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[CIVIL WAR]. Moore family letter archive related to the establishment of Camp Dennison, Ohio, and: [CIVIL WAR]. Moore family letter archive related to the establishment of Camp Dennison, Ohio, and Private William B. Moore, 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.Approximately 28 war-date letters, including 16

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Grouping of Civil War Veteran's Ephemera: Grouping of Civil War veteran related letters and ephemera including materials for both Union and Confederate reunions.

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15 Civil War Letters,Field Order General Sherman, Stamp: Lot of Civil War Letters & Field Order General Sherman. This is a spectacular lot of letters and correspondences from Civil War soldiers to family members and spouses. There is one, "Special Field Ord

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Antique Civil War General Sherman Original Letter: Antique Civil War General Sherman Original Letter. This antique Civil War framed letter and envelope is attributed to being written by General Sherman addressed to Mrs. Kemble. Dated 1891. The frames

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MAINE CIVIL WAR AND RELATED MANUSCRIPT LETTERS, LOT OF: MAINE CIVIL WAR AND RELATED MANUSCRIPT LETTERS, LOT OF 20, comprising the correspondences of Captain Jabez Greenhalgh, including an official War Department Special Order, dated May 5th, 1863, granting

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3 Civil War Confederate Items, incl. 1863 Slavery Related Letter, 2 1st Ed. Books, 5 items: 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

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Pair of Early Civil War CSA Letters, Benjamin Chains to Children: Pair of Civil War Related Handwritten & Signed Letters (ALS) from a farmer named Ben[jamin] Chains, Jr. (see biographical below) to his children. Each letter is written in Script / Cursive on light bl

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Civil War General William T Sherman signed letter: Civil War famous General William Tecumseh Sherman signed handwritten letter with COA

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Civil War Letter Nashville, TN, Gen. Serman: Christian: Civil War Letter from Nashville, Tennessee, Christian Commission, re: Christian evangelism of Civil War soldiers, and that General William T. Sherman's orders were stifling evangelism | Letter from U.

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[CIVIL WAR] 45 CIVIL WAR LETTERS, AND MORE: In 2 binders, including an archive of 16 (1862-63) letters from an Oshkosh WI woman to her New England relatives containing emotional war related content from the perspective of a farm woman, most wit

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2 Nashville Civil War Letters + MS Newspaper: 2 Nashville-related Civil War Documents, 1 signed by future U.S. president Andrew Johnson (Secretarial signed), the other written at Fort Confiscation, and 1 Mississippi Civil War era newspaper. 1st i

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[Civil War, Confederate] Alexander Stephen ALS: 1838 letter handwritten and signed in ink by Alexander Stephens, who would go on to become the Vice President of the Confederate States of America. The letter discusses business matters related to his

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Civil War Racist Letters (2), Drawing- Slavery: Grouping related to Private Frank Rhodes of the 16th Maine Infantry, includes: Colored drawing of a man holding a baby (both subjects appear to be African-American). Underneath is written “We congra

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Item Details

Description

Civil War Letter believed to be a period facsimile of the letter written by Abraham Lincoln congratulating General William Tecumseh Sherman on the capture of Savannah, with impressed picture of the White House in the upper right hand corner. En verso are notes, possibly pertaining to a speech given by Sherman to his troops. Early on Dec. 21, 1864, the city of Savannah surrendered to Union Troops and Sherman sent a telegram to President Lincoln stating "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah with 150 guns and plenty of ammunition and also about 25,000 bales of cotton." This letter makes note of that message in the upper margin and goes on to precisely transcribe Lincoln's response letter of Dec. 26, 1864 (note that neither the text of the letter nor signature is in Abraham Lincoln's handwriting). The letter is housed in an envelope addressed to Captain B. H. Dayton, Verplancks Point, Westchester NY with "US SHIP" stamp; postmarked Philadelphia (date not legible). Letter 8" x 5". B.H. Dayton's brother, Colonel L.M. Dayton, served as Sherman's aide de camp.

Condition

Right edge of envelope is missing, envelope with stains and discloration. Letter is in relatively good condition with light toning and a few additional, likely later words added in pencil.