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75: AN ILL ULYSSES GRANT WORKS ON HIS MEMOIRS

384: NORTH AMERICAN LAND CO. SIGNED BY ROBERT MORRIS

153: WAR-DATE COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MFG. CO. LETTER

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PRESCIENT COMMENTARY ON ULYSSES GRANT: PRESCIENT COMMENTARY ON ULYSSES GRANT: "…GEN. GRANT HAS JUST BEEN PROMOTED TO LIEUT. GENERAL. HIS NEXT PROMOTION WILL MAKE HIM COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF OUR ARMY AND NAVY, AND OCOPANT[SIC] OF THE WHITE

0121: PRESCIENT COMMENTARY ON ULYSSES GRANTEst. $400-$600

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ADMONITION NOT TO BELIEVE THE RECRUITING ADVERTS: THE RECRUITING ADVERTISEMENTS ARE ALL VERY FINE, AND THE OFFICERS ARE VERY FLATTERING WHEN WISHING TO GET RECRUITS. BUT THE WAR IS A DIFFERENT THING. HERE YOU SEE THE SUNNY SIDE, BUT BY AND BY THE

0122: ADMONITION NOT TO BELIEVE THE RECRUITING ADVERTSEst. $300-$450See Sold Price

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ACCOUNT OF BURNSIDE'S ILL-FATED "MUD MARCH": A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF BURNSIDE'S ILL-FATED "MUD MARCH" Autograph Letter Signed. Four pages, 5" x 8". 1st Mass. Vols. Camp near Falmouth, Va. January 27, 1863. The letter reads, in part: "… I am

0123: ACCOUNT OF BURNSIDE'S ILL-FATED "MUD MARCH"Est. $400-$600See Sold Price

SPECIAL ORDERS: NO FEMALES WITHIN CAMP LINES: SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 139, NO FEMALES WITHIN CAMP LINES WITHOUT A PERMIT, SIGNED BY ASST. ADJUTANT GENERAL JOHN A. RAWLINS JOHN AARON RAWLINS (1831 – 1869) Major General, United States Army, Secretary

0124: SPECIAL ORDERS: NO FEMALES WITHIN CAMP LINESEst. $1,500-$2,250Lot Passed

AN ACCOUNT OF THE UNION CAMP AT SHIP ISLAND: Autograph Letter Signed. 4 7/8" x 7 7/8". Ship Island. April 23, 1862. The letter reads, in part: "…I would like to write you all I know of the movements here, of the forces & c but we are ordered

0125: AN ACCOUNT OF THE UNION CAMP AT SHIP ISLANDEst. $300-$450Lot Passed

A HARD JOURNEY TO WASHINGTON FOR A UNION SOLIDER: …WE HAD AN AWFULL[SIC] TIME COMING THROUGH IN THE CARS … HOW YOU LIKE TO RIDE IN A FREIGHT CAR WITH NO STOVE AND 60 MEN PACKED IN. I CAME NEAR FREEZING TO DEATH…"Autograph Letter Signed. Three

0126: A HARD JOURNEY TO WASHINGTON FOR A UNION SOLIDEREst. $275-$413Lot Passed

INSUFFICIENT FUNDS IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON TO PAY UNION SOLDIERS Autograph Letter Signed. Three pages, 5 3/8" x 7". Camp near Washington. January 31, no year. The letter reads, in part:"…We are

0127: INSUFFICIENT FUNDS IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTONEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

DISILLUSIONMENT WITH ARMY LIFE: …IF I EVER COME IN THE SERVICE AGAIN I SHANT COME IN AS PRIVATE OR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER. I MIGHT JUST AS WELL HAVE WORN SHOULDER STRAPS AS TO HAVE BEEN WHERE I AM…" Autograph Letter Signed.

0128: DISILLUSIONMENT WITH ARMY LIFEEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

CAMP HOOKER: Autograph Letter Signed on blue and red bordered stationery bearing a blind embossed bust of "Gen. McClellan His country's hope." Three pages, 5" x 8". Camp Hooker, Lower Potomac. March 2, no year.

0129: CAMP HOOKEREst. $200-$300Lot Passed

CAMP UNION: Autograph Letter Signed. Three pages, 5" x 8". Camp Union, Bladensburg. October 16, 1861. The letter reads, in part: "… I have found out when were called upon to be ready to march, a large battle

0130: CAMP UNIONEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

A DIFFICULT PASSAGE TO N. ORLEANS UNDER GEN. BANKS: A MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER RECOUNTS THE DIFFICULT PASSAGE TO NEW ORLEANS AS PART OF GENERAL N.P. BANK'S ARMY OF THE GULF Autograph Letter Signed. Four pages, 7 ¾" x 12 ¾". In Camp at Carrollton La.

0131: A DIFFICULT PASSAGE TO N. ORLEANS UNDER GEN. BANKSEst. $250-$375Lot Passed

0132: UNION SOLDIER AWAITING DISCHARGE WRITES HIS WIFEEst. $175-$263Lot Passed

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0133: A UNION SOLDIER WRITES AFTER THE SEVEN DAYS BATTLEEst. $250-$375See Sold Price

A UNION SOLDIER BEMOANS THE "UNGODLY WAR": A SOLDIER DON'T KNOW ANY THING BEFOREHAND I WISH THIS UNGODLY WAR WOULD SOON COME TO A CLOSE I AM TIRED OF IT" Autograph Letter Signed. Four pages, 5" x 8". Last two pages trimmed to 5" x 6" by

0134: A UNION SOLDIER BEMOANS THE "UNGODLY WAR"Est. $250-$375Lot Passed

DESERTERS FROM THE UNION ARMY: I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY HAVE DESERTED FROM THIS REGIMENT, BUT A GOOD MANY START OFF AFTER EVERY PAY DAY, BUT A GOOD MANY GET CAUGHT AND SENT BACK, NO ONE WHO HAS ONCE BEEN IN THE ARMY CAN BLAME

0135: DESERTERS FROM THE UNION ARMYEst. $250-$375Lot Passed

LENGTHY POLITICAL COMMENTARY ON THE CIVIL WAR: LENGTHY POLITICAL COMMENTARY CONCERNING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN UNION AND REBEL SYMPATHIZERS IN ILLINOIS DURING THE WAR Autograph Letter Signed. Four pages, 6 ½" x 8". Hamilton Illinois. February 22,

0136: LENGTHY POLITICAL COMMENTARY ON THE CIVIL WAREst. $300-$450Lot Passed

A SOLDIER RECOUNTS THE LOSS OF HIS VIRGINITY: A UNION SOLDIER RECOUNTS THE LOSS OF HIS VIRGINITY Autograph Letter Signed. 3 pages, 5" x 8". Fort Greble Washington, D.C. February 7, 1864. The letter reads, in part:"…I am enjoying my self in the

0137: A SOLDIER RECOUNTS THE LOSS OF HIS VIRGINITYEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

A UNION SOLDIER STATIONED NEAR WASHINGTON: A UNION SOLDIER STATIONED NEAR WASHINGTON WRITES OF THE CITY AND ITS MANY SURROUNDING ARMY CAMPSAutograph Letter Signed. Three pages7 ¾" x 9 ¾". Bladensburg M.D. Camp Casey. November 24, 1861. The

0138: A UNION SOLDIER STATIONED NEAR WASHINGTONEst. $300-$450Lot Passed

SEAMEN FORCIBLY RETURNED TO DUTY: SEAMEN FORCIBLY RETURNED TO DUTY ABOARD A UNION VESSEL Partially Printed Document. One page, 6" x 5 ½". Cape Town, December 26, 1862. The document reads: "Water Police Officer Received from Captain

0139: SEAMEN FORCIBLY RETURNED TO DUTYEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

UNION SOLDIERS PASS: Manuscript document . One page, 5" x 4". Camp Abercrombie. October 24, 1862. The pass grants "Capt. Cross" leave to "Washington and back at 6 o'clock this evening." This pass was issued very shortly

0140: UNION SOLDIERS PASSEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

WAR DATE PASS UNDER ORDERS FROM GEN SHERMAN: A WAR DATE PASS ISSUED UNDER ORDERS FROM GENERAL SHERMAN Manuscript Document on head-Quarters Military Division of the Mississippi letterhead. One page, 5" x 6 5/8". Washington, D.C. May 22, 1865.

0141: WAR DATE PASS UNDER ORDERS FROM GEN SHERMANEst. $250-$375Lot Passed

TWO UNION HOSPITAL STEWARDS EXPOSE FRAUD: TWO HOSPITAL STEWARDS IN THE UNION ARMY WRITE TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXPOSE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES THAT "…MAY MATERIALLY INJURE, A COUNTRY'S EFFORTS TO PUT FORTH ITS

0142: TWO UNION HOSPITAL STEWARDS EXPOSE FRAUDEst. $750-$1,125Lot Passed

"OLD ABE´IS THE MAN FOR THE NEXT YEARS: …I THINK WITH YOU THAT THIS WAR HAS LASTED LONG ENOUGH THAT I DON'T THINK MCCLELLAN IS THE ONE TO END IT. I LIKE HIM AS A MAN VERY MUCH AND HAVE NOTHING AGAINST HIM. BUT "OLD ABE´IS THE MAN FOR

0143: "OLD ABE´IS THE MAN FOR THE NEXT YEARSEst. $300-$450Lot Passed

JOE WENT OUT INTO THE BULL RUN BATTLE FIELD: JOE WENT OUT INTO THE BULL RUN BATTLE FIELD THANKSGIVING DAY. HE BROUGHT IN A BAYONET FROM THE FIELD WHICH HE SAYS HE MEANS TO CARRY HOME" Autograph Letter Signed on letterhead bearing an image of a

0144: JOE WENT OUT INTO THE BULL RUN BATTLE FIELDEst. $250-$375Lot Passed

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