Civil War Letter to Capt. Phelps about Steamboats,

and the value, March 12, 1862, value of steamboat "Jefferson was $500.00, value of steamboat "Stephenson" was $400.00 and the "John Gault" could not be valued as it was under water!.

to his father, some great civil war content and insight to life of the Captain (later Lt. Commander).

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

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

most to his mother or father, 1862, from U.S. Gunboat "Benton", off Island #10, Mississippi River, near Cairo, Ill., some with very interesting content as per wartime life.

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

secretary of the Treasury to Lt. Commander Seth l. Phelps referring to being place in charge of the Mississippi Flotilla.

flag officer, to Lt. Commander Seth L. Phelps, report of Naval forced Western waters, quite interesting chronicle.

Hand written Civil War letter. Capture of 1776 American revolutionary flag from Spy house J. Stirbs. 2 page letter by Capt. Louis Wageley New York Infantry. Letters starts Camp Upton November10th 1863

mostly to Captain (later Lt. Commander) Seth L. Phelps, one talks of fights, etc.

to Hon. B.F. Wade, Captain Andrew H. Foote, regarding promotion of Lt. Commander Seth Ledyard Phelps, some as Captain Phelps, one talks of commanding armored gunboats, etc.

by L.G. Vickers under Capt. G.A. Johnston at Hanover Court House - See photos for condition and details

 dated April 5th, 1865 on The Chief Depot Quaretermaster, Eastport, Miss.  Letter reads Steamboat and Rail Road Agents will furnish/ transportation to M? A. Hoyt a/ good employer who ha

New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1904 in two volumes, with autograph insert; each volume bound in full leather by Sandorski and Sutcliffe, London, with cloth slipcases Approximately 4 linear in. (10

This Civil War prisoner-of-war (POW) letter was written by Lt. Edward Visart in August 1864 while imprisoned at Fort Delaware, a Union prison camp. Visart was serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. Bloc

Group of four (4) Civil War related items (7 pcs total) including items of Nashville interest. Includes 1 letter signed by John I. Morris, Capt. 20th Ind Battery, on stationery with printed headline "

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

Six (6) post Civil War ephemera including letters, some signed, from Jefferson Davis and CSA Cabinet Members Robert Toombs and John Reagan. 1st item: Jefferson Davis, former Confederate States of Amer

Lt. General Grant Leaves Siege of Petersburg to Plan Fort Fisher Campaign Superb Civil War Letter! In this brief note, Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant Tells Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry that he is g

Letter written by wounded soldier Dan Hitchcock to his wife on April 8, 1865, begins "Dear Wife". After some preliminaries, he writes: "We are having glorious news all the time, and I guess we will wi

Three Pro-Lincoln Civil War Letters During 1864 Election A fantastic collection of three Civil War letters discussing the 1864 election between incumbent Abraham Lincoln and General George B. McClella

Fantastic Confederate Civil War letter written by 16 year-old Seaborn Montgomery, Jr. of Americus, Georgia. Seaborn was a cadet at the Georgia Military Institute (GMI) in Marietta when Sherman’s

over six handwritten pages to "Bettie" with a half page addressed to "Nan", on lined paper, complete with lines of poetry, sweet reminisces, and accounts of the war, the letter from Adams Run containi

Letter written March 1st, 1865 by Captain Waddy T. Armstrong of the 6th Alabama Cavalry to Brigadier General Benjamin Jefferson Hill from Oxford, Alabama. One page. Captain Armstrong says in the lette