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Inv-4363
United States Military Telegraph imprinted envelope addressed to "Dr. McPherson, Thomas" and "OB (Official Business)" at lower left. This appear to have been John B. McPherson, who enlisted on 12/25/1863 as a Surgeon. On 12/25/1863 he was commissioned into Field & Staff US Connecticut 19th Infantry; He resigned on 8/19/1864
$55.

Inv-4364
United States Military Telegraph imprinted envelope addressed to "Dr. McPherson, Grant('s Corp)". This appear to have been John B. McPherson, who enlisted on 12/25/1863 as a Surgeon. On 12/25/1863 he was commissioned into Field & Staff US Connecticut 19th Infantry; He resigned on 8/19/1864.
$65.

Inv-1182
1827 printed tax receipt of Adam Lichliter to the Collector of Woodstock (Virginia) detailing House, Tithables, Slave and Horse
$50.

Inv-1183

1833 printed tax receipt (Virginia) of Adam Lickliter (sic) detailing Slaves, Horses and County & Parish Levy

$50.

Inv-4643

Outgoing Blockade Cover from the well known Locke Correspondence Savannah, Ga to Rome, Italy. The cover originated in Savannah, Ga as noted by contemporary docketing at the top referring to the original letter "No 38 Recd Nov 24th letter dated Oct 26th Oct 3 1862 Rec'd T….t…s about Dec 8th 1862" (lots of correction/crossing out). The envelope was sent under separate cover from Savannah via Charleston to Nassau and on to Barring Brothers in England. Barring Brothers removed the outer cover and entered the subject envelope into the British mails via France to Rome, Italy. Small opening edge and flap tears that are more than made up for by the wonderful colorful transit markings front and back. Outbound blockade covers only make up about 30% of all blockade uses. 2007 CSA certificate

$1,950.

Inv-4854
ETOWAH/Ga. light cds with ms Feby 11 (1861) at center with scarce M.A. Cooper PM free frank at upper right on cover to "Hon. Howell Cobb. President Convention Montgomery, Ala. Howell Cobb, Macon, Georgia". Following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, Howell Cobb served as president of the Confederate Provisional Congress (1861-62) and was a major general of the Confederate army. His personal history is well-known and illustrious. While the U.S. granted the free franking privilege to local postmaster, the Confederacy abolished this practice so such examples are only known prior to June 1, 1861. Couple small sealed edge tears at top which do not detract from this otherwise immaculate and historic cover.
$695.

Inv-4835
State of Alabama Tax Receipt for Confederate General Tax collected for year ending December 1864 in the amount of $822.00
$35.

Inv-4836

State of Alabama Tax Receipt for Confederate General Tax collected for year ending December 1864 in the amount of $815.00

$35.

Inv-5040
"A.H. Garland, Ark." signed piece, CSA Senator who voted for Arkansas to secede - Augustus Hill Garland was a lawyer and politician from Arkansas who voted to support secession after the firing on Ft. Sumter. He took part in the framing of the Confederate constitution and was elected to the Confederate Congress and then the Senate, serving on many key committees. After the War, he also served as Governor of Arkansas, U.S. Senator from Arkansas and later as U.S. Attorney General under Cleveland. A scarce autograph of a Confederate politician and statesman. Comes with short bio.
$50.

Inv-5039
"John Goode, Norfolk, Va" signed piece, CSA Congressman, and CSA officer in 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Signer at the Virginia Secession Convention - Goode was a close friend of the Davis administration, an attorney and politician prior to the Civil War. On the staff of Jubal A. Early and saw action at First Manassas. Scarce autograph. Comes with short bio
$50.

Inv-4999
[Confederate Correspondence] A wonderful letter from a concerned Southern parent seeking news of his son. Letter headed "Jackson, Louisiana, Jany 18, 1863", on embossed letterhead of J(ohn). B. Camden, New Orleans, 2p. Camden inquires as to whether his son Willie has received the packages sent to him, and frets over Willie's lack of letter writing to his aunt. He also comments extensively on the military situation: "...Here we get very little news from N.O. and that is always bad, no place has suffered more than those people, and all along the Coast up to Baton Rouge, and down to Lafourche, they have carried devastation in their march...At Port Hudson we are in good condition for them, and waiting their motion. I do not think they will ever attack the place. Certain I am they cannot take it, unless Treachery gives it to them as it did N.O. At Vicksburg you have heard we have given them another defeat...Let them come. There is no fear for that place now that Genl Sibley (has superseded Genl. Dick Taylor, whose a very poor representative for his father, glorious old Zack and) is in command on other the other side of the Mississippi River...Oh for some more Stonewall's and Lee's! Then we would make short work of it..." Two minor holes, very legible. An excellent letter from the Southern perspective!
$400.

Inv-5041
"A.G. Brown" signed 1848 letter, 8to, CSA Senator from Mississippi. Albert Brown Gallatin was a prominent Mississippi politician before the Civil War, serving as Congressman and Governor of Mississippi. During the War, he entered the Confederate Army as a captain in Co. H, 18th Miss. Infantry. In 1862 he was elected as Senator to the Confederate Senate and served until the end of the War. Important Confederate military and political autograph. Short accompanies.
$80.


Inv-5085

State of South Carolina headed partially printed Camden Bulletin and filled out billing form for advertising dated May 1864 for $44 made out to Col. Richard Caldwell, Commissary General S.C. with two accompanying individual handwritten invoices to which are attached the proof copies of long newspaper announcements with instructions re spirituous liquors and a list of licensed and bonded agents. The backs of the newspaper clippings are as interesting, if not more so, than the front with headlines of latest news from Lee's Army, Gen. Longstreet's wound declared mortal, and many other detailed troop movements/battles of fame with commanders noted; reports signed Beauregard and Lee, news of ironclad battles, etc. In wonderful condition and truly holding pieces of history in your hands. News clippings are longer than indicated by the scans due to the limited size of my scanner bed.

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$75.

Inv-5147

Manuscript receipt from the State of South Carolina Commissary General's Department dated Nov. 12th 1862, a bill for corn meal signed by W. Lyles noted as paid and with filing docketing on verso "Voucher No. 770".

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$30.

Inv-5148

General Orders No. 3. printed octavo page headed Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Richmond, February 6, 1865 publishing the Act of Congress "that there shall be an appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an officer, who shall be known and designated as 'General in Chief', who shall be ranking officer of the army and, as such, shall have command of the military forces of the Confederate States." The second section appoints General Robert E. Lee to be said Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. Handstamped with the purple oval of the "Rebel Archives" and with burned edge at bottom and left. A historic document and a worthy adjunct to any Confederate postal history collection.

$170.




Inv-5219

FREE./For the Regiment/ADAMS EXPRESS CO./Per HOEY Four-line handstamp in greenish blue (without period after "Hoey") boldly struck on back of May 8, 1861 folded letter from Brooklyn to "Mr. Henry A. Sand, 7th Regiment N.Y.S.M., Engineer Corps Co. K, Care of L. D. Winchester Esqr., Quartermaster, Washington D.C.", from his mother, informing him that his father is ill and asking him to come home immediately, she worries that telegraphic dispatch did not reach him, Extremely Fine strike of the rare Adams regimental express marking, used early in the war on mail carried free of charge between New York and regiments guarding the capital under Lincoln's authority -- only seven examples of the "For the Regiment" version are recorded, this being one of the choicest strikes. A similar edge-worn cover sold for $3,335.00 in the December 2007 Siegel sale.

Click on individual thumbnails on left to enlarge copies of front and back.
$1,800.

Inv-5220
Southern Express Co. Columbus Geo. Jun. 23. Ca. 1865 double-circle datestamp on cover to New York City, ms. "Express" and pencil "Paid 2/- W" express charge (two bits, or 25¢), posted by regular mails at Richmond Va. with circular datestamp, U.S. 3¢ stamp has been removed from cover, fresh, Very Fine, scarce post-war usage, ex-Knapp
$1,100.

Inv-5221
MAILS SUSPENDED. Dead Letter Office's oval handstamp clearly struck on 3¢ pink entire to Fredericksburg Va., "PHILA PA. MAY 11" (1865) cds and target, slight wear and toning at edges, still Very Fine, although the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered a month earlier, there was still no regular mail service between the North and South -- a rare example of the "Mails Suspended" marking used very late in the war, ex Meroni
$1,700.

Inv-5182

"Naval Battle of Memphis" (June 6, 1862). Rare and historically significant account written by Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell, Charles Ellet's daughter, General Alfred W. Ellet's niece and Charles Rivers Ellet's sister. Her cousin Edward C. Ellet was also at the Battle of Memphis. This document consists of 9 pages, is dated April 21st, 1883 and is written to and for Col. George B. Corkless, who was the U.S. Attorney that prosecuted President Garfield's assassin, Guiteau.

Mary Ellet was 23 years of age at the time of her father's death on June 21, 1862. She and her mother were given a pass from Edwin M. Stanton on June 9, 1862 to "pass within the lines of U.S. Forces to Cairo & wherever else Col. Ellet may be ... free passage & subsistance at the charge of the War Dept."

Some excerpts read: " My father ...suggested a plan for the use of Steam Battering Rams as a means of coast & Harbor defense....he was uneasy about his plan for "rams" which he knew must be in the hands of the enemy...these warnings began in Sept. 1861...on Feb 6th one month before the Merrimac sent the Congress & Cumberland to the bottom....he left for the Ohio River, brought the steamers... rapidly rigged in 8 weeks had his fleet of 9 boats....joined Gunboat Squadron commanded by Com. Davis a few miles from Ft. Pillow....These boats were strengthened by timbers , had no iron plating, ' were mere substitutes for Rams.'

As he reached Ft. Pillow found it deserted by the Confederates, took possession, planted the Union Flag.. reached Memphis at day-break..tied boats to shore..all men at breakfast when a shot passing over Flag Ship warned him Rebel Fleet was coming...ordered the 3 largest Rams to follow him & on the Queen of the West..followed by the Monarch, he bore down alone to meet the Rebel Fleet...The Queen crashed into the foremost boat, cutting her almost into....the Monarch followed closely into action & sunk the Rebel Gunboat which had struck the Queen & rammed , breached & captured two more.

Making in all, five Rebel rams sunk or captured..only one escaped...The Gunboats had maintained a steady fire during the engagement, which lasted in all about an hour....weighed anchor & took possession of the prizes....& formal possession of the City....sent his son, barely nineteen, ashore to demand from the Mayor the surrender of the city....when the queen struck the Lovell, my father, in his eagerness to observe the fight, came down from his pilot-house where he was the target for a volley of pistol and musket shots, one of which took effect in his knee...although warned by his physicians...refused to leave post until...brother took command....he sank rapidly....on the Switzerland to Cairo where he breathed his last!!

Services of the Ram Fleet, as of Gen. A.W. Ellet's Marine Brigade ( Brown Water Navy ) & under the command of my young brother Charles R. Ellet , I hardly know how to speak...Rams approching Vicksburg, Charles volunteered with three followers to cross...to carry dispatches to Admiral Farragut... made a Col. of Infantry took command of Ram Fleet...Admiral Porter to send Gunboats against Haines Bluff, my brother,Col. Charles R. Ellet was ordered to lead way up Yazoo River on his wooden Ram with a torpedo rake of his own invention... desired to attempt the destrucion of "City Of Vicksburg" he ran the batteries of Vicksburg...ran "The Queen of the West" into the City of Vicksburg, was set on fire by incendiary shells...Gen. Sherman visits the Queen immediately after this exploit and can vouch for the correctness of my statements...soon as repaired the Queen went down river, captured a number of Confederate vessels, destroyed much contraband...blown up by ambush battery....Col. Ellet & crew exscaped on bales of cotton.

There is much, much more, but in last paragraph she writes about her brother, 20 year old Charles Rivers Ellet- " His health finally sank under the protracted & excessive fatigue & exposure.....He felt himself compelled to leave the service & died a few weeks afterward, just twenty years old."

Mary Ellet was one of 18 women who organized and signed the formal draft of the DAR. She opened Norwood Institute for girls and young ladies in Washington, D C.

All pages measure 8 1/4 x 10 1/2" and are in superb condition. Some of the details she writes about are found no where else.

$690.

Inv-5299

STONY POINT/VA./MAY (1861) cds with ms "Free Wm. Be(ck), PM" on cover to "Mr. W. W. Minor, Charlottesville, Va., cover reduced a bit into postmaster's name. Original business letter headed May 12/61 and signed by the (Postmaster) William Beck. Scarce PM Free cover, fresh and Fine. While the U.S. granted the free franking privilege to local postmaster, the Confederacy abolished this practice so such examples are only known prior to June 1, 1861

N.B. Letter is folded in the scan. It is full and complete.

$160.

Inv-
5277

U.S. 3¢ rose #65 tied by target and Columbus, O. Jul 24 (1865) cds with cds of Miamiville P.O./Camp Dennison Sep 9, 1865 cds on cover to "Mr. John L. Mock, Co. A., 95th Regt. O(hio) V(olunteers) Vicksburg, Mi" which has been crossed out in red ink and redirected back to Columbus O, stamp also tied with oblong boxes "FORWARDED" and with address notation "To follow Regiment". Military records show that John L. Mock enlisted as a private at 24 years old on 8/5/1862 into "A" Co. OH 95th Infantry. He was mustered out on 8/14/1865 at Louisville, KY. He was also listed as wounded on 8/30/1862 at Richmond, KY. Promotions: Corpl 5/14/1864; Sergt 4/1/1865. Cover slightly reduced at right with repair piece at bottom right edge. Three wonderful Ellsworth collateral pieces accompany. A portrait remembrance card of "Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, Fire Zouaves, Assassinated May 24th", a trimmed to size embossed Ellsworth remembrance and a partial letter dated "Camp near Washington March 8th 1863" on Ellsworth scene. Showy and scarce combination of cover and ephemera (album remnants on verso).

$550.

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5319

Confederate Tax In Kind document from Uniontown Depot, Alabama. Filled out printed "Form No. 3 Estimate No. 70" dated 14th March 1865 for the 30th Tax District, State of Alabama. "Estimate and Assessment of Bacon" for R. H. Hudson (a wealthy planter) and F. S. Smith, agent for A. W. Ellerbe of the County of Marengo State of Alabama. Printed explanation of special exemption on the verso for the "bacon tithe" (not subject to this tax if less than 250 lbs of net pork slaughtered). In part it states that an Act of Congress has been established "to pay taxes for the common defence (sic), and carry on the Government of the Confederate States." This one is fresh and in excellent condition. Research on Ellerbe shows he was a wealthy man much respected in his community, born in SC, died in AL and raised a large family. The Ellerbe family was large and their progeny became scattered over many Southern states. When the Civil War began they gave several sons to serve in the Confederate Cause. Five of the Ellerbe sons served in the war. The Slave Census of 1860 shows A. W. Ellerbe with 131 slaves. Confederate tax documents of any kind are rare.

$150.

Inv-
AK101
New
03-11-08

Confederate Election Ballot: For President - Jefferson Davis of Mississippi/For Vice President - Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia with 18 other nominees for the State at Large. Ballot signed on the back by John M. Floyd. A wonderful piece of Southern heritage/Americana in pristine condition. Could be a wonderful historic opening to an exhibit or collection.

$360.

Inv-5391

New
03-13-08
So(uthern). Express Co., Express Business, internal company cover to "James P. Hawkins, Esq., Messenger, So. Express Co., Staunton, Va.", with "Vital Importance" notation at top; cover reduced at top and wax seal on back flaps. Hawkins worked for Southern Express from at least 1862 to May 1865. General Orders No. 77 dated October 22, 1862, exempted Southern Express employees from conscription. He worked as an agent on the Virginia Central and the Orange & Alexandria railroads and wrote about his wartime work. His diaries, housed in Navarro College's Pearce Civil War Collection Hawkins' wartime express activity is available on historynet.com from a reprint of an article by Julie Holcomb in the May 2003 issue of America's Civil War
$300.

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5438
New
03-13-08
Staunton, Va., Sep 23, 1861, town postmark on cover to Lexington, Va. with matching "Paid" and "10" rate handstamps, addressee notations "charge box 172" and unusual but contemporary "Per Pony Express to Staunton", F.-V.F., ex-Baer (1920), Emerson, and Knapp, with 2007 C.S.A. certificate noting unable to determine origin of manuscript notation. More research needs to be done on this but it has top provenance and potential to be a major Confederate showpiece.
$1,200.

Inv-
5557
New
04-06-08
Printed Treasurer’s Receipt headed Auditor’s Office and dated 12th Nov 1861, received $4,000 of Daniel Lafever, Sheriff of Berkley County, signed E. S. Hewitt. There is a  Berkley County in both SC and WV and have been unable to determine which this is. Buy it and you can do the research.  
$40.

Inv-
5575
New
04-06-08
Confederate letter headed “Greenville June 25th” from Isabella M. Smith to “Cousin James” saying she and family are anxious about Mason (B. Smith) who had an attack of pneumonia as well as his wound and that the ball (bullet) had not yet been found. Smith was in the Co. D., 16th SC Infantry Regt. and wounded at Vicksburg. Prior owner family research included. Pringle/Smith families.
$110.

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5933
New
04-21-08

Adams Express Company, Great Eastern, Western & Southern Express Forwarders, New-York. blue oval handstamp on through-the-lines 3¢ Red Star Die entire to Athens Tenn., part strike of indistinct double cancel and grid cancel, slightly reduced at top, Fine 

$675.

Inv-
5932
New
04-26-08

Unused Adversity cover made from book fly leaf of Edinburgh (Encyclopedia) “conducted by David Brewster, L.L.D.F.R.S., with the assistance of gentlemen eminent in science and literature”, “The First American Edition” (1832), Extremely Fine

$45.

Inv-
6026
New
05-04-08

Slave carried envelope endorsed by sender "By Woodrow with Wagon and Dogs", “ Major John W. Brodnas Danville, Va.”,  fresh, Very Fine and Scarce.

$400.

Inv-
6027
New
05-04-08

Slave carried envelope endorsed by sender "By boy Grey", manuscript sender's notation on homemade cover to Tibbee Station, M&O (Mobile and Ohio) R.R., Miss., soldier's endorsement "W. H. Robertson, Co. E Col. Woods regt", Quite scarce and collectible

$400.