Three receipts for confederate bonds issued to the holder under the "Act to reduce the Currency." All of the receipts are notarized on the reverse and two of them are, in return, transferred to pay taxes. 6p.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the first Cabinet of the Confederate States, including Judah P. Benjamin serving as Attorney General. From Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War.
A letter from representatives of the Confederate Survivors Association to the vestry of the German Lutheran Church, asking them to set aside an area in their cemetery for veterans of the Civil War.
Souvenir card and registration certificate given to Isaac W. Hirsch from the 25th Annual Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans held in Richmond, Virginia. The card notes Hirsch's registration at the registration office in Richmond.
Five dollar Confederate greenback issued on February 17, 1864 and redeemable two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America. Printed by Evans & Cogswell in Charleston, South Carolina and engraved by Keatinge & Ball of Columbia, South Carolina.
Ten dollar Confederate greenback issued on February 17, 1864 and redeemable two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America. Printed by Evans & Cogswell in Charleston, South Carolina and engraved by Keatinge & Ball of Columbia, South Carolina.
Confederate States Army ration receipt sent to Edgar M. Lazarus. The receipt outlines the expenses for allotted rations provided to Lazarus for thirty days.
Records consist of letters containing daily reports submitted by Assistant Engineer F.M. Hall at Fort Sumter to Major W.H. Echols, "Chief Engineer, S.C." at Charleston, South Carolina.Reports (Dec. 17-Dec. 23) concern work on fortifications being done by slaves and soldiers as well as small administrative and military matters.
Confederate States Army ration receipt sent to Edgar M. Lazarus. The receipt outlines the expenses for allotted rations provided to Lazarus for thirty days.
As Confederate States Secretary of War, Judah P. Benjamin requests Daniel S. Printup's assistance in mustering companies to populate the 55th regiment of the Confederate army. Printup was the son of a wealthy planter who owned land near Rome, Georgia.
Black-and-white photograph of Claude H. Moore in uniform. Writing on back of image reads, "To my good friend, Mr. Willie McLeod. Sincerely, Claude H. Moore in uniform of Confederate Commander."
Note from Stohenthal accompanying an enclosure of $12.500 (in Confederate Depository Certificate), for Drayton's 108 cotton bales. Enclosure not found.
Confederate Medical Examiner's note regarding an examination of Edgar M. Lazarus. The note states Lazarus suffers from myopia. The surgeon recommends Lazarus be on "permanent detail" and states he is unfit for field duty. The note is signed by Dr. Robert Lebby.
Envelope from Confederate States of America, Department of State, addressed: "To His Eminence Cardinal Antonelli, President of the Council of Ministers and Secretary of State of His Holiness, etc., etc., etc., etc."
Confederate Medical Examiner's note regarding an examination of Edgar M. Lazarus. The note states Lazarus suffers from myopia. The surgeon recommends Lazarus be on "permanent detail" and states he is unfit for field duty. The note is signed by Dr. Robert Lebby.
Letter from J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State for the Confederate States of America, to Cardinal Antonelli, Cardinal Secretary of State, introducing P. N. Lynch, Bishop of Charleston.
A letter from Benjamin Allston writing about socializing with confederate dragoons, the names of those involved, dinner with General Walker's staff and reports of Union movements from a "negro spy." The letter also writes about a report in the newspaper discussing the brutal treatment of enslaved persons by the "Yankees" which the spy stated is common.
A handwritten, four-page letter from Joseph Alston to his father, Charles Alston, in which he updates him on his status as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He informs his father of the Confederate troops moving north to Virginia and discusses topics such as Benjamin Huger's actions and the lack of intervention from England or France in the war.
