1861 Confederate States Navy Department appointment signed by CSA Navy Secretary Stephen Mallory and Commander and future Admiral Raphael Semmes, to midshipman and future First Lieutenant Richard Fielder Armstrong. In this partly printed letter on lined paper, dated Montgomery, Alabama, April 17th 1861, Mallory directs Armstrong to proceed to New Orleans and report to Commander Raphael Semmes […]

CDV and 3 ephemera items related to Civil War CSA soldier Adam Tooley Moore (B. North Carolina, 1825- d. Marion, Alabama, 1888, served 28th Alabama Infantry CSA). Includes Special Order dated Jan. 7, 1865, signed by R.W. Mayrant, dated Headquarters Lee’s Camp, stating “A T Moore, clerk, will proceed without delay to Columbus Ms in obedience to the […]

Confederate General Alexander P. Stewart (1821-1908) ALS to the sister of Captain William Henry Tabb, dated July 2, 1862, in response to her letter begging him to intervene for his release from Johnson’s Island Prison. Tabb and many soldiers in his regiment, the 14th Mississippi Infantry, were captured at the Battle of Fort Donelson. Stewart had […]

A grouping of 8 pieces of Civil War era / late 19th century clothing, including one shirt labeled in period script with the name of William Henry Tabb (1837-1864), Captain,14th Mississippi Regt., CSA (killed in action). The grouping includes 3 men’s white fine linen or cotton shirts, 2 men’s white cotton waistcoats or vests and 1 men’s brown silk […]

Autograph Album with pasted in Broadside and other ephemera related to CSA Capt. William H. Tabb, 14th Mississippi Co. G, Agency Rifles (b. 1837, killed in battle outside Atlanta, 1864). The album’s signature collection was begun in 1860 as Tabb’s Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN memory book and includes autographs of about 20 of his classmates […]

Civil War era canteen belonging to Private Thomas Tabb Jr., CSA, 14th Mississippi (1840-1861), and 3 related letters. Tabb was a native of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, the son of Rev. Thomas Tabb and Mary Jones Tabb. He enlisted in a regiment co-organized by his older and only brother, William Henry Tabb (who would go on to become […]

1861 Civil War Ambrotype photograph depicting a Union soldier standing with his shotgun leaning at his side; his Kepi and frock coat have been highlighted in gilt and light blue. Interior of case reads “HP Dow Plattsburgh NY 1861” in handwritten pencil. Housed under a scalloped, arched decorative gilt mat enclosed in a leather union case. 4 in H […]

Two (2) Sixth-size color-highlighted Tintype photographs of Civil War Union soldiers. 1st Item: Seated Union soldier with Hardee hat pinned on one side, hands crossed, and revolver tucked into his belt. Highlighted in gold are his hat’s infantry bugle and Company C designation, belt buckle, buttons, cuff links, shoulder scales, and breastplate.  Housed in wood/gutta percha union case. 2nd Item: […]