Patriotic Covers During The Civil War

Can you recommend a book or download that may contain the patriotic covers of the civil war. I realize there was somewhere around 15000 variations but thought I read there was a published book or two on them and the rarity of each.

Thanks in advance.

Hello,

For patriotic covers from the South you can see - Confederate Patriotic Covers and their Usages by Benjamin Wishnietsky. You can find this on-line at major sites for under $20. Great hardbound book divided by types of covers and full illustrations of each cover.

You can look for - The George Walcott Civil War Patriotic Covers (257pages).This is also available on-line (under $75) and covers union and Confederate covers. It has a detailed listing (over 3,000 covers with photos overlapping) and includes prices paid back in 1934 at auction.

I have both books and they are very useful.

You may be able to find downloads of these if you look around.

Hope this helps,
Hobsun