American Historical Ephemera and Photography

5 x 8 in. lettersheet with view of Lincoln and McClellan on horseback reviewing a group of parading soldiers, captioned "Review of the Grand Army of the Potomac by the President and General McClellan." MILGRAM AL-288, a design known only on lettersheets, most with soldiers' letters. This letter sent from "Camp Betty Black," 13 February 1862. Faint signature is nearly indecipherable, but letter was likely written by a member of the 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteers which used Camp Betty Black for training and winter quarters.

5 x 8 in. lettersheet featuring a view of the United States Capitol, one of the most common designs on Civil War letter paper, which was produced by many printers. This view found in many colors and a variety of captions. Here the Capitol is in red, as opposed to the more commonly used black. Image captioned below "Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States." This letter was written by J.F. Hunt on behalf of Isaac Linscott, a patient at the US General Hospital, Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C. 9 May 1863. Linscott notifies his family of being wounded in his left thigh and requests letters.

[With:] CDV portrait of General George McClellan standing next to his seated wife, Ellen Mary "Nelly" McClellan. No photographer's backmark.