1862 Special Requisition, 3rd New York Cavalry

Signed twice by Lieutenant Colonel George E. Gourand, MEDAL OF HONOR recipient for the battle at Honey Hill, South Carolina

and,

Lieutenant Colonel John Mix, 3rd New York Cavalry, 2nd U.S. Cavalry and Indian fighter with the 9th U.S. Cavalry

RETAIL PRICE $150.00

8 x 10, imprinted form, signed out in ink.

SPECIAL REQUISITION. For Non. Comm. Staff of 1st Batln. 3 N.Y. Cavalry.

2 Two Pair Boots
2 Two Pair Pants

I certify that the above requisition is correct; and that the articles specified are...  

Autograph, Colonel Richard C. Morgan

Brother of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan

Colonel of the 14th Kentucky Cavalry

Captured during General John Hunt Morgan's famous 1863 Ohio Raid

1863 WAR DATE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

RETAIL PRICE $650.00

(1836-1918) Born in Fayette County, Kentucky, he was the younger brother of the legendary Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, and the brother-in-law of Confederate Generals’ Basil Duke and A.P. Hill. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1859, and was appointed as the U.S. Consul to Messina, Italy....  

Pair of Kentucky Colonels are Dishonorably Mustered Out of the Army

5 x 8, imprint.

Headquarters, Department of the South,
Hilton Head, S.C., February 4, 1865

General Orders,
No. 13

The following paragraph, from Special Orders No. 39, Adjutant General's Office, January 25th, 1865, is re-published for the information of this Command:

Special Orders,
No. 39.

War Department,
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, Jan. 25, 1865

Colonel Edward A. Starling, 35th Kentucky Volunteers, and Lieutenant Colonel Edward R. Wier, Jr., 35th Kentucky...  

1861 Mississippi Central Rail Road Company Stock Certificate

RETAIL PRICE $125.00

6 1/2 x 5, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Mississippi Central Rail Road Company, Transfer No. 391. Office of the Mississippi Central Rail Road Company, 20 Feby. 1861. For Value Received. J.J.C. Sims of Tenn., do hereby assign and transfer unto J.B. Walker of Ga. Ten (10) Shares of the Capital Stock of the Mississippi Central Railroad Company, standing in my name on the Books of said Company, on each of which Fifty (50) Dollars have been paid, being the whole of the stock held by Certificate No. 206, M.C. &...  

The Territories of Colorado & Nebraska are Included in the Department of the Missouri

4 1/2 x 7, authentic imprint.

War Department,
Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, October 11, 1862

General Orders
No. 155

The Territories of Colorado and Nebraska are included in the Department of the Missouri.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
L. THOMAS
Adjutant General

Scattered wear and edge chipping.  

Autograph, General Darius N. Couch

War Date Document Signed

Report of the shooting death of a negro servant while General Couch's troops were guarding the property of a Virginian!

RETAIL PRICE $495.00

(1822-97) Born on a farm in Putnam County, New York, he graduated in the West Point class of 1846, along with George B. McClellan, Stonewall Jackson, and 46 other graduates who fought in the Civil War including 19 who became full generals for either the Union or Confederate armies. Couch fought in the Mexican War and was brevetted to 1st lieutenant for gallantry at...  

1862 Confederate Pass For Surgeon

RETAIL PRICE $195.00

8 x 4 1/4, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

Military Pass. Head-Quarters First Division, Army of the Mississippi, Tuscumbia, [Alabama], Aug. 29, 1862. Guards and Pickets will pass the bearer, Dr. Abernathy through the lines and return tomorrow. By order of Brig. Gen. E.A. Paine. Wm. H. Conner, Capt. & Ass't Adj't Gen'l. Light age toning and wear. Very fine. Very desirable Confederate printed pass. Scarce.

Doctor R.T. Abernathy, served as a Surgeon in the 5th Alabama Cavalry, during the War Between The...  

1862 General Ben Butler Order, Ship Island, Department of the Gulf

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5 x 8, imprint.

Headquarters Department of the Gulf
Ship Island, [Mississippi], March 24, 1862

General Orders No. 4

A Board of Officers, consisting of

1. Col. O.P. Gooding, 31st Mass. Volunteers

2. Lieut. Col. A.B. Farr, 26th Mass. Volunteers

3. Major David R. Hastings, 12th Maine Volunteers

4. Capt. William Roy, 21st Indiana Volunteers

5. First Lieut. John Brennan, 12th Conn. Volunteers

Will assemble at the Headquarters of the 31st Mass. Volunteers, on...  

Change of Stations for Quartermasters, Commissaries & Paymasters

4 x 6 5/8, imprint.

War Department,
Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, August 1, 1863

GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 258

All applications of quartermasters, commissaries, and paymasters, for changes of stations, or to be exempted from the operation of orders of assignment to stations, on the score of ill health, will be hereafter taken as confessions of inability to perform official duty on account of physical incapacity, and equivalent to tenders of resignations. The officers concerned will, in ordinary course, be mustered out of...  

Order Regarding Veterinary Surgeons of Cavalry

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4 x 6 3/4, imprint.

War Department,
Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, August 1, 1863

General Orders,
No. 259

Veterinary Surgeons of Cavalry, under the act of March 3, 1863, will be selected by the Chief of the Cavalry Bureau, upon the nomination of the regimental commanders. These nominations will be founded upon the recommendation of the candidate by a regimental board of officers, to consist of the three officers present next in rank to the commander of the regiment. The names of...  

1863 Order Announcing the Department of West Virginia

RETAIL PRICE $10.00

4 x 6 3/4, imprint.

War Department,
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, August 3, 1863

General Orders,
No. 266

The Department of West Virginia will include all of the State of Maryland west of the Monocacy river, including that part of Virginia in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E.D. TOWNSEND
Assistant Adjutant General  

President Lincoln Directs Retirement of Union Officers

4 x 6 5/8, imprint.

War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, August 1, 1863

General Orders
No. 254

By direction of the President of the United States, the following officers are retired from active service at their own request, and their names will be entered on the retired list of officers of the grade to which they now respectively belong, in accordance with section 15, act approved August 3, 1861; this order to take effect from this date:

Colonel Hannibal Day, 6th Infantry

Lieutenant Colonel...