American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

Hardcover; 11 x 16 inches. "Naval Sketches of the War In California" reproducing 28 colorful drawings made in 1846-7 by William H. Meyers,...

These are three US Naval uniform buttons. Pre-Civil War era 1 1/8 in. diameter and one 3/4 in. dia. button. Heavily patinated with thirteen stars, ea

1919? gilted cover From Army Camps and Battle Fields by Stearns, signed by author, foldout unit panorama photo. 1865 History of the Great Rebellion, C

Harper's Weekly shows six pages and covers dating back to 1860, with one featuring a story on Abraham Lincoln. Others show life as a Union Sold...

(2) Pieces in this lot. The first is a poster of "The Army of Cumberland", they were a Union army during the American Civil War. At the en...

"The American Conflict: A History of The Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64," by Horace Greeley, Vol. I, with l...

The domed button was issued to the Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War. Measuring at 7/8 in. domed with the state seal displayed. Very good condition

There are three Civil War officer's uniform buttons from three different companies. All are 7/8 in. in diameter, brass with shank. There is a N....

Hung Captain Execution Scissors & Rope. Civil War Confederate Army Captain Henry Wirz Execution Beard Cutting Scissors and Hanging Rope. Henry ...

October 28, 1864, Civil War Confederate Document: Furlough granted to Confederate Soldier by "Examining Board Georgia Hospitals,". 4 x 5 3...

An incredible autograph book and thus actual POW record of 116 Confederate officers held at Johnson's Island, Ohio. The book contains two autogr...

This button depicts the American Eagle facing right, surrounded by a total of 11 states, with lightening bolts in his talons. This Confederate office

William Williams, private of Captain Ed Thorp, is hereby honorably discharge from the Army of the Confederate States. Given at Camp Hubbard 22nd of Ju

Printed form (7 1/2 x 10 inches), light grey paper, black ink. Army of the Confederate States / Certificate of Disability For Discharge. On reverse i

An archive of more than 50 letters and documents, 1856-1916 with many covers. The group involves the Koons and Shyrock families (intermarried) of Ashl

An attractive 9 x 11 inch discharge paper date May 31, 1865 from Fort Gibson, C. N. (Cherokee Nation). Vignette at top of screaming Eagle with flag a

Two Civil War era letter sheets with matching unused covers, c1861-62. First is a letter dated July 21, 1861, with red, white and blue color illustrat

American flag 1863 lettersheet from a soldier to friends at home-"For my part I am spared, yet there are a great many sick.I hope the time will...

Between 1861 and 1865 the violent struggles of the Civil War extended into the Western Territories, where they were complicated by the involvement of

1862 Liberty and Union Now and Forever!folded letterhead-we rode 800 miles on a steamboat and will march to Lebnon 36 miles up the river, 7.75x5&quo...

The Life and Deeds of Gen U S Grant by Rev. Headley, 1885 1st edition. 425pp. From birth to Army General to death. Maps and battle plan illustrations

4x about 9.5x7.5" unused Magnus Civil War lettersheets. US Capitol/Virginia, Prescott from Ogdensburgh Harbour, Norfolk Portsmouth Va., Declara...

Allegorical 1862 patriotic cover, L2225, with 3x Scott #24 blue Franklin stamps and pen cancel. Late useage for this Franklin stamp. 3x5".

2 unlisted covers in Lawrence. The Angel of Patience, 2.5x4.25", Worcester, Mass cancel. The Soldier, 2.75x5", Washington DC cancel.

1862 patriotic cover, L 2481,with Nashville, Ten cancel, blue stamped Due 3 on eagle right wing. 3x5.5".

5 nice geographic cancels, 2x Bangor, NY. Hermon, NY. Similar to L 2056. Bangor, NY with sock on nose cancel.

2x about 3x5" Washington DC patriotic covers. L 2858 with edge degradation, L 2878 with foxing. We could not identify J H Graham. Please inspec...

L 3091 US Christian Commision soldier's letter cover, written from Fort Potter, NY-right side torn open and left wrinkles. Interesting cover wit...

4x about 3x5"falg patriotic covers. Blue flag with toning and degradation. Yellow Chateaugay, NY. Union and Liberty. The Flag of our Regiment.

L 2587, Shelbyville, Te. cancel, L 2599 eagle with flag, L 2487 x2 eagle and shield, L 2489 Union Constitution Paid 3, L31 Liberty's Defender, L...

7 different Civil War flag cachet covers-L 2968, L 3034, L 2908, L 2908-Paid 3, L 2913, L 2931, L 2970.. Postmarks-Arlington?, Spencer, MD, Lexington,

1862 7.5x4.75" flag lettersheet from a soldier to his father. He is encamped one mile from the front between Ark and Mo. Everything is quiet. H...

4x 8x5" patriotic songsheets. The Veterans Song, The Soldier's Dream, The Drummer Boy of Nashville, Flash every Sabre bright.

About 53 letters of roughly four pages each between Henry Nolop and his wife Elizabeth Nolop of Pole Grove, Jackson County, Wisconsin. Nolop was born

Three Union soldiers' letters with covers, c1863-64: 1. A Union soldier's letter to his sister, Miss Martha J. McMurphy, Randolph, VT, dated...

Home Without a Mother, Rock me to Sleep Mother, Just after the Battle Mother, The Dying Soldier to his Mother, The Soldier's Farewell to his Bri...

8x 8x5" Civil War songsheets. When the Swallows Homeward Fly, Larry Magee's Wedding, I Am Lonely To-Night, Pretty Sally, Draw the Sword Nor...

The Flag With the Thirty Four Stars 8x5". Who Will Care For Mother Now? 8.25x5". Victory At Last 8x5". Poem-The 10th VT. S.V.(Vermont...

A Yankee Man of War, Columbia's Hardy Seamen, Columbia-The Home of the World. 8x5".

Very Rare Zouave Young Recruit song sheet, 7.75x5". Unused color cachet cover, 3x5.5". "The first Zouave regiment in the Civil War, t...

2 Civil War songsheets, Draw the Sword, Northland and Flash every Sabre Bright. 8x6".

War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, prepared by the late Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott, Thi

This is the journal of Dr. Robert King Reid, son of a protestant minister, who studied at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and came to Califo

Corporal Arthur Cormican Co. G 21st Regiment US Infantry 1864 1865 . These two books, hand written by Corporal Arthur Cormican from Waupaca, Wisconsin

This lot has 27 Civil War buttons. One "I" infantry officers button made by MC Lilley Co. Columbus, O; and many Eagle and Shield buttons m...

Exceptional historical record of Prisoners of war at Columbia, South Carolina compiled by A.A. Taylor, Captain, 122nd Reg, Ohio Volunteers of Cambridg

A Civil War era Union Soldier's letter to his sister after experiencing battles, with cover and enclosed piece of Confederate lieutenant's s...

1865 Illustrated view of Vicksburg and Vicinity lettersheet. Letter to a friend about cats, horses, previous letter taking one year to arrive, plantin

1903 The Southerners by Brady with gilted binding-front board detaching, 1906 Southern Battlefields by G A R Reunion-partial stain throughout, small c

An amazing autograph album of key figures during the latter part of the Civil War plus a number of later entries, apparently mostly collected at Washi

Two biographical books about General George A. Custer: 1. "A Complete Life of Major Gen. George A. Custer." Frederick Whittaker. First Edi...

"Tenting on the Plains, or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas." Elizabeth B. Custer, Gen. George Custer's wife. First edition, 1887, ...

This cabinet card is roughly 4.5 in. X 6.5 in. with the photo of a senior Chief Sitting Bull. The boarder is of a snowflake design, a very small pin h

C. H., Va. April 9, 1865. This printed page congratulating the 3rd Cavalry Division for their gallant efforts where the result was the complete &quo...

"A Popular Life of Gen. George A. Custer, Major-General of Volunteers, Brevet Major-General U.S. Army, and Lieutenant-Colonel Seventh U.S. Cava...

It was said that George Armstrong Custer was a flamboyant soldier in dress. Here's his unpaid bill with E. Owen & Son for his uniform and su...

Official US Army General Orders, 1876 (January 19 to December 23, 1876). 114 Orders. Includes orders for Battle of the Little Bighorn. Custer's...

This postcard is a reproduction of the print made by Leonard Baskin of George Custer. Signed by Baskin upper left corner. At 4 in. X 5.75 in. excelle

This collection has 1st Lt. James E. Porter 7th Cavalry Killed in Action June 25, 1876 on a 10 in. X 13 in. backing with an oval photo 4.5 in. X 6in.

This is a photo of Benjamin Whitehouse in 1928 aged 81 at 2.5 in. X 5.5 in. Benjamin F. Whitehouse is remembered as the last surviving member of the G

This requisition was signed by Frederick W. Benteen of the 7th Cavalry company H in January, 1878. The request for candles is for illumination of th

This quartermaster document is dated December 13, 1878 and signed by "Charles A. Varnum/ 1st Lt. R.Q.M. 7 Cav." bottom right; from Fort Ab...

This check was written by General Eli Lundy Huggins in 1903. He was the man that brought in Chief Rain in the Face, the Indian that killed General Geo

This portrait photo of Chief Red Horse is oval at 4.5 in. X 6.5 in . From the D.F. Barry photography studio in Superior, Wis. paper label. Impression

This is an inventory and inspection document dated June 6, 1865 for goods signed for by John Gibbon. Colonel John Gibbon and his column were the rescu

This photo of Crow King AKA Kangi Yatapi, is 6.25 in. X 8.25 in. by D.F. Barry on a hardback paper. The backing shows missing corners and pin holes, h

This B&W photo is of Elizabeth Bacon Custer about 1930. The accompanied note reads: "Moto on General Custer's Spanish Sword./ Do not dr...

This unbound document is to the 44th Congress informing of the Custer defeat at the Little Big Horn from President Grant. A five page account of the b

This autograph is of "G. A. Custer/ Lt. Col. / 7th/ Reg't Cavalry". Cut to follow the lettering. 5.25 in. in length from a larger doc...

This cabinet card of Chief Gall of the Sioux fought Custer at the Little Big Horn. Photographed by D.F. Barry. At 4 in. X 6.5 in. One pin hole top ce

This unbound document is the first announcement of the deceased from the Battle of the Little Big Horn with the arrival stamp of August 9, 1876 at For

(Lt.) Henry Bullhead was an Indian police officer that arrested and later shot Chief Sitting Bull during his attempted escape. Henry was also shot dur

This cabinet card is of First Lt. James Calhoun of the 7th Cavalry. The bottom of the card has been trimmed and likely taken in 1875. A hand written d

Lieutenant E.G. Mathey was in command of General George Armstrong Custer's pack train and received Custer's last letter calling for him to &...

This cut-square signature is of Major General George Crook United States Army; a graduate of West Point class of 1852. A career soldier who fought in

This lot holds the discharge paper for a Pennsylvania soldier after successfully completing his tour of duty in 1863. A clear signature of M.A. Reno l

This envelope, hand written by Captain Myles Keogh a professional soldier is to his brother Thomas in Ireland. Mailed from New York dated 1866. Captai

This document cover has Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles U.S. Army signature at the top of the Annual Report dated 1889. Colonel Nelson A. Miles was

This cabinet card is autographed in pencil by Sioux Chief Rain-In-The-Face; the man who personally killed General George Armstrong Custer. The photo w

This is a canceled check written by S.D. Sturgis in 1909; a career soldier and a graduate of the famous class of 1846 of which many grads. would later

This letter contains the pass written by Wm. H. Inglun of the 9th Infantry to Chief Sitting Bull. The pass was written inviting Sitting Bull to talk p

Major Joseph Tilford, the son a a War of 1812 Colonel, was given a "leave of absence" during the Black Hills campaign and was able to mis...

This is an autograph by W.W. Cooke of the 7th Cavalry. A cut-square 1 in. X 4.5 in. Cooke was with Custer at the Little Big Horn and wrote Custer...

This is a cancelled check written by Winfield Scott Edgerly of the 7th Cavalry, dated 1903. Winfield Scott Edgerly, named after a Revolutionary War co

This lot includes a cabinet card of 1st Lt. Winfield Scott Edgerly as well as a photograph of him in military dress, undated. The photo is marked on t

This cabinet card is of Yellow Dog a Crow warrior present at the Little Big Horn battle and pursued by Generals Terry and O'Neil into Canada. 4....

This cut square autograph is of 1st Lt. Donald McIntosh of Company G, 7th Cav. Born a Canadian with a military background, fought with Custer at the B

This court document is for the plaintiff, Bear Claw, issued by J.E. Edwards Indian Agent of the Crow Indian Reservation, for payments never received f

This document is the Special Orders #118 reassigning an infantry soldier in 1867 signed by George Yates. It shows excellent clarity and penmanship. A

This is a square cut autograph of "T.W. Custer Captain 7th Cavalry". Thomas would lose his life along with his brothers George and Boston ...

This rare photo is of Chief John Grass (hand written in pencil on front) of the Blackfeet that was at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The photo is

This colorized cabinet card is by F. Jay Haynes & Bros. of St. Paul, Minn. dating the card about 1891. 4.25 in. X 6.5 in. with "Running Dee...

This cabinet card by D.F. Barry is dated 1880 from Bismarck, South Dakota. At 4.25 in. X 6.5 in. The image of Curly a Crow scout to Custer's col...

This unbound general orders #92 dated July, 1866 outlines the formation of the 7th Cavalry with Colonel George Armstrong Custer in Command. 29 pages a

This lot has a photograph of Goes Ahead taken by Rodman Wanamaker in 1913. It depicts Goes Ahead a Crow scout for General Custer standing in full dre

Old Toby was one of Custer's Pawnee Indian Scouts is shown here in a cavalry coat with epaulettes. This cabinet card made by photographer J.C. A...

Presidents Message on California and New Mexico, 1850, seven maps in back with detail of parts of the California coast. Very rare, with handwritten na

This button wears the state seal of Massachusetts; a Native American with bow and arrow "Massachusetts" with a rope border. 1 inch in diam...

This lot of three buttons depicting the Ohio State Seal; two are made by Superior Quality at 5/8 in. and 7/8 in. and a third button is made by Waterbu

This image was printed by The Istituto Luce, an Italian film and print institute which became a tool for fascist regime propaganda. Benito Mussolini d