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COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL WAR WITH

THE FINEST ORIGINAL SOLDIER'S LETTERS AND ARTIFACTS
Confederate Items

                                      
   Confederate Blockade Runner Bonds                         Blockade Running 
                                                                                              Letters & Documents






                                                      
            The Most Famous Name at                              Fine Greensboro Parole
            Gettysburg: Gen. George E.
       Pickett - Beautiful Endorsement







                   
                                             
 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.






                                                               
       CS Lt. Col. Frank H. Langley's                              Ruggles ALS After Shiloh  
 Old First Virginia Colorful Broadside







                                                            
               The Famous Hampton                          S.C. Palmetto Sharp Shooter              
                    Legion is Formed                              
Letter: Pickets Talk to Enemy!






           
                                   
   Army of Northern Virginia Cav.
                               The Confederate Navy   
      Corps Stationary - Letter of                                               is Formed!
          CS Major Gen. Fitz Lee!






       
                                         
         CS Troops in Charleston                                     Seceded State of S.C.
   Get Equipped -Rare Stationary!                              Sets up Government

  





                                                              
       S.C. Begins Its Honor Roll                             Last Letter Home - William
                of Fallen Heroes                                               McNeill 26th N.C.







                
                                       
       From the 1st Capitol of the                         Arming the C.S.S. Nashville
     Confederacy - The Secretary 
                of the Treasury - 
       Scarce Imprint Stationary







                   
                                        
    Lt. Col. 25th N.C. Writes from                         Amazing 1911 CS Philatelic 
              Willington, N.C. on                                           Society Program
 
          CS Patriotic Stationary!







                                                        
          CS Political Fervor in                                        2nd Ark. CSA Battle
     Augusta, GA. - May 1st, '60                                of Stones River Letter!






                                               
      In Feb. '61 The "Spartan                Autograph of CS Gen. Wm. H. Whiting
          Riflemen" - Train on                       Jefferson Davis Authorizes Him to 
             Sullivan's Island!                      "Check Out" Charleston Harbor Prior  
                                                                     to the Bombardment of Fort Sumter!
  
 




                                                         
    18th Va. Inf. - Richard Ferguson              CSA Watermark Paper Sheet
        (Garnett's Div.) Captured in 
                       
    Pickett's Charge - Writes 7/15/63
               from Fort Delaware






            
                       
         38th AL. Inf. - Pvt. H. T. Holt                 "Head Quarters Fort Moultrie
   Describes Whipping & Branding of             March 23rd, 1861" ALS from
   a Deserter! Plus 38th AL. Chaplains                   CS Gen. R. S. Ripley
         Comments when Holt is KIA!






           
                          
       Palmetto Guard - P.P. Gaillard                       8th Alabama Cav. Letter  
Seeks Permission to Join the Palmetto       
      Guard in Kershaw's Regt. in Va.







                                                            
      55th N.C. - Capt. Alfred H. Belo                Payment for CS Gunboat Chicora              
     Letter - Wrote Famous Memoirs                                                  
                                                                                  





                               
           35th N.C. - Petersburg                                             38th Alabama 
  "Crater" Battle Letter:  The Grim                           Premonition of Death!
          Testing of Black Troops






              
                                
        French Man-of-War Arrives                           Appointing a S.C. Marine
       in Charleston Harbor - Gives 
         Intelligence to the South!!!






                                           
   51st Va. Inf, 2nd Brig. Wharton's          1st Va. Cav. - Written from New Market
   Div. - Great Battle Letter Fighting        Great Content Mentions Col. Pendleton!
             Sheridan in the Valley






       
                                                       
            French Forrest C.S.N.                              2nd Va. - Stonewall Brig. Surg.  

              Signed Navy Form                                   Describes Cedar Creek Deaths 






         
                          
     War-Date Letter from CS Gen.                       Immortal 600 Author J. Ogden
        Wade Hampton Shows His                     Murray (7th & 11th Va. Cav.) Writes 2
              Amazing Character!                        Important Fact Filled Letters to another 
                                                                       Immoral 600 Survivor Lt. Benson (23rd Ark.)
        


 




                    
                                                        
      12th Miss. Soldier Writes from                               Miss. Offers Her Aid to 
 Frederick, Md. - Captured Stationary               
    Charleston - Dec. 24, 1861!






       
                                             

        8th Ga./Hampton Legion Cav.              Francis H. Smith, V.M.I. Superintendent
          Our Best CS Patiotic/Letter                   Writes on Vignette Stationary Showing      
          Combination - REMEMBER           Institute & Recommends Student for U.S. Army 
        BARTOW  - Battle of Bull Run
         





              
                            
      Important Letter by CS Congressman                5th TX. Inf., HOOD's TX. BRIG.  
    Wm. Porcher Miles - WRITING SC GOV.       Patriotic Cover - Lt. Campbell Woods,
    BONHAM CLARIFIES GOVERNMENTS                           W.I.A. Gettysburg
    ROLE IN BLOCKADE RUNNING & THE
CURRENT STATUS OF THE CONFEDERACY!




 

          
                         
    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!






                         
                                                
     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






             
                                       
      Lucas Battalion of Artillery, Battery                Equipping the Beaufort, SC Artillery    
      Dill, James Island - Clothing Issued                   
               to CS Soldier from Ireland   
                          






                                             
    Charleston ADVERSITY COVER -                           14th Va. Inf. - Col. Hodges KIA
  Made from Title Page of Rare Book!                  Pickett's Charge - Capt. Logan Jr. KIA

                                                                                    Pickett's Charge - Both Sign Document!






                                                            
      Spy Report: Reporting on the                          38th AL. - Battle of Fort Morgan, AL. 
       Status of Fort Sumter & Fort                                                  Later KIA!
      Moultrie Prior to Anderson's 
        "Exacuation" in Dec. 1860
 






                                                  
     4th Alabama - Hood's Brigade                           Confederacy Orders Uniforms
        Chickamauga Battle Letter                                            from England
                                          






                                                                    
  Columbia June 7, 1861 - SC has                The Collector of the Port of Georgetown,
Seceded & Gov. Pickens Stops the               S.C. Imprisoned on Charge of Treason!
Work of Building the State House!           ALS by SC Gov. F. W. Pickens June 7, 61






                                                                  
 Great Hood's Texas Brig. War Date          One of Two Known Letters from Camp
      Letter Written by J. B. Polley,         Lawton near Millen, Ga. - Written by Prison
       Who Wrote the Regimental!
         Guard H. V. Harris, Co. F 2nd Ga. State Guard






                  
                                         
          CS "German Light Artillery" -                         7th S.C. Inf. - Pvt. John B. Allen 
     Capt. Bachman, Hampton Legion                     Describes the Battle of Manassas!
HALF MOON BATTERY, CHARLESTON






           
                                       
Important Letter: The Georgia Secession         7th N.C. - Fredericksburg Battle Letter
   Convention Described by Participant
  John F. Furman of S.C. - Jan. 17, 1861 - 
             They Succeeded the 19th!


 



                                                       
   14th Kentucky Inf. - Allatoona                         Autograph of CS Congressman
 Mountain, Ga. Great Descriptive                             John B. Clark - Missouri
                   Battle Letter






                                                    
          ALS S.C. Gov. Pickens                                      Most Beautiful Excavated  
         
Re. Columbia Arsenal                                                Georgia Buckle






                                     
13th VA. CS Chaplain J. Wm. Jones -        Important CS Slavery Related Broadside    
    Endorsement as Secretary of the            Aug. 30, 61 Regarding "Slaves Abducted      
 Southern Historical Society - Noted        or Harbored by the Enemy" - Crandall #50       
              Confederate Author






                                              
  10th Va. Inf. - Great ALS by Col.              2nd AL. Militia Surg. - Early (May 6, 61)
    Warren - Writing from "Camp                     Gainesville, AL. Letter - Vigilance 
 Fairfax Station, August 23, 1861"-        Committee Active - Black Suspected of Crime
       Wounded Chancellorsville, 
               K.I.A. Wilderness






                                            
28th Ga. - Peterbsurg/Port Walthall           "Kirkwood Rangers" - S.C. Holcombe
     Battle Letter - May 24th, 1864              Legion Cavalry - Nice October 1861 Letter 
                                                                      with Cover Describing Camp in Richmond, Va.






                                                     
      The Most Famous Name at                           CDV of CS Gen. James Simons
      Gettysburg: Gen. George E.
 Pickett - Beautiful Endorsement






                           
1st S.C. Confederate New Testament                1861 Series Confederate $20
       Charles J. C. Hutson, Co. H                        Bill Showing Frigate & Sailor 






                                               
  Charleston & S.C. Railroad Letter Re.        18th Va. Inf. - Most Famous Pickett's
Regulations Imposed by S.C. State Gov.        Div. Letter Describing Graphically
                                                                             the Battle of Bull Run - Written 4 Days
                                                                             after the Battle! - 8 Full Pgs - With Full 
                                                                                   I.D. Cover - Killed at Gettysburg





                                                                                    
                                                         
      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             Our Finest CS Broadside: SUTLER
      at the Quinby & Co Studio,                        OF EARLY'S DIVISION, W. P. 
                Charleston, S.C.                                 ELIASON - GOODS FOR SALE






                                             
 
Confederate Gen. Richard S. Ewell               "Compliments of N.B. Forrest
 Writes his Condolences on the Death                            Camp No. 3"
of One of His Former Personal Scouts
      who Died Fighting with Mosby!






    
                                
War-date "R. Semmes, Captain C. S.             Ordnance Report Signed by CS
    Navy" - Centered on a Full 7 x 9          Gen. R. S. Ripley "Mortar Battery No. 2
                  Autogtaph Page                            Sullivan's Island" - Ordnance Fired 
                                                                                         Against Fort Sumter!







                                     
18th Va. Inf. - Wonderful Description             Fort Sumter Dec. 16, 1864
     of the Battle of Fredericksburg,             Actual Letter Re. the Conduct of
    WITH COVER - Writer George A.        CS Gen. R. S. Ripley at Fort Sumter!
         Setzer K.I.A. GETTYSBURG