Civil War Autographs
This site aims to educate the collector on the scope of a great collection of important historical autographs documents, focused around the Civil War, available for sale. Join us at this site as we walk through Buchanan’s important speech welcoming California, Lincoln’s pardon of a leading confederate, Grant’s letter to Meade, and other documents signed by Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and other major figures of the Civil War. Some of these historical documents have been on display at major national institutions, among them the National Constitution Center and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library.
There is no event in our history more central to who we are, or more defined us as a people. Nothing can match it for sheer drama, emotion and impact. Its story is one of idealism, passion, heartbreak, sacrifice, heroism, and families divided. It is one that brought to the forefront men of diverse and great character, and left behind others who stumbled or acted on evil impulses. Abraham Lincoln saw the sweep of the event, saying in 1862, “We cannot escape history…we will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”
