[CIVIL WAR]. POW letter written by 1st Lt. William R. Elam, 18th Virginia Infantry.

[CIVIL WAR]. POW letter written by 1st Lt. William R. Elam, 18th Virginia Infantry. ELAM, William R. (1837-1904). Autograph letter signed ("Wm. R. Elam"), as POW at Johnson's Island Military Prison. "

Touching letter (with cover) written by Confederate soldier William H. Mims of the 2nd Georgia Infantry while confined at Point Lookout prison in Maryland.. In it, Mims makes a request to Major AG Bra

Written by 2 nd Lt. Hartwell W. Freeman, 40 th Mass. Infantry, on folded letter sheet, headed: Fort Ethan Allen Sept. 19, (1862) My Dear Father...I never before felt so much pleasure at receiving lett

This Civil War prisoner-of-war (POW) letter was written by Lt. Edward Visart in August 1864 while imprisoned at Fort Delaware, a Union prison camp. Visart was serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. Bloc

A great war-date Confederate soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by 1st Sgt. James W. Biggs, [WIA Antietam Campaign, 9/08/62 & Shepherdstown, Va., 7/15/64], Co. C, 2nd Virginia Cavalry, "7 miles from

Letter written on April 15th, 1865 by Lt. Colonel Thomas B. Rodgers of the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry while hospitalized. Two pages with postal cover bearing a “Soldiers’ Mission Massachusetts Un

1st item: Civil War era ALS. Four and-one-half page letter written on lined bifolium documents, written by A Daughter of Virginia, Richmond, VA, addressed to Miss Stevens, no location, possibly Baltim

William Roedel Rathvon CSB (1854-1939) is the only known eyewitness to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, of the over 10,000 witnesses, to have left an audio recording describing that experience. H

Letter written March 1st, 1865 by Captain Waddy T. Armstrong of the 6th Alabama Cavalry to Brigadier General Benjamin Jefferson Hill from Oxford, Alabama. One page. Captain Armstrong says in the lette

Letter written by Lt. Adam Kreps of the 92nd United States Colored Troops (USCT), dated March 14th, 1864. In the letter, Kreps describes African-American soldiers under his command and Confederate "re

A Wooden Bible Box with Civil War History, property of 1st Lt. Joshua S. Garsed (1839-1863), who was killed at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. He was a member of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry k

Large framed American Civil War archive containing a letter and envelope from Confederate States of America soldier Colonel Alfred Holt Colquitt (6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry), to Colonel William M.

Personal letters of Private Freeman H. Smith, who served in the 1st,7th and 15th New Hampshire Infantry during the Civil War, To his family documenting military life and activities. Smithenlisted at t

1893 1st ed Richmond Prisons Confederate Civil War POWs TORTURE Jefferson Davis William Jeffrey’s ‘Richmond Prison’s is a late 19th-century account of the Civil War prisons in the Confederacy. T

Letter written on patriotic hand-colored stationary by German immigrant Lorenz Guthardt of the 29th New York Infantry. [Civil War, Union, Confederate]

James Lawson Kemper (1823-1895) Autograph being an ALS. Confederate general in the American Civil War (wounded at Gettysburg) and the 37th Governor of Virginia. Letter to Rev. J. William Jones sending

LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870). Autograph letter signed ("R. E. Lee"), as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, to James Longstreet, Confederate General. Camp, 28 September 1864.  1 page,

Details: Alexander Robert Chisolm autographed hand-written letter (ALS), 1891. Near fine condition. Alexander Robert Chisolm (1834—1910) served in the 1st South Carolina Battalion (Sharpsho

[CIVIL WAR]. "Bayard's Brigade" badge identified to Captain William S. Craft, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, WIA Hawes' Shop, Virginia.  Approx. overall 1 3/8 x 2 7/8 in. gold plated and enamel three-

In large binder, many with typed or handwritten full or partial transcriptions, some with written content narratives or comments, one from a POW at Libby prison, several nurses letters mainly to patie

1872 ROBERT E. LEE 1st/1st CIVIL WAR Confederate RARE Biography CSA Mrs. LEE “Popular Life of Gen. Robert Edward Lee” written by Emily Virginia Mason is an expansive biography of Confedera

[CIVIL WAR]. 4th Rhode Island Infantry kepi identified to Captain Martin Page Buffum, POW at Petersburg. [With:] ALLEN, George H. Forty-Six Months with the Fourth R.I. Volunteers.  Visor to crown

A Christian's Guide to Heaven…For Catholics carried by Louis Victor Baughman (1845-1906) of the 1st Maryland Cavalry (Confederate) during the Civil War. Baughman was taken as a prisoner-of-war

Outdoor half plate ambrotype of the 1st Texas Infantry. Full leatherette case. Significant, large half plate ambrotype of members of the 1st Texas Infantry at ‘Splinterville,’ the regiment’s win