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Letter from Moses Williams to Alonzo Hall Quint. Dated August 27, 1862. In this letter, Williams thanks Quint, a Chaplain in the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, for sending Williams a lock of his deceased son's hair. First Lieutenant…

This Civil War era envelope depicts a Union soldier embracing a young woman dressed in an American flag inspired dress. The envelope bears the inscription, "He turn'd and left the spot--O! do not deem him weak-- For dountless was the soldier's heart,…

Soldiers' portable camp writing case. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope and advertisement depicts a Union soldier writing a letter on a soldiers' portable camp writing case.

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Z-O-U-A-V-E! The defenders of our country. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts three Zouave defenders of the Union.

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The first officer killed in the Revolution. Warren. The first officer killed in the present Rebellion. Ellsworth. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts the first two soldiers killed in America’s Revolutionary War and Civil War,…

The Union forever. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War era envelope depicts two soldiers on its cover: a Revolutionary War regular with his copy of the Constitution securely in hand, and a Zouave soldier, who defends his copy of the…

Luther C. Ladd. Dated between 1861 and 1865. A portrait of Civil War soldier Luther C. Ladd of the Sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. The envelope bears the inscription: “Luther C. Ladd, of Alexandria, N.H., was shot in the Baltimore…

Union soldiers from various regiments. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts Union soldiers from the following ten regiments: (1.) the Highlanders, Seventy-ninth Reg.; (2.) the Second Battalion, B. L. I.; (3.) Duryea's Zouaves,…

Union soldier with rifle and bayonet. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This pre-labelled Civil War envelope depicts a Union soldier as he leans against his rifle.

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Life of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, commander of the Potomac army and the Napoleon of America. Dated 1861. This biographical pamphlet describes the accomplishments of Major General George B. McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac.…