Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

General U. S. Grant's siege of Vicksburg began March 29 and ended with the Confederate surrender July 4, 1863, the day after the battle of Getty...

Civil War Soldier memorabilia. Agustus Needham served in Company "B", 29th regiment of the Wisconsin Infantry. Included here are records o...

8" x 5". Good contrast. Photograph shows Ulysses S. Grant monument. Reverse has pencil notations indicating that this monument was erecte...

Grand Army of the Republic ribbon. In Memoriam U. S. Grant Post No. 5, Philadelphia, Penn. Grant died in 1885. From Needham Collection City: P

During the American Civil War, both the Union and the Confederate side relayed heavily on volunteers for the war effort. The first call for reenlistme

Six different illustrated envelopes: "Jeff Davis/ His Marque" (pirate flag); "Jeff's Knave-y. / Seven wise men of Gotham went to ...

One handbill addresses Soldiers', widows and minor orphan children rights to Homesteads, about a pending bill in congress. The other is from the...

Three unused, pictorial, political Civil War envelopes: "Jeff. and His Pet" (crazy looking man confronting a snake); "Death or Victor...

Lot of 4 unused: Union Vermont; General Scott; American flag; and "Remember Ellsworth!" Each measures 3." x 5.5" with minor wrin...

Lot of 2. 1) CDV size sketch portrait of Abraham Lincoln published by The New York Photographic Co., No. 453 Broadway, New York. Has dates of his birt