1861 Civil War Privateer Hostage Letter to Merchants Exchange

Letter sent from Boston in 1861 to Merchants Exchange regarding captured sailors. Sailors were captured by the privateer vessel Jeff Davis and transferred to the ship Mary Goodell. Signed by a Mr. Joh

Written by a Wm B Simmons a soldier who left camp with typhoid fever which he dscribed in great detail brought on no doubt from camp life he also describes such as sleeping outside on the cold ground

Hand written by W. H. Brunson to his "Pa"; dated January 24th, 1861, and addressed from "Moultrie House Sullivan's Island"; letter begins "I have just returned from the upper end of the Island where o

Civil War Union Letters 1861 Kansas: "We have been alarmed (sic) by the Indians which have camped 100 miles above us. Some 8,000 of them."... "The rebels say that they are bound to have Kansas." Octob

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GARNETT, Robert S. (1819-1861), Confederate brigadier. Autograph letter signed ("R. Garnett Capt"), to Officer of the Day Henry L. Abbott, addressed in his hand on verso. N.p., date illegible.  1

Important early war letter, sent from Lynchburg, VA to Baltimore, MD, very good

(5) Civil War Letters and Documents: 1861-1863: Included: letter brother to brother 1861 C. Wilkerson while at Castle Williams, Governor's Island NY., letter to wife 1863 William Box from Richmond VA.

FRAMED CIVIL WAR LETTER, ARLINGTON, SEPT. 12, 1861 BY BRIG. GENERAL GERARD E.D.KEYER COMMENDING CAPTAIN HASCALL AT BATTLE OF BULL RUN

Details: Civil War civilian hand-written letter (ALS) from 1861. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. The writer thinks "the fighting is mostly over" and believes that the war was unavoidable committing on

Civil War Union Letters c. 1861 Graphic Civil War Patriotic Stationery Kit Panel c. 1861 Civil War Period, Colorful Front Panel from a Patriotic Stationery Kit, Choice Mint. This package is offered by

An 1861 dated letter from Harpers Ferry ! Incredible multi page content with typed script transating it AND this letter has hand cancelled out "censored" parts undoutably of a military content GREAT c

Civil War Letter to Nathan L. Hutchins, Jr. dated July 12, 1861, just before Hutchins entered the 16th Georgia Regiment, and just three months after the war began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter,

content about slaves rounded up for service in the Army at Fort Donelson, near Dover and regarding a Negro boy that claims he was persued by Capt. Phelps men and hounds. Letter states Mr. Phelps has n

Autographs Confederate Brigadier General Henry Jackson Autograph Letter Signed January 26, 1861 to the Governor of Georgia Written Just One Week After the State of Georgia Passed its Resolution of Sec

Heading: (Civil War) Author: Patterson, Y.D. Title: Letter from Y.D. Patterson to his sister Lydia, presenting a "brief history" of the 15th Illinois Regiment from May 1861 to November 1862, his perio

to his wife, a fine look into civil war life as Captain of the Steamer Benton and Gunboat Conestoga, 1861 and 1862.

Civil War letters and Documents On April 1861 Morris Kraszynski B Poland a resident of Norwalk Ct enlisted with union army 1861

This 1865 Civil War letter was written by Union Gen. Wiliam Denison Whipple, West Point class of 1851. After graduating, Whipple performed frontier duty in New Mexico and Texas. By 1861, Whipple was o

Civil War era ALS. One-page bifolium handwritten autographed letter signed by Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) as president of the Confederate States of America (CSA) from 1861 to 1865, Richmond, Vir

Lincoln Abraham President Lincoln Asks New Adjutant General to Allow Italian-American Junior Officer to Return to Army ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Autograph Letter Signed, to Lorenzo Thomas, May 10, 1861, Washin

1863 Richmond, VA Ten Dollar Confederate currency bill, 19th c. NH letter w/content regarding Confederate currency, 1861 Post Office Dept. collections statement

Nice Clear Hand Colored Tintype with letter dated 10/20/1861. Letter is fragile and separating.

A great content letter from the famed colonel regarding troops attacks movements and signtings of the Pawnee Indians during the Civil War 1861