Washington, DC: "Rooms of the Y.M.C.A." 1865. Single sheet, folded to 7 1/4" x 9 3/4" Dated March 27th, 1865 at the Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. in Washington, D.C., this document reads as follows: ____________ "The undersigned hereby organize ourselves into a 'Special Relief Corps' to be held..... More
New York: Charles Magnus, [1864?]. Hand-colored lithograph headpiece. Single leaf approximately 5" x 8" A sentimental Union Civil War song sheet with three verses and a chorus. . The hand-colored headpiece is a view of the City of Richmond from across the James River, with the Confederate Capitol prominently..... More
New York: Charles Magnus, 1864. Hand-colored lithograph headpiece. Single leaf approximately 5" x 8" Patriotic Union Civil War song sheet with three verses, beginning: "Draw comrades draw the bright sabre again, Let the crack of rifle for ever be heard..." The hand-colored headpiece is a view of..... More
1865. Single sheet folded in half to 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" Original handwritten letter dated March 27, 1865, from the "Rooms of the Y.M.C.A." in Washington, DC. The letter organizes a "Special Relief Corps" of short term nurse volunteers standing ready to travel from Washington, DC to Annapolis to..... More
[Lowell]: Stone & Huse, Printers, [1861]. First printing. Single sheet. 5" x 8" Rare broadside program for the funerals of the first two Union soldiers killed in action during the Civil War. Addison and Ladd, both of Company D, 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, were killed in mob violence as..... More
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Baltimore: Various publishers, 1860s. Some illustrated title pages. Cloth over boards. Folio. Various original paginations. This is a bound volume of individual pieces of sheet music, mostly published in Baltimore in the 1860s. Most appear to be popular songs of the day but two are rare and decidedly pro-Southern songs..... More