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COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL WAR WITH
THE FINEST ORIGINAL SOLDIER'S LETTERS AND ARTIFACTS
Charleston, South Carolina Items
Confederate Blockade Runner Bonds Blockade Running
Letters & Documents
S.C. Gov. Pickens Personal Copy of the Important Letter from CS War Dept.
Act "TO AUTHORIZE THE CERTIFICATES with ALS of CS Congressman Miles
OF STOCK TO PROVIDE FOR THE (Designed CS Flag) Re. Blockade
MILITARY DEFENSE OF THE STATE" Running in N.C. & S.C. in Relation
- Dec. 29th, 1860 to CS Government!
The CS Navy is Formed! Seceded State of S.C.
Sets up Government
Confederacy Orders Uniforms Arming the C.S.S. Nashville
from England
From the 1st Capitol of the U. S. Gunboat Port Royal
Confederacy - The Secretary Hand - Printed Broadside
of the Treasury -
Scarce Imprint Stationary
S.C. Palmetto Sharp Shooter The Famous Hampton
Letter: Pickets Talk to Enemy! Legion is Formed!
CS Troops in Charleston Cavalry Horses for Command
Get Equipped - Rare Stationary! of General Hampton
After Secession Anderson Moves to Famous Charleston Lawyer
Occupy Fort Sumter - Charleston W. F. Colcock Describes
Lawyer C. J. Colcock Appraises Charleston's Conditions in Jan/1862
the Situation
Autograph of CS Gen. Wm. H. Whiting 100th N.Y. Folly Island
Jefferson Davis Authorizes Him to Gives List of Fort Wagner
"Check Out" Charleston Harbor Prior Casualties!
to the Bombardment of Fort Sumter!
Palmetto Guard - P.P. Gaillard "Head Quarters Fort Moultrie
Seeks Permission to Join the Palmetto March 23rd, 1861" ALS from
Guard in Kershaw's Regt. in Va. CS Gen. R. S. Ripley
CS Secretary of War James A. Seddon ALS S.C. Gov. Pickens
Writes on Official War Dept. Stationary Re. Columbia Arsenal
Topic: BLOCKADE RUNNING!
Presentation Copy by Gen. Samuel Book Written by Abner Doubleday,
Wylie Crawford of His Book: The Reminiscences of Forts
Genesis of the Civil War: The Story Sumter & Moultrie in 1860-61
of Fort Sumter 1860-1861
War-Date Gen. Rufus Saxton ALS French Man-of-War Arrives
(MOH Winner) "I hope soon to in Charleston Harbor - Gives
hear of the capture of Charleston" Intelligence to the South!!!
Important Directive from Gov. Pickens After the Horrible Dec. 1861
S.C. Will Take Care of Herself First Charleston Fire, the State of Ga.
No Men to Leave the State! Sends Help - 2 Letters Gov. Brown
of Ga. & Gov. Pickens of S.C.!
Setting Up Early Artillery Defenses Shipping Arms from the Citadel in
Charleston October 1861 Charleston to the Arsenal in Columbia
N.B. Porter, President of the 18th S.C. - Describes Yankees
Senate Confirms Gen. Dunovant Pummeling Fort Sumter!
& Col. Riplet - Jan. 28, 1861
Wonderful Pair of Admiral Large Albumen Print of Admiral
John Dahlgren's CDV's John A. Dahlgren & Crew
Signed Admiral John Dahlgren Ladies Gunboat Broadside
CDV - "Off Charleston - 1865"
Admiral Dahlgren Sends Fort Miss. Offers Her Aid to
Sumter's Captured Guns Charleston Dec. 24, 1861!
& Ammunition North!
In Feb. '61 The "Spartan Riflemen" Admiral John Dahlgren Writes
Train on Sullivan's Island! Sister from Besieged Charleston
Addressed His WOunded Son Ulric!
March '61 Charleston "Ordinary's Col. of the 33rd S.C. Militia, Charles
Office" Estate Listing Slaves Alston, Jr. Writes on CS PATRIOTIC
STATIONARY - FURNISHING THE
"ALL SAINTS RIFLEMEN"!
Citadel Cadet Letter 1861 Charleston Letter & Cover - Talks
& Adversity Cover of Getting Supplies through the Blockade!
Important Letter by CS Congressman Payment for CS
Wm. Porcher Miles - WRITING SC GOV. Gunboat Chicora
BONHAM CLARIFIES GOVERNMENTS
ROLE IN BLOCKADE RUNNING & THE
CURRENT STATUS OF THE
CONFEDERACY!
Philadelphia Lady Talks Memminger Sells Slave
of S.C. Secession
Charleston, S.C. Under British Control War of 1812 - Ship Embargo in
Rev. War British Pass - Oct. 1782 Charleston, S.C. May 20th, 1812
Citadel Cadets Granted Permission by Gen. Beauregard Issues Orders in
S.C. Gov. to Go to VA. During Summer Charleston 12/2/62: Rutledge Mounted
Vacation to Train Raw CS Vols.! Riflemen: Negro Laborers on Sullivan's
Island, Palmetto Guards, etc.
State of S.C. "Captured" Commission Charleston ADVERSITY COVER -
The 149th N.Y. Have Some Fun Made from Title Page of Rare Book!
with an Official CS Form!
CS Tract "Anecdotes for Our Soldiers" Important Letter by Col. Aldrich
General Orders from Stonewall Jackson to Gov. Bonham Re. the State of S.C.'s
Thanking God for Victory - Evans & Cogwell, in Blockade Running & its use of the
Charleston, S.C. 1862 Blockade Runner Alice & Fannie of the
Bee Line Shipping Co. - Also Discusses
N.C.'s The Advance & Petersburg
CS Postal History: Green Wallpaper Advertising Cover: Hecker's Self-Rising
"Adversity" Cover - 22nd S.C. Buckwheat - Charleston, S.C. 1893
with .02 Cent Columbian Stamp
Quinby & Co. Stereoview - View Quinby & Co. Stereoview of
of Fort Sumter from the East "South Angle of Fort Sumter"
"Sea Island Company" Stock Certificate Appointing a S.C. Marine
Vignette of Slaves Picking Cotton
Signed by Alfred Ely!
Magnolia Cemetery (S.C.) Grouping: Arming & Equipping the S.C.
2 Photos & 1 Stock Certificate Troops - October 1861
Rare Charleston, S.C. Under the Control CS "German Light Artillery" -
of the British - Sept. 1st, 1780 - British Capt. Bachman, Hampton Legion
Major Issues Cannons & Shot HALF MOON BATTERY, CHARLESTON
for the Royal Artillery!
Union POW Genl.'s Letter to Spy Report: Reporting on the
Gen. Foster - THE CHARLESTON Status of Fort Sumter & Fort
"50/50" - HOSTAGES UNDER Moultrie Prior to Anderson's
FIRE FROM UNION VESSELS! "Exacuation" in Dec. 1860
An Amazing Letter Telling the Excitement Pre-Civil War Charleston Cover
in Washington, D.C. After the Secession of with "Ravenel & Co." Hand Stamp
S.C. - Written by Congressman M. W. Tappen
Amazing S.C. Letter Re. Secession Equipping the Beaufort, SC Artillery
Can you help us figure out the S.C.
town and who wrote it?
CDV - Humorous 6th S.C. Inf. - Camp at
"Bombarding Charleston" Germantown, Va. Aug. 14, 1861
S.C. Begins Its Honor Roll 1st S.C. Confederate New Testament
of Fallen Heroes Charles J. C. Hutson, Co. H
Charleston & S.C. Railroad Letter Re. 3rd S.C. Inf. - Fascinating Jan. '61
Regulations Imposed by S.C. State Gov. Describes Events in Independent
S.C. - With Laurens C.H., S.C. Cover!
Maj. James Hamilton March 28, 1800 Col. of the 33rd S.C. Militia, Charles
Writes about the Slave Trade - Alston, Jr. Writes on CS PATRIOTIC
His Famous Plantation was on STATIONARY - FURNISHING THE
St. Simons Island, Ga. "ALL SAINTS RIFLEMEN"!
17th S.C. Inf. - Writing from Beauregard Calls Out the Citadel Cadets
Sullivan's Is., Charleston, S.C. Letter from Cadet F. C. Furman
Writing from the Citadel April 15, 1864
Confederate CDV - 1st Sgt. Taken Rare "South Carolina Society"
at the Quinby & Co Studio, Membership Token - D.C. Levy, was
Charleston, S.C. Later in Co. D of Manigault's
Battalion of Light Arty.
1745 R.I. & Charles Town, S.C. - Order Given by Gen. Ripley
Privateering in Early America - SHIP Charleston July 23, 1863: Gen.
CAPTURED WITH 300 CHESTS OF DeSaussure S.C. Militia will Assume
MONEY ONBOARD! - Letter about Command of the Troops in the City
"Dividing the Spoils" - R.I. Privateer
Duke of Marlborough in Charles Town
Stereoview - Fort Sumter Two Stereoviews of Fort Sumter
"Taken After the Evacuation" Early Yellow Mounts Showing
Shelling Devastation
Ordnance Report Signed by CS Fort Sumter Dec. 16th, '64
Gen. R. S. Ripley "Mortar Battery No. 2 Actual Letter Regarding the Conduct
Sullivan's Island" - Ordnance Fired of CS Gen. R. S. Ripley at Fort Sumter!
Against Fort Sumter!