Mass Meeting of the League and Other Loyalists at Union Square, New York, On the Anniversary of Sumter.

C.S. Westcott & Co., Printers, No. 79 John Street, New York, 1863. 72 pages. Boston, Mass. blindstamp imprint on the front page. Minor edge chipping at the bottom of front page well away from any content. Stringbound. Some of the pages are...  

1865 IMPRINT, THE OLD GUARD

A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Principles of 1776 and 1787.

Volume III. January 1865.
No. 1.

48 pages.

The Resolutions of 1798 as a Basis of Reunion. The Peer and the Printer. Close of the Year 1806 and 1864. In Prison. The Civilization of the Tropics. Voices That Are Gone. The Female Parliament of Aristophanes. Alone With Thee. The Duke De La Rochefoucaults Maxims on Love. Financial Lying. Old tape repairs at the vertical left edge of the imprint which serves to strengthen the spine. The pages are tight, clean and in very...  

CIVIL WAR PERIOD SEWING DISPLAY

Includes six brass suspender buttons, a dozen Sharps No. 10 sewing needles in their original paper wrapping with label, Jas. Smith & Sons, Great Britain, a piece of blue and white plaid fabric and a piece of red ribbon. Comes in 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 glass faced case.

1863 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $1,000 BOND

Criswell #125. Richmond, Va., March 2, 1863. Bust view of President Jefferson Davis at left, and the city of Richmond, Va. at right. Cogswell & Evans, Columbia, S.C., Has seven of the original coupons attached. Extra fine.

Please note that the photo is cropped because the bond is larger than our scanner bed.