N.p: October 1881. To the mother of Emily Parson, Civil War nurse. Legendary, pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)... Read More about Autograph letter signed ("Florence Nightingale"), to the mother of Emily Elizabeth Parsons, Civil...
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First edition. The memoir of Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of the Union General and politician. This copy generously extra-illustrated and extended to two volumes. The extra-illustrations include the following: Mrs. John Logan, ALS; Dollie Madison, free frank autograph; Richard Wallach, Mayor of Washington, D.C...... Read More about Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife
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[New York: 1881]. Rare broadside poem by the wealthy merchant and philanthropist Field, 1814-1893, on the first man in the U.S. Navy to hold the title of Admiral. Read More about Written on the occasion of the unveiling Farragut statue by St. Gaudens, on 25th May, 1881, City...
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New York: Scribner's, 1945. Later edition. Freeman classic. Read More about Lee's Lieutenants. A Study in Command
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Philadelphia: Burk & McFetridge, Prs. fl. 1877-1900, nd. Read More about Memorial Hymn. Dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic
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Zanesville, [Ohio]: Courier, 1844. Gatling is most famous for the Gatling Gun, but an inventor of a rice sowing machine as well as this wheat drill. In 1850 he also received an M.D. from Ohio Medical College, but never practised. In 1861 just in time for the Civil War he..... Read More about Broadside: "Farmers of the United States. Drill your Wheat, and save in one year...
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Near Petersburgh, Va: June 21, 1864. WRITTEN UNDER FIRE. John Glover of Penobscot County, Maine, and the 6th Maine Volunteers writes this letter under fire. The 6th Maine had taken 140 casualties in the Spotsylvania on May 10, and then, down to 70 men, lost another 16 at Cold Harbor..... Read More about Autograph Letter, Signed
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[New York: Ellison B. Greenstone, 145 W. 45th St, 1939]. Keepsake from the first run of the movie. rare in good condition. Read More about Gone with the Wind
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New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1904. Read More about Reminiscences of the Civil War
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Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869. Early Reprint (First edition was 1866). Read More about The Soldier's Story of His Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, & Other Rebel Prisons, W/...
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Princeton [NJ]: March 1858. The Rebels of Princeton. By the end of the 18th century forty percent of undergraduates enrolled at at Princeton came from below the Mason-Dixon line, which was described in an article in the Princeton Alumni (“Princeton in the Confederacy’s Service,” Maynard, March 23, 2011) as “the..... Read More about Autograph Book of Hon. George Gray from his Princeton Years, with the sentiments and signatures...
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Guiford, Ct: Feb. 13, 1864. Mentioning requests he receives for "Autographs, etc...from Ladies in aid of no end of 'Sanitary Fairs. Read More about Autograph Letter, Signed. To H.(enry) T.(heodore) Tuckerman
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V.p. [Virginia, Washington, D.C., et al]: ca. 1861-1865, printed ca. 1870s. With Two Mathew Brady Images from the Field. A collection of vintage photographic portraits of General Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) dating from his service in the Union Army, from the estate of Thomas F. Bayard, against whom Hancock ran..... Read More about Eight photographs of General Winfield Scott Hancock
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[Washington]: June 15, 1860. With inscription on endpaper "J. W. Van Arsdale From Gnr. (Jnr?)R. Thomson N. S.S Aug 1860." Senate report 278. Read More about Report. The Select Committee of the Senate appointed to inquire into the late invasion and...
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New York: Published by Mason Brothers 23 Park Row, 1855. First edition. "The Preface of the book is of interest because it contains a curious prediction of the Civil War." - Van Winkle. Read More about Wager of Battle; A Tale of Saxon Slavery in Sherwood Forest
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Boston: D.B. Updike: The Merrymount Press, 1902. First edition. INSCRIBED TO H.C. LODGE. Inscribed: " H.C.Lodge from H.L. Higginson July 8, 1902". Robert Gould Shaw and his black soldiers of 54th Massachusetts Volunteers has been immortalized by the movie. Read More about Four Addresses: The Soldiers' Field: The Harvard Union I: The Harvard Union II: Robert Gould Shaw
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1965]. Limited SIGNED edition, no. 1 of 15 author's presentation copies specially bound. Copy Number One, Inscribed to the Publisher. INSCRIBED on colophon page by the author below his signature, "Margaret & John Farrar, my friends, with devoted respect 1965." Read More about Songs after Lincoln
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New York: The James Kempster Printing Company 117-119-121 Liberty Street, n.d. [1903]. First edition. "Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Scotch-Irish Society of America [v. 6, pp. 161-171]" A history of two Scotch-Irish American families from Ohio that gave two fathers and fourteen sons to the military service of the..... Read More about A Brief Historical Sketch of the "Fighting McCooks"
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[np]: [nd]. 'WORK - NOT WORDS'. Reading: Julia Ward: "We forget that all the needs and / duties of society are perpetual. Its / officers die and succeed each other, / but its officers change not. / Julia Ward Howe." Samuel Gridley: "Work,--not words. / Sam'l G Howe." Read More about Autograph quotes signed ("Julia Ward Howe") and Samuel Gridley Howe ("Sam'l G...
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St. Louis: A.T. Urie, [n.d.]. Read More about CDV of mourner's at the grave of Stonewall Jackson
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New York: D. Appleton, 1874. First edition. Cabell Breckenridge Bullock's Copy. This copy belonged to Cabell Breckenridge Bullock, nephew of U.S. Vice-Presidential canidate John Cabell Breckenidge. Bullock served in the First Brigade of the kEntucky Mounted Infantry, alsoi known aas the "Orphan Brigade," commanded by John C. Breckinridge. The Orphan Brigade..... Read More about Narrative of Military Operations, Directed, during the Late War between the States
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1879. Later printing. Inscribed" To Mr. Howard Carroll, with the kindest regards & best wishes of Alexanderr H. Stephens Elbereon Hotel Long Branch, N.J. 23rd August 1879." Carroll was the son of a civil war general, worked as a reporter for the New York Times in Albany..... Read More about The Life of Alexander H. Stephens
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Boston: October 11, 1852. A brief note from famed orator Thomas Starr King, who responds to a request for a speaking engagement by explaining the demands on his schedule and alluding to his poor health. King would go on to greatest fame in California, where he lectured tirelessly in support..... Read More about Autograph letter signed ("T.S. King"), to R.R. Clarke, regarding a propsed speaking...
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. The Pulitzer Prize Edition. Read More about R.E. Lee. A Biography
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New York: Probably originally printed in Appleton's Journal, [Ca. 1864-65]. Original Wood Engraving Blocks of Robert E. Lee. Two very fine engraved blocks, used to illustrate a periodical of the day. Both are well-composed, with numerous figures, and featuring Lee in a central role. The "Prayer Meeting" block is signed..... Read More about "Lee at Petersburg" and "Lee at the Soldiers' Prayer Meeting": two original...
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