Subject: Confederate Soldiers

Billhead from Simon Mayer's business in Natchez, Mississippi, dated June 8, 1867. The billhead features Mayer's name and address: MAIN STREET, Natchez, Mississippi. Simon Mayer (1839-1905) was a Confederate soldier, known as "Little Mississippi Major", who served in various Mississippi regiments. Born in New Orleans, he was the son of John and Jannette Mayer, who moved to Natchez in 1841 and established a shoe store. Prior to his military service, Mayer was an apprentice shoemaker in Paris.

Carte-de-visite (CDV) photograph of a young Confederate soldier. The reverse of the photograph features an advertisement for S. Moses & Son, photographers located on Camp Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The photograph is undated, but likely dates from the American Civil War period (circa 1861-1865).

Receipt signed by Capt. Morris Crossmont of the 56th New York State Volunteers for a captured Confederate soldier from the 3rd South Carolina Cavalry. Issued in Charleston, South Carolina on May 1, 1865.

Book published in Philadelphia by Key & Biddle in 1834. Contains speeches by Irish orators Philips, Curran, and Grattan, along with Robert Emmett's appeal at his high treason trial. The book belonged to Simon Mayer, a Jewish Confederate soldier from Natchez, Mississippi, who inscribed it on February 26, 1861, noting significant dates in the secession of Mississippi and the formation of the Confederacy. Mayer served as an aide-de-camp for General Sharpe during the Civil War.

Pamphlet detailing the Virginia Military Institute's semi-annual examination results from January 1863. The pamphlet lists Ezekiel, Moses as 114th out of 211 students. The description notes that at Robert E. Lee's encouragement, Ezekiel studied art abroad after graduating in 1866. His most famous sculptures are "Virginia mourning her dead" (at VMI) and the "Confederate Monument" at Arlington National Cemetery, where he is interred.

Watercolor painting by Max Neugas, a Jewish Confederate prisoner of war, depicting a scene at Fort Delaware during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Executed in watercolor and pen and ink on paper, measuring 5 x 8 inches. The watercolor is inscribed on the reverse: "Given to my father by Uncle Ben... P. on his return from imprisonment in 1865. B. Craig Patterson (Drawn by a prisoner)". This piece is one of two watercolors by Neugas from his imprisonment at Fort Delaware from 1863 to 1865. Neugas, born in Germany circa 1836, was a Confederate soldier and artist who, after the war, moved to New York and became a professional artist. The description also includes biographical information about David Mayer and Henry Hirsch, prominent Jewish Confederate soldiers.