Price: $1,100.00

Satirical mourning card announcing death of the Confederacy, likely printed in Philadelphia immediately after the end of the Civil War, but before Lincoln's assassination. James B. Rogers was a Philadelphia printer at the time.

"Died, near the south-side rail road, on Sunday, April 9th, 1865, The Southern Confederacy, aged four years. Conceived in sin, born in iniquity, nurtured by tyranny, died of a chronic attack of punch.

Abraham Lincoln, Attending Physician.
U. S. Grant, Undertaker.
Jeff Davis, Chief Mourner."
N.p. [Philadelphia]: James B. Rogers, N.d. [April, 1865].

The epitaph reads: "Gentle stranger, drop a tear; the C.S.A., lies buried here: In youth it lived and prosper'd well, but like Lucifer it fell; Its body here, its soul in --- well, E'en if I knew I wouldn't tell. Rest C.S.A., from every strife, your death is better than your life; And this one line shall grace your grave – Your death gave freedom to the slave."

Few other copies known. Framed; clean; excellent condition.

	Price: $1,450.00

"Quarter Master Briscoe will furnish transportation for J.R. Blackmore 'Comssy' to Winchester and return." Dated in the month after Ashby had become Stonewall Jackson's cavalry commander.

Sm. holes at intersecting folds, clear of sig.; horiz. fold passes through capitals of sig. without affect; soiling, esp. on folds and blank verso.

	Price: $1,200.00

Bachelder's receipt for sale of his magnificent "Isometrical Drawing" of the Gettysburg battlefield. The document is attractive and informative, combining two lithographed notes in Bachelder's hand with printed descriptions of the six versions of the drawing available (who knew!). This copy went to a customer who purchased a "tinted" copy, "Printed in one tint without having positions colored on lighter paper."

This receipt is for the first printing of his famous map; but also included is a listing of each of the various states of the map he was selling, with their original prices. This is important little-known information.

Lt. fox; folds to not impair any text; else very good.

	Price: $650.00

Henry Ward Beecher was, perhaps, 19th century America’s most influential preacher. His fiery sermons made him New York’s number one tourist attraction. He was a favorite of the lecture circuit, and his pronouncements on the issues of the day, from the pulpit and with the pen, were highly influential. As much an anti-slavery stalwart as his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe (the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin), the charismatic and controversial Beecher (he thought Lincoln acted too slowly toward emancipation), also spoke passionately in favor of women’s suffrage, and on such topics as presidential politics, the tabloid press, and Darwinism.

This image captures the energetic force that Beecher was. He is shown in nearly full length, in hat and coat, looking imperiously to his left.

6” diagonal tear across the top of the photograph just goes through the brim of his hat, and a less evident 5-½” crease almost halfway across; else very good, bright, bold.

	Price: $2,750.00

The photo is a vignetted bust image w/ evident retouching, showing Beauregard in a soft-collared uniform coat, which does not seem to bear any collar insignia.
The print is on a plain white mount w/o any credit or markings. Image pale, but clear; a couple of very light surface abrasions are barely detectable.

V.g.; a rare Confederate war-dated photo w/ nice sig., dated a little over a month before Beauregard would face Butler, Gillmore, and W.F. Smith at Drewry's Bluff.

	Price: $875.00

Benjamin writes a note of recommendation for his former law clerk.

A clean, readable, 4-line document w/ out header. Sig. bold and clear; doc. clean and unchipped. Handsome and scarce.

	Price: $1,400.00

He attained the rank from exploits at Five Forks.

On a small slip of paper, uniformly browned. Probably penned just as the war ended.

	Price: $2,750.00

Chamberlain writes on this small calling card, "Dear sir, I think I will take 'The Battle of Gettysburg' for Monday evening, 14th. / Truly yours…" It is most uncommon, but quite desirable, to see Chamberlain's signature on a note himself mentioning his most famous engagement.

Lt. pencil marks; clean document; no folds; very good.

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	Price: $6,500.00

On July 1, 1863, with their home state invaded, the men of the Pennsylvania Reserves listened to this inspiring order from their commander.

Crawford declared, in part:
"You have once again been called to the field… If you would hail the prospect of active service at any time with delight how much more now. Our native state is invaded by the ruthless hordes of plunderers… To-day within a few hours we shall tread the soil of the Keystone. The eyes of all will be upon us. To us they will look with anxious hearts for relief. Let the sight of our mountains, and our native plains, fire our hearts and nerve your arms for the hour of battle. We strike for all that can be dear to man… [L]et us pledge to each other today, never to cease until we drive the enemy from our country, our Constitution and our peace forever from our soil."

If President Lincoln heard this inspirational speech he surely would have suffered the same exasperated fury he experienced a few days later when Crawford's fellow Pennsylvanian, George Gordon Meade, congratulated the Army of the Potomac for driving the enemy from "our soil," of Pennsylvania.
"My God," Lincoln exclaimed, "Will our generals never get that idea out of their heads? The whole country is our soil."

The attached page is docketed with remark "Address to the troops on entering Penna before Gettysburg." On July 1, 1863 there were nine regiments of Pennsylvania Reserve infantry under Crawford's command, indicating the approximate number of these orders produced. Not in O.R.

A very clean document, folded twice as usual, but with no associated loss; slightly more discolored along right margin, probably from being bound in to an order book.

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Cocke writes as a Colonel of Virginia Volunteers, hoping to become a Confederate General (he was promoted to Brigadier General on October 21, 1861).

Here he writes a cover note to General Beauregard complaining about convoluted command relations. Since the referred enclosures are not present, one can only infer that Cocke is trying to make sense of the proper reporting relationship between a Virginia colonel and a Confederate general. He writes in part “Being upon the same important military line of operations with yourself I desire to make myself known to you, at the same time I put in your possession the above explanations. My friend Major Skinner is charged with the friendly office of conveying you this communication – and of making known to you any further particulars in the same connections.” Includes docket endorsement dated “Rec’d. June 11, 1861.” With his health shattered due to service in the field, General Cocke killed himself on December 26, 1861. War-time letters from him are plain scarce.

On lined paper w/ watermark; horiz. folds; very little chipping and no loss to text.

	Price: $2,950.00

After stating that even with “the earnest efforts made” by the two governments “to settle all questions of disagreement…have been by reason of the refusal” of the U.S. government “to listen to any proposals,” the document proclaims that “war exists” between the Confederacy and the U.S. (excepting the named Southern states and named territories). The document then authorizes, and details, certain “letters of marque and reprisal.” At the end is appended a section titled, PRESIDENT’S INSTRUCTIONS TO PRIVATE ARMED VESSLES,” stating that “The tenor of your commission” under the foregoing Act, “will be kept constantly in your view.” A “Form of Bond” is then printed for use.

Fresh; in unused condition; miniscule edge toning/chips. In a cloth protective wrap with pull tab; housed in a ½-leather, gold titled slip case.

	Price: $5,750.00

Very good w/ fine clarity and tonality; sm. scrapes above and away from image. This would make a most interesting framed display.

	Price: $1,850.00

This contemporary copy of Emmett's "Dixie" illustrates the song's instant fame during the secession crisis. Originally published in September, 1859, Emmett's minstrel song gained renown in the south after its April, 1860 debut in New Orleans. Here the lyrics are copied by hand by L. C. Coopers, signed and dated December 16, 1860, only 2 months after its release. A relic of the powerful emotions sweeping the country on the eve of secession.

On lined paper; folded 3 times horiz.; lt. ch. along left edge where torn from a book; else very good.

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	Price: $1,850.00

The five-page manuscript of Everett's patriotic April 27, 1862 speech in New York was given to the New YorkGazette for printing. In the weeks after Fort Sumter New York City was in a patriotic furor, and public addresses like Everett's beat the drum for the war and for the Union. In his lead Everett said, in part, "The great assemblage that I see around me, the simple but interesting ceremonial withwhich the flag of our country has been thrown to the breeze … all proclaiming the deep patriotic sentiment, of which that flag is the symbol and the expression. Nay, it speaks for itself. Its eloquence needs no aid from my lips, to interpret its significance. Fidelity to the Union blazes from its stars; allegiance to the Government, beneath which we live, is wrapped within its folds." The envelope is docketed "Chester Square Flag Raising / Original in Mr. Everett's / hand entirely. / April 27, 1861" .

The cover note is also in Everett's hand with his initials. Letter is clean and complete, with "Mr. Everett's Address" in pencil across the top of page 1, and with a few smudges and finger tip whorls on page 5. An historic and attractive collection.

	Price: $2,950.00

General Floyd evidently copied these two orders for retention in a letter book. Both communications appear in the O.R. In the first, Floyd tells Wise that he intends to launch an attack toward the Kanawha Valley and wishes to know “the number of men you can furnish, the different arms to which they are attached, the arms & ammunition ready & fit for use, the amount of transportation you can rely upon for the movement & the supplies you will be able to furnish.” The second note orders Capt. R. A. Caskie to desist from destroying a bridge, and to report on the condition of the roads, presumably in anticipation of the advance. Floyd’s campaign ended in defeat at Carnifax Ferry, Sept. 10, 1861.

Hurried copy w/ numerous strikethroughs & crowded script on verso; narrow strip of tape ¼” on right margin of verso lightly obscures some writing; Floyd’s sigs. on verso; second sig. shaky and crowded; else very good. An exciting record of the shaky early C.S. efforts to build an army in western Virginia.

	Price: $50.00

Cabinet card of well-dressed tourist couple amid the rocks and boulders of Devil's Den. The wasp-waisted woman holds binoculars.

Visiting the battle fields was a popular post-war pastime or vacation. Local photographic studios were happy to provide a souvenir to veterans and their families.

Image a bit faded, minor skuff at middle, but very good.

	Price: $3,850.00

Gist, serving as adjutant general of the South Carolina Militia, directs the Colonel to “allow Capt McCrady of the Meagher Guard, to exchange the muskets now in the possession of his Corps for the new U.S. muskets, Springfield. The Corps are ordered for special duty in camp on tomorrow morning.”

A very early Confederate item, written when only half its states had seceded, and documenting efforts to create the Confederate army. Gist, who was one of five Confederate generals killed at Franklin, left very few letters.

Very good, with usual folds and no loss.

	Price: $3,850.00

Markland held the position of Special Agent of the Post Office Department of the Army, and such was Grant's "mail man."  This pass gave Markland permission to go anywhere in Union lines to make deliveries, with the direction that "The Quarter Master's Department will furnish … transportation on all military roads and on chartered steamboats in Government service."  The vellum document, grandly printed, was no simple pass, but a free ticket to go anywhere in the army to complete his task, including full passage on the purpose-built military railroads surrounding Petersburg.  Grant mentions Markland and his mission in his Memoirs, and Carl Sandburg describes an emotional interaction between Markland and President Lincoln in late 1864.  Markland visited the White House before embarking on a journey to make contact with General W. T. Sherman's army, which had lately been "lost" from the rest of the country while marching through Georgia.  A misty-eyed Lincoln asked Markland to say to Sherman "God bless him, and God bless his army.  That is as much as I can say, and more than I can write."  This document might easily have accompanied Markland on that mission, carrying long-delayed letters from home to Sherman's soldiers. 

Usual toning; light foxing, including very faint spots over Grant's signature; else near fine.  A beautiful and particularly historic document considering the crucial mission it facilitated. 

	Price: The Pair… $10,500.00

The Grant cdv has the backmark of E. A. Anthony, New York, and was produced from a negative of Mathew Brady. That of Lee has the post-war marking of L. B. Kline, Huntingdon, PA, taken from the war-time Vannerson “Blockade” photographs.

Each bears a clear, bold signature and is in very good condition; the Grant has two clipped corners (for ease of placement in a cdv album).

	Price: $4,500.00

On June 28, 1863, with Confederate troops tramping through Pennsylvania, embattled General Joseph Hooker bade farewell to the Army of the Potomac, turning over command to General George G. Meade. General Hooker’s farewell to his troops was issued as General Order Number 66, from Frederick, Maryland. This unique copy – there were perhaps only a couple dozen produced - was drafted in the field for distribution to the army, and was intended for the Artillery Brigade of the V Corps, the unit including men such as “Hazlett’s Battery,” who would soon fight to defend Little Round Top. The transcriber misidentified it as G.O. 65, and then corrected two mistakes in the final salutation.

A clean copy, with slight discoloration at folds; slight smearing where clerk corrected salutation; light smear at upper right hand corner. AN HISTORICAL MOMENT & DOCUMENT!

	Price: $18,750.00

Jackson wrote this cheerful personal note shortly after suppressing the “Rockingham Rebellion” near Swift Run Gap. The Confederate government had trouble enforcing their wide-ranging conscription law during the Spring of 1862, and Jackson was not bashful about doing his part to get every Virginian into uniform, by force when necessary.

“I must report that our governor and his aid failed to come and pay me a visit. Hope you will try it again. Much obliged for the arms. The insurgents who congregated along the Blue Ridge I am thankful to say have through God’s helping been pretty much disposed of. Only one of [them] was killed. Col. J. R. Jones of the 33rd. had charge of the expedition. / Very truly your friend / T. J. Jackson.

Framed with contemporary engraving, not examined out of frame, photograph is through the glass; much nicer in person!

	Price: $14,500.00

The diploma of “A.S. Scott of Handy County”, one of the 85 VMI cadets who, along with their artillery instructor “Old Jack”, witnessed the hanging of John Brown at Charles Town, Virginia, on December 2, 1859. 

It is signed by the entire VMI faculty, including William Gilham, Commandant of Cadets & Professor of Infantry Tactics, who would go on publish the following year Manual of Instruction for the Volunteers and Militia of the United States, which became the standard for the training of Confederate regiments.  Less than two years after they both signed this document, Jackson would press charges against Gilham for neglect of duty while serving under Jackson in the Valley, ultimately resulting in sending Gilham back to VMI.  Other signatures of note on the diploma, under “Board of Visiters”, include such future Civil War luminaries as Philip St. Geo. Cocke and “John Letcher / Governor of Virginia”, the first of Virginia’s two Civil War governors.

An amazing piece of Americana, covering both the coming of war and the war to come.

	Price: $2,700.00

A clear, handsome signature as President. These commissions actually signed by Johnson have become increasingly uncommon, as he stopped signing and used a stamp on most commission commencing soon after this one was signed.

Excellent; usual folds.

	Price: $3,850.00

A long, detailed explanation of problems discovered in his equipment and clothing returns, evidently dating from the time of his expedition against the Rouge River Indians.

Kearny ascribes numerical discrepancies to "articles being old, & taken one to repair the other, also from the rope &c… for the Qr. M. train of mules… being so rotten as to be almost useless", and declares: "Shortly after my arrival at Sonoma [Cal.], whilst seriously ill, too much so to think of returns &c, I was required to fit out completely Major [Henry W.] Wessell's party… with horses, arms, camp equipage &c…" He further excuses himself because he never really "exercised … immediate command over 'A' Compy., or the detachment… [C]hanges of officers, commandrs., companies was constantly made.. The command was embarking at Benicia for the Pt. Oxford expedition, when my resignation was rec'd."

Kearny admits "this is very embarrassing, but I must request you, without letting it interfere with your duties in Gen. Scott's office, to make the papers ship-shape", and refers Hamilton to records of several other officers, including two who, like himself, would be Civil War generals: Capt. (Rufus) Ingalls and Lt. (George) Stoneman. Kearny was a favorite of Gen. Winfield Scott, who called him "the bravest man I ever saw, and a perfect soldier" (he evidently never remarked on Kearny's record-keeping ability!)

Some fold wear/toning, mostly on last page, w/ some short breaks, one slightly affecting "P" of sig.

	Price: The Pair… $10,500.00

The Grant cdv has the backmark of E. A. Anthony, New York, and was produced from a negative of Mathew Brady. That of Lee has the post-war marking of L. B. Kline, Huntingdon, PA, taken from the war-time Vannerson “Blockade” photographs.

Each bears a clear, bold signature and is in very good condition; the Grant has two clipped corners (for ease of placement in a cdv album).

	Price: $2,950.00

Paymaster Longstreet sends a request for more funds to pay the growing number of troops in his area. It read in part “I shall require further deposit of fifty thousand dollars, in consequence of the large addition of troops ordered to my district. When I last wrote on the subject, I hoped that the other Pay Masters, had made their estimates for a supply to the end of the fiscal year, and would be able to turn over, to me, funds to pay the Troops from their Districts, but Major Fry writes me that he will have no funds to turn over. I fear therefore that I shall have to get all the funds that I use myself.”

Conservation framed w/ photo; on lined watermarked paper w/ lt. ch. extrems.; distinct folds do not mar; sig. clear.

	Price: $2,500.00

As regional superintendent of the military railroad, McPherson certifies that James W. Rodgers is entitled to $90 for "one month's services as road master on the Memphis & Charleston RR…"

Rodgers has a receipt form at the foot of the doc., accomplished by McPherson, which incorporates the second sig. McPherson is exceedingly scarce to find signing in this capacity.

Fine.

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Written about 90 days before the attack on Charleston’s Fort Sumter would commence the Civil War. Memminger asks Manigault to inform the Treasury Department “…how much of the $400,000 appropriated by the Legislature will in your opinion be necessary for the possible service in the purchase of arms during the current year. It is very desirable to apply as much of this money as can be spared for general military purposes.” On the verso he notes again “How much of the $400,000 can be diverted from the ordinance expenditures.” Among those thanked by Gen. G.T. Beauregard in his official report of the bombardment and surrender of Sumter was “the ordnance board, especially Colonel Manigault, Chief of Ordnance, whose zeal and activity were untiring...”

Very good; on lined paper; light smudges from Memminger’s hurried hand. A bold document, illustrating a moment in time when the new Confederate Government was preparing for war.

	Price: $175.00

Written “To the Memory of the Victims of the Indian Massacre of 1862,” this tribute of the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota was published by Munger Brother of St. Paul, and in New York by William A Pond.

Light toning; starting to split at spine; else very good.

	Price: $375.00

Brownell was celebrated as "Ellsworth's Avenger" after killing Ellsworth's assassin at the Marshall House inn in Alexandria, Virginia. Features a bright, three-color illustration of Ellsworth on the cover.

Light fox; pencil marks for piano fingering on first page; minimal wear at extremities; spine reinforced with cloth tape; else very good; bright!

Quite uncommon! See Brownell's Military Commission, signed by Abrahama Lincoln.

	Price: $50.00

This Christmas march came wrapped in an illustrated cover featuring color Civil War battle scenes and motifs.

Light soil; bound in string tight but starting; else very good.

	Price: $195.00

This one page extra of the Marietta (Ohio) Intelligencer vividly illustrates the uprising of Unionist sentiment in one northern town in the wake of the attack on Fort Sumter.

The editor reports not only that loyal sentiment is on the rise, but that anti-government expressions are being suppressed, noticing that his competitors “who were chuckling over the success of the rebels on Sunday morning, it is said… no longer give utterance to their treasonable thoughts.” He also notes with satisfaction the report that a mob has destroyed the Democratic Dayton Enquirer because it printed an article penned by Clement Vallandigham. The paper also champions the Lincoln administration’s call for 75,000 militia, noting the quota in regiments for each state.

A fascinating news sheet, giving real-time reporting on any number of personalities and events that earned prominent places in history. A great example that all history was once today’s headlines.

Very good condition for a quickly produced, ephemeral news extra; vertical and horizontal fold lines, with very light loss along the creases; light water stains; two tears repaired by tape on the verso.

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Printed on verso of a piece of wallpaper bearing an almost abstract stenciled design (in grays/ green/ blue) of horses and riders racing by marshy ground. Most of the paper’s 4 columns report late movements of the Army of Northern Virginia; other items quote a Chicago Tribune report that Gen. Sherman had a leg amputated; note Copperhead activity in Indiana which can’t “be very encouraging to old Abe”; and call Grant’s men “poor dolts” in discussing the failed attack and undermining of the city’s works a few days’ before. A very short item mentions Lincoln’s pardon of a “young ‘rebel’ named Compton, arrested as a spy,” and sentenced to hang at Fort Monroe; while a bit of defiant humor tells of a young lady in the city who had her bonnet and clothes destroyed by a Parrott shell and thus “‘had good grounds for demanding re-dress.’”

When Vicksburg fell a week later, Union troops occupied the Citizen office and printed their own wallpaper issue with a victory note. Only a handful of wallpaper issues were made; all are very rare.

Overall light staining, with a few larger, darker stains; considerable fold wear w/ tiny losses, affecting bits of text and the vertical gutter fold; neatly tissued on the design side, encapsulated, and double-glazed in a simple brown-wood frame w/ brass corners.

	Price: $1,500.00

Pleasonton orders Smith, chief of staff to General Judson Kilpatrick, to inform his boss of some changes of plans on the morning of the movement of the Army of the Potomac that resulted in a handy little victory at Rappahannock Station. Pleasonton writes "Instead of the former orders to Gen. Kilpatrick, - Direct him to move up to Kelly's Ford on this side of the Rappahannock and cross in rear of Gen. French's force and post himself in communication on the left of that command. I will send these orders by and aid at once." Kilpatrick complied with his directions, drove enemy cavalry from Stevensburg, Virginia, and stayed in that position until the next day (O.R., Seri 1, Vol. 29, Pt. 2, p.430). This note, however, is not in the O.R.

Note in pencil is stained and spotted on the front; light chipping of extremtiies with very slight loss, and light loss at horizontal fold, with slight loss to phrase "and cross in rear." Else very good.

	Price: $450.00

Probably post-war, breach loading.

Missing ramrod and one band, splitting of stock.

Good looking display piece, at a good price.

	Price: $675.00

This smoothbore percussion "Springfield" musket represents a typical pre-war infantry weapon, popular at the beginning of the Civil War until replaced by better rifle-muskets. Typically fired a 60 caliber round ball wrapped with three buckshot.

Very light chipping of stock; metal covered in gold-colored post-war finish; else very good.

	Price: $1,500.00

Muir manufactured about 30,000 "Springfields" for the Union Army. This weapon and its variants, once put into mass production, won the war for the Union. By the beginning of the 1864 campaigns most Yankees carried these tough weapons.

Stock lightly chipped, but strong; usual tarnish and scratching of metal; light rust; else very good; bayonet very good.

	Price: $1,500.00

Whitney made about 40,000 of these sturdy 58 caliber muskets. Several Connecticut regiments used variants.

Several small nails in stock shaking loose; stock splitting at plate, and at muzzle with slight loss; usual tarnish & light rust; else very good.

	Price: $3,250.00

Rice writes the A.G. to recommend Major E. B. Knox for the position of Lieutenant Colonel in the 44th NY. He mentions that Knox is well suited to command any regiment, and that his appointment would not conflict with the Conscription Act, adding that the regiment, at that time, had over 600 rank and file present. Rice commanded the "Ellsworth's Avengers" regiment at Gettysburg, where they helped defend Little Round top with Joshua L. Chamberlain's 20h Maine, as part of Col. Strong Vincent's brigade. Appointed brigadier general on Aug. 17, 1863, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania May 10, 1864.

Rice's signature is bold & un-crowded. Rice also signs on docket. Three folds, 1 just beginning to separate. Bright signature on a clean document. Desirable with important associations.

	Price: $7,500.00

These letters from Sickles to Hooker detail a scouting mission by African American agents in Sickles' employ.

In one letter, Sickles writes that the scouts have returned, "all but one – and I fear he was shot by the enemy's pickets last night." One survivor, "Jim – a very intelligent and reliable man…" reports that the scouts went as far as Fredericksburg (about 13 miles from Sickles' position in lower Maryland), that the Confederates there were entrenching and expecting a big battle, and that prominent Confederate families of Fredericksburg, including the family of D. H. Maury, were preparing to evacuate.

Another report, a copy in Sickles' hand and dated one hour earlier, gives detailed intelligence gained from contrabands picked up by the Navy that accurately indicates a Confederate withdrawal from positions near Aquia Creek. In the O.R. (Series 1, Vol. VI, p.756) General Hooker reports the information up the chain of command on the same day, borrowing some of Sickles' language verbatim.

These are very intriguing and historically valuable letters, revealing an example of the use of freedmen by the Union Army, as both passive sources of general intelligence and as active (combatant) agents used in scouting behind enemy lines; this well before Emancipation was being seriously considered by Union authorities. That the conservative Democrat Sickles' made such ready use of these assets – he directs in a margin note that his agent "Jim" should be paid a whopping $100.00 for his service – seems strange. Yet Sickles, like U.S. Grant, was a pragmatic soldier, willing to use any means available to gain advantage over his enemy.

The envelope shows light foxing with some loss where it was torn open; letters clean and readable with no lossThe letter marked "copy" is, nevertheless, in Sickles' hand with a genuine signature, albeit written in more haste than the other.

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	Price: $1,100.00

"To the Office of the U.S. Army / I commend to your polite notice Major Cullen, formerly Inspector of Indian Affairs in Wisconsin and Minnesota, who now goes to Montana on business of his own.
Any kindness and attention shown him will be esteemed a favor by myself."

William J. Cullen was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Northern Superintendency during the Buchanan Administration, and commanded the "Cullen Guards", a volunteer mounted regiment, during the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota in 1862.

On lined 4p "Head Quarters Military Division of the Mississippi" stationary, 8" x 10", written only on first page; three horizontal folds, two vertical folds; lt. browning, esp. on fourth page; lt. tears at top & bottom of vertical folds, not effecting text; else v.g.

	Price: $475.00

The print, "From A Photograph" and with a facsimile signature, depicts "Uncle Billy" late in life, in full dress uniform with epaulets, sash, and GAR medal.

A bold, excellent presentation!

	Price: $2,500.00

An important find! Tillson reports to his commander, General Irvin McDowell, through McDowell's chief of staff, Colonel Edmund Schriver, regarding the participation of Union artillery in three actions comprising the 2nd Manassas campaign.

This report does not appear in the Official Records. Actions covered include Rappahannock Station (August 22, 25, 1862), Brawner's Farm (August 28, 1862), and 2nd Manassas (August 29-30, 1862). Tillson reports in great detail, adding significant primary information on famous and dramatic battles. His batteries, including Campbell's Battery B, 4th U.S. (Antietam) and Hall's 2nd Maine (1st day at Gettysburg) fought closely with the famous Iron Brigade at Brawner's Farm. His batteries also suffered terribly during Longstreet's famous attack on Pope's army, August 30, 1862. Tillson was later promoted to brigadier general, and served in the Western Theater. This important, and previously unknown, report adds significantly to our understanding of Pope's crucial and ill-fated campaign.

Evidence of tearing at left extremity indicates that this was removed from an order book; holes at tops indicate inclusion in spindle book; usual toning; written in very neat hand; very good.

	Price:$7,850.00

The leaf, separated from its original attendant papers, bears dockets which indicate that it originated with a letter by Lt. Col. C. Carroll Tevis of the 4th Delaware, written on 29 April 1863 from Camp Gilpin, Gloucester Point, Va., in which Tevis sought appointment to the Regular Army, and that his appeal was urged by Gov. (William) Cannon of Delaware, Col. (Arthur H.) Grimshaw (of the 4th Del.), Maj. Genl. (E.D.) Keyes, and Brig. Genls. (Silas) Casey and King (probably Rufus).

Lincoln has written: "Submitted to the Sec. of War & General-in-Chief, with a request that they see & hear Senator Hale. / A. Lincoln / June 1, 1863."
Washington Carroll Tevis briefly served in the Army's mounted rifles (1849-50) after graduating from West Point; he was subsequently a soldier of fortune, evidently in Egypt and France as well as Turkey, where he attained rank as Quaimaquam (Lieutenant Colonel) under the name "Nessim Bey".
He returned to the U.S. to enter the Civil War volunteer service under the nom-de-guerre "Charles" Caroll Tevis.

After failing in the present attempt to return to the R.A., he mustered out of the 4th Delaware in Sep. 1863 in order to become Lt. Col. (later Col.) of the 3rd Maryland Cavalry, from which he was discharged in July 1864.
He was brevetted Brigadier General of Volunteers for war service and died in Paris in 1900.
Judging from Lincoln's endorsement, Tevis must also have had the backing of New Hampshire Senator John P. Hale, who had been the 1852 Free-Soil candidate for President.

Hale ended a long, intermittent career in Congress in March 1865 and that same month was appointed ambassador to Spain by President Lincoln. (According to some theorists, he accepted the post in order to remove his daughter Lucy from the attentions of her supposed fiancée, the womanizing actor John Wilkes Booth).
Ironically, Sen. Hale visited Lincoln at the White House on the morning of 14 April 1865; that evening, Booth fatally shot the President at Ford's Theatre.

Somewhat creased and soiled folds, at either side of Lincoln's endorsement, are clear of it; Lincoln's writing is very dark, bold, and in a slightly larger and better-spaced hand than usual.

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To Erastus Fairbanks. With letter written to “His Excellency / Abraham Lincoln” by Fairbanks as “State Governor of Vermont.” Fairbanks writes, “I cannot resist the inclination to express to you the very great satisfaction afforded me by your recent order, calling for 300,000 men to be drafted from the enrolled militia…and I beg to assure you that the citizens of Vermont are eager to sustain you…for the most vigorous prosecution of the war, and the speedy suppression of the rebellion.” Lincoln replies, “Allow me to acknowledge the receipt of your kind letter of the 7th of August and to thank you cordially for it. / Very truly / Your Obt. Sevt. / A. Lincoln.”

A large, careful signature from Mr. Lincoln; handsomely and archivally framed. Not in Basler.

	Price: $5,500.00

A bold, classic three-tiered signature. Together with a contemporary albumen carte de visite of a vignetted O-91.

	Price: $5,000.00

A readable signature, about a grade 7 out of 10, with the tops of each "L" a bit more faint.

A nice entry level signature.

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"I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of H. W. Pryor, James Pryor and W. L. Ringo.” The 1860 census identifies two of these Kentuckians: Ringo, a 38-year old merchant; and H. W. Pryor, a 51-year old "hogfeeder").

Students of Lincoln 's exercise of the pardoning power have noted "that Lincoln was sympathetic toward petitioners from Kentucky" as a way of strengthening Union sentiment in that crucial border state (Ruckman and Kincaid, Inside Lincoln's Clemency Decision Making).

A fine example with Lincoln 's full presidential signature.

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Each signature is affixed to an original c-d-v album page holder, just below the c-d-v window opening, which feature a red boarder and stars. [Each page is 5 x 6-3/8 inches.] A period albumen c-d-v images of Abraham (vignetted O-92 by Berger, 9 February 1864 ) and Mary (ML-O-24, c1864) are placed in the page windows, set back for a feeling of depth.

Museum-grade mounting in a simple, but elegant period-looking black and gold frame; a gold filet surrounds the album pages, producing a frame within a frame. The whole creates a visually satisfying display. The ink signatures are each classic, clear, and bold. Much brighter is person; deeply framed so it is difficult to get a bright and clear photograph.

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A military appointment for Francis E. Brownell as 1st Lt., 11th U.S. Infantry, effective 24 October 1861. Brownell, originally a private in Co. A of Ellsworth’s 11th New York “Fire Zouaves,” was awarded a Medal of Honor in 1877 for having killed James T. Jackson, Elmer Ellsworth’s assassin.

Ellsworth was almost like a son to Lincoln, and we can only imagine his thoughts as he signed this commission! In the wake of his chief’s martyrdom Brownell became a folk hero for the North, celebrated in verse and song:

“Then the fearless Brownell, when he saw his leader fall, He rushed up to the traitor, and through his brain he sent a ball; Then with his bayonet bright, he run him through and through, And vowed that was the way he’d treat the whole Secession crew.”

--- Wm. Sutherland, Assassination of Colonel Ellsworth (circa 1861).

Clean w/ usual folds that do not mar sigs.; lt. ch. across top of doc and on top of vert. fold; both signatures are clear. Scanned through a frame, it is brighter than it appears.

	Price: $875.00

A beautiful example in excellent condition.

	Price: $225.00

Pages 2 and 3 of every issue contain editorials and articles giving "facts and rumors" about the assassination, Gov. Seward's condition, Payne's arrest, Booth's guilt, the obsequies (incl. an account of the capital funeral), and public mourning and reaction (one item tells of a man mobbed and fired for declaring the news of Lincoln's murder the "best he had heard for four years").

Removed from a bound vol.; some marg./fold wear, toning, sm. tears, but overall v.g.

	Price: $475.00

Extensive coverage on all aspects of the assassination, its aftermath, and the personalities involved. Among other items noted: the text of Edwin Booth's letter lamenting the crime and his brother's probable involvement; a detailed account of the New York funeral; news of the chase, and finally the death of John Wilkes Booth at Garrett's farm.

Foxing, edge/fold wear and various sm. faults, but fundamentally all quite good.

	Price: $11,500.00

Each campaign button is approximately 1” in diameter and framed so each sided is visible. The electoral tickets are of varying sizes, with three bearing an American eagle motif. Complete sets of the ferrotypes are quite scarce -- as are the individual electoral tickets for Bell and Breckinridge.

A fascinating snapshot of the 1860 presidential campaign and a decorative way to showcase these historical artifacts. The display should elicit great interest from those who view it in your home or office.

	Price: $595.00

It is quite uncommon to find electoral tickets for Lincoln’s home state; even more unusual to discover one from the 1860 election season!

Folds, repaired on verso, with toning.

	Price: $1,200.00

An unusually large example, listing presidential electoral candidates for Massachusetts (among them John G. Whittier, poet/abolitionist, and Edward Everett, Gettysburg’s “other orator”) plus state office-seekers, chief among them the great war Governor John A. Andrew (who was up for re-election).

V. lt. fox; clean horiz. tear across middle, separating candidates Oliver Warner and Henry K. Oliver; else very nice, a clean document.

	Price: $28,500.00

The original handout given to those who attended the ceremonies dedicating the cemetery and hearing Lincoln give his “few appropriate remarks.” Signed in type by Lincoln ’s old Illinois friend, Ward H. Lamon, as Marshall in Chief. Unusually scarce, being on a thin, blue paper.

Very good, though a few wrinkles (could be flattened) and a tape stain on the lower right-hand corner.

	Price: $575.00

In full: "The enclosed (not present) is authoritative - that is I can say privately it has rec[eived]d the sanction of the president since it was spoken. But it appears on its face to be the speech of a friend & from public facts so that no other facts need be stated to make it an _____. / In haste yours truly / M. Blair / Wash. Apr 14.62". I

t would be interesting to know which pamphlet expressing the administrations views by other means.

	Price: $1.200.00

In Brock, Hays & Co. v. Illinois Central Rail Road, the defendants state “they did not undertake and promise in manner & form as the said plaintiffs have… complained against them…” Records show that this suit involved a shipment of hogs from Okaw, IL, to Chicago . Because this journey took three times longer than usual, in extremely cold weather, many hogs died and the remainder were seriously underweight upon arrival. A jury awarded plaintiffs $860.25 in damages. On appeal to the state Supreme Court Lincoln unsuccessfully contended that the damages assessed against the railroad were excessive. In Whitney’s hand.

Corner nipped; usual toning and two horiz. lines; else clean. From collection of noted Springfield manuscript dealer King Hostick w/ his penciled notation.

	Price: $18,500.00

Neither Hesler nor Mary Lincoln liked this image, though Lincoln called it “a very true one.”  Hence, there are only two period salt prints extant, the true “life” prints coming directly off the original glass negative; and only two period albumens taken from the salt print!

The original negative was a quarter-plate size; the present albumen print has been reduced from that.

Most likely this was made for campaign purposes during Lincoln’s 1860 presidential run.  Supporters would have given the image out to someone who might help Lincoln’s nomination for the Republican Party, even though it was an unflattering portrait of their candidate.

	Price: $25,000.00

Housed in an 1865 period frame, with mourning ribbons setting off the ambrotype at the corners. The entire is in a specially designed purple velvet box, which also houses half of the original gutta purcha case for the image, with its cover glass and brass matt.

An image popularized on campaign ribbons and campaign button ferrotypes during the 1860 presidential campaign. Probably obtained during the campaign and then, after the assassination, removed from the half-case and switched to the frame. Mourning ribbons were added and the whole reverently hung on the wall as a memorial to the fallen leader.

A powerful reminder of the emotions Mr. Lincoln’s murder engendered.

	Price: $27,500.00

From the Lost Original Daguerreotype by J. C. F. Polycarpus Von Schneidau; (Chicago: October 1854). Then fashioned into an Ambrotype by Samuel G. Alschular, (Chicago: July, 1858). The ambrotype is in the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Springfield; and the other existing image, a faded salt print (probably made by Alschular), is at the Chicago History Museum. In fact, only two other 19th century images exist, in the form of cabinet cards.

Lincoln visited Chicago on October 27th and 28th of 1854 and spoke out against the possible extension of slavery resulting from the Kansas/Nebraska Act. It is logical that on October 27th, either before or after this important Chicago speech, Lincoln had the opportunity to have a photograph taken while in the company of George Schneider, who had invited Lincoln to speak and was the publisher of the German Whig newspaper, Illinois Staats Zeitung -- probably the original newspaper Lincoln is holding.

Many historians were misled by the newspaper that Lincoln holds in the photo. The words “PRESS AND TRIBUNE” clearly appear in it. The Chicago Press and Tribune was first published under that name on July 1, 1858 and the masthead was only used by until March 17, 1859. The newspaper heading type was added on the negative from which the salt print and the ninth plate ambrotype were made. The middle word “AND” is larger than the other names, and the entire title “PRESS AND TRIBUNE” is placed too low on the paper, conveniently positioned so that Lincoln’s fingers did not cover the masthead.

Probably George Schneider himself allowed the words to be changed at Joseph Medill’s request, for the Chicago Press and Tribune had the most to gain. Publisher Medill was a firm supporter of Lincoln in his quest for a Senate seat (and later for President), along with fellow anti-slavery publisher Schneider. In a clever marketing tactic, Joseph Medill most likely hoped to capitalize on the famous Lincoln holding the Tribune during the upcoming campaign for the Senate.

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Each signature is affixed to an original c-d-v album page holder, just below the c-d-v window opening, which feature a red boarder and stars. [Each page is 5 x 6-3/8 inches.] A period albumen c-d-v images of Abraham (vignetted O-92 by Berger, 9 February 1864 ) and Mary (ML-O-24, c1864) are placed in the page windows, set back for a feeling of depth.

Museum-grade mounting in a simple, but elegant period-looking black and gold frame; a gold filet surrounds the album pages, producing a frame within a frame. The whole creates a visually satisfying display. The ink signatures are each classic, clear, and bold. Much brighter is person; deeply framed so it is difficult to get a bright and clear photograph.

	Price: $15,500.00

A rare original oval vignetted print of the famous pose which shows a bespectacled Lincoln and his youngest son poring over a photo album. This format is particularly scarce and desirable, as it is a larger albumen and image than the more easily found carte-de-visite layout! Originally taken by Anthony Berger at Mathew Brady’s Washington gallery on 9 Feb. 1864, Lincoln later expressed apprehension lest this image be misrepresented as himself and Tad studying the Bible. It is one of several famous poses Berger took that day, including the so-called “$5 bill” portrait (see next) and the “penny profile”.

Print with a few scattered spots of foxing, not affecting visages; mount slightly foxed, with very faint waterstain and unobtrusive creases in left-side corners, none of which touch the print. Excellent tonality, too.