Autograph, General Turner Ashby

Killed in action on June 6, 1862, at Harrisonburg, Virginia

1862 War Date Document Signed

On Captured Yankee Requisition Form

(1828-62) Born at Rose Bank, in Fauquier County, Virginia. A gifted horseman and natural born leader of men. Upon the secession of his native state Virginia, he became captain of 7th Virginia Cavalry. Rising to rank of colonel within a few months, he was engaged in scouting and outpost duty until the spring of 1862 when he took command of all of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's cavalry,...  

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

(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. During his time in Italy he...  

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...  

Autograph, General Winfield S. Featherston

United States Congressman from Mississippi

Colonel of the 17th Mississippi Infantry

Wounded during the Seven Days Battles in 1862

Rare 1861 Mississippi "Confederate Guards" document on Army of Mississippi imprinted letter sheet

(1820-91) Born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Featherston completed his preparatory studies, but left school in 1836 to enroll in a local militia company to fight the Creek Indians during the Creek War. He later moved to Mississippi where he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840,...  

1861 Mississippi Central Rail Road Company Stock Certificate

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. & Tenn. R.R. J.C. Sims, pr. A.J. Mc...  

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.  

Oath of Allegiance for Confederate Surgeon, 5th Alabama Cavalry

I will faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States....support all laws and proclamations made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves

7 1/2 x 4 1/2, imprinted form, filled out in ink.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I, R.T. Abernathy, of the County of Franklin, State of Alabama, do solemnly swear or affirm, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of States...  

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!

(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 the Battle of Buena Vista....  

1862 Confederate Pass For Surgeon

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 States.

Brief History of...  

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

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 the 25th inst., or as soon...  

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

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 candidates so recommended and...