[Nashville: 1861]. Small broadside, approximately 11 x 7.25 inches. Creased along lower edge; ink burn causing a dime-size paper loss at upper right, slightly affecting border, plus a few additional stray ink marks. Later, faint pencil annotations on blank verso. Moderate tanning and dust soiling. A scarce Confederate carrier's address..... More
New Berne, N.C. 1864. Twenty printed general orders, totaling [24]pp. Original plain or lined paper single or folded sheets. Minor overall wear, some dust-soiling, especially to final order. A collection of twenty Union general orders issued in North Carolina during the penultimate year of the Civil War. The orders run..... More
![Item #6361 [Autograph Letter, Signed, from a Soldier to Miss Lizzie Frazee Back Home]. Civil War,...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6361.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774285384)
Brownsville, Al. April 20, 1864. [4]pp. Quarto. Old folds, light wear and soiling. In a legible hand. With original envelope. A letter written by a Union soldier stationed in Alabama to a friend back home in Missouri. Signed only as "Jo", the letter is quite familiar and written to Elizabeth..... More
West Point, Ga. May 13, 1865. Partially-printed document, completed in manuscript, docketed on verso. Old folds, minor loss at one crossfold, some archival reinforcements along fold lines, minor creasing and edge wear. A late Oath of Allegiance sworn by Private William M. Lewis, Company F of the 8th Confederate Texas..... More
[Various locations: 1861-1865]. Forty letters, approximately [96]pp. Many with original envelopes. Light wear and soiling, old folds. In a legible hand. Together with twelve additional family letters and two military commissions. A wonderful archive of correspondence written home from the Confederate lines by William Henry Tabb of the 14th Mississippi..... More
![Item #5112 [Manuscript Amnesty Oath from Mississippi Following the Civil War]. Civil War,...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB5112.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722282327)
Tishomingo County, Ms. November 3, 1865. [1]p. of manuscript on a folio sheet. Old folds, minor wear and soiling. A manuscript true copy of a loyalty oath taken by Thomas B. Kerr of Tishomingo County, Mississippi following the end of the Civil War. The oath itself reads: "I do solemnly..... More
Fort Kearny, Ne. October 28, 1862. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet of lined paper. Light wear and toning, old folds. An interesting manuscript letter written by Dr. George Lorin Miller (1839-1920), a leading Nebraska pioneer and instrumental figure in establishing Fort Kearny. Miller also served as the fort's sutler..... More
![Item #5113 [Texas Amnesty Oath Taken by Johann Mergenthal Following the End of the Civil War]....](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB5113.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722282327)
New Braunfels, Tx. October 28, 1865. Partially-printed document, completed in manuscript, 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Top third neatly detached along horizontal fold line, old folds, with minor losses along fold lines, not affecting text, minor edge wear. A rare loyalty oath from postwar Texas, affirming that Johann Mergenthal of Comal..... More
Washington DC: 1867. [8],411,[1],[1]pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and brown pebbled cloth, leather label on front cover stamped in gilt. Spine mostly perished, with three portions of original spine (which include the gilt-stamped spine titles) re-attached with cello tape. Corners worn, mild rubbing. Both boards also holding by cello tape. Internally..... More
[San Antonio]: February 2, 1861. Broadside on silk, 19.5 x 14 inches. Expertly cleaned and restored. Previously folded, with some creasing still visible. Moderate staining and a few small holes and separations aided by conservation. Scattered contemporary manuscript notations. An exceptionally rare Texas secession broadside, executed on silk satin in San Antonio in..... More