Civil War - Union Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
CIVIL WAR - UNION
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On April 14, 1858, Ames Manufacturing Company in Chicopee, Massachusetts received an order from the Ordnance Department for 800 "New Pattern" Light Cavalry sabres. All 800 of these sabres, including this one, were delivered in October 1858, making them the first one percent of the 81,300 Light Cavalry sabres that Ames would produce for the Ordnance Department during the Civil War.
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/04/1866 - HFSID 251769The US Army Provost Marshal' Office in Anderson, South Carolina, details the rules for employment contracts for Freedmen. A fascinating look at how the Army sought to manage the transition from a slave economy.Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 02/25/1864 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 262937As a company commander in the Invalid Corps, he certifies that John H. Place is a Private in Company D, 6th Regiment Autograph Document signed: "Wm R. Riddle/Captain D. Co. 6th Rgt. I. C. [Invalid Corps], 1 page, 7½x6½.…"
Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT SIGNED 10/11/1863 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 262955As a company commander in the Invalid Corps, he acknowledges an error in the Company pay rolls Autograph Endorsement signed: "Ford. S. Palmer/Captain 27th Co. 2nd Batt I. C. [Invalid Corps], 1 page, 8x5. Campbell Hospital, D. C., 1863 October 16.…"
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER DOUBLE SIGNED 12/12/1864 - HFSID 2170182-PAGE 5 X 8 AUTOGRAPH LETTER DOUBLE SIGNED 12.12.1864 ON WHITE LINED PAPER IN BLACK INK IN UPPER RIGHT FRONT AND LOWER RIGHT REVERSE OF P. 2: CAMP 84TH REGT. PENNA. VOL./SOUTH OF THE YELLOW HOUSE VA./ DEAR MOTHER. DEC. 6TH 1864/ I RECEIVED YOUR MOST WELLCOME LETTER OF THE 27TH NOV.
Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/10/1863 - HFSID 262938A U.S. soldier in Grant's army during the Vicksburg Campaign, writes to his sister, describing life in camp and sending home a portion of his pay. Autograph Letter signed: "Henry Brown", 2 pages (front and verso), 5x8. Lake Providence, Louisiana, 1863 March 10.
Sale Price $414.00
$460.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/17/1862 - HFSID 251201This war-dated letter was written by a Union soldier to his friend early in 1862, from Fort Warren, Massachusetts, a prison for Confederate prisoners.
Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/31/1891 - HFSID 87574Letter to Civil War General Joseph J. Morrison, who was trying to locate a fellow soldier. Autograph Letter signed: "F. C. S.", 1 page, 6x9½. St Louis, Missouri, 1891 March 3. On letterhead of the Southern Hotel to "J. J. Morrison/353 Broadway, New York".
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/07/1862 - HFSID 251202. ALS: "Jacob Roberts/U S Army", 4p, 7¾x9¾. Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, 1862 May 7. To Hon. B F Carter, Woodbury N.J. Original spelling.
Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/11/1881 - HFSID 217046Mary Boyles, mother of a Union soldier, receives a letter concerning disposition of her late mother's property Autograph Letter signed: "Jno Clark", 1 page, 7¾x9¾. Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, 1881 June 11. Letter addressed to Mary Boyles in Tynne, Pa.
Sale Price $81.00
$90.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/11/1862 - HFSID 251304I "A.S. Oberly", 4p, "Off Baton Rouge", on the U.S. Gunboat Kineo, 1862 July 11. With envelope addressed by Oberly to Mrs. O.O. Woodford of New Haven, Conn. The envelope bears two 3-cent U.S. postal stamps (one pre-printed on the envelope).
Sale Price $414.00
$460.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 08/07/1864 - HFSID 251295ALS: "Corpl. H. [illegible]. Vandemark", 4p, 5x7¾, conjoined leaves. Camped near City Point, Virginia, 1864 August 7. To "Dear Parents one and all".
Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/28/1864 - HFSID 217013Special PriceALS: "George", 4p, 5x8, front and verso. Camp 84th Reg. Penna Vol on the Weldon Railroad, 1864 September 28-29. To his mother. With a 5½x3, stamped envelope addressed by him to: "Mrs. Mary A. Boyles/Williamsburg/Blair Co./Penna", postmarked Washington, January 6.
Sale Price $225.00
$360.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/20/1864 - HFSID 251311Autograph Letter, unsigned, 4p, 8x10. U.S. Str. "Santiago de Cuba", off Wilmington N.C., Sunday, 1864 November 20. Begins: "My Own Dear One". In part, with misspellings: "To morrow or the day after we are going on the outside blockade and where we remain for about a fortnight.…"
Sale Price $414.00
$460.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/21/1863 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 264492J. O. Gringston sends an autograph letter during the Civil War. Autograph Letter signed: "J O Gringston/Adjt.", 1 page, 8x6 lined sheet. Newport Barracks, North Carolina, 1863 December 21. Headed: "Circular".
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/21/1864 - HFSID 217029EORGE BOYLES.LS: "George", 1p, 5x8, front and verso. Camp 84th Regt Comp E, Near Bevery's Ford Va., 1864 December 21. To his mother, in part with misspellings: "I received the boots from Shinefelt.…"
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 169391This undated letter home from a Union soldier was written after mid-1862 on stationery with a patriotic cartoon showing Uncle Sam whittling pieces off the Confederacy.
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH LETTER UNSIGNED 03/10/1863 - HFSID 2170204-PAGE 5 X 8 AUTOGRAPH LETTER UNSIGNED 3/10/1863 ON WHITE LINED PAPER IN BLACK INK IN : HEADQUARTERS CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH VA.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - DOCUMENT SIGNED 08/16/1864 - HFSID 262956Partly printed documentary letter (1864) instructing the Paymaster to deduct costs of his train journey from the pay of a private in the 40th Ohio Infantry Partly printed document signed [name illegible] as Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, US Military Railroad Transportation, Department
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 02/18/1865 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 155495The 5th Artillery Regiment's acting adjutant, 2nd Lt. William DeMott, signs a manuscript order for 2nd Lt. George Stephenson to take command of Company F (1865).
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT UNSIGNED CIRCA 1862 - HFSID 79434Unsigned list of brigade commanders and their staffs prepared for General Burnside's North Carolina Expedition of 1862. Document, unsigned, 1 page, 8½11. In ink on white ruled paper. Document titled, "Original Staff of the Brigade Commanders at the Sailing of the N. C. Expedition.…"
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - PHOTOGRAPH UNSIGNED - HFSID 174756Carte de Visite of a Matthew Brady photo: a Civil War mascot Carte de Visite, unsigned. Sepia, 2¼x4. E & HT Anthony backstamp, New York, taken from a Matthew Brady negative. Image of a young boy in uniform, with sergeant's stripes, holding drumsticks and standing beside a drum.
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - RECEIPT SIGNED 01/26/1864 - HFSID 262947In a Civil War hospital, William Little signs receipt of 14 month's pay: $115.56, witnessed by two brevet lieutenants of the Invalid Corps. Receipt signed: "William Little", 8x4¾. Judiciary Square Hospital, Washington, D. C., 1864 January 26.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - RECEIPT SIGNED 06/23/1864 - HFSID 262946War-dated receipt for the auction sale of a cavalry horse, signed by an assistant quartermaster Receipt signed: "[initial and first name illegible] Moore/Capt. & A Q M/Cav Bur", 8x3¼.Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1864 June 23. In the name of Cavalry Bureau Quartermaster, Lt.
Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - RECEIPT SIGNED 08/01/1864 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 262943A lieutenant in the valiant 14th US Infantry Regiment signs receipt of payment for himself and his servant and fodder for his horse. When he signed this receipt, Walker's unit had begun the prolonged and bloody assault on Petersburg. Annotated Receipt signed three times: "J. H.…"
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - SWORD UNSIGNED - HFSID 286010Sword, overall length 43½ inches, and scabbard. The sword, which has a steel blade, has a brass hilt and wire and leather wrapped grip. The scabbard is steel. Sword is marked on ricasso: "Ames Mfg. Co. Chicopee, Mass. US JH 1858".
Sale Price $2,975.00
$3,500.00
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CAPTAIN HENRY H. STILES - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/18/1864 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 262957As a company commander in the Invalid Corps, consisting of wounded soldiers assigned light duties, he certifies that a private is entitled to pay. Ink note says the man was not paid. Autograph Document signed: "Henry H. Stiles/Capt. Commanding 13th Depot Company". 1 page, 8x10.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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CAPTAIN JOHN JAMES McCALLUM - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 02/18/1864 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 262949The former officer of the "Goodhue Volunteers", 1st Minnesota Infantry, wounded at Fredericksburg and reassigned to a hospital unit of the Invalid Corps, certifies a private for pay. Autograph Document signed: "Jno Jas. McCallum/Captain Co. H 11 Reg I. C.". 1 page, 8x7½.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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F. H. FOSSETT - COLLECTION WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 287762Civil War Archive including: new soldier Ambrose Cummings' letter to his father, describing army life; a letter from a fellow soldier, reporting that Cummings is ill but expected to recover; a letter from a New York undertaker sending Cumming's dad a bill for funeral arrangements; and a teleg
Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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G. E. ELFORD - AUTOGRAPH RECEIPT SIGNED 01/20/1866 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 251767Receipt for printing of Freedmen's handbills and contracts, signed by a printer who had also flourished under the Confederacy. Autograph Receipt signed: "Received Jan 20, on written/account fifteen dollars/G. E. Elford", 2 pages (front and verso), 8½x7. Signed on verso.
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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GENERAL SAMUEL BRECK - DOCUMENT SIGNED 06/07/1864 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 262944As Assistant Adjutant General, he signs the war-dated Inspection List of a private in the 3rd Regiment of Maine Volunteers, preparing for discharge after three years in the Union Army. Partly Printed Document signed: "Samuel Breck" as Assistant Adjutant General.
Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
