American Historical Ephemera & Photography

MERRICK, Richard T. (1828-1885). The Emancipation Proclamation. State Rights. National Convention. Speech of Richard T. Merrick, Before the Young Men's Democratic Invincible Club, Chicago, Dec. 11, 1862. N.p.: N.p., [1862]. -- DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889). Message of the President. [Richmond, VA]: N.p., 6 February 1865. Davis refers to the Emancipation Proclamation in regards to Lincoln's refusal to negotiate peace on terms other than unconditional surrender and the acceptance of emancipation. -- WHITING, William. The War Powers of the President and the Legislative Powers of Congress in relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery. Boston: John L. Shorey, 1863. Third Edition. -- GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Report of Lieutenant-General U.S. Grant, of the Armies of the United States - 1864-'65. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865. Frontispiece portrait of Grant. -- Andrew Johnson von Tennessee der neue Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und der Nachfolger Abraham Lincoln's. Bremen, [Germany]: Halem, 1865. 8vo. RARE: OCLC locates only 3 copies, all in German institutions. -- Together, 5 Civil War-era pamphlets, 8vo, all FIRST EDITIONS except where noted, condition generally very good.

[With:] National Democratic Ticket. For President, Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. For Vice President, Herschel V. Johnson, of Georgia. Electors. [Virginia]: N.p., [1860]. 4 x 6 1/2 in. printed elector ballot (some creasing, small chips at edges).
 
[With:] The Presidential Election. Appeal of the National Union Committee to the People of the United States. New York: National Union Committee, 1864. 8 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. broadsheet (dampstains). Signed in type by Henry J. Raymond, and 20 others representing the Union states (including Missouri, Kansas, and West Virginia) and Washington, D.C. The National Union Party was a temporary name used by the Republican party to unite elements of other parties for a national ticket in the 1864 presidential election during the Civil War. It was, in part, a tactic to attract War Democrats, voters in border states, and members of Unionist parties.

[Also with:] BOGGS, Samuel Shaffer (1838-1911). Eighteen Months a Prisoner Under the Rebel Flag. Lovington, IL: S.S. Boggs, 1887. 8vo. Illustrated. ( Original illustrated wraps (partially detached, soiled, creasing). Boggs enlisted as a corporal on 13 June 1861 and was mustered into Company E of the 21st Illinois Infantry on the 28th. He was promoted to sergeant before being captured at the Battle of Chickamauga and spending 18 months in Confederate prisons.