American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Copy of letter, L. Losch, Maj. Genl. 3pp (8 x 12.5 in.). Tircy(?), 30 March 1845. To R.D. Parker, Esq.  

Clipped signature with rank, P.H. Sheridan, M. General U.S.A. 3.25 x 4.75 in.  Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888) graduated USMA in 1853. He served as staff officer for Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck In autumn 1861. He so impressed Brig. Gen. W.S. Rosecrans after the Battle of Boonesboro that he rose to Brig. General. After Stones River he was promoted to Major General. When Grant became General-in-Chief of the Armies, Sheridan was brought to the Eastern Theater and put in command of the Army of the Potomac’s Cavalry. While Sherman was carving a path of destruction through Georgia and the adjacent southern states, Grant sent Sheridan through the Shenandoah Valley, an important source of resources and a transportation route for the Confederacy, to render it uninhabitable. In the spring of 1865, it was Sheridan’s forces that pursued Lee and the ANV throughout the East until Lee surrendered at Appomattox in April.

Confederate Newspaper, the Daily Evening Bulletin, Memphis, TN. Vol. I, No. 157 (June 18, 1863). 4pp. 

Confederate States of America Bond for $1000, 8%, authorized Feb. 20, 1863. One coupon used, seven remain attached to the bond. Portrait of Jefferson Davis and a bird’s-eye view of a city, plus a small sailing vessel and more on the bond. 

Pay Roster for J.W. Laughlin, Clerk, 3 Dec. 1862.  10 x 17 in. (many tape repairs on verso)

Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Army, 23 June 1919 (WWI) for Alfred Gantt, resident of Morrow, Ohio, discharged from Battery D, 142nd Field Artillery. On verso is enlistment record. Discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio.

GAR celluloid button with red, white, blue rosette/ribbons

Medal with ribbon (lacking pin) for the American Legion, 39th Annual convention, July 24-27, 1957, Dept. of Maryland and Baltimore.