Category Highlights

Abraham Lincoln
(7 pieces) view autograph manuscripts

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Civil War

The war that pitted brother against brother and brought our nation to the brink. 

Manuscripts and Historical Figures

Civil War Journals (3 pieces)

Eyewitness narrative descriptions of the Civil War. view autograph manuscripts

John Dahlgren (1 piece)

One of the leading Union admirals of the Civil War. view autograph manuscript

Jefferson Davis (3 pieces)

President of the Confederate States of America. view autograph manuscripts

Ulysses S. Grant (5 pieces)

Union general who brought victory to the North in the Civil War, later president during the Gilded Age. view autograph manuscripts

Joseph Hooker (1 piece)

Union Civil War general, commander of the Army of the Potomac. view autograph manuscript

Abraham Lincoln (7 pieces)

Lincoln managed to plan and win the Civil War, and free the slaves, while at the same time articulating a timeless philosophy of freedom and democracy. Lincoln's autographs and letters show a man with singular focus and rarely include flourish or dressing. view autograph manuscripts

Gideon Welles (1 piece)

United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, including the entire duration of the American Civil War. view autograph manuscript