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.
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Engraving depicting Uriah P. Levy in full uniform, created by C. Girard in 1833. The engraving is considered one of the best likenesses of Levy in existence and may have been commissioned during his two-year stay in Paris. Levy is known for commissioning a statue of Thomas Jefferson from Pierre Jean David d'Angers during this time.
Printed invitation to the National Birth Night Assembly held at Carusi's Saloon in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 1845. The invitation lists David Levy Yulee and 28 other Senators, as well as numerous Army and Naval officers, including Major General Winfield Scott, as managers of the event. Printed on thin blue paper.
This handwritten letter, issued from the Acting Assistant Adjutant General's Office of the Second Division, Sixth Corps, is dated May 1, 1865, from Danville, VA. Signed by Charles Mundee, Acting Assistant Adjutant General, it is a circular requesting contributions from officers and soldiers for a historical publication about the 2nd Division, 6th Corps. The letter seeks to document the division's movements, proceedings, works, marches, and engagements, as well as anecdotes, incidents, comrades, participation in actions, wounds, promotions, and observations on the march and battlefield. The letter features formal, handwritten script and an official printed letterhead. 3.
A letter written by Joseph Harris on January 30, 1862, from Summerville, South Carolina, to Jefferson Davis, denouncing J.T. Montgomery, Captain of the Jeff Davis Flying Artillery, as a drunkard and urging Davis to force his resignation and press charges. The letter includes endorsements by Jefferson Davis (February 5, 1862) and Judah P. Benjamin (February 6, 1862).
A three-page manuscript folio listing forty-nine Confederate Army officers, including their names, ranks, dates of commission, and original entry into service dates. The document is titled "All offices on this list are Graduate of the Military Academy [West Point] except those to whose name this mark (x) is offered." Notable officers listed include A.C. Myers (the highest-ranking Jewish officer in the Confederate Army), James Longstreet, and Stephen D. Lee. The manuscript also notes that it was "Sent into the Senate 28 Jany 1861," followed by additional lists of officers. Seven officers have an 'appoint'd' notation suggesting a time continuum and potential acceptance of South Carolina commissions after resigning from the U.S. Army. This document was likely drafted shortly after Lincoln's election in November 1860 under the South Carolina Adjutant General, authorized by Governor Pickens to enlist volunteers for a state army. The document is in fine condition. The description includes background information about the South Carolina secession convention in Columbia and Charleston in December 1860.