Regulations for the Recruiting Service of the Army of the United States by War Department, Office of Adj General - 1862: For Regular and Volunteer

Unlisted Publisher, 1861. Map. Very Good. Map size - 7.75"x9". Leaf size - 9"x10.5". Clean with some folds; probably from a book. Very short closed tear at right margin; small piece of tape on reverse. Uncommon Civil War map showing the Battle of Port Royal. Publisher unknown, but probably contemporary. The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861. The sound was guarded by two forts on opposite sides of the entrance, Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island to the south and Fort Beauregard on Phillip's Island to the north.

Woodstown, NJ: Monitor-Register Print, 1903. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good. 333pp; frontispiece portrait, 20 plates from photographs and sketches. Edges of boards rubbed. 7.75" x 5.25" Borton served with the 24th New Jersey volunteers. This book centers on the Fredericksburg campaign [Nevins, Civil War Books, I:61]. Sketch of service with the 9th New Jersey Infantry [Nicholson, 92].

Star Publishing Co., 1894. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Poor. Star Publishing Co., 1894. First edition thus. Poor. Volume I has detatched cover and spine cover is in pieces. Volume II covers are barely attached to the bindings. Contents of both volumes are present with some loose pages.

[Civil War] Ten Clipped Civil War Covers Featuring Pro-Union and Anti-Confederate Images. [No publication information] [Circa 1861-1865] Each clipped portion of a civil war cover (envelope) is approximately 8 x14 cm. Some age toning and light stains. Colors are vibrant. They do not appear to have been mailed. Very good.
Although done by private companies, these patriotic envelopes served as propaganda for the Union and were purchased by those on the home front to send to their loved ones serving in the war or by those serving in the war. These feature various images including American flags. Cannon. Dogs and Cats among others. Would make a great display.

[Texas] [Civil War] S. H. Darcy. Autograph letter, signed. La Grange, Texas. June 4, 1863. To Mrs. Jones. One page. 8 x 10.5 in. Black ink on blue paper. Approximately 250 words.
La Grange, Texas, the county seat of Fayette County, was untouched by fighting during the Civil War. This letter gives an interesting view of the home front in 1863. A long discussion on getting a quantity of sugar, which would have been scarce and which "cost me by the hogshead 1 dollar a pound" but will let her have a pound for "less than 1 dollar and 25 cents." Mentions someone who traveled to Arkansas and saw her sister, indicating that the war had not yet disrupted travel of that sort. In addition, a number of Confederate militia companies were organized at La Grange. The letter writer indicates that a friend had a letter from "Wink" who says "they are ordered to the Rio grande." Civil war material of this type from La Grange is uncommon.

Nashville, Tenn.: S. A. Cunningham. Very Good. 1915. First Edition. Soft Covers. Lacking April & June issues to complete the year of 1915. Clean pictorial covers. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. B/W photograph illustrations. Conditions of soft cover ranges VG- to VG. Published monthly in the interest of Confederate Veterans and kindred topics. Civil War, Confederate Veterans; B/W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Burlington, Vt: Free Press Association, 1869. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 191pp, erratum slip; complete with four map plates. Bound in brown cloth, gilt spine lettering and cross on cover, coated endpapers. Laid in is a four-page fact sheet from Petersburg National Military Park, with a centerspread map showing Federal and Confederate lines at Petersburg. 7.75" x 5" Walker served as a battalion commander, 11th Regiment, Vermont Infantry Volunteers.

"THE KNIGHTLY SOLDIER" - A Biography of Major Henry Ward Camp; Tenth Conn. Vols. by H. Clay Trumbull. 1865 1st Edition; Nichols and Noyes; Boston. "A Record of College, Field, and Prison." The book contains a frontispiece portrait of Camp, as well as 4 illustrated plates; also included is the "Description of Plates" sheet.From the Preface:"This book is not an attempt to prove that Henry Camp was brave, accomplished, and upright in all the course of his beautiful life here, or that he was fully prepared for the future to which God so early called him. It simply shows him as he was, grouping the memorial sketches of those who knew him best in the various relations of student, soldier, and Christian; with copious extracts from his own letters, written in all the freedom of family correspondence."The chapter are as follows:I. Childhood and SchooldaysII. College LifeIII. Teacher - Law-Student - SoldierIV. Roanoke and NewberneV. Camp-Life and CampaigningVI. The First Charleston ExpeditionVII. James Island… Read More

[Civil War] Fairbanks, Charles. The American Conflict as seen from a European Point of View. A Lecture Delivered at St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 4, 1863. Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery. 1863. Tan printed wraps. 24 cm. 44 pp. Age toning. Light stains. Very good.
Sabin Americana 23664. In Texas apparently only UT-Austin and UT-Arlington hold copies. Fairbanks had been in London and reports the European attitude towards the war.

[Civil War] Ten Clipped Civil War Covers Pro-Union Images. [Various publishers] [Circa 1861-1865] Each clipped portion of a civil war cover (envelope) is approximately 8 x14 cm. Some age toning and light stains. Colors are vibrant. They do not appear to have been mailed. Very good.
Although done by private companies, these patriotic envelopes served as propaganda for the Union and were purchased by those on the home front to send to their loved ones serving in the war or by the soldiers in the war. These include images of General Scott; a Zouave soldier; Uncle Sam stepping on a snake marked "secession;" and George Washington on Horseback among others. Would make a great display.