Letters from the Civil War

2 mid 1800's letters, confederate currency id book

“The [rebels are] a dirty, filthy, greasy-looking set of devils. I saw Stonewall Jackson and he looks as bad as the common soldier. You could not tell that he was a general.” -Anthony Gard

There was quite a number from this vicinity went to Springfield....to attend Lincoln's funeral......the last respect they could pay to our fallen Three page letter with cover written by "Alice C. Merr

Three page letter penned by Lt. James T. Hardy of Co. K, 11th Virginia Infantryfrom the company's encampment three miles from Suffolk during Longstreet's siege of that city in April 1863. Hardy writes

I don’t want you to be uneasy for if I get killed, you will find it out, or if the Yankees get me, I can’t write…I want you and the children to pray to God to help out of this cruel

Civil War General W B Campbell letter handwritten & signed 1852 Shipping cost: $8

Also includes inventory and inspection report, fuel company advertising, vouchers, letters, Confederate Veteran magazine, statement of volunteer application and retired legislation list. IMPORTANT: Be

Schuyler Colfax was Vice President from 1869-1873, during Ulysses S. Grant's first term in office, and before that was the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863-1869. Colfax was one o

over six handwritten pages to "Bettie" with a half page addressed to "Nan", on lined paper, complete with lines of poetry, sweet reminisces, and accounts of the war, the letter from Adams Run containi

Longstreet, Mahone & Anderson Endorsed Letter to Robert E. Lee, 1863 A partial letter addressed to General Robert E. Lee, endorsed by Generals Longstreet, Mahone, and Anderson. 2pp (front and back

Civil War Letter regarding Confederate Soldier's Return | Letter hand-written at end of Civil War, 3 pages, 8vo, written by Anne Bostick of New Orleans, on May 23, 1865, to her cousin concerning her f

1864 CIVIL WAR 1ed George McClellan Letter War Gettysburg Battle Strategy DC “The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved,

Civil War Letter to Nathan L. Hutchins, Jr. dated July 12, 1861, just before Hutchins entered the 16th Georgia Regiment, and just three months after the war began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter,

A collection of thirty-Nine (9) letters written by Montgomery Blair, U.S. Postmaster General under President Lincoln March 5, 1861- September 24,1864. Letters written between 1865-1878 to Manton Marbl

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

Heading: (Wilson, General James Harrison – archive) Author: Lee, Fitzhugh Title: Letter from Fitzhugh Lee, onetime Confederate general, to James H. Wilson, criticizing the appointment of Leonard Woo

Love letter from Confederate doctor to his wife in black frame

ALS, discussing his father, General Leonides Polk's appearance to a lady who had a question about a photo she had. William Mecklenburg Polk (15 August 1844 ? 1918), letter folded twice to fit an envel

Details: John F. Lehane of St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Tyler Texas autographed typed letter (TLS) concerning Confederate Battleflag books. Dated Oct. 3, 1905 Lehane writes to a "Mr. W.

1 page, loose; 25.5 x 20 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.)

(ALS) Handwritten signed letter by Jefferson Davis, with envelope, as United States Secretary of War, dated April 17, 1853, writing to Eli Abbott regarding the position of United States Marshal for No

* DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889). Autograph letter signed ("Jefferson Davis'), as Secretary of War, to editor of the Union, A. O. Nicholson. War Department, [Washington, D.C.], 14 September 1855. 2 page

Including: letters, documents. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, etc. dates range from 1840's to 1908

DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889). Autographed letter signed ("Jefferson Davis"), as Secretary of War, to A.O. Nicholson, 14 September 1855. 2 pages, 4to, on lightly lined paper, on recto and verso, marked