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A Directory Of American Military Goods Dealers & Makers 1785-1915

By Bruce S. Bazelon and William F. McGuinn. Published by REF Typesetting & Publishing Inc., Manassas, Virginia, 1990. Blue cloth hardcovers, 8 1/2 x 11 1/4, with gold illustrated imprint on the front, 180 pages, illustrated. A comprehensive listing and discussion of the makers and suppliers of military goods in America during the period from 1785-1915. Selected contractors are included for the period 1817-1865. This directory also covers selected makers and dealers of military goods in the Confederate States of America. Excellent reference book.
Circa: 1990
ISBN: 9876543210  

Confederate Facsimile $20 Advertising Note

Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

This is a late 1800's or early 1900's advertising imprint (NOT a modern reproduction) utilizing the T-67, 1864 Confederate $20 note, with vignettes of the Capitol at Nashville, Tennessee, and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens on the obverse. The reverse is an advertisement imprint for Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. It reads as follows: This is presented to you in order to impress on your mind the fact that DR. MORSE'S INDIAN ROOT PILLS Have been before the public for more than sixty years, and...  

Autograph, General William M. Wherry

Awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., in 1861

(1836-1918) Wherry was awarded the Medal of Honor for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, August 10, 1861. He was brevetted for gallantry for his actions in the Atlanta campaign, at Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and at Wilmington, N.C., receiving promotion to brevet brigadier general, on March 13, 1865. He was the bearer of the rolls and terms of surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston's Army to...  

Certificate Issued at Discharge, 92nd New York Infantry

Plus voucher for travelling expenses from Washington, D.C. to New York

Pair of related documents that were issued upon the discharge of Private Delivan Hutchens, Co. C, 92nd New York Infantry. #1: 7 1/2 x 10, imprinted form, filled out in ink. This is the Certificate To Be Given To Volunteers At The Time Of Their Discharge To Enable Them To Receive Their Pay, &c. Includes description of the soldier, date of his last pay check, and that he was discharged at Washington, on the 26th day of April 1862, by Command of Gen. Wadsworth. #2: 8 x 10,...  

Autograph, Lieutenant Colonel Coates Kinney

Journalist, Famous Poet and U.S. Army officer during the Civil War

War Date Document Signed

(1826-1904) Born near Penn Yan, New York, he moved with his parents to Ohio in 1840. He studied law with Thomas Corwin, was admitted to the bar in 1856, and practiced in Cincinnati as a partner of Thomas Spooner. However, a few years earlier, he had written a poem titled, "Rain on the Roof," which first appeared in the Cincinnati Great West. Its extraordinary merit was instantly recognized and the seeds of a literary pursuit had been...  

Stamped Confederate Cover Postmarked at Charlotte, N.C.

Confederate envelope with partial Charlotte, N.C. postmark and Scott #11, 10 cents, Confederate States of America postage stamp, with bust of President Jefferson Davis. Addressed to Mr. W. Robinson, Goldsboro, North Carolina. The handwritten ink address has faded but it is all readable. Age toning. Fine, war period, postally used, stamped Confederate envelope.  

6th Regiment Ohio Volunteers Sutler Check

Unused 5 1/2 x 2 1/4, imprint. Sutler's Office, 6th Regiment Ohio Volunteers. Paymaster U.S.A. for 6th Regt. Ohio Volunteers pay to the order of E. Kelsey, Sutler..........Dollars, and deduct the amount from pay due me. Excellent condition. These checks were filled out by soldiers of the 6th Ohio Volunteers as an I.O.U. to the regimental sutler towards the purchase of his goods. Then on pay day the appropriate amount would be deducted from that particular soldier's pay and given to the sutler. The hard fought 6th Regiment Ohio Volunteers saw action at...  

The Rebel Army Robbing & Pillaging in Maryland

Authentic, original woodcut engravings that have been hand tinted in color and published in the July 30, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly. #1: Caption: The Rebels Robbing The Flour Mills in Maryland. #2: Caption: The Rebels Pillaging at the Hagerstown Depot. 10 1/2 x 4. Harper's Weekly and date are printed in the margin.  

Guibet's Battery Benevolent Association Receipt

Signed by an officer of the Association who marched in the funeral procession of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

4 7/8 x 2 3/4, imprint, filled out in ink. New Orleans, November 1884. Receipt for dues and fines for S. Le Gardeur of Guibet's Battery Benevolent Ass'n. This Association was composed of members of Guibet's Battery who served with General P.G.T. Beauregard at Charleston, S.C. Signed by R.B. Flores, Coll.[ector]. Very fine early Confederate Veteran's item. Age toning and a very tiny punch hole cancellation at the...  

Photograph, General Samuel Benton

Colonel of the 37th & 34th Mississippi Infantry Regiments

Mortally wounded in action during the Atlanta campaign

(1820-64) Born in Williamson County, Tennessee, he was the nephew of U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton. He later settled in Holly Springs, Mississippi where he became a prominent lawyer, politician, and publisher of The Mississippi Times newspaper. He served in the Mississippi State Legislature and was a member of the 1861 secession convention where Mississippi voted to secede from the Union. When war broke out in early 1861,...  

John Wilkes Booth Himself

Autographed Limited Edition

By Richard J.S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman. Published by Hired Hand Press, Dover, Massachusetts, 1979. Published in a limited edition of 1,000 copies of which this is No. 79. Nicely signed in ink at the back of the book, below the above imprint, by its authors, Richard J.S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman. 87 pages, illustrated with every known view of Lincoln Assassin and famous 19th century actor, John Wilkes Booth. Includes an introduction, notes relating to the photographs, a chapter titled, "Photography and...
Circa: 1979
ISBN: 0960225609  

General Quincy A. Gillmore Announces His Staff

5 x 8, imprint.

Headquarters, Department of the South,
Hilton Head, S.C., Feb. 9, 1865

General Orders,
No. 17

The following named Officers are hereby announced on the Staff of the Major General Commanding, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. Lists 16 officers by name, rank and position held on General Gillmore's staff. By Command Of Major General Q.A. Gillmore, W.L.M. Burger, Assistant Adjutant General. Staining around the edges. Light edge wear. Uncommon Department of the South imprint.