Bookplate depicting a lion on each side and a palm tree in the center. The bookplate is inscribed with the name 'MORDECAI, J. RANDOLPH'. Additional text on the item indicates that Mordecai J. Randolph entered the Confederate States Army (CSA) in 1860 as a private and rose to the rank of Assistant Adjunct General, first in General White's Brigade Light Artillery and then in General Taliaferro's Division. The bookplate is undated.
Subject: Confederate States of America -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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This archival object consists of a bookplate featuring a design with a lion on each side and a palm tree in the center. The bookplate belonged to Mordecai J. Randolph, who entered the Confederate States Army (CSA) in 1860 as a private and rose to the rank of Assistant Adjutant General, serving first in General White's Brigade Light Artillery and then in General Taliaferro's Division. The description notes the existence of six such plates in the collection.
Carte-de-visite (CDV) photograph depicting the Treasury Building in Richmond, Virginia, after the Confederate capital's destruction in April 1865. Published by Levy & Cohen, this image is part of their series, "Levy & Cohen's Views of the Rebel Capital and its Environs." The reverse shows a canceled 2-cent stamp. Library of Congress negative #LC-B8184-10380.
A one-page, quarto-sized Confederate requisition invoice, likely from early summer 1861, documenting a sale by Jewish merchant M. Levy to members of the Fair View Rifles (later part of the 16th Mississippi Regiment). The invoice details the sale of checkered shirts, carpet bags, and other sundry military goods.
Confederate-era envelope addressed to Edgar M. Lazarus, Esq., Major, S.C. Siege Train, James Island, South Carolina, postmarked August 22, 1864. The envelope shows a 10-cent blue stamp and mentions Lazarus's marriage to Minnie Mordecai, whose brother, Capt. J. Randolph Mordecai, was a commanding officer.
Two-page letter written by B. Weir of Halifax, Nova Scotia to Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate Secretary of War, dated February 28, 1865. The letter discusses financial matters related to General E. G. Lee and mentions Colonel Marshall J. Smith and Major N. S. Walker. It expresses optimism regarding the Confederacy's eventual success.
Notary document attesting to a will, mentioning Moses, Raphael Jacob (1812-1893), a merchant from South Carolina and Florida who moved to Georgia in 1849. The document was executed in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia on December 17, 1869. It references Moses's role in the Confederacy.