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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

Presentation Sword Carried at Gettysburg by Lieut. Edwin McEwen - 95th PA. “Gosline Zouaves” – His Name is on the Monument – This Sword has a Beautiful “Untouched” Patina

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!

116th Penn. Inf. “Irish” – Action at Bristoe Station – Great Escape Story… Chased by Rebels - New Price!

Rare & Colorful - Ellsworth Zouave Membership Certificate – Only a few known, a true museum piece!

Colorful Hawkin’s Zouaves (9th New York Volunteer Infantry) Hand Painted Certificate of Membership Signed by Col. Rush C. Hawkins & Medal of Honor Recipient Adolphe Libaire

Tremendous Ellsworth Related “Relics” from the Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia, where he was Killed

“Hit” Excavated Eagle Breastplate – This Soldier did not make it, as the bullet when through his body and then through the top left portion of the plate – From one of the oldest & finest collections in America, it has a Gettysburg association

58th Mass. Vols. – Charles Wesley Reynolds Writes his Last Will to his Mother in case he is Killed – AND HE WAS 6 MONTHS LATER! – Great Piece for Display!

Confederate General R. S. Ripley Certifies the Ordnance & Ordnance Stores Expended during his Command Firing on Fort Sumter

24th Virginia Infantry Private Joseph P. Jones Writes on Captured Union Stationery (16th Connecticut Vols.) that he Captured at Plymouth, N.C. – He would be killed 17 days later

Special Pass (Steamboat) Given at Plymouth, N.C. April 7th, 1864 by Command of Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessells… Just Before Wessells & his Command were Captured!

20th Anniversary Program from the “Sumter Club” – Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the “Re-raising of the Flag of our Union”

An Amazing Pair of Triple Border Civil War Infantry Colonel’s Straps Plus His Sword Knott

Stonewall’s Man, Sandie Pendleton Writes Home to his Mother During the Valley Campaign, April 1862 – Includes Excellent Postally Used

Important Union Broadside – “Head Quarters Army of Kentucky, Louisville Sept. 22, 1862” – “The Rebel hordes… are advancing to attack this city.”

War Time CDV of the Old Lighthouse on Morris Island Used as an Observation Post

Important Berdan Sharpshooter Related Letter Written by Union General J. H. Hobart Ward – Lt. Col. Trepp has been Killed & Needs to be Replaced

Signed CDV Elliott Malloy Norton, 6th Michigan Cavalry – Medal of Honor, Sailor’s Creek, Va., Captured Flag of 44th Tennessee Infantry

Signed on the Front CDV – James H. Kellogg, 6th Michigan Cavalry – Under Custer in the Gettysburg Campaign, was Wounded and Captured at Falling Waters, Md.

Great Example of Ohio’s “Squirrel Hunters Discharge” with the Seldom Seen Letter from Governor Tod that came with it

BOMBARDMENT OF SUMTER CONTINUES… Original “The Southern Telegraph Companies” Telegram Received at Columbia, S.C. & Sent by CS General G.T. Beauregard

War Time ALS from Confederate General Henry A. Wise Following the Battle of Roanoke Island, Va. in February 1862 – Writing to George Julian Pratt, one of his Captured Officers – WISE DESCRIBES THE BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS

Scarce CDV of Confederate General Francis S. Bartow, “The Hero of Manassas” – Quinby Backmark

Silver Two Piece I.D. Pin – Drummer, 21st New York Infantry – Lists 8 Battles!

1st Mass. Cavalry – Calvin Rice, Company G Writes from Edisto Island on May 10th, 1862 – A very interesting letter mentioning treatment of Blacks – Be sure to read!

Letter from 45th Illinois Infantry Soldier Daniel Baker Written on Scarce Patriotic Stationery “Sinking of the Pirate Alabama”

Matching Patriotic Stationery & Letter Sheet – “Stand by the Flag” – From Musician in the 5th New Hampshire Infantry (This regiment had greatest loss of numbers in Civil War)

22nd New York Soldier’s Letter with Accompanying Cute Drawing of “Picket Life in Virginia”

An Important Directive from General Grant Following the Assassination of President Lincoln – Dated April 16th, 1865, The Order is Given to Stop all Violence & Destruction in the City of Petersburg, “Principally by Black and White Cavalry”

Great Example of a Confederate Impressment Notice – South Carolina November 18th, 1864

Civil War Soldiers Valentine with Envelope – Charles H. Lane 127th New York Infantry

58th Pa. – Head Quarters Dept. of Virginia, Seventh Army Corps, Fort Monroe, Va.

Letter from William H. Leslie, Company B 11th Massachusetts Infantry “Camp near Budd’s Ferry, March 21st, 1862” – “We have a lot of Blacks here and we amuse ourselves by setting them to butting their heads together. They butt like two rams”

Touching Song Sheet “Dear Mother, I’ve Come Home to Die”

Johnson’s Island Related Pair: Col. I. G. W. Steedman MD at the Prison & Capt. W. A. Wash, who Wrote a Book about His Experiences on Johnson’s Island

Beautiful Little Rock, Arkansas U. C. V. Patriotic Letter Sheet & Envelope

Nice Celluloid UCV Augusta, Ga. November 1903 Pin – Has 3 Beautiful Confederate Flags at its Center

War Date Stereoview by Gardener of The Dead at Spotsylvania Court House

Written from Confederate Prison in Tyler, Texas! William G. Braznell, a Brooklyn member of the 84th & 5th Veteran New York Infantry Writes Home to his Wife

Letter from Charleston, S.C. March 4th 1861 – Written on Rare “Republic of South Carolina” Stationery

Morning Report from Johnson’s Island POW Prison in Lake Erie – December 27th, 1864

CDV Captain Horace G. White 94th New York Infantry Wounded & Taken Prisoner July 1st, 1863 at Gettysburg, then sent to Libby Prison – Signed in Ink

Stunning Army of Northern Virginia “Reception and Banquet” Program – Louisiana Division, New Orleans, February 1891 – I.D. to E. St. Martin of the 8th Louisiana Regiment – (Check out the menu and the beautiful Confederate flag)

3 Items from the Confederate Veterans’ Reunion in Charleston, S.C., May 1899

Writing From Embattled Winchester, Va. Dec. 29th, 1862, Joseph W. Brownlee Co. C 22nd PA. Cav. writes home on the leaf of an old blank book made in 1786!

56th New York Infantry Letter by William H. Laurence Written on Beautiful Patriotic Stationery – “We have two balloons here and they have been up most day. They can see all over Richmond, and they can see the Rebels and see what they are doing.” – “The field was almost covered with dead Rebels and wounded ones the next day after the fight. There was big holes dug and then our men would drag them by the heals and throw them in.”

Beautiful Little Sharps Four Barrel Pistol with 99% Blue on the Barrel!

California Gold Rush Letter – San Francisco January 14th, 1850 – Living Conditions, Religion, Gambling, Murder, Suicide, and “the spoils I may rob from our mother Earth.” – He also wondered about the whereabouts of a party from New York City, led by Artist John W. Audubon, Traveling Overland to California

Confederate Naval Department Letter Secretary of the Navy S. R. Mallory Sends Authorization to the Commander of the CSS Tallahassee, John Taylor Wood to Extend Credit to James D. Bulloch CSN, Liverpool - WRITTEN JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE SHIPS LAUNCH ON AUGUST 4th… AND THE START OF AN AMAZING ADVENTURE (Be sure to read the story)

Confederate Railroad Voucher to Transport the Carolina Light Infantry - Charlotte & S.C. Railroad - August 27th, 1861

CHASING THE CSS FLORIDA – She is spotted in Havana, Cuba – Robert W. Shufelt, U. S. Consul General Writes to U. S. N. Commander T. H. Stevens – January 25th, 1863

Great Brady/Anthony CDV of General A. E. Burnside – Led Army of the Potomac & 9th Corps

First Lieut. Edward Charles Parker, Company E 94th New York Infantry – POW Gettysburg (Sent Home Famous Letter from Libby in a Button!) – A Long 16 Page Letter in Ink from “Opposite Fredericksburg, Va. May 18th, 1862” – With Wonderful Descriptions, Suitable for a Magazine Article

Excavated in Downtown Charleston, S.C. a Button that we have never seen before: “THE NEW CHARLESTON HOTEL CO.” - At the Center, the Charleston City Seal

Excavated U.S. Oval Belt Plate – Gold Plated with 85% Gilt Still Remaining (Read below for our wishful hypothesis

Rare Indian War Custer Autograph – Fort Hays, Kansas April 29th, 1867

One of the Most Famous Passes from the Army of the Potomac "Head Quarters Military Department of Washington, June 23rd, 1861"... With an Enormous Ink Signature of DRAKE DE KAY, Aide de Camp to General Mansfield

For the 6th Army Corps Collector – 28th Michigan Private Charles L. Cummings 48 Page Booklet “THE GREAT WAR RELIC”… A Description of the 6th Army Corps Campaign of 1863

WWII – Jack Benny & USO Tour Signed Bank Note… Or “Short Snorter”

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