CONFEDERATE LETTER FROM FORYSTH, GEORGIA

18 pages, 1 3/4 x 3, in ink, written by Louise W. Lumpkin to Philippina "Rena" McDowell. Interesting letter that is tied together with a piece of ribbon. A tiny hole was created at the edge of each individual piece of glossy card stock, and it is all held together with a piece of ribbon.

Forysth, [Ga.], July 21, [1863]

My Darling,

There's a magic charm about thee. Love, a chord invisible, but deep, seems binding me to this. When at night, upon my pillow, I lay down my weary head to rest, like a dove on airy...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, APRIL 16, 1864

Front page illustration of the Floral Department at the Great Metropolitan Fair, New York. Other illustrations: the Picture Gallery at the Great Fair, 14th Street Building, New York. The New York Fire Department in the Fair. Grand Hall of the Fair Building, 14th Street. The New Jersey Department at the Metropolitan Fair. Grand Opening of the Metropolitan Fair. Portraits of the Late Owen Lovejoy and General Andrew Jackson Smith. There are 5 tiny holes at the left edge of the paper where it was once bound. Binding remnants at extreme edge. Light age toning....  

32ND MAINE INFANTRY ASSISTANT SURGEON'S PAY VOUCHER

17 x 11, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Pay voucher of Assistant Surgeon H.S.B. Smith, 32nd Maine Infantry, for the period June 30, 1864, to July 31, 1864. States that he is on detached service before Petersburg, Va., at the headquarters of the 9th Army Corps. Includes a listing for his servant. The voucher has been signed twice, H.S.B. Smith, Asst. Surgeon, 32d Me. Regt., and is also signed by S.V. Holliday, Paymaster, U.S.A. Light age toning. Very fine.

THE SOLDIER'S STORY OF HIS CAPTIVITY AT ANDERSONVILLE, BELLE ISLE, AND OTHER REBEL PRISONS

By Warren Lee Goss, of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Heavy Artillery. With an Appendix, Containing The Names of the Union Soldiers Who Died at Andersonville, With the Numbers of Their Graves, Their Rank, The Companies and Regiment to Which They Belonged, the Dates of Their Decease, and the Diseases of Which They Died, and Also Many Certificates to the Truthfulness of the Book, With a Beautiful Presentation Page and Four Full Page Illustrations, by Thomas Nast, the...
Circa: 1871  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, SEPTEMBER 9, 1863

8 pages. IMPORTANT REBEL NEWS. Advices From Charleston. A Furious Bombardment Lasting Fifty Two Hours. Alleged Repulse of Our Forces in an Attack on Fort Gregg. Late Reports From Chattanooga. What is Thought of the Capture of Knoxville. The War in West Virginia. The Battle in Greenbrier County. A Rebel Dash and Defeat. Attack on Bath, Va. Repulse and Pursuit of the Enemy. Gen. Rosecrans Army. An Attack Probably Made on Chattanooga. The Troubles in Kansas. Energetic Action of the Kansas People. Movements of Gen. Blunt. Pursuit of the Rebels for One Hundred...  

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...  

MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL WAR CONGRESSMAN, WILLIAM B. WASHBURN

(1820-87) Born in Winchenton, Mass., he graduated from Yale in 1844. Served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1850, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1853-55. Was a U.S. Congressman, 1863-71, and the Governor of Massachusetts, 1872-74.

Original 1800's portrait engraving. Printed signature below his likeness, and title, Governor of Massachusetts, 1872 to 1874. Tipped to 6 x 9 page. Excellent.

102ND ILLINOIS INFANTRY SPECIAL REQUISITION

Signed by Colonel William McMurtry and twice by Lieutenant Sanderson H. Rodgers

7 1/2 x 10, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Special Requisition for tin cups, plates, knives, forks, spoons, fry pans, camp kettles, mess pans, hatchets & handles, spades and axes & handles. I certify that the above requisition is correct; and that the articles specified are absolutely requisite for the public service, rendered so by the following circumstances: for the supply of Company K, 102d Regt. Ill. Vol. Received at Knoxville, the 28th of Aug....  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 28, 1864

8 pages. SHERMAN'S MARCH. His Rapid Progress Through Georgia. Reported Capture of Milledgeville and Gordon. Rumor that Sherman has Reached Our Prisoners. Consternation in South Carolina and Georgia. The Reserve Militia of Both States Ordered Out. The Richmond Rebels Less Despondent. Sherman to be Utterly Overwhelmed. OUR PRISONERS. Three Thousand Names of the Dead. More Evidence of Cruel Treatment. The Protestations, Suggestions, and Advice of the Rebel Surgeons Unheeded. Diaries of Two of the Victims. How the Horrible Days Were Passed. Deferred Hopes,...  

APPEAL BY VETERAN OF 27TH OHIO INFANTRY FOR FINANCIAL AID TO FIGHT HIS PROSECUTION IN ARKANSAS!

7 3/8 x 10 3/4, imprint.

Van Buren, Arkansas, Feb. 8th, 1894

To My Comrades, the Veteran Volunteers of the U.S.

Knowing that deep and sincere brotherly feeling that all old soldiers feel for another in distress, I feel that I would not be just either to you or myself should I fail to acquaint you with my present need. I entered the Union Army in July, 1861, at Circleville, Ohio, in Company A, 27th O.[hio] V.[eteran] V.[olunteer] I.[nfantry] Regiment, with Nelson Lutz...  

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...  

28TH MAINE INFANTRY MORNING REPORT

Signed by soldier killed in action in Louisiana!

21 1/2 x 14, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Morning Report of Captain E.B. Neal, Co. F, Twenty Eighth Maine Volunteers, Army of the United States, Colonel E.W. Woodman, for the month of July 1863. Itemized account of the men in the company who are present and absent from duty. Signed three times by R. Seavey and three times by Edw. B. Neal. The remarks section mentions some of the men on duty at Port Hudson, La. Light age toning and wear.

Reuben Seavey, was a 44 year old resident of...