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US06.jpg (100682 bytes) (General) George Day Wagner.   1862 dated General Order putting his troops on half rations except for fresh beef “of which a full ration will be issued.”  At the time this was written, Wagner was colonel of the 15th Indiana Infantry, then part of the 21st Brigade in the Army of Ohio and Cumberland.  The regiment was engaged in the pursuit of the enemy after the battle of Rich mountain in Virginia.  Wagner was promoted to brigadier general three months later.   $ SOLD
US08_20thPaCav.jpg (87636 bytes) 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Dec. 21, 1864 dated communiqué relating to a wagon train and grain for the 20th's horses. $ SOLD
US18.jpg (381644 bytes) 65th Illinois. Payroll account of Lt. John R. Floyd and his black servant Dock Morrill.  Dated May of 1864.  He resigned on 9/16/1864 after over 30 months of service. $ SOLD

CONFEDERATE DOCUMENTS
CS09_Sowell.jpg (20855 bytes) Confederate Fort Warren POW Autograph.  Lt. Colonel William J. Sowell, 48th Tennessee.  Captured at Fort Donelson. $ 25
CS10_Hayes.jpg (32407 bytes) Confederate Fort Warren POW Autograph.  Major Samuel K. Hayes, quartermaster, Second Kentucky.  Captured at Fort Donelson. $ HOLD
CS12_Turner.jpg (20831 bytes) Confederate Fort Warren POW Autograph.  Major James Jones Turner, 30th Tennessee.  Captured at Fort Donelson. $ 25
sb2_023Dispatch.jpg (29140 bytes) Dispatch Cover.  Addressed simply to "Bunker Hill, Berkeley Co. Va Oct. 7th 1862".  At this time, the Confederate army was in the Shenandoah and watching McClellan who was still in Sharpsburg.  There is no recipient's name, apparently a protocol used in keeping the whereabouts of units secret should the note be intercepted.  $ 40
sb2_023Dispatch2.jpg (33436 bytes) Seven Pines/Seven Days Dispatch Cover.  Double addressed for delivery first "Near Richmond, May 20th 1862" then above to "Chickahominy River, June 16th 1862".  These dates were just prior to the above mentioned battles.  There is no recipient's name, apparently a protocol used in keeping the whereabouts of units secret should the note be intercepted. $ SOLD
sb2_015.jpg (69538 bytes) Mississippi, 1861.  Four boxes of Army Stores are sent to Capt. Ed Bales.  The Sataria Rifles became a company in the 12th Mississippi, Army of Northern Virginia and fought from Williamsburg to Appomattox. $ 50
sb2_016b.jpg (44282 bytes) Mississippi, 1861:Flintlocks to the Home Guards.  Early war shipment to Grenada Mississippi.  Note on the reverse states "Flintlock". $ 50
sb2_017.jpg (129030 bytes) Mississippi Artillery, 1861. Capt. Melancthon Smith receives Army Stores from Samuel G. French at Union City Tennessee when it was still called the Mississippi Army.  Smith went on to be William Hardee's chief of artillery. $ 50
sb2_022Pass.jpg (238048 bytes) Confederate Imprint Pass.  Rare imprint. $ SOLD
telegram.jpg (100431 bytes) Beauregard signed telegram, POW content.  Charleston, 1862 received from General Winder, superintendent of Confederate prisons.  Bears General Beauregard's initials in lower left.  $

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CoverStephens.jpg (35367 bytes) Patriotic Cover to Alexander Stephens.  Original envelope addressed to the Vice President while in Crawfordville, Georgia "In Haste".  2 1/2 X 4 3/4".  Guaranteed original. $ SOLD