Collecting Civil War autographs

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Who is a proud owner of a fine Civil War autograph collection and would like to share it with fellow collectors..

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Jefferson Davis signed cut

jefferson%20davis%20matt.bmpLatest piece of Civil War history that I 've added to my collection.. I like it

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Robert E. Lee Signed Photo

Started by Dan Moss Mar 11, 2020. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Hi, I'm looking to sell this Robert E. Lee signed CDV. I was going to consign it to auction but I thought I'd offer it here first. If you're interested send me a message with your best offer!Continue

Newest piece put together

Started by Lou reves Jun 14, 2017. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Here is my newest piece it is intaglio cards stamped with the original plates used to make the ten dollar bill with an original signature of General Phil Sheridan

Union General Irvin Mcdowell

Started by Roger Furr. Last reply by Ben Middleton Jan 18, 2016. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Signed Dept of Pacific letter dated 9/28/1881 nice item of the 1st commander of the union army of the Civil War.... not bad for the collectionContinue

CSA General Jubal A.Early hand written letter

Started by Roger Furr Feb 9, 2014. 0 Replies 2 Likes

General Jubal A Early hand written letter for my collection from University ArcivesContinue

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Comment by Tom Barrett on April 3, 2018 at 10:45am: One more civil war era signature that I could use some help with deciphering... Thanks!

Comment by Tom Barrett on April 3, 2018 at 10:42am: Looking for some help to decipher a couple of civil war era signatures... Hoping someone from this group can help me! Thanks in advance! Tom

Comment by Matt abcde on September 30, 2014 at 3:31am: Hello Nathan,

Can you post a photograph? By itself, Rosecrans isn't too valuable an autograph, as he doesn't have the best reputation and he lived quite a few years after the war. I would put the value between 1-200.

Comment by N.Daniel on September 25, 2014 at 9:32am: Quick question as Im not a member of this group, but what would the value be of an autographed color lithograph from 1864 autographed by General Rosecrans? Ive seen sales of him on a cdv but does the item being a color litho make it a higher value? -Nathan

Comment by Roger Furr on June 1, 2014 at 8:22am: That's a great find Matthew I almost had a Scott Hancock a few days ago but we couldn't agree on a price so gonna keep looking.Thanks for sharing

Comment by Matt abcde on May 30, 2014 at 6:30pm: I picked this up also, it's signed by Winfield Scott Hancock. It says:

Winfd. S. Hancock
Major Genl. U.S.V. reg.
Comg. M[iddle].M[ilitary]. Department

Comment by Irishjohan on May 28, 2014 at 1:57pm: I see. Thanks for the response. Very interesting history. Thanks for drawing my attention to it.

Comment by Matt abcde on May 26, 2014 at 7:08pm: It is a quote that has been commonly paraphrased as: "Damn the Torpedoes. Full speed ahead." In reality Farragut said "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!"

Comment by Irishjohan on May 26, 2014 at 6:41pm: Very nice indeed, Matthew. Forgive my ignorance, but 24 days after which quote???

Comment by Matt abcde on May 26, 2014 at 5:10pm: My latest addition, it's a good one! It's a note written by America's first full-Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. It was written in 1864, on Farragut's flagship the USS Hartford, in Mobile Bay, just 24 days after the famous quote. Also signed by officers on the Steamer Aphrodite and the USS Rodolph. The USS Rodolph would be blown up by a Confederate mine on April 1st, 1865, just days before the end of the war.