Clipped autograph of Union General Nathaniel Prentice Banks, signed "N.P. Banks - M.G. (Major General) Volunteers U.S.A". Framed below an etching circa 1861. Please inquire for more information. Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker, Banks became prominent in local debating societies and entered politics as a young adult. Initially a member of the Democratic Party, Banks's abolitionist views drew him to the nascent Republican Party, through..... More

1851. 1 page, 8.25 x 6 inches, removed from an 1851 Yale yearbook, the year he graduated, to fellow classmate, staunch unionist and future judge Marcus Lyon, in part: "...I very much regret that our acquaintance was not formed at an earlier period of our College course. In accordance with the hand of Fate you were not here during the 1st year. I was away the 2nd...The time is near at hand when we must bid farewell to College and..... More

Charleston, VA: 1855. 1 page, 9.75 x 7.5 inches, Charleston, Virginia, October 1, 1855, to Dr. Rufus Woodward, during Bell's brief retirement, in full: "Your letter was received just as I was leaving home, and with some others accidentally overlooked until to-day, when the application of an interested party to learn where a patient could be sent when insane, to a State Hospital, reminded me of it. I need scarcely say that I shall be very willing to be referred..... More

1863. Signed memo and etched portrait of Civil War general Louis Blenker. Please inquire for more information. Louis Blenker was a German revolutionary and American soldier. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he organized the 8th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, of which he became colonel. He was noted for his coverage of the retreat at Bull Run and for his performance in western Virginia at the Battle of Cross Keys. For his gallantry at Bull Run he was..... More

Texas: 1855. Exceedingly rare Autographed letter signed twice with the initials "J.S.B." 4 pages, 9.75 x 7.75 inches, Fort McIntosh, Texas, August 6, 1855. This lengthy personal letter was written to his younger sister, Abbie, in small part: "...I was ordered right out into camp and have been scouting...since...I am still here on a Court Martial and should not wonder if an order came up by the next mail to create the Court to 18 members and try a man..... More

Goldsboro, NC. Oversize signature: "C.H. Brogden - Goldsboro - N.C.", executed on a 5.5" x 1.75" piece of paper. Fine condition. Forty-second governor of North Carolina who had previously served as a Major General in the Confederate States of America. More

1871. Framed clipped inscription and etched portrait of Union general Ambrose Burnside. Inscription reads "Yours truly A. Burnside - Providence June 10th 1871". Decorative black and gold frame. Please inquire for more information. Ambrose Everts Burnside was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time Governor of Rhode Island, as well as being a successful inventor and industrialist. More

1861. Autographed Signed Letter from Simon Cameron, United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War. Framed letter from "War Dept..." to "Chief of Ordnance" written June 15, 1861 is frame with a portrait image of Cameron. Please inquire for more information. Simon Cameron was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the..... More

Signature of United States Chief Justice and Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase. Framed with an etched portrait image of Chase. Circa 1855. Please inquire for more information. Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chief justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873. He earlier served as the 25th United States secretary of the treasury from 1861 to 1864, during the American Civil War in the Abraham Lincoln..... More

Galveston: 1866. Autographed letter signed "H.G. Wright" by the Major-General of the Union Army sent from his headquarter in Texas to a colleague in New Orleans regarding an update on an Inspection report. 1 page on lined, Headquarters, District of Texas letterhead. 4to. Galveston, Aug. 25, 1866. "...The report for June was forwarded...two or three days ago; its completion having been delayed for the correction of certain discrepancies in the reports of Dist. Inspectors..." More

1865. On the day the war ends, a volunteer enlists in the Union Army and collects his $300 bounty! 1 page, 6.75 x 8.5 inches -- a Statement of Recruitment, whereby Freuter, a New York City druggist, age 30, is allowed to join the Union Army and receive his $300 bounty, on the very day the war has ended, April 10, 1865. Also signed by the Mustering Officer, Captain S. C. Wagner. Note: in the very last days of the..... More

1864. Union Navy A.L.S. 8vo. 2 pages, August 27th 1864, Aboard the USS Elfin. Just three months before she would be destroyed by bombardment while in service on the Tennessee & Cumberland Rivers. Letter from a sailor who is trying to get his Land Grant application to Wisconsin, but he can't raise the $11.00 application fee on his ship. In part: "I received the papers alright and I signed an affidavit before my Commanding Officer - and I signed them..... More

Macon, Georgia: 1864. 1 page, 10 x 7.75 inches, C.S. Arsenal, Macon, Georgia, August 17, 1864. In part: "...Mr. J.E. Montfort...contractor with US for tanning leather...is a practical tanner and his services are absolutely necessary for the fulfillment of his contract - he has been hereto relieved from conscription in consequence of bad health. I respectfully request his exemption from military service..." Docketed on the back by General Wayne just two weeks before being dismissed. Edges browned; small puncture holes..... More