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186612424Boston: Published at the Office of "Littell's Living Age" 1866. Disbound. Abt VG soiling to outer leaves/lower corner missing affects the 'N' in 'Boston'. Ex-Lib with stamp on title page & pg 86. 86 pp. Illustrated with 4 plates & 1 plan. 8vo. <br/><br/>The prior owner no doubt a sympathizer with the Southern cause for he has lined through 'United States' in the title and written above "Yankee" as well as blanked out "Rebel" and substituted "Confederate". At the bottom where "Price Twenty Cents" appears to the right is written "worth 1/4¢". Published at the Office of "Littell's Living Age" unknown books
1863WRCAM31196Washington 1863. 2pp. on a single folded sheet. Torn and stained along fore-edge not affecting text. Good. In this general order Navy Secretary Gideon Welles sets forth the rules governing flags of truce. The order details the conditions for issuing and the methods of accepting a truce flag. It also discusses the issue of hospital protective flags. unknown books
1862262182Rockland Maine: Rockland Gazette 1862. Printed broadside in three columns. 13 x 9-1/4 in. Old folds else fine. Printed broadside in three columns. 13 x 9-1/4 in. Unrecorded Broadside. Broadside reporting events of the Civil War including the surrender of Fort Macon N.C. General Butler's advance on New Orleans and an unfounded report on the fall of Wilmington it would not be captured until 1865. The remainder of the broadside concerns gardening and farming matters. Attributed to the Rockland Maine Gazette based on the similarity to the type faces and layout of the 1861 Rockland Gazette broadside "Important News by Telegraph." There is also news here from Buckfield and Gorham Maine and news of Major Lothrop of Leeds Maine. Rockland Gazette] unknown books
186210012816mo original cloth with gilt title on top cover illustrated with 30 lithographic portraits 148 4 pp. Some wear at extremities top hinge somewhat weak but still holding one plate is loose normal aging some notes on endpapers; otherwise very good. Despite the fact that the title indicates volume one this was the only edition published. While most of the text relates to biographies of illustrated officers including a young Major General George B. McCellan there are two pages dedicated to presenting Union and Rebel victories in the early part of the war. L. Prang & Co. hardcover books
50497in a partly printed document 8 x 5 inches completed in manuscript and signed 31 December 1864 by D.W Dyer a captain in the New York Quartermaster's Office on behalf of Quartermaster General Van Vliet. Passage on the U.S. Transport Arago was to be provided for W.D.N. Barnard. Folded; small chip in lower edge small hole in margin but very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
186412510<p><b>CIVIL WAR.</b>Five partly-printed documents for the 102nd New York Regiment Companies D E and F dated between May 15 and September 30 1864. The forms list inventories and expenditures of ammunition and weapons used during the Atlanta Campaign. </p>May 15 ABSTRACT OF MATERIALS &c. expended or consumed in Company <i>F…</i><p>In action at <i>Resaca</i><i>500 </i>Elongated Ball Cartridges<i>…</i></p><p>July 16 Invoice of Ordnance and Ordinance Stores turned over by… <i>Co.</i><i>E…</i></p><p><i>40 Springfield rifled muskets Cal. 58 complete</i></p><p><i>2 Ball screws… 1310 rounds of cartridges Cal 574…</i></p><p>July 20 ABSTRACT OF MATERIALS &c. expended or consumed in Company <i>D…</i></p><p>In action at <i>Near Atlanta Ga</i> <i>400</i> Elongated Ball Cartridges caliber <i>58…</i></p><p>Sept. 30 ABSTRACT OF MATERIALS &c. expended or consumed in Company <i>E…</i></p><p><i>in Packet</i> <i>440</i> Elongated Ball Cartridges.</p><p>Sept. 30 QUARTERLY RETURN OF ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES…Co. E 102 Regiment…</p><p><b>Historical Background </b></p><p>The 102nd New York Regiment was part of the 3rd Brigade 20th Army Corps Army of the Cumberland which participated in the General William T. Sherman's Atlanta campaign. The Army of the Cumberland began the campaign in early May 1864 and units of the 20th Corps entered Atlanta for the first time on September 2. In mid-November the 20th Corps became part of the "Left Wing" in Sherman's "March to the Sea."</p> books
1861WRCAM47805Camp Chase Lowell Ma 1861. Broadsheet 21 x 30 3/4 inches. Old folds. Almost entirely separated at central horizontal fold chipping and wear along that fold with minor loss of text. Separation at several other folds. Light soiling and staining. Fair. Printed government-issue muster roll form listing 102 men enlisted in the Twelfth Maine Volunteer Regiment Company B during the Civil War. The roll gives name rank age where and when each man enrolled and mustered into the unit as well as any pertinent remarks: "Deserted at Portland Nov. 22 1861" "Transfer to Co. A Dec. 2 1861" "Discharged by Surgeon Dec. 18 1861." The roll was completed by Capt. George H. Chadwell the commanding officer of the company. unknown books
18652739421865. unbound. On the day the war ends a volunteer enlists in the Union Army and collects his $300 bounty! 1 page 6.75 x 8.5 inches -- a Statement of Recruitment whereby Freuter a New York City druggist age 30 is allowed to join the Union Army and receive his $300 bounty on the very day the war has ended April 10 1865. Also signed by the Mustering Officer Captain S. C. Wagner. Note: in the very last days of the war it was not uncommon for deceitful Mustering Officers to allow a bounty to be paid and then splitting the money with the Recruit. Very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
18652708091865. unbound. 1 page 8.75 x 8 inches signed "James W. Blake" -- a requisition for forage for two private horses March 31 1865 whereby major J. W. Blake 42nd Wisconsin Vol. Infantry requests "Seven Hundred & Fifty Two pounds of oats" and "Eight Hundred & Sixty Eight pounds of hay." Signed with rank and regiment; horizontal folds and one small stain but still in very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
186537449Philadelphia 1865. Elephant folio broadsheet printed in six columns on recto and on verso. 15-3/4" x 21-1/4." Engraving of Screaming Eagle with shield bearing scroll inscribed "Your Sons and your Money on your Country's Altar!" Blank lower margin chip. Very Good.<br/><br/> The words to twenty-one patriotic songs are printed on the recto beginning with "Hail Columbia" followed by "Yankee Doodle" "The Star Spangled Banner" "John Brown's Soul" "Johnny is Gone for a Soldier" and ending with "The Volunteer's Wife to her Husband." The Library Company's entry calls this item "Rare" although OCLC records other institutional holdings.<br/> The verso is titled "SEVEN THIRTY Facts and Figures!" It discusses the Nation's ability to pay the war debt. "The United States Can Carry a Bigger War Debt Than England." It accuses "a formidable body of men hostile to the Government and favorable to the Rebellion" of predicting "the ruin of the country by the weight of the debt." Patriots will purchase the Seven Thirty bonds but "Buying Gold Makes One a Rebel."<br/>Library Company of Philadelphia Record Number 000116607. unknown books
37080Oblong printed folio completed in manuscript. Old folds else Fine.<br/><br/> Willard Lincoln from the Town of China in Maine enlisted as a First Lieutenant in Co. H of the 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry in 1862. He was wounded on the second day of Gettysburg recovered and was promoted to Captain. When he signed this document Lincoln was "on detached service at Draft Rendezvous Portland Me." <br/> As a condition of payment Lincoln certifies that he "employed the private servants for which I charge for the whole of the time charged and that I did not during the term so charged or any part thereof keep or employ a soldier as a waiter or servant. unknown books
1861WRCAM16974Albany 1861. 56pp. Printed wrappers bit chipped covers detached good. Addresses by noted New York Democrats of the day including James S. Thayer Lyman Tremain Horatio Seymour and others. Positive remarks concerning southern brethren and biting invective for the Black Republicans. unknown books
1518100733<p> Small broadside about 6 x 8 1/2 printed on one side about ten partial lines of text including title Proclamation!. Minor toning slight creasing a little uneven small margin on the left side a couple of minor nicks; overall very good. While Kentucky may have been neutral at the start of the war after the Confederates invaded the state they turned toward the Union. This small broadside reminds people they needed to register with the "home guard." It also reminds people that failure to register will result in being disarmed. This order was passed under the threat of an impending invasion of Kentucky by General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee. The broadside is signed in print by Major P. G. Bracht. </p> Observer and Reporter Power Press Print books
189517788Washington 1895. Original printed wrappers some edge wear and staples. 15pp 12pp photo illustrations. Full-page map. Very Good. unknown books
18803009121880. Newspaper clippings maps and illustrations laid down on card stock and bordered in black ink others extracted complete plus some contemporary photographs engravings and other pictorial material. 31 vols. 4to & large 8vo. Half contemporary morocco and marbled boards spines & boards gilt t.e.g bookplate of C.B. Farwell to front pastedowns. Newspaper clippings maps and illustrations laid down on card stock and bordered in black ink others extracted complete plus some contemporary photographs engravings and other pictorial material. 31 vols. 4to & large 8vo. A remarkable collection of newspaper dispatches maps plans portraits and illustrated scenes of battles and views. The maps portraits and illustrations are drawn from a variety of published sources including The New York World but many are coloured or engraved and on heavier stock. This set provides an incredible overview of how the Civil War was not only reported but depicted in a multitude of media. <br/><br/>The bulk of the set consists of fourteen volumes of "Dispatches to the World Newspaper" spanning the period between January 1861 and June 1865. The New York World newspaper commenced publication in 1860 and was ongoing until 1931. It was a major organ for the Democratic Party and Joseph Pulitzer was its head from 1883-1911. In its first years however it was run by Manton Marble. In 1864 the paper was shut down for a short period having printed a document purportedly by Lincoln but obviously forged. <br/><br/>A third of the set is devoted to the Southern Rebellion. The ten volumes illustrating it are as follows: Plans maps and battlefields; Forts and batteries Military uniforms; Battle scenes and incidents; Emblems Arms and Endurance; portraits; war pictures many coloured patriotic covers by Charles Magnus a full page watercolour of greiving soldier2 vols; scenes and views 3 vols. The remainder of the set comprises: Portraits of Army Officers 3 vols; Portraits of US Representatives 2 vols; Portraits of US Senators; and Portraits of Distinguished Men.<br/><br/>The set was formerly owned and likely compiled for C.B. Farwell whose bookplate adorns the front pastedown of each volume. This would be Charles B. Farwell 1823-1903 the former US Senator and Member of the House of Representatives. Farwell was a Democrat and this is certainly the type of set that might be owned by a politician whose philanthropy extended into education. Furthermore the bookplate itself was printed in Chicago and Farwell was a representative for Illinois. He was a major benefactor of Lake Forest College. unknown books
29612CIVIL WAR REPORT OF GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL COMMISSION. Harrisburg: N.P. 1914. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. 162 pages. First edition. With over one hundred photographic plates of all the brass memorials erected Gettysburg to Pennsylvania regiments. Cover spotted a good copy only internally very good. unknown books
1863WRCAM15596Washington 1863. Three volumes. 756;512;659pp. Original blindstamped cloth spines gilt. Ex- lib. with bookplates. Slight fraying at corners and at head and toe of spines cloth separated along front hinge of first volume. Minor marginal dampstain in first volume but generally clean inside and good plus overall. Relevant clipping tipped in. The powerful Committee on the Conduct of the War was formed in December 1861. These volumes cover all of its proceedings through the spring of 1863. "A detailed report on the first battles in the East and indicative of the actions of the most meddlesome of congressional committees" - Nevins. Prints much important correspondence and eyewitness accounts of major battles of the war. NEVINS II p.116. hardcover books
1864WRCAM15152Washington D.C.: Daily Chronicle Print 1864. 16pp. printed in double-column format. Original printed wrappers. Wraps detached and bit chipped old fold. Internally quite good. Gives an account of the history of The Order of American Knights its organization officers numbers armed force rituals written principles purposes and operations and includes testimony by witnesses. This Copperhead group was accused of subverting the Northern war effort. Different in format but identical in content to the same title issued by the Government Printing Office in the same year. Daily Chronicle Print paperback books
1865WRCAM53477Athens Ga 1865. Broadside 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Minor edge wear some toning and spotting two small dark stains old folds. Overall good condition. An interesting broadside newspaper extra concerning the Union occupation of Athens Georgia at the end of the Civil War. The paper was printed nearly a month after the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered and ten days or so after Gen. Joseph Johnston surrendered to Sherman the Confederate forces active in the Carolinas Georgia and Florida. The first two columns include passages on "Teachings of the War" "Armistice" and "Good Advice." Each of these articles struggle to find meaning in the end of the recent conflagration providing an important glimpse into the minds of the Southern sympathizers. The third column begins: <br> <br> "New Arrival! The Federal forces under command of Brig. Genl. Palmer entered our place on the 4th inst. The conduct of the troops since their occupation of the town has been good and reflects great credit upon Genl. Palmer as a strict disciplinarian. We hope that our citizens will endeavor by kind and courteous treatment toward the soldiery to encourage a continuance of the protection which they seem willing to afford." <br> <br> The editors of the SOUTHERN WATCHMAN argue for peaceful acceptance of the Reconstructionist Union forces and mince no words in their harangue on other Southern newspapers calling for the continuation of the War: <br> <br> "Below we give extracts from the SALISBURY WATCHMAN and CAROLINA SPARTAN - two papers that have from the beginning of the war advocated the policy of fighting on until the last man and dollar were exhausted and by their vile traitorous and insidious words exerted a strong influence over the minds of the South and thousands of widows and orphans who are now suffering every privation and horror connected with the war can attribute them to the false and unscrupulous arguments set forth and spread out in these papers. It is an easy thing and one that requires but little valor or manly spirit to cry out 'War to the last!' when comfortably ensconced at home surrounded by every luxury and comfort that civil life affords and where no Yankee bullets can reach. Such has been the position of those who govern the Southern press who keeping their devoted carcasses at a respectable distance in the rear still cry out for more lives to sacrifice and more money to squander to enable them to secure a foundation for their weak and rotten Confederacy to stand upon." <br> <br> The paper then quotes a long passage from each of these other newspapers. The editors of the SALISBURY WATCHMAN call for armed resistance before reporting that they themselves are preparing to "leave you for some spot on earth where Yankees cannot come." The CAROLINA SPARTAN incites the people to lay their lives "on the altar of Southern independence" before insisting in the last sentence that "we advise our friends to refrain from hostilities." <br> <br> A rare broadside relating to the delicate psychological condition and tenuous state of feelings among groups of Southerners who have been forced to realize that the fight for the Confederacy is over and they have lost. unknown books
WRCAM55725Philadelphia: John Smith 1865. Lithograph 21 1/4 x 26 1/2 inches. Margins with surface rubbing and soiling. Four-inch closed tear in upper margin descending into the image two-and-one-half- inch closed tear in lower margin ascending into the image no paper loss in either case. Backed by later paper mending tears and a few small chips in edges of sheet. Very nice tone to the image. Good overall. Apparently a rare unrecorded proof of this lithograph commemorating the meeting between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9 1865 at which Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia and the Civil War essentially came to an end. This print is not only important as a proof giving evidence of how the image was reworked for final publication but also as part of a series of prints commemorating Lee's surrender that did so much to bolster the image of Grant as the "savior of the Union." "No single event of Ulysses S. Grant's life inspired more prints than the surrender he accepted at Appomattox." - Neely & Holzer. <br> <br> The present image bears the title SURRENDER OF GEN. LEE only with no publication copyright or artist information. In the image Grant and Lee meet in the open air before a large tree not indoors as was actually the case. Grant standing to the right holds the surrender terms in his right hand extended toward Lee. Lee one gloved hand on his hip and the other on the hilt of his sword stares steadily at Grant but makes no move toward the paper. Grant and Lee are each accompanied by a pair of aides who gaze at each other suspiciously. In the receding background thousands of troops are shown formed in long curving lines while a handful of officers ride horses. In the version of this print as finally published by John Smith of Philadelphia the positions of Grant Lee and their aides have been reversed and Lee extends his hand toward Grant ready to accept the terms of surrender. The configuration of the armies in the background has been modified and a prominent scar has been added to the trunk of the tree between the two leaders. In both this proof and the final version of the print Grant's uniform has been improved from what he actually wore - he still does not match the splendor of Lee but he is not shown wearing the uniform of a private with the straps of a Lieutenant General. "Here" as Neely & Holzer observe "the lithographer's notions of creating a picture for posterity do battle with widely reported truth." The title of the final version was modified to THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL LEE AND HIS ENTIRE ARMY TO LIEUT. GENERAL GRANT APRIL 9th 1865 Library of Congress control number 2015647830. NEELY & HOLZER UNION IMAGE pp.169 & 174. John Smith unknown books
186234184Ogdensburgh NY 1862. Narrow broadside 4-3/8" x 14-3/4". Old folds light dusting Very Good.<br/><br/> The Extra leads with a report from Washington on the battle at Culpeper Virginia on August 9 commonly known as the Battle of Cedar Mountain. The Confederates led by Stonewall Jackson repelled the advance of heavily outnumbered Union troops. "Many are mortally wounded in the arms and legs." Better results for the Union are reported from Hudson Missouri where Porter's Guerillas were routed. "The Confederates scattered in all directions. Some of the prisoners captured had taken the oath and given bonds." <br/> The Extra also reports the news doubtless unwelcome that the Secretary of War has ordered the draft of 300000 men about 60000 of whom will come from New York. Finally the Confederates are reported to have sought a truce in Culpeper in order to bury their dead. "With all their superiority of numbers they were too badly cut up to maintain their position. unknown books
1861WRCAM14340London 1861. 5-19pp. Dbd. minor indentation where folded else fine. Relates the arrests and confinement of prisoners at Forts Lafayette and Munroe during the early days of the Civil War without charges having been brought against the prisoners. unknown books
1865106235<p>Newspaper folio folded 4 pp. Some chips and folds at edges creasing at folds slight foxing less than normal aging; otherwise in very good condition. Much better than average paper from this period. This issue of The Chicago Times includes an article that starts on the front page about the capture of Savannah. Another front-page article covers Sherman's march through Georgia.</p> books
1862WRCAM46948Fredericksburg 1862. 4pp. Folio. Old folds. Tanned light wear and soiling several very small holes. Good plus. An anti-secession newspaper published in Confederate Virginia by Unionist James W. Hunnicutt. Hunnicutt published his paper until August 1862 when he fled Fredericksburg because of his Union sympathies. How he got away with it as long as he did is remarkable when one reads the contents. This issue includes a report on Rebel cruelty news of the continued fighting in Charleston updates on the activities of the Army of the Potomac and an interesting column outlining twelve ways in which those advocating secession lie just like the devil: <br> <br> "We have always known and ever maintained that the only security the South and Southern institutions had was contained in the provisions of the Federal Constitution. We indignantly spurn the base imputation and pronounce it an unmitigated secession falsehood. The traitors and enemies of the South are the Secession leaders of the South. Where are the men who fired up the Southern heart and precipitated this once glorious independent prosperous and happy country into the present terrible revolution.Abolitionism and secession combined to effect the overthrow of our government - the downfall of our country - Great God! What a fearful retribution awaits them in the awful future!" unknown books
281836San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks. paperback. fine. 30 Illus. Oblong 12mo pr. wrs. San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks n.d. circa 1997. Fine<br/><br/> Pomegranate Artbooks unknown books
