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Free Military School for Applicants for Command of Colored Troops, No. 1210 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Established by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, John H. Taggart, Late Colonel 12th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, Chief Preceptor

Free Military School for Applicants for Command of Colored Troops, No. 1210 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Established by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, John H. Taggart, Late Colonel 12th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, Chief Preceptor

Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. 43p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Minor cover spotting. Upper right corner darkened on a few leaves, the darkest of which is also clipped at the tip. Moderate vertical crease. Pictorial image of the school on the front cover. The school... More

Price: $1,250.00

Is the South Ready for Restoration?

Is the South Ready for Restoration?

Paperback. 20p. Softcover in original wrappers. 23cm. Later vertical crease. Stamp on front cover "From Board of Publication of the Union League of Philadelphia" More

Price: $150.00

Post-Civil-War Oath of Amnesty as prescribed by the President of the United States. To be used in 1865 by the Provost Marshall in Raleigh, North Carolina

Post-Civil-War Oath of Amnesty as prescribed by the President of the United States. To be used in 1865 by the Provost Marshall in Raleigh, North Carolina

Printed Document. Unused. 21 x 16cm. Rather tender along later horizontal crease. Paper remnant along top of blank back where this had probably been glued in a scrapbook. More

Price: $95.00

Report of the Proceedings of a Meeting Held at Concert Hall, Philadelphia, On Tuesday Evening, November 3, 1863, to Take into Consideration the Condition of the Freed People of the South

Report of the Proceedings of a Meeting Held at Concert Hall, Philadelphia, On Tuesday Evening, November 3, 1863, to Take into Consideration the Condition of the Freed People of the South

Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, 1863. Paperback. 24p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Vertical crease. Creasing, chipping and dog-earing on outer corners on back cover and most text leaves. Prooeedings of a meeting of the Pennsylvania Freedman's Relief Association. More

Price: $300.00

Washington and Jackson on Negro Soldiers. Gen Banks on the Bravery of Negro Troops. Poem -- the Second Louisiana, by George H. Boker. Henry Carey Baird.

Washington and Jackson on Negro Soldiers. Gen Banks on the Bravery of Negro Troops. Poem -- the Second Louisiana, by George H. Boker

Baird, Henry Carey

Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, n.d. [1863]. Hardcover. 8p. Recent marbled boards. Original wrapper bound in. 23cm. The first six pages of this item also appeared separately in 1863 as an eight-page pamphlet titled "General Washington and General Jackson on Negro Soldiers." Banks' statement and Boker's poem were added to... More

Price: $200.00

General Washington and General Jackson on Negro Soldiers. Henry Carey Baird.

General Washington and General Jackson on Negro Soldiers

Baird, Henry Carey, 1825-1912

Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1863. 1st ed. Paperback. 8p. No separate wrapper. 23cm. Unevenly browned. Issued to urge the use of African American soldiers in the Union army. More

Price: $150.00

Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867. Series II. The Black Military Experience. Ira Berlin.

Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867. Series II. The Black Military Experience

Berlin, Ira, editor

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (c. 1982). 1st ed. Hardcover. This Volume Only. frontis, index, xxxv, 852p. Original blue cloth. dj. 23cm. More

Price: $60.00

The Testimony of a Refugee from East Tennessee. Hermann Bokum.

The Testimony of a Refugee from East Tennessee

Bokum, Hermann, 1807-1878

Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, 1863. 1st ed. Paperback. 24o. Softcover pamphlet in original wrapper. 24cm. Former owner's name on front cover which is a bit ragged along right edge. Ex lib. ("Brookline Public Library" stamps or embossed (or both) on cover, title-page and one other leaf). Contents sound. A.... More

Price: $275.00

Baltimore and the Nineteenth of April, 1861: A Study of the War. George William Brown.

Baltimore and the Nineteenth of April, 1861: A Study of the War

Brown, George William

Baltimore: N. Murray, Pulication Agent, Johns Hopkins University, 1887. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, index, 176, (10)p. Original green cloth. 24cm. Cover slightly scuffed. A mob tried to prevent the 6th Massachusetts Militia from passing through the streets of Baltimore to the railroad station on their way to Washington. Four members... More

Price: $100.00

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity. William Wells Brown.

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity

Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867. 1st ed. Hardcover. xvi, 380p. Original green cloth. 20cm. Endpapers browned and quite brittle, lacking a corner. Contents moderately browned (also some spotting) and rather tender (edges brittle). A rather elusive book. Pioneering effort to produce a military history of African-Americans. It is mostly devoted... More

Price: $875.00

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity. William Wells Brown.

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity

Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884

Boston: A. G. Brown & Co., 1880. New edition. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), xvi, 380p. plus (2)p. publisher's adverts for two of Brown's other books. Original dark cloth. 19cm. Substantial cover spotting, wrinkling & wear. Gift inscription (pencil). Old bookplate of the Curry School. Pioneering effort to produce a military history... More

Price: $400.00

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity. William Wells Brown.

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity

Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867. 1st ed. Hardcover. xvi, 380p. Modern quarterbinding. 19cm. Contents sound with a modest stain in top margin in last third of text. Pioneering effort to produce a military history of African Americans. It is mostly devoted to African American participation in the Civil War, but... More

Price: $600.00

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity. William Wells Brown.

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity

Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884

Boston: A. G. Brown & Co., 1880. New edition. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), xvi, 380p. plus (2)p. publisher's advertisements for two of Brown's other books. Original dark cloth. 19cm. Ends of backstrip and corners rubbed. Pioneering effort to produce a military history of African Americans. Largely focused on African American participation... More

Price: $750.00

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity. William Wells Brown.

The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity

Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867. 1st ed. Hardcover. xvi, 380p. Original maroon cloth. 20cm. Modest uneven cover fading. Plain endpapers browned and rather fragile. Front endpaper split along hinge. Pioneering effort to produce a military history of African-Americans. It is mostly devoted to African American participation in the Civil War... More

Price: $750.00

The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored,) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865. William H. Chenery.

The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored,) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865.

Chenery, William H.

Providence: Snow & Farnham, 1898. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, ill, photos (all portraits), index, ix, 343p. Original red cloth. 23cm. Modest cover soil. Backstrip darkened. No jacket. An uncommon Civil War Regimental. This regiment, consisted of three battalions. Its name was changed to 8th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery on... More

Price: $300.00

Austin [no last name] to brother Benjamin [no last name]. Dated March 27, 1864 at Gettysville, Va. Civil War Letter.

Austin [no last name] to brother Benjamin [no last name]. Dated March 27, 1864 at Gettysville, Va.

[Civil War Letter]

2 1/2 page Letter (on a singled lightly-ruled 8 x 10 inch sheet folded to form four pages). Later folds, probably for mailing in a small envelope. Austin writes that he wants to attend the Free School for applicants seeking commands in colored troops. He asks Benjamin to send him... More

Price: $150.00

The Boston Almanac for the Year 1863. George Coolidge.

The Boston Almanac for the Year 1863

Coolidge, George

Boston: George Coolidge and Bradley, Dalton & Co., (c. 1852, but surely 1862). Hardcover. [12]. 431, [20]p. Original cloth. 14cm. Modest foxing. A few pencil notes on monthly Memoranda pages. Page numbering skips from 80 to 181 and later from 303 to 395 (on a single page) so the actual... More

Price: $65.00

Civil War Soldier's Letter Dated February 28, 1863 and sent from New Orleans to His Brother back in Massachusetts. Jonas Corey.

Civil War Soldier's Letter Dated February 28, 1863 and sent from New Orleans to His Brother back in Massachusetts.

Corey, Jonas, 1816-1878

Single sheet folded to form four pages, 20 x 26 cm., as folded. Written in a neat hand although there were quite a few words that we didn't decipher. Corey devotes the first three pages of this letter to reporting on the unpleasant voyage to New Orleans which featured two... More

Price: $375.00

The Sable Arm: Negro Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865. Dudley Taylor Cornish.

The Sable Arm: Negro Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865

Cornish, Dudley Taylor

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xii, 337p. Original black cloth. dj. 21cm. Jacket slightly soiled. More

Price: $60.00

A Brief Sketch of the Organization and Services of the Fifty-Ninth Regiment of United States Colored Infantry, and Biographical Sketches. Colonel Robert Cowden.

A Brief Sketch of the Organization and Services of the Fifty-Ninth Regiment of United States Colored Infantry, and Biographical Sketches

Cowden, Colonel Robert

Dayton: United Brethren Publishing House, 1883. 1st ed. Hardcover. xii, 293p. Original blue cloth. 19cm. Ends of backstrip and corner of cover worn. Endpapers and contents sound. Uncommon Civil War regimental about an African American unit which was raised in Tennessee in 1864 and served in Tennessee and Mississippi until... More

Price: $950.00

A Brief Sketch of the Organization and Services of the Fifty-Ninth Regiment of United States Colored Infantry, and Biographical Sketches. Colonel Robert Cowden.

A Brief Sketch of the Organization and Services of the Fifty-Ninth Regiment of United States Colored Infantry, and Biographical Sketches

Cowden, Colonel Robert

Dayton: United Brethren Publishing House, 1883. 1st ed. Hardcover. xii, 293p. Original blue cloth. 19cm. Label removed at base of backstrip. Six digit numbered stamped in lower margin on first page of Preface. Modest chipping/fraying at ends of backstrip. Tear neatly repaired with adhesive paper tape at top of inner... More

Price: $850.00

The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During 1861-65. Comprising a Detailed Account of the Various Regiments and Batteries. W. A. Croffut.

The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During 1861-65. Comprising a Detailed Account of the Various Regiments and Batteries

Croffut, W. A.

New York: Ledyard Bill, 1868. Revised ed. Hardcover. Original green cloth. Covers bright but with significant spotting which is heaviest around the edges of both covers and at base of backstrip. Name penciled on first blank. Internally clean and tight. More

Price: $125.00

In the Depths of the First Degree: a Romance of the Battle of Bull Run. James Doran.

In the Depths of the First Degree: a Romance of the Battle of Bull Run

Doran, James

Buffalo: Peter Paul Book Co., 1898. Hardcover. 391p. Cloth-backed boards. 19cm. Edges rubbed. Minor cover soiling. A novel. More

Price: $18.00

Address to the members of the Religious Society of Friends Belonging to Philadelphia yearly meeting, by the Representative Committee, of Meeting for Sufferings upon Their Testimony against War. William Dorsey, Clerk of the Meeting.

Address to the members of the Religious Society of Friends Belonging to Philadelphia yearly meeting, by the Representative Committee, of Meeting for Sufferings upon Their Testimony against War

Dorsey, William, Clerk of the Meeting

Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Chapman, 1862. Paperback. 12p. Later plain green wrapper. 19cm. Minor foxing and wear. More

Price: $125.00

Autograph Letter Signed. Union Soldier. Date hard to read but probably Nov. 15, 1861. Timothy Dunnovan.

Autograph Letter Signed. Union Soldier. Date hard to read but probably Nov. 15, 1861.

Dunnovan, Timothy

Written on the first 2 1/2 pages of a lined 8 x 10 inch sheet that had been folded to form 4 pages. Two later horizontal folds for mailing. Modest splitting at bottom of vertical fold. Soiling on blank final page. Dunnovan., a drummer in Company G, 21st Regiment Massachusetts... More

Price: $225.00

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