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My Dealer/Collector Friends,

After leaving the Marietta Civil War Show on Sunday, August 13th, 2017 while parked in a parking lot off of Cobb Parkway, my car was broken into. Here is a list of the items stolen: FOR LIST CLICK HERE. Any assistance you can give in keeping an eye out for these items, I sure would appreciate it and please pass this along to your friends.

God bless and thank you,

Cal Packard
Cal@MQAmericana.com

Survivor of Southern Military Prisons 1861-1865 – High Quality Medal Showing Prisoner being Attacked by Guard Dogs - 3 Bars with the Names of the Prisons are Attached: Andersonville, Ga. 1864, Libby, Va. 1864, Florence, S.C. 1864

Confederate General Thomas Jordan Writes from “Head Quarters, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac, Fairfax Court-House October 14th, 1861”

Letter Headed “Southern Confederated States, Charleston, S.C. 15th Feby. 1861” – With a Palmetto Flag in the Left Corner – With Cover having “Henry Cobia & Co.” Imprint (Became Blockade Runners)

16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Private Harvey Thompson Sends Home “A postage stamp that I took from the pocket of a dead rebel that you may see how they look”

Confederate Soldiers Letter – The 10th Alabama at the Battle of Manassas – Written on Confederate Flag Stationery with Original Cover

2nd New Jersey Infantry Letter – Stationed in Washington D.C. May 9th, 1861 – Written on Amazing Patriotic Stationery Showing the US Capitol – Read His Description of the White House & the Treatment of Blacks!

Graphic Chaplain’s Letter, Shiloh Campaign, 18th Missouri Infantry – “I saw the side of a dead mules face with one eye popping out…another similar mound, out of which the hind leg of a horse.” – “The rebels piled up six of their dead… the ground is covered with putrescent which flows from their decaying bodies, and the big green flies have deposit their eggs which soon became maggots.”

MAGNIFICENT HALF PLATE TINTYPE OF CONFEDERATE MAJOR IN FULL UNIFORM WEARING PLUMMED HAT WITH STAR ON IT… POSSIBLY TEXAS!

Excavated Civil War Silver Corps Badge from the Famous Vermont Brigade – William Howard, Co. H, 5th Vermont Infantry – Wounded Twice, in the Wilderness & at Petersburg

Cover Addressed by Gen. G. A. Custer, Fort Lincoln, Dakota

Pair of Civil War Infantry Major Shoulder Straps - Excellent!

Excellent Example Assigning a “Countersign” – On Official 6th Army Corps Stationery – Inexpensive & Very Cool

Colorful Confederate Sheet Music “Never Surrender Quick Step” – “Composed and Dedicated to the Glorious Defenders of Vicksburg” – Published by Blackmar & Bro, Augusta, Ga. 1863

Inexpensive Civil War Naval CDV – Rear Admiral Silas H. Stringham – Saw Active Duty in 4 Wars! Commanded the Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Photograph of the Charleston Waterfront House where High Ranking Union Officers were held to Deter Shelling the City by Union Vessels

CDV Showing the Ruins of the Circular Congregational Church on Meeting Street in Charleston, S.C. after the Great Fire Early in the Civil War

A Non-Excavated Large Size Confederate Cavalry “C” Button with Beautiful Uncleaned, 95% Gold

CDV Signed on the Front – Charles E. Rand, Captain 1st Massachusetts Infantry – He was Killed May 2nd, 1863 at Chancellorsville

U.S. Navy Officer William Shubrick Writes from the Mills House Hotel in Charleston, S.C. December 30th, 1860 – WHAT HE SAYS IS QUITE AMAZING!

Cabinet Card of St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, S.C. – Confederate Observation Post was in its Steeple

Currier & Ives Print “Home from the War” Showing Union Soldier Embracing his Wife with their Child running to his side 1862

The Medical Officer Serving with Col. Anderson in Fort Sumter, Samuel W. Crawford (later General at Gettysburg) Writes to New York concerning mail that he has not received

Confederate Cover Charleston April 1st, 1863 – 25th South Carolina Volunteers

CDV Capt. Edwin A. Tuthill 104th N.Y. Vols. – Captured at Gettysburg

35th Pa. Infantry Battle Letter Written by William D. Dixon Future Colonel & Brevet Brig-General – GREAT ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF DRANESVILLE, VA.

A Circuit Preacher who Regularly Preaches to the Warren Rifleman Asks General Beauregard for a “Passport” for the Manassas Gap Railroad – BEAUREGARD WRITES A NOTE ON THE REVERSE!

Relics from Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory - Indian Wars, Custer, etc.

Signed on the Front CDV of Union General Samuel W. Crawford – At Gettysburg Crawford Seized the Colors & Drove the Confederates out of “the Valley of Death” Beside Little Round Top

U.S. Navy Engineer Haviland Barstow Writes Home after the Battle of Mobile Bay – “The Invincible Brooklyn” August 6th, 1864 – THE FINEST, MOST DISCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT WE HAVE SEEN OF THIS MOST FAMOUS NAVAL BATTLE – Includes a Piece of Flag from the CSS Tennessee!

An Indian War Cavalry Colonel’s Straps, Belt Plate & Buttons – A Beautiful Display

Rare Indian War U.S. Army Cavalry Tactics Manual

An Amazing Group of “Excavated” Civil War Dominos from Fredericksburg!

The Finest 1874 Patent Dyer Cartridge Box We Have Ever Seen

Shipwreck Treasure Coin from the Spanish Vessel “El Cazador” – Best Example from Our Collection

17th South Carolina Volunteers - Starting the Cadet Riflemen Company by Capt. William S. Elliott, June 18th, 1860 Charleston, S.C.

“Photographed by Haas & Peale, Morris Island” – Battery Reno – “Two 100 pounders, and one 8 – inch Parrot Rifle, Breaching battery against Sumter”

Documented Relics From the Fall of Richmond & Appomattox Court House – Lt. Col. A. B. Laurence Certifies “A piece of the Confederate flag that flew over the Rebel Capitol” & “Confederate Note of the... Army of Virginia by Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865”!!!

Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Ohio Soldier Wearing the Sharpest & Clearest OVM Buckle We have Seen!

OVM Buckle & Breastplate – As a Pair or Individually

6th U.S. Cavalry Indian War Discharge & Photo – John R. Brown – Signed By Col. E. A. Carr – On Reverse: “Campaign Against The Sioux in 1890 & 91 – Discharge is Dated January 22nd, 1892 at Fort Niobrara, Neb.

Relics from the Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory - Indian Wars, Custer, etc.

America’s Civil War Magazine in its Latest Issue Pictures “12 Unsung Heroes of Gettysburg”… and Lt. Col. Elijah V. White of the 35th Virginia Cavalry was one of these Greats – Offered is a Rare Soldiers Letter from One of His Men – “Hd qrts, White’s Cavalry Camp Near Paris, Oct 12th 1863”

3 Months Prior to Gettysburg, Genl. Sickles Receives Notification that he is been made Major General! – ALS with War Department Envelope from Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton

Grouping of 3 Excavated “Flower” Buttons – Each with 90% Gold

Scarce Gutta-percha Ambro Case – Sixth Plate with New Orleans $10 Facsimile Gold Coin on Both Front & Back

Andersonville Survivors’ Association Certificate of Membership – John Pelton, 2nd Regt. Maryland Infantry – Signed by Felix La Baume (Great Story)

Excavated “War of 1861” Eagle Style Civil War I.D. Disc or “Dog Tag” – Walter C. Timm, Co. I, 31st New York Infantry – Wounded at Fredericksburg where this I.D. was found!

Civil War Non-Excavated I.D. Disc or “Dog Tag” from the Famous “Scott’s 900 Cavalry” (11th New York Cavalry) – Milton W. Paine, FARRIER – And so marked on I.D.!

1837 Charleston Slave Tag – Occupation: Porter – In Rare “Extremely Fine” Condition

Excavated “Gem” Civil War Navy Button Found Near Hopewell, Va.

John H. Reagan, Post Master General of the Confederate States of America, Writes Gen. J. H. Winder for a Pass for Hon. G. W. Moore of Texas – His 2 Sons are in Hood’s 1st Texas Regiment – WRITTEN ON BEAUTIFUL CONFEDERATE STATES STATIONERY!

22nd New York Infantry – Francis Aubin, An Amazing Artist Writes On Great Magnus Patriotic Stationery with Patriotic Envelope, A Letter to His Sister with Some of His Original Artwork – He Would Die 8 Months Later at South Mountain

Signed on the Front CDV – Captain Charles E. Rand, 1st Mass. Infantry – An Amazingly Hard-Fought Regiment – Killed on 5/2/63 at Chancellorsville

24th Mass. Infantry Band – An Amazing Pen & Ink “Order of Performances, by the 24th Club, Tuesday Evening, Feb. 9th, 1864” – Some of the Finest, Intricate Hand-Drawn Civil War Images We Have Ever Seen

“I will send you a piece of the Rebel Flag which floated from the cupola of the City Hall when we entered Atlanta. It had thirteen stars and red and white bars.” – Union Soldier’s Letter Headed “Camp 2nd Mass. Vol. Inft., City Hall, Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 13th, 1864”!!!

Used Confederate Patriotic Letter Sheet Showing a “T” for Tennessee Becoming the 11th Confederate State – Letter Written By 14th Mississippi Infantry Soldier Thomas Dees, Union City, Tennessee

2nd U.S. Cav. - M.O.H. Recipient Capt. Theophilus Francis Rodenbough Writes of his Capture at Centerville - “The bullets flew around our heads thick as hail”! - New Price!

Important War Date ALS of Union General George H. Gordon Regarding THE SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE FIGHT FOR CHARLESTON'S FORT SUMTER AND THE USE OF COLORED TROOPS! - Folly Island, S.C. May 26th, 1864 - New Price!

7th Connecticut Infantry - The Best Battle of Secessionville Letter We Have Read! - New Price!

52nd Pennsylvania Infantry – Lt. John W. Gilchrist Writes His Former Colonel Henry M. Hoyt about the Attack on Fort Sumter. It was the 52nd PA. that was the 1st Regiment into Fort Sumter

Interesting Button Excavated in Fredericksburg – An English Import

Rare Pair of CDV’s – Full Standing from Life of Col. E. E. Ellsworth & One of the Marshall House Hotel in Alexandria, Va. where he was Killed

Excavated Confederate South Carolina Waist Belt Plate - Circular Featuring Palmetto Tree – Dug in Fredericksburg (Kerksis #406)

Offered is an Amazing Listing of all the Charleston Companies that were Formed Following Secession, December 1860

CDV Photograph of Sgt. Major William Ford McKewn 1st Palmetto Sharp Shooters – Pictured in Cadets in Gray – Fired on the Ship Star of the West – Later Killed at Fredericksburg

An Amazing Broadside: 1863 “Johnson’s New Chart of National Emblems” – You’ve Got to See What They Include!

Confederate General G. T. Beauregard Presents the First Confederate Battle Flags to Regiments at Centreville, November 26th, 1861

From Our Johnson’s Island Collection: An Original Broadside for a Concert put on by the “Island Minstrels” to Benefit the Prisoners