[vp: 1861-1865]. 5-5/8" x 3-1/8". A few have minimal staining, one a chipped corner [no loss of text or caricature]. Very Good. 1. Three well-dressed male house slaves sit at a small table, one with two legs of his chair off the ground and his legs on the table's edge..... More
[Columbus, Ohio? 1866?]. Folio broadside printed on yellow paper, 13" x 18". A variety of bold type sizes and fonts. A couple of closed tears [no loss] which do not impair text. Else Very Good. T.W. Tallmadge of Columbus, Authorized Military Claim Agent, offers his services and explains the terms..... More
[New York: 1865]. Small broadside, 5" x 7.5". Printed using different typesettings, completed in ink manuscript. Two very small holes [no text loss], a few small spots, old folds. Good+ to Very Good. More
New York: 1861. Elephant folio, 15-3/4" x 22". 8pp. Caption title [as issued], printed in six columns. Disbound, light wear and several short closed tears at outer margins, Very Good. A Civil War illustration of wishful thinking: "Your correspondent has this moment - half-past five o'clock P.M. - received a...... More
[n.p. 1861-65]. 3-1/4" x 5-1/2". Black ink on a white envelope. Lightly age toned, a few very tiny spots in blank area. Very Good. This interesting, detailed, rare postal cover is a caricature of a well-dressed former slave in a tall hat who stands to the left holding an open..... More
Fort Corcoran, VA: 1862. Folded folio leaf, entirely in ink manuscript. [4] pp. Docketed on final, otherwise blank, page: "Instructions to the Officer of the Guard in Charge of the Block Houses." Old folds [some splitting along spine, no loss], mild spotting. Completely legible. Good+. "The senior officer of the..... More
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[Boston: 1865]. Broadside, 7-1/2" x 9-1/2", docketed on verso. Printed form completed in ink manuscript. Signatures of Leendert Meyer, A.R. Hawthorne and Edward A. Gibson. Old folds [a few short splits at fold edges], light toning, three very small punch holes [no loss]. Very Good. [offered with] KNOW ALL MEN..... More
Frederick: 1864. Printed document, completed in ink manuscript, oblong 6-1/2" x 8-1/2." Old folds, light dusting, Very Good. Signed in ink by the Provost Marshal and President of the Board of Enrollment; Jno. J. Thomas, a member of the Board of Enrollment; and the Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment..... More
Belfast, Maine: 1864 [November 7]. Printed document, completed in ink manuscript, oblong 10-1/4" x 8." Very Good. Signed in ink by the Provost Marshal and President of the Board of Enrollment; A.G. Crocker, a member of the Board of Enrollment; and the Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment. Collins's Substitute..... More
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Partly printed documents, completed in manuscript, varying sizes, measuring in the range of 7-7.5" x 9-9.75". Matted and mounted behind glass in a 17" x 34" gilt decorative frame. Very Good. Former Confederates were required to sign oaths of loyalty before regaining citizenship and voting rights. The language of these..... More
[Columbus, Ohio: 1863]. Broadsheet, 8" x 10", ordering a Descriptive List of Pay and Clothing for Wm. Harris, 44th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who is awaiting discharge papers. Completed in manuscript, it is dated May 15, 1863, and signed by order of Brig. Genl. Mason. The verso is a printed letter..... More
New York: Sinclair Tousey, 1863. Original printed glossy blue wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Disbound, rubberstamps, else a clean text and Very Good. 28pp. This poem is dedicated to all "who believe that all mankind are created with equal rights; that God is the common father, and holds men..... More
Caernarfon, Wales: H. Humphreys. [@, 1865]. [2], 12, [2 advt] pp. Bound in modern wrappers. Very Good. The head of the title reads 'Rhif 78. Llyfrau Ceiniog Humphreys Caernarfon...' OCLC 13367468 [1- Lincoln Pres. Lib.] as of January 2020. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Nevins, Sabin, Dornbusch, Nicholson. More
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Fort Ellis, NC, near New Bern: 1862 [January 31]. Oblong folio broadsheet, uniformly tanned. 12-3/4" x 18-1/2." Printed, with manuscript additions. Signed in ink by J.M. Mayo, Commanding Company. Contemporary "Duplicate." A few pinholes at fold intersections, not affecting text, Very Good. Most spaces available for the requested detailed information..... More
Texas: September 15, 1865. Folio, 11" x 16". Printed broadside, completed in ink manuscript. Signed by Charles Gentsch as quartermaster. Docketed on verso. Contains columns listing number, quantity, name of articles and condition when delivered. Old folds, very clean. Near Fine. The 51st Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp..... More
[Virginia: 1864]. Folio, 8" x 12". Three loose leaves making [6] pp, completely in ink manuscript. Occasional short separations at folds, light age toning and soiling, some edge wear with slight loss of text. Overall, Good+. The 1st New York Infantry Regiment was mustered for two years of service in..... More
[Virginia: 1863]. Folio, 8" x 12-1/4". [6] pp, printed on recto and verso of first leaf, and on rectos only of the remaining two leaves. Completely in ink manuscript. Signed elegantly at bottom of page [5], "R. B. Montgomery 1st Lieut. Commanding Company." Docketed on final page, 6 April 1863..... More
[New York: Elias Dexter; one by L. Prang, c.1862-1863?]. Forty-eight handsome portrait engravings of important Civil War figures, including Lincoln and Cabinet members, Union Army and Navy leaders, Jefferson Davis, and others. Each mounted within a decorative stiff card frame with gilt border. Portraits are clear and clean, most with..... More
[Philadelphia]: Jas. B. Rodgers, Pr., 52 & 54 North Sixth St. [1865]. Oblong broadside, 7" x 8-3/4." Text surrounded by decorative mourning border, printed on white coated card stock. Near Fine. The "Epitaph," a poem in ten lines, begins, "Gentle stranger, drop a tear, / The C.S.A. lies buried here..... More
New York: Published by H. & W. Voight. Lith. by Kimmel & Forster, 254 & 256 Canal St. [1865]. Broadside illustration, 8-3/4" x 10"; mounted on 9-3/4" x 12" stiff backing. Short closed tear at top blank margin, lower blank forecorner chipped [corrected with the backing]. Good+. "From building inscribed..... More
[New York? Currier & Ives? 1861]. Lithograph, 13-1/2" x 18". Paper toned but images clear. Short closed tear at top blank margin, minor chipping to two blank corners. Very Good. "A tribute to commander of the Union forces Gen. Winfield Scott, shown as the mythical Hercules slaying the many-headed dragon..... More
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Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, LIth. [1865]. Broadside lithograph, oblong 10-1/8" x 6-3/4." Some foxing at the margins, else Very Good. This is an extremely rare lithograph by Duval depicting General Joe Johnston's surrender of his army to General Sherman on April 18. "Peter Stephen Duval, the most prominent Philadelphia..... More
New York: 1865. Elephant folio, 15-1/2" x 22." 8pp, each page in six columns. Several pages of advertisements. The rest devoted to the details of the surrender. A large map on page 8 displays the final troop movements and Appomattox Court House. Disbound, some spine separations, Very Good. The surrender..... More
[Philadelphia? 1864? 1865?]. Elephant folio broadsheet, printed in six columns on recto and on verso. 15-3/4" x 21-1/4." Engraving of Screaming Eagle, with shield, bearing scroll inscribed, "Your Sons and your Money on your Country's Altar!" Blank lower margin chip. Very Good. The words to twenty-one patriotic songs are printed..... More
Oblong printed folio, completed in manuscript. Old folds, else Fine. Willard Lincoln, from the Town of China in Maine, enlisted as a First Lieutenant in Co. H of the 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry, in 1862. He was wounded on the second day of Gettysburg, recovered, and was promoted to Captain..... More