American History November 15, 2013
American History
Cowan’s 6270 Este Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45232 513.871.1670 Fax 513.871.8670
Auction November 15, 2013 10 a.m.
Exhibition November 14, 2013 Noon - 5 p.m. November 15, 2013 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
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Front Cover: Lot 358 Back Cover: Lot 401 Inside Front and Back Covers: Lots: 271 and 268
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Wes Cowan
Katie Horstman historic@cowans.com
Matt Chapman matt@cowans.com
Contributors: Allen Cebula Pat Tench Steven Cochran
Cowan’s is pleased to offer property from the following: Estate of Kenneth Erwin The Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography Material Descended Directly in the Family of General Michael and John Sheridan Robert and Mary Younger, Morningside House Publishers, Civil War & Historic Book Collection
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1 George Wilkins Kendall, The War Between the United States and Mexico Illustrated Kendall, George Wilkins. The War between the United States and Mexico Illustrated, Embracing Pictorial Drawings of all the Principal Conflicts by Carl Nebel, author of “Picturesque and Archaeological Voyage in Mexico,” with a Description of each Battle. New York: D. Appleton & Company and Philadelphia: George S. Appleton, 1851 (copyright 1850). Lithography by Bayot et Bichebois (most marked “Bayot lth.”). 18 x 24 inches, three-quarter burgundy leather over red moire cloth boards, gilt borders on leather and gilt title on front, extended title notes that Kendall was the author of “Texan Santa Fe Expedition,” see lot 409. This impressive volume consists of twelve color plates, each approx. 11 x 17 inches, on handmade heavy paper, and a black-and-white map of Army operations in the Valley of Mexico in 1847 as the frontis. Facing each color plate are a couple pages of text describing each scene depicted. The plates remain bright even today, a century and a half later, probably because they were highlighted by hand-application of gum arabic. Only 500 copies were printed of this oversized volume. Today, few remain intact, the prints having been removed for framing. The plates are as follows: (1) Battle of Palo Alto; (2) Capture of Monterey; (3) Battle of Buena Vista; (4) Bombardment of Vera Cruz; (5) Battle of Cerro Gordo (text incomplete, not printed on verso of page); (6) Assault at Contreras; (7) Battle of Churubusco (text incomplete, not printed on verso of page); (8) Molino del Rey - attack upon the molino; (9) Molino del Rey - attack upon the casa mata; (10) Storming of Chapultepec - Pillow’s attack; (11) Storming of Chapultepec - Quitman’s attack; and (12) Genl. Scott’s entrance into Mexico. Some of the prints have brown streaking, particularly in the sky area and the margins at the top and right of the prints, as these lithographs are wont to do. However, they have not been cleaned, which many copies were, and it damaged the brilliant colors of the prints. As newer
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MEXICAN WAR conservation methods become available, these should be able to be cleaned without the earlier damage to the colors on the prints. Photographs of all plates available upon request. Please go to www. cowans.com for additional condition information. George Wilkins Kendall was the founder and editor of the New Orleans Picayune. During the war with Mexico, he followed the troops as a correspondent. The recent innovations of telegraph made it possible to get news back home quickly and lithography enabled images to be widely distributed. So “media” outlets began for the first time competing with each other to be the first to break news. Hours could make all the difference in the distribution of a paper or magazine. While lithography was still slower than setting text type, it was still much more streamlined than it had been. (It might take a week to get an image cut and printed.) (Sandweiss, et al., 1989).
When he decided to write about the war, Kendall hired Carl Nebel, a German artist he met in Mexico City, to do the prints (a move he came to regret later, as Nebel apparently was not easy to work with) (Sandweiss, et al, 1989). Unfortunately, Nebel did not travel to all battlefields, and had to rely on others’ sketches for pictures of the battle. A few inaccuracies were introduced, particularly the mountain in the background of the Palo Alto scene. This area is a flat coastal plain. But otherwise, the images are very accurate. The speed, accuracy and, later, artistic renderings of these prints set a high standard for those following Kendall’s model. The details and coloring of the prints are admirable even today. Robert and Mary Younger, Morningside House Publishers, Civil War & Historic Book Collection $10,000 - $15,000
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2 Mexican-American War Lithographs by D.P. Whiting Lot of 4 lithographs by Daniel Powers Whiting, each Lith. and Printed in Colors by G. & W. Endicott, N. York / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847, as printed below image and printed title, and marked lower left, below image, D.P. Whiting Capt. 7th Inf. Del. The following titles include: Birds-eye view of the Camp of the Army of Occupation, Commanded by Genl. Taylor. Near Corpus Christi, Texas [from the North] Oct. 1845. Marked lower right, On Stone by C. Parsons. Image size, 11.75 x 18.75 in., entire sheet, 19 x 24 in. Monterey, As seen from a house-top in the main Plaza, [to the west.] October, 1846. Marked lower right, On Stone by Chas. Fenderich, No. 1
THE CRIMEAN WAR 3 Roger Fenton, A Two Gun Battery During the Crimean War, Salted Paper Photograph Ca 1855 salted paper print, 8.75 x 11 in., mounted, 15.75 x 18.5 in. The photograph was produced by pioneering war photographer Roger Fenton (1819-1869), showing the interior of the Russian fortifications at Sevastopol, called the “Great Redan,” after their capture by French and British troops in September 1855, following a lengthy siege. $700 - $900
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of a Series. Image size, 12.5 x 18.25 in., entire sheet trimmed to 16.75 x 21.5 in. Two copies of Valley Towards Saltillo, from near the base of “Palace Hill,” at Monterey. [Looking to the S.West.] Marked lower right, On Stone by C. Parsons, No. 3. Tinted. Image size, 12 x 19 in., larger sheet 18.75 x 23.75, smaller sheet trimmed to 16.75 x 21.75 in. This rare and desirable group of Whiting’s lithographs, which document locations and events surrounding the Mexican-American War, are considered some of the most accurate depictions of the United States’ occupation of Mexico. $800 - $1,000
PRE-CIVIL WAR | Cased Images 4 Half Plate Ambrotye of a Militia Officer, by Rufus Adams Late 1850s, half plate ambrotype of an unidentified, high-ranking militia officer, who could be any rank from captain to colonel based on the wire bullion epaulettes, which were dropped from Regular Army regulations in 1851 but retained by militia. The officer wears a ca 1840-pattern chapeaux topped with a swan feather plume and holds a knight’s head pommel militia officer’s dress sword across his lap. The round, two-piece belt plate features a stylized spread-winged American eagle surrounded by stars and is generic militia staff for the antebellum period. With mat stamped Ambrotype By R. Adams/ Cuttings Pat. July 4 & 11, 1854. Rufus Adams was active in Portland, ME, in the late 1850s. Housed in a full case with vine motif. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
5 Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of British Royal Navy Officer Posed with Eagle Pommel Presentation Officer’s Sword Quarter plate daguerreotype of a handsome, unidentified officer wearing an undress double breasted coatee with two rows of nine buttons. He holds a typical 1827 Pattern Royal Navy Officer’s sword with lion head pommel in his right hand and a pair of white gloves in the other. The combination of cuff buttons and stripe together with the collar braid would suggest that the man is a Warrant Officer with the rank of Purser, an important shipboard administrative position responsible for the financial side of running a ship and paying the ship’s company. The Purser was a transitional rank in the 19th century just recently elevated to commissioned status in the Royal Navy. Most early Pursers were not professional naval officers per-se, rather they were experienced civilian businessmen. Housed in a full leather case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $1,000 - $1,500
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PRE-CIVIL WAR | Cased Images 6 Militiaman from the Valley City Guards, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ambrotype and Tintype Portraits Lot of 2, including quarter plate ambrotype and sixth plate tintype of a fresh-faced militia private, taken during the same sitting. Seated in full uniform, the young private wears a silk, patriotic cockade on his chest and a US belt plate. The M1851 shako, placed on the table beside him, features a spread-winged eagle device as well as the initials VCG (in reverse), possibly an acronym for the Valley City Guards, a militia unit out of Grand Rapids, MI. In the quarter plate ambrotype, the soldier, whose uniform is tinted blue, holds his musket with bayonet. He is shown with an angler bayonet at his side in the sixth plate tintype, which includes a penciled inscription behind the image, that states in part: Look here upon this picture and on this/ the counterfeit presentation of life (?)/ See which ? was seated on his ?, plus a penciled identification that is difficult to decipher, but appears to include: F.M. B?. Many of the men who served with the Valley City Guards later went on to serve in the 3rd Michigan Infantry during the Civil War, which saw action at Fair Oaks, Bull Run, and Yorktown. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $500 - $700
7 Sixth Plate Ambrotype of a Soldier Posed with his Shako Sixth plate ambrotype of an unidentified soldier wearing a 9-button frock coat with brass shoulder scales, which was favored by New England regiments. The young soldier rests his left elbow on an 1851-pattern dress cap with pompon, marked with the letter E, which is placed on the small table beside him. Housed in Fireman’s Duty Union case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $300 - $500
8 Ninth Plate Tintype of a Militia Musician Ninth plate tintype of an unidentified boy wearing triple-breasted coatee tinted red, with the horizontal braid connecting the small buttons washed in light blue. The popular militia-style jacket has cloth epaulettes, also tinted light blue with short fringe favored by musicians. Pinned to his chest is a light colored silk patriotic cockade or, alternatively, a secession badge with three trailing ribbons that is unfortunately indistinct. Despite the badge, the combination of colors alone is not sufficient evidence to pronounce this boy positively as a Southerner. The Drum Corps of the American Guard of New York City wore “red jackets” in 1857, while red had always been a fashionable “reverse” color for militia musician uniforms as evidenced by popular lithographs of the antebellum period. The key is the badge, which cannot be positively identified. On a heavy plate stamped Neff’s Patent 56. Housed in full case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
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THE CIVIL WAR | Cased Images | Confederate 9 Quarter Plate Ambrotype of Soldier, Possibly Confederate, Armed with Percussion Derringer Pistols Quarter plate ambrotype of an unidentified, but heavily armed soldier, possibly Confederate, standing at attention against a stark studio backdrop. The bearded private wears a dark blue kepi and grey-colored shell jacket, the unidentified oval belt plate tinted gold and unreadable. A pair of percussion Derringer pistols, possibly Philadelphia Derringers, can be seen tucked in the private’s belt with attached bayonet scabbard. He carries what appears to be an imported British made P1856 Short Rifle (Enfield Sergeant’s Pattern) fixed with a brass handled saber bayonet. Housed in full case. While this soldier has the “look and feel” of a Southerner there is insufficient evidence to make a firm pronouncement as all of the presumed Confederate attributes can also be explained in the context of an early war Federal volunteer. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $1,000 - $2,000
10 CSA Colonel Marcellus Pointer, 12th Alabama Cavalry, Tintype Portrait CDV-sized tintype of Marcellus Pointer, 12th Alabama Cavalry, seated in studio, with the gray collar, three stars, and triple sleeve cords of a CSA cavalry colonel clearly visible. Housed in a pressed paper case. The youngest of eight children born to a Virginia doctor, Marcellus Pointer (1841-1909) was living in Holly Springs, MI, when the state seceded, and joined “Old Co. B” of the 9th Mississippi Infantry as a Private prior to the first shot at Fort Sumter. His enlistment ran out just before the Battle of Shiloh, and it is uncertain if he took part in that engagement or not, but he was present at his home in Holly Springs on July 20, 1862, when Joseph Wheeler came to town. Wheeler was acquainted with the Pointer family, and gave Marcellus a 1st Lieutenant’s commission on the staff of his new command, comprised of six regiments of Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas cavalry. Wheeler’s papers note that Lieut. Pointer was severely wounded on or about October 19, 1862, at Wild Cat, KY, while retreating from the Battle of Perryville. He was briefly captured at Charleston, TN on December 28, 1863, but shot one of his guards and escaped. At some point, Pointer was promoted to Lieut. Colonel of the 12th Alabama Cavalry, but the date of promotion is unknown. He was wounded again during the Carolina Campaign. On April 23, 1865, Pointer surrendered at his residence in Holly Springs, MS, and was paroled on June 9, 1865. Records indicate that Pointer died in New York City in July 1909, but he is buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN. $2,000 - $3,000
11 Confederate John Barclay Withers, 17th Virginia Infantry & Mosby’s 43rd Bn. Cav. Partisan Rangers, POW, Sixth Plate Ambrotype Sixth plate ruby ambrotype of John Barclay Withers, with period pencil inscription inside complete case, underneath the image: Ambrotype of Jno. B. Withers/ Blk Horse Cavalry/ Co H 4th Va. Cavalry/ Stuart’s Division. Accompanied by calling card, presumably pencil inscribed in Withers’ hand: John B. Withers - Old Dominion Rifles/ Co. H. 17th Regt. Va. Vols, 1.75 x 3 in. The formal, hand-tinted ambrotype shows Withers wearing his Confederate uniform, consisting of a grey overcoat with “epaulette” stripe, the buttons highlighted in gold. Taken ca 1863. John Barclay Withers (1845-1917), a 19-year-old clerk from Fauquier County, VA, enlisted in April, 1861 at Alexandria as a Private with Co. H, 17th Virginia Infantry. Within months, he was wounded at the First Battle of Manassas on July 1, 1861. In 1863, Withers was promoted to Regimental Ordnance Sergeant Pro Tem, and he later joined Mosby’s 43rd Batallion Virginia Cavalry Partisan Rangers as Lieutenant. During a raid in Fauquier County, VA, on September 24, 1863, Withers was captured, and as a POW, he was first sent to Old Capital Prison, WA, then transferred to Johnson’s Island, OH on 10/4/63, Point Lookout, MD on 10/8/63, and Fort Delaware, DE on 10/12/63. He was released on June 8, 1865, swearing the Oath of Allegiance at Fort Delaware. Following his death in 1917, Withers was buried in Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, VA. $1,500 - $2,500 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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THE CIVIL WAR | Cased Images | Confederate 12 Sixth Plate Tintype of an Armed Confederate Sixth plate tintype of a soldier with a sober expression, his cheeks lightly tinted pink, wearing a CS belt plate as well as a cap box with an indistinguishable plate. A Bacon Arms Co. pocket percussion revolver is tucked in the young soldier’s belt. Housed under glass and patriotic mat, but lacking a case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $500 - $700
THE CIVIL WAR | Cased Images | Union 13 Attributed Pair of Superlative 9th Indiana Cavalry Half Plate Tintypes An outstanding pair of related outdoor, half plate tintypes that originated at a house sale in Indianapolis some twenty-five years ago, attributed as members of the 9th Indiana Cavalry initially commanded by Colonel George W. Jackson and later the iconic pharmaceutical magnate, Colonel Eli Lilly. The panoramic half plate depicts a wartime cavalry company numbering 41 men drawn up before an open tent with three seated officers—presumably a captain and two junior lieutenants all wearing ubiquitous knee-high cavalry boots—in the center flanked by the troop non-commissioned officers. The unknown company officers display cavalry sabers, while the three rows of enlisted men are uniformed in an array of western dress, predominantly sack coats, with some wearing holstered pistols. The center of the plate is fairly clear and sharp revealing a wealth of detail, while the troopers on either end are blurred. The shadowy man standing at the far left of the image appears to be carrying a drum, an instrument never issued to cavalry regiments. A stand of tall pines loom behind the company, although there is nothing to suggest a location. One possibility is the Indianapolis Fair Grounds at the present day 38th Street, which was used as an encampment during the war, but these men do not have the look or demeanor of fresh recruits. If, indeed, the image depicts the 9th Indiana Cavalry, then another possibility is Pulaski, TN. The regiment was mustered in March 1, 1864, and left for Nashville on May 3. The Hoosiers then set up camp at Pulaski, from which they engaged in operations against the illusive Forrest and Wheeler until November 23, 1864. The companion half plate is a spectacular candid close-up of three company-grade officers and another standing soldier sporting a thick beard and carrying an aura of authority about him, his pants highlighted by blue-tinted enlisted military trousers. The anonymous cameraman moved his cumbersome equipment at the behest of one of the officers and captured this leisurely view in front of the same tent as in the panoramic shot. The officer presumed to be the company Captain seated second on the left has removed his military jacket. Next to him is a 2nd Lieutenant, with cigar in hand, then the bearded man sans uniform coat not readily identified in the panoramic view. The photograph could easily be titled “At Home in Camp” with the plethora of related equipment and tack scattered around the spartan living quarters. A complete officer’s saddle is visible just outside the back flap of the tent. A pile of firewood lies next to a sheet metal camp stove complete with boilers, tin cup, and unfinished plate of food! Impromptu seating is by cast-off wooden crates. Collectively, the composition is clearly a marvel of outdoor photography! 10
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Through an in-depth comparison with other known images, it has been suggested that the standing man is George W. Jackson, who became the first Colonel of the 9th Indiana Cavalry on April 30, 1864, and that the 2nd Lieutenant seated to the left of the standing figure, with cigar in hand, is the noteworthy Indianapolis pharmaceutical pioneer Eli Lilly. However, the 2nd Lieutenant shoulder straps that the subject wears do not correspond with Lilly’s rank in 1864. After resigning his commission as Captain in the 18th Indiana Light Artillery in April, 1864, Eli Lilly joined the staff of the 9th Indiana Cavalry as a Major on June 3, 1864, and records indicate that he would not have commanded a company. Some sources suggest that Lilly was back in Indiana helping Jackson as early as April of 1864, though, and these photographs may have been taken during that period of time before he was promoted to Major in June. A documented carte-de-visite of Colonel Jackson seated beside Major Lilly, ca 1864, held by the Indiana Historical Society, reveals some similarities between the uniformed officers in the carte and those situated in this camp setting. However, based on a progression of George W. Jackson and Eli Lily; published photographs courtesy of Indiana Historical Society taken of Lilly as 2nd Lieutenant in 1861, (21st Indiana), Captain in 1862 (8th Indiana Battery), and Lieut. Colonel in 1864-65 (9th Indiana Cavalry), the attribution cannot be confirmed. The half plates are clearly connected as the presumed Captain and 2nd Lieutenant wearing slouch hats in the panoramic, potentially identified as Jackson and Lilly, appear to be the same two officers seated on the left in the camp scene, suggesting that one of the two was the original owner. Although no written provenance accompanies this outstanding pair of outdoor images, they were offered as lots 236 and 237 in Cowan’s May 8-9, 2003 Americana Auction, and are certainly worthy of further research and analysis. $8,000 - $10,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | Cased Images | Union 14 Corporal C.B. Strickland, 41st Ohio Volunteers, Collection Including Photographs, Cartridge Box, & Powder Horn Lot of 14 items belonging to Corporal Clarkson Beebe Strickland, member of Co. B, 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In August of 1861, after enlisting as a Private at the age of 20, Strickland was mustered into Co. B of the 41st OVI. Initially under the command of Colonel William Babcock Hazen and often referred to as “Hazen’s Brigade” because of the successes it achieved through his leadership, the 41st Ohio was a hard-fighting regiment that saw action at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Stone’s River, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, New Hope Church, the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin, and Nashville. Near the end of his Civil War service, Strickland was promoted Corporal on March 31, 1865, and he was mustered out in November, 1865, at Camp Chase, OH. Following the war, Strickland resided in Bristolville, OH, and records indicate that he was still alive in 1908. The collection includes the following: Full plate, hand-colored tintype of Strickland in uniform, wearing a hat with corps badge, seated, holding a book in his lap, 5.5 x 7.5 in., under decorative mat and framed, 11 x 13.25 in. Plus sixth plate tintype of Strickland and his bride on their wedding day, as indicated by inked note affixed on tintype verso. Powder horn, 13 in. long, featuring large, handsomely carved eagle/ scroll motif and the following identification: C.B. Strickland/ Co. B. 41 O.V.V.I./ Green Lake Texas/ 1865. Most likely created following the Civil War. Leather cartridge box with U.S. brass box plate, one buckle detached but present. 2 Civil War discharges issued to Strickland, dated January 16, 1864 and November 27, 1865. 8 cartes-de-visite, including 6 portraits of Strickland’s fellow soldiers, many signed: autographed photo of Captain A.D. Hosmer, Co. B, 41st OVI; signed portrait of C.C. Weber, 41st OVI, with Norton & Luther, Cleveland, OH backmark and 3 cent tax stamp on verso; view of Wallace B. Harvey, wearing western theatre hat and anti-secessionist badge, with 3 cent tax stamp on verso; oval-length view of H.H. Harrington, 41st OVI; standing-view of D.E. Johnston, signed on verso, Co. F, 41st OVI; signed portrait of John L. Bower, of the 41st OVI, who was promoted to Corporal (1/64) and Sergeant (7/64), with 3 cent tax stamp on verso; and lithographed portraits of Generals Grant and Thomas, each with Anthony’s New York backmark. $1,000 - $2,000
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15 Civil War Quarter Plate Tintype of Four Union Officers Quarter plate tintype of an unidentified foursome consisting of a Union officer and three company level infantry senior NCOs uniformed in nine-button, single-breasted frock coats. The buttons, belt plates, hat insignia, and hilts are accented by the unknown photographer in gold. Seated in a row, the group includes, from left to right: 2nd Lieutenant, perhaps newly commissioned, holding a non-commissioned officer’s sword; 1st Sergeant, posed with his non-commissioned officer’s sword; and two sergeants. Housed in full case, separated at hinge. Probably an unknown New England regiment. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
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THE CIVIL WAR | Cased Images | Union 16 Private Jacob Rapp, 150th New York Volunteers, Quarter Plate Tintype Plus Letters Written from the Field Lot of 3 items relating to Jacob Rapp, 150th New York Volunteers, including a quarter plate tintype and 2pp war-date letter accompanied by the original cover. Tintype is a full-length portrait of Rapp posed in front of a military camp backdrop and armed with a rare two-band musket; housed under a brass mat but uncased. Letter is 2pp, 4.875 x 8 in., on stationery imprinted with a short poem honoring soldiers, dated at Camp Belger, Baltimore, December 19, 1862, addressed to Dear Friend (John N.) Cramer, located in Rapp’s hometown of Rhinebeck, NY. In part: ...You said in your letter that we have to whip the South but I think now we can’t do it by fighting....General Wool was here yesterday and we had a Grand Revue before him....I felt bad when McClellan left the Army, but now I am all right again..... The Poughkeepsie ladies sent 500 pair of gloves to our Regiment and they was received very thankful....At home I weight one hundred forty seven pound and now I weigh one hundred sixty five... Accompanying cover is also imprinted with a patriotic image and poem. Rapp was 34 years old when he enlisted in Rhinebeck on September 5, 1862, mustering into Co. K, 150th New York Infantry, as a Private. He is listed as having deserted February 7, 1863, from Camp Belger, but records of the 97th New York state that a man of the same name and age enlisted at Geddo, NY, in August of 1863, and served through the end of the war. $400 - $600 1 of 3
17 Quarter Plate Tintype and Albumen Enlargement of a Union Camp Scene, Including African Americans Quarter plate tintype of Union officers seated outside their tent enjoying a meal. At least three of the men wear lieutenant’s jackets, and two African Americans standing behind the table may be serving them. One of the African Americans, who wears an Army kepi and and US belt plate, appears to be leaning against a tent-like structure, holding a teacup in his hand. The soldier at far left is seated on a drum, and holds a pair of drum sticks in his hand. Housed in full case. Accompanied by an albumen enlargement of the same image, 7.75 x 9.75 in., housed in a wood frame, 12.5 x 14.5 in. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
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18 Civil War Quarter Plate Tintype of a Heavily Armed Private Quarter plate tintype of a cavalry private wearing a regulation shell jacket. The unidentified trooper holds a saber in his right hand and has a pair of 1851 Colt Navy percussion revolvers in his belt. The young, mustached soldier’s collar, buttons, belt plate, and sword handle accented in gold, and his pants tinted blue. Housed in a Capture of Major Andre Union case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $300 - $500
19 Civil War Quarter Plate Tintype of a Soldier Armed with Sword & Revolver Quarter plate, hand-tinted tintype of a Union soldier standing in front of a military camp backdrop, displaying his cavalry saber and wearing a Remington New Model 1858 percussion revolver in his belt. With two 5 cent revenue stamps affixed to plate’s verso, each including inked cancelation date of March 1865. Housed in half case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $300 - $500
20 James A. Custer, Second Cousin to George Custer, Ohio 12th Cavalry, KIA Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Photographs Lot of 3 photographic portraits, including ninth plate and sixth plate tintypes, plus albumen CDV, each identified as James A. Custer, son of Dr. William Webster Custer and second cousin to George Armstrong Custer. Born on November 26, 1847 in Scio, OH, James A. Custer enlisted as a Private in October, 1863, at the age of 15, and was mustered into Co. H, Ohio 12th Cavalry the following month. After being organized at Camp Cleveland to serve for a term of three years, the 12th Ohio moved to Louisville, then Lexington, then Mt. Sterling. It was heavily involved in operations against Morgan’s invasion of Kentucky between May 31-June 20, 1864, and while engaged in fighting at Mt. Sterling, Custer was killed in action on June 9, 1864, at the age of 16. He is buried in Ridge Cemetery, Harrison County, OH. While the ninth plate tintype included in the lot shows a young boy that is identified in an accompanying, modern inked note as James Custer, the sixth plate tintype and carte-de-visite feature a teen-aged Custer dressed in full uniform. The sixth plate tintype, housed in a frame with modern inked identification on frame backing, shows the young private wearing a standard frock coat, holding his cap in hand, the top marked with cavalry insignia of crossed sabers, plus H and 12 in reverse, representing his service with the 12th Ohio Cavalry. The CDV portrait shows Custer standing in uniform, posed with his sword, and includes a 2 cent tax stamp on verso as well as inked identification, James A. Custer/ in War of 1862 (incorrect date). Acquired from a Descendant of George A. Custer’s Family $800 - $1,200
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21 Civil War Sixth Plate Tintype of an Armed Sergeant Sixth plate tintype of an unknown 1st Sergeant wearing a uniform with gilt highlights, standing in front of a military camp backdrop and holding his rifled musket with bayonet, as if he is prepared to go into battle. Housed in Beehive, Grain, and Farm Tools Union case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $200 - $400
22 Sixth Plate Tintype of Two Union Musicians Sixth plate tintype portrait of a pair of Civil War bandsmen. The privates wear standard nine-button frock coats and are part of an unidentified regimental band. Both of the musicians display overthe-shoulder brass horns in different sizes. Housed in Union case with floral decoration. Regimental bands were abolished under a General Order dated July 1862, and the bandsmen mustered out. Field music (a separate entity from the band) consisting of fife and drum remained at the regimental level. While technically contrary to regulations, certain music loving units conspired to organize full brass brigade bands which existed until the end of the war. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $300 - $500
23 Civil War Ninth Plate Ambrotype of a Soldier Posed With the American Flag Ninth plate, Civil War-period ambrotype of a soldier posed beside the American flag, wearing a red, white, and blue tinted patriotic cockade on his chest. Housed in a patriotic Union case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $300 - $500
24 Civil War Ninth Plate Tintype of a Triple Armed Soldier Ninth plate tintype of an unidentified soldier, assertively displaying a Colt 1860 Army percussion revolver in his left hand, and a sword in his right. A cutlery handled bowie knife is tucked under his shoulder strap. The collar detail, epaulettes, buttons, rectangular belt plate, and sword handle are accented in gold. Housed under glass and mat, but lacking case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $200 - $300
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection
The Tom MacDonald Collection of Maine Civil War CDVs — Part II Lots 25-100 Part II of the Tom MacDonald Collection features a mix of Maine Regiments that fought with the Army of the Potomac and later with the Army of the James via the Department of the South. The infantry component comprises 26 multiple lots of identified officers and enlisted men from the 2nd, 9th, 11th, and consolidated 31st/32nd Regiments, including many casualties from US Grant’s costly but ultimately successful 1864 Overland Campaign. No regiment is more representative of that carnage—and of unvarnished fortitude —than the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, devastated with over 400 killed and mortally wounded during the last twelve months of the war, thus qualifying as a footnote in Fox’s coldly analytical Regimental Losses. A large array of CDVs, 48 to be exact, representing the rank and file of the preeminent 1st Maine Cavalry, are offered in 12 different lots. Arguably, no regiment in the glory-bound Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps emerged from the war with a better combat record than the Maine Cavalrymen—the politics of post-war reputation-building notwithstanding. Tom MacDonald was the consummate collector who left no facet of Maine Civil War photography untouched over the years. Exactly as Tom assembled and catalogued them, Part II contains several fairly extensive categories of Maine-born soldiers who served on the rosters outside of the Pine Tree State. When you consider the scope of the endeavor—like checking for a birth certificate with every CDV you contemplate— it really underscores the level of Tom’s commitment. These categories contain a few surprises and include Maine Soldiers Serving from Other States (mostly Massachusetts and New Hampshire), Maine Soldiers in the Regular Army, Maine Officers in the USCT, plus Maine Navy Officers with a few good Marines. We round out this segment with a few more obligatory Generals from Maine as well as a couple of historically significant Congressional Medal of Honor holders from Maine. There is also a number of highly sought after brevet Brigadier Generals scattered among this segment. Add in a couple of “character” shots and pair of Maine Officers with Indian War service and you have approximately 335 Maine related cartes-de-visite to peruse. The final Part III, comprising the last 300 plus CDVs from Tom MacDonald’s collection focusing on the Department of the Gulf, is scheduled for Cowan’s June 2014 American History Auction. 1st and 7th Maine Battery Battery A, 1st Maine Light Artillery was organized at Portland in December 1861 and sailed for New Orleans, joining the Department of the Gulf in March 1862. The Battery participated in a number of skirmishes and expeditions leading up to the Siege of Port Hudson in MayJune 1863. The Battery re-enlisted as a veteran organization in February 1864, and afterwards was assigned to the Washington Defenses during the summer of 1864, assisting in repelling the attack on the Capitol by Jubal Early’s Army. In August 1864, the 1st Battery joined the Army of the Shenandoah and was heavily engaged during that campaign, suffering proportionately heavy losses at Winchester on September 19, 1864, and at Cedar Creek where 20 men became casualties on October 19. The Battery remained on duty in the Valley until mustering out on July 15, 1865, having lost 15 gunners killed or mortally wounded during the war. Battery G, 7th Maine Light Artillery was the last organized by the state in December 1863. The 7th Maine Battery served briefly in the Washington Defenses as part of the 22nd Corps. In preparation for Grant’s Overland Campaign, the battery was reassigned to the 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac in April 1864, and saw extensive action at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg during the bloody summer attritional fighting. Helping to break the entrenched Confederate Army at Petersburg in April, the Maine boys joined in the pursuit of the beleaguered ANV before mustering out on June 21, 1865, paying with 13 men killed and mortally wounded.
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 25 1st Maine Battery, Five CDVs of Identified Soldiers Lot comprising three officers and two enlisted men. Two different views of Capt. J.B. Hubbard, one identified in old block letters beneath armed portrait with Killed at Port Hudson May 27, 1863 neatly inked along left margin. Additional notations on verso over Warren, Lowell, Mass imprint. The other view, a vignette pencil signed Capt. Hubbard, showing the officer with moustache as well as mutton chops. John Barrett Hubbard joined the 1st Maine Battery as 1st Lieut. 12/61; discharged for promotion to US Vol. Adjutant General Department 10/62; commissioned Captain & AAG 10/27/62; KIA Port Hudson 5/27/63. An ink identified vignette of Lt. Col. Geo. Francis Leppien/mortally wounded in battle of/ Chancellorsville, Va./Died May 24, 1863. Carte with Schreiber & Son, Philadelphia imprint. Leppien joined the 1st Maine Light Battery as 1st Lieut., 11/61; promoted Captain, 5th Maine Battery, 11/61; promoted Lieut. Colonel 2/63; WIA Chancellorsville 5/3/63 & DOW 5/24/63. The enlisted men are George Phelps who entered as Private, 1st Maine Battery 12/61; m/o 7/15/65. Also, Private Edward Conner, who joined 9/64; no further record. $400 - $500
26 7th Maine Battery, Four CDVs of Identified Soldiers One officer and three enlisted men, one a pair of seated pards. The officer is tentatively identified as Capt. Adelbert B. Twitchell by Wm Pierce, Brunswick, Me. The captain wears a shield-shaped ID badge on his frock coat. Twitchell had prior service in the 5th Maine Battery as Quarter Master Sergeant; promoted 1st Lieut. ?/62; commissioned Captain, 7th Maine Battery 12/63; brevetted Major 4/2/65. The enlisted men include Private John L. Savage seated next to Private A.J. Haskell having period penciled identification on verso. Both men enlisted in the 7th Maine Battery, 10/64; m/o 6/65. Private Charles M. Bixby, by 9th Corps photographer Gideon Smith, signed his likeness in blue ink on verso giving his location as before Petersburg. Bixby enlisted in the 7th Maine Battery, 12/63; m/o 6/65. A ninth plate tintype is thought to be Pvt. Charles E. Wheeler, 7th Maine Battery. Tom MacDonald recorded that the image “came from a Wheeler family member in Bethel, Me.� Wheeler entered as Private, 12/63; m/o 8/6/64. $400 - $500
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 1st Maine Cavalry The illustrious 1st Maine Cavalry rightfully earned a reputation as one of the premier cavalry regiments in the Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps. Organized at Augusta and mustered in November 5, 1861, the regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and took the field by battalion serving with various commands engaged in railroad guard duty, scouting and reconnaissance work. The command’s first significant action came at Middleton, VA, on May 24, 1862, where 53 casualties were incurred including a number of men taken prisoners. Some portion of the 1st Maine Cavalry was present at every major battle and engagement fought by the Army of the Potomac, engaged in 29 major fights and over 50 smaller skirmishes. During the early summer of 1863, the 1st Maine fought successive cavalry actions at Brandy Station, Aldie, and Middleburg leading up to the crescendo at Gettysburg. From the rout at Chancellorsville in May through the end of the year the regiment suffered an appalling 155 men killed and wounded. The tempo of 1864 was to prove just as deadly. Following heavy losses during the March Raid on Richmond, the 1st Maine became Grant’s “eyes and hears” during the summer Overland Campaign in which another 140 cavalrymen became casualties at Spotsylvania, Saint Mary’s Church, and the Boydton Plank Road. The hard fought regiment mustered out on November 25, 1864. Amazingly, a stalwart core of veterans together with new recruits incorporated the remnants of the 1st District of Columbia Cavalry to form a new 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment. The resurrected 1st Maine rode at Appomattox with the same élan of its predecessor and sustained a further 43 battle casualties hot on Lee’s heals before finally mustering out on August 1, 1865. Fox’s Regimental Losses notes that “this regiment lost the greatest number killed in action of any Cavalry Regiment in the entire army,” a hallowed epitaph.
27 1st Maine Cavalry, CDV of BBG Charles H. Smith, CMOH An unsigned vignette of this illustrious officer who earned four brevets and the Medal of Honor. Charles Henry Smith (1827-1902) joined the regiment as Captain , Co. D, 10/61; promoted Major 2/63; Lieut. Colonel 4/63; Colonel 6/63; WIA Saint Mary’s Church, VA 6/24/64, and was awarded Medal of Honor April 11, 1895, for gallantry that day, “remaining in the fight to the close, although severely wounded.” Colonel Smith was brevetted Brigadier General 8/1/64 for “distinguished conduct in the engagement at St. Mary’s Church.” His second wartime brevet to Major General was awarded 3/1865 “for highly distinguished and meritorious services.” Post-war, Smith was honored with another pair of brevets on 3/2/67: Brigadier General “for gallant and meritorious service at Sailor’s Creek, Va.,” and Major General “for gallant and meritorious service during the war.” The regimental history relates that Smith was wounded three times and had five horses shot from under him (two at St. Mary’s Church) and was under fire on sixty occasions. Smith stayed in the army post-war and became Colonel 28th US Infantry 7/66; transferred to 19th US Infantry 3/69; retired 11/1/91; died July 17, 1902. General Smith is properly buried at Arlington (Grave 1-128-A). $400 - $500
28 1st Maine Cavalry, Two CDVs of Colonel John Goddard Lot of two, including a common view of Colonel John Goddard, by Butler & King, Portland. Colonel Goddard served only briefly, commissioned Colonel 10/61; resigned 3/1/62. The group shot by T.R. Burnham, Portland is Colonel Goddard and his sons, (L) Private Charles W. Goddard, and (M) 1st Lieut. John H. Goddard, both Co. E. The very young Charles Goddard joined 8/62; discharged for disability 1/63. His older brother John entered service 10/61; resigned on account of disability & discharged 2/63. $400 - $500
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 29 1st Maine Cavalry, Three CDVs of Identified Officers including Gettysburg WIA Beautifully ink signed beneath portrait is Jas. W. Poor/Lt. 1st Me Cav., with blue-green two-cent revenue stamp and T.R. Burham, Boston imprint. James Poor enlisted as Sergeant, Co. B, 10/61; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted 12/63; promoted Captain 7/63; WIA Sailors’ Creek 4/6/65; m/o 8/1/65. Next is period pencil signed S.C. Smith/2nd Lieut. Co. I, 1st Me. Cav., with H.H. Willis, Portland back mark. Samuel Smith joined as Sergeant, Co. I, 10/61; promoted 1st Sergeant; promoted 2nd Lieut. ?/63; m/o 11/25/64. The regimental history states that Smith was WIA Rappahannock Station (gunshot in arm, horse killed) 10/22/63. Captain Jacob P. Loring is identified in modern pencil based on the identical photograph found in the regimental history. Loring entered as Sergeant, Co. B, 10/61; listed as WIA Gettysburg 7/2/63 as Orderly Sergeant in regimental history, confirmed in Maine at Gettysburg; promoted Captain 7/63; WIA Richmond 5/13/64; m/o 8/1/65. $650 - $750
30 1st Maine Cavalry, Three CDVs of Identified Officers including KIA 2nd Lieut. Edward Jordan is ink signed beneath portrait with salutation. Verso bears the imprint of M.G. Trask, Bangor. Jordan entered service as Saddler, Co. M, 10/61; promoted Sergeant ?/63; 2nd Lieut. 12/64; m/o 8/1/65. Regimental history relates that Lieut. Jordon was acting Regiment QM and “commanded the company at Lee’s surrender.” Ink signed on verso is 1st Lieut. B.A. Osborn/1st Me. Cav., with J.S. Hendee back mark. Benjamin A. Osborne (sic) was Saddler, Co. E, effective 10/61; promoted Sergeant; 2nd Lieut. 1st Lieut. 5/65; m/o 8/1/65. Lieut. Osborne commanded the company at Appomattox. Captain John A. Heald, Co. E, joined as Private, 10/61, and the carte is signed and identified in period pencil beneath portrait. Heald joined as Private, Co. E, 10/61 and was promoted through the ranks making Captain 12/63. Serving on the staff of General Gregg, this gallant officer was KIA (shot in the head) while leading an attack on Lee’s train near Sailor’s Creek 4/6/65. $500 - $600
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 31 1st Maine Cavalry, Three CDVs of Identified Officers Lieut. J.R. Webb is identified in block letters beneath a period copy shot. John R. Webb was commissioned 2nd Lieut., Co. H; promoted 1st Lieut.; resigned 10/14/62. Captain Horace S. Cole, with an S.W. Sawyer, Bangor back mark, is identified in modern pencil based on an identical photograph found on p.244 of the regimental history. Cole joined as Sergeant, Co. A, 10/61; promoted 2nd Lieut.; 1st Lieut.; m/o 11/25/64. Joel Wilson/Capt., Co. F. 1st Me. Cav’y is ink signed on verso over B.F. Smith, Portland imprint. Wilson entered service as Corporal, Co. F, 10/61; promoted Sergeant; Ordnance Sergeant 7/63; 1st Lieut.; Captain 5/65; m/o 8/1/65. In the thick of the action, the regimental history relates that Cole had 3 horses shot from beneath him during the war. $300 - $400
32 1st Maine Cavalry, Three CDVs of Staff Officers Inc. BBG & Casualties A vignette of Brevet Brigadier General Jonathan Prince Cilley (18351920), as Lieut., by Whitehurst. Colonel Cilley was commissioned Captain, Co. B, 10/61; promoted Major 4/62; WIA & POW Middleton, VA 5/24/62, exchanged; WIA Saint Mary’s Church 6/24/64; promoted Lieut. Colonel 9/64; twice brevetted, Colonel For “gallant and meritorious service” 3/13/65 & Brigadier General “for meritorious service during the war” 6/12/65; m/o 5/31/65. Adjutant General of Maine 1876-78. Wonderfully ink signed beneath portrait is J.W. Cloudman/Major 1st D.C. Cavalry/March 21, 1864, by J.S. Hendee, Augusta. Joel W. Cloudman joined the 1st D.C. as Major; transferred to 1st Maine Cavalry 8/27/64; POW Petersburg 9/15/64, paroled; discharged for disability 2/20/65. A vignette of Lieut. Colonel Stephen Boothby, by C.S. Sanderson, Lewiston, Me., with remnants of revenue stamp on verso. Boothby enlisted as 1st Lieut. Co. F, 10/61; Promoted Captain; Major 2/63; Lieut. Colonel 6/63; severely WIA Spotsylvania (right shoulder) 5/10/64; DOW 6/5/64. $500 - $700
33 1st Maine Cavalry, Three CDVs of Identified Officers A photograph of two standing soldiers with T.S. Estabrook, Houston, Me. imprint. The men are identified in modern pencil as (L) Captain Addison P. Russell, Co. C, who joined 10/61 as Sergeant Major; promoted 2nd Lieut. ?/62; 1st Leiut. & Adjutant 2/63; Captain 6/63; mortally WIA Petersburg (left leg amputated) 6/16/64; DOW 10/2/64. The soldier on right is tentatively identified as Private James W. Coakley, who enlisted 6/62; accidentally shot and died 12/12/63. Ink identified beneath portrait is H.S. Lilly with Ab’m Fisher, Boston back mark. Horatio Smith Lilly (1839-1909) enlisted as Sergeant, Co. C, 10/61; promoted 1st Lieut. 5/62; m/o 11/25/64. The regimental history records Lieut. Lilly as WIA at Bristoe station 5/11/64. Lieut. Brooks/Co. C. 1st Me Cav. is ink signed beneath portrait with J.S. Hendee, Augusta back mark. Jonathan Kidder Brooks entered service as Corporal 10/61; promoted Comm. Sergeant ?/63; 2nd Lieut.; WIA Middleburg, VA (saber cut in right scalp) 6/19/63, hospitalized Emory Hospital, Washington 6/21, returned to duty 7/3; promoted 1st Lieut. 3/64; m/o 8/1/65. $400 - $600
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 34 1st Maine Cavalry, Four CDVs of Identified Officers including Casualties Three military views, plus a post-war civilian photograph. First is a pencil signed vignette of Charles K. Johnson/1st Lieut. Co. M/1st Me Cav. Johnson entered service as Sergeant, Co. M, 10/61; POW Middleton, VA 5/24/62, exchanged and rejoined company; promoted 1st Lieut. ?/63; WIA Ground Square Bridge, VA 5/11/64; POW St. Mary’s Church, VA 6/24/64, confined at Macon & Columbia, escaped 1/65; died of disease as POW 5/15/65. Foregoing includes additional information from regimental history, which further states that Lieut. Johnson “went down in a gale off North Carolina coast” 5/27/65 while aboard transport to Annapolis. Another vignette inked on verso is Geo. E. Jumper/Upper Gloucester/Me, with J.S. Hendee, Augusta imprint. George Jumper joined Co. G, as Corporal, 10/61; re-enlisted 12/63; POW 8/20/62, exchanged; POW Brandy Station 6/9/63, exchanged; promoted 2nd Lieut. 4/65; m/o 8/1/65. An unsigned standing view of 1st Lieut. William P. Coleman identified by an identical photograph in the regimental history. Coleman was commissioned 1st Lieut., Co. E, 10/61; m/o 11/25/64. A ca 1890 civilian view identified as 1st Lieut. Orrin S. Haskell, Co. A; m/o 8/1/65. $400 - $500
35 1st Maine Cavalry, Five CDVs of Identified Enlisted Men Four military view with another soldier in civilian attire. The civilian view is ink signed Chas. L. Marston/1st Me. Cav./Co. G., having A.M. McKenney, Portland imprint. Marston enlisted as Private, 5/64; promoted Sergeant; m/o 8/1/65. The next soldier is tentatively identified as Private Thomas B. Moore, with Hall, Lawrence, Mass. back mark. Moore joined Co. E, 10/61. HDS information is conflicting, stating that Moore was discharged 9/62 while listing him as a POW & WIA in 1864. A vignette of William Burrill is signed in period pencil over J.W. Hurn, Philadelphia imprint. Burrill entered as Private, Co. A, 10/61; listed as absent, sick 7/63; m/o 11/25/64. Private George E. Reed, is identified from an identical photograph in the regimental history. Reed joined Co. G, 10/61; re-enlisted as veteran 2/64; KIA Ream’s Station, VA 8/25/64. Ozro F. Walker is pencil identified with D.K. Jewell, Augusta imprint. Walker had previous service in the 1st D.C. Cavalry; joined 1st ME Cavalry as Corporal. Regimental history relates that Walker was WIA Stony Creek, VA 6/24/64 during Wilson’s Raid; POW Petersburg 9/16/64, exchanged; discharged 6/20/65. $300 - $400
36 1st Maine Cavalry, Six CDVs of Identified Enlisted Men Comprising three regular cartes, plus two mounted tintypes and a post-war military view. Pvt. Burton A. Beal/Co K 1st M. Cav. is signed in red ink on verso. Beal joined 1/64; discharged 5/13/65. Private SUMNER A. HOLWAY/CO. H. 1st MAINE CAVALRY is ink signed on verso in stylized fashion with Filley & Gilbert, New Haven imprint. Holway enlisted as Private, 11/61; WIA Aldie, VA 6/17/63; m/o 11/25/64. Presumably, Elbridge Burton wearing an unusual braided cavalry shell jacket having sergeant chevrons, with G.W. Tuttle, Thomaston, Me. imprint. The 35-year-old Burton enlisted as Corporal, Co. B, 11/61; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted 12/63; promoted Veterinary Surgeon ?/65; m/o 8/1/65. The mounted tintypes include pencil signed Henri Haskell/Bugler Co. B. 1st / Me. Cav., by N.S. Bennett, Alexandria, Va., wearing civilian overcoat. Haskell entered service as Private, 9/62; promoted Bugler; reduced to Private ?/63; promoted Corporal ?/65; discharged 7/12/65. Jonn Gilley is identified in old pencil on verso. He enlisted as Sergeant, Co. D, 10/61; re-enlisted 12/63; WIA & POW Spotsylvania 5/12/64; discharged for wounds 8/20/64. The post-war view is ink signed Lieut. David H. Whittier/Co. E. (?) Battalion Res., with C.A. Paul, Skowhegen back mark. Whittier served in the 1st ME Cavalry As Private, Co. H, 11/61; promoted Corporal; re-enlisted 1/64; discharged 6/5/65. $300 - $400
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 37 1st Maine Cavalry, Five CDVs of Enlisted Men Four military CDVs with a civilian mounted tintype. Identified based on a similar photograph in the regimental history is Private Eber S. Moore, who joined Co. A, 2/64 from the 1st D.C. Cavalry; m/o 8/1/65. Next is ink signed A.M. Warren, with McAdams, Alexandria, Va. back mark. Alason M. Warren enlisted as Sergeant, Co. M, 10/61; POW Middletown, VA 5/24/62, exchanged & rejoined Co: promoted 1st Sgt.; WIA Middleburg, VA 6/19/63, hospitalized; discharged for disability 1/27/64. J. H. Perkins is identified in pencil. John Perkins joined Co. L, as Private, 11/61; reported sick in Washington, D.C. 10/63; died of disease 5/1/64. A.W. Kimball is ink signed on verso beneath J.R. Hall, Biddleford, Me. imprint. Augustus Kimball entered service as Private, Co. H, 11/61; re-enlisted 2/64; discharged 6/20/65. The identified civilian tintype is ink signed Compliments of/E.S. Moore/1st Maine Band. Eber S. Moore enlisted as Private, Co. A following service in the 1st D.C. Cavalry; detailed to regimental band 1864; m/o 8/65. $400 - $500
38 1st Maine Cavalry, Six CDVs of Identified Enlisted Men Four military views including a mounted tintype, plus two civilian views, one post-war. The postage stamp-size tintype is pencil identified E.C. Bowker/1st Me. Cav. Co. G. Bowker joined as Private, 10/61; re-enlisted 12/63; discharged 6/20/65. A vignette is ink signed on verso, C.H. Brown/Palmyra, Me., with J. Beaumont, Chester, Pa. back mark. Calvin Brown enlisted as Wagoner, 11/61; transferred to VRC 6/15/63; date and method of discharge not given. Henry Childs/Sgt. 1st Me. Cav./Go G is ink signed with Chas. H. Danforth, Cambridgeport, Mass. imprint. Childs entered service as Bugler, 10/61; re-enlisted 2/64; promoted Corporal ?/64; promoted Sergeant ?/65; discharged 6/20/65. Aesthetically, the best photograph is that of a forty -year old Private identified as James C. Huntington, Co. F. The pensive veteran wearing a regulation shell jacket is seated in a chair, holding a rough wooden walking stick with a well-worn slouch hat over his knee. The lighting and clarity are superb with the raised veins in his lower arm visible. The verso bears a lightly penciled inscription that appears to read, Portsmouth, Va./A present from/a father to his/Daughter/Annie (sic) Huntington/Abbot/Maine/July 7th/64. Huntington had prior service in the 1st D.C. Cavalry before transferring to the 1st ME Cavalry, Co. F, 10/63. Listed “absent, sick,” place and dated not stated, 1864; m/o 8/1/65. A post-war view thought to be Sumner B. Newbegin in civilian dress, ca 1880s. Newbegin joined as Private, Co. K, 2/64; m/o 8/1/65. A small oval albumen applied to paper stock is ink identified as Melvin N. Eveleth 1861. Eveleth was Private, Co. F. 7/62; discharged 5/8/65. $550 - $650
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 1st Maine Heavy Artillery This regiment was organized in August 1862 as the 18th Maine Infantry assigned to the Washington Defenses. It was redesigned as the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery in August 1862, and remained with Whipple’s Command, Military District of Washington, manning the fixed guns and fortifications that ringed the Capitol. In May 1864, the regiment along with the rest of relatively untested, but manpower-rich formations of Heavy Artillery were sent to Grant’s Army as infantry reinforcements for his strategic Overland Campaign, intentionally designed to exploit the North’s superior numbers by bleeding Lee’s Army white. Bleeding the enemy meant aggressively pressing the fight, then maneuvering so as to extend the line and pin the Army of Northern Virginia to fixed positions while constantly flanking the dwindling Confederate army with superior numbers. The supreme battle of attrition was won in no small measure at the expense of the large Heavy Artillery regiments, the 1st Maine at the forefront of the bloody assault. At Spotsylvania on May 19—a single day— the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery suffered 77 killed and 403 wounded, testament to the intensity of the fighting before Richmond. As the campaign devolved into trench warfare, short but violent attacks employing massed brigades of infantry with fixed bayonets went purposely forward to probe for weak spots or, alternatively, exploit a penetration. One such attack at Petersburg on June 18 resulted in 95 killed and 438 wounded. Cumulatively, during its thirteen months assigned to the 2nd Corps, the regiment lost a staggering 23 officers and 400 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded. Fox’s Regimental Losses states methodically, “Of all Regiments in the army this regiment sustained the greatest loss in battle,” while its true contribution to ultimate victory is incalculable.
39 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Three CDVs of Identified Staff Officers—All BBG’s, One DOW The casualty is Colonel Daniel Chapin by Addis, Washington. Chapin was commissioned as Captain, Co. F, 2nd Maine Infantry 5/61; Colonel, 18th Maine Infantry 8/62, designation changed to 1st ME Heavy Artillery 12/62 with Chaplin as Colonel; commanded Regiment and severely WIA (chest) Deep Bottom Run 8/17/64; brevetted Brigadier General & Major General same day for “gallant and meritorious service”; DOW 8/20/64 at Turner Lane Hospital, Philadelphia. Signed in ink beneath portrait with salutation is a photograph by Gardner of Charles Hamlin/Major & AAG Gen. Vols. with dedication to Colonel Milton, Opp, 84th PVI (later KIA) on verso. Charles Hamlin (1837-1911), son of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, was commissioned Major, 18th Maine 7/62; transferred to redesignated 1st ME Heavy Artillery; Major & AAG 2nd Division, 3rd Corps on Staff of General Howe; brevetted Lieut. Colonel, Colonel, and Brigadier General “for faithful and meritorious service” 3/13/65. R B Shepard is ink signed beneath portrait by G.F. Child, Washington. Russell Benjamin Shepard (1829-1901) joined as 1st Lieut. & Adjutant, 18th Maine, 7/62; promoted Major 1/63; promoted Lieut. Colonel 2/64; promoted Colonel 10/64; brevetted Brigadier General for “faithful, gallant, and meritorious service” 3/13/65; m/o 9/1/66. $900 - $1,200
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 40 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Six CDVs of Identified Officers Captain Frederic Clark Low is pencil identified on verso. Low joined Co. B, 8/62 as 1st Lieut.; promoted Captain; WIA Sailors’ Creek (gunshot in shoulder) 4/6/65; brevetted Major; discharged 5/15/65. Captain Roscoe F. Hersey is ink signed beneath portrait, with A.M. Burnham, Bangor back mark. Hersey joined as 2nd Lieut. Co. F, 7/62; Promoted Captain 3/63, ADC to General DeTrobriand; WIA Spotsylvania (gunshot in foot) 5/19/64; WIA Petersburg (foot) discharged 10/29/64. Captain Benjamin F. Oakes (1838-1921) bears the imprint of S.W. Sawyer, Bangor and is identified by a similar photograph in the regimental history in which the claim (undocumented in sources) is made that he “received the Medal of Honor” for gallantry at Boydton Plank Road in October 1864. Oakes enlisted as Corporal, Co. I, 8/62; promoted Sergeant, 2nd Lieut., 1st Lieut.; promoted Captain 11/64; m/o 9/1/66. 1st Lieut. Edward L. Worchester, by M.G. Trask, Bangor, is identified by another photograph found in regimental history. Worchester entered service as Private, 2/63; promoted Corporal, Sergeant, 2nd Lieut.; promoted 1st Lieut. 2/65; discharged 8/25/65. Major Harrison G. Smith is ink identified on verso by a relative. Smith enlisted as Captain, Co. H, 8/62; WIA (head and arm) Petersburg 6/18/65; promoted Major 3/65; m/o 9/1/65. $600 - $700
41 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Five CDVs of Identified Officers An uncommon profile view of Captain William T. Parker by Hinds, Portland, identified in old pencil. Parker was commissioned 1 Lieut., Co. C, 8/62; promoted Captain 2/64; severely WIA Spotsylvania 5/19/64; DOW same day. Autographed twice in ink is Hudson Sawyer/ Capt./1st Maine H. Artlly by Burwell & Homan, New Haven, with bluegreen two-cent revenue stamp. Sawyer joined as Private, Co. G, 7/63; promoted Sergeant 1/64; WIA Petersburg 6/16/64; promoted 1st Lieut. 7/64; promoted Captain 4/65; brevetted Major; m/o 9/1/66. Ink signed on verso is, J.A. Lancy/Lieut. Co H 1st Me Heavy /Artillery, with imprint of J.U.P. Burham, Portland. Lancy enlisted as regimental Sergeant Major 8/62; promoted 2nd Lieut. 1/64; promoted 1st Lieut. 8/65; m/o 9/1/65. Next is pencil signed Captain Wm. A. Beckford pencil signed beneath portrait, with S.W. Sawyer, Bangor back mark. Beckford entered service as Sergeant, Co. D, 8/62; promoted 2nd Lieut. 1/64; 1st Lieut. 10/64; discharged 8/24/65. 1st Lieut. Stephen C. Talbot, by Addis, is identified by another photograph. Talbot joined as 2nd Lieut., Co. K, 8/62; Acting Adjutant 1/63; transferred to 31st Maine and promoted Major 6/64; discharged as Lieut. Colonel 8/6/64. $600 - $800
42 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Five CDVs of Indentified Enlisted Men First carte, with C.L. Marston, Bangor blind stamp, is tentatively identified as Frederic A. Edwards based on a similar photograph in HDS. Wearing QM Sergeant chevrons, Marston enlisted as Corporal in Co. A, 8/62; Principal Musician 11/63; m/o 6/7/65. Sergeant Allen E. Barry is identified by the identical photograph posted on HDS. The CDV bears the imprint of Keith & Ross, Machias. Berry joined as Sergeant Co. H, 8/62; KIA Petersburg 6/18/64. George P. Pote/Com. Sergt. 1st Regt./Maine Heavy Artillery is ink signed on verso, by Addis. Pote entered service as Private, Co. E, 8/62; promoted Com. Sergeant 3/63; promoted 1st Lieut. 1/64; discharged 8/21/65. E.M. Delano is identified on verso. Everett M. Delano joined as Private, Co. E, 8/62; severely WIA Spotsylvania 5/19/64; DOW 5/26/64. Last is pencil signed James H. Roberts, Co. C/1st Regt. H.A. Maine, with H.H. Wilder, Portland imprint. Roberts enlisted as Private, Co. C, 12/63; died of disease at Ft. Sumner 3/10/64. $500 - $600
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 43 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Six CDVs of Identified Enlisted Men Lot comprising four military CDVs, a mounted tintype, and a civilian CDV. First is Private Levi L. Curtis, by Kilgore’s, Belfast, identified from an identical photograph in HDS. The verso bears a lengthy inscription to Connie’s sister. Curtis enlisted as Private, Co. E, 12/63; WIA Petersburg 6/18/64; discharged for disability 1/10/65. Austin P. Griffin, by Jno. Holyland, Washington, is identified in modern pencil. Griffin joined Co. L as Private, 12/63; died of disease Washington, D.C. 5/31/65. Private George G. Ayer, by Brady, is ink signed on verso. He served in Co. E, 8/62; transferred to VRC 12/64; died 1/16/65. The mounted tintype is penciled Pvt. William H. Bragdon having the imprint of H.P. Carnes, Montpelier, Vt., with orange two-cent revenue stamp. Bragdon joined Co. D, 8/62; transferred to Navy 6/15/64. Another young Private By Whitehurst wearing kepi with 1 over M and crossed cannons is unidentified. The civilian is said to be A.W. Chapin of Co. E. $400 - $500
2nd Maine Infantry The 2nd Maine was originally organized as a three-month regiment but was soon re-mustered as a two and three-year organization on May 14, 1861. It bravely faced its baptism of fire at Bull Run on July 21, 1861, where the Maine boys suffered an ambiguous start losing 96 men, including many prisoners during the calamitous retreat to Washington. The regiment soon joined the newly organized Army of the Potomac in August 1861 and over the duration of its service, the 2nd Maine would be engaged in eleven “bloody and hard fought battles besides numerous skirmishes and scouting expeditions.” The 2nd Maine marched with the 2nd Corps during the Peninsula Campaign but did not see significant action during the Confederate retrograde. Reassigned to the 5th Corps in May 1862, the regiment was an active participant in the Seven Days Battles before Richmond, suffering 22 killed and wounded at Hanover Court House on May 27, and 36 additional casualties a month later at Gaines’ Mill on June 27. The 2nd Maine suffered terribly at 2nd Bull Run on August 30, and when the smoke cleared, 68 men had been added to the casualty count. The regiment took the field at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, but fortuitously missed the thick of the fighting. The two-year men mustered out on June 9, 1863, while the three-year men transferred to the 20th Maine and continued the war at Gettysburg, scattered among the ranks of that soon-to-be famous band at Little Round Top under Chamberlain.
44 2nd Maine, Five CDVs of Colonels Three different regimental colonels, including two views of Colonel George Varney, a CDV of Charles W. Roberts, and two views of Charles Davis Jameson, one in civilian clothing. Varney and Roberts were brevet Brigadier Generals while Jameson received his star in September 1861. An unmounted albumen and trimmed CDV of Varney by A.M. Burnham, Bangor. Varney joined as Major 5/61; promoted Lieut. Colonel 8/61 and Colonel 2/63; POW Seven Days battles & exchanged; m/o 6/9/63. Brevetted Brigadier General 3/13/65 for “gallant conduct at Fredericksburg.” Charles Wentworth Roberts by Anthony/Brady commissioned Lieut. Colonel 5/61; resigned 1/63. Brevetted 3/13/65 for “distinguished conduct in the battle of Hanover C.H., Va.” A military view of General Jameson by Anthony, plus a civilian view with pencil notations on verso. Enlisted as Colonel 5/61; promoted Brigadier General 9/61; died of disease 11/6/62. Jameson twice ran unsuccessfully as the democratic candidate for Governor of Maine in 1861 and 1862. He commanded a brigade in Kearny’s Division, 3rd Corps, during the Seven Days battles and was afterwards “stricken with camp fever.” $500 - $700
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 45 2nd Maine, Five CDVs of Identified Officers A heavily retouched CDV by J.O. Durgan, Yarmouth, Me., with bluegreen two cent revenue stamp. Durgan bears a striking resemblance to the celebrated Brevet Brigadier General Charles William Tilden, who was captured at Gettysburg and later escaped from Libby Prison. This view depicts an officer wearing the shoulder straps of a 1st Lieut., Tilden’s initial rank upon joining the 2nd Maine in 5/61. Tilden became Colonel of the 16th Maine and was brevetted in March 1865. Next carte is ink signed R. B. Wiggin/Capt. Co. C/24th Regt V.R.C., by Addis, Washington. Rinaldo Wiggin joined as 1st Lieut.; promoted Captain 8/61; transferred to 24th Regiment VRC 2/64; died of disease 8/1/64. Alden D. Palmer joined 5/61 as Hospital Steward; promoted Assistant Surgeon 5/62; Surgeon 1/63; died of disease 3/20/65. Stephen D. Millett, by Whitehurst Gallery, Washington, D.C., enlisted as Sergeant, Co. D, 5/61; promoted 2nd Lieut. 10/61; promoted 1st Lieut. 1/62; m/o 6/9/63. Last is ink signed on verso Yours Truly/Charles Bridges/Lieut. & QM/80th U.S. (CT) Infantry. Palmer joined the 2nd Maine as Corporal 5/61; discharged 2/63 for promotion in 80th USCT. $500 - $700
46 2nd Maine, Five CDVs of Identified Officers First carte is ink signed on verso with salutation, With Regards/of your friend/F. A. Garnsey/Co. H./2nd Me./Regt., with Addis imprint. Frank A. Garnsey enlisted as 2nd Lieut., Co. G, 5/61; promoted 1st Lieut. 9/61; m/o 6/9/63. A view of Horatio Staples, as ink signed beneath portrait, with Addis back mark. Staples joined as sergeant, Co. G, 5/61; promoted 2nd Lieut. 9/61; promoted 1st Lieut. 1/62; m/o 6/9/63. A first lieutenant signed in ink on verso, Yours Truly/G I Brown, with S.W. Sawyer, Bangor imprint. Brown enlisted in Co. B as Sergeant 5/61; promoted 1st Lieut. 9/61; dismissed from service 9/13/62. Captain A.P. Wilson is ink signed on verso. Alvin Parvin Wilson joined Co. F, 5/61 as 1st Lieut.; promoted Captain 9/61; WIA Fredericksburg; discharged 4/14/63. Last is Lieut. Colin L. Downes identified in old pencil with D.F. Brandon, Camp Douglas, Chicago back mark. Downes was Sergeant, Co. E, 5/61; promoted 2nd Lieut. 7/62; WIA severely at Fredericksburg 12/13/62 resulting in amputation of left arm; promoted 1st Lieut. 3/63; transferred to 11th Regiment VRC 10/63; transferred to 15th Regiment VRC 5/64; discharged 9/15/65. $500 - $600
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 47 2nd Maine, Six CDVs and Tintype of Identified Enlisted Men Group of seven enlisted men, including six CDVs - three being CDVsize tintypes, a civilian view, and one uncased, ninth plate tintype. The CDVs start with an ink signed Stillman Buxton by Jno. Holyland, Washington, D.C., who joined Co. K, as Private In 7/61; WIA 2nd Bull Run 8/30/62; transferred to 20th Maine 5/63; discharged 9/6/64. Buxton wears an unusual metallic badge on his frock coat that looks like a cut-out pine tree within a circle. Second is Sergeant John J. Randall with Geo. E. Collins, Bucksport, Me imprint. Randall enlisted in Co. E, 5/61; was demoted and m/o 6/9/63. He then joined the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery as Private, Co. L, 8/63; m/o 9/1/66. The civilian view is Private LeForest H. Sawtelle, who joined Co. C, 5/61; discharged for disability 10/11/62. The CDV-size tintypes include pencil identified casualty Charles A. Knapp, with orange two-cent revenue stamp. Knapp joined Co. G as Private 7/61; promoted Corporal 3/62; WIA Gaines’ Mill 6/27/62; transferred to Co. C, 20th Maine as Sergeant 5/63; KIA Spotsylvania C.H. 5/8/64. Private Elbridge G. Frost, who served briefly in Co. D before being discharged 8/61. Frost also served four months in the 18th Maine before transferring to the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery 12/62; discharged 6/6/65. Next is Private George W. Lord of Milo, ME, who joined Co. D, 5/61; POW Bull Run 7/21/61 & confined at Richmond; m/o 6/4/63. The ninth plate tintype depicts a NCO wearing the chevrons of an ordnance sergeant. He is tentatively identified as Charles J. Ellis who joined as Corporal, Co. K, 6/61; promoted Sergeant & Regimental Sergeant Major 3/62; WIA Hanover C.H. 5/27/62; discharged for wounds 7/23/62. $500 - $700
48 2nd Maine, Six CDVs and Tintype of Identified Enlisted Men Group of seven enlisted men, consisting of six CDVs, plus a loose sixth plate tintype. First carte is ink signed beneath portrait, With the regards of Charles H. Hooper, having an Addis imprint. Private Hooper enlisted in Co. B, 5/61; discharged for disability 8/62. Presumably, Hooper later joined the 1st Maine Cavalry in 8/62 before transferring to the VRC 4/65. Sergeant Albert Wiggin, Co. A, by Addis, joined Co. A, as Private 5/61; promoted Corporal & Sergeant; m/o 6/9/63. The next carte is an unidentified view of a private thought to be from the 2nd Maine. A vignette of pencil signed Fred A. Piper/Co. I, 2nd Maine Vols. Piper joined 12/61; transferred to 20th Maine Infantry 5/63; WIA Spotsylvania 5/64; discharged 12/16/64. A period copy shot tentatively identified as Private Albert Crockett, who entered Co. B, 5/61; discharged 11/11/61. A mounted tintype with a modern family ink identification that reads, Henry Van Buskirk/Bangor Maine/Pop Seavy’s/ Buddie. Civil War. Henry Van Buskirk is listed as Private In Co. F, joining 5/61; m/o 6/4/63. The record indicates that Van Buskirk was arrested and held prisoner as a “mutineer” on November 1, 1861 and in December was confined at Dry Tortugas, a desolate prison usually reserved for “hard” cases. Certainly an untold story behind this photograph. The damaged sixth plate tintype is said to be Private Horace Brown, who served briefly in the 2nd Maine before joining the 18th US Infantry and rising to the rank of 1st Lieut. before resigning on 7/28/64. $500 - $700 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 9th Maine Infantry The 9th Maine Infantry was organized at Augusta and mustered in September 22, 1861. It proceeded to Washington and briefly served in the Washington Defenses before joining the expedition to Port Royal, SC, attached to the Department of the South. The 9th Maine participated in a number of minor combined operations resulting in the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard and later occupied Fernandina, FL. The regiment then shifted to operations at Charleston arriving at Hilton Head in January 1863, assigned to the 10th Corps. The Maine regiment joined in the attack on Morris Island on July 10, 1863, followed by the brutal but unsuccessful assaults on Fort Wagner on July 11 and 18, which cost the 9th Maine 119 casualties. Grueling siege operations then commenced before Forts Wagner and Gregg were finally overwhelmed on September 7, 1863. The rest of the year was relatively quiet as the regiment performed garrison duty and veteranized in February 1864. In April 1864, the 9th Maine joined its parent 10th Corps attached to the Army of the James that formed the southern component of Grant’s Overland Campaign. During intensive operations under Butler during the May-June period, the regiment was heavily engaged at Drewry’s Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, and Cold Harbor, suffering 160 men killed, wounded, and missing. The month of July claimed another 40 casualties mostly in the sustained fighting at Petersburg, Deep Bottom, and Fort Gilmer, including the terrible Mine Explosion on July 30th. The men of the 9th then went into the trenches during the indolent siege and emerged in September to lose heavily at Chaffin’s Farm on the 29th, adding 43 names to the roster of dead and wounded. A month later at Fair Oaks, the 9th Maine fought a major battle in which another 18 became casualties. The tempo slackened somewhat when the regiment was ordered to Fort Fisher and reunited with its brigade in February 1865. The 9th Maine then participated in the capture of Wilmington on February 22nd. Joining with Sherman’s Army, the regiment occupied Goldsboro on March 21st and Raleigh on April 14th. Following the surrender of Johnson’s Army, the 9th Maine remained on occupation duty until mustering out July 13, 1865. The final tally was 182 officers and enlisted men forever inscribed on the Roll of Honor.
49 Corporal Melville C. Burnell, 9th Maine & Signal Corps, Eighth Plate Tintype A tintype in fold-over pink paper mount with Melville Burnell in old ink. Burnell joined the army as Corporal, Co. E., 9th Maine, 9/61; transferred to Signal Corps 6/15/64; no further record. $300 - $400
50 9th Maine, Autographed CDV of BBG Geo. F. Granger, 9th Me., with Surg. Palmer Exquisitely detailed CDV, ink signed beneath vignette portrait in profile, Col. G. Fred Granger, with dedication on verso, Truly Your friend & bro./G. Fred Granger/Col. 9th Me. Vols./to Capt. J.W. Swift/139th N.Y. Vols./Sept 9th 1864. George Frederick Granger (1837-1883) joined the regiment as Captain, Co. A, 9/61 and advanced through the commissioned ranks becoming Colonel 9/64, and brevet Brigadier General 6/12/65 for “faithful and meritorious service.” The recipient, Captain John W. Swift, would be KIA at Chapin’s Farm, VA on September 29, 1864 shortly after receiving this keepsake from Colonel Granger. The companion view is signed in period pencil on verso, Regards of Alden Palmer. Palmer joined the 9th Maine as Surgeon 1/63, after previous service in the 2nd Maine. See lot above for another view of Alden Palmer. $400 - $600
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 51 9th Maine, Six CDVs of Identified Officers Plus a Civilian View Lot includes two officers KIA. The first three cartes are officercasualties, including pencil signed Volney A. Gray over J.S. Hendee. Augusta back mark and two reddish-brown one-cent revenue stamps. Volney Gray joined Co. I, as Corporal 9/61; promoted Sergeant, 2nd Lieut. & 1st Lieut.; WIA 1863, date and place not stated; m/o 7/13/65. Signed in period pencil on verso is Billings Brastow/Captain of I Company, having imprint of Hardy, Bangor, Me. Brastow enlisted as 2nd Lieut. 9/61; promoted 1st Lieut. 10/61; promoted Captain 6/64; KIA Chaffin’s Farm, VA, 9/29/64. Another casualty is pencil signed Capt. R.J. Grey, by T.S. Estabrook, Houlton, ME. Grey was 1st Lieut., Co. G when he joined 9/61; promoted Captain 1862; KIA Chaffin’s Farm, 9/29/64. 2nd Lieut. Ben. Franklin Hill is ink signed on verso over Wilder Bros., Portland imprint. Hill entered service as Corporal 9/61, promoted Sergeant; promoted 2nd Lieut. 10/64; promoted Captain 1/65; m/o 7/13/65. Next is ink signed Captain Chas. A. Brooks by B.F. Smith, Portland. Brooks was commissioned 2nd Lieut. 9/61 in Co. K; promoted 1st Lieut. And Captain; m/o 9/27/64. Pencil signed Lt. John A. Kelley/ Co. E joined as Sergeant 9/61; promoted 2nd Lieut.; dismissed from service 3/14/63. A small oval albumen of a civilian on clipped paper is signed Charles F. Weeks. Weeks served in Co. K, ending the war as Captain. $500 - $600
52 9th Maine, Six CDVs of Identified Enlisted Men & Three Civilian Views Lot of nine, including five soldier CDVs that are positively identified, plus another tentative. Lot further includes two older civilian men with questionable military pedigree and a photograph of pleasant young woman named Miss M.E.L. (illegible) Grover, given to a Sergeant Smith of Company H., 9th Maine. Sergeant Wm. H. Simpson by J.U.P. Burham, Portland is shown wearing a round metal ID disc. Simpson enlisted as Corporal, Co. A, 9/61; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted as veteran 1/1/64, promoted 1st Sergeant; WIA place and date not stated; DOW 8/1/64. Young Private H.B. Runnells, Co. K, by E.H. McKenney, Biddeford, joined 1/64; WIA Fair Oaks, VA 10/27/64; DOW same day. Ink signed Private Sumner T. Varnum, by a Harrisburg, PA photographer, enlisted in Co. A, 12/63; WIA Cold Harbor 6/5/64; absent, sick in hospital 7/13/65 at m/o of regiment. A vignette of Private Loring S. Webber ink signed on verso over S. Piper, Manchester, N.H. imprint. Webber enlisted in Co. B, 9/61; re-enlisted as veteran 1/64; WIA Bermuda Hundred, VA 5/18/64; absent, sick in hospital 7/13/65 at m/o. Next is an ink signed Sergeant named Geo. H. Rice/9th Unassigned Maine Vols., with blue-green three-cent revenue stamp. HDS lists this NCO as a late war member of the “9th Co. ME Unassigned Infantry” who m/o 9/5/65. The last view is a seated Corporal tentatively identified as Orlando Sawtelle by Wm. F. Blunt, North Anson. Sawtelle joined as Private 9/61; promoted Corporal (1863); WIA Ft. Wagner, SC 7/10/63; re-enlisted 1/1/64; promoted Sergeant; reported missing 8/16/64 at Weldon Railroad; absent 7/13/65 at m/o. $500 - $600
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 11th Maine Infantry The 11th Maine Infantry was organized at Augusta and mustered in September 22, 1861. It entrained for Washington and briefly joined the Capitol’s defenses before being reassigned to the 4th Corps, Army of the Potomac in March 1862. The regiment participated in the Peninsula Campaign and saw its first real test of combat at the battle of Fair Oaks on May 31, losing over 70 men. The 11th Maine was in the field the entire summer of 1862 but was absent from the worst fighting of the Seven Days Battles. The regiment transferred to the Department of North Carolina in December 1862, and served with 18th Corps for roughly five months without seeing any major action. In April 1863, the regiment was assigned to Charleston with the 10th Corps, Department of the South and would remain there for a year. During that time, the 11th Maine engaged in ongoing siege operations, being only moderately committed to combat at Morris Island on December 8, 1863, where 4 men became casualties. The next year would be a tumultuous time for the regiment. The 10th Corps was committed to support Grant’s Overland Campaign, assigned to Butler’s Army of the James for operations on the south side of the river. The regiment was heavily engaged at Drewey’s Bluff in May 1864, suffering a combined 32 killed and wounded. They fought at Bermuda Hundred between May 17 and June 20, where another 44 casualties were incurred. For the rest of the summer, the 11th Maine endured siege operations against Petersburg-Richmond, becoming seriously engaged at Deep Bottom Run on August 15-16 losing 102 men after several days of heavy fighting. The battle at New Market Crossroads on October 7, 1864, resulted in an additional twelve men lost. The regiment was then given a brief respite and transported to New York City during the election of 1864, but soon returned to the front. The 11th Maine was prominent during final operations against Petersburg and the pursuit of Lee’s Army during the Appomattox Campaign. In the week leading up to the final surrender, they lost 26 killed and wounded, overwhelming the determined Confederate defenders at Forts Greg and Baldwin on April 1-2. In the last fight of the war at Clover Hill, VA (Appomattox Court House), the slogging Confederates showed they still had teeth, turning to fight and punishing the aggressive 11th Maine with 27 casualties just hours before the formal surrender. The regiment remained on occupation duty around Fredericksburg until finally mustering out on February 2, 1866. The 11th Maine “left a splendid name for intrepidity and heroism” at a cost of 122 killed and mortally wounded during the war.
53 11th Maine, Four CDVs of Identified Staff Officers Including Two BBGs With a lithographic vignette of Col. John C. Caldwell. The photographs are Colonel Harris Merrill Plaisted (1828-1898), unsigned, who joined the regiment as Lieut. Colonel 11/61; Colonel 5/62; brevet Brigadier General 2/21/65; brevet Major General 3/13/65; resigned 3/25/65. The esteemed Plaisted commanded at Morris Island in 1863 and later led a brigade in the 24th Corps. A consummate post-war politician, he served in the 44th Congress and as Governor of Maine in 1881-82. Next is an uncommon view of Colonel/BBG Jonathan Augustus Hill (18311905), unsigned, wearing distinctive bushy sideburns, but without the mustache seen in published photographs. Note that the officer is missing his right arm. The CDV bears the blind stamp of C.L. Marston, Bangor. Hill enlisted as Captain, Co. K, 11/61; promoted Major 6/64; Lieut. Colonel 7/64; severely WIA at Deep Bottom Run 8/16/64 where his right arm was amputated; promoted Colonel 4/5/65; WIA Clover Hill, VA 4/9/65 & brevetted Brigadier General same day for “distinguished service” during the Appomattox Campaign. Last is period pencil identified Major B. Foster/Gen. Foster’s Staff, no back mark. Lawyer Benjamin Brown Foster (1831-1903) enlisted as 1st Lieut., Co. I, 11/61; discharged 10/62 & transferred to US Volunteer Adjutant Generals Department. Thereafter, Major Foster served as AAG under several different Generals earning brevet promotions to Lieut. Colonel and Colonel before resigning on 9/24/64. $500 - $700
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 54 11th Maine, Three CDVs of Identified Surgeons & Medical Staff, Plus a Cabinet Card Lot comprising three military CDVs and a post-war civilian cabinet card dated 1896. The medical officers are pencil identified Surgeon Bates, by J.H. Walzl, Baltimore, standing with Medical Staff sword. John T. Bates enlisted 2/63 as Assistant Surgeon; died at Port Royal, SC on 4/11/63. Pencil identified Surgeon Nathan F. Blunt who joined 5/62; served at Morris Island in 1863; detailed to 24th Corps Hospital 6/64; discharged 6/12/65. With ink signed Brady view of Joseph D. Moore/Hospital Steward/11th Me Vols. Details of service not reported in HDS?. Lot further includes a later cabinet card identified in pencil as Dr. M.C. Wedgwood, with modern notations indicating Civil War service as “Act. Asst. Surgeon, 11th ME Inf 1862-64.” No medical officer so named was found in HDS. $400 - $500
55 11th Maine, Six CDVs of Identified Officers Comprising five uniformed officers and one in civilian dress. First is ink signed Henry C. Adams/1st Lieut. 11th Me. Vols. over Miller & Rowell, Boston imprint. Adams joined as Comm. Sergeant 11/61 and was promoted through the commissioned ranks making 1st Lieut. 1/64; Captain 2/65; Major 5/65; m/o 2/2/66. 1st Lieut. Nathaniel Cole by O. P. Howe, Augusta, enlisted 11/61; promoted Captain; discharged 8/29/62. Identified in modern pencil is Captain Albert G. Mudgett, Co. K, who joined as 2nd Lieut. 11/61; promoted 1st Lieut. 12/62; Captain 6/63; POW Bermuda Hundred 6/2/64, confined at Macon & Columbia; discharged 6/12/65. 2nd Lieut. Gibson S. Budge, by Brady, signed twice in ink with a lengthy presentation on verso. Budge was a short-timer joining 11/61; resigned 3/17/62. Ink signed Capt. Leonard S. Harvey beneath portrait in red ink, enlisted in Co. D, 10/61; resigned 6/22/62. The civilian vignette is ink signed on verso, Lieut. C.A. Alvord Jr./Aide to Gen Caldwell having W. B. Stearns, Bath imprint. Corydon A. Alvord Jr. enlisted as Drum Major 11/61; promoted 2nd Lieut. & 1st Lieut. 1862; detailed to General Caldwell’s staff 6/15/63 as AADC; resigned 6/28/64. $600 - $700
56 11th Maine, Seven CDVs of Identified Officers Six military views plus one civilian. First is ink signed on verso, E.A. Nickels/Capt., 11th Maine Vols/Comd’g Co G, with Miller & Rowell imprint. Nickels (or “Nichols”) enlisted 11/61 as Sergeant, Co C; promoted 1st Lieut., Captain; m/o 11/18/64. Another carte ink signed on verso is S. B. Bean/Capt. & SQM/1st Div 5th A.C., with B.F. Smith, Portland back mark. Sylvanus B. Bean joined as 1st Lieut. Co. A, 11/61; transferred to US Volunteer QM Dept. and promoted Captain & AQM 11/62; brevetted Major 3/65; promoted Major 5/25/65; m/o 5/19/65. Francis W. Wiswell/ Capt 11 ME Vols is ink signed on verso. Wiswell was commissioned 11/61 as 1st Lieut., Co. E; promoted Captain ?/62; m/o 11/18/64. Lieut. Francis M. Johnson is signed twice with a lengthy notation on verso. John entered service as Private, Co. B, promoted 2nd Lieut. 3/62; resigned 7/13/63. Captain George S. Scammon is pencil signed over Black & Case, Boston back mark. Scammon joined as Captain, Co. I, 12/64; m/o 2/2/66. Luther Lawerence is ink signed beneath portrait with A. M. McKinney, Portland imprint. Lawrence enlisted as Private 11/61; promoted through the ranks to Captain ?/62; WIA Deep Bottom Run, VA 8/1664; DOW 9/3/64. The civilian view is ink signed on verso, Capt. Chas. E. Illsley/Co. G 11th Maine Vols./1861, with Geo. M. How, Portland back mark. Illsley entered as 1st Lieut. 11/61; resigned 5/12/62. $600 - $800 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 57 11th Maine, Seven CDVs of Identified Officers Seven military views, with a post-war civilian tentatively identified in modern ink as Capt. Grafton Norris. The first carte is ink signed on verso, Yours Truly/A. Clark/1st Lieut. 11th Me Vols. over C.S. Sanderson, Dover, N.H. back mark. Archibald Clark enlisted as Corporal Co. F, 9/61; promoted Sergeant 5/62; WIA Fair Oaks 5/31/62; promoted 1st Lieut. 9/63; severely WIA Bermuda Hundred 5/17/64, left leg amputated; returned to duty 12/7/64 in command of 24th Corps Ambulance Train; discharged for wounds 6/29/65; died 1870. Next is 1st Lieut. John D. Stanwood ink signed beneath portrait with an ink presentation on verso, no back mark. Stanwood joined Co. D, 10/61 as 1st Lieut.; promoted Captain, resigned 1/19/63. Lt. James H. Albee is pencil identified, no back mark. James H. Albee enlisted as 2nd Lieut. 11/61; resigned 4/25/62. Wearing a Kearny Cross, 2nd Lieut. Wm. P. Plaisted is pencil identified on verso with J.S. Hendee, Augusta imprint. Plaisted joined Co. K, 11/61 as Sergeant; promoted 2nd Lieut. ?/62; resigned 9/2/62. The vignette of 2nd Lieut. Lewis W. Campbell is ink signed on verso with Lumpkin & Tomlinson, Richmond, Va. back mark, having a pair of blue-green two-cent revenue stamps. Campbell entered Co. B as Private 8/62; promoted Sgt. ?/63; WIA Deep Bottom Run 8/16/64; promoted 2nd Lieut. 4/17/65; m/o 2/2/65. Captain Samuel G. Sewall by Brady is signed twice in ink. Sewall was commissioned 2nd Lieut., Co F, 11/61; 1st Lieut. and Captain ?/63; m/o 10/31/64. $600 - $800
58 11th Maine, Seven CDV-Size Tintypes of Identified Enlisted Men Lot of seven, all Company H men, six of whom enlisted upon organization 11/61. Five are postage stamp-size oval vignettes, clearly from the same album, inked in the same hand and including brothers. A larger CDV-size tintype depicts two young pards. The matching vignettes start with Benjamin F. Dumphy; re-enlisted as veteran 1/64; promoted Corporal ?/65; m/o 2/2/66. His brother Nathan J. Dumphy; re-enlisted as veteran; Corporal ?/65; Sergeant ?/65; m/o 2/2/66. Musician Reuben H. Cross; KIA New Market Cross Roads, VA 10/7/64. Private Joseph F. Stephens; re-enlisted as veteran; WIA Deep Bottom
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Run 8/16/64; m/o 2/2/66. Private John F. Wedgewood; re-enlisted as veteran; promoted Corporal ?/65; m/o 2/2/66. Private Charles M. Bunker joined Co. G, 8/62; promoted Corporal; discharged for disability 3/20/63. The double image is identified in ink on the front as Willie Emerson with Albert Tozier in period pencil on verso. Private William Emerson re-enlisted as veteran; m/o 2/66. His pard, Private Albert F. Tozier re-enlisted as veteran; died while home sick 3/13/65. $600 - $800
Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 59 11th Maine, Seven CDVs of Identified Enlisted Men Six military views, including three casualties, with an 1880 dated civilian identified as Capt. Charles A. Rolfe, Co. B. The enlisted men are pencil signed, William Emerson/Co. H/11th /Me Vols, having J.U.P. Burnham, Portland imprint. Emerson enlisted as Private 11/61; reenlisted as veteran 1/64; m/o 2/2/66. G. Hayford is ink signed beneath portrait, with A.M. McKenny, Portland back mark. Hayford joined as Private Co. C, 8/64; m/o as 1st Sergeant 2/2/66. Corporal James Andrews is pencil signed on verso. He entered as Private, Co. A, 11/61; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; re-enlisted 4/64; WIA Deep Bottom Run & DOW 7/30/64. Horace A. Manley is ink signed on verso with salutation over N.R. Rideout & Co., Augusta imprint. Manley joined as Private, Co. B, 11/61; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; re-enlisted as veteran; m/o 2/2/66. Daniel A. Bean by Brady is also ink signed on verso. Bean went into Co. B, 11/61; WIA Fair Oaks 5/31/62; on detached duty 1862 QM Department; detached duty 1863 Medical Department; WIA Bermuda Hundred 6/1/64; DOW 6/6/64. A vignette of ink signed Private Henry Blake by J.U.P. Burnham, Portland, with dedication on verso. Blake enlisted in Co. B, 8/62; promoted Corporal ?/64; WIA near Petersburg 9/1/64; DOW 9/4/64. $500 - $600
60 11th Maine, Eight CDVs of Identified Enlisted Men Five military views, plus three civilian photographs including two post-war. The uniformed subjects include Corporal J B Crosby with J. H. Pein & Co., Richmond, Va. imprint. Tentatively, James B. Crosby, wearing a round metallic ID disc, who enlisted as a substitute Private, Co. F, 8/63; WIA Deep Bottom Run 8/16/64; promoted Corporal; m/o 2/2/66. Pencil identified James M. Larrabee by Brady, who joined as Musician 10/61; discharged 8/25/62. Ink signed on verso is Private A. P. Chick of Co. K, joined 3/62; re-enlisted 4/64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant m/o 2/2/66. Ink signed on verso Sgt. Judson L. Young/Co. D, who joined 10/61; re-enlisted 1/64; promoted Sergeant, 2nd Lieut., 1st Lieut. 5/1/65; m/o 2/2/66. Joseph O. Smith is ink signed beneath portrait, with J.M. Peck, Ellsworth, Me. imprint. Smith entered as Private, Co. C, 8/63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; promoted 2nd Lieut. 5/65; m/o 2/2/66. The civilians are ink signed C.G. Aikin, who joined as Corporal 11/61; transferred to Signal Corps 6/15/63. A pair of cartes dated 1879 are Benjamin J. Smith who served as “Wagoner” and Private Rufus D. Stanley, Co. D. $500 - $600
61 Captain W. Lincoln, 19th Maine Volunteers, WIA Gettysburg, CDV Plus Additional Portraits Three CDVs of Maine officers, including a vignette by J.U.P. Burnham of Portland, after a portrait previously sold in these rooms as lot 78 of the Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection, which was signed W. Lincoln / Capt. 19th Maine Vols; plus an unidentified carte of a Sergeant, by A.C. Lewis of Portland, and an unidentified carte of a First Lieutenant, by H.A. Mills of Camden, ME. Willard Lincoln joined in August 1862 as a First Lieutenant in Co. H of the 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry. He sustained a head injury on the second day of Gettysburg, during which the regiment fought to hold a position in the center of the 2nd Corps line between Cemetery Hill and Little Round Top and was later forced to come to the aid of Sickles’ broken 3rd Corps line. After recovering from his wound, Lincoln was promoted to Captain and served through the end of the war. $500 - $700
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 31st & 32nd Maine Infantries The 31st Maine was organized at Augusta and mustered in April 18, 1864. The regiment immediately proceeded to the front where it was assigned to the 9th Corps for Grant’s pending Overland Campaign. Within a few weeks, the 31st was heavily engaged in the burning Wilderness, suffering 18 killed and wounded in its baptism of fire. Not two months in service, the regiment was commended by General Griffin in Brigade Orders dated June 3, “for gallantry at the furious engagement at Bethesda Church,” where, wrote Griffin, the “31st Me. has made for itself a most brilliant record, and won for itself imperishable renown.” Throughout the hot summer of 1864—from Spotsylvania to the killing grounds before Petersburg— the 31st Maine and its sister formations engaged in a never-ending series of deliberate clashes, always pressing the enemy and moving forward in Grant’s carefully choreographed scheme of attrition designed to bleed the Army of Northern Virginia. By the time of the fearsome Mine Explosion at Petersburg on July 30— where the 31st was the first to enter the enemy’s works—the regiment had sustained 228 killed, wounded, and missing. The casualty count tempered somewhat by fall as the men entered the trenches. However, another 22 joined the casualty rolls after a brisk fight at Poplar Springs Church on September 30th before campaigning finally abated for the season. On April 2, 1865, the regiment cracked the Petersburg defenses as Richmond burned, losing 33 killed and wounded in a single day. The veteran 31st Maine marched in the Grand Review before mustering out July 15, 1865. In just twelve months of active service, 179 men had perished for the cause. The 32nd Maine was the last regiment raised by the state during the war. Only six companies had been mustered when they were hastily ordered to the front on April 20, 1864, to supplement Grant’s need for infantry. The incomplete regiment was then assigned to the 9th Corps, marching to catch up to its parent brigade somewhere in the Wilderness. The new recruits quickly came into range of Confederate musketry at Spotsylvania Court House on May 12, where the first batch of 36 men became casualties. The 32nd shared the fate of all infantry during the hellish summer, fighting and dying nearly every day in skirmish order or battle line, terrified but resolutely moving forward according to Grant’s mandate to overwhelm the shrinking Confederate Army. As the smoke and ringing ears cleared in the wake of the Mine Explosion at Petersburg on July 30th, the 32nd Maine joined its sister, the 31st, in the grand charge. Among the first to enter the utterly devastated enemy works, over 100 men were lost in the assault. Evening roll call revealed that only one officer and 26 enlisted men had emerged “present, fit for duty.” Somehow the 32nd renewed the fight at Poplar Springs Church on September 30th with another 26 culled from the rolls. Unceremoniously, on December 12, 1864, the 32nd Maine ceased to exist, as the surviving 485 officers and men were consolidated by General Order with the equally understrength 31st Maine.
62 31st Maine, Four CDVs of Identified Officers A vignette of Lieut. Alex Crawford/Co. G. 31st Me Vols. is ink signed on verso over E.W. Beckwith, Alexandria, Va. imprint. Crawford enlisted as Sergeant, Co. K, 21st Maine Inf. 10/62; WIA Port Hudson, LA 5/27/63; m/o 8/25/63. He joined Co G., 31st Maine, 4/65; promoted 2nd Lieut. 6/64; m/o 7/15/65. Major E.S. Keyes is identified in modern pencil, with S.W. Sawyer, Bangor imprint. An Ebenezer S. Keyes had previous service as Sergeant, Co. K, 28th Maine Infantry, 10/62; m/o 8/31/63. The Volunteer Register, Vol. 1 lists Captain Ebenezer S. Keyes in the 32nd Maine, promoted 4/64; WIA Cold Harbor 6/3/64; transferred to 31st Maine upon consolidation 12/64; brevetted Major 4/2/65; m/o 7/15/65. Captain Chauncey O. Noyes is ink signed on verso with John A. Heard, Boston imprint and remnants of green three-cent revenue stamp. Noyes entered service as Captain, Co. D, 3/64; POW Cold Harbor 6/7/64, confined at Libby & Macon; m/o 5/15/65. 1st Lieut. & Adjutant Roscoe G. Rollins is penned in ink on verso with J.W. Hornbaker, Alexandria, VA back mark showing torn remnants of blue-green revenue stamp. Rollins had prior service as Sergeant Major, 22nd Maine Infantry, 9/62; m/o 8/10/63. He re-enlisted in Co. H, 31st Maine as Sergeant 4/64; promoted 1st Lieut. 11/64; discharged by GO, date not stated. $400 - $500
63 31st Maine, Four CDVs of Identified Officers A group shot by Wm. Stearns, Bath showing Captain Thomas P. Beals in civilian dress seated with crutches. An unidentified Captain in uniform is standing to the left while another wounded soldier supported by a crutch stands at right. Thomas P. Beals had six months prior service in the 7th Maine before being discharged, 3/62. He joined the 32nd Maine as Sergeant, Co. C, 4/64; promoted 1st Lieut. 4/64; Captain 12/64; WIA Petersburg 4/2/65; m/o 7/27/65. This same photograph is found in the regimental history, p.104. Henry O. Perry 2nd Lieut. Co E 31st Me Vols. in ink signed beneath portrait. Perry enlisted as Sergeant, Co. E, 3/64; m/o 7/15/65. 1st Lieut. Lucius M. Coffin, Co. K, is pencil identified on verso. He was summarily discharged 4/29/64 by order of the Secretary of War without explanation. In depth research might reveal an interesting story. Presumably brothers, another officer named V. L. Coffin/2nd Lieut., Co. B./31st ME is ink signed on verso. Voranus L. Coffin enlisted as 2nd Lieut. 3/64; promoted 1st Lieut. 5/64; POW Cold Harbor 6/7/64, confined at Macon & Columbia; m/o 7/15/65. $500 - $600
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 64 31st Maine, Four CDVs of Identified Officers A wartime casualty notated in ink by anonymous hand on verso, Capt. Byron C. Gilmore/Co. F. 31st Me Vols./Killed before/Petersburg, Va./June 30 1864. The photograph from life bears the imprint of D.K. Jewell, Augusta. Gilmore had prior service as an enlisted man in the 22nd Maine, m/o as Sergeant, 6/63. He re-enlisted in the 31st Maine as 2nd Lieut., 3/64. Henry G. Mitchell/ Lieut. Co. H 31st Me. with A.M. McKenney, Portland back mark is nicely autographed beneath vignette portrait. Mitchell enlisted as 2nd Lieut., Co. H, 4/64, 32nd Maine Infantry; POW Petersburg 7/30/64, confined at Macon & Columbia; transferred to 31st Maine upon consolidation, 12/64; m/o 7/15/65. Captain James M. Williams is identified in modern pencil with J.S. Hendee, Augusta back mark. Williams had previous service in the 22nd Maine as Captain before m/o 8/63. He re-enlisted as Captain, Co. C, 31st Maine 3/64; mortally WIA Cold Harbor 6/3/64 (right foot amputated); DOW at General Hospital, Washington, D.C. 6/15/64. Ink signed 1st Lieut. C.W. Rollins, by S.W. Sawyer, Bangor, wears a small round metal ID disc on his frock coat. Rollins also had prior service in the 22nd Maine m/o as Corporal, 8/63. He joined the 31st Maine as Sergeant 10/64; promoted 2nd Lieut., Co. A; promoted 1st Lieut.; m/o 7/15/65. $500 - $600
65 31st Maine, Four CDVs of Identified Soldiers One officer, two surgeons, with an errant private. The company grade officer is ink signed I.P. Fall/Capt. 31st Me. Vols., by S.W. Sawyer, Bangor. Fall enlisted in Co. F, 32nd Maine 5/64; POW Petersburg 7/30/64; transferred to 31st Maine upon consolidation 12/64; paroled 3/1/65; m/o 7/15/65. Another officer in double breasted frock coat is ink signed beneath portrait, Yours Truly/J.D. Mitchell/Surgeon 31st Regt. Me. Vols. by Bogardus. Mitchell had prior service as Surgeon, 8th Maine and later resigned from the 31st Maine 9/6/64. Assistant Surgeon Richard R. Ricker, also by Bogardus, is identified in modern pencil. Ricker served in same capacity in the 23rd Maine, m/o 1/63. He joined the 31st Maine 3/64; discharged for disability 12/64. Private Cleaveland B. Merrill/Co. D 31st Maine Vols. is ink signed beneath vignette with H.L. Jackson, Lewiston imprint. Merrill joined Co. D, 32nd Maine 3/64; transferred to 31st Maine upon consolidation 12/64; m/o 7/15/65. $500 - $600
66 31st Maine, Four CDVs of Identified Officers Three wartime views with a post-war copy shot of BBG. The Brevet Brigadier General is Daniel White as Colonel by C.L. Marston, Bangor, ca 1870s. Daniel White (18281895) served in the 2nd ME as Captain, m/o 6/63. He was later commissioned Captain, Co. A, 31st ME, 3/64; POW Cold Harbor 6/7/64; promoted Colonel 7/64; brevetted Brigadier General 3/13/65 “for gallant and meritorious service in the battles of the Wilderness and in the operations before Petersburg”; m/o 7/15/65. A fine view of regimental Chaplain George E. Crawford autographed on verso beneath Wolff’s Gallery, Alexandria back mark. Crawford wears an indistinct round badge containing a portrait on his black frock coat with ubiquitous cloth covered buttons. The tell-tale black crepe mourning ribbon on his upper sleeve suggests solemnity in the wake of the President’s assassination. Crawford joined the regiment as Chaplain 4/64; discharged by GO 7/27/65. 1st Lieut. William P. Allyn is identified in modern pencil with Warren, Cambridgeport, Mass. imprint. Allyn had prior service as 2nd Lieut., 6th Mass. Battery as depicted in this photograph; promoted 1st Lieut.; discharged 3/2/63. He joined the 31st Maine as 1st Lieut. & Adjutant 2/64; mortally WIA Petersburg 7/30/64; DOW 8/1/64. 1st Lieut. B.P. Brackley is ink signed beneath vignette with S.W. Sawyer, Bangor imprint. Brackley had served previously in the 4th Maine as 2nd Lieut. He enlisted in the 31st Maine as Private, Co. G, 4/64; promoted 1st Lieut. 5/64; m/o 7/15/65. $650 - $750 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 67 31st Maine, Seven CDVs of Enlisted Men Five are identified, including two in civilian dress, with two more uniformed privates unidentified. Ink autographed is a fantastic view of Sergeant Seth E. Drinkwater having A.M. Burham, Bangor back mark. Drinkwater’s period penciled salutation on verso is signed Orderly Sergeant. The short Drinkwater wears a long frock coat with first sergeant’s chevrons, his forage cap clearly showing A/31 insignia. On verso a stark ink notation in an unknown hand reads, Property of Chas. B. Cobb/presented by S. E. Drinkwater/both killed, one May 6th/the other June 18. Seth Drinkwater enlisted as Sergeant 3/64; KIA Wilderness 5/6/64. Corporal Seth O. Rogers is ink signed beneath portrait with J.W. Black, Boston imprint. Rogers joined the 32 Maine as Corporal, Co. C, 3/64; transferred to 31st Maine upon consolidation 12/64; m/o 7/15/65. Sergeant Leander O. Merriam is identified in modern pencil. Merriam entered the 31st Maine as Sergeant, Co. F, 3/64; promoted Sergeant Major 4/64; WIA Poplar Springs Church, VA 9/30/64; discharged 6/7/65. Two other privates wearing sack coats are unidentified. A civilian view is ink signed H. Fox Smith. Private Horatio Fox Smith enlisted in Co. F, 4/64; died of disease 8/28/64. A post-war copy shot is identified as Warren Boothby, who entered Co. A, 31st Maine 4/64; m/o 7/15/65. $400 - $500
68 32nd Maine, Four CDVs of Identified Officer-Casualties Captain Joseph B. Hammond is identified in modern pencil based on the same photograph found in the regimental history, p.400. Prior service as Sergeant, 5th Maine. Hammond was commissioned 1st Lieut. 3/64, Co. D; reported in regimental history as WIA Spotsylvania 5/12/64 and 8/64; resigned & discharged 9/23/64. W. B. Barker by Brady is ink signed beneath vignette. William Barker had served previously as Corporal, 27th Maine; m/o 7/63. He entered as regimental Sergeant Major, 5/64; promoted 2nd Lieut., 1st Lieut.; Captain 11/64; transferred to 31st Maine upon consolidation 12/64; m/o 7/15/65. Lieut. James J. Chase by I.N. Teague is signed in period pencil. Joined as 2nd Lieut., Co. D, 4/64; promoted 1st Lieut.; reported in regimental history as WIA Petersburg 7/30/64 (lost left eye); discharged 12/22/64; subsequent service in Maine Coast Guard 1/65 to 7/65. Captain Amos F. Noyes, Jr. is signed in period pencil on verso with A.B. Crockett, Norway, Me. back mark. Noyes had previously commanded a company in both the 14th and 23rd Maine. He joined the 32nd Maine as Captain, Co B, 3/64; WIA Spotsylvania 5/18/64; m/o 12/12/64. $600 - $800
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 69 32nd Maine, Five CDVs of Identified Officers including BBG Lot consisting of three different views of career soldier Charles Wesley Keyes with a Gettysburg BBG and a POW. A wartime view of Chas W. Keyes/1st Lieut.-Co E/32nd Me Vet Vols. wearing a shield pin is by J.S. Hendee, Augusta, with blue-green two-cent revenue stamp. An immediate post-war view by Brady depicts Keyes as 2nd Lieut., 44th US Infantry, ca 1866, while the third view probably dates to 1870 and is signed by Keyes with the brevet rank of Captain. Charles W. Keyes (1831-1906) first enlisted as Sergeant, 28th Maine and later acted as Hospital Steward in the 2nd Maine Cavalry according to records. He next was commissioned 1st Lieut., Co. E, 32nd Maine 4/64; severely WIA Spotsylvania 5/12/64 (left leg amputated); discharged for wounds 9/27/64. The resolute soldier re-enlisted as 2nd Lieut., Maine Coast Guard and lost his left eye in an accident; m/o 7/65. The ever indomitable Keyes then accepted a commission in the Regular Army as 2nd Lieut., 44th Infantry, 7/66. On March 2, 1867 he was brevetted twice for his Civil War service, 1st Lieut. “for gallant and meritorious service in action at Ft. Butler, La.” and Captain “for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Spotsylvania.” Captain Keyes was unassigned 5/69; retired for disability with substantive rank of 1st Lieut. 12/31/70. A wartime vignette of John Marshall Brown (1838-1907) shown as Lieut. Colonel, 32nd Maine by B.F. Smith, Portland. The back bears a flowing ink salutation in Brown’s hand that reads, In Memory of pleasant/days in the sunny South/Your old friend/Jack Brown/Lieut. Col. 32nd Me. Vols. Brown enlisted as Adjutant, 20th Maine 9/62; discharged for promotion in US Vol. Adjutant General Department 6/63; commissioned Captain & AAG 6/23/63; served as acting ADC to General Ayres and Captain, AAG to General Ames; resigned 5/10/64; commissioned Lieut. Colonel, 32nd Maine 5/5/64; WIA Petersburg 6/1964; resigned 9/12/64. Brown was then brevetted twice on 3/13/65, to Colonel “for distinguished gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg,” and BBG “for gallant and meritorious service during the war.” H.R. Sargent is ink signed on verso beneath A.M. McKenney, Portland imprint. Herbert Sargent had previous service in the 1st and 10th Maine Infantry having been commissioned Captain 1/63. He joined Co. C, 32nd Maine as Captain 3/64; POW Petersburg 7/30/64, confined at Macon & Columbia, exchanged; transferred to 31st Maine upon consolidation 12/64; m/o 7/15/65. $700 - $900
70 32nd Maine, Five CDVs of Enlisted Men including KIA Two wartime identified soldiers with two more unidentified soldiers, plus a post-war RPPC of an identified private. The identified CDVs are ink signed Henry W. Tucker/Co. B. 32nd Regt. Me/Vols. by McAdams, Alexandria. Tucker joined as Private, Co. B, 3/64; transferred to 31st Maine upon consolidation 12/64; discharged by GO 5/2/65. Private Franklin Grant, by S.W. Sawyer, Bangor, is pencil identified. He enlisted in Co. I, 5/64; mortally WIA Petersburg “on picket” 6/30/64; DOW 7/5/64. The unidentified men are studio views of a Corporal and Private both with numeral 32 on forage cap. The early 20th century RPPC is identified in pencil as Oscar H. Thompson who joined Co. B, 4/64. The notation states that Thompson was a POW on march to the north Anna River 5/22/64; transferred to 31st Maine upon consolidation 12/64; m/o 7/15/65. $400 - $500
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 71 A Selection of Generals from Maine, Six CDVs Five are common, wartime Anthony-Brady views, with another immediate post-war view. The officers include Major General Adalbert Ames, CMOH (post-war), Major General John Reynolds (KIA Gettysburg), Major General Erasmus Keyes, with lesser known brevet Major General Nathaniel J. Jackson, Brigadier General George F. Shepley, and Major General James G. Blunt. None of the cartes are autographed. $300 - $400
72 A Selection of Generals from Maine, Six CDVs Lot includes six wartime views in uniform, with two generals possibly autographed. The unsigned views are Major General Cuvier Grover by Anthony (WIA Cedar Creek); Major General Cadwaller C. Washburn with imprint of W.L. Troxell, St. Louis as Colonel, 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry; Major General Napoleon T.J. Dana, severely wounded at Antietam; and Brigadier General Neil Dow, Colonel, 13th Maine. Ink signed on verso is Brig. Gen. Davis Tillson/USA, by Hoag & Quick, as Brevet Major General. Last is a vignette, ink signed beneath portrait Brig. Gen. Berry, USA. Berry was the former Colonel, 4th Maine and Major General KIA Chancellorsville 5/4/63. $500 - $600
73 Major Charles Peleg Chandler, 1st Massachusetts, KIA, An Array of Four CDVs Three different views of Major Chandler in uniform by Brady, Washington, with another in civilian dress. None are signed, while one is dated August 1861 and another Oct 30, 1861. A native of Dover, ME, Chandler — one of the Bowdoin College fraternity — was commissioned Major, 1st Massachusetts Infantry 5/22/61; KIA Nelson’s Farm, VA (aka Glendale, Frazier’s Farm) during the Seven Days Battles 6/30/62. It was later reported that a severely wounded Chandler had been seen alive in a Richmond prison in August 1862. $300 - $400
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 74 Fessenden Family CDVs, Two Generals & Senator A family of Maine luminaries comprising Senator William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) and his two sons, Bvt. Major General James Deering Fessenden (1833-1882) and Major General Francis Fessenden (1839-1906), all Bowdoin College alumni. William P. Fessenden was an influential Whig, later Republican politician who served in both the House and Senate before becoming Lincoln’s wartime Secretary of the Treasury. Post-war, Fessenden chaired the clout-heavy Joint Committee on Reconstruction, which established the strict conditions under which the Southern states ultimately resumed congressional representation, and drafted the 14th Amendment. J.D. Fessenden is ink signed beneath portrait by Brady. James Deering Fessenden enlisted as Captain, Co. D, 2nd USSS, 11/61; discharged for promotion 7/62. Fessenden was promoted Colonel & AADC and in 1862-63 served on General Hunter’s staff during operations along the Carolina coast, participating in the attack on Fort McAllister, Edisto, and DuPont’s foray against Charleston. He transferred to the Army of Tennessee in 1863 and was attached to Hooker’s staff during the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaign. Fessenden was promoted to Brigadier General 8/8/64 and joined General Sheridan in the Valley Campaign, seeing action at Cedar Creek in October. Fessenden was brevetted Major General 3/13/65 “for distinguished service in the war,” mustering out 1/15/66. Bvt. Major Genl. F. Fessenden is ink signed beneath vignette by B.F. Smith & Sons, Portland. Francis Fessenden was commissioned Captain, 19th US Infantry, 5/61; severely WIA Shiloh 4/5/62; Colonel, 25th Maine, 9/62, commanding a brigade in the Washington Defenses; m/o 7/11/63. He became Colonel, 30th Maine 1/64, in command of a brigade at Sabine Crossroads, Pleasant Hill, and Cane River, LA, (Monetis Bluff ) where he was severely WIA 4/23/64 (right leg amputated) while leading a charge; discharged for promotion 5/64. Promoted Brigadier, General 5/10/64, brevetted Major and Lieut. Colonel (Regular Army) “for gallant service at Shiloh and Monetis Bluff on Red River” 7/6/64. Brevetted Brigadier General and Major General 3/13/65 “for gallant and meritorious service during the war;” promoted Major General Volunteers 11/9/65; m/o 9/1/66. Served on Wirtz Commission and Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen. Transferred to 28th Infantry 9/66; retired as Brigadier General (RA) 11/1/66 at own request. Post-war, elected Mayor of Portland, ME. $400 - $500
75 BBG Andrew B. Spurling, 2nd Maine Cavalry, CMOH, CDV Carte is signed in old pencil on verso Lieutenant Col./Andrew B. Spurling/2nd Maine Cav./Orland, Me with Hinton Clearly, N.O. imprint. Andrew Barclay Spurling (1833-1906) enlisted as 1st Lieut., Co. D, 1st Maine Cavalry, 10/61; promoted Captain 2/63; WIA near Middleburg, VA 6/21/63, hospitalized; commissioned Major, 2nd Maine Cavalry, 1/64; promoted Lieut. Colonel 6/64; brevetted Colonel; BBG 3/13/65 for gallant and meritorious conduct at Pollard and Mobile, AL; awarded CMOH 9/10/97 for action at Evergreen, AL on March 23, 1865 where he “advanced alone in the darkness beyond picket line, came upon three of the enemy, fired upon them, wounded two, and captured the whole party”. This heroic officer then m/o 12/6/65. General Spurling died 8/22/06 in Chicago nearly destitute having lost his considerable fortune in the Panic of 1893, buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. The Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection $300 - $400
76 BBG John Froman Anderson, 24th Massachusetts, CDV An armed portrait including block letters MAJ. J.F. ANDERSON A.D.C. beneath portrait, ink signed Major J.F. Anderson/A.D.C. on verso, with blue-green two-cent revenue stamp. A wartime photograph showing the unpopular and rarely seen M1860 S & F sword. Anderson was the son of Maine Governor Hugh J. Anderson. John Fromen Anderson (1832-1902) enlisted as 1st Lieut. & Adjutant, 24th Massachusetts, 9/61; discharged for promotion 6/63. Commissioned Major US Volunteer Aide-de-Camp, 6/9/63, serving on the staff of General Foster, Department of the South. Brevetted Lieut. Colonel 3/1/65; brevetted Colonel and Brigadier General 3/13/65 “for gallant and meritorious service during the war.” Resigned 3/27/65. $300 - $400
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 77 Civil War Sutler/Peddler Carrying Goods, Uncommon CDV An animated view of anonymous boy — or female masquerading as a male — heavily burdened with what appear to be the trappings of a sutler or itinerant peddler. The unreadable back mark was damaged when the tax stamp was carelessly removed. Inked on the back is a cryptic inscription only partly decipherable, a fla(?) (illegible) she carried/of the (illegible) peddler. The gypsy-like subject wears cast-off military frock coat with a plethora of added civilian buttons suitably capped with a pork-pie hat. The hodge-podge of traveling goods defy easy categorization. A mysterious photograph that abounds with character. $200 - $300
78 Identified Massachusetts Soldiers from Maine, Seven CDVs Lot includes six officers, five identified, and one enlisted man, all Maine-born soldiers serving in Massachusetts regiments. The first CDV is probably Captain George Brimmer Lombard, Co. C, 44th Massachusetts. With A.M. McKenney, Portland back mark. Lombard enlisted as Sergeant Major, 5/62; promoted 1st Lieut. 8/62; Captain 1/63: m/o 6/18/63. Wm. T. Eustis 3/Adjutant/5th Regt. is ink signed beneath photograph, with Moulton’s Gallery, Salem imprint. William T. Eustis, joined as Private, Co. I, 5th Massachusetts 4/61; promoted Corporal; promoted 1st Lieut. & Adjutant 7/62; m/o 7/2/63. G.A. Norton/ Quartermaster, 5th Mass., by Nixon, Boston, is also ink signed. Norton entered service as 1st Lieut. & Regiment QM 10/62; transferred to US QM Department 9/63 as Captain & AQM; m/o 11/8/65. Nathaniel Frost 1st Lieut./33rd Regt. Mass. Vols. is signed in red ink on verso over Schwing & Rudd, Army of the Cumberland imprint. Frost joined at Private, Co. C, promoted Sergeant Major 8/63; 1st Lieut. 5/64; m/o 6/65. Next is ink signed N.L. Meands, by J.R. Hall, Biddleford, Me., who joined as Corporal, Co. I, 22nd Massachusetts, 9/61; promoted Sergeant 1/62; WIA Malvern Hill 7/1/62; promoted Sergeant Major & 2nd Lieut. 10/62; 1st Lieut. 2/63; Captain 2/64. Biddle transferred to the 32nd Massachusetts 10/64; discharged 11/17/64. The enlisted man is ink signed David M. Richardson and dated April 24, 1863, with Pearce’s Gallery, Arlington Heights, Va. imprint. Richardson entered as Private, Co. F, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery 8/62; POW Cold Harbor 6/3/64; released 4/22/65; m/o 6/8/65. The unidentified 1st Lieut. by King, Portland has the numeral 44 on his slouch hat. $400 - $600
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 79 Capt. Frank K. Upham, 1st US Cav. & Major Alfred Morton, 9th Inf., Two CDVs Two Maine born soldiers from California who participated in the Indian Wars. Frank Upham enlisted from Marysville, CA as 2nd Lieut., Co. B, 7th California Infantry; m/o 4/26/66. He then joined the 1st Cavalry as 2nd Lieut., 3/67; promoted 1st Lieut. 8/69; RQM 9/76; Regimental Adjutant 9/79; promoted Captain 11/82; retired 2/4/92. Upham became acting governor of the Volunteers Soldiers Home in Los Angeles and was accidentally killed 10/17/99 when his weapon discharged. Lieut. Upham participated in early expeditions against the Paiute and Snake Indians; in Arizona 8/69 serving in the field against the White Mountain Apaches and is cited in Cozzen’s Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, Vol. One, The Struggle for Apacheria, for his article entitled Incidents of Regular Army Life in Times of Peace that appeared in the Overland Monthly, April 1885. Lieut. Upham commanded G. Troop, 1st Cavalry during the uprising at the Crow Agency 11/5/87 where Wraps-his-tail (aka Sword Bearer) was killed under the fire of this troop. An ink signed view of Alfred Morton dated 1882, by E.L. Eaton, Omaha. Alfred Morton had extensive service in 2nd California Cavalry as well as 2nd and 7th California Infantry during the Civil War where he attained the rank of Major upon m/o 3/17/66. Morton then joined the 9th US Infantry as 2md Lieut., 3/66; promoted 1st Lieut. 7/66; RQM 6/66, promoted Captain 3/79; retired as Major 1/16/98. During the Civil War Morton participated in the Indian Expedition of 1863 and served as Provost-Marshal of San Francisco during 1864-65. $300 - $400
80 Identified New Hampshire Soldiers from Maine, Eight CDVs Three identified officers in uniform, plus four uniformed enlisted men and one civilian. The officers are pencil identified James Albert Sanborn by Davis Bros., Portsmouth, N.H.. Sanborn had prior service in the 2nd NH before he enlisted as Sergeant, Co. G, 10th NH, 7/62; promoted 2nd Lieut. 1/63; 1st Lieut. 11/63; Captain 11/64; m/o 6/21/65. Pencil identified 2nd Lieut. John E. Willis, Co. E, 14th NH who enlisted 8/62; resigned 9/16/63. Captain R.O. Greenleaf by Geo. D. Puffer, Nashua is ink signed beneath portrait. Greenleaf was commissioned Captain, Co. B, 9/61; promoted Major 8/64, declined; m/o 9/26/64. The enlisted men are ink signed Sgt./Samuel P. Holy with imprint of Davis Bros., Portsmouth. Holt joined as Sergeant, Co. B, 17th NH
10/62; m/o 4/16/63. He re-enlisted in the 1st NH Heavy Artillery (this photograph) 9/64; m/o 6/15/65. C.F. Goodwin is ink signed beneath portrait with Davis Bros. imprint. Private Charles F. Goodwin served in both the 16th NH and the 1st NH Heavy Artillery. Thomas G. Wentworth is inked beneath portrait with Davis Bros. back mark and green three-cent revenue stamp. Wentworth entered service as Private, Co. K, 1st NH Heavy Artillery; m/o 6/15/65. A fine photograph of Sgt. Ira Clough ink signed beneath portrait with a dedication to a female friend on verso. Clough became Private, Co. G, 3rd NH 8/61; promoted Colonel 12/61; Sergeant 1/62; WIA Secessionville, SC 6/16/62; transferred to VRC 2/64; m/o 8/26/64. The civilian view is penciled Edwin H. Hobbs, who served as 1st Lieut., 1st N.H. LA; discharged 6/22/63. $500 - $700
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 81 Identified Massachusetts Soldiers from Maine, Six CDVs Four uniformed enlisted men, plus two civilian officer photographs. The military views are ink signed on verso, Joseph E. Holbrook/Co. A, 29th Regt. M.V., with Lobeil General Hospital, Portsmouth Grove, R.I. imprint. Holbrook enlisted as Private, Co. A, 5/62; transferred to Co. I, 36th Massachusetts 2/64; m/o 8/15/64. James Beatty is pencil identified. He joined Co. I, 22nd Massachusetts ss Private, 9/61; m/o as Musician 10/17/64. Pvt. Nathan Lord/11th M.V.M., by Partridges Gallery, Wheeling, Va., is ink identified on verso. Lord entered service as Private, Co. H, 1st Massachusetts; re-enlisted as veteran 1/64; transferred to Co. K, 11th Massachusetts 5/64; KIA Hatcher’s Run, VA 5/20/64. An unsigned vignette by Hardy, Bangor is thought to be Private Freeman H. Duren, Co. B, 13th Massachusetts, who joined 4/61; m/o 8/1/64. The civilians are ink signed 2nd Lieut. Henry Throop Hall, 34th Mass. Throop enlisted as Sergeant 7/62; m/o as Captain 6/16/65. A small, oval albumen mounted on paper stock is inked Payson Tucker, 1861. 2nd Lieut. Tucker served briefly in the 16th Massachusetts; resigned 9/21/62. $350 - $450
82 Identified Surgeons from Maine, Six CDVs Lot comprising five identified Surgeons with a Hospital Steward, three of whom are not listed in HDS. Identified in modern pencil is Surgeon Peter G. Stuyvesant Ten Broeck, a regular officer, with H. Glosser, Broadway, N.Y. imprint. Ten Broeck joined during the Mexican War as Assistant. Surgeon 12/47; promoted Surgeon 5/61; aboard steamer Star of West during the unsuccessful relief expedition, later Medical Director, Department of the Pacific; brevetted Lieut. Colonel 1/13/65 “for faithful and meritorious service during the war.” Died in service 12/19/67. Saml Adams/Asst. Surgeon USA is ink signed beneath portrait wearing 1st Lieut. straps. Adams joined as Assistant Surgeon 5/62; brevetted Captain for gallant and meritorious service during the operations in front of Petersburg; and Major for faithful and meritorious service during the war, 3/13/65; Died in service 9/9/67. Charles L. De Villenueve/Hospital Steward/Camp Berry is ink signed on verso beneath Geo. M. Howe, Portland imprint. A Regular Army Hospital Steward, no information is listed in HDS Ink signed H. B. Knowles M.D. wearing 1st Lieut. straps with Manchester Bros., Providence, R.I. imprint. Henry B. Knowles is not listed in HDS, possibly a contract surgeon. Also inked signed is Dr. E.W. Johnson by G.W. Roseberry, Alexandria, Va., also wearing 1st Lieut. straps. Neither officer is listed in HDS, possibly contract surgeons. $700 - $800
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 83 Identified Regular Officers from Maine including Two BBG, Six CDVs Five wartime views with another post-war. First is an elderly officer identified in modern pencil as Lt. Col. Edwin B. Babbit, a veteran of the Aroostook War. Probably long serving Edwin Burr Babbitt, USMA ‘26 who was Captain & AQM during the Mexican War; Colonel & AQM during the Civil War. Babbitt was brevetted Major during the Mexican War, and Colonel; BBG 3/1/365 for “faithful and meritorious service.” Pencil identified Lieut. Colonel James D. Greene, with T.R. Burnham, Portland, Me. imprint. Greene served briefly as Lieut. Colonel, 5th Mass., 5/61; Lieut. Colonel, 17th US Infantry, 5/61; Colonel, 6th US Infantry, 9/63; BBG 3/13/65 “for gallant and meritorious service during the war”; resigned 6/25/67. Major [Charles Jarvis] Whiting/2nd U.S. Cavalry is ink signed on verso beneath J.U.P. Burnham, Portland back mark. Whiting was USMA ‘35 with Seminole and Mexican War experience. He was re-commissioned 3/55 as Captain, 2nd Cavalry; transferred to 5th Cavalry 8/61; POW Gaines Mill 6/27/62, exchanged; promoted Major, 2nd Cavalry 7/62; dismissed 11/5/63 for making inflammatory statements against the President; reinstated as Major, 3rd Cavalry, 8/66; Lieut. Colonel, 6th Cavalry 5/69; supernumerary 12/70; m/o 1/1/71. Captain Geo. Crabtree, with imprint of Joshua Appleby Williams, Newport, R.I., stands for his portrait wearing a VRC uniform against photographer William’s distinctive open window backdrop. Crabtree joined as Sergeant, Co. C, 4th Maine, 6/61; promoted 1st Lieut., 9/61; WIA Chantilly 9/1/62; resigned 1/763; commissioned in VRC; Captain 12/63; discharged 1/26/67. A vignette of Captain Charles Albert Curtis identified in modern pencil with Durgan, Falmouth, Me. imprint and blue-green two-cent revenue stamp. Curtis joined as 2nd Lieut., 7th US Infantry 4/62; transferred to 5th Infantry 4/62; promoted 1st Lieut. 3/64; brevetted Captain 9/65 for meritorious service during the war; unassigned 5/69; retired 12/15/70, with a post-war view of the same Captain Curtis ink signed on verso. $750 - $850 84 Regular Officers from Maine, Six CDVs Five officers, one in civilian dress, with an enlisted man. An oval portrait of Augustus Whittimore Corliss is identified in modern pencil, with Cushing & King, Woodstock, Vt. back mark. A career soldier, Corliss first enlisted as Major, 2nd RI Cavalry, 12/62; promoted Lieut. Colonel, 1/63; resigned 7/63. The former Major then joined the 15th US Infantry serving as Private and Sergeant; promoted 1st Lieut., 7/65; transferred to 33rd Infantry, 9/66; RQM 1/67; transferred to 8th Infantry, 5/69, promoted Captain, 5/73; Major, 17th Infantry 2/97; transferred to 23rd Infantry 2/97; Lieut. Colonel 2/99; Colonel 2/01; retired 3/24/01. Eliphalet Whittlesey autographed his CDV on verso under J.E. McClees, Philadelphia imprint. Whittlesey joined the 19th Maine as Chaplain 8/62; transferred to US Vol. Adjutant General Department, 8/62 as Captain & AAG; promoted Major & AAG: Major & Judge Advocate 9/64; brevetted Lieut. Colonel 3/1/365 “for gallant and meritorious conduct during the Atlanta, Ga. and Carolina campaigns,” and BBG 3/13/65 “for meritorious service during the war”; m/o 1/1/68. L.A. Poore, by Brady, is ink signed beneath vignette. Poore joined the USQM Deptartment as Captain 4/64; brevetted Major 3/1/65; m/o 5/1965. Lt. [Wm. L.] Haskin/1st Lt. 1st US Arty is identified in pencil beneath vignette and ink signed on back with Anderson’s, N.O. back mark. Haskin was commissioned in the 1st US Artillery 8/61; brevetted Captain 7/8/63 “for gallant and meritorious service in the capture of Port Hudson”; brevetted Major 3/13/65 “for good conduct and gallant service during the the war”; promoted Captain 7/66; Major 8/87; Lieut Colonel, 1st US Artillery 6/97; Colonel 10/99; still in service in 1902. Also, another view of Brevet Brigadier General Charles Greene Sawtelle, by Whipple, Boston, in civilian attire (see previous lot for a uniformed view of Sawtelle). Last is a thumbnail tintype ink signed Private John P. Merrick/Co. F, 17th US Inf., with D.H. Cole, Washington, DC back mark. Merrick is not listed in HDS. $400 - $500 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 85 Regular Officers from Maine, Four CDVs Captain Albert Dodd by T.R. Burnham, Portland is pencil identified. Dodd had served in the 3rd Massachusetts Rifles before joining the 17th US Infantry, 8/61; KIA Gaines Mill 6/27/62; brevetted Major 6/27/62. W. L. Lothrop/U.S.A. is boldly ink signed beneath vignette. Lothrop joined the army as 1st Lieut., 4th US Artillery 2/61; promoted Captain 1st MO Infantry 4/61; resigned 5/61; transferred to US QM Department as Captain 8/61; commissioned Major 1st MO Light Artillery 9/61; brevetted Major 3/14/62 “for gallant and meritorious service in action at New Madrid, Mo”; promoted Lieut. Colonel 5/62; Colonel 10/62; brevetted Lieut. Colonel 3/13/65 for “gallant and meritorious service during the war”; m/o 7/29/65. Royal Thaxter Frank is pencil identified with J.W. Watson, Raleigh, N.C. back mark. Frank USMA ‘58 was commissioned 1st Lieut., 8th US Infantry, 5/61; promoted Captain 2/62; brevetted Major 7/3/62 “for gallant and meritorious service during the Peninsula Campaign”; brevetted Lieut,. Colonel 12/13/62 for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Fredericksburg; transferred to 1st US Artillery 12/70; Major 1/81; Lieut. Colonel 2nd Artillery 1/89; Colonel 1st Artillery 10/94; Brigadier General Volunteers during Spanish-American War 4/98; promoted Brigadier General 5/99; retired 10/18/99. Maj. A. C. Hewey/Paymaster USV is signed in period pencil below vignette with W.M. Pierce, Brunswick, Me. back mark and blue-green two-cent revenue stamp. Hewey joined the US Vol. Paymaster’s Department as Major 2/63; m/o 8/10/65. $400 - $500
86 Identified QM Dept. Officers from Maine including BBG, Four CDVs Group includes a carte of career regular Lieut. Colonel G. Sawtelle (18341913) and unidentified junior officer having the imprint of Anderson, N.O. with blue-green two-cent revenue stamp. Sawtelle graduated the USMA ’54 and became QM 2/57; promoted 1st Lieut. 6/60; Captain 5/61; Lieut. Colonel 8/62; Colonel 5/65. Sawtelle received four wartime brevets 3/13/65, Major, Lieut. Colonel, & Colonel “for faithful and meritorious service during the war,” and Brigadier General “for faithful and meritorious in the Q.M. Dept. during the war.” He had served as Chief QM, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, Chief QM, Cavalry Bureau, Chief QM, Staff of Major General Canby during the war. This distinguished officer finally retired as Brigadier General, Quartermaster General. 2/16/97. A late war pose of Jerimiah Howard Gilman, with G. Grelling, Detroit back mark. Gilman was USMA ’56 and was commissioned into the 1st Artillery as Lieut., 7/56. Promoted Captain 5/61, 19th US Infantry; discharged for transfer to US Army Commissary Department as Captain, 2/63; subsequent service in US Army Commissary Department until he retired as Lieut. Colonel, 11/11/95. Captain Gilman received two wartime brevets, to Major “for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Shiloh,” and Lieut. Colonel “for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Stone River.” A vignette of William S. Dodge by Starbird, Augusta is pencil identified on verso. Dodge served briefly in the 1st Maine before joining the 10th Maine as 1st Lieut. & QM, 10/61; transferred to US Volunteer Commissary Department 11/62 as Captain; m/o 7/15/65; brevetted Major 7/14/65 “for effective and meritorious service.” A vignette of Capt. N. Barker is pencil signed on verso with A.M. McKenney, Portland imprint. Nathan Barker enlisted in the US Vol. QM Department 8/61; promoted Captain 8/61; m/o 9/20/65. $450 - $550
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 87 Hospital Steward John H. Sanborn, Regular Army, CDV Ink signed on verso, J.H. Sanborn/Hospital Steward/Camp Berry over A.C. Lewis, Portland, Me. imprint. Both sleeves of Sanborn’s non-regulation four button frock coat bear the ancient caduceus emblem of the medical staff. Additionally, his kepi displays an embroidered staff wreath with presumably silver MS letters. Sanborn wears a M1840 NCO sword as well as a red tinted sash and trouser stripes now faded pink. No record of Sanborn’s service in HDS, meaning that National Archives records will be necessary. A superior photograph of uncommon subject matter. $350 - $450
88 Identified USCT Officers from Maine, Six CDVs First is inked Edgar E. Adams, with J.W. Petty, N.O. back mark. Adams had prior service as Private, Co. C, 2nd VT.; POW Savage Station, VA 6/29/62, paroled; discharged for disability; commissioned Captain Co. B, 75th USCT 12/63; promoted Major, 73rd USCT, 11/64; discharged 9/27/65. A tintype mounted on CDV stock, ink signed Frank A. Ham/1st Lieut. & Adj. 80th USCT. Ham had served as Private, Co. C, 13th Maine; commissioned 2nd Lieut., Co. H, 91st USCT 10/63; promoted 1st Lieut. Co. D, 74th USCT; m/o 10/11/65. Captain Levi Hawes is autographed on verso with inked Co. I, 91st US Infantry (C) and E. Jacobs, N.O. back mark. Hawes had served as Sergeant, Co. I,13th Maine; commissioned 1st Lieut., Co. I, 91st USCT 9/63; promoted Captain Co. I, 91st USCT 7/64; m/o 10/65. Geo. W. Bean is ink signed on verso with J.R .Hall, Biddeford imprint and green three-cent revenue stamp. Bean originally joined the Maine Coast Guards before being commissioned 1st Lieut., Co. A, 68th USCT; promoted Captain 10/65; m/o 2/5/66. 1st Lieut. J. G. Hamlin is ink signed beneath portrait by Meade Bros., New York City. Hamlin had prior service as Private, Co. I, 5th Maine; commissioned 1st Lieut., 8th USCT, 6/63; promoted Captain; died 8/12/65. An oval cut-out is ink autographed J.F. Clement/Capt. 109th USCT on verso. Clement enlisted as Captain, Co. G, 109th USCT 11/64; m/o 2/6/66. $400 - $600
89 Identified USCT Officers from Maine including BBG, Six CDVs A mounted tintype signed beneath portrait W.S. Mudgett by Downs & Co., N.O. William S. Mudgett enlisted as Private, Co. B, 2nd Maine, 5/61; promoted Sergeant, 1st Lieut. & Captain; promoted Lieut. Colonel 80th USCT 9/63; Colonel 3/65; brevet Brigadier General 3/13/65 “for faithful and meritorious service during the war.” A standing officer cradling his sword is tentatively identified as 2nd Lieut. Charles S. Deering, Co. E, 10th USCHA. A mounted tintype of Moses W. Young/Bvt. Maj. Vols. by Downs, N.O. who enlisted as Captain. W.B. Dickey is ink signed on verso with T.S. Estabrook back mark. He joined as Corporal, Co. 8, 8th Maine; promoted QM Sergeant 3/62; commissioned 1st Lieut. & QM, 34th USCT 3/63; transferred to US Vol. QM Department as Captain 5/64; m/o 7/28/65. Ink signed Captain A. N. Lufkin had previous service as Private, Co. C, 2nd Maine; transferred to 20th Maine; commissioned Captain Co., B, 45th USCT 7/64; m/o 11/4/65. H.M. Blaisdell, Jr. is ink signed on verso below C.R. Edwards, Bowling Green, Ky. imprint. This soldier entered service as Private, Co. G, 2nd Maine; WIA & POW Bull Run 7/21/61; discharged for disability 11/62; commissioned 1st Lieut., 12th USCHA, 8/64; m/o 4/24/66. $700 - $800
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 90 Identified USCT Officers from Maine, Six CDVs Capt. Edwin C. McFarland is ink signed with Wm Pierce, Brunswick, Me. imprint. McFarland enlisted as Corporal, Co. A, 1st Massachusetts,. 5/61; promoted Sergeant & Sergeant Major; commissioned 1st Lieut., Co. A, 79th USCT, 3/63; promoted Captain 9/63; m/o 8/14/64; commissioned Captain, Co. C, 41st USCT, 11/64; m/o 12/10/65. Capt. F.W. Webster is inked beneath portrait by G.W. Rider, Salem, N.Y. Frank W. Webster joined as Corporal, Co. D, 18th Maine; transferred to Co D, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery 12/62; discharged for promotion 6/63; commissioned Captain, 3rd USCT, 8/63; m/o 10/31/65. Stuart Anderson/Capt. 24th U.S.C.T Troops is ink autographed with Wenderoth, Philadelphia imprint, having green three-cent revenue stamp. Columbus S. Anderson entered service as Private, Co. A, 18th Maine; promoted Corporal; discharged for promotion 2/65; commissioned 1st Lieut. Co. G, 24th USCT, 3/65; promoted Captain 8/65; m/o 10/1/65. Edward P. Loring is identified in modern pencil having Marshall, Boston imprint and green three-cent tax stamp. Loring enlisted as 1st Lieut., Co. B, 13th Maine; commissioned Major, 10th USCHA, 3/63; brevetted Lieut. Colonel 3/13/65; m/o 2/22/67. Capt. James L. Smart is signed in ink below portrait by S. Anderson, New Orleans. Smart joined as Corporal, Co. C, 13th Maine; discharged for promotion 10/64; commissioned Captain, 91st USCT, 10/63; consolidated with 74th USCT, 7/64, “on detached service 1864”; no further record. William F. Baker/Major, 10th US Col Troops is boldly signed on verso. Baker first joined as Captain Co. D, 9th Maine; m/o 3/63; commissioned Major, 10th USCT 12/63; POW (place and date not stated), exchanged Charleston 8/3/64; m/o 5/17/66. $400 - $600
91 Identified USCT Officers from Maine, Five CDVs Captain E. J. Maxwell, by Anderson, N.O. is ink signed beneath photograph. Maxwell had prior service as Sergeant, Co. D, 15th Maine; discharged for promotion 6/64; commissioned Captain, 96th USCT, 8/63; m/o 1/29/66. A pair of CDVs featuring Lieut. Alden M. Varney & Wife Julia B. Varney. 1st Lieut. Varney CDV is unsigned, by E.A. Piffet, N.O. Varney served previously as Private, 5th Maine Battery; discharged for promotion 12/63; commissioned 1st Lieut., 10th USCHA, 12/63; brevetted Captain 3/1/365; m/o 2/22/67. A.W. Chapin is ink signed on back with Whitaker & Co., Philadelphia imprint. Chapin originally joined as Sergeant, Co. E, 18th Maine; transferred to 1st Maine Heavy Artillery; WIA Petersburg 6/16/64; discharged for promotion 2/65; promoted 2nd Lieut. Co. C, 24th USCT; m/o 10/65. A vignette of career officer G.A. Goodale/Capt. 77th Infy., by Guay & Sons, N.O. Goodale enlisted as Private, Co. E., 6th Maine 7/61; promoted Corporal; Sergeant; commissioned 1st Lieut., Co. D, 77th USCT, 1/64; promoted Captain 5/64; brevetted Major 3/13/65 “for faithful and meritorious service during the war”; m/o 11/14/66; commissioned 1st Lieut., 23 US Infantry 7/66; brevetted Captain 3/2/67 “for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Gettysburg”; promoted Captain 6/78; Major 4/98; Lieut. Colonel, 3rd US Inf. 7/99; Colonel, 1st Infantry, 4/01; retired as Brigadier General 2/23/03. Lieut. Colonel James Howard Gilpatrick seated with sword, having imprint of J.W. Black, Boston. Gilpatrick enlisted as Major, 83rd USCT; promoted Lieut. Colonel 11/64; brevetted Colonel & m/o 10/9/65. Last is a paper copy shot dated Jan. 19., 1934 ostensibly signed by the elderly veteran former Lieut. Colonel Oliver N. Blackington, 81st USCT with inked notation, As I once was. Sole survivor 4th Me., his former unit. $400 - $500
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 92 Identified Naval Officers, Five CDVs Four officers in uniform and one not, one unidentified. The uniformed officers include: pencil identified Capt. Loring Fossett with sword. Fossett’s rank is incorrect as the Navy Register lists this officer as Acting Ensign 11/27/63; discharged 9/14/65; served aboard the USS Wyalusing. I.S. Bradbury/U.S.N. is ink signed on verso over C.H. Williamson, Brooklyn imprint. Bradbury entered as Mate 2/63; promoted Acting Ensign 8/64; lost on the USS Narcissus 1/4/66. R.C.J. Pendleton is ink signed beneath portrait by J.O. Durgan, Yarmouth, Me. imprint. Pendleton became Mate 9/62; Acting Ensign 4/63; discharged 5/17/67; served aboard USS Iuka. The unidentified officer is a Master under the 1866 regulations (star over one stripe, single bar on shoulder strap) with sword. The civilian officer (not found in Navy Register) is ink signed, Capt. J. H. Chase/Ship Marcia C. Day/Edge comb/Ship M.C. Day‌(illegible). $400 - $500
93 Identified Naval Officers, Five CDVs Chas. Boutelle is ink identified beneath portrait. This officer joined the navy as Acting Master 5/62; Acting Vol. Lieut. 5/64; discharged 1/14/66. Frank Watson/U.S.N. is ink signed on verso over J. Stevenson, Brooklyn imprint. Watson entered as Mate 5/63; promoted Acting Ensign 3/64; appointment revoked (sick) 1/25/65. A Master with L.L. Prince, N.O., back mark having at least three possible identifications penciled on verso. W. H. Anderson/Paymaster USN is ink signed on verso with Montevideo back mark, dated January 10, 1864. William Henry Anderson joined as Acting Assistant Paymaster 6/62; Assistant Paymaster 6/64; Paymaster 4/66; resigned 2/16/69. G.H. Butler is pencil identified. George H. Butler became Acting Assistant Surgeon 1/64; Acting Passed Assistant Surgeon 8/66; served aboard the USS Mahaska: discharged 11/12/68. $400 - $500
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 94 Identified Naval Officers, Five CDVs Captain James B. Alden standing with sword is pencil identified with partial inked signature, having E.J. Jacobs imprint. Alden was a long serving officer who joined the Navy as Midshipman, 4/28. He advanced through the ranks becoming Commander 9/55; Captain 2/63; Commodore 7/66; Rear Admiral 6/71; retired 3/31/72; died 2/6/77. During the war, Alden commanded the USS Brooklyn. Pencil identified is Acting Ensign Charles Mellon Rowe by Howard & March, Brooklyn, with orange two-cent revenue stamp. Rowe was Acting Ensign 10/64; discharged 8/25/65; served aboard the ironclad USS Naubec. Master’s Mate J. Jones is pencil signed over Seaver & Lothrop, Boston imprint. Probably the John Jones who became Acting Master’s Mate 10/64; disrated 5/66; discharged as seaman 6/30/66. Commander Edward P .William is ink signed on verso. Another “old salt” who joined the Navy as Midshipman 9/47; promoted Master 9/55; Lieut. 9/55; Lieut. Commander 7/62; Commander 7/66; lost on the USS Oneida 1/24/70. Last is an Engineering Officer identified in pencil as Capt. Berry of the (illegible). This is likely George J. Berry who became 3rd Assistant Engineer 6/56; 2nd Assistant Engineer 8/59; 1st Assistant Engineer 7/61; Chief Engineer 11/63; retired 3/24/74; died 11/10/77. $400 - $500
95 Identified Naval Officers, Five CDVs Including a compact group shot of five uniformed officers who served aboard the USS Monongahela, with Washburn, N.O. imprint and orange two-cent revenue stamp. Penciled at left is Lieut. P.J. Langer who joined 11/62 as 3rd Assistant Engineer; promoted 2nd Assistant Engineer 3/64; resigned 4/28/70. An ink signed officer is M.B. Means/Gunner USN, having W.W. Washburn, N.O. imprint with orange revenue stamp. Mark B. Means became Acting Gunner 7/63; appointment revoked due to sickness 4/24/65. W.S. Keen is ink signed on verso beneath Washburn, N.O. back mark. William S. Keen was appointed Mate, 12/61; promoted Acting Ensign 7/63; discharged 5/12/65; served aboard the USS Kineo. Benjamin F. Blair is identified in modern pencil with William F. Hunter, Brooklyn, imprint. Blair joined as Acting Ensign 9/64; discharged 7/3/65. Leander M. Keene is pencil identified, with A. Constant, N.O. imprint. He enlisted as Acting Ensign 10/64; resigned 5/12/65. $400 - $500
96 Identified Naval Officers, Five CDVs One a civilian view of Paymaster Daniel C. Burleigh, retired 6/30/79. Another, a small albumen mounted on card stock (a mini cdv) measuring 1.25 x 2.25 in., identified as Acting Engineer John D. Williams; 3rd Acting Engineer 5/64; resigned 3/16/65. Another view of Captain James B. Alden, ink signed, mounted on badly water damaged paper stock. W. Henry Hathorne, seated with sword, is pencil identified over R.A. Miller, Boston. imprint. Hathorne joined as Mate 11/63; resigned 12/30/64. A post-war image of John A. Dixon, boldly ink signed on verso with salutation. Dixon was a long-serving Carpenter who joined 3/57; retired 6/30/85; died 2/27/88. A CDV of an officer identified as Capt. Blanchard & wife. No officer named “Blanchard” appears on the Navy Register as Captain while, in fact, the uniform insignia is that of a Master of which three men with that surname are listed. $400 - $500
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 97 Identified Naval Officers, Five CDVs An ink autographed view of Admiral George H. Preble/Feb. 25, 1868 by Black, Boston. Forty-three years in the Navy, Preble entered as Midshipmen 10/35 and by the Mexican War had been promoted to Lieut. 2/48; Commander 7/62; Captain 1/67; Commodore 11/71; Rear Admiral 9/76; retired 2/25/78; died 3/1/85. An ink signed vignette of D.R. Wylie with B.F. Evan, Boston back mark. David Wylie joined as Acting 3rd Assistant Engineer 10/62; promoted Acting 2nd Assistant Engineer 7/63; discharged 9/23/65; served aboard USS Howquah. L.G. Emerson is ink signed beneath photograph with Gilchrist, Lowell, Mass. back mark. Loring G. Emerson was Acting Ensign 8/62; promoted Acting Master 1/64 on recommendation of CO; discharged 2/28/69; served on USS Gladiolus. A vignette of Commander Greenleaf Cilley identified in modern pencil with three-cent revenue stamp. Cilley became Midshipman 2/41; Master 9/55 & Lieut. 9/55; Lieut. Commander 7/62; retired 3/18/65 as Commander; died 2/5/99; commanded the USS Catskill. A superior CDV of Capt. Faunce standing cradling a sword is pencil signed on verso with Anthony back mark. Captain John Faunce of the US Revenue Marine Service can claim to have fired the “first naval shot” of the Civil War while in command of the storied Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane. Escorting a convoy of reinforcements bound for the beleaguered Fort Sumter, the USRC Harriet Lane challenged a suspicious ship off Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861, firing a 32pound shell across her bow. The fleeing vessel turned out to be the steamship Nashville sailing under the flag of South Carolina. The Harriet Lane was later boarded and captured in Galveston Bay on January 1, 1863, subsequently repaired and converted by the Confederacy into a blockade runner. Captain Faunce was commissioned in June 1841 and spent twenty-nine years afloat. He died suddenly in 1891. $500 - $600
98 Enlisted Navy Sailors, Three CDVs Two are identified by name, one not. One seaman is ink identified as Moses C. Thompson, who enlisted in the Navy 9/64, while the other is penned Frank Chadburne, with D.C. Dinsmore, Dover imprint, no history known. The unidentified sailor bears the blind stamp of C. L. Marston, Bangor. None of the ordinary salts wear cap tallies with ship’s name or specialty patches of any kind, but the two names allow for the possibility of further research. $400 - $500
99 Marine Officer 2nd Lieut. David Miles Sells, CDV A vignette of pencil signed D.M Sells/U.S. Marines, by Whitehurst, wearing the ubiquitous Russian knots and double-breasted frock coat of a Marine officer. Sells served briefly as a Private in the 2nd Iowa Infantry. He was then commissioned 2nd Lieut., USMC 1/61; resigned 7/17/63. Sells became Lieut. Colonel, 107th USCT, 7/64; brevetted Colonel 3/13/65 “for faithful service”; m/o 11/22/66. Colonel Sells remained in the post-war army assigned as Captain, 41st Infantry 7/66; discharged at his own request 12/31/70. With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War the elderly Sells returned to the colors as Lieut. Colonel, 9th US Volunteer Infantry, 6/27/98; m/o 5/25/99. $350 - $450
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Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection 100 Marine Private Albert H. Waugh, CDV An ink signed view of Private Albert H. Waugh, USMC, identified on verso with lengthy notation, U.S. Marine Corps/Navy Yard/Portsmouth/ April 5, 1865/Yours truly/A.H. Waugh. Waugh’s forage cap bears the silver M within the bugle insignia worn by the corps before the adoption of the famous EGA devise in 1868. Albert Waugh enlisted 2/65 and was discharged 3/16/66. $300 - $400
THE CIVIL WAR | CDVs | Union | Officers & Enlisted Men 101 Captain Samuel S. Elder, Battle of Hagerstown Hero & Escaped POW, Rare Autographed CDV CDV portrait of Captain Samuel S. Elder, ink signed on verso: Truly Yours/ Sam. S. Elder/ Capt. Comdg. Horse Battery “B” 1st Arty. With S.A. Cooley/ Photographer/ 10th Army Corps/ Beaufort, SC back mark. Samuel S. Elder was a battery commander in the famed US Horse Artillery Brigade. Born in Pennsylvania, Elder had enlisted in the US Army in 1853 and was assigned to Battery “C,” 2nd US Artillery. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he received a direct commission on March 23, 1861 and was promoted to 1st Lieut. in the 4th US Artillery in May of the same year. Elder commanded Battery “E,” 4th US Artillery and served in the Eastern Theater with the Army of the Potomac. He was cited for gallantry for actions at the Battle of Antietam. By 1863, his battery was assigned to the US Horse Artillery Brigade, where he served for most of the remainder of the war. During the Battle of Hagerstown, MD, which took place from July 6-16, 1863, when the Southern Troops were retreating from Gettysburg, the 1st West Virginia Cavalry and Lieut. Samuel S. Elder’s Battery were called upon to cover the withdrawal of General Kilpatrick’s force. Elder earned his permanent promotion to Captain on August 1, 1863. He was also cited for gallantry at the Battle of Olusteef and for his actions at Drewry’s Bluff, and was brevetted Lieut. Colonel. Elder was taken prisoner at Petersburg, VA in June of 1864 and confined to Macon, GA and Columbia, SC from whence he escaped in November of 1864. His battery fired the last shot previous to General Lee’s surrender. $400 - $600
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102 Captain Doctor Tarbell, 32nd New York Infantry, POW Libby & Danville Prisons, Autographed CDV Vignetted CDV portrait of Doctor Tarbell, signed on verso, Officer U.S. Artilly. 3d Corp/ Warrenton Jnctn. Va/ Nov. 3, 1863/ Very Respectfully/ Your Friend/ D. Tarbell/ Capt. ?, with Beardsley Bros., Ithaca, NY backmark. Born in Groton, NY, Doctor Tarbell (1838-1895) enlisted as a Sergeant on 5/61 and was mustered into Co. A, 32nd New York Infantry. He was promoted Comm. Sergeant, Field & Staff, 7/61; 1st Lieut. of Co. A, 6/62; and commissioned into U.S. Volunteers Commissary Department, where he was promoted Captain & Commissary of Substance, 11/62. Tarbell saw action at Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. On September 21, 1864, while stationed near Winchester, VA, he was captured by the Confederate Cavalry and taken to Libby Prison. By October 2, 1864, Tarbell was transferred with other officers from Libby to Salisbury, NC, then to Danville Prison in Virginia. On February 18, 1865, he was sent back to Libby and paroled days later. Following his parole, Tarbell was granted 30 days leave to return home and marry his longtime love, Mary Conant, on March 14, 1865. He then returned to his company in Washington, where, according to an Ithaca Daily News Obituary, he was in Ford’s Theatre when Lincoln was shot. Tarbell was brevetted Major on 7/10/65, and was mustered out on 7/27/65. The Papers of Doctor Tarbell and his wife, Mary Conant, are housed at the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. $300 - $400
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THE CIVIL WAR | CDVs | Union | Officers & Enlisted Men 103 74th New York Infantry Officers, Six Identified CDVs, Some Autographed Lot of 6 CDVs, including: 2 cartes of Lovell Purdy, Jr., the first ink signed on verso as Captain, with R.W. Addis, Washington, D.C. backmark; the second unsigned, with Gurney & Son, NY imprint. Lovell Purdy, Jr. enlisted as a 2nd Lieut. on 5/61 and was commissioned into Co. H, 9/61; promoted to 1st Lieut., 4/62; Captain, 8/62; Major 4/64; WIA at Williamsburg, VA on 5/5/62; m/o 8/64. CDV of Assistant Surgeon J. Theodore Calhoun, signed and inscribed on verso to Capt. R.E. Stanton, marked Brandy Station Va/ November 16th 1863, with Brady studio backmark. James T. Calhoun was commissioned into Field & Staff, 10/61; promoted Surgeon, 11/62; Surgeon of U.S. Army Medical Staff, 4/63; brevetted Captain and Major 3/65, and Lieut. Colonel 7/66; died of cholera on 7/66 at Hart’s Island, NY 2 CDVs, one ink signed on verso D. Claude DeZouche/ 1st Lieut. 5th Regt./ Excelsior Brigade, with Purviance’s Pittsburgh studio imprint; the second unidentified, but presumably a portrait of DeZouche. David C. DeZouche enlisted as a Sergeant in Co. A, 7/61; promoted 1st Sergeant of Co. K, 3/62; 2nd Lieut., 6/62; 2nd Lieut. of Co. A, 3/63; 1st Lieut., 12/63; discharged 6/64. Carte signed on verso Truly Yours/ M.B. Miller, with Henry Ulke’s Washington, D.C. backmark. Milton Bourne Miller (1842-1912) enlisted as 1st Sergeant in Co. A on 4/61; promoted 2nd Lieut., Co. H, 4/62; 1st Lieut., Co. K, 10/62; Captain, Co. A., 12/62; WIA at Bristoe Station, VA on 8/27/62 and discharged for wounds on 4/7/63. The 74th New York Infantry, the 5th Regiment of the Excelsior brigade, was recruited at Pittsburgh, New York City, Cambridgeport, MA, Tidioute, PA, and Long Island, and mustered in at Camp Scott, Long Island, between June 30-October 6, 1861, for 3-years service. Attached to Sickles’ Excelsior brigade, the 74th left for Washington in August and was stationed along the Lower Potomac in Maryland during the first winter. It embarked in April, 1862, for the Peninsula with the brigade, as part of the 2nd division, 3d corps, and shared in the siege operations before Yorktown. The 74th won high praises for playing a prominent part in the battle of Williamsburg, and in the ensuing engagements of Fair Oaks and the Seven Days’ battles. Upon its withdrawal from the Peninsula in August, the regiment was sent to the support of General Pope at Manassas, after which it retired to the defenses of Washington. In December of 1862, the 74th participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, and later was engaged at Chancellorsville in May, 1863. The following month, the regiment marched to Gettysburg, where it experienced the hard fighting of the second day on the Emmitsburg road, with a loss of 89 killed, wounded and missing. As the 74th marched southward, it saw action at Wapping heights and Kelly’s Ford, as well as Locust Grove during the Mine Run campaign. In April, 1864, the Excelsior brigade became the 2nd brigade, 4th division, 2nd corps and in May the 4th brigade, 3d division, 2nd corps. The 74th fought through the Wilderness campaign and was mustered out before Petersburg, from June 19 to Aug. 3, 1864. The regiment lost 124 as a result of wounds, and 70 from other causes. It was noted for its courage and steadiness and is numbered among the “three hundred fighting regiments.” $500 - $700
104 1st Lieut., Eugene P. Jacobson, 74th New York Infantry, CMOH Chancellorsville, Autographed CDV Albumen carte with Henry Ulke’s Washington, D.C. backmark, signed on verso, Ever truly yours/ Eugene P. Jacobson/ 1st Lieut. 5th Excelsior. Eugene Philip Jacobson (1841-1881) was commissioned Corporal, Co. B, 6/62; promoted Sergeant Major of Field & Staff, 9/62; 2nd Lieut. 5/63; and 1st Lieut. 8/63, Co. I; discharged 5/64. Jacobson was awarded a CMOH on 3/29/65 for extraordinary heroism on 2 May 1863, while serving with 74th New York Infantry, in action at Chancellorsville, Virginia, for bravery in conducting a scouting party in front of the enemy. $300 - $400
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THE CIVIL WAR | CDVs | Union | Officers & Enlisted Men 105 2nd Lieut. Frederick E. Garnett, 74th New York Infantry, WIA Gettysburg, Autographed CDV Carte ink signed on verso Yours Truly/ Frederick E. Garnett, with Gurney & Son’s New York imprint. Frederick E. Garnett enlisted as a Private on 5/61, and mustered into Co. B, 6/61; promoted to Sergeant, 6/62; 2nd Lieut. of Co. E, 6/63; 1st Lieut. of Co. H, 9/63; WIA at Gettysburg, 7/2/63; m/o 7/64. $200 - $300
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106 Miss Major Pauline Cushman, Union Spy and Scout, CDV CDV portrait of Pauline Cushman in uniform, photographed by Alexander Bogardus, and published by E. & H.T. Anthony, as indicated by backmark. Cushman (1833-1897) was an aspiring teenage actress when she became involved in espionage on behalf of the Union. Caught with incriminating information, Cushman was sentenced to be executed as a spy and saved only by the timely arrival of Federal troops at her prison in Shelbyville, TN. Lincoln awarded Cushman an honorary Major’s commission and she engaged in cloak and dagger work until growing notoriety blew her cover. With the benefit of a populist biography, Cushman toured the country speaking about her wartime exploits and profiting from the sale of CDVs. Cushman’s later years were marked by physical decline and tragedy, and at the age of 60, she died in San Francisco of a morphine overdose said to have been a suicide. $500 - $700
THE CIVIL WAR | CDVs | Confederate | Officers & Enlisted Men 107 Robert E. Lee CDV, Possibly from his Final Sitting Albumen carte-de-visite of Robert E. Lee in his later years, lacking a photographer’s imprint. A comparison with what are identified as “perhaps the last photographs” taken of Lee before January 10, 1870 in Roy Meredith’s The Face of Robert E. Lee in Life and Legend (p. 99-100), indicates that this might be one of the last photographs produced of Lee. A vignetted variation of this portrait is illustrated on page 100, and bears the studio imprint of Boude & Miley of Lexington, VA. A fine, post-war portrait of the legendary Confederate General. $500 - $700
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THE CIVIL WAR | CDVs | Confederate | Officers & Enlisted Men 108 Fine CDV of Confederate Musician Posed with Drum Full-length portrait of a CSA musician holding drumsticks and posed with an intricately painted drum. Backmark of photographer J. Jones, Rendezvous of Distribution, VA. “Rendezvous of Distribution” was a name used for a large camp in Arlington which served as the transfer point for soldiers being exchanged from various POW camps or returning to duty after recuperating from injury or illness. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
THE CIVIL WAR | CDVs & Albums 109 Confederate CDV Album Owned by Lieut. Colonel St. Clair Dearing Octavo, green-leather bound CDV album, with St. Clair Dearing/ 100. Confederate Generals in gilt on cover. Accompanied by original, 2pp hand-written index, listing the 100 cartes that were once part of the presentation album, although only the following 5 portraits remain: signed portrait of Lieut. Colonel John R. Waddy, VMI graduate, Artillery Officer from Lieut. to Lieut. Colonel who served on the staffs of P.G.T. Beauregard, John Pemberton, Samuel Jones, and William Hardee; Captain Ellison Summerfield Keitt (1831-1911), 20th South Carolina Infantry and 19th Battalion South Carolina Cavalry; 1st Lieut. G. Thomas Cox, autographed on verso. Cox, who was from Maryland, served in the Engineer Corps and Adjutant General’s department; Major Alfred L. Dearing, of Athens, GA, who served as Commissary of Subsistence; and 1st Lieut. Harris, identified in original index as Captain Harris (Navy), GA. Possibly Asst. Surgeon Jeptha V. Harris, CSN. Lieut. Colonel St. Clair Dearing, an 1855 graduate of West Point, was commissioned into Field & Staff of the 25th North Carolina Infantry in August, 1861, but resigned in March of 1862 as a result of too much drinking. $800 - $1,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | CDVs & Albums 110 Leavitt & Allen, Our Generals Civil War CDV Album, 1862 Carte-de-visite album sold commercially by Leavitt & Allen, New York, containing 24 brilliant gray-tone lithographic, mounted views of the most popular Union Generals of the day. The patriotic album contains the original pre-printed gold leaf index listing everyone from Scott, Halleck, and McClellan to Blenker, Viele, and Mitchell, each sleeve page trimmed with red and gray borders and stars. The original brown leather album retains decorative gilt detail, and includes stamped brass hinges surmounted by high relief American eagle, tally, and shield motif. The two brass closure tabs proclaim Our Generals. A remarkably well preserved patriotic presentation, which sold to the mass-market over 140 years ago. $1,000 - $1,500
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111 Civil War Surgeon’s CDV Album Featuring Union Generals & Soldiers Album with brown pressed leather covers and brass clasp, containing 30 CDVs, one per page. Manufacturer’s page inscribed Carleton A. Shurtleff and dated Feb. 18, 1864. Many cartes identified in ink on the print or mount, and several with revenue stamps on verso. Subjects include: Generals McClellan, Banks, Hooker, Burnside, Pleasonton, Gilmore, Parke, Dix (two different views), Admiral Porter, and a very young private, all portraits from life by C.D. Fredricks of New York, plus an engraving of General Grant; General Sheridan; and an unidentified general by Brady’s National Portrait Gallery; Generals C.C. Walcott and Silas Casey, by E. & H.T. Anthony, from Brady negatives; Colonel Chickering, by Case & Getchell of Boston; uncredited views of Generals Sickles and Robert Anderson; an engraving of President Lincoln, by Lewis J. Powers of Springfield, MA; a tintype of an engraving of General Sherman; Colonel P.A. Porter, 8th New York Heavy Artillery and 129th New York 10 of 30 Infantry; and cartes of six unidentified officers and one private by various photographers. The owner of the album, Carleton Atwood Shurtleff (1840-1864) was active in the Civil War himself. He is described in an unusually lengthy and laudatory entry in the Fifth Report of the Harvard Class of 1861 as being wholly dedicated to science, doing research under noted professor Louis Agassiz and amassing enormous private collections of plants and insects in his home and dormitory. Shurtleff entered Harvard Medical School upon graduation but left to join the war effort in 1863, being appointed a US Army medical cadet and dispatched to Memphis and Milliken’s Bend around the time of Grant’s operations before Vicksburg. He worked on the floating hospital Nashville under future U.S. Representative James Dale Strawbridge and at the Broad and Cherry Street Hospital and Turner’s Lane Hospital in Philadelphia, where, according to the Harvard report, he likely acquired diphtheria, which killed him in June of 1864. $1,000 - $2,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | CDVs & Albums 112 Civil War Albumen Photographs of Union Generals Lot of 12 unmounted, CDV-sized albumen photographs of the following Union Generals: Robert Anderson (Hero at Fort Sumter, 4/61); William W. Averell; John Gray Foster; O.O. Howard (MOH, Battle of Fair Oaks, and Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau from 18651871); Nathaniel Lyon (KIA, Battle of Wilson’s Creek, First Union General killed during the war); Alexander M. McCook; Ormsby M. Mitchel (Died of Yellow Fever, 10/62); John Pope; Henry Warner Slocum; William Farrar Smith, pencil identified on verso as Baldy Smith; George Stoneman (Governor of California, 1883-1887); Gouverneur Kemble Warren. Each lack a photographer’s imprint. $500 - $800
113 Civil War Albumen Photographs of Union Generals Lot of 12 unmounted, CDV-sized albumen photographs of the following Union Generals: Nathaniel Banks; Ambrose Burnside; Benjamin Butler; Joseph Hooker; David Hunter (Presiding Commissioner on Lincoln Assassination trial); Hugh Judson Kilpatrick; Irvin McDowell; R.H. Milroy; J.G. Parke; Alfred Pleasonton; James Samuel Wadsworth (KIA at Battle of the Wilderness, 5/8/64); and one portrait of a Navy Rear Admiral that we are unable to identify. Each lack a photographer’s imprint. $500 - $800
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THE CIVIL WAR | CDVs & Albums 114 Indiana 16th Battery Light Artillery, Collection of Civil War CDVs, Some Autographed Lot of 24 identified CDVs of members of the 16th Indiana Light Artillery. In descending order of highest attained rank, the subjects are: Quartermaster Sgt. Thomas E. Harkins, signed, by Brady’s National Portrait Gallery; Capt. Benjamin Wesley Livermore, anonymous carte as first lieutenant; 1st Lieut. Benjamin R. Cunningham, carte as second lieutenant, by Whitehurst of Washington; 2nd Lieut. Benjamin W. Hoff, carte as sergeant, by Jno. Holyland of Washington; 2nd Lieut. James C. Chidester, carte as sergeant, by N.S. Bennett of Alexandria, VA; Sgt. Henry H. Crist, by Bennett; Sgt. Samuel Martin, by Bennett; Sgt. Robert A. Foresman, signed, by Whitehurst; Sgt. James H. Craighead, by Whitehurst; Cpl. Hiram C. Allen, by Whitehurst; Cpl. William Selwick Haggard, signed, by Brady, and accompanied by a small ledger of work expenses, noting Haggard, among others; Cpl. George King, by McAdams of Alexandria, VA; Cpl. Peter L. Etneir, by Bennett; Bugler George M. Foresman, by Cross & Franke of Arlington, VA; Bugler Columbus G. Neely, signed, anonymous; Bugler Augustus Cook, by Bowdoin, Taylor & Co.; Pvt. Joseph C. Lindsey, signed and affixed with revenue stamp, by McAdams; Pvt. Thomas B. Broadie, signed and dated July 14, 1864, by Bennett; Pvt. John W. Birtsell (or Birtsett), by Bennett; Pvt. George Gooderl, by Bennett; Pvt. Augustus Snider, by McAdams; Pvt. William D. Sering, by McAdams; Pvt. Mathias Nerhood, anonymous; and Pvt. Issac J. Miller, anonymous. 15 of 24 Two soldiers are of particular interest. Capt. Benjamin Wesley Livermore remained in the Army after the war. He served as the “officer of the day,” present at a flag raising ceremony on October 18, 1867 (aka “Alaska Day”), but was allegedly killed in duel in 1868 while stationed in Sitka. Cpl. William Selwick Haggard became a judge and politician, serving as lieutenant governor of Indiana from 1897-1901, and later as commandant of the Indiana Soldier’s Home. The 16th Indiana Battery was raised in Lafayette in late 1861 and mustered in at Indianapolis the following spring. They reported to Washington where they were assigned to the 2nd Division, Banks’ Corps, Army of Virginia, and took part in various engagements opposite Lee’s army between Cedar Mountain, Chantilly, and Rappahannock. The 16th served admirably at the Battle of Groveton during their retreat to Washington, where they were assigned to the Army of the Potomac under McClellan and provided artillery support at South Mountain and Antietam, before returning to the Defense of Washington for the remainder of the war. $1,500 - $2,500
115 Civil War CDV Album of Soldiers of the 128th O.V.I. Album containing 17 CDVs. The 24-space album is inscribed in the front and back John B. Byers, and contains the calling card of Charles Byers as well as a ribbon with embroidered initials E.L.B. John Byers, along with the five other soldiers whose cartes are inscribed or signed, appears on the rolls of Co. A, 128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The identified men are (with their highest attained rank): Captain Adam S. McDonald; Captain Henry C. Benson; Sergeant William Geary, Lieut. Eugene O. Mitchell, and Private Christopher Lohiser. Nearly all of the unidentified CDVs are of men in military dress and have similar backmarks (R.E. Weeks of Sandusky, OH), and are presumably members of the same company. The 128th served three years of garrison duty at Johnson’s Island and Camp Chase, with a few companies detailed to West Virginia. Co. A was mustered in January of 1862 and mustered out January of 1865, with many members staying on until July. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
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116 Scarce General Robert E. Lee and Staff Photograph by Brady Albumen photograph titled Gen’l Robt. E. Lee and Staff, 7.25 x 8.5 in., on printed mount, 7.75 x 9.5 in., with M.B. Brady & Co.’s Washington, D.C. address and 1866 copyright line. Housed in period frame, 11.75 x 13.75 in. A fine image of the aged General, with his son, General George Washington Custis Lee, on the right and Colonel Walter Taylor on the left, taken at Lee’s Richmond home on Franklin Street in April, 1865, not long after Appomattox. Mathew Brady made six negatives on
the occasion, all are seldom encountered. Brady would later recount that there was little conversation, though Lee changed his position according to his directions. Lee stares straight into the camera, his eyes hard, his jaw set. Mathew Brady had been present from the first battle of the Civil War at Bull Run until this “final” portrait, which completed his photographic coverage of the war, and this photograph is certainly one of his most celebrated images (See Meredith 1981: 60-65.) $10,000 - $15,000
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117 Confederate General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson, Large Format Albumen Photograph by Brady Oval, albumen photograph titled Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, C.S.A., 6 x 8.125 in., on original mount with Brady & Co. Photographers imprint, 10 x 12 in. Taken in April, 1863, just a few weeks prior to the Battle of Chancellorsville, when Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot by his own troops and later died of complications from his injury. Although this portrait is the most widely published wartime image of Jackson, often appearing in carte format, this is an extremely rare, large format example. Descended Directly in the Family of General Michael Sheridan $8,000 - $10,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | Large Format Images 118 Confederate General George Pickett, Albumen Photograph by Lee Gallery, Richmond, Virginia Oval albumen photograph of CSA General George Pickett, 5.25 x 7.5 in., on the larger gilt imprinted mount of “Lee” Gallery 920 Main St., Richmond, Va. Housed in a period frame, 12.25 x 14.25 in. Best known for leading the eponymous charge that represented the “High-Water Mark of the Confederacy,” General Pickett (1825-1875) was a West Point-trained soldier who served the U.S. Army in the Mexican War before joining the Confederate Army, in which he led troops into battle from First Bull Run to Appomattox. He was not pardoned until a year before his death in 1874, which was likely sped up by his great lament over leading so many troops into the bloodbath at Gettysburg. $2,000 - $3,000
119 CSA Colonel John Hunt Morgan, Albumen Shoulder-Length Portrait Shoulder-length albumen portrait of CSA Colonel John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864) wearing a slouch hat, taken from an 1862 wood engraving that was published in Harper’s Weekly upon his death in 1864. Oval, 6 x 8.25 in. print on original 8 x 10 in. mount, framed, 12.75 x 14.75 in. $800 - $1,200
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120 General William T. Sherman, Large Format Salt Print Salt print, 14.375 x 17.875 in., mounted to 20.875 x 25.75 in., and placed in a carved wood frame, 30.5 x 36.5 overall. A vignetted salted paper print, inked on the mount General W.T. Sherman. No photographer’s credit, but known to be from a sitting with Mathew Brady ca 1869, after Sherman received his appointment to General of the Army of the United States. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $3,000 - $5,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | Large Format Images 121 Union General William Rosecrans, 1863, Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph captioned on mount below image, Genl. Rosecrans 1863. Lacking a photographer’s imprint. Most likely taken at the campsite at Stones River, TN. 5.5 x 8 in., mounted, 7.75 x 9.5 in. With modern, inked identification on mount verso. William Rosecrans (1819-1898), sometimes called “Old Rosey,” was widely popular in the ranks, but most of his Midwestern peers were put off by the devoutly Roman Catholic general, ambivalent at best. In the summer of 1863, Rosecrans undertook a brilliant campaign that maneuvered Braxton Bragg out of Tennessee, but the disaster at Chickamauga in September ruined his career. Rosecrans briefly commanded the Department of Missouri in 1864; thereafter he was snubbed, formally “awaiting orders” until finally resigning his commission in March 1867. Descended Directly in the Family of General Michael Sheridan $500 - $700
122 Maj. Gen. McCook & Staff, 1863, Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph captioned on mount below image, Maj. Genl. McCook & Staff 1863. Lacking a photographer’s imprint. 5.5 x 8 in., mounted, 7.75 x 9.75 in. A fine, outdoor portrait of McCook, seated at center, and his staff, with a soldier standing behind the row of officers, displaying the 20th Army Corps flag. Presumably taken in Tennessee during the summer of 1863. One of fourteen “Fighting McCook” brothers from Ohio, Alexander McDowell McCook (1831-1903) became Colonel of the 1st Ohio and was appointed Brigadier General in September 1861. He fought at
Shiloh and Corinth and was promoted to command of the 20th Corps, leading them through the Tennessee campaign of 1863. McCook was ambitious and harbored aspirations of army command while being completely blind to his own shortcomings. In the aftermath of the Chickamauga disaster, corps commanders McCook and Crittenden were singled out for blame. A subsequent court of inquiry formally exonerated McCook but he never again held field command. Surprisingly, McCook remained in the army until 1895 and died in 1903. Descended Directly in the Family of General Michael Sheridan $600 - $800
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123 Hescock’s Battery, Stones River, Tenn., 1863, Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph of Battery G of the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, often referred to as Hescock’s Battery, commanded by Captain Henry Hescock. The photograph, which includes what appear to be two 12-pound Napoleon cannon, is captioned on mount below image, Section Hescock’s Battery Stones River Ten. 1863. Lacking a photographer’s imprint, 5.5 x 8 in., mounted, 7.75 x 9.5 in. With modern, inked identification on mount verso.
124 Camp on Stones River, Ten., 1863, Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph of three unidentified Union officers relaxing near a tent, situated among the trees, captioned on mount below image, Camp on Stones River, Ten. 1863. Note the ghost-like figure at left. Lacking a photographer’s imprint. 5.5 x 8 in., mounted, 7.75 x 9.75 in. Although the officers are unidentified, the mustached gentleman seated at right is most likely Dr. David J. Griffiths, who served as Medical Director of General Philip Sheridan’s Division of the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Potomac. Earning a reputation as one of the U.S. Army’s finest surgeons, he was considered a trusted member of Sheridan’s staff. However, Dr. Griffiths retired in late 1864, as a result of the stress caused by the Civil War, and went on to act as Surgeon-in-Charge of the Louisville U.S. Marine Hospital. Within three months after taking this position, Dr. Griffiths was forced to retire as a result of becoming paralyzed and blind. (Information obtained from U.S. Marine Hospital website, October 1, 2013.) Descended Directly in the Family of General Michael Sheridan $500 - $700
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During the Battle of Stones River, which took place between December 31, 1862, and January 2, 1863, Hescock’s Battery was attached to the XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, under the command of General William Rosecrans. Descended Directly in the Family of General Michael Sheridan $500 - $700
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125 Surgeons, Army of the Cumberland, 1863, Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph of a group of Union officers, captioned on mount below image, Surgeons Army Cumberland 1863. Most likely taken at Stones River, TN. Lacking a photographer’s imprint. 5.5 x 8 in., mounted, 7.75 x 9.75 in.
Although the surgeons are unidentified, the mustached gentleman standing in the back row, at left, is most likely Dr. David J. Griffiths, who served as Medical Director of General Philip Sheridan’s Division of the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Potomac (see lot 124). Descended Directly in the Family of General Michael Sheridan $400 - $600
126 17th Maine Volunteers before the Wilderness, Civil War Photograph Albumen photograph of the 17th Maine with officer identifications written in the negative. The officers are spaced apart in the foreground, the enlisted men stand closely together in the background, and the regimental band stands to the left. Dated May 3,
1864, the photograph shows the regiment just before they joined the Battle of the Wilderness, where 26 of the men would lose their lives in addition to 141 wounded, missing, or taken prisoner. 6.5 x 8.75 in., mounted, 10 x 12 in. Verso with penciled inscription: For Lt. Frank C. Adams. $500 - $700
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THE CIVIL WAR | Large Format Images 127 Timothy O’Sullivan, Incidents of the War, Zouave Band 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph, 6.75 x 8.75 in., on 8.25 x 10.25 in. imprinted mount noting a negative by Timothy O’Sullivan and a positive by Alexander Gardner, as well as the name of Gardner’s famous series and the title Zouave Band 114th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Headquarters Army of the Potomac / February 28, 1864. Housed in a simple wood frame, 10 x 12.25 in. The 114th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, nicknamed the Zouaves D’Afrique due to their French-inspired uniforms, was composed of Philadelphia residents who had previous service in local militias or European armies. Due to the select personnel, it was assigned to be the dedicated guard of General Banks, who had assumed command of the Army of the Potomac, but was variously deployed where needed. The Zouaves distinguished themselves with gallantry in defeat at Chancellorsville and in victory at Gettysburg, where they held the line between Little Round Top and Emmetsburg Pike. After General Grant was given control of all armies, General Meade handpicked the 114th as his personal guard. They fought their way to Petersburg, where they took position in the front of the lines, and earned the honor of raising the U.S. flag over Petersburg Court House. $500 - $700
128 A.J. Russell, Bull Run Bridge Near Manassas, Civil War Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph, 9.125 x 12.875 in., on 12.875 x 16.625 in. mount with the inked title Bull Run Bridge near Manassas, showing effects of Construction Corps commencing repairs. No photographer’s credit, but known to be by A.J. Russell, who made several negatives along the 64
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Orange and Alexandria Railroad Line, ca April 1863, including lot 129 in this auction. A photograph offered in these rooms in a November 2002 Americana Auction, as part of lot 205, shows the damaged bridge in an earlier stage of the repairs. $800 - $1,000
THE CIVIL WAR | Large Format Images 129 A.J. Russell, Union Mills Station, Orange & Alexandria RR - Near Bull Run, Virginia, Civil War Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph, 10.75 x 14 in., on 16.5 x 19.5 in. mount with the inked title Union Mills Station / Orange & Alexandria R.R. - Near Bull Run, Virginia. No photographer’s credit, but known to be from an A.J. Russell negative, per the collection of the Library of Congress. The view shows two U.S. Military Railroad locomotives approaching the station, and a U.S.M.R.R. boxcar and flatbeds loaded with axles in the left foreground. An armed corporal and private stand guard atop the ridge at right. $600 - $800
130 Alexander Gardner’s Sketchbook, Civil War Photographs of Pontoon Bridges and a Pontoon Boat Lot of 3 albumen photographs, with the following printed on mount below each image: Alex. Gardner, Photographer/ No. 25/ Pontoon Bridge, Across the Potomac at Berlin/ November, 1862, 7 x 9 in. A distant view of a pontoon bridge at Berlin, MD, which served as a replacement for a bridge that had been burned by Confederate troops in June of 1861; Negative by T.H. O’Sullivan/ Positive by A. Gardner/ No. 58/ Pontoon Boat, Brandy Station, Virginia/ February, 1864, 7 x 9 in. Note the photographer’s wagon behind the wooden pontoon boat, plus a tent and small stockade; and Negative by J. Gardner/ Positive by A. Gardner/ No. 69/ Pontoon Bridge Across the James/ June, 1864, 7 x 9 in. A shot capturing several soldiers positioned on or near one of the pontoon bridges utilized by the Union Army in June of 1865 as it moved towards Petersburg. All on original mounts, with plates 25 and 58 accompanied by original descriptive panels. These images were plates 25, 58, and 69 of the 100 plates published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. $1,000 - $2,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | Large Format Images 131 Timothy O’Sullivan Photograph from Gardner’s Sketchbook, General Post-Office, Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Virginia Albumen photograph with the following printed on mount below image: Negative by T.H. O’Sullivan/ Positive by A. Gardner/ No. 49/ General Post-Office, Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Virginia, December, 1863, 7 x 9 in., on original mount and accompanied by original descriptive panel. This photograph was plate 49 of the 100 plates published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. The photograph shows the tent used by the Post-Office Department at General Headquarters, and the accompanying text states that thousands of letters passed through it every week. $800 - $1,000
132 Timothy O’Sullivan Photograph from Gardner’s Sketchbook, The Halt Albumen photograph with the following printed on mount below image: Negative by T.H. O’Sullivan/ Positive by A. Gardner/ No. 50/ The Halt/ May, 1864, 7 x 9 in., on original mount and accompanied by original descriptive panel. This photograph was plate 50 of the 100 plates published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. An artfully composed photograph of Quartermaster of the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Captain Harry Page, reclining before his horse. $1,500 - $2,500
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THE CIVIL WAR | Large Format Images 133 James Gardner Photograph from Gardner’s Sketchbook, The Shebang, or Quarters of U.S. Sanitary Commission Albumen photograph with the following printed on mount below image: Negative by J. Gardner/ Positive by A. Gardner/ No. 51/ The Shebang, or Quarters of U.S. Sanitary Commission, Brandy Station, November, 1863, 7 x 9 in., on original mount and accompanied by original descriptive panel. This photograph was plate 51 of the 100 plates published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War, and shows staff members and soldiers standing outside the Brandy Station office of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a volunteer organization created to alleviate the hardships of soldier life. $600 - $800
134 James Gardner Photograph from Gardner’s Sketchbook, Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field, Germantown Albumen photograph with the following printed on mount below image: Negative by J. Gardner/ Positive by A. Gardner/ No. 53/ Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field, Germantown/ September, 1863, 7 x 9 in., on original mount and accompanied by original descriptive panel. This photograph was plate 53 of the 100 plates published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. Throughout the Civil War, the Christian Commission made significant contributions to the army, including donating over $4 million in hospital supplies and other goods, along with distributing 569,594 copies of Bibles and Testaments. $800 - $1,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | Large Format Images 135 James Gardner Photograph from Gardner’s Sketchbook, Field Hospital, Second Army Corps, Brandy Station Albumen photograph with the following printed on mount below image: Negative by J. Gardner/ Positive by A. Gardner/ No. 54/ Field Hospital, Second Army Corps, Brandy Station/ February, 1864, 7 x 9 in., on original mount and accompanied by original descriptive panel. This photograph was plate 54 of the 100 plates published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War, and shows officers and enlisted men standing outside a series of large hospital tents, not far from the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. $800 - $1,000
136 Timothy O’Sullivan Photograph from Gardner’s Sketchbook, The Pulpit, Fort Fisher, N.C. Albumen photograph with the following printed on mount below image: Negative by T.H. O’Sullivan/ Positive by A. Gardner/ No. 79/ The Pulpit, Fort Fisher, N.C./ January, 1865, 7 x 9 in., on original mount and accompanied by original descriptive panel. This photograph was plate 79 of the 100 plates published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. An interesting view of Union soldiers standing in the Confederate earthworks of Fort Fisher, which was captured in an assault on January 15, 1865. $500 - $700
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137 Timothy O’Sullivan Photographs from Gardner’s Sketchbook, Views of Petersburg Gas Works & Fort Steadman Lot of 2 albumen photographs, with the following printed on mount below each image: Negative by T.H. O’Sullivan/ Positive by A. Gardner; the first identified as No. 81/ View of the Petersburg Gas Works/ May, 1865, 7 x 9 in. Note the Engineer Department Photographic Wagon positioned at the right of the damaged structure; the second identified as No. 84/ View of the Interior of Fort Steadman/ May, 1865, 7 x 9 in. Fort Steadman was constructed on the ground known as
138 Timothy O’Sullivan Photograph from Gardner’s Sketchbook, Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia Albumen photograph with the following printed on mount below image: Negative by T.H. O’Sullivan/ Positive by A. Gardner/ No. 85/ Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia/ April, 1865, 7 x 9 in., on original mount and accompanied by original descriptive panel. This photograph was plate 85 of the 100 plates published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. $600 - $800
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“Hare’s Hill,” and the position, which was taken by Gibbons’ Division of the Second Corps during an assault in June, 1864, was one of the most advanced positions of the Union Troops during the siege of Petersburg. Both on original mounts and accompanied by original descriptive panels. These photographs were plates 81 and 84 of the 100 plates published in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War. $1,500 - $2,500
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139 McPherson & Oliver Albumen Photographs of Fort Morgan, Alabama, 1864 Lot of ten albumen photographs of Fort Morgan, AL, by McPherson & Oliver, copyright 1864. Nine are roughly 5.75 x 7.75 in. prints on 7.75 x 9.5 in. mounts with imprinted titles, numbered 1-9, showing the bombarded fort from various angles, the coastal batteries, and the light house. The tenth print is on a similar mount lacking a title, and shows the large camp outside the fort walls. Seven of the ten retain five cent revenue stamps affixed to verso. The photographs show the aftermath of the Federal forces’ successful siege on the crucial CSA-held fort guarding the entrance to Mobile Bay. Admiral Farragut’s fleet had neutralized the Confederate naval forces and complementary batteries in the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5th, allowing General Gordon Granger’s forces to commence a complementary land-based siege on the fort. The rebels held out for over two weeks before surrendering on August 23, 1864, after sabotaging their guns. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $1,500 - $2,500
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THE CIVIL WAR | Large Format Images 140 USS Hartford, Admiral David Farragut’s Flagship, Large Format Photograph Silver gelatin photograph of the USS Hartford, 13.75 x 17.5 in., mounted on board signed lower right in pencil, Buffham, matted and framed, 23.25 x 26.25 in. George Buffham operated a photographic studio in Annapolis, MD from the 1890s through 1910, and he also served as the official photographer for the US Naval Academy between 1890-1900. The USS Hartford, launched in 1858, was the first ship of the U.S. Navy named for Hartford, CT. The Hartford embarked to China and other Far Eastern ports, but with the outbreak of the Civil War, she returned home to be fitted for wartime service. Serving as the flagship for Admiral David Farragut, she participated in the Battle of New Orleans, the Battle of Vicksburg, and most notably, the Battle of Mobile Bay, and was recommissioned after the War until 1926. In 1956, allowed to deteriorate and sink at her berth, the Hartford was dismantled. $500 - $700
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141 The Battle of Pea Ridge, Painting by Private J. Smith, 59th Illinois Infantry, KIA, Plus Photograph of Artist Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in., titled lower left The Battle of Pea Ridge / Round Top near Leetown Ark. / Mar. 7, 1862 / Pvt. J. Smith, 59th Ill. Housed in a later frame, 26.25 x 32 in. Accompanied by an early 1860s oval albumen of an unidentified soldier wearing a military band or cadet uniform with a Co. I kepi; 5.25 x 7.5 in., mounted and housed in period frame, 9.5 x 11.5 in. Frame is period, with stamp of A.P. Cronte of Cincinnati. The consignor acquired the photograph along with the painting in the mid-20th Century, and 72
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was told that the soldier in the photograph was the artist, Private J. Smith, although this identification cannot be confirmed. The only J. Smith listed on the rolls of Co I, 59th Illinois, is James L. Smith of Woodburn, IL. Smith mustered in August 20, 1861, and as part of the 59th Illinois, he fought the enemy at Pea Ridge on March 7-8, 1862. However, during the battle at Perryville, KY, on October 8, 1862, Smith was killed. His regiment went on to see action at Stone’s River, Hillsboro, and Kennesaw Mountain. Robert and Mary Younger, Morningside House Publishers, Civil War & Historic Book Collection $800 - $1,000
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142 Civil War Field Artists, William Shelton & John Chapin, Original Artwork Published in Recollections of a Private Lot of 4, including 2 pen and ink drawings by John R. Chapin; gouache painting by William Henry Shelton; and a copy of Warren Lee Goss’ Recollections of a Private. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1890. John R. Chapin (1823-1907) was an accomplished 19th Century artist and illustrator out of New York whose work appeared in publications such as Harper’s Weekly. He was also a noted Civil War field artist who produced the famous sketch entitled The Surrender of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, April 12, 1865, which is housed at the Library of Congress. The first of Chapin’s pen and ink drawings is titled, Bugler, and signed lower left J.R. Chapin, 8.5 x 11 in. The second is titled in pencil, A Zouave, and signed lower left by Chapin, who notes that the drawing is after a sketch by J.H. Goater, 7 x 10.25 in. With penciled printing instructions in the lower margin of the drawing, including a reference to Chap IX. In fact, A Zouave? as well as Bugler were engraved by George T. Andrew for use in Recollections of a Private, by Warren Lee Goss. A copy of the book, which accompanies the lot, features the Bugler at the start of chapter five and A Zouave at the start of chapter ten.
Born in Allen’s Hill, NY, William Henry Shelton (1840-1932) served with the 1st New York Light Artillery and commanded a section of Battery D during the Battle of the Wilderness, where he was taken prisoner on May 5, 1864. After escaping from Camp Sorghum, SC, in November of 1864, Shelton worked his way up to a 1st Lieutenant near the close of the war. He was not only an accomplished soldier, but also a successful painter, illustrator, and writer who studied at the Art Students League and had work exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy, and the Brooklyn Art Association. Shelton’s dramatic gouache painting offered as part of this lot is titled lower right Breastworks on Fire, and captures three Civil War soldiers with their rifles, ready to go into a battle, with the American Flag flying in the distance. Image measures 8.25 x 12.75 in., on hard board, 12.25 x 18.5 in. With Shelton’s initials lower left, in the image. An illustration after this painting is also included at the head of chapter 30 in Recollections of a Private. $3,000 - $5,000
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143 Signal Corps, Near Yorktown by Winslow Homer Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Watercolor and with highlights of gouache on paper. Titled faintly in graphite l.l.; 10 x 7 in. (sheet size). Accompanying the work is a letter from the artist to an acquaintance (Mr. Charles Eddy), dated July 21st, 1900. The letter reads: Scarboro [sic] ME July 21st, 1900 Mr. Charles Eddy Dear SirI made this drawing. It has a deep shadow under the planks & quite strong in light & dark. It was made in April 1862- in front of Yorktown. Yours Very Truly Winslow Homer
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Provenance: The Artist Charles and Edith Eddy Roger and Alice Stephens By descent to previous owner Rago Gallery to the current owner Early in his career, Homer worked as a free-lance illustrator for Harper’s Weekly during the Civil War, often traveling with the Union troops, providing an insight into their daily lives, as well as more dramatic moments. In this drawing, Homer shows the Signal Corps, which was newly formed, having been founded just two years earlier in advance of the Civil War. Many of Homer’s drawings would be published as wood engravings in Harper’s Weekly, but he also retained many of the drawings as references for future paintings. It is uncertain how Homer and Eddy were acquainted, or why Homer chose to present this drawing to Eddy. Sold at Rago Auctions, May 2011, Lot 7 $5,000 - $7,000
THE CIVIL WAR | Art 144 Officers Held at Libby Prison, Scarce Lithograph Finely detailed lithograph featuring the following title: Officers of the United States Army and Navy Prisoners of War. Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., listing army officers first by rank, followed by short list of naval officers. Penned by Capt. Robert J. Fisher of the 17th Missouri Volunteers while a prisoner. The list is surmounted by a patriotic eagle, and is surrounded by the name of each state in the Union. The print features oval vignettes in each corner depicting scenes of Libby Prison, Belle Island, and Castle Thunder, in Richmond, VA. Printed by Ehrgott, Forbiger & Co., Cincinnati, a company noted for a series of over 70 lithographs of battle scenes that it produced during the Civil War. 22.75 x 31 in., matted and housed in a fine wooden frame, 30 x 38 in. $1,000 - $1,500
145 General George B. McClellan Bronze Relief by John Quincy Adams Ward John Quincy Adams Ward (American, 1830-1910). A die-stamped bronze relief of General George B. McClellan (1826-1885), modeled in profile and on horseback, with his left hand holding the animal’s reigns while his right hand hangs at his side gripping his hat, signed J.Q.A. Ward. Sculptor l.r. and marked F.O.C. Darley fecit. Patented Jan 5th 1864 l.l., mounted on a wood board with green felt backing and housed in its original frame, 21.25 x 18.25 in. overall. $400 - $600
146 Fallen Horse Copper Relief by John Quincy Adams Ward John Quincy Adams Ward (American, 1830-1910). A copper plaque depicting a fallen horse, modeled in relief with its head raised toward the sky while the animal’s front legs extend forward onto a rocky incline, having a cannon with a broken shaft in the foreground, all well casted with exceptional muscle and tendon definition visible in the horse’s legs, signed J.Q.A. Ward. l.r., housed in a wood frame, 19.75 x 25.5 in. overall. $1,000 - $2,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | Relics 147 Civil War Temporary Burial Markings for Confederate Colonel Henry B. Strong, 6th Louisiana Lot of 3, including temporary grave marker, coffin board, and casket cover for Confederate Colonel Henry B. Strong. When the Civil War began in 1861, Irishman Henry B. Strong, a clerk in New Orleans, recruited and commanded the Calhoun Guards, who would become part of the 6th Louisiana Volunteers. After participating in Jackson’s Valley Campaign, during which the 6th Louisiana marched hundreds of miles and fought the enemy in ten battles and numerous skirmishes, followed by the capture of Harpers Ferry, the Irish Tigers and their comrades were called to the battle of Antietam, also known as the battle of Sharpsburg, remembered today as the bloodiest single day of the Civil War. On September 17, 1862, Colonel Strong rode into action at Sharpsburg, no doubt determined to set an example for his men. The Colonel, mounted on his large, white horse, became a target almost immediately, and the regiment had barely entered the battle before he and his horse went down, in the southeast corner of the cornfield near the edge of East Woods. Colonel Strong’s body was taken by his men from the battlefield the day after the battle and buried just southeast of Dunkard Church. They marked his grave with a wood plank headboard marked: COL./ STRONG/ 6 LA. Granted by the legislature of Maryland in 1864, the charter of the Antietam National Cemetery provided for the purchase, enclosing and ornamenting of ten acres of land, part of the battlefield of Antietam, as a final resting place for the soldiers who fell in that battle. It declared it was the duty of the Trustees of the respective states to remove the remains of all the soldiers who fell at the battle, and have them properly interred in these grounds: “The remains of the soldiers in the Confederate Army are to be buried in a part of the grounds separate from those of the Union Army.” The Union soldiers were collected and interred in what is now the Antietam National Cemetery in Sharpsburg, which was dedicated on September 7, 1867, five years after the battle. The Confederate soldiers were not buried at the same time. Finally, in late 1868, the Trustees of the Cemetery for the State of Maryland wrote to the Governor of Maryland, calling attention to the exposed and neglected condition of the Confederate dead, and informed the Governor that many of the trenches and graves were so washed that the bones were laid bare. They requested that some action be taken to protect the dead until they could be removed to a proper place of burial. In 1869, Governor Bowie requested that Thomas Boullt, of Hagerstown, MD, one of the Trustees for Maryland in Antietam Cemetery, employ agents to go over the battlefield and mound up the trenches and graves of the Confederate dead, to make careful notes of the locations and, as far as possible, identify the dead. To accomplish this task, Moses Poffinberger and Aaron Good of Sharpsburg, both well acquainted with the battlefields, were engaged. They visited the trenches and graves of Confederate soldiers in both Washington and Frederick counties, Maryland. This list, called the Bowie List, was published as ordered by Governor Bowie on May 1, 1869, and is the result of their labor, which is believed to contain all of the Confederate dead buried on the battlefields of Antietam, South Mountain, and Monocacy. The list was created by Poffinberger and Good seven years after the battle fought near Sharpsburg and South Mountain. They had to deal with fewer markers that remained legible and in place after such a long time. Colonel Strong’s remains were properly marked by his men with a headboard, and the “Bowie List” describes his burial place as, “in the hollow south of Dunkard Church, 75 steps and ten feet east of a walnut stump towards (the) pike.” Those Confederate soldiers who were known to be buried at Antietam battlefield were finally reinterred in the Washington Confederate Cemetery, which is part of Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD. The dedication took place on June 15, 1877, 15 years after the battle. Thanks in part to these men and the GAR Reno Post #4 of Hagerstown, Colonel Strong’s burial history has been preserved. His battlefield headboard measures approx. 9 x 21 in., and is housed in a shadow box walnut frame, 16.5 x 29 in. It appears that when his remains were exhumed in the early 1870s, they were taken to Upton Miller’s undertaker business in Shepherdstown, WV. The transportation coffin board, 9 x 72 in., is marked Col. STRONG 6 LA in the middle, and marked Confederate Cemetery Hagerstown, MD at one end, and UPTON MILLER - Shepherdstown W. VA. ___ and undertaker at the opposite end. A red, white, and blue coffin cover, 22.25 x 123 in., marked COL. - STRONG - 6 LA, was probably used at the interment sometime during the mid 1870s, then preserved by the GAR post. A scarce grouping of Civil War artifacts. $4,000 - $6,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | Relics 148 Confederate Navy, CSS Virginia, Wood Relic 3.5 x 4 x 2.75 in. charred wood block affixed with a brass plaque identifying it as a Piece of the Rebel Ram ‘Virginia” / Formerly the U.S.S. Merrimac. The Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad of the Confederate Navy, and famously took part in the world’s first battle of two ironclad warships when it engaged the USS Monitor on March 9, 1862. That fight, on the second day of the Battle of Hampton Roads, was a stalemate. Two months later, unable to retreat farther up the James River to avoid the advancing Union forces, Flag Officer Josiah Tattnall ordered the boat abandoned and sunk in order to keep it out of enemy hands. The hull was raised in 1883, and relics such as this immediately became hot sellers. By that time, the world’s leading navies had begun to be dominated by the superior ironclad and iron-hulled ships, and collectors were already very much aware of the significance of the Virginia’s place in history. $1,000 - $1,500
149 Confederate Captain, F.C. Roberts, North Carolina 5th Cavalry, Identified Camp Chair Civil War folding camp chair with patterned carpet seat; 16 in. from ground to seat, 31 in. to top rail. Reverse of rail with F.C. Roberts in gilt paint. Frederick Cox Roberts (1836-1911) was a Princeton-educated lawyer from New Bern, NC, who was working for the Atlantic & North Carolina Railway when he enlisted on June 29, 1862. He was commissioned into Co. B, 5th North Carolina Cavalry, as a first lieutenant and was promoted to captain just three months later, but was forced to resigned due to disability the following February. Capt. Roberts served mostly in numerous skirmishes in North Carolina and southern Virginia, but his regiment would go on to take part in important battles including Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, and the Battle of the Wilderness. Roberts’ wife, Lavinia Ellis Cole Roberts, published a memoir in 1909 titled Historical Incidents: What ‘Our Women in the War’ Did and Suffered, recounting the daily life and hardships faced by the wives of Confederate soldiers on North Carolina. In this perhaps overly dramatic account, she describes how her and her four young children were forced to constantly move about to avoid the conflict and often had to rely on the charity of neighbors and strangers for food and other necessities. Lavinia explains that her husband’s discharge was due to tuberculosis, and he had accepted his fate as death. Frederick returned to the Roberts’ dilapidated ancestral farm to die with his family at his side, but Lavinia slowly nursed him back to health, even as she had to survive on nothing but wild berries for weeks. She took charge of the family’s slaves — most of whom had been house servants in New Bern — and eventually turned the farm into a functioning one, only for Sherman’s troops to arrive, ravage the fruits of her labor, and free the slaves (the irony is decidedly lost on her). The family then returned to New Bern following Lee’s surrender only to find the home destroyed and all possessions gone. Nonetheless, by 1870, Frederick Roberts was again working as an attorney and railroad executive with real estate and other holdings valued at over $46,000 ($750,000 in 2012 dollars). $800 - $1,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | Folk Art 150 Civil War, Folk Art Memorial Document Box & Archive Representing Search for Private Ira Horton, 116th New York Infantry, DOW during Siege of Port Hudson Lot of 20+ items related to brothers Edwin and Ira Horton of Boston, Erie County, NY. At the age of 24, Ira C. Horton enlisted as a Private in August of 1862 and was mustered into Co. F of the New York 116th Infantry the following month. In May of 1863, Ira was wounded in the first engagement of his regiment at Plains Store before the siege of Port Hudson, and when his brother Edwin learned of this, he left his home in Boston, NY, and traveled by way of the Atlantic Ocean to New Orleans in search of military hospitals where Ira might be recovering. Ira, who had been shot through the left lung and removed to a hospital at Baton Rouge, LA, died on July 12, 1863, within hours before Edwin arrived. He was buried in Baton Rouge National Cemetery. This archive features a folk art memorial box and its original contents, which document Edwin Horton’s dedication in searching for his wounded brother. The inlaid mahogany box, which is decorated on each side with hearts, a rifle, sword, and stars, was made upon Edwin’s return from Louisiana, and includes the following penciled inscription, written on the underside of the lid: Made by Nicholas Reeter at Water Valley. The inlaid mahogany was taken out of the ruins of the Old State house at Baton Rouge by E.A. Horton July 1863/ To be given to ___ after my life’s labor is all done/ E.A. Horton. The box is accompanied by the original key. Among the 20+ paper items that were found within the box are the following highlights that further document Edwin’s search for his brother: Illustrated broadside advertising the Steamship Locust Point, with bold heading, For New Orleans Direct. Departure from No. 86 West Street, NY on Saturday, Jun 27. Printed by Francis Hart & Co., Cortland Street, NY, 10.5 x 16 in. The Locust Point sank a year later, in July of 1864, as a result of a collision with the steamer Matanzas. Letter addressed to General Walcott, dated Jun 22, 1863, written on behalf of Edwin Horton, who was seeking help and information as to the whereabouts of his brother. Original and copy letter from Isaac Sherman to Major Hoyt of General N.P. Banks’ Staff, dated June 24, 1863, in which he references Edwin Horton’s search for his dangerously wounded brother, and asks for assistance. Office of Provost Marshal General, Department of the Gulf, July 6, 1863, partially printed oath of allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, issued to Edwin Horton. Several partially printed and manuscript passes issued to Edwin Horton in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, dating from July 6-17, 1863, including: 3 hospital passes; 2 Quartermaster Office passes; 2 Provost Marshal passes; manuscript U.S. Sanitary Commission pass. Daily Picayune, New Orleans, Saturday, July 18, 1863; 3 pieces of Alabama currency; illustrated menu for the St. Charles Hotel, Syracuse, NY, July 25, 1863, 8.5 x 10.75 in. Manuscript note dated 1835 and signed by a Captain, stating that E.A. Horton was a musician at this time, possibly an indication that he served in the military. Following the death of his brother, Edwin Horton returned home and became heavily involved in dairy farming and cheese making. He purchased a home in Eden Valley, NY, where he engaged in the poultry business and worked as a mail carrier, but Edwin’s life was tragically cut short when he was struck by a passenger engine and killed instantly. $4,000 - $6,000 78
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THE CIVIL WAR | Folk Art 151 Remarkable Civil War Folk Art Pipe Featuring Flags, Crossed Cannon, & Mother-ofPearl Inlay Approx. 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 in., burl wood with horn ferrule. Fabulous patriotic, folk art pipe, decorated with pique work in copper, brass, and possibly silver, as well as mother-of-pearl and bone or ivory inlay. Front features crossed American flags, consisting of either bone or ivory, painted with blue and red detail, suspended over cannon balls and crossed cannon, with a bone or ivory painted shield below, plus the scales of justice. Left with inlaid, mother-of-pearl star, heart, and moon, Masonic triangle, decorative details, and metal plate etched J; right with inlaid, mother-of-pearl star-in-circle, decorative details, and bone or ivory inlaid plate dated 1865. The underside of the stem includes inlaid bone or ivory heart, suspended over crossed axes and an anchor. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $2,000 - $3,000 details
152 Civil War Folk Art Cane Identified to Cornelius Sullivan, 121st New York Infantry Hand-carved, hardwood cane, 34 in. ln., no ferrule, the end of the handle carved in a horseshoe or paw design. A small cross, which is a corps emblem of the 121st New York Regiment, Co. H, is carved approx. 3 in. below the top of the cane, and precedes a shallow relief carved inscription that spirals along almost the entire length of the shaft. The carved inscription includes the Lord’s Prayer in its entirety as well as the following information, incorporated into the early lines of the prayer: 1862/ 65/ HNY; plus the following, which is carved after the prayer’s closing words, beneath an elliptical carving: Made by/ Cornelius Sullivan/ For Private Use. F.C.N. Cornelius Sullivan enlisted as a Private in July, 1862 at Little Falls, NY and was mustered into Co. H of the New York 121st Infantry. While with the 121st, Sullivan saw action at Fredericksburg; Salem Church, VA, where the regiment suffered the greatest loss of any that took part in the battle; Gettysburg; and Rappahannock Station. After 3 years of service, he mustered out in June, 1865. $800 - $1,000
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THE CIVIL WAR 153 Civil War Ivory-Handled Walking Cane Identified to R. Wilson 5 Cav. 1864, POW at Beaver Dam 33.5 in. ln., ferrule 1.375 in.; ivory handle with scrimshaw rendering of the Great Seal of the United States on one side and R. Wilson 5 Cav. 1864 on other, mounted on a wooden shaft. Robert Phillips Wilson enlisted as a 1st Lieut. and was commissioned into Field & Staff of the Pennsylvania 3rd Cavalry on January 24, 1862, but was mustered out on October 2, 1862. He then mustered into the US Army 12th Infantry in April of 1863, but was discharged for promotion and commissioned into the US Army 5th Cavalry in June of 1863 as a 2nd Lieut. Wilson was subsequently promoted by Brevet to 1st Lieut. in August of 1863 for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Brandy Station, VA, then Captain by Brevet in May of 1864 for his actions at Beaver Dam, VA. On May 10, 1864, Wilson became a POW at Beaver Dam, VA, and he was confined at Macon, GA, and Columbia, SC, before he was paroled on December 9, 1864 at Camp Asylum, Columbia, SC. Following the Civil War, Wilson was promoted to Captain in June of 1869, and he remained in the Army until July of 1876. $800 - $1,200 detail
154 Civil War Cane with 14K Gold Handle Presented by American Financier Jacob Barker to James Barker, 1864 34.75 in., 14k gold floral and scroll handle inset with and orange coral cameo lion’s head, and engraved Jacob Barker to James Barker, 1864. Jacob Barker (1779-1871) was an American financier most notable for helping secure a $5 million loan for the federal government early in the War of 1812. He later practiced law in New Orleans and was elected to the US Senate from Louisiana following the Civil War, but never took his seat as the state had yet to be readmitted to the Union. $500 - $800
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155 Civil War-Era Band Leader or Sergeant Major’s Baton 49 in. ln., ferrule 8.5 in. 3.5 in. dia. brass head with early Hardeetype eagle crest, mounted on wooden staff. Band leader or sergeant major’s baton. Accompanied by signed letter of authenticity from Francis A. Lord, Curator of Collections, University of South Carolina, dated September 19, 1975. $800 - $1,200
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THE CIVIL WAR | Books 156 CSA Tactic Book Owned by Captain Thomas Kevill, Captured at the Fall of Richmond, 1865 Army Regulations, Adopted for the Use of the Army of the Confederate States, in accordance with late Acts of Congress. Revised from the army regulations of the old United States army 1857 retaining all that is essential for officers of the line. To which is added An Act for the Establishment and Organization of the Army of the Confederate States of the America. Also Articles of War for the Government of the Army of the Confederate States of America. New Orleans: Bloomfield & Steel, 1861. 8vo, marbleized paper boards, 200pp. Front pastedown inked twice Capt. Thomas Kevill / Fort Norfolk and title page and p.3 inscribed with T.B. Eisenbise, C.S.A. Norfolk, Va. (and similar variations). Inked note affixed to lower half of front pastedown reading: This book was picked up inside the Rebel lines about a mile from Ft. Drewry on the morning of April 3rd 1865 by W.R(or P). Whittman, Engineer U.S.N., U.S.A.C.B. Monadnock, Stationed off ‘Dutch Gap” James River, Va. Thomas Kevill (1826-1898) was an Irish-born clothing merchant in Norfolk who enlisted one week after Fort Sumter and was soon promoted from private to captain of Co. E, 41st Virginia Infantry. He transferred to Co. C, 19th Virginia Heavy Artillery in spring of 1862, but was transferred again in October into the Virginia United Light Artillery, and given command of a company named in his honor. Capt. Kevill was stationed at Drewry’s Bluff for most of the rest of the war and notably commanded a gun battery — the 9 in. broadside guns — on board the pioneering ironclad CSS Virginia (the former USS Merrimac). Records state that he was paroled the day of Lee’s surrender, and went to work organizing the first professional fire department in Norfolk. Thaddeus B. Eisenbise served in the 41st with Capt. Kevill, who brought him along as second lieutenant upon transferring to the 19th. Lieut. Eisenbise, however, was arrested for unspecified reasons in September of 1862. He was court martialed on February 5, 1863, and died the very next day in a railroad accident. We could find no information on Whittman, but the April 3 date is that of the Fall of Richmond in 1865. $1,500 - $2,500
157 Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States, 1863, Identified to Quartermaster R.B. Johnston, WIA at Seven Pines Regulations of the Army of the Confederate States, 1863. Published by Authority of the War Department. Richmond: West & Johnston, 1863. 8vo, marbled paper boards with cloth spine, 432pp. Front pastedown inked R.B.J. and rear R.B. Johnston, A.Q.M. / 62nd N.C. Regt. R.B. Johnston does not appear on the rolls of the 62nd North Carolina but he is certainly Robert Bruce Johnston, who is listed as having served in the Confederate Army Quartermaster’s department. From Buncombe County, NC, Johnston mustered into Co. C, 16th North Carolina Infantry, in May 1861, as a second lieutenant, and was promoted to first lieutenant just under a year later. He was wounded at Seven Pines on May 31, 1862, and two weeks later — possibly due to his injury — was assigned to the 14th North Carolina’s staff as an adjutant. Johnston also appears on the rolls of the Confederate Army’s Quartermaster’s Dept. later in the war, at the rank of captain. $700 - $900
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158 CSA POW, Sergeant William Jackson, 26th Virginia Infantry, Personal Copy of Pilgrim’s Progress, Used at Elmira POW Camp Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim’s Progress, From This World To That Which Is To Come. New York: American Tract Society, no date. 16mo, brown buckram boards, 483pp. Front pastedown inked Camp Book No. 5, ffep inked Wm. H. Jackson’s Book, Purchased of Corp’l J.M. Burton Febr’y 27th 1862 at Glos Pt, Va., and Company G, 26th Va. Infantry, Imprisoned in Federal prison at Elmira N.Y. William H. Jackson was a 20-year-old clerk from West Point, VA, who mustered into Co. G, 26th Virginia Infantry, as a private, June 2, 1861.
He was promoted to “fifth sergeant” on Feb. 24, 1862, just three days before he purchased this book. Confederate forces abandoned the batteries at Gloucester Point in early May, and Jackson earned a promotion to second sergeant soon after, on June 1, 1862. The 26th took part in the Seven Days Battles before being sent south to take part in the Defense of Charleston, where it remained until returning to Virginia to assist the forces under siege at Petersburg. Jackson was taken prisoner there on June 15, 1864, and transported via Point Lookout, MD, to the prison at Elmira, where he was confined until taking the oath of allegiance June 20, 1865. $600 - $800
THE CIVIL WAR | Maps, Broadsides & Other Imprints 159 Vicksburg Daily Citizen, Civil War Wall Paper Edition The Daily Citizen, J. M. Swords Proprietor, Vicksburg, Miss. Thursday, July 2, 1863, single sided tabloid size, 12 x 19 in., with four columns, printed on faded wall paper print. With inked inscription along top margin: Vicksburg July 28th, 1863 / Compliments of M. Black, plus additional penciled notes along the top and lower right margins. An original edition, not one of the numerous post-war souvenir editions. $1,000 - $1,500
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THE CIVIL WAR | Maps, Broadsides & Other Imprints 160 Hardee’s Tactics, May 1861, Featuring HandTinted Soldier Illustrations Hardee’s Tactics / Military Supplement to the Philadelphia Inquirer. May 1861. 16 x 22.75 in., 8pp. Second and third pages with hand colored illustrations of soldiers; back page with maps of the Approaches to Washington and the Hampton Roads area. $500 - $700
161 Scarce Gettysburg Battlefield Map, T. Ditterline, 1863 Ditterline, T. Sketch of the Battles of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd, and 3d, 1863…Accompanied by an Explanatory Map. New York: C.A. Alvord, 1864. 12mo, in paper wraps with gilt title on cover, 24 numbered pp. Folding map, 17 x 20.5 in. Battlefield depicted in oval: Field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1863. Prepared by T. Ditterline. A scarce map, printed within a year after the battle, and almost certainly the first published map of the historic confrontation, which most scholars believe was the beginning of the end of the
Confederacy. Even more scarce to find map still in wraps with explanatory booklet, as many were detached and framed. Little is known of Ditterline, though on the last page of the pamphlet he does indicate his indebtedness to the several correspondents of the press who were present and witnessed the battles, and from whose descriptions of the fight he has freely extracted; as also to the citizens of the town, and particularly D. McCenaughy, Esq., who has kindly furnished him with much valuable information. Not in Broadfoot. $3,000 - $5,000
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THE CIVIL WAR | Maps, Broadsides & Other Imprints 162 Civil War Map Panorama of the Mississippi Valley and its Fortifications Panorama of the Mississippi Valley and its Fortifications. New York: Charles Magnus, publ., 1863. Approx. 24 x 26 in. Strip map with four panels, color, vignettes with wonderful bird’s-eye views on each strip of the major cities: first strip has bird’s-eye view of St. Louis; second with Memphis, TN; third with Vicksburg, MS; and fourth with New Orleans covering the strip from edge to edge. Distance table (by steamer) in lower right corner of first strip, continued in upper right of second strip. A rare map with a different visual perspective of the war. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $600 - $800
163 Octagonal Block-House Civil War-Period Drawing, January 1865, Signed by Lieut. Arthur L. Conger, 115th O.V.I. Lithographed architectural drawing, titled at lower right: Octagonal Block-House, prepared under the direction of Col. Wm. E. Merrill, 1st U.S.V.V. Engineers, Chief Engineer, Department of the Cumberland, by Major James R. Willett, 1st U.S.V.V. Engineers, Chief Engineer R.R. Defences, Department of the Cumberland. 23.5 x 34 in. Framed to 26 x 36.5 in. Signed at upper left Capt. J.A. Means, 115th Ohio Vols. Inft. / Regards of Arthur L. Conger, Lieut. 115th O.V.I and Asst. Insp. R.R. Defs. Arthur L. Conger enlisted as a private in July 1862 but was promoted to first lieutenant before mustering into Co. G, 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on Sept. 18. In November 1862 he was detached to General Ammon’s staff as Acting Assistant Adjutant General, and the following June assigned to duty as Provost Marshal at Newport, Kentucky. After the Confederate surrender, Lieut. Conger was detached again as Assistant Inspector of Railroad Defenses. Capt. John A. Means was a 52-year-old commissioned into Co. C, 115th O.V.I. on Sept. 19. 1862. He was attached to the U.S. Army Topographical Engineers from June 1864 to April 1865, after which he was returned to the 115th for two months of postwar service. The 115th O.V.I. built dozens of these blockhouses in the first half of 1864, all along the line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad in order to guard the crucial transport line from detail Confederate forces intent on destroying it. They were overpowered in December of 1864 and over 200 soldiers of the regiment were taken as prisoners, and remained in custody until the Confederate surrender. Following their release, they eagerly packed the SS Sultana at Vicksburg along with 2,000 Union soldiers headed back to Ohio, but the overcrowded ship exploded on April 27th near Memphis, killing at least two thirds of the passengers. $1,000 - $1,500
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THE CIVIL WAR | Maps, Broadsides & Other Imprints 164 Civil War Broadside, Union Rally 1,000 Guns for the Brave!, Eaton, Ohio, October 1864 Printed broadside, with bold heading Union Rally/ 1,000 Guns for the Brave!, announcing a Union Meeting taking place in Eaton, OH, on October 6, 1864. With addresses from General R.C. Schenck, Colonel F. Van Derveer, and Honorable L.B. Gunckel. 20 x 23.75 in., framed, 26.5 x 29 in. Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), a native of Franklin, OH, entered political life in the 1830s after practicing law in Dayton. During the 1840s-1850s, Schenck served as a U.S. Congressman and a diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. At the start of the war, Schenck enlisted at the age of 51 as a Brigadier General and was promoted in August of 1862 to Major General. Before resigning on December 5, 1863, he saw action in western Virginia as well as at Bull Run, where he was wounded and forced to retire from the field. Schenck was re-elected to Congress three more times following the war. Born in Middletown, OH, Ferdinand Van Derveer (1823-1892) practiced law prior to entering the Mexican American War as a Private in the 1st Ohio Volunteers. He had risen to the rank of Captain by the end of the war. When the Civil War began, Van Derveer organized the 35th Ohio Infantry, becoming its first Colonel, and before disbanding in September, 1864, the infantry participated in the battles of Mill Springs, Perryville, Stones River, Missionary Ridge, and Chickamauga. On October 4, 1864, he was promoted to Brigadier General, and at the conclusion of the war, he returned to Butler County, OH, where he served as a judge. Lewis B. Gunckel (1826-1903) was an attorney from Germantown, OH, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and was an advocate for disabled Civil War soldiers and their families. Robert and Mary Younger, Morningside House Publishers, Civil War & Historic Book Collection $600 - $800
165 Civil War Broadside, Draft Meeting!, March 21, 1864 Printed broadside, with bold heading DRAFT MEETING!/ This Evening, Monday, March 21, with inked date of ‘64, to be held at Citizen’s Hall, for the purpose of taking measures to raise a bounty for volunteers to fill the quota of our Borough against the impending draft. Simply signed Many Citizens. Location unknown. 12.25 x 14.75 in. $600 - $800
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166 Lieut. Luke R. Tidd, Co. K, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, POW Weldon Railroad, Engraved Shield 1 x 1.125 in., engraved Lt. L.R. Tibb / Co. K / 39 Mass. Vol. Infantry, though it should read Tidd, as in Luke Richardson Tidd (1822-1893). Tidd was a 39-year-old shoe manufacturer when he enlisted as a first lieutenant in late July 1862 and was commissioned into Co. K, 39th Massachusetts. He was taken prisoner at the Second Battle of Wheldon Railroad (a.k.a. the Battle of Globe Tavern) on August 19, 1864, and exchanged six months later, after which he received a promotion to the rank of captain (non-mustered). Tidd and the 39th Massachusetts spent most of their first year of service on guard duty at Washington, not seeing any significant action until joining I Corps for the Mine Run Campaign near the end of 1863. They wintered at Mitchell’s Station near the Cedar Mountain, and experienced their first casualties the next spring at the Wilderness and Laurel Hill, with 22 killed, 145 wounded, and 23 taken prisoner in the course of a week. They went relatively unscathed through Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the first month of the Siege of Petersburg, but met misfortune again during the second attempt to sever the Weldon Railroad. Tidd was one of 242 taken prisoner, in addition to 11 killed and 44 wounded, and by the time he returned to the regiment he only had to take part in the engagements at White Oak Road and Five Forks before arriving at Appomattox just after Lee’s surrender and traveling to Washington for the Grand Review. $700 - $900
167 Sergeant William C. Oakley, Co. B, 4th New York Heavy Artillery, WIA at Petersburg, Engraved Shield 1 x 1.25 in. pinback shield, engraved W.C. Oakley / Co. B / 4th N.Y.A. Oakley is identified in official records as William E. Oakley, but enlistment records make note of the discrepancy. He was a 21-yearold when he mustered into Battery B, 4th New York Heavy Artillery, at Mooresville, New York, on November 15, 1861. The private received a promotion to corporal prior to his re-enlistment two years later and a promotion to sergeant in June 1865, the rank at which he mustered out that September. The first two-and-a-half years of that service were spent near Washington, maintaining defensive fortification south of the Potomac, but the 4th was assigned to II Corps in mid-1864 and played a role in a succession of significant battles, including the Wilderness, Mine Run, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and the Siege of Petersburg. Oakley was wounded June 14, 1864, when, according to Capt. Vande Wiele’s records, the regiment was making its way to the front of the defenses at Petersburg. A folder of research material accompanies the lot. $700 - $900
168 General Philip Sheridan, Silver Presentation Pitcher American, late 19th century. A silver-plated tilting ice water pitcher with engraved flowers and leaves decorating the body and spout, having a tilting stand with a removable dish, which is marked on the underside Pairpoint Mf’g Co./ Quadruple Plate/ 180 2 1/2; with following engraved inscription below spout: Voted To/ P.H. Sheriden [sic]/ By his many friends at Festival/ J.D. Corps./ Danville Pa/ 1881. Ht. with stand 17 in., including stand handle 19.25 in. Copy of 1969 receipt of purchase included. Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888, USMA 1852/53) was truly a “selfmade” man who moved to Somerset, OH with his parents as an infant. He worked at several country stores, advancing steadily to a position as book-keeper and general manager, at which point he requested an appointment to West Point. He was accepted as a cadet, and aided by H.W. Slocum, his roommate, in subjects which he had not previously studied. Suspended his senior year for trouble with another cadet, he was allowed to join the following year’s class and graduated with them. Before the Civil War, most of his service was west of the Mississippi, first in Washington Territory, then Missouri in the quartermaster’s department. Early in the war he took command of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry, earning his first star
after routing a larger Confederate force at Booneville. A natural soldier, he proved his courage and skill and steadily moved up the ranks, becoming Major General in the regular army by the end of the war. With Grant’s election as President, Sheridan took his Lieut. Generalcy, and followed Sherman as general-in-chief of the army when the latter retired. Among his many accomplishments following the Civil War and Indian Wars, Sheridan became the passionate architect behind the protection and development of Yellowstone National Park. He was also present in Chicago during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and was placed in charge of the city while it was under martial law. As a result of his protection of the city after the fire, the citizens of Chicago presented Sheridan with a home, in which he lived with his wife and four children. Unfortunately, no additional information has been uncovered regarding the pitcher offered today or the Danville, PA, organization that presented it to Sheridan in 1881. Nevertheless, it is an impressive piece created in honor of a highly accomplished American general and citizen. Robert and Mary Younger, Morningside House Publishers, Civil War & Historic Book Collection $1,000 - $2,000
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169 Second Pattern Confederate National Flag, Possibly Issued to the CS Navy Second Pattern Confederate National flag, wool bunting, 52 x 106 in., with 13 hand-sewn, cotton stars configured in the shape of a diagonal cross, atop a blue wool bunting saltire, on a red ground. The technique used in sewing the stars is consistent with the Civil War-period technique, which consisted of stitches around the outer edges of the star. The white field is comprised of 8 bolts of wool bunting sewn together with flat fell seams. The white bunting, which is singleply, is typical of CS Navy and large storm and garrison flags (done so as to allow enough air to pass through the flag thus extending its life). The cotton canvas hoist, with jute rope, is identical to the naval flag attachment system as well as those for some land based posts, bases, etc, which sometimes used the same system of attachment as naval flags. Most of the large, post-war Confederate flags of this type have metal grommets, and this one does not. The grommets were used by wartime US flags and with post-Civil War Confederate flags, indicating that this is most likely a wartime flag. Based on its overall construction, the flag might have been issued to the Confederate Navy. However, it is also possible that this is a post flag, as storm and garrison flags were typically larger than this one. A fine flag, worthy of additional research. Accompanied by a report compiled by Military Historian, Gregory G. Biggs. $10,000 - $20,000
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FLAGS & PATRIOTIC TEXTILES 170 Civil War-Period, 13-Star Naval Flag Wool, 67 x 93 in., with 13 machine-sewn, double-sided, cotton stars configured in 3/2/3/2/3 horizontal rows. The fly is constructed of 13 machine-sewn, wool stripes. The cotton hoist, with jute rope, is stamped M 9 x 6 along the top edge, and inscribed in ink along the bottom edge March 6th 1863/ A. Porher(?) U.S.N. The inked name is difficult to decipher. Flags of this type and size are commonly referred to as “ensigns” since they approximate the measurements of flags flown from the stern of official U.S. Navy ships. $1,500 - $3,000
171 13-Star American Flag, Accompanied by Daguerreotype of the Flag’s Maker & Related Family Items Cotton, 49 x 75 in., with 13 hand-sewn, double-sided cotton stars, arranged with one star at center surrounded by two circles of six stars. The fly is constructed of 13 hand-sewn, cotton stripes. Thin cotton hoist with jute rope hand-stitched to flag appears to have been added later. The white stripe directly below canton ink is inscribed along left edge Mrs. Byron Fay, and appears to be dated 1861 in a different hand, although this mark is difficult to decipher.
The 13-star flag is accompanied by a ninth plate daguerreotype of a middle-aged woman who is identified on a modern note as Laura B. Fay, Aunt, possibly the maker of this flag, as well as a sixth plate daguerreotype of an unidentified gentleman. A 3 x 4.5 in. housewife containing 2pp of inked family inscriptions dating back to 1839 is also included, and references the Fay family name, among others, as well as a connection to the state of Massachusetts. $3,000 - $5,000
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172 Civil War-Period, 34-Star Silk Flag Silk, 20 x 25 in., hand-sewn flag with 34 stars configured in double medallion pattern, with central star, flanked by star in each corner. The gold stars are painted on both sides of the blue canton. Surrounded on three sides by gold fringe. Hoist is cotton, and includes four slits. Ca 1861-1863. $1,000 - $2,000
174 36-Star American Parade Flag Cotton, 11.25 x 18 in., printed flag, originally a 34-star pattern with oval of 18 stars surrounding 4 rows of 4 stars. One star added in upper left and lower left corners to create 36-star configuration. Ca 1865-1867. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $800 - $1,000
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173 34-Star American Parade Flag Cotton, 5 x 7.25 in., printed flag attached to original staff, 12 in. ln. Oval of 18 stars surrounding four rows of stars. Slight offset printing of canton / 4th red stripe. Ca 1861-1863. The 34-star flag became official on July 4, 1861, several months after the secession of southern states from the Union. President Abraham Lincoln refused to recognize the right of those southern states to dissolve their ties with the United States, and when Kansas became a state, Lincoln would not authorize the elimination of any stars when the new 34-star flag was created. On his way to Washington for his inauguration, president-elect Lincoln raised the new flag over Independence Hall on Washington’s birthday in a gesture of national unity. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $1,000 - $1,500
175 37-Star American Parade Flag Glazed cotton muslin, 5.75 x 9.25 in., printed flag with 37 stars configured in double medallion pattern, with large central star, flanked by star in each corner. Ca 1866-1867. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $2,500 - $3,500
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176 Unusual 38-Star, Great Star Pattern Parade Flag Silk, 12 x 17.25 in., printed flag, with 38 stars arranged in an exceedingly rare pattern, with 33 comprising a central “Great Star,” including a larger central star, with stars in each corner of the canton, and an additional star to the left of the left and lower left points of the “Great Star.” With machine-sewn hoist and fly edges. $3,000 - $4,000
177 38-Star Easthampton Centennial Flag Cotton, 12 x 18 in., printed flag. Stenciled overprint and handwritten inscription read: 1785 June Easthampton, Mass. Ca 1885. From the time of its first settlement in 1664, Easthampton, MA remained within the boundaries of Northampton and Southampton until June 17, 1785, when Governor James Bowdoin signed legislation establishing it as a separate geographic district. Easthampton was later incorporated as a town in June 1809. On June 17, 1885, Easthampton commemorated its 100th anniversary with an elaborate celebration that included a parade through town and the reading of a poem specially written for the occasion. A fireworks display and open-air concert were included in the day’s festivities. Documented in The Stars and Stripes: Fabric of the American Spirit, J. Richard Pierce, LLC, 2005 (p. 77), and displayed in two exhibitions. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $1,500 - $2,500
178 38-Star Gold Fringe American Parade Flag Silk, 21 x 27 in., printed flag with gold silk fringe on three sides; cotton sleeve. Originally 34-star design; four smaller stars inserted after second and third rows to create 38-star configuration. Rare parade flag example. Ca 1876. Documented in the book, The Stars and Stripes: Fabric of the American Spirit, J. Richard Pierce, LLC, 2005 (p. 30), and displayed in seven exhibitions. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $1,500 - $2,500
179 38-Star American Parade Flag Glazed cotton muslin, 6 x 10 in., printed flag with 38 stars configured in triple medallion pattern, with large central star, flanked by star in each corner. This particular configuration is sometimes referred to as summer sky medallion because the stars fill the entire canton space. Pencil signature in upper right corner of first white stripe reads: Bettinger. Ca 1877-1890. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $500 - $700
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180 38-Star American Parade Flag Glazed cotton muslin, 8.75 x 12.25 in., printed flag with 38 stars configured in a global, or triple medallion pattern with star in upper left and lower left corner. Ca 1877-1890. The global medallion pattern was one of the most popular produced by flagmakers during the centennial period. Its design is timeless and features remarkably well-balanced composition and scale. Documented in the book, The Stars and Stripes: Fabric of the American Spirit, J. Richard Pierce, LLC, 2005 (p. 27). Displayed in one exhibition. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $700 - $900
181 38-Star GAR Badge Flag Silk, 15.5 x 23.5 in., printed flag. 38 stars configured in modified triple medallion pattern surrounding image of GAR membership badge. Canton resting on red war stripe. Ca 1881-1896. The GAR badge shown on this flag, the last of several designs, is the 1880 style manufactured by J.K. Davison of Philadelphia. GAR badges were struck from captured Confederate cannon metal, with the last believed to have been produced around 1940. Documented in the book, The Stars and Stripes: Fabric of the American Spirit, J. Richard Pierce, LLC, 2005 (p. 42), and displayed in seven exhibitions. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $600 - $800
182 40-Star American Parade Flag Glazed cotton muslin, 11.5 x 18 in., printed flag. Wide margin on hoist end. Very rare, unofficial star count. South Dakota, the 40th state, joined the Union on November 2, 1889, and was followed six days later by the 41st state, Montana. Ca 1889. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $2,000 - $3,000
183 41-Star Parade Flag, 1889, Representing Montana Statehood, Extremely Rare Cotton, 3.75 x 6 in., printed flag with 41 stars configured in staggered rows of 5/4/5/4/5/4/5/4/5. The fly consists of 13 stripes. 1889. Affixed to cloth covered board and framed, 7.75 x 9.75 in. On November 2, 1889, North and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states respectively, and only six days later, on November 8, Montana entered the Union as the 41st state. Within three days, Washington became the 42nd state. Although many anticipated the Dakotas being inducted as two different states, the speedy and unexpected addition of four states over a period of nine days provided little time for any flag making to occur. Because the 41-star-count was accurate over a period of only three days, it was considered an unofficial star count. Nevertheless, celebrations would have been held when Montana entered statehood, and 41-star flags such as this were most likely produced for the festivities. Research indicates that there are no more than twenty known examples of 41-star flags, making this an extremely rare, period flag. (Information obtained from Jeff Bridgman Antique Flags, September 16, 2013.) $2,000 - $4,000
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184 44-Star American Flag, Signed 4th of July 1892 Cotton, 22.5 x 36.5 in., printed flag with 44 stars configured in 8/7/7/7/7/8 horizontal rows. Pencil inscription on second white stripe below canton reads: 4th of July 1892 Frank Marvin Valley City No. Dakota. Likely waved at a July 4th parade and signed to note the occasion. Ca 1892. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $500 - $700
185 48-Star Whipple Pennant Cotton, 23.5 x 9.5 in., printed pennant. Canton comprised of 13 stars, surrounded by an oval of 25 stars and an outer ring of 10 stars. Stamp on 6th red stripe reads: Design Pat. No. 5041?. Ca 1912. Flag designer Wayne Whipple arranged the combination of stars to record the history of our country. The 13 original states form a 6-pointed star in the center, surrounded by an oval representing the 25 states added to the Union up to the time of the centennial celebration, and an outer ring comprising the 10 additional states since 1876. Whipple called his flag the “Peace Flag” in tribute to the global peace movement during the years before World War I. Its design was chosen the winner of a national contest in 1912 from among 500 entries, and, although widely publicized and admired, it was never adopted. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $1,000 - $1,500
AMERICA AT WAR | World War I 186 Mole & Thomas, The Living Uncle Sam, Photograph Silver gelatin photograph by Arthur Mole & John D. Thomas, titled The Living Uncle Sam/ 19000 Officers and Men/ Camp Lee, VA/ Major General, Omar Bundy, Com’d’g, with photographer’s credit and caption in the negative, 1919; 9.75 x 12.75 in., framed, 11.5 x 14 in. Arthur Mole (1889-1983) was a commercial photographer known for his imaginative images using literally thousands of human subjects to form an image. Mole staged his subjects from atop an 80 ft. tower, and used a massive 11 x 14 in. view camera to capture the scene. Staged primarily during World War I, Mole’s images captured the American imagination, and were sources of patriotic pride on the front and abroad. $500 - $700
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AMERICA AT WAR | World War I 187 Team Work Will Win the War, National Association of Manufacturers Poster Featuring Uncle Sam on Horse-Drawn Wagon, 1918 18.25 x 24.5 in., framed, 25.5 x 32 in. Team Work Will Win The War! / Every loyal worker is a soldier in a uniform of overalls. Every loyal employer is an officer in our industrial army. Co-operation is the harness by which our muscle, brain, and money will / Drive America To Victory! Featuring a cartoon by Phifer. Copyright 1918 to the National Association of Manufacturers at lower left. $1,000 - $1,500
188 You Will Co-Operate or You Will Obstruct, National Association of Manufacturers Illustrated Poster, 1918 18.25 x 24.5 in., framed, 25.5 x 32 in. Will you Co-Operate Or Will You Obstruct? -President Wilson / America Needs Its Man Power...It’s Your Way To Help Lick The “Kaiser.” Featuring a cartoon by Phifer admonishing men to get and hold jobs. Copyright 1918 to the National Association of Manufacturers at lower left. $1,000 - $1,500
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SLAVERY & THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE 189 British Slave Indenture, 1814 8pp, vellum, approx. 22.5 x 27.25 in. Place not stated, presume London; 15 June 1820. Indenture between Peter Rose and William Gordon the elder, William Gordon the younger, Alexander Crombie Philip Frederick Tinne Patrick Rose and Andrew Rose. The indenture enumerates slaves held at Hope Plantation in Essequibo (British Guiana) in 1817 and 1818. The male slaves enumerated as of 1 July 1817 number 162; the females held as of that date, 93. Imported between 31 May 1817 and 30 May 1818: males, 28; females 36. (190 and 129 total) The name, color, age, occupation, condition (healthy, weak, invalid, cripple, good, sickly, superanuated [sic], sores, etc.) and country of origin is listed for each (many just list “Africa” as country of origin). Ribbon connection, 8 wax seals and 9 paper seals intact. Although the British outlawed the slave trade in 1807, slavery continued. In 1823 the Demerara Rebellion erupted in DemeraraEssequibo, in which slaves rose up against the planter/slave holders. It was quickly put down, but the desire for abolition continued to grow. Slaves finally won total emancipation in 1838. Many fled plantations, others combined their resources and bought them. One of the first groups, 83 Africans from Plantations Douchfour, Ann’s Grove, Paradise, Hope and Enmore pooled their resources and purchased Plantation Northbrook for about $10,000, which they then divided into plots for each, and likely included some individuals enumerated in this indenture. They renamed the plantation Victoria - either for the queen or because of their victorious emancipation - the stories differ (although it is possible that both came into play). The town is credited with establishing one of the first local governments in Guyana. Many more groups of freed slaves purchased plantations, but once the planters realized there was money in the hands of slaves (they had been permitted to sell surpluses that they produced), the asking prices for the land increased. By 1841, Plantation Friendship cost $80,000. Emancipation also produced a labor shortage. The plantation owners reduced the wages for laborers, claiming that the United States was undercutting them since slavery was still operating here, and sugar and cotton were cheaper. If the former slaves went on strike, their fields were destroyed, their fruit trees cut down, their pigs were killed, they were prevented from fishing in the streams, and whatever else the plantation owners could come up with (they released water from canals to flood the Africans’ fields in a few cases), in an attempt to force them to work for whatever the owners were willing to pay (usually, very little). Eventually attempts were made to attract outside workers, initially the Portuguese, then the Chinese. Later still labor was imported from India. This resulted in a diverse ethnic mix within the territory. $1,500 - $2,500
190 Runaway Slave Reward Broadside, Charles County, Maryland, Ca 1850s Reward broadside, ca 1850s, bold heading: $300 Reward / Ran away from the subscriber’s plantation, Myrtle Grove, Charles Co. Maryland, my negro men / Jim, George, Alfred and Anthony. The broadside indicates that the four runaway slaves are brothers between the ages of 20 and 30 years old. Signed Henry S. Mitchell. 8.75 x 11.5 in. (sight), matted and framed, 15.75 x 18.5 in. $1,500 - $3,000
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191 Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Scarce Abolitionist Stoneware Pitcher, Plus English, abolitionist grey stoneware pitcher produced ca 1858, base impressed with mark: E. Ridgway and Abington, Hanley, January 1, 185?. With hinged, pewter lid. Ht. approx. 8 in., wd. approx. 6.75 in. This pre-Civil War, anti-slavery pitcher displays two compelling scenes in relief from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by American novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe and published in 1852. Front features a broadside that says By auction this day, a prime lot of healthy negroes, and depicts a slave auction, with a devastated, soon-to-be-separated slave family; opposite side shows the fugitive slave, Eliza, fleeing north from enslavement, carrying a baby in her arms across the ice floes of the Ohio River, from the state of Kentucky into the state of Ohio, while a man with a whip in hand chases her. The handle is decorated with the
iconic image of the head and clasped hands of a slave, presumably Uncle Tom, in prayer. Another example of this scarce antebellum pitcher is housed at the Leicester Museum & Galleries in England. The pitcher is accompanied by the following book: The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon which the Story is Founded. Together with Corroborative Statements Verifying the Truth of the Work. By Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” London: Clarke, Beeton, and Co., 1853. 12mo, cloth covered boards with gilt spine, 508pp. Eliza’s near miraculous crossing of the Ohio River, as depicted in relief on the pitcher, is referenced on p.34 of this book, and is confirmed by Stowe as being based on an incident that occurred in real life. $700 - $900
SLAVERY & THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Early Photography 192 CDV Album Featuring Lincoln, Plus Famous African Americans & Abolitionists, Including Frederick Douglas & Harriet Beecher Stow Album, with gilt imprinted pressed paper covers, containing 12 CDVs. Cartes include: President Abraham Lincoln, copyright 1865 to Alexander Gardner, with Gardner’s Photographer to the Army of the Potomac backmark; Andrew Johnson, by Mathew Brady, copyright 1865; abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, published by Case & Getchell of Boston; Harriet Beecher Stowe, by Silsbee, Case, & Co. of Boston; Harriet Ann Jacobs, by Brady, inked on verso Harriet Jacobs (“Linda Brent”) 1862, The author and original of “Linda - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” Boston 1861; copy CDV of Frederick Douglass; 1863 fundraising carte by J.E. McClees, copyright to Philip Bacon, featuring three light-skinned slaves who were turned away from a hotel on account of color; 1863 fundraising carte by J.W. Black, copyright to C.S. Lawrence, of light-skinned former slave child Fannie Lawrence, with inked note on verso that it was purchased directly from her at Saratoga Springs, August 1866; Young Africa, by E. Anthony, 1862, inked on the print The cause of the War! and penciled on verso Lizzie Campbell, Chicago Dec. 17, 1864; tintype CDV of an unidentified African American man; carte of the mixed race French writer Alexandre Dumas, by Nadar of Paris; and a carte of John J. Audubon, the great Ornithologist, copyright 1861 to Brady, but sold by McAllister & Brothers of Philadelphia. $1,500 - $2,500 96
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SLAVERY & THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Early Photography 193 Sojourner Truth Enlarged Albumen Photograph Period, albumen enlargement of the well-known carte-de-visite portrait of Sojourner Truth, with statement below image, I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance/ Sojourner Truth, 6 x 10.5 in., mounted, 10 x 14 in. Lacking a backmark, but produced ca 1864. This is the first such enlarged photograph of Sojourner Truth we have seen. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $1,500 - $2,500
194 Sojourner Truth Cabinet Card Photograph, Rare Pose Albumen cabinet photograph with the recto imprint I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance / Sojourner Truth., verso 1864 copyright to Sojourner Truth and backmark of photographer Randall, of Detroit. Many of Truth’s cabinet cards and cartes-de-visite feature a similar pose from the same sitting, but this is the first time we have seen this particular example. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $1,000 - $1,500
195 Sojourner Truth CDV A CDV portrait of Sojourner Truth, with imprint below image, I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance/ Sojourner Truth, verso reads Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1864 by Sojourner Truth, in the Clerk’s Office, of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Mich., and includes previous owner’s inked and penciled inscriptions. $800 - $1,000
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SLAVERY & THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Early Photography 196 Daguerreotypes of Dr. William Gedney and Family of New York, Including African American Nanny and Her Charge Lot of 4 sixth plate daguerreotypes in 3 full leather cases, including portrait of a man identified on the silk lining as Dr. Gedney; individual portraits of a husband and wife housed in the same case; and a portrait of a young, African American nanny and her white charge. Although the group lacks provenance regarding Dr. Gedney and his family, Ancestry.com cites a “Dr. William H. Gedney,” of Orange County, NY, who established and successfully ran a medical practice in Ulster County, NY from 1807 until his death in 1849, at the age of 64. A reference to a slave owner identified as “Dr. Gedney” can be found in the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, published in 1850. The biography, as dictated by Sojourner Truth, discusses an incident in which her 5-year-old son was sold illegally by one of her old masters to a “Dr. Gedney, who took him as far as New York city, on his way to England; but finding the boy too small for his service, he sent him back to his brother, Solomon Gedney. The man disposed of him to his sister’s husband, a wealthy planter, by the name of Fowler, who took him to his own home in Alabama.” In her tireless search for her son, Truth also met with the mother of Dr. Gedney, who showed little sympathy in the matter. Although it took several months, Truth succeeded in retrieving her son. A connection between the Gedneys referenced in Truth’s memoirs and purported members of the Gedney family pictured here cannot be confirmed. An interesting group, worthy of additional research. Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $1,500 - $2,500
197 African American Nanny and Her Charge, Cased Outdoor Tintype, Plus Lot of 2, including a cased CDV-sized tintype of an African American nanny posed outdoors with her white charge, who sleeps in a fine carriage, and a sixth plate tintype of an African American boy wearing a military-style jacket and posed with an American flag. The boy is identified in the case as Johnnie Milles. Images found together, and both housed in simple pressed paper cases separated at the spines. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $500 - $700
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198 Occupational Tintype of African American Gentlemen with their Cleaning Supplies Fine tintype of two African American gentleman posed in a studio setting, with buckets and scrubbers in hand, 2.5 x 4 in. $300 - $500
SLAVERY & THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Early Photography 199 African American Artists Ball & Thomas, Very Early Half Plate Tintype of a Man and His Dog Half plate tintype of a gentleman and his dog. Mat stamped Ball & Thomas / 120 W.4th.St.Cin.O. Housed in a half case with inscription penciled beneath the plate, possibly in Ball’s hand: Taken July 13th 1858, Fourth Street. J.P. Ball, a noted African American photographer, opened his first studio in Cincinnati, OH in 1845, then became an itinerant photographer, traveling to Pittsburgh, Richmond, and throughout Ohio. He eventually resettled in Cincinnati in 1849 and opened a Daguerreian Gallery downtown, which subsequently became one of the most well known galleries in the U.S. During the early 1850s, when Ball opened an additional gallery in Cincinnati, he hired his future brother-in-law, Alexander Thomas, to work with him, and by 1857, he became a full partner in the business. Ball and Thomas’ gallery was soon known as “the finest photographic gallery west of the Allegheny Mountains.” The tintype was first patented in the United States in 1856, and the unusual thickness and painted-on look of the emulsion lacquering used in this early example indicates Ball and Thomas were still learning and perfecting the process at the time of this sitting in mid-1858. In March 1860, the partnership between J.P. Ball and Alexander Thomas dissolved, but J.P. Ball’s younger brother, Thomas C. Ball, continued to work as a studio photographer with Alexander Thomas until his death in 1875. (Information obtained from the Cincinnati Historical Library: J.P. Ball Database, May 4, 2011.) Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $400 - $600
200 J.P. Ball, Civil War-Era Half Plate Tintype Half plate tintype of nine young men and women. Housed in a half case stamped underneath the plate J.P. Ball / Cincinnati, and penciled Taken 80 year ago / 1928 / J.P. Ball, artist, 28 West 4th St., followed by what seems to be enlargement instructions and an identification of the seated man on the left (though tough to make out). Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $300 - $500
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201 J.P. Ball, Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of a Couple Quarter plate daguerreotype of a middle-aged couple. Mat stamped J.P. Ball / Cincinnati. Housed in a full leather push-button case. Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $300 - $500
203 J.P. Ball, Sixth Plate Daguerreotypes of Women Lot of 2 sixth plate daguerreotypes of unidentified women made by the African American artist J.P. Ball of Cincinnati, each under his stamped mat and housed in a pressed paper case. Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $400 - $600
204 J.P. Ball, Sixth Plate Daguerreotypes of a Man and a Woman Lot of 2, including a sixth plate daguerreotype of a young woman, her cheeks tinted red, and a sixth plate daguerreotype of a young man. The portrait of the woman is housed in a pressed paper case with J.P Ball, Artist / Cincinnati on the pad, while the portrait of the gentleman is underneath a mat stamped J.P Ball / Cincinnati, and housed in a black leather case. Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $400 - $600
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202 J.P. Ball, Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of an Aged Woman Quarter plate daguerreotype of an aged woman. Mat stamped J.P. Ball / Cincinnati. Housed in the Union case Sir Roger deCoverly and the Gypsies (Krainik-30). Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $300 - $500
SLAVERY & THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Early Photography 205 African American Artist Augustus Washington, Rare Sixth Plate Daguerreotype Sixth plate daguerreotype of woman with a forlorn expression. Mat stamped A. Washington / 136 Main St, Hartford-CT. Housed in a full leather case. The son of a South Asian mother and a man who had been a slave in Virginia, Augustus Washington was born free in Trenton, NJ. As a teenager he read antislavery literature and attended abolitionist meetings, and vowed “to become a scholar, a teacher, and a useful man” (Shumard, p.2). In the late 1830s and early 1840s Washington attended several colleges, including Oneida Institute in Whitesboro, NY, Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, NH, and Dartmouth College, with some abolitionist assistance. He supported himself with daguerreotypy, taking portraits of Dartmouth faculty and many of the citizens in Hanover, NH. In 1844 Washington moved to Hartford, home to many reform activities, and taught at the North African School for two years. He then operated a daguerreotype studio there ca. 18461848, resuming business in 1850. Among his prestigious sitters were members of Hartford’s elite, such as poet Lydia Sigourney, jurist and insurance company executive Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, and the abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and John Brown (the latter whose image was sold by Cowan’s in 2007 for $97,750). In 1851 Washington declared in the New-York Daily Tribune that black Americans were “ever [to] find a home on earth for the development of their manhood and intellect it [would] first be in Liberia or some other part of Africa.” Two years later he and his family immigrated to Monrovia, where he daguerreotyped Liberian senators; these images are now in the Library of Congress. By 1858 Washington seems to have abandoned photography in favor of farming a sugar plantation. A scarce image by a significant African American daguerreian. In fact, this is the only Washington image we have had the privilege to offer besides John Brown’s. Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $400 - $600
206 African American Artist G.J. Goodridge, Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Couple Sixth plate daguerreotype of a couple, housed in a paper case with the velvet pad of G.J. Goodridge’s Extra Sky Light Gallery, York, PA, including a nice patriotic eagle. Craig’s Daguerreian Registry notes that Glenalvon J. Goodridge, an African American, learned the art as early as 1846. He may have been an itinerant in the Baltimore-Philadelphia-Wilmington area in 1846-1847, and moved back to his hometown of York, PA, in mid-1847, first operating at “China Hall,” then out of his parents’ residence, before moving to a 3rd floor gallery over his father’s barber shop in 1851. Glenalvon partnered with his younger brother Wallace in 1860 and the pair moved their operation to Saginaw, Michigan, around 1863. Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $300 - $500
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SLAVERY & THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | Early Photography 207 Ball & Thomas, Rare Oval-Length Portrait of a Woman Housed in Original Frame Albumen, oval-length studio portrait of a well-dressed woman, possibly in mourning clothing, 5 x 7 in., on original mount blindstamped lower right Ball & Thomas/ 120. W. 4th St. Cin. O, placed under mat with gilt border. Housed in original frame marked on verso by manufacturer A.J. Starr/ 279 Central Ave./ Cincinnati, 12.25 x 14 in. overall. Possibly used in Ball & Thomas’ studio parlor display, as indicated by original frame and overall presentation of the portrait. Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography $800 - $1,000
EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY | Cased Images | Daguerreotypes & Ambrotypes 208 Half Plate Daguerreotype of a Distinguished Gentleman Anonymous, half plate daguerreotype featuring a close-up, vignetted portrait of a distinguished gentleman. Housed in a “Boston School” style case, indicating that it could possibly be from the studio of Southworth & Hawes or John Whipple. $500 - $700
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209 Rare John Stull Quarter Plate Stereodaguerreotype Case Housing Portrait of Young Woman, by Germon Quarter plate stereodaguerreotype portrait housed in a rare case by John Stull of Philadelphia. Unlike the more common Mascher case, Stull’s design has lenses integrated into the cover and folding hinges allowing the viewer to adjust the focus. Both covers of the green, patriotic case with a shield eagle at center and the gilt imprinted text United States of America / Patented by John Stull Feb. 27th 1855 / orders furnished to any part of the United States or in Europe by the Patentee, S.W. corner 6th & Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Portrait is under a mat stamped W.L. Germon, for Washington Lafayett Germon, a photographer active in Philadelphia 1848-1860, who also worked as an artist, engraver, and druggist during the same period. There is no record of John Stull as a photographer, so it is not surprising to see the actual image done by Germon, whose studio was listed at 168 Chestnut in 1856, just four blocks east of the address on Stull’s case. $4,000 - $6,000
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210 Mascher Stereodaguerreotype of a Gentleman Posed With Top Hat and Sculpture Mascher’s Improved Stereoscope stereodaguerreotype composed of two quarter plate images featuring a refined gentleman, seated next to a classically inspired sculpture, his top hat resting on the table beside him. Housed in the original, half plate pushbutton case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $800 - $1,000
212 Mathew Brady, Quarter Plate Cutting’s Patent Ambrotype of a Young Girl Standing on a Studio Chair Quarter plate ambrotype of a young girl standing on a studio chair. Mat is stamped at lower right BRADY encircled by Cutting’s Patent / July 4 & 11, 1854. Housed in a double-hinged case with black velvet pads on each cover, allowing the image to be viewed correctly from life on one side or reversed on the other. Brady offered this unique case design for a few years in the mid-to-late 1850s. $1,000 - $1,500
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211 Mascher Stereodaguerreotype of a Mother and Daughter by Samuel Broadbent Tinted stereodaguerreotype composed two ninth plate images of a mother and her young daughter, taken by Samuel Broadbent (18101880) of Philadelphia, with his gilt label under the viewer. Housed in a leather, Mascher’s Improved Stereoscope quarter plate leather case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $300 - $500
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213 Quarter Plate Ambrotype of a Patriotic Young Man and his Sister Anonymous, quarter plate ambrotype double portrait of a patriotic young man dressed in a military-style outfit, wearing a red sash and large rosette on his chest, holding a sword in his left hand, with his younger sister seated beside him. Children’s clothing features nicely hand-tinted details. Housed in full case. $500 - $700
215 Fine Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Fireman Sixth plate daguerreotype of a fireman wearing a red and blue tinted jacket and a hat reading Despatch 2. Housed in a floral leather case with notes reading G.W. Kent, Grandma’s father and Photo from family in Peoria, Ill. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $2,000 - $3,000
214 Jeremiah Gurney Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of a Casually Posed Young Girl Quarter plate daguerreotype by master daguerreian, Jeremiah Gurney, of a casually posed little girl seated on a draped chair arm, beautifully and subtly hand tinted. Mat marked J. Gurney / 349 Broadway. Housed in full case. $400 - $600
216 Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Fisherman Displaying a Large Muskie Sixth plate daguerreotype of a fisherman displaying a very large muskellunge, or “muskie,” on a five pronged fishing spear. Image with an unusual, glitter-like effect in the negative space. Housed in a full case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $1,000 - $1,500
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217 Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Mourning Woman, Posed with Dog & a Daguerreotype of her Deceased Husband Remarkable, artfully posed sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of an aged woman wearing a black, mourning gown, seated with her dog at her side. She holds a pair of spectacles in one hand, and an oval portrait, possibly a daguerreotype, depicting a gentleman who is presumably her deceased husband, hangs from the head brace stand beside her. The woman’s face and the man’s portrait are in perfect focus, though the scene gets slightly fuzzy toward the bottom of the frame. Housed in a red leather booklet case with Bijou imprinted on the spine and gilt floral designs on the covers, also containing a sixth plate daguerreotype of a younger woman, probably the couple’s daughter. Acquired from a flea market in Jackson, California, a town in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills founded at the outset of the California Gold Rush. $600 - $800 detail
218 Sixth Plate Postmortem Daguerreotype of an Infant Sixth plate postmortem daguerreotype of an infant with a tinted pink flower in its hands. Housed in a leather full case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $300 - $500
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219 Ninth Plate Daguerreotype of a Woman, Possibly Maliseet Indian Ninth plate daguerreotype of a woman, her hair style unique for the period, wearing a shawl with intricate, floral details. The woman is possibly an East Coast, Maliseet Indian, as indicated by the shawl decoration, which has been previously identified as produced in the style of the Maliseet Indians, primarily of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada. The reverse maker marked: Boston Daguerreotype Company, Tyler & Co., Corner Washington and Winter Streets. In 1855, Edward Tyler worked in Boston, on Winter Street, for one year, therefore dating the image to ca 1855. Housed in full case. $600 - $800
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220 Thomas Edison, Sixth Plate Ruby Ambrotype Loose, sixth plate ruby ambrotype, which appears to be a period copy of Thomas Edison, seated at a desk. The image was found within a box of period cased glass, ranging in size from ninth to half plates, which was given to the consignor by an individual who previously worked at the Greenfield Village in the 1950s and stated that the box was from the Greenfield Tintype Studio. The portrait appears to be the work of Charles Tremear, who most likely threw the ambrotype in the scrap glass bin because it was overexposed. $1,500 - $2,000
221 Occupational Sixth Plate Ambrotype of a Man with a Steam Piano Sixth plate ambrotype of a young man posed with a steam piano. Housed in a pressed paper case, separated at the spine. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $500 - $700
222 Occupational Sixth Plate Ambrotype of a Carpenter Sixth plate ambrotype of a carpenter in profile, holding a square and planer, with mitre and panel saws visible hanging above his workbench. Housed in full leather case with floral design. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $500 - $700
223 Occupational Sixth Plate Ambrotype of a Young Cooper with his Tools Seated, three-quarter-length portrait of a young barrel maker with wood bands over one shoulder and holding a cooper’s hammer in the other. A fine, clear image housed in embossed pressed paper case. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
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224 Steamer Idlewild, Sarony Gallery, Remarkable Photograph Album Leather album, 20 x 23 in., with gilt title, Sarony Photographic Art Album/ Steamer Idlewild, 38pp, containing 37 photographs of famous 19th Century figures, each approx. 6.75 x 11.25 in., mounted recto/verso in album page, each photo surrounded by 4 printed advertisements, many illustrated, each approx. 4 x 8 in., mounted recto/verso in album page. One of the pages features a large, 13 x 15.75 in. advertisement for the Great Rock Island Route. An impressive album produced for the iron steamer Idlewild to promote the work of preeminent New York photographer, Napoleon Sarony, as well as a wide range of businesses located throughout the country. The album would have been prominently displayed on a large table in the steamship’s saloon. Built at Wyandotte, MI, by the Detroit Dry Dock Company, the iron steamer Idlewild, originally named the Grace McMillan after Michigan Senator James McMillan’s daughter, was launched on May 3, 1879 for the Detroit Steam Navigation Company under the control of the McMillan Family. Following the publication of an article in which a Detroit Newspaper commented that the Grace McMillan was drydocked and having her bottom scraped, the Senator had the steamer’s name changed on April 18, 1881 to Idlewild. She was chartered to the Wabash Railroad and started running from Toledo, OH, to the Lake Erie Islands and Lakeside, OH, in July of 1879. The following year, the ship ran from Detroit to the St. Clair Flats and Port Huron, MI. As part of the White Star Line in 1887, she ran from Toledo to Detroit. In 1889, the Idlewild was modified at Cleveland, OH, by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company, and purchased by the Red Star Line, which was under the control of Darius Cole of Detroit. The steamer spent the remainder of her days running between Detroit and Port Huron, with the exception of the 1905 season, when she was chartered to run from Buffalo to Dunkirk, NY. In the fall of 1913, the Idlewild was laid up at Windsor, Ontario, and never ran again. After being rebuilt as a barge in 1914, she was used in the molasses trade, but went ashore in Peekskill, NY, on the Hudson River in 1919 and was abandoned there in March of 1923, when her documents were surrendered. The Idlewild album contains portraits of the following high profile actors, singers, political, and military figures, identified on mount below each portrait: Estelle Clayton; Georgie Cayvan; Marie Wainwright; Grace Henderson; Mrs. Jas. G. Blaine, Jr.; Mrs. Chas. Watson; Rose Coghlan; Chauncey M. Depew; Lady Randolph Churchill; General W.T. Sherman; Edith Kingdon Gould; Pauline Hall; Maud Millett; William H. & Madge Kendal; Theo; Marie Burroughs; Gracie Wilson; Marie Conron; Hattie Delaro; Blanche Rosevelt; Helen Bancroft; Isabel Evason; Lillian Russell; Louise Paulin; Ada Rehan; Edwin Booth; Sig. Salvini; Mary Anderson; Adelina Patti; Lillie Langtry; Sadie Martinot; Leslie Chester; Mrs. Jas. Brown Potter; Marie Jansen; Fanny Davenport; Lillian Grubb. The 149 printed advertisements promote a variety of goods and services, from New York City, NY to Philadelphia, PA, and Richmond, VA, including: The Parker Gun; Pairpoint Gold & Silver Manufacturing Co.; Vanderbilt & Hopkins lumber and timber; Pierce Artisan & Oil Well Supply Co.; Reedy’s Patent Elevators; New York Central Railroad; Delaware & Hudson Railroad; Iron Mountain Route; Victor Bicycles; John F. Betz & Son Brewers, Masters & Bottlers; P.H. Mayo & Brothers Tobacco; The Mettawas Resort in Kingston, Ontario; New Hotel Arno (NY); Troy Carriage Works; Hotel Normandie (Washington, D.C.); Hecla Powder Dynamite; Perrier Jouet Champagnes; E & H.T. Anthony & Co. Photographic Materials; Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.; clothing; tools; and much more. $2,000 - $4,000
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225 King Charles III of Spain, 1776 Colonial Gold One Escudo Coin, From Mint at Popayan, Colombia 1776 Spanish 1 escudo colonial gold coin, featuring CAROL III (King Charles III of Spain). Obverse with right-facing bust, surrounded by the text CAROL·IIII·D·G·HISP·ET IND·R·1776; reverse with crowned shield and denomination 1 S encircled by the chain Order of the Golden Fleece and the text: IN·UTROQ·FELIX·A·D, with mint mark P (Popayan, Colombia) and assayer’s initials SF at lower center. $600 - $800
226 Fugio Cent, First Official United States Cent, 1787 United States Fugio cent, 1787, obverse with FUGIO / 1787 / MIND YOUR BUSINESS around a sun and sundial, reverse with a 13-link chain encircling UNITED STATES encircling WE ARE ONE. The Fugio cent was the first official cent of the United States, designed by Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was, of course, famous for his aphorisms and advice, and in this case the Latin fugio, for “I flee,” the sundial, and the English inscription are said to combine to mean “Time flies, do your work.” $800 - $1,200
227 The Capture of Major Andre, Engraving by Smillie & Hinshelwood, 1836, Plus Union Case Lot includes framed engraving and the Union case derived from it. Engraving is titled in the margin: The Capture of Major Andre / From a painting by A.B. Durand in the possession of the Honble James K. Paulding / Published by the American Art Union exclusively for the members, 1845. Asher B. Durand (1796-1886) is considered to be the founder of American landscape painting and leader of the Hudson River School. Engraved by Alfred Jones (figures) and Smillie & Hinshelwood (landscape). Copyright 1846. Printed by W.E. Smith. Housed in original frame, 24 x 27 in. Accompanied by quarter plate thermoplastic Union case (Krainik-18), manufactured by Peck & Halvorson, die engraved by Frederick Goll, whose name appears in lower right corner of illustration on the case.
The engraving and accompanying Union case depict one of the most significant incidents of the American Revolution, the seizure of British Officer, Major John Andre, who plotted with General Benedict Arnold to betray the American Fortress at West Point to the redcoats. On September 23, 1780, while going through Westchester on his way to New York City, Major Andre, who had hidden the plans for West Point in his boot, was captured by three militiamen on the Sleepy HollowTarrytown border. After discovering the plans he was carrying, the men turned Major Andre over to the American authorities, and he was soon convicted as a spy and hanged on October 2, 1870. $500 - $700
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228 George Washington Papier-Mache Snuff Box Fine papier-mache snuff box featuring transfer decal of George Washington surrounded by the following: First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. English, ca 1800 to 1820. 3.5 in. dia., .875 in. ht. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $1,000 - $1,500 229 Marquis de Lafayette Papier-Mache, Memorial Snuff Box Papier-mache snuff box featuring transfer decal portrait of Marquis de Lafayette within a wreath of clouds, commemorating his death, which occurred on May 20, 1834, surrounded by the following: May a grateful people ever estimate his services/ Genal. Lafayette. Ca 1830s. 3.5 in. dia., .75 in. ht. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $600 - $800
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231 James K. Polk Papier Mache Snuff Box Papier-mache, campaign snuff box featuring transfer portrait of James K. Polk, surrounded by the following: James K. Polk / 10th President of the United States, although Polk actually served as the 11th President. Ca 1840s. 3.25 in. dia., .75 in. ht. $2,000 - $4,000 232 Zachary Taylor 1848 Campaign Snuff Box Papier-mache, campaign snuff box featuring polychrome profile portrait of Zachary Taylor surrounded by the following slogans: Old Rough and Ready/ The Hero of the War with Mexico/ Genl. Zach. Taylor. English, ca 1848. 3.25 in. dia., .75 in. ht. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $800 - $1,200
230 Andrew Jackson Papier-Mache Snuff Box Papier-mache snuff box featuring a transfer decal of Andrew Jackson on the lid surrounded by the following: Andrew Jackson/ 7th President of the United States. English, ca late 1820s-1830s. 3.25 in. dia., .75 in. ht. Accompanied by brass token produced for Jackson’s 1824 presidential campaign, obverse featuring a bust portrait of Genl. Andrew Jackson, reverse with: Hero of New Orleans, approx. 1 in. dia. See Sullivan, A Jack 1824-1. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $1,000 - $1,500
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233 Major General Zachary Taylor, Rare 1848 Presidential Campaign Bandana Red, white, and brown, printed, cotton bandana, 25 x 29.5 in., featuring a profile portrait of Zachary Taylor in uniform, with legend: Major General Z. Taylor. U.S.A. Border features assorted military and patriotic symbols, such as drums, muskets, and eagles, as well as
234 Pre-Civil War Album of Salted Paper Photographs, Including Seward, Douglas & Beecher Album, 3.875 x 5.125 in., 86pp, with gilt imprinted black boards, containing 42 oval 1 x 1.25 in. salted paper photographs of politicians and notable personalities, ca late 1850s-1861. Subjects include: NY Governor and U.S. Secretary of State William Henry Seward (two angles); U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas; N.Y. Governor, U.S. Senator, and Union Army General Edwin D. Morgan; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII; abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher; and other familiar faces yet to be identified. An interesting array of early photographs of mid-19th century personalities, perhaps used by a photographer as a sample album. $1,000 - $1,500
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vignettes representing “Old Rough and Ready’s” famous battles, identified in legend at bottom: Palo Alto/ Resaca Dela Palma/ Buena Vista. Not referenced in Collins, Threads of History. A scarce campaign textile. $3,000 - $5,000
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235 Lincoln / Hamlin Wide Awake Portrait Campaign Flag Red, white, and blue printed, cotton flag banner, 11 x 17 in., featuring blue and white abstract likeness of Lincoln, with legend: Lincoln & Hamlin in blue; Wide Awake over portrait. With 13 stars in white against blue field. Field of flag is printed on right side instead of usual upper left. Portrait is based on lithograph by W.H. Reese with modified hair style. (See Collins, Threads of History, 1979: fig. 301.) Estate of Kenneth Erwin $10,000 - $15,000
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POLITICS IN AMERICA | Lincolniana 236 Abraham Lincoln, Wide Awakes 1860 Campaign Ribbon Featuring Portrait of a Beardless Lincoln Silk ribbon from the 1860 campaign, featuring a large portrait of a beardless Abraham Lincoln after a sketch copied from Mathew Brady’s Cooper Union photograph, and the following text, printed in black on red ground: Marshall Wide-Awakes/ Lincoln & Hamlin, Blair and Birney!/ Victory!! 2.375 x 6.25 in. Not listed in Sullivan/Fischer, although the design is similar to AL-29, the Middlefield Wide Awakes ribbon. A fine ribbon. $1,500 - $2,500 237 Scarce, Uncut Sheet of 1860 Campaign Ferrotypes, Including Lincoln, Hamlin, & Douglas Uncut tintype sheet, as it was originally manufactured, 4.25 x 3.25 in., including 9 complete portraits, approx. 20mm dia., and 4 incomplete portraits, of the following candidates for President and Vice President in 1860: Abraham Lincoln (4 complete, 1 incomplete); Hannibal Hamlin (3 complete, 1 incomplete); Stephen A. Douglas (2); John Bell (1 incomplete); and 1 unidentifiable portrait. With indecipherable stamp along bottom edge. $600 - $800
238 Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Campaign Ferrotype Scarce ferrotype portrait of a bearded Abraham Lincoln, with LINCOLN in thick letters above, mounted in hand-carved vegetable ivory. 1 in. diameter. $500 - $700
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239 Abraham Lincoln, Rare “Crew Cut” CDV Albumen CDV of Abraham Lincoln, known as Lincoln with a crew cut, long attributed to Mathew Brady, but actually taken by Lewis Emory Walker, a government photographer, about February 1865, and published for him by E. & H.T. Anthony (O-104A and B). Verso with E. & H.T. Anthony’s New York studio mark and two cent revenue stamp. Framed, 6.5 x 8 in. $600 - $800
POLITICS IN AMERICA | Lincolniana 240 Frederick Hill Meserve, Private Printing of Portraits of Abraham Lincoln, his Cabinet, and Some of his Contemporaries, 1910 Meserve, Frederick Hill. Portraits of Abraham Lincoln, his Cabinet, and Some of his Contemporaries./ From Photographs from Negatives for the most part by M.B. Brady, and now in the Collection of Americana of Frederick Hill Meserve, Esq. New York City. 6.5 x 9.75 in., approx. 57pp, tacked together, unbound, containing 77 mounted silver gelatin photographs of Abraham Lincoln, his family, members of his cabinet, other prominent politicians and military figures of the day, and Civil War-period events, printed and compiled by Meserve, largely from Mathew Brady’s original negatives, with Meserve’s penciled notations beneath the individual portraits and scenes. A preliminary example of Meserve’s private printing of Portraits of Abraham Lincoln, as indicated by three incomplete, introductory pages titled Abraham Lincoln; Description; List of Subscribers. Accompanied by a manila sleeve including the following inscription from Meserve: A. Lincoln. Suggestion for a Book on the Photos of Lincoln, from which the 28 vol. set came, about 1910/ F.H.M. With 71 carte-de-visite size photographs, organized 1 to a page, including: 24 images of Lincoln alone or with his family; 2 individual portraits of Mary Todd Lincoln; members of Lincoln’s cabinet; other prominent statesmen, activists, and literary figures of the day, from both the North and South, such as Hannibal Hamlin, Charles Sumner, Andrew Johnson, and John Brown. With Union Generals U.S. Grant, W.T. Sherman, and Philip Sheridan, among others, and Confederate Generals R.E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson; plus leaders of the Confederacy, including Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens. An additional 6 large format photographs are included, ranging in size from 4 x 4.25 in. to 5 x 7 in., the highlight being a section featuring 3 large format photographs collectively titled President Lincoln on the Battlefield of Antietam, each accompanied by a written caption. The final section, titled Sundry, is comprised of photos of Lincoln’s home in Illinois, his temporary grave in Springfield, the box at Ford’s Theatre in which he was shot, among other photos, each captioned below. Also included is Meserve’s Portraits of the Civil War Period, printed by Corlies, Macy & Co., Inc., Printers and Lithographers, New York, 1903, 3.5 x 7.25 in. An exceptionally scarce compilation. $3,000 - $6,000
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POLITICS IN AMERICA | Lincolniana 241 Abraham Lincoln Photograph Produced from Alexander Gardner Negative, Plus Lloyd Ostendorf TLS Silver gelatin photograph, 9.75 x 12.5 in., produced from a negative made by Alexander Gardner on February 5, 1865, at Washington. This pose, catalogued by Lloyd Ostendorf as O-116, was one of five made that day during what be Lincoln’s last studio sitting. This particular printing has been altered somewhat from the original negative, with a pen and glasses added to Lincoln’s hands, his unruly hair cleaned up behind the ear, and a column in the left background. Framed, 12 x 15 in. Verso affixed with a Lloyd Ostendorf TLS regarding the photograph, 1p, on Ostendorf’s Lincoln Picture Studio letterhead, Dayton, OH, December 27, 1873, addressed to David G. MacLean of Americana Books in Decatur, IN, giving a brief history of the negative, citing the addition of the column by Creighton H. Williams and Edward F. Perrey of Fort Wayne, IN, who acquired the plate around 1934. $400 - $600
242 King Hostick - Georg Studio Collection of Abraham Lincoln Photographs Lot of 21, including 9 photographs printed from negatives owned by King V. Hostick at the Herbert Georg Studio, Springfield, IL, printed ca 1950s-1970s, from the original negatives by Alexander Hesler, taken at Springfield, IL, June 3, 1860, [Ostendorf, O-26 and O-27]; six are 11 x 14 in., two 8 x 10 in., and one 5 x 7 in. One of the 11 x 14 in. photographs is professionally framed to 18.25 x 22.25 in., with Herbert Georg Studio stamp on the backing. These photographs comprise two out of four known portraits of Lincoln taken by Hesler on June 3, 1860, at the Old State House in Springfield, IL, two weeks after Lincoln was nominated for President by the Republican National Convention in Chicago. The photographs were well received by many, including Lincoln, who said of the two portraits here: That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever seen; if it pleases the people I am satisfied [Ostendorf, 47]. Accompanied by: Two King Hostick circulars offering the aforementioned photographs for sale. Two printings of another Lincoln pose (O-77), 11 x 14 and 8 x 10 in.; an 8 x 10 in. enlargement of the white linen suit daguerreotype (O-5); and an 11 x 14 in. photograph of the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield. The Face of Lincoln, by James Mellon (New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1979), signed by the author For Ken, In grateful recognition of assistance most generously given to the author. Folio, 201pp. An indispensable catalogue of Lincoln images, prominently featuring the Hostick/Hesler photographs on the front and back cover. 1 of 21 Items related to the Sesquicentennial Lincoln Banquet, at Springfield, February 12, 1959, including: the press pass issued to the Herbert Georg Studio; the pamphlet Ten Lincoln Letters, presented by and signed by Illinois Governor William G. Stratton, no. 1384 of 1500; a banquet program; seating arrangements for the banquet; and correspondence with the Illinois Historical Society. This large gathering, including the inscribed book, photographs, and paperwork, along with lot 243, were purchased as a box lot from a small auction in Illinois, and appear to have previously belonged to King Hostick or an employee of the Herbert Georg Studio. $1,500 - $2,500
243 King Hostick - George Studio Photographs of Abraham Lincoln Lot of 2, 11 x 14 in. photographs printed from negatives owned by King V. Hostick at the Herbert Georg Studio, Springfield, IL, printed ca 1950s-1970s, from the original negatives by Alexander Hesler, taken at Springfield, IL, June 3, 1860, [Ostendorf, O-26 and O-27]. These photographs comprise two out of four known portraits of Lincoln taken by Hesler on June 3, 1860, at the Old State House in Springfield, IL, two weeks after Lincoln was nominated for President by the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Accompanied by copied paperwork suggesting that these photographs came from King Hostick or an employee of the Herbert Georg Studio. $500 - $700
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POLITICS IN AMERICA | Lincolniana 244 Abraham Lincoln Plaster Bust by Raffaello Gironi, Copyrighted by Boston Sculpture Co. Abraham Lincoln plaster bust, 13 in. high, incised on the back of the base Copyright 1909 / Boston Sculpture Co. / Melrose-Mass. / 8090A R Gironi, and with a maker’s plate set in the underside of the base. Boston Sculpture Company’s 1914 catalog describes this as the best likeness of Lincoln available: All the others are poor imitations of ours, and the only reason for its being on the market is that it is offered at a lower price. $600 - $800
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245 Abraham Lincoln Civil War-Period ANS, January 3, 1864 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). ANS, June 3, 1864, responding to a personnel issue. Lincoln’s response is docketed on verso of a 1p letter from Captain Alfred F. Puffer to James S. Barnard, on Department of the Gulf letterhead, 4.875 x 7.875 in., dated at New Orleans, Oct. 12, 1862. That note reads in full: Sir, In reply to your esteemed favor of the 19th ult. the Comdg. Genl. directs me to say that he feels highly complimented by your desire to serve in his command but regrets that his Staff is already as full as the law allows. But if you can retain your commission and pay as a Major he would be most happy to welcome you as a Volunteer Aide. Your Obt. Svt., A.F. Puffer Capt & A.D.C.
Barnard apparently forwarded the letter to the office of the president, and Lincoln’s response reads thusly, occupying a tri-fold of the verso side: Let Capt. James S. Barnard a Commissary of Subsistence if the services of another can be made useful. A. Lincoln June 3, 1864. Accompanied by a TLS from collector W. Atlee Burpee to Kenneth E. Salzer of La Crosse, WI, 1p, Philadelphia, June 9, 1944, stating that the Lincoln note is from his personal collection and he has enclosed it as a token of their friendship. Both items matted together with a steel engraving of Lincoln, 13 x 20.75 in. overall. $4,000 - $6,000
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POLITICS IN AMERICA | Lincolniana 246 Abraham Lincoln Civil War-Period ANS, December 8, 1864 Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). 16th President of the United States (1861-1865). Autographed note signed as President, 1p, on lined paper, 2 x 3 in. December 8, 1864: Let this man be discharged on taking the oath of Dec. 8, 1863./ A. Lincoln/ Dec. 8, 1864. Lincoln’s “Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction,” which guaranteed that rebels who took an oath to support the United States Constitution would be pardoned, was issued exactly one year before. Double matted with an engraving of Lincoln and framed, 7.5 x 11.5 in. $4,000 - $6,000
POLITICS IN AMERICA | Lincolniana | The Assassination & Funeral 247 Horace Greeley ALS, May 8, 1865, Three Weeks After Lincoln’s Assassination Horace Greeley (1811-1872). Founder and editor of the influential Republican and abolitionist newspaper New York Tribune, and 1872 Liberal Republican nominee for president. ALS, 1p, 5 x 8 in., on Office of the Tribune letterhead, New York, May 8, 1865, to James Graham, Esq. In the month after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox and the assassination of President Lincoln, Greeley conveys that he has recommended Graham to New York Governor Reuben Fenton for appointment to an unspecified position. He notes the political aftermath of Lincoln’s death in closing: I hope for better times politically, but the sky is clouded. I cannot see to the end, but have faith. $500 - $700
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248 Captain W.J. Keays LS to Edward Paul Doherty, Regarding Capture of John Wilkes Booth, 1865 Captain William J. Keays, 16th New York Cavalry, ALS, 1.5p, 7.75 x 12.5 in., no date, addressed to Captain Edward Paul Doherty. Framed to 19.25 x 22 in. In part: Your brother Officers of the 16th N.Y. Cavalry are pleased to present you with this brace of Pistols as a Testimonial for your distinguished Service in the pursuit and capture of Booth and Herold, the ass’ins of President Lincoln. It is a matter of pride and satisfaction to the Officers of the Regiment, that after two years of Service in the field in the same organization it has fallen to the lot of one of their members to capture and bring to justice the ass’ins of our late and good President..... Prominent members of a band of Conspirators and Murderers, which had for its Chief Jefferson Davis, late president of the late bogus southern confederacy, and embracing in its folds a set of men, who for fiendish malignity and hellish designs have never been surpassed in any age or in any time...The letter continues in the same vein, recounting the 16th’s two years’ service in Virginia and pursuit of Booth and Herold, and closes with:...Receive this Testimonial then, and should ever a righteous cause again beckon thee to its aid, use these weapons in its defense. Signed W.J. Keays, Capt. 16th N.Y.V. Cav’y / On behalf of the Officers of the Regiment. William Jeremiah Keays (1829-1914), born in Bytown, Upper Canada, now known as Ottawa, Ontario, made his way with his family to Buffalo, NY, in 1860 to work as an agent for the Great Western Railroad. However, within months after moving to the United States, his son passed away at the age of two, followed by his wife, who died while
giving birth. At less than one year old, Keays’ daughter also died in December of 1862. Following the loss of his entire family, Keays decided to join the cavalry, and he enlisted on June 1, 1863 and was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant into Co. B of the New York 16th Cavalry. Following a Confederate attack on Keays’ Company at a Lewinsville, VA, outpost on October 2, 1863, which resulted in 20 men from the Union Army being captured, killed, or wounded, Keays was found responsible for the incident and was dismissed from the Army on October 13, 1863. However, he was reinstated as 1st Lieutenant and acting Captain of Co. B on December 31, 1863. Keays was later promoted to Captain on April 10, 1865. Following the assassination of President Lincoln, under the command of Lieut. Edward Doherty, one platoon from Keays’ company in the New York 16th Cavalry, hunted down John Wilkes Booth, and Boston Corbett, a member of his company, was credited with shooting and killing Lincoln’s assassin through the wall of a burning barn. Keays would later go on to serve as Captain of the Guard at the hanging of Mary Surratt. At the close of the war, officers of the 16th New York Cavalry bought a set of presentation pistols that were given to Captain Doherty, and Keays was one of the keynote speakers at the presentation ceremony. A transcript of Keays’ speech was published by the Washington Daily National Intelligencer on July 20, 1865, and the letter offered here is almost certainly a manuscript version of Keays’ address. Information obtained from the website of Rod A. MacDonald, Ed.D., Niagara Falls, Ont. Canada, www.r-a-macdonald.ca, October 11, 2013. $800 - $1,200
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249 J.F. Ryder Albumen Photograph of Lincoln’s Funeral Catafalque, Cleveland, Ohio Albumen photograph on original mount, which includes black mourning border, titled and dated: Catafalque Remains of President Lincoln lying in State, Cleveland, O., April 28th, 1865. With J.F. Ryder’s imprint on mount, lower left. 8 x 11 in., matted and housed in period frame, 17.25 x 20 in. An impressive example of the exterior view of Lincoln’s funeral train in Cleveland, OH, capturing the tent pavilion in which his coffin was displayed. $3,500 - $4,500
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POLITICS IN AMERICA | Lincolniana | The Assassination & Funeral 250 Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Order of the Procession Program Printed, black-bordered handbill titled Order of the Procession, listing the official arrangements for Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession in Washington, D.C., April 1865, starting with military regiments, followed by clergy, the hearse, representatives and senators, military leaders including Grant and Farragut, relatives, President Andrew Johnson and his cabinet, and more. 5.75 x 9.25 in. $500 - $700
251 Abraham Lincoln, Invitation to View the President’s Remains in Philadelphia, April 22, 1865 Scarce black-bordered invitation, 4.75 x 7.25 in., and pass, 2.5 x 4 in., issued by the City Councils of Philadelphia, to participate in the Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, April 22, 1865. Accompanied by original, blackbordered envelope, 2.5 x 4.5 in. $600 - $800
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252 Abraham Lincoln, Lock of Hair & Catafalque Fragment Lot includes small lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair, approx. 6 strands, 3.25 in. ln., and a piece of cloth that covered Lincoln’s catafalque, .5 x 2.5 in. Accompanied by a typed letter of certification signed by handwriting expert, Charles Hamilton, with copy of document of original authentication of the Lincoln relics provided by Mrs. W. Slade,
253 John Wilkes Booth & Edwin Booth Photographs Descended Directly in the Booth Family Lot of 2, including: a previously unknown early albumen print or lightly albumenized salted paper print of one of the most popular American stage actors of the latter half of the 19th Century and brother to John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth (1833-1893), produced from a negative made in Baltimore ca 1858 by Jesse H. Whitehurst, a leading American photographer of the 1840s-1850s. The print itself and the mount are signed in ink by Whitehurst. The print is trimmed to an oval and measures 5 x 7.25 in., and is on a plain card mount, which was cut down some time ago to a 7.125 x 8.375 in. oval, flat on both ends, to fit into an existing frame. Edwin Booth’s name was originally inscribed in ink on the mount, but most of the inscription has been lost as a result of the mount being trimmed. With penciled identification on mount’s verso as well. Also included is an enlarged silver gelatin copy print of John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865), Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, produced by J.K. Cole, a New York City photographer active during the 1890s, from an original CDV portrait taken by Silsbee, Case & Co. of Boston in 1862. The print measures 4.875 x 7.5 in., on 5.175 x 8.25 in. mount. It probably dates to ca 1893, when the death of Edwin Booth resulted in a brief resurgence of popular interest in his brother, John Wilkes. Both prints have a provenance linking them directly to the Booth family through the consignor’s late wife, whose family was connected to the Booth family by marriage. Descended Directly in the Booth Family $1,500 - $2,500
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wife of Lincoln’s confidential messenger and close friend of Mrs. Lincoln, to L.E. Leigh. Hamilton states that he personally removed the hair and cloth from the envelope containing the relics and Mrs. Slade’s authentication. Also included is a reproduction of Jeremiah Gurney, Jr.’s photograph of Lincoln in his casket, 6.75 x 7.5 in. Matted and framed together, 15.5 x 29 in. $600 - $800
POLITICS IN AMERICA | Politics After Lincoln 254 Robert Todd Lincoln Autographed Large Format Photograph Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926). Abraham Lincoln’s only son to live into adulthood; served as Secretary of War under Presidents Garfield and Arthur. 12.5 x 16 in. photograph, signed lower right by the photographer (A. Cole?), on a 17.75 x 22 in. mount signed by Lincoln in the lower margin To my old friend Charles S. Sweet, Nov. 8, 1914, Robert T Lincoln. Housed in period frame, 22.25 x 26.75 in. overall. Charles S. Sweet was secretary to George Pullman of the Pullman Palace Car Company when Robert Todd Lincoln served as the company’s general counsel, and became secretary to Robert Todd Lincoln when Lincoln took over the company following Pullman’s death in 1897. $600 - $800
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255 Andrew Johnson Impeachment Ticket Ticket to the 1868 impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, 2.875 x 4.875 in., on buff card stock. A rare Diplomatic Gallery pass, good for the entire two-and-a-half month trial rather than a specific day, as were the more common Gallery tickets. Professionally framed with descriptive plaque, 10.25 x 13 in. overall. $800 - $1,200
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256 38-Star Thomas Hendricks 1884 Campaign Flag Cotton, 18 x 22 in., printed flag. Image of Thomas Hendricks surrounded by 30-star wreath, flanked by four stars in each corner. Legend printed on white stripe below canton reads: Patented Sept. 4, 1883. Ca 1884. Thomas A. Hendricks was the running mate of presidential nominee Samuel Tilden in the 1876 election, one of the most controversial in American history. Tilden won the popular vote, however there was a dispute over the electoral college votes in Florida, South Carolina, and
257 James G. Blaine Political Campaign Portrait Flag, 1884 Red, white, blue, and black printed, silk flag banner, 15 x 23.5 in., featuring black and white oval portrait of Blaine in the center of the field of 38 stars, with legend: For President / James G. Blaine. (See Collins, Threads of History, 1979: fig. 515.) $1,000 - $2,000
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Louisiana. The contested electoral votes eventually were awarded to Rutherford B. Hayes, electing him the nineteenth president. Grover Cleveland chose Hendricks as his running mate in 1884, and the two defeated James Blaine and John Logan to win that election. Vice President Hendricks died in November 1885 after serving only nine months in office. Documented in The Stars and Stripes: Fabric of the American Spirit, J. Richard Pierce, LLC, 2005 (p. 52), and displayed in eight exhibitions. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $1,500 - $2,500
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258 44-Star Progressive Party Flag Glazed cotton muslin, 12 x 17.5 in., printed flag. Hand-stenciled overprint reads: Roosevelt / Progressive Convention / Lincoln, Nebr. / September 3, 1912. Ca 1912. Primary elections were held for the first time during the presidential campaign of 1912, and in the twelve states holding Republican primaries, Theodore Roosevelt, who served two terms as president from 1901-1908, won nine of the contests. However, when the Republican convention convened, supporters of President William Taft were successful in securing Taft’s re-nomination. A group of dissatisfied delegates walked out of the convention, formed the Progressive Party, and selected Roosevelt as its nominee. Widely known as the Bull Moose Party, the progressive platform supported tariff reductions, women’s suffrage, and many social reforms. The division and strife existing between the Progressive and Republican parties split the vote and enabled Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win the presidency. J. Richard Pierce Collection of American Parade Flags $4,000 - $6,000
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Mary Ann Moorman Photographs Capturing John F. Kennedy’s Assassination Lot 259 Mary Ann Moorman Polaroid Photographs Capturing John F. Kennedy’s Assassination
eleven- year-old son Ricky who was in school that day. “Truth be told” Moorman remembers, “We both wanted to see Jackie.”
Description: A pair of unique, Polaroid prints, silver diffusion transfer (Polaroid roll film Type37), each approximately 2.5 x 3.5 in., one numbered 3 on verso, the other number 5 .
Arriving downtown about 10:30 in the morning, they parked their car on Main street, and, after realizing the Polaroid needed more film, purchased an 8-pack at a nearby department store. They stopped at Mary Ann’s Thunderbird and took two photographs, one of each other standing or sitting by the car. Jean kept those “test” photographs, the first two in the pack.
These are numbers 3 and 5 of an 8 image pack taken on November 22, 1963. These compelling images capture one of the most newsworthy events in American history: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. One of the two is generally accepted as showing the near exact moment at which Lee Harvey Oswald’s first bullet struck the doomed President. Taken by bystander Mary Ann Moorman, these images were widely circulated at the time of the assassination, though curiously were never included in the Warren Commission Report. Never before publicly exhibited, these remarkable photographs are center pieces of J.F..K., November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History recently mounted by the International Center of Photography in New York City. Mary Ann Moorman: Eyewitness to History On November 22, 1963, Mary Ann Moorman, a thirty-one-year-old housewife and her friend Jean Hill drove to downtown Dallas, Texas hoping to catch a glimpse of the motorcade of President John F. Kennedy. The young, immensely popular 35th President was in town for a luncheon at the Dallas Trade Center. The excitement that day was palpable; huge crowds were expected to line the way of the motorcade from Love Field to the Trade Center. Mary Ann took her Polaroid camera, hoping she could capture something to show her
Walking towards Houston Street, they found the sidewalks were already crowded with spectators. They turned the corner at Elm and found a grassy area on Dealey Plaza opposite the Texas Book Repository sparsely populated. It was a misty morning and both wore raincoats, Moorman in blue, Hill in red. They took up a position that placed them in what they felt would be the direct line of the motorcade. As the morning cleared, they continued to wear their blue and red coats. They waited. A motorcycle policeman approached, and Moorman recognized him as Glenn McBride, an old childhood friend, and took a picture. They coated the Polaroid with the chemical pad to fix the image, and Mary Ann pocketed the print, her third picture of the day. Shortly afterwards another motorcycle approached, driven by George Lumpkin, whom Mary recognized as working the traffic detail at her church on Sunday. Stepping into the street, she took Lumpkin’s picture, and later gave it to him as his souvenir of the day when the President came to town. Stepping back onto the grass, Mary Ann and Jean now saw the Presidential motorcade turn the corner onto Elm. Now the President and Jackie were clearly visible. Jackie was wearing a bright pink dress — “Pink!” Mary Ann and Jean commented to each other.
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Enhanced image of Moorman photograph #3 depicting Patrolman Glenn McBride
Moorman lifted her camera to take the fifth of her eight photo pack. It would be the last picture she would take that day. With the presidential limousine merely feet away, she pushed the button to activate the shutter, and heard Jean yell “Mr. President, look this way, we want to take a picture.” Later that day, she gave official testimony to the Dallas County Sheriff’s office, describing what she had just recorded on film: “As I snapped the picture of President Kennedy, I heard a shot ring out. President Kennedy kind of slumped over. Then I heard another shot ring out and Mrs. Kennedy jumped up in the car and said ‘My God he has been shot.’ When I heard these shots ring out, I fell to the ground to keep from being hit myself. I heard three or four shots in all. After the pictures were developed, the picture of President Kennedy showed him slumped over. When the pictures were developed, they came out real light. These pictures have been turned over to Officers investigating this incident.” Mary Ann’s photograph is generally acknowledged to show the President at the near instant he was hit by the first of three bullets that Lee Harvey Oswald fired from the Texas Book Repository. In the chaotic moments after the assassination, Moorman can be seen in other surviving photographs of the scene, including a widely circulated image of her being questioned by a newspaperman, and she and Hill are clearly visible in frame number 298 of the famous film taken by Abraham Zapruder. Both wear their raincoats, Mary Ann with her Polaroid camera to her eye. Controversies have swirled around Moorman’s photographs just as they have around nearly every aspect of the assassination and its witnesses. After the assassination, Jean Hill (1931-2000), Moorman’s companion spoke repeatedly — and inconsistently — about the events that day, and whether intentionally or accidentally, provided fodder for conspiracy theorists. For her part, however, Mary Ann Moorman has remained largely silent until very recently, when she has granted several extensive interviews. Her recollections about that dreadful day remain unchanged from the deposition she gave in 1963. Regardless, for many conspiracy theorists, Moorman’s Polaroids are like a Rosetta Stone for unlocking the secrets of the assassination.
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Enhanced image of Moorman photograph #5 depicting the moment of impact of Oswald’s first shot
Mary Ann Moorman: Citizen Journalist Beyond their historical significance, these images mark the dawn of an era. In a day where hundreds of millions of photographs and videos are taken daily by cell phone users — many of which record newsworthy events — it is easy to forget that at the time Moorman took these photographs, photo-journalism was almost exclusively the domain of professionals. Newspapers in every major city had special departments employing professional photographers whose sole job was to ensure that they were in the right place at the right time to “get the picture.” Much of what passed as “news” photos were carefully staged photo-ops where the news photographer was part of a “scrum” of press, waiting patiently with a cumbersome Speed-graphic, or later, 35mm camera. The exception, of course, was the combat photographer. Robert Capa had produced unforgettable images during the Spanish Civil War; during World War II and the Korean War that followed, official Army photographers routinely sent back images that captured the immediacy of the moment. At the time of Kennedy’s assassination, the War in Vietnam was just beginning to ramp up. Soon, Americans would view the horrors of war nightly on their televisions. But in 1963, America was at the dawn of the mass-media era; television was still in its infancy, and the American consumer was being exposed to new advances in photography. While Edwin Land had invented instant film in the years following World War II, the Polaroid camera that Moorman used on that November day was still new to the market and because of its price, out of reach for many. Just a few months earlier, Kodak, long a leader in making photography available to the average consumer, introduced the Instamatic in February, 1963. Between 1963 and 1970, when the line was discontinued, more than 50 million Instamatics were sold. The rise of mass media in the 1960s developed a new sort of intimacy between the American public and public figures. Kennedy, probably the most photographed President of the 20th century, early on recognized the power of television and used it to his benefit during his 1960 campaign debate with Richard Nixon. He also recognized
Mary Ann Moorman Photographs Capturing John F. Kennedy’s Assassination the importance of the rope-line, where supporters could “snap” a picture of the candidate and later use it as a trophy of their moment in history. Moorman’s photographs, though not much to look at, must be viewed through this historical lens. She was not a professional, merely a bystander with a camera. And yet, as Brian Wallis, Curator of the International Center Photograph has so aptly pointed out, she was only one of a number of amateur photographers that day, all of whom beat the professional media to the punch. In the aftermath of the assassination, the images these casual picture-makers captured challenged the classical notion of photojournalism. While the professionals were waiting for their photo-op at the Dallas Trade Center the real news pictures — grainy and blurry, yet horrifying in their intimacy — were being made by some of the first, unsuspecting citizen-journalists.
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As imperfect as they may be, this pair of images — from one of the most memorable days in the last half century of American history — are icons of national importance, as much for the history they have left, as the history they recorded.
2. Cowan’s also wishes to acknowledge both the personal verbal history communicated by Mary Ann Moorman Krahmer, as well as her interview with Mr. Gary Stover, in 2011, the transcript of which can be found online (http://www.iantique.com/pages/Mary-MoormanInterview-Transcript).
J.F.K. November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History. International Center of Photography. October 4, 2013 - January 19, 2014. (Note: The photographs will be removed from the exhibit and returned to Cowan’s Auctions, Inc. on November 11, 2013). Notes: 1. Cowan’s is grateful for discussions with Brian Wallis, Curator of Photography at the International Center of Photography, and who is the organizer of the recent exhibit: J.F.K. November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History which explores the role of the amateur photographer in recording events in Dallas on the day of the assassination. Moorman’s photographs were publicly exhibited here for the first time.
3. A condition report by Slyvie Pénichon, Conservator of Photographs at the Amon Cater Museum accompanies each photograph. View full condition reports online at cowans.com. $50,000 - $75,000
Jean Hill (L) and Mary Ann Moorman (R) from frame 298 of the Zapruder Film Zapruder Film © 1967 (Renewed 1995) The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
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260 John F. Kennedy Assassination, Original Tape from On Board Air Force One Immediately Following Assassination The original White House version of the Kennedy Assassination Air Force One tape, a 1/4 in. open reel audiotape, 2 hours 22 minutes in length, housed in the original White House Communications Agency box, labeled Radio Traffic involving AF-1 in flight from Dallas, Texas to Andrews AFB on November 22, 1963. The tape was recently discovered among the papers and memorabilia of Army Gen. Chester “Ted” Clifton, Jr. (1913-1991), who served as military aide and de facto chief of staff to President John F. Kennedy. Clifton was in the Dallas motorcade and was aboard Air Force One on that fateful day and is involved in the recorded discussions. He was in charge of dealing with military and national security affairs in the aftermath of the assassination. This is the only original of the historic tape in private hands; the other original was donated by the consignor to the National Archives in January 2012, and resides in the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection. The significance of the tape lies not only in its direct connection to one of the most memorable events in American history, but in its relation to the seemingly endless speculation, secrecy, and conspiracy surrounding the Kennedy assassination. In the 1970s, the National Archives released an edited tape of the conversations on board Air Force One following the assassination, but the original offered here is more than 30 minutes longer and contains new names and incidents. The tape recorded conversations between individuals on the plane and at the White House Situation Room and other locations in the immediate wake of the assassination. This record also serves to place the involved parties at a specific time and place, settling many disputes as to the whereabouts of certain figures and timeline of events in the afternoon and evening of November 22, 1963.
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Subjects discussed in this version but not in the edited version include: the anxious effort to reach General Curtis LeMay, Kennedy’s adversary and a staunch proponent of preemptive nuclear war, whose location at the time of the assassination was a source of speculation; discussion by Secret Service head Gerald Behn and others regarding the disposition of Kennedy’s body, where it should be taken, the means of transportation, and related issues, including expanded discussion with Surgeon General Heaton and Admiral Burkley; the destination and transportation arrangements for Mrs. Kennedy and other members of the president’s party; conversation about men not referenced in the edited version and still unidentified, including code names “Monument” and “W.T.E”; the identity of code name “Stranger” as Major Harold R. Paterson; discussion about the whereabouts of the Texas congressman present at the assassination, namely Thomas, Thornberry, and Brooks; communications with State Department officials, including concerns about the information they were being given; communication with tail number 86972, which was carrying members of the President’s Cabinet to Tokyo at the time of the assassination; and specifics of the radio bands which they were speaking on and the logistics of the communication and flight. These are only some of the points of difference found using standard acoustic equipment. The application of new technologies and forensic methods could certainly reveal more. Nonetheless, the tape provides a more complete view of the chaotic circumstances and response of the U.S. Government following the assassination of President Kennedy. $40,000 - $60,000
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261 John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. Johnson Administrations, Collection of Tapes Recorded by the White House Lot of 20 reels from the estate of Army Gen. Chester “Ted” Clifton, Jr. (1913-1991), who served as military aide and de facto chief of staff to President John F. Kennedy (who never appointed an official chief of staff ). Clifton was in the Dallas motorcade during the assassination and was in charge of dealing with military and national security affairs in the aftermath. He retained his position in the Johnson administration until his retirement on August 3, 1965. Seven 1/4 in., 7.5 ips open reel audiotapes in the original White House Communications Agency boxes, titled and dated: President Kennedy’s Remarks of Appreciation to Bob Hope, 3/3/1962, (100min.); Gen. MacArthur’s Acceptance of the Sylvanus Thayer Award, USMA, Dubbed from Master tape recorded by Signal Corps, 5/12/1962; President Kennedy’s Address at West Point Graduation Ceremonies, 6/6/1962 (16min 20sec); “How Reporters Cover Washington” (Unedited Copy), 1/11/1963; 2 of 2 reels of Remarks of the President at Presentation Ceremonies of the DSM (Distinguished Service Medal) to General Clifton, Rose Garden of the White House, 8/3/1965; and a reel with two jazz tracks, “Blue Mist” by Sam Taylor and “Cool Velvet” by Russell Garcia. Three reels in commemorative boxes, including: Inauguration Ceremonies, January 20, 1961; Casals at the White House, Nov. 13, 1961, reel 1 of 2; and The United States Navy Band, Inaugural Concert In Honor of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States, January 15, 1965. Five reels in commercial Scotch magnetic tape boxes, including: a speech by Gen. Clifton titled The Army in Peacetime, given at Bell Hall Auditorium, 10/4/1960; 2 of 2 tapes titled General Clifton’s Speech, 25 Jan 63; and speeches by Gen. Clifton to the annual convention of the Texas Association of Sigma Delta Chi, 4/4/1960 and 4/22/1961. Three film reels, including: Gen. Bradley at Bradley W.Va. and The Bulova Statement; a War Department official film titled On the Ground: Designed for Victory; and a 1970 U.S.O. and Ad Council promotional film including television commercials for national distribution. Plus two unidentified reels, including a short reel titled Please Mr. Kennedy and one titled Tricia Nixon for J.F.K. Center in 1969. $6,000 - $8,000
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262 John F. Kennedy Assassination, Program from Canceled Texas Welcome Dinner, November 22, 1963 Program for the Texas Welcome dinner planned for November 22, 1963, at the Civic Auditorium in Austin, TX. The event was, of course, canceled due to Kennedy’s assassination earlier that day. 8.5 x 11 in., 16pp, containing a welcome from Governor John B. Connally, the
night’s schedule, portraits and brief introductions of President Kennedy, Vice President Johnson, their wives, Governor Connally, and Senator Ralph Yarborough, a listing of the Texas congressional delegation, the Bill of Rights, and advertisements for six Texas companies. $600 - $800
263 John F. Kennedy White House Menus, Including the Inauguration Luncheon, Group of Ten Lot of 10 menus relating to events of John F. Kennedy’s presidency, including the Inauguration Luncheon and State Dinners. The Inauguration Luncheon menu is 5.5 x 8.5 in., 3pp, with a binding tassel, while the others are all 4.125 x 6.5 in., on a single page of cardstock with the gilt embossed Seal of the United States. Included are: State Dinner for President Habib Bourgiba of Tunisia. May 3, 1961 (Kennedy’s first); State Dinner for President Manuel Prado of Peru, Sept. 19, 1961; State Dinner for President Ibrahim Abboud of Sudan, Oct. 14, 1961; private dinner for Gianni Agnelli and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Nov. 11, 1961; dinner with cellist and composer Pablo Casals, Nov. 13, 1961; State Dinner for French Culture Minister Andre Malraux, May 11, 1962; State Dinner for President Felix Houphouet-Biogny of Cote d’Ivoire, May 22, 1962; State Dinner for President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan of India, June 3, 1963 (Kennedy’s last); and a luncheon for Prime Minister Robert Menzies of Australia. Ex. Collection of Sanford L. Fox, Chief of the Social Entertainment Office of the White House $600 - $1,000
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264 Marilyn Monroe at John F. Kennedy’s Birthday Party, Madison Square Garden, Original Press Photograph Press photograph, 8 x 10 in., capturing Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy, May 19, 1962 (10 days before his actual birthday), at Madison Square Garden in New York. Verso with inked description and United Press International, Inc. (UPI) credit stamp. $800 - $1,200
GENERAL AMERICANA | Fraternal Organizations 265 14 Karat Gold Masonic, Presentation Watch Fob Freemason’s 32nd degree 14K gold presentation watch fob, engraved to H.F. Isaacs / Tex. Cons’t No. 1. Three part hinged construction with engraved gold and red enamel cross at center, Scottish rite doubleheaded eagle with 32 and Spes Mea In Deo Est on one hinge, and INRI and further symbolism on the other. Pendant is 1.25 x 0.875 in., 7.1 dwt; chain is 10 in. ln., not gold. $1,500 - $2,500
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GENERAL AMERICANA | Fraternal Organizations 266 Masonic Collection of Dr. James Booth, Including Presentation Badge, Apron, & Sash, Housed in Original Horstmann & Bros. Box Lot of 6 items related to noted American chemist James Curtis Booth, including 3 personal Masonic items. Masonic items include: silver three-piece badge, obverse engraved with Masonic symbols, reverse engraved James C. Booth / Franklin Lodge No. 134 A.Y.M; blue silk apron, 14 x 16 in., with tassels, bullion trim and devices, decorated with hand painted portrait of Benjamin Franklin in gold sunburst and No. 134; and blue silk neck sash, 22 in. ln. Regalia housed in the original box with label of Horstmann Bros. & Co. Military Depot / 5th & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia. A lithographic depiction of Booth is also included, 13 x 16.75 in., by P.S. Duval & Co., Philadelphia, after a daguerreotype by M.A. Root, with facsimile signature; and a 5 x 8.25 in. lithograph of New Masonic Hall, Philadelphia (built 1853-1855). $800 - $1,000
267 Masonic Hall, Mammoth Gift Panorama, Philadelphia, Broadside, Plus Additional Masonic Items Broadside, 7.875 x 22.25 in., printed differently on both sides, regarding the Distribution of the Gifts in connection with the Mammoth Gift Panorama at the Masonic Hall on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. It explains that as soon as 8,000 double-admission tickets are sold, at $0.50 each, to view the Panorama of the Creation, Paradise Lost, and The Flood beginning April 18, 1853, a committee will randomly assign gift vouchers to the ticket bearers. Gifts include the panoramic painting itself, musical instruments, gold watches and lockets, daguerreotype vouchers, clothing, prints, and more. Accompanied by two prints of the New Masonic Hall, 5.125 x 8.5 in., and a light blue Masonic sash. $300 - $500
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268 Sells Brothers’ Enormous United Shows, Grand Spectacular Pageant Poster by Strobridge Litho Co. Full sheet poster, 29.5 x 37.5 in. (sight), advertising the Sells Brothers’ Enormous United Shows. Decorated with a detailed depiction of an opulent parade arranged in a winding pattern, described as An Imposing Scene in the Grand Spectacular Pageant as Produced at
E’very Performance, featuring an extravagant Roman display in the foreground, followed by beautiful, dancing ladies, and horse-drawn carts showing scenes from fairy tales, including Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. Printed by the Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati and New York, 1893. Matted and framed, 39.5 x 48 in. $2,500 - $3,500
269 Forepaugh & Sells Brothers, The Aurora Zouaves Poster by Strobridge Litho Co. Half sheet poster, 18.25 x 28 in. (sight), advertising the Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Enormous Shows United, and the Aurora Zouaves drill team, described as Capt. Tarble’s Interstate Champions/ Prize Winners at Home - Laurel Champions Abroad. Printed by the Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati and New York, 1904. Matted and framed, 28 x 37.5 in. Formed in 1887, the Aurora, IL Zouaves drill team toured not only with the Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Circus, but also Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. In addition, the Zouaves toured throughout Europe during the early 1900s. $1,500 - $2,500
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GENERAL AMERICANA | Circus, Fairs & Expositions 270 Strobridge Litho Co. Order Forms for Circus Posters Lot of 4 partially printed order forms/shipping lists for circus posters produced by the Strobridge Lithographing Co., Cincinnati, OH, and New York, NY, including: invoice, dated 1905, and shipping form, dated 1910, issued to Ringling Bros.’ World Greatest Show; and 2 shipping forms, dated 1916 and 1917, issued to Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. With typed and penciled notes included. Invoice, 7.25 x 9 in., framed, 10.5 x 12 in.; 3 shipping forms, each approx. 5 x 19 in., with one framed, 7.75 x 18.5 in. $200 - $400
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271 Strobridge Calendar Cards, Fine Collection Lot of 99 Strobridge Litho. Co. calendar cards, published in Cincinnati, OH, including cards from the following years with number of months for each year listed after: 1900 (8); 1901 (7); 1902 (7); 1903 (7); 1904 (9); 1905 (12); 1906 (10); 1907 (10); 1908 (9); 1909 (8); 1910 (7); 1911 (3); 1912 (2). Each 3.5 x 6 in. Many wonderful patriotic scenes and fabulous Arts and Crafts designs. $1,000 - $2,000 136
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272 Tom Thumb & Wife, Lavinia Warren, Sixth Plate Ruby Ambrotype A period sixth plate ruby ambrotype copy of a carte-de-visite of General Tom Thumb and wife Lavinia Warren. Housed in a scroll Union case (Krainik-322), with a trimmed carte-de-visite of a young girl under the plate. Carte by Geo. G. Crane of Taunton, Mass., affixed on verso with a two cent revenue stamp initialed and dated 1866. The wedding of General Tom Thumb (real name Charles Stratton, 18381883) and Lavinia Warren (1841-1919) took place February 10, 1863. Arranged by their employer P.T. Barnum, the event was front page news across the United States — despite the raging Civil War — and also in Europe. 10,000 attended the reception, and President Lincoln even received the couple at the White House. $500 - $700
GENERAL AMERICANA | Circus, Fairs & Expositions Paul Boyton (1848-1924) was an adventurer who combined athletic skill and showmanship to achieve considerable fame in the late 19th Century. The “Fearless Frogman,” as he was called, was born in Ireland in the midst of the Great Famine and emigrated to the United States at a young age. Eager for adventure, he joined the Union Navy at age 15, and after the Civil War served stints in the Mexican Navy under Benito Juarez and French franc-tireurs during the Franco-Prussian War. Upon returning to the United States, he joined the fledgling United States Life-Saving Service, the predecessor to the Coast Guard, and was appointed captain of the life-saving squad at Atlantic City. In Atlantic City, Boyton was introduced to a new life-saving aid which was essentially an inflatable rubber suit. To publicize its usefulness, he enlisted newspaper reporters to witness his long distance journeys in the suits, aided by only a paddle and towing a small float with food and supplies. The Frogman was a shrewd self-promoter, and made sure each feat was more impressive than the last: from crossing the English Channel in 24 hours to traveling the Allegheny/Ohio/Mississippi Rivers from Oil City, PA, to the Gulf of Mexico in 80 days, to tracing the entire length of the Missouri River from Montana to St. Louis and on to New Orleans, over 3,500 miles. He claimed to have floated every significant river in North America and Europe, and was met with welcoming crowds at every town he passed on both continents. When his physical ability began to decline with age, Boyton easily transitioned into a career as a full-time promoter and show manager. He began by founding a traveling aquatic circus, and in the mid-1890s established groundbreaking permanent amusement parks in Chicago and New York. Paul Boyton’s Water Chutes, opened in 1894 in Chicago, was an early water park that pioneered a general admission fee to a fenced area as opposed to the pay-per-ride model which prevailed until then. And furthering Boyton’s legacy was Sea Lion Park, which opened in Coney Island the next year, and is regarded as the predecessor to marine mammal performance parks like SeaWorld. He is also enshrined in the International Swimming Hall of Fame as a Pioneering Contributor to the sport.
273 Captain Paul Boyton’s Marvelous Aquatic Exhibition, P.T. Barnum & the Great London Circus, Rare Poster by Strobridge Litho. Co. Full sheet, hand-colored poster, 30 x 40 in. P.T. Barnum & Co.’s Greatest Show On Earth & the Great London Circus Combined With Captain Paul Boyton’s Marvelous Aquatic Exhibition, by Strobridge Litho. Co. One of only two surviving examples, the other, part of the Tibbals Digital Collection at the Ringling Museum. $2,000 - $3,000
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GENERAL AMERICANA | Circus, Fairs & Expositions 274 Captain Paul Boyton’s Miniature Lake, Barnum & London Show Broadside, 1887 Two-sided broadside, 10 x 28.5 in., for a Barnum & London’s show featuring Paul Boyton, July 12, 1887, at Haverhill, MA. One side with advertisement for Boyton’s performance in an Artificial Lake Under the Stupendous Tents of P.T. Barnum & Co.’s 10 United Monster Shows, featuring an impressive illustration and lengthy description of his 3,580 mile trip down the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers, The Longest Solitary Voyage On Record. Other side with advertisements for Barnum’s show, including central description of Boyton’s performance in the Miniature Lake, in addition to the usual attractions such as The Strange Hairy Family of Burmah, and Jumbo’s Tremendous Skeleton. Printed by Courier Co. of Buffalo New York. $500 - $1,000
275 Captain Paul Boyton, Boynton Beach, Woodbridge, New Jersey Program, 1880 4to, 4pp programme for an exhibition by Boyton at Boynton Beach, Woodbridge, NJ, July 2, 1880. Includes a list of dozens of his exploits and a schedule for the exhibition, including inflation of the suit, propulsion with or without paddle, signal flagging, fishing, cooking, smoking, and the destruction of an “enemy vessel.” $300 - $500
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276 Captains Paul Boyton & Matthew Webb, Collection of Photographs, Imprints, & Books Lot of 18, including ten photographs (one signed), two books, and six other imprints. Photographs: London Stereoscopic Co. CDV of Captain Boyton in his suit, signed on verso With regards to Miss A.M. Bastick, 3 July, 1875 / Paul Boyton; three more CDV poses of Boyton by London Stereoscopic Co.; two copy CDVs of Boyton, by Bernoud of Lyon and Da Silva of Santarem (Portugal); cabinet cards of Boyton in his suit, by an anonymous photographer, and wearing medals, by Martin of Chicago; and a lithographed stereoview of Capt. Paul Boyton’s Shoot the Chutes attraction at the St. Louis World’s Fair; CDVsized silver gelatin print of Captain Webb, on an embossed 12mo sheet. Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883), born in Dawley, United Kingdom, was the first recorded person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. On August 24, 1875, Webb swam from Dover to Calais, a distance of over 39 miles, in less than 22 hours. Following his record swim, Webb became a professional swimmer,
but he lost his life in July of 1883, by attempting to swim through the whirlpool rapids on the Niagara River, below Niagara Falls. The lot also includes the following books: A Night With Paul Boyton, and Other Stories. Akron, OH: The Werner Co., 1899. 12mo, illustrated green buckram boards, 84pp.; and The Channel Feats of Capt. Webb & Capt. Boyton; with Memoirs by “Dolphin”. London: Dean & Son, (1875). 12mo, blue imprinted boards, 64pp. Imprints:1888 Allen & Ginter cigarette card of Boyton, from The World’s Champions, Second Series, from a 10 cigarette pack; the same image on a larger Allen & Ginter card, from a 20 cigarette pack; 1887 W.S. Kimball & Co. cigarette card of Boyton, from the Champions of Games and Sports series; chromolithographed die-cut of Boyton, 1.5 x 3 in.; 4pp chromolithograph programme from a Boyton appearance at Cincinnati, no date, advertising St. Jacob’s Oil, 3.125 x 5.25 in.; and Souvenir and Programme of Captain Boyton’s World’s Water Show with Short Sketch of his Life and Daring Adventures, published by Riddle and Couchman, 1893, 4.75 x 7.5 in., 32pp. $2,500 - $3,500
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277 Paul Boyton, Showman & Adventurer, Signed Card Signed card, 2.375 x 3.875 in., June 29, 1881, with lithographed scene of Captain Paul Boyton paddling into New York Harbor on one side, inked on the other With current compliments / Paul Boyton / 29-6-81. $300 - $500
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GENERAL AMERICANA | Circus, Fairs & Expositions 278 Coney Island Roller Coaster, Shaw Channel Shute, Illustrated Broadside Illustrated broadside for the Shaw Channel Shute at Coney Island, New York, featuring an illustration of the 1890s roller coaster and the Coney Island Elephant Hotel that encircled it, both of which burned in 1896. Full text reads: The Most Delightful Aerial Voyage On Record Is A Trip On The Shaw Channel Shute Three Times Around the Big Elephant, At West Brighton, Coney Island. / 3,000 Feet Through The Air, ‘Twixt Sea and Air and Absolutely Safe. No Stairs to Climb. New Hydraulic Elevators. New Patent Safety Cars. An Experienced Brakeman on every car. Bring The Children And Make a Trial Trip - You Will Want to Go Again. A Fifty Mile View Out To Sea! Special Accommodations for Family Parties. L.D. Shaw, General Manager. Professionally framed under conservation acrylic, 5.25 x 8.5 in. sight, 10.875 x 14.375 in. overall. $200 - $400
279 Luna Park, Coney Island, Two Photographs Featuring the Balloon Ride Lot of 2 photographs of Luna Park, the amusement park at Coney Island, in operation from 1903-1944. One shows the Captive Balloon Ride up close, while the other shows its placement in a section of the park. In matching, modern frames, 5.5 x 9 in. and 7 x 9 in. (sights), 13.5 x 16 in. overall. $400 - $600
280 Rare F.A. Rinehart Photograph of Entrance to Hagenback’s Circus Silver gelatin photograph, 7.5 x 9.5 in., on a mount trimmed to the same size. Titled in the negative Entrance to Hagenback’s [sic], with Copyright 1898 F.A. Rinehart, Omaha at lower left in negative, numbered No. 613 at lower right. At center is a woman with a boa constrictor around her neck and a little girl in a cage with three tiger or lion cubs, surrounded by a variety of performers and musicians. Framed, 15.25 x 16.75 in. Hagenbeck’s Circus apparently took its name from the famous exotic animal dealer and trainer Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913), a German who supplied scores of American zoos and traveling shows. Mr. Hagenbeck founded an eponymous circus in the United States in 1903, which became the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus after he partnered with Benjamin Wallace in 1907. That company was based in Peru, IN, and was for a time the second-largest circus in the country, behind Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey. As the photograph offered here is dated 1898, it may be that someone else was appropriating a familiar name without license (hence the misspelling in the photograph) or that Wallace, whose circus was active in the Midwest since the early 1880s, had already formed some sort of partnership with the man who most likely supplied his animals. $500 - $700 140
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GENERAL AMERICANA | Circus, Fairs & Expositions 281 Performing Dog Show, Remarkable Group of Photographs of Dog Diving & Other Acts Lot of 9 early 20th Century performing dog show photographs, the highlight being 6 photographs, approx. 4 x 5.5 in., mounted, 5 x 7 in., capturing a variety of dog acts, including dogs climbing a ladder, balancing on a seesaw, posing on their hind legs, and pushing or pulling each other in carriages and carts. With 5 of the 6 photographs taken in a studio setting and credited to Gardner/ Artist and Photographer/ Boston. The lot also includes 3 large format photographs, which document the evolution of H.H. Linn’s Dog Show and its transportation systems. In his quest for a more sophisticated machine that could be used to travel rural roads with his dog and pony show, Holman Harry Linn, a native of Maine, developed a heavy duty civilian half-track or crawler tractor in 1916, known as the “Linn tractor.” Although the photographs offered here do not include the Linn tractor, they show a variety of vehicles Linn used in transporting his show. The earliest photograph, 4.75 x 6.75 in., on 8 x 10 in. mount, features a rough and tumble group of men, young and old, presumably employees and/or members of the Linn Family, posed with an unusual wagon-like vehicle and trailer loaded with trunks and crates, two of which are clearly marked THE LINNS. A later photograph, signed and dated lower right W.A. Judge, 1909, captures a half-track machine with an underslung gasoline engine and wheels on front, equipped with a ship-style cabin with living quarters, and pulling a string of wagons loaded with show supplies. One side of the cabin promotes The Linn Dog Show/ H.H. Linn Owner. This might be the same machine that Linn had Alvin Lombard of Waterville, ME, build for him in 1907. The final image features a large trailer identified on the side as the Linn Limited, with additional markings promoting the Linn Trailer Corp., Oneonta, NY, which operated between 1929-1941. A small, white dog can be seen looking through one of the trailer’s back windows. Both photos measure approx. 7.5 x 9.5 in., and are mounted on larger stock. $600 - $800
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282 Map Nova Totius Terrarum, 1630 Hondius, Henricus. Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula. Amsterdam: Hondius, 1630. French text on verso. Hand-colored. 15 x 21.25 in. (380 x 540 mm) print area. This wonderfully decorative map features portrait cartouches of Julius Caesar, Claudius Ptolomeus, Gerardus Mercator, and Judocus (Jodocus) Hondius, in strapwork frames in the four corners. Above and below each hemisphere are vignettes representing the four elements: Ignis (fire), Aer (air), Aqua (water), Terra (earth). Between the hemispheres at top is a celestial globe; below are personages from India, America and Africa making offerings to Europa. Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius put out their atlas just before the turn of the 17th century, and it remained little changed for decades (at least in the world maps). As information poured into Europe (the “Age of Discovery” was well underway), competition to publish the latest and most accurate maps heated up. Under pressure from Blaeu and others, Henricus Hondius, son of Jodocus, and his partner, Jan Jansson, rushed to revise his father’s atlas ahead of the competition. They followed Speed’s example and depicted California as an island off the western coast of North America, and included New Guinea and eight named rivers on the rather vaguely depicted west coast of Australia, the first map known to do so. $6,000 - $8,000
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MAPS 283 Bellin’s Map of Canada and the Great Lakes Region, 1755 Bellin, Jacques Nicolas. Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada. Title cartouche handcolored, lakes outlined. Plate 17.5 x 21.5 in. (44.4 x 55.2 cm). On 2 sheets (as issued). This version published by the Homann Heirs. Wonderful map of the Great Lakes region, issued just before the French and Indian War, illustrating forts, missions, settlements, Indian tribal territories and villages, and the area claimed by France. One of the first maps to locate Chicago (R. et Port de Checagou). $1,000 - $2,000
284 A New and Embellished Map of the United States, 1845 Munson, Samuel Bishop. A New and Embellished Map of the United States Compiled from the Latest and Most Authentic Documents. Cincinnati: Doolittle, Munson & Sherer, 1845. Approx. 38 x 50 in. Linen edges; both rollers present, but detached from bottom; varnished. The United States west to Indian Territory; insets of Oregon and Florida.
Wonderful vignette above title of the “Landing... at Jamestown, 1607.” Around the border are portraits of Presidents Washington through Polk, and American views (mostly harbors) interspersed with state seals. One of the earliest maps to designate Texas as a state, although its entire area is not included on the map. $800 - $1,000
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285 Disturnell, Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Mejico, 1846 Disturnell, John. Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Mejico. Segun lo organizado y definido por las varias actas del Congreso de dicha Republica y construido por las mejores autoridades. [Map of the United States of Mexico, Organized and Defined According to Various Acts of Congress of the Republic and Based on the Best Authorities.] Nueva York (New York): 1846. 30.5 x 42 in., on two sheets, joined, hand-colored, some in outline (U.S.A.), some regions filled in (United States of Mexico). Inset “Carta de los Caminos etc. desde Vera Cruz y Alvarado a Mejico.” Also tables of distances and statistics, all lower left. No longer in its cloth case, as most of these were issued, but one panel with more toning than others and missing much of the margin outside of the neat line where it was likely originally pasted in the pocket folder. While not a government map, this one is generally referred to as the “Treaty Map” because Nicolas P. Trist took a copy of this map with him when he was sent as peace commissioner to Mexico in 1847. It was errors in this map - placement of El Paso and the Rio Grande especially - that caused controversy about the boundaries negotiated
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with Mexico after the war. The Disturnell map was engraved from the plate of White, Gallaher & White’s 1828 map, which was based on Tanner’s map. Although some say it was plagiarized from Tanner, his map was in English and the other in Spanish. It is possible that there was an agreement with Tanner for the White firm to publish a Spanish language map, since there had been some demand for it in Latin America. Disturnell then purchased the White firm’s plate, which is visible in all early copies of the map. (The publisher of the White map, Balch & Stiles, is barely visible just outside the lower right neat line.) The controversy became especially tense since the boundary impacted the route of the railroad to California after the discovery of gold there. This particular copy was found at “Woodside,” Louisa County, VA. Two women, Julia Baker Mansfield and cousin Kate Holladay have their names written in pencil on the back of the map, although the significance of this is not clear. Another Holladay nephew, Robert Hart, did venture to California when gold was discovered, although we cannot definitely tie this map to him. $6,000 - $8,000
MAPS 286 Jacob Monk Map of the United States, 1854 Monk, Jacob. New Map of that Portion of North America Exhibiting the United States and Territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America and the West India Islands. Compiled from the most recent surveys, and authentic sources. Baltimore (MD): Jacob Monk, 1854. Printed by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore. Ca 60 x 63 in. Inset lower left “New Map of the World on Mercator’s Projection.” Tables of distances and of counties and county towns in the U.S. Heavy outlines of states and territories, with lighter fill color. Linen backed and varnished. Elevation shown by hachures. Wonderful sailing vessels in oceans; forests illustrated by trees (most in Indian Territory by the time of this map). Surrounded by decorative border. An early 1854 edition, as the Territory of Nebraska is still labeled as “Proposed,” which was dropped in later versions as the territory was incorporated at the end of May that year. This map was drawn as the country was actively expanding westward. The gold regions of California are highlighted, although the accuracy of their placement has been questioned. Many Indian nations are named, trails marked, and even shipping lanes indicated. One of the more interesting and attractive wall maps of the mid-19th century. $1,000 - $2,000
287 Map of the Bounty Lands in Illinois Territory Gardiner, John, Chief Clerk, General Land Office. Map of the Bounty Lands in Illinois Territory. [Washington], ca 1812-1814, 14.75 x 18.5 in., first issue without the added survey grid lower left. This copy unusual in that it lacks Gardiner’s manuscript notes about one of the sections, as these are often found. Streeter [1430] notes “This is the first map that Phillips lists under Illinois, and it is perhaps the first map showing a considerable part of Illinois with “Illinois” in the title.” Copy belonging to Lt. Royal D. Simons, ME. The Congress passed an act in May 1812 which set aside lands in what is now Arkansas, Michigan and Illinois as payment for service in the War of 1812 (and had done so after the Revolution, but those lands were in the Northwest Territory). Not only was it a way to pay veterans without needing a cash outlay, but it also continued the westward expansion of the nation and helped to “civilize” these lands. Illinois became a state in 1818 in part because of this rapid influx of settlers. John Gardiner was the chief clerk of the GLO during the War of 1812 (and he is credited with saving the records by taking them out of Washington when the British attacked). He composed a number of maps of the available lands, and in December 1818 he proposed that Congress give all War of 1812 veterans a copy of the maps with available bounty lands. Congress apparently passed on this suggestion. This may be part of the reason he started describing all the lots himself on each copy of the maps that were sent to veterans. These copies without the Township maps on the left were probably the first run. After writing out some number of descriptions of sections, it was probably easier to include these township maps to reduce some of the labor. Little is known of Lieut. Royal Simons. He was likely a Massachusetts or Maine (then part of Massachusetts) native. There is an appointment for him on 30 April 1813 as 3rd Lieutenant. NARA has a discharge for Samuel Tolman in “Lt. Royal D. Simons’ Detachment” of the 34th Infantry. There is also mention of him being a Colonel in the Wisconsin history, but that could be in a state militia after the war. He apparently took advantage of his bounty lands, since one of his daughters, Mary, married J.L. McKee, a pioneer in Richland City, WI. [A note with the map indicates that this map was found in a Wisconsin barn.] At one point McKee was in general merchandising with J.W. Lybrand, who married Levina Simons, another of the Colonel’s daughters. (History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin, Springfield (IL), Union Publishing, 1884.) Estate of Kenneth Erwin $1,000 - $2,000
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MAPS 288 John Gardiner, Map of the Northern part of Missouri Territory Gardiner, John. General Land Office. Map of the Northern Part of Missouri Territory. 16 x 18.5 in. to scales. Uncolored. Very rare map of the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, with just an indication of the Ohio River joining the “Big Muddy” in the lower right corner. After the American Revolution, the new United States government had no money with which to pay men for their military service, so it offered land in the Northwest Territory (which also encouraged settlement there - thus serving to accomplish two purposes at once). This continued a tradition established in the 17th century with Britain, who offered lands in the colonies to soldiers who served in frontier forts. The U.S. offered bounty lands to veterans after the “second revolution” the War of 1812, Indian Wars, and the Mexican War. Some states even awarded unclaimed lands for militia service. Two areas of bounty lands are noted on this map - one between the Illinois River and the Mississippi labeled “Military Bounty Land in Illinois Territory” and an area west of the Mississippi, part north of the Missouri River and part south of the river, simply labeled “Military Bounty Lands.” The townships are gridded out from the Salt River to nearly Cape Girardeau, and west to just beyond Boons Lick Settlement. A map of a typical (or maybe ideal) township with sections noted is near the right border (in what will be Illinois). Gardiner sent a message to Congress on Monday, December 7, 1818, requesting that they print this map so one can be provided to each veteran who receives a land grant. Congress declined to do so, thus the map is extremely rare. While it is unknown how many were ultimately printed, it appears that it was printed at Gardiner’s expense, and it is not entirely clear who printed it since nothing is noted on any copies that have surfaced. WorldCat/OCLC only locates four institutional holdings - University of Kentucky Libraries, Newberry Library, University of Missouri Miller Nichols Library, and Yale University Sterling Memorial Library. (Streeter III, 1841.) Robert and Mary Younger, Morningside House Publishers, Civil War & Historic Book Collection $800 - $1,200
289 Mitchell’s New General Atlas, 1865 Mitchell, S. Augustus. Mitchell’s New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc., Embraced in Fifty-Three Quarto Maps, Forming a Series of Eighty-Four Maps and Plans, Together with Valuable Statistical Tables. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1865. Folio, three-quarter leather with title on front, 51pp maps, of which 4 are double-page maps, 31pp index. Hand-colored, mostly in outline. Colors still bright. Each map with Mitchell’s typical ornamental border. $1,000 - $2,000 146
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BOOKS 290 Jefferson’s Correspondence, 4 Volumes Jefferson, Thomas. Ed. by Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Charlottesville: F. Carr and Co., 1829. 8vo, full tree calf with red leather spine label for title, black leather label for volume no., gilt lettering on spine; vol. 1, frontis opposite half title, x, 466pp, 4 folding pages of facsimile of Jefferson’s copy of “Declaration;” vol. 2, iv, 500pp; vol. 3, iv, 519pp; vol. 4, iv, 532pp. This was the first publication of the ever-popular Jefferson’s papers after his death in 1826. It was edited by Jefferson’s oldest grandson along with his mother (Jefferson’s daughter), in an attempt by the family to establish control of Jefferson’s legacy, and, in the process, offset some of Jefferson’s debts. They were not very successful at the latter. The family was able to “pick and choose” which documents and letters to include, and assiduously avoided controversial ones (slavery, etc.) in their efforts to control how history would judge this founding father. (Some information from monticello.org.) $1,000 - $1,500
291 Scarce Crockett Almanac, 1842 Crockett Almanac/ Improved 1842. Boston, MA: S.N. Dickinson, 1842. 12mo, illustrated paper wrappers, 36 unnumbered pp, including wraps, held together with string. Complete with all illustrations. Featuring accounts and depictions of Indian Barbarity, including a Massacre of a White Girl by the Indians and a dramatic Indian Spree, as well as other adventures, such as the Perilous Situation of a Western Hunter, and Treatment of a Horse Thief. $1,000 - $2,000
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BOOKS 292 The Gardener’s Calendar, for Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina, 1843 Squibb, Robert. The Gardener’s Calendar, for Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina; Containing an Account of Work Necessary to Be Done in the Kitchen and Fruit Gardens Every Month in the Year, with Instructions for Performing the Same; also, Particular Directions Relative to Soil and Situation, Adapted to the Different Kinds of Plants and Trees Most Proper for Cultivation in These States. Second edition by a Lady of Alabama, with Alterations and Improvements, 1842. Mobile (AL): S.W. Allen, 1843. Fourth edition, but first to contain material on Alabama (other editions published in Charleston, SC, in 1787, 1809, and 1827). 12mo, printed boards, 108pp, including A Catalogue of Fresh Garden Seeds For sale by I.C. DuBose, Mobile, AL (3pp), and the publisher, Samuel W. Allen’s list of books for sale (5pp). Front pastedown with newspaper clippings referencing farming with a rod measure, and the culture of vegetables and fruit trees, plus previous owner’s penciled name and notes. A rare antebellum gardening book from the south, this edition not referenced in Owen or Hedrick, and only one copy noted in Ellison 478. Three additional copies have been located at the University of Alabama, Alabama Archives, and History, Alabama. $1,000 - $2,000
293 Mammoth Cave in 1844, by John Croghan [Croghan, John.] Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, During the Year 1844, by a Visiter [sic]. Louisville, KY: Morton & Griswold, 1845. 12mo, half lea. over brown cloth, gilt front and spine, marbled page edges, 13.5 x 20.5 in. folding map in front of the cave as known a century and a half ago, “by Stephen Bishop, one of the guides,” 101pp. Pencil marginalia by an earlier owner, who apparently visited the cave (especially notes on locations where skeletons were found). $600 - $800
294 Nurseryman’s Stock Book from New York State Oblong 8vo salesman’s stock book, leather with gilt lettering on front, most of which has been covered by a “leatherette” patch. Most lettering is gone, but it appears to have said “Chautauqua Nursery Co.” One exemplar per page. Front pastedown has state Department of Agriculture inspection certificate, 1899-1900. Back has marbled endpapers. Most of these pages were lithographed by Rochester Lithographing Co., Rochester, NY, with a few others marked by companies such as Brett Litho. and Stecher Litho. Co. Featuring attractive depictions of varieties of the following: Roses (18); Clematis (3); Honeysuckle (2); Trees (13); Shrubs (3); Fruits (3); Grapes (12); Currants (6); Berries (10); Quinces (4); Peaches (9); Plums (9); Cherries (5); Pears (8); Apples (12); other flowers and plants (9). A more detailed listing of the varieties illustrated in the Nurseryman’s Stock Book can be found online at cowans.com. $500 - $700
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TRANSPORTATION | The Birth of Aviation 295 Amelia Earhart Signed Photograph Silver gelatin photograph of Amelia Earhart standing in an outdoor setting beside her husband, George Putnam. Signed lower right Amelia M. Earhart. 6.75 x 10 in. One of history’s “favorite missing persons,” Earhart and her flight navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937. $800 - $1,200
296 Charles Lindbergh, Group of Photographs Documenting the Aviator’s Montana Camping Trip, 1927 Lot of 4 photographs, 8.375 x 13.5 in., documenting aviator Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 camping trip to Lindbergh Lake (then Elbow Lake) in Montana. Lindbergh was flying across Montana in early September, in the midst of his 22,000+ mile, 82 city national tour, when he spotted a remote lake in the Mission Mountains of northern Montana, which he marked on his map. Upon landing in Butte, he asked the locals
how he could reach the lake by land, presumably weary from the constant attention he had received since completing his transatlantic flight three-and-a-half months earlier and looking for some peace and quiet far away from the crowds. Lindbergh spent two weeks hunting and fishing with a small group of friends before resuming his tour and returning to the spotlight. The lake was renamed in his honor, and a boulder at the campsite still bears his hand-carved inscription Lindy ‘27. $600 - $800
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TRANSPORTATION | The Birth of Aviation 297 Orville Wright Signed & Inscribed Book, The Wright Brothers, by Fred C. Kelly Kelly, Fred C. The Wright Brothers; A Biography Authorized by Orville Wright. New York (NY): Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. 12mo, blue cloth with white lettering on spine, 340pp. Half title page inscribed: To Mr. S. Bailey Houx/ with best regards/ Orville Wright/ Jan. 28, 1944. $600 - $800
TRANSPORTATION | Railroad 298 Niagara No. 1 Composite Albumen of the First Steam Fire Engine Made In America Composite albumen photograph featuring the Niagara No. 1 selfpropelled steam engine, surrounded by oval portraits of 30 men involved in its production. Photos by Herman Bucholz, Springfield, MA, ca 1870s. 21.75 x 26 in., framed, 27 x 31 in. There is little information available regarding the Niagara No. 1, besides it being mentioned in a 1913 edition of The Automobile Journal, in a report on the 41st Annual Convention of the International Association of Fire Engineers. The article notes that America-LaFrance Fire Engine Co. of Elmira, NY, exhibited a rebuilt Niagara No. 1, to honor its status as the first self-propelled steam fire engine made in the United States. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $500 - $700
299 Large Format Photograph of M.W. Baldwin & Co., Philadelphia, Locomotive Works Albumen photograph of the 4-6-0 coal locomotive Greenwood (c/n 1483) for the Barclay Coal Co., photographed upon completion, outside the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, circa April 1866. Print measures 11 x 16.5 in., mounted to 15.75 x 18.75 in. (sight), framed to 24.5 x 28 in. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Northwest Coast 300 Edward DeGroff Boudoir Photographs of Tlingit Chief, Saginaro Jake Lot of 2 boudoir photographs of Saginaro Jake, each identified on mount recto and verso, by Edward DeGroff, the first a portrait of the Tlingit Chief in military uniform, with DeGroff’s Sitka, AK imprint on verso; the second capturing Saginaro Jake in traditional Tlingit clothing. $800 - $1,200
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301 W.H. Jackson Albumen Photograph of Ouray, The Great Ute Chief Albumen boudoir card photograph, 5 x 8 in., titled in the negative, 4202 - “Ouray” The Great Ute Chief, and with Jackson’s Denver imprint on verso. Ca 1878. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $600 - $800
302 W.H. Jackson Albumen Photograph of Ute Indians at the Denver Exposition Albumen cabinet card photograph, 4.5 x 7 in., titled in the negative 4201 - Ute Indians at the Denver Exposition. The Utes wear a mixture of English and traditional dress, and many of the men sport top hats. Two wear police badges, and a large feathered headdress is displayed in the back row at left center. The group poses in front of two tepees, behind which is the main hall of the National Mining and Industrial Exhibition of 1882. Jackson’s Rocky Mountain Scenery imprint on verso. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
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303 John Hillers Unmounted Photographs from the Powell Expedition, Ca 1873-1874 Lot of 11 albumen stereoview halves, most taken ca 1873-1874. Featuring the following views of Utes: Nau-No-Kwits and Qu-U-En, standing beside a tree with an eagle; Shi-Ra-Sa, wife of To-KawWah; two portraits of Pah-Ri-Ats; an unidentified man and woman, likely the real, Ute Warrior and His Bride, a title given by Powell and circulated wrongly on a more picturesque image; an unidentified boy and girl; and two women by a stream. The Paiutes include: Ku-Ra-Tu,
also rendered Won-Si-Vu, a woman posed on rocks; E-Nu-Ints-I-Gaip, an elderly man; two unidentified elderly men; and a group of girls and boys wearing headdresses. During his 1873 expedition, Powell invited the artist, Thomas Moran, to accompany him and arrange the Indians in artistic poses. Hillers, called Myself In The Water by the Utes and Paiutes, then took photographs of his subjects in romantic settings. $600 - $800
304 Rare Stereoview of Ute Indians, by Gurnsey Taken in front of Gurnsey’s Colorado Springs studio between 1872 and 1880, with his sign and sample photographs visible behind the group. The group of nine Ute men wear the usual mixture of English and traditional dress and carry weapons including bows and arrows, rifles, and revolvers. Notable identified Utes are Chief Colorow, with the felt hat on his knee; Captain Jack (the Ute), left, top row; and Piah, 4th from the left, top row. Flat mount card with verso printed label of Gurnsey’s Rocky Mountain Views / Scenes on the Line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, titled No. 78 - Ute Indians. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $400 - $600
305 Olive Oatman, Indian Captive, CDV With imprint of Powelson, Rochester, N.Y. and inked identification Miss O.A. Oatman on verso. The former captive wears a EuroAmerican ladies’ dress and hair in curls typical of the early 1860s period, the only clear indication of her ordeal being the vertical lines tattooed on her chin. Olive Oatman (1838-1903) was abducted while traveling to California with her family in 1851. Yavapai Indians attacked them and five of the family were killed. The only survivors were Lorenzo, Olive and Mary Ann Oatman. Lorenzo was left for dead, but recovered and reached Casas Grandes. The Yavapai Indians traded the sisters to the Mojave, where they were adopted by a chief. In 1856 the army found out about Olive and traded for her, but Mary Ann had died earlier of disease. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $500 - $700
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Plateau & Great Basin 306 Paiute Medicine Man & Founder of the Ghost Dance Movement, Wovoka or Jack Wilson, Cabinet Photograph Vignetted cabinet card photograph of Wovoka, also known as Jack Wilson, as identified in pencil on verso, with E.P. Butler’s Reno, NV imprint on mount, ca 1889. Wovoka (ca 1856-1932), was purportedly born to a Paiute prophet in Smith Valley, southeast of Carson City, NV. He was taken in by a white rancher near Yerington, NV named David Wilson, at the age of 14, after the passing of his father. While working on Wilson’s ranch, Wovoka adopted the name Jack Wilson, which he used in dealing with European Americans. Wovoka, who had received some training as a medicine man through his father, became very interested in Christian theology during his time with the Wilsons, who were devout Christians. Early in adulthood, he gained a reputation as a powerful medicine man. He desired to give his people a feeling of faith in themselves, and he urged them to live peacefully. During the solar eclipse on January 1, 1889, Wovoka claimed to have had a vision within a dream, which involved the resurrection of the Paiute dead and the removal of the white settlers from North America. In order to bring this prophetic vision to pass, he taught that the American Indians must perform the Ghost Dance, a traditional round dance that took place over a series of 5-day gatherings. The teachings, which included messages of non-violence, spread quickly from the Nevada region to other Indians throughout North America, including victims of the Wounded Knee Massacre, who were known for practicing the Ghost Dance. Alarmed by the popularity of Wovoka’s Ghost Dance, the Federal Government, including soldiers and Indian Agents, made efforts to stamp out the new faith. In his later years, Wovoka became disillusioned because he believed his mission failed, and he withdrew from his Indian friends as well as whites. He died in Yerington on September 20, 1932, and is buried at the Paiute Cemetery in Schurz, NV. (Information obtained from Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, September 29, 2013.) $600 - $800
307 Paiute Medicine Man & Founder of the Ghost Dance Movement, Wovoka or Jack Wilson, Cabinet Photograph Cabinet card photograph of Wovoka, also known as Jack Wilson, identified in pencil on verso, and dated ca 1889. Lacking a studio imprint, but identical to a photograph credited to E.P. Butler of Reno, NV. $600 - $800
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Plateau & Great Basin 308 Sarah Winnemucca, Paiute Author, Albumen Photographs Lot of 2 photographs of Sarah Winnemucca, both lacking a studio imprint, including a portrait of the Indian teacher, lecturer, and author in traditional Paiute clothing, ca 1870-1880, 4 x 7.5 in.; and a more candid boudoir photograph capturing Winnemucca, wearing Euro-American dress and seated in a domestic interior. Sarah Winnemucca (ca 1844-1891) was the first American Indian woman known to secure a copyright for an English language publication. Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs and Claims, which is mostly autobiographical, documents her people during their first four decades of contact with Euro-Americans. She was of both worlds: the Paiutes had little contact with whites when Sarah was born; she spent much of her adult life in white society. Her family seemed to be of both worlds, also. Her grandfather was friendly to whites, and guided John C. Fremont during his survey. During the Bannock War, Winnemucca worked as a translator for the Army. She may also have been a scout and messenger. She began lecturing after the war, when her people were considered hostile and removed from their reservation. She met and married Lewis Hopkins, an employee of the Indian Department. The couple traveled east where she caught the attention of Elizabeth Peabody and Mary Peabody Mann, who both worked to promote her speaking career. Winnemucca returned to Nevada to establish a school which emphasized Paiute language and lifestyle, but the Dawes Act requiring Indian children to learn English effectively shut down Sarah’s school. $400 - $600 1 of 2
309 Sarah Winnemucca, Paiute Author, Group of Boudoir Photographs Lot of 4 photographs of Sarah Winnemucca and a woman identified as her sister, Mrs. Smith, both dressed in Euro-American clothing, and shot within the same domestic setting. The lot includes 2 boudoir portraits, one of Winnemucca alone and one in which she poses with her sister; plus 2 smaller portraits of each woman, pensively looking off into the distance, both 4.5 x 4.5 in., mounted, 5 x 7 in. Each photograph lacks a studio imprint. $700 - $900
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Plateau & Great Basin 310 Paiute Captain Dave Numana & Peacemaker Johnson Sides, Albumen Photographs Lot of 2 boudoir photographs, each with Evans’ Reno, NV studio backstamp, dated ca 1887, the first a portrait of Captain Dave Numana, as identified on verso, dressed in uniform and posed with his sword. Grandson of Paiute Chief Truckee, Captain Dave (1829-1919), also called Numana, or father, by his people, was born near Unionville, NV, to a Paiute father and Shoshone mother, thus speaking the language of both tribes. On behalf of his people, Captain Dave traveled to Washington, D.C. and became federally commissioned to head the Indian Police of the Pyramid Lake Reservation. He received recognition from government officials for his character and cooperation as a result of his work as Chief of Police. (Information obtained from nevadaoutdoorschools.org, October 1, 2013.) The second studio portrait shows Johnson Sides, misidentified as Johnston on verso, standing in full uniform with his sword. Orphaned as a child, Johnson Sides was taken in and raised by the Sides family, thus adopting the Sides family name. While living on the family’s ranch, Johnson learned to speak French and English, and these skills combined with his ability to speak multiple Indian dialects provided him with the opportunity to work with the U.S. Army as a negotiator between American Indian groups and the white settlers. As peacemaker, Johnson wore an Army uniform and Army field hat, as can be seen in this photograph. (Information obtained from Indians of Nevada, by Helen Dunn, Nevada Department of Education, October 1, 2013.) $600 - $800
311 Northern Paiute & Scout to Captain John C. Fremont, Pancho, Albumen Photographs Anonymous cabinet card and boudoir card photographs of Pancho, with the following penciled inscription on boudoir card verso: Panch 105 years/ Old Fremont Scout/ Pahute Pyramid Lake/ Nev. Pancho, who spoke Paiute, Spanish, and English, first met Captain John C. Fremont and his company on the Humboldt River and became his guide and interpreter in 1846. He remained with Fremont through the end of the Mexican War in 1848, receiving a Medal of Honor for his contributions. The remainder of Pancho’s life was spent at Pyramid Lake, NV, where he played a significant role in the acquisition of the Pyramid Lake Reservation. Although the government expressed the desire to remove Indians from the Pyramid Lake area, Pancho sent his Medal of Honor to Washington, D.C. in response, sending a message to the government that he had lived in the area all of his life. As a result, the government determined that the Indians could remain on the Pyramid Lake Reservation. (Information obtained from celebratingnevadaindians.info, “Northern Paiute,” October 1, 2013.) $800 - $1,000
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Southwest 312 Yuma Indians Braves, Cabinet Photographs by Buehman & Bonine Lot of 5 cabinet cards, including the following, as titled in the negatives: Yuma, No. 22; Yuma, 32; Yuma Dick, 123; and Yuma Chief, 73. Each portrait bears imprint on mount recto, Arizona Illustrated By H. Buehman, Tucson, Ariz. Accompanied by a studio portrait of three braves, two armed with bows and arrows, mount verso ink inscribed, Presented by ? J.C. Davis / Yuma Apaches, 1888. With E.A. Bonine’s Pasadena, Los Angeles. Co., CA backmark. $1,000 - $1,500
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313 Yuma Indian Boudoir Photographs by E.A. Bonine, Los Angeles Lot of 2 boudoir photographs, including portrait of Yuma man and woman, plus portrait of two Yuma women from Arizona, each with E.A. Bonine’s Los Angeles Co., CA imprint on mount recto and verso. Ca 1870s. $500 - $700
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314 Buehman & Hartwell Cabinet Photograph of a Pima Indian, Plus Additional Southwest Indian Portraits Lot of 3 cabinet cards, including: studio portrait of a Pima Indian, as identified in pencil on mount verso, with Buehman & Hartwell’s Tuscon, A.T. imprint on mount recto; plus studio portraits of unidentified male and female Indians dressed in Anglo clothing, each lacking a studio mark. $500 - $700
WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Southwest Geronimo (Goyaale or Goyathlay) was a Chiricahua military leader who was believed by his followers to have some spiritual “powers,” such as the ability to walk without leaving tracks and to survive gunshots. He led raids on both sides of the Southwestern border, eluding capture by both the Mexican and U.S. Armies for nearly three decades. He is often considered the last “hold out,” refusing to recognize American occupation of the region, and leading an independent band of native people. Geronimo was finally captured in 1886 by a troop of the 4th Cavalry led by Captain Henry Lawton under General Nelson Miles. Geronimo himself gave credit to 1st. Lieut. Charles Gatewood, whom he knew and who spoke some Apache, as being the person who convinced him to surrender, but Lawton gave credit to a number of his men, and, of course, many others claimed the feat over the years. Geronimo would spend the remainder of his life as a prisoner of war. After he was moved to Fort Sill, OK in 1894, Geronimo was given some freedom. He was allowed to visit the 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo and the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and he rode in Theodore Roosevelt’s inaugural parade. He was not, however, permitted to return to his homeland.
315 C.S. Fly Boudoir Photograph, Geronimo and Natches Mounted Albumen boudoir photograph with C.S. Fly’s copyright hand-stamp lower right; verso with paper label identifying the image as from Fly’s series, Scene in Geronimo’s Camp, The Apache Outlaw and Murderer, No. 171 Geronimo and Natches mounted. Natches with hat on; son of Geronimo standing by his side. 1886. A well-known image, with Geronimo’s son standing beside Natches. $1,500 - $2,500
316 C.S. Fly Boudoir Photograph, Group of Hostiles from Geronimo’s Camp Albumen boudoir photograph with C.S. Fly’s copyright handstamp lower left; verso with paper label identifying the image as from Fly’s series, Scene in Geronimo’s Camp, The Apache Outlaw and Murderer, No. 181 Group of Hostiles, 1886. Jay Van Orden (1991: 20) notes that many of the individuals in this particular plate show nearly new clothing, suggesting that the band had re-outfitted itself since losing nearly everything in a January raid by U.S. forces on their Mexican stronghold. $1,500 - $2,500
317 Geronimo at Fort Sam Houston Prison, Stereoview by Frank Hardesty Rare stereoview, simply titled in negative, Geronimo, capturing the prominent Apache leader and his band as prisoners of war while they were held at Fort Sam Houston in Texas from September through October, 1886. Orange mount includes Frank Hardesty’s San Antonio, Texas imprint on recto. Little information is known regarding Hardesty. He was active in San Antonio at 32 North Flores, ca 1885-1890. $800 - $1,200
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Southwest 318 Signor Peso, Chief of Scouts Who Captured Geronimo, Boudoir Photograph by D.B. Chase Boudoir card photograph titled in negative, No. 94. Signor Peso and Daughter. He was Chief of Scouts who Captured Geronimo, with promotional information printed on mount verso regarding the various tourist attractions of Santa Fe, NM, and the Santa Fe Route. Lacking a studio imprint, but photographed by Dana B. Chase. Taken after September, 1886, when Geronimo and his small band of men, women, and children were cornered and captured in Arizona with the aid of Signor Peso and his Indian scouts. $600 - $800
319 Geronimo & Family, Cabinet Card Photographs Lot of two cabinet photographs taken during the same session at Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, ca 1887-1894, where Geronimo was being held as a prisoner of war. One shows Geronimo wearing striped pants and a military jacket and holding a bow and arrow, and is inked on verso Geronimo. The other is identified on verso as Geronimo’s family, but note that the man is a relative and not Geronimo himself. $1,000 - $1,500
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320 St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904, Remarkable Photograph Album Featuring Portrait of Geronimo Quarto album with paper covers, and remnants of a leather spine, containing 97 photographs of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, each marked lower right in the negative, Copyright 1904/ Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., 7.5 x 9.25 in., mounted one per page. In 1904, the city of St. Louis was host to an exposition held to celebrate the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase, and this fabulous album documents various exhibits, peoples, buildings, and statues featured at the exposition. The highlight of the album is a portrait of Geronimo, which is credited to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., but was produced by Charles Henry Carpenter, a chief photographer of the Field Museum from 1899 until he retired in 1947. Carpenter traveled the Hopi reservations, and in 1904, photographed at the St. Louis World’s Fair, where he made over 3,000 negatives of many Indian tribes including portraits such as this of Geronimo and notable Pacific Northwest Coast natives. There were over forty-seven acres of exhibits of Philippine and Native American tribes including Pawnee, Pueblo, Pima, Pomo, Kwakiutl, Eskimo, Oglala and Rosebud Sioux who recreated ceremonies and lived in native habitats on the Fairgrounds. The album includes several views of native peoples within their habitats, some posed together, or in the act of cooking, trading, or participating in ceremonies. Views of Cairo, Japan, and the Tyrolean Alps Village are also included. The album features photographs of the classically inspired buildings constructed for the exposition, such as Festival Hall, the Palace of Agriculture and the Great Floral Clock, and the Palaces of Education, Electricity, Manufacture, and Varied Industries, as well as impressive views of the waterways and gardens. Over 40 photographs of individual sculptures and statuary, ranging from allegorical figures to historical leaders such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin, are also included in this exciting album, which truly brings the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to life. $3,000 - $5,000
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Southwest 321 Geronimo Signature from the St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904 2.25 x 4 in. card with the penciled signature of the Apache chief and the note Signature of Geronimo Sept 30-1904 / at World’s Fair St. Louis. Framed with two copy images of Geronimo, 12.75 x 14.75 in. Accompanied by pocket datebook with the Anheuser-Busch logo and 1904 imprinted on the cover, three Geronimo-related newspaper clippings among miscellaneous notes. Estate of Jan Sorgenfrei $2,000 - $3,000
WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Wounded Knee Massacre 322 Trager & Kuhn Cabinet Photographs of the Wounded Knee Massacre, Set of 28 Lot of 28 cabinet card photographs capturing the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre, most by photographers Trager & Kuhn of Northwestern Photo. Co. of Chadron, NE, with a minority by W.R. Cross and others. Note that many of the Northwestern Photo. Co. negatives were actually made by employee Clarence Grant Morledge, while George Trager was caught in a snowstorm on the way to the scene. All were collected by and acquired from Pat (Lathrop) Read, third generation trader with American Indians in Lawrence, KS. Eight are from the gruesome negatives made by George Trager on New Year’s Day 1891, just five days after the “battle.” In one, a group of men stand amidst the carnage on the frozen battlefield, including Washington correspondent George H, Harris (standing in front of the mounted man), who holds moccasins and other relics taken from the dead, and a similar view shows the men at a distance with one Indian’s frozen body featured in the foreground at right. A mounted Lieut. Sydney A. Cloman, 1st U.S. Infantry, poses proudly amongst the bodies in another shot, and another is centered on a heap of corpses at the center of the Indian camp, looking northeast across what was left of the council circle, including at upper center the remains of an Indian wagon obliterated by the Army’s Hotchkiss guns. Also included are the session’s most famous images: close-ups of the corpses of Medicine Man and Big Foot, the stiffened corpses loaded on to a wagon while Army officers look on from the top of a ridge, and of course the iconic image of the mass grave. There is one pre-massacre view of the 7th Cavalry’s camp near Pine Ridge, taken upon arrival from Fort Riley on Nov. 27, 1890, as well as a
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view of their camp on January 17, made by W.R. Cross. Also from this session, January 17-19, 1891, are views of the Hostile Indian Camp, the graves of some of the dead, a portrait of Crow Dog and Squaw, and one of Lieutenant Taylor and seven of his Indian scouts, all armed with Winchesters. Chief Red Cloud’s blind wife is shown inside their home, wrapped in a blanket and warming next to the stove, with a U.S. Flag hanging on the wall behind her. One rare photograph of unknown circumstance shows a patriotic banner next to one emblazoned Presented to Survivors of Wounded Knee Battle / 7th U.S. Cavalry / By Miss Nellie Jackson. Two Northwestern Photo Co. views feature Deputy U.S. Marshal George Bartlett, who was sent to Pine Ridge to negotiate with the Indians to stop the Ghost Dance. One shows him inside his quarters at Pine Ridge preparing dispatches to Washington, and the other, from cracked negative, shows him with Chief Two Strike, Chief Crow Dog, and Chief High Hawk. Other portraits of Indians associated with the Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee include: an outdoor shot of Chiefs Kicking Bear, Young Man Afraid of His Horses, and Standing Bear; a studio portrait of Chief No Flesh; a composite of studio portraits of Chiefs White-paints-his-ears, Little Hawk, and White Bull, and an illustration of Little Bighorn; composite of studio portraits of Jack Red Cloud and others; and three group shots of Sioux Indians in regalia. Plus: a heavily soiled view of the Catholic Mission near Pine Ridge; a view of the cattle issue at Rosebud Agency; and a Cosand & Mosser view of unidentified Indians posed on the porch of a home. $5,000 - $7,000
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323 George Spencer, Complete Set of Cabinet Photographs of Hostile Sioux taken Prisoners at Pine Ridge and brought to Fort Sheridan Complete set of 10 cabinet card photographs, each with George E. Spencer’s Fort Sheridan/ Home Studio/ 7520 Ellis Ave., Chicago imprint on mount recto, plus the following printed on mount verso, describing and advertising the set: Views of Camp Douglas Rifle Range, Including groups of all Range officers, Division and Department Teams of Army Competitions 1889-1890./ Group of the Hostile Sioux taken Prisoners at Pine Ridge and brought to Fort Sheridan, who afterward accompanied Buffalo Bill on his European tour. Each set was priced at $2.00. This fine set includes the following portraits, identified in the negative and on mount verso: Kicking Bear; Short Bull; Bring the White; Brave; High Eagle; Lone Bull; Eagle Star; Know his Voice and Squaw Medicine Horse; Wounded with many Arrows; John Bruguier, Government Scout and Interpeter [sic]. $5,000 - $7,000
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324 Sitting Bull Cabinet Photograph by Bailey, Dix, & Mead Cabinet card photograph of Sitting Bull holding a Plains-style pipe, with Copyright, 1882, by Bailey, Dix & Mead imprint on mount recto, plus No. 1. Sitting Bull and True Autograph printed with a brief biographical sketch on verso. This image was taken at Fort Randall during Sitting Bull’s internment before being transferred to Standing Rock. $500 - $700
325 One Bull Cabinet Photograph by Bailey, Dix, & Mead Cabinet card photograph of Sitting Bull’s nephew, One Bull, with Copyright, 1882, by Bailey, Dix & Mead imprint on mount recto, plus a brief biographical sketch of One Bull printed on verso. This image was taken at Fort Randall, D.T. $500 - $700
326 D.F. Barry Cabinet Card of Crow Flies High D.F. Barry albumen cabinet photograph of Crow Flies High, showing the Gros Ventre or Hidatsa chief wearing a beaded shirt, feathered headdress, and holding a U.S. cavalry sword. Printed identification affixed to recto and Barry’s Bismarck, Dakota, imprint on verso. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $600 - $800
327 Chief Gall Photograph by D.F. Barry Silver gelatin photograph of the Hunkpapa Dakota Chief Gall, 7 x 9.25 in., mounted in cardstock with closing cover, 10 x 14 in., photograph and mount include Barry’s blindstamp, plus cardstock mount’s verso features printed paper stamp advertising Barry’s Superior, WI studio, and an attached, illustrated biography of Chief Gall. $500 - $700
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Plains 328 F. Jay Haynes Cabinet Photograph of Running Deer Silver gelatin cabinet card portrait of Crow Indian, ink identified on mount recto as Running Deer. With F. Jay Haynes’ St. Paul, MN, imprint on mount verso, plus listing of Colored Cabinets of Noted Indians available from Haynes, including this uncolored portrait, #2872. Ca 1890s. $500 - $700
329 Quanah Parker & Wives, Cabinet Photograph by Irwin A fine cabinet card photograph of Chief Quanah Parker standing with two of his seven wives, Topay and Chonie, with Irwin’s Chickasha, Ind. Ter. imprint on mount recto. Housed in frame, with inscribed nameplate attached at bottom, 14.75 x 17.25 in. Quanah Parker (ca 1845-1911) was the son of Peta Nocona, a Comanche chief, and Cynthia Ann Parker, the daughter of a settler who was captured in 1836 when she was nine years old. She grew up happily in the Comanche culture until she was abducted back into white civilization where she lived unhappily and finally died. Quanah fought against the westward pressures caused by the settlers but ultimately changed his opinion and supported white ways. In 1886 he was appointed a judge of the Court of Indian Affairs. He ultimately lost this position in 1898 due to factionalism within the tribe and white pressures against his polygamy. He had seven wives and seven children. $2,000 - $4,000
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Plains 330 Jackson Brothers CDV Photographs of Pawnee Indians Lot of 3 albumen cartes-de-visite of Pawnee Indians by Jackson Bros. of Omaha, ca 1865-1868. Includes a fine standing portrait of a Pawnee man armed with a percussion rifle, wearing a buffalo sash and holding a heavy buffalo fur, inked Pawnee Indian - Omaha in the recto margin and dated 1868 on verso, next to Jackson Bros.’ backmark. Accompanied by 2 portraits of Pawnee posed with children, one penciled Squaw & Pappoose in the recto margin and the other with a faded inscription, and both with Jackson Bros. backmarks, noting them as the Publishers of the Scenery of the Union Pacific R.R. and Views of Omaha. $600 - $800
331 Will Soule CDVs of Plains Indians, Plus Red Cloud Photograph Lot of 3 albumen cartes-de-visite of Plains Indians, including 2 known to be from negatives by Will Soule, though the mounts lack a photographer’s backmark. One shows a portrait of a smiling Ta-raha-ta, Kochise Chief, and one of a shirtless Wichita Squaw. Accompanied by an exceptional portrait of an Indian armed with a cavalry sabre, wearing a military jacket, epaulettes, and a top hat adorned with infantry insignia; recto margin inked with the dubious identification Red Cloud. $600 - $800
332 Sixth Plate Tintype of Cherokee Indians Sixth plate tintype of a white man posed with Cherokee Indians. The image was found in a family photo album belonging to the consignor’s grandparents, and identified in the album as family member Vernon S. Merrick, who worked on the Cherokee Indian reservation in Oklahoma (Indian Territory), as an agent or other officer. The other subjects are described as a half-breed baby with its mother and the mother’s brother. $500 - $700
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Northeast & Great Lakes 333 Albumen Photograph of Three Mesquakie Indians Albumen photograph, 5.875 x 7.875 in., on slightly larger mount penciled with the identification Sauk Chiefs / Quaniahpa, Kochioll. Ca 1870s-1880s; lacking a photographer’s credit. The dress and accoutrements identify the group as members of some Woodland tribe, most likely Mesquakie (Fox). $500 - $700
WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Pictorialists 334 Charles Carpenter Photograph of Mounted Indians, The Ford Silver gelatin photograph, sepia-toned, titled lower left in negative, The Ford, and signed lower right in negative by Carpenter with copyright, mounted on a deckled mat, ca 1900-1910. Image, 7.5 x 9.5 in., housed in period frame, 10.5 x 12.25 in. Charles Carpenter worked as the photographer for Chicago’s Field Museum between 1899 and 1947. During his time there, he participated in several excursions. His last trip sent him to the St. Louis World’s Fair (1904) where he produced 3000 negatives of American Indians. $600 - $800
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Photography | Pictorialists 335 Charles Carpenter Photograph of Mounted Indians, On The Trail Silver gelatin photograph, sepia-toned, titled lower left in negative, On The Trail, and signed lower right by Carpenter with copyright, mounted on a deckled mat, ca 1900-1910. Image, 7.25 x 9.5 in., housed in period frame, 10.25 x 12.25 in. Charles Carpenter worked as the photographer for Chicago’s Field Museum between 1899 and 1947. During his time there, he participated in several excursions. His last trip sent him to the St. Louis World’s Fair (1904) where he produced 3000 negatives of American Indians. $600 - $800
336 Richard Throssel Photograph of Camp at the Little Big Horn Silver gelatin photograph of a Crow camp at the Little Big Horn, with Throssel’s identification lower right in negative, including his name and copyright date of 1907 within his arrowhead pictograph. 10 x 13 in. (sight), housed in period frame, 11.5 x 15 in.
Richard A. Throssel (1882-1933) moved to the Crow reservation in Montana in 1902. Adopted by them in 1905, he was given the name, Kills Inside The Camp. Between 1909 and 1911, he was hired to document Crow life on the reservation after which he moved to Billings, MT, and opened a studio. $800 - $1,000
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WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Books 337 Historical and Statistical Information...of the Indian Tribes, 6 Vols. Schoolcraft, Henry R. Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States: Collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1851 - 1857. 4to, gilt front and spine, blue cloth with raised symbols around perimeter of boards, embossed image of native taking a scalp in center of boards, front one gilt; small bookplates of W.H. Lewis. Part I: 568pp, 76 plates and maps, inscribed to Honor[able] Henry Bennett / with respects / of L. Lea / Commissioner of Indian Affairs [Henry Bennett was a U.S. Representative from New York, 1849-1859]; Part II: 608pp, 79 plates and maps, inscribed to Wingfield [sic] Scott / Major General U.S. Army / with the respects of L. Lea / Comr. Ind. Affairs; Part III: 635pp, 42 plates and maps, inscribed to Winfield Scott / Major General U.S. Army / with the respects of L. Lea / Comer of Indian Affairs; Part IV: 668pp, 41 plates and maps, inscribed to Hon. H.P. Alexander / Little Falls, N.Y. / with respects of / Geo. W. Manypenny / Comer Indian Affairs; Part V: 712pp, 33 plates and maps, inscribed to Hon. Henry Bennett / with respects of / Geo. W. Manypenny / Com. Ind. Affrs.; Part VI: 756pp, 54 plates, maps and folding table, inscribed to Hon. H. Bennett / respects of Chas. E. Mix / Actg. Com. Ind. Affrs. Each volume is divided into subject areas: General History (various topics are covered, such as migration, origins, the Coronado expedition, etc.); Manners and Customs; Antiquities; Geography; Tribal Organization; Intellectual Capacity and Character; Topical History; Physical Type of the Indian Race (including measurements, comparisons of hair roots, etc.); Language; Art; Present Condition and Future Prospects; Daemonology, Witchcraft, and Magic; Medical Knowledge; Literature of the Indian Language; Statistics and
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Population; Biography; Religion; Ethnology. None of the plates are in numerical order; in the last volume, most are unnumbered, and many are reused from earlier volumes (eg. .plate 16, 32, Red Jacket, many more). Many plates are in color, but most are subtle. Most maps have color. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was born in albany County, NY, in 1793. At 14 he attended Middlebury College, VT, where his interest in the physical
WESTERN AMERICANA | American Indian Books sciences emerged. He made his first trip west about 1817, returning with an extensive mineral and geological collection and abundant material for a travel narrative. He began publishing in 1816, with a work on glass-making, based on experiences in his father’s glasshouse, and moving on to a work on lead mines in Missouri, travel in the Ozarks, and an account of copper regions of the upper Mississippi and Great Lakes. He became secretary to the Indian commission in Chicago in 1821, and was appointed an Indian Agent at Sault Ste. Marie, MI, near Lake Superior the following year. Shortly thereafter he married Jane Johnston (Obabaamwewe-giizhigokwe), the granddaughter of Ojibwe chief, Waubojeeg. Through his in-laws he learned of Ojibwe stories and legends, much of which formed the basis for Longfellow’s poem, “The Song of Hiawatha.” He continued to be a student of Indian culture and secured other appointments to treat with Indians in the North and West. He conducted a census of the Six Nations in 1845, and began the work on the six volumes offered here in 1847, the first one appearing in press in 1851. Jane was apparently never very healthy, and she became ill and died while visiting a sister in Canada in 1842. Henry remarried in 1847 and took up residence in Washington, DC, where he remained until his death in 1864.
It was probably a shame that one more person sympathetic to the native plight died before the major Indian Wars of the 1860s - 1880s. On the other hand, it is a good thing Schoolcraft did not have to witness this period in American history, and the precipitous decline in population at the end of the 19th century. His classic volumes are a somewhat jumbled snapshot of the state of affairs of the first human inhabitants of this continent just before they reached their nadir. Mid-century marked the beginning of a new era in Indian affairs. In 1849 the Bureau of Indian Affairs was shifted from the War Department to the Department of the Interior. The new objective was to “civilize” the Indian, destroying the native cultures, led by Luke Lea (1850-1853) and George Manypenny (1853-1857). The reservation became the vehicle for a new culture, and, theoretically protection from the swindles and abuses of whites until they could assimilate. Things did not work out as intended, and the increased control over distribution of rations, lands, goods, and appointment of tribal leaders made abuse by Indian agents too tempting for some to resist. Charles Eli Mix was only Acting Commissioner for a short period in 1858, but served as Chief Clerk of the Bureau from 1838 to 1868. $5,000 - $7,000
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338 George A. Custer, Collection of Cut Signatures from his Days at West Point Lot of 4. Upper right corners of covers of Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy. Early in its history, the USMA began inviting distinguished guests to examinations of the Officers and Cadets. Printed pamphlets commemorated the occasion and listed the guest examiners. These corners were apparently torn from George Custer’s copies of these pamphlets: June 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1860. Three are signed G.A.W. Custer, the fourth simply Custer. There does not seem to be any official record of the “W” in Custer’s name, but he used it during his West Point years (and it appears both in manuscript and typeset on official West Point documents). Although no one knows for sure what it stands for, “Ward,” his mother’s maiden name, is certainly a possibility (and a fairly common practice in the day). The cut signatures were part of Libbie Custer’s most prized possessions, found among the personal effects inside of her now
Cadet Lieut. George A. Custer, Quarter Plate Ambrotype, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
legendary “lost shoebox,” which received media attention upon its discovery a few years ago. Custer’s days at West Point are legendary, graduating last in his class and nearly being expelled because of demerits every year, notwithstanding that many demerits were because of pranks, not poor performance. He had the good fortune to graduate at the start of the Civil War, so rather than being assigned to some remote post where he would wither away, he was able to rise in rank to become one of the youngest generals, and certainly one of the more flamboyant ones. $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 20, plus the following lots (338-339; 341-345), descended in the family of Mary Elizabeth Snyder Keller (1911-2007), great granddaughter of Dr. William Webster Custer (1816-1892), first cousin once removed to George A. Custer. Born in Lorain, OH, to Custer and Beatrice (Heath) Snyder, Mary Elizabeth was a 1934 graduate of Kent State University who worked as a teacher and hospital recreation worker for the Red Cross in Memphis, TN and Spartanburg, SC, before returning to Lorain and marrying Louis Keller (1913-1990) in 1950. After purchasing a home in Lorain in 1966, the consignor became a neighbor and good friend to the Kellers, and as a result of this close relationship, the material offered today was given to the consignor by Mary Elizabeth toward the end of her life. Each lot is accompanied by Xerox copies of affidavits signed by the consignor, indicating how he acquired the Custer family material, as well as a Xerox “True Copy” of Mary Elizabeth’s Certificate of Birth. Probable Line of Descent: Dr. William Webster Custer (1816-1892), brother of Emanuel Custer (1806-1892) who was father to George A. Custer (1839-1876) Mary E. Custer Snyder (1842-1930) J.A. Custer Snyder (1872-1960) Mary Elizabeth Snyder Keller (1911-2007) Gifted to Current Owner After 2007 339 George A. Custer Cabinet Photograph Cabinet card photograph of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer, with Hill/ Monroe, Mich. studio imprint on mount recto and verso, after a photograph taken in March, 1873, by Bingham & Craver, Memphis, TN (K-117 variant). Ink inscribed on verso: To Bert/ from Clara. Acquired from a Descendant of George A. Custer’s Family $800 - $1,200 170
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340 George A. Custer, Oval-Length Portrait Photographic enlargement of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer after a photograph taken by William R. Howell on or about April 23, 1876, New York City (K-155 variant). 10.25 x 13.25 in. (sight), framed, 12.5 x 15.75 in. Acquired from a Descendant of George A. Custer’s Family $500 - $700
341 George Armstrong Custer Photograph by D.F. Barry Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer in civilian dress, blindstamped and marked lower left in negative, Barry, after a portrait taken by Jose M. Mora on or about March 1876, New York City (K-147 variant). 5.5 x 7.5 in. (sight), framed, 7.5 x 9.5 in. $600 - $800
342 George A. Custer’s Father, Emanuel Custer, Photograph, Plus Memorial Card Lot of 3, including albumen photograph of an aged, bearded gentleman mounted atop a horse, with period, ink identification on verso: Uncle Emanuel Custer, mounted on Dandy the Gen’ls favorite horse, taken at Nevin’s house 1877, 6.25 x 8.5 in., mounted, 8 x 10 in. Nevin was one of Custer’s sons; a Custer Memorial Dedication Supplement from the Cadiz Republican, Cadiz, OH, June 23, 1932, with several articles honoring George A. Custer, including a small, front page article featuring a reproduction of the same portrait of Emanuel Custer mounted atop Dandy; and a printed memorial card honoring Emanuel H. Custer, who died on November 27, 1892. Gold printed on black, 4.25 x 6.75 in. Emanuel H. Custer (1806-1892), born in Cresaptown, MD, eventually moved to New Rumley, OH, where he married Matilda Viers in 1828. However, after the passing of his first wife in 1834, Custer got married for a second time in 1836 to Maria Kirkpatrick, and together, they had seven children, including George, Thomas, and Boston Custer, who lost their lives at the Battle of Little Big Horn on July 25, 1876. 1 of 3 The accompanying newspaper including the photograph of Emanuel mounted atop George Custer’s “favorite horse,” Dandy, is supplemented by an article, which discusses the close relationship between the horse and the “General’s Father.” The article explains that following his son’s death, Emanuel became deeply attached to Dandy, and rode him for many years, as he was the “last link left to connect him with his famous son.” Dandy was at the Little Big Horn, and although he was wounded during the battle, he survived, and was sent to live with the Custer family in Monroe, MI, where he remained until his death at age 26. Emanuel passed away a few years later, at the age of 85, and is buried at Woodland Cemetery, in Monroe, MI. Acquired from a Descendant of George A. Custer’s Family $800 - $1,200
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Custer & the 7th Cavalry 343 Dr. William Webster Custer & Family, Cased Images, Plus Lot of 4, including 3 ambrotypes and 1 print related to the family of Dr. William Webster Custer (1816-1892), a first cousin once removed to George Armstrong Custer. Ambrotypes include the following, identified with modern notes: ninth plate of William Webster Custer (1816-1892); ninth plate of his wife Frances A. Phelps Custer, (1821-1903); and sixth plate of Dr. W.W. Custer’s son, Albert O. Custer (1850-1870), a telegraph operator in Steubenville, OH. The accompanying print features a depiction of Shady Side, Res. of Dr. W.W. Custer, Scio, Harrison Co. Ohio., 11 x 14 in., framed, 12.25 x 15.25 in. Acquired from a Descendant of George A. Custer’s Family $400 - $600
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344 Custer Family Photographs, Late 19th-Early 20th Century Lot of 30+ items, including 29 photographs, many showing identified members of the Custer family, dating from the late 19th through early 20th Century, ranging in size from 2.25 x 3.25 in. to 8 x 10 in. The lot includes 2 photographs of Mary Elizabeth Snyder Keller (19112007), the Custer family descendant who gifted this material to the current owner, as well as identified portraits of the following family members, many, direct descendants of Dr. William Webster Custer: Mary E. Custer Snyder (1842-1930), daughter of Dr. W.W. Custer and cousin to G.A. Custer (1); J.A. Custer Snyder (1872-1960), grandson of Dr. W.W. Custer and father to Mary Elizabeth Snyder Keller (7); Beatrice Heath Snyder (1872-1940), mother to Mary Elizabeth Snyder Keller (7); Noble Porter Heath (1), and Elizabeth Hevel Heath (1), maternal grandparents to Mary Elizabeth Snyder Keller; snapshot of a George Custer memorial statue; and 9 unidentified family photographs. Two TLsS from Chester E. Custer to Mary Elizabeth Snyder Keller, dated November 7, 1976 and May 13, 1981 respectively, are also included, and discuss research regarding Custer family lines. Acquired from a Descendant of George A. Custer’s Family $300 - $500
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345 CUS Tie Bar Descended in the Custer Family White metal tie bar, consisting of the letters CUS suspended from a 2.5 in. clip. 2 in. long overall. 20th Century. Acquired from a Descendant of George A. Custer’s Family $100 - $150
346 Custer Family Genealogies & Related Materials, Plus a Family Copy of Boots & Saddles Lot of 4 books and 35+ documents/ photocopied papers related to the Custer family and its genealogy. The books include: Custer, Milo. Custer Genealogies. Bloomington (IL): 1944. 8vo, paper wrappers, 98pp; Custer, Milo. Custer Genealogies. Bloomington (IL): 1944. 8vo, paper wrappers, 146pp, plus Appendix, I-XXXIV; both of which feature portraits of various Custer family members as well as examples of early family signatures. Custer, Chester. The Descendants of Jacob and Sarah Custer. 4to, paper wrappers, 89pp. Custer, Elizabeth B. Boots and Saddles, or Life in Dakota with General Custer. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. 12mo, cloth-covered boards, 312pp. With Custer Snyder handstamp on title page. Plus 35+ documents/ photocopied pages outlining Mary Elizabeth Snyder Keller’s family genealogy, including the Custer family, as well as articles written by or referencing Custer family descendants. Acquired from a Descendant of George A. Custer’s Family $300 - $500
347 D.F. Barry Cabinet Card of Capt. Thomas M. McDougall, 7th Cavalry Silver gelatin cabinet card of Capt. Thomas M. McDougall, 7th U.S. Cavalry, wearing dress uniform and a GAR badge. Inked identification in the recto margin and D.F. Barry’s West Superior, WI, imprint on both sides. Thomas Mower McDougall (1845-1909) served 40 years as an officer in the U.S. Army, beginning with a volunteer enlistment in the Civil War and retiring as a major in 1904. His father, Charles McDougall (1804-1885) was a U.S. Army surgeon with service in the Blackhawk War, Seminole War, and Civil War, which likely helped his son gain a commission as a second lieutenant upon enlistment in the Union Army in 1864. Thomas was assigned to Co. B, 48th U.S. Colored Infantry, and served across the Department of the Gulf, most notably participating in the capture of Fort Blakely on April 9, 1865. He was promoted to captain in the 5th U.S. Volunteer Infantry in the immediate aftermath of the war, and upon the expiration of that regiment was offered a second lieutenant’s commission in the regular army. Originally assigned to the 14th U.S. Infantry at Fort Laramie, McDougall was transferred to the 32nd Infantry, 21st Infantry, and ultimately the 7th Cavalry in 1870, and after helping suppress Klan activity in South Carolina, began an 18 year stint in the Dakotas, engaged in many of the notable Indian campaigns. He was in command of Co. B at Little Bighorn, leading the pack train escort, and was engaged in the hilltop fight alongside Major Reno’s battalion. $500 - $700
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Custer & the 7th Cavalry 348 D.F. Barry Photograph of 7th Cavalry Captain George Yates Cabinet photograph of Captain Yates in civilian dress, with D.F. Barry’s West Superior, WI imprint. George W. Yates (1843-76) was a friend and fellow officer to George Custer during the Civil War. He commanded a company in Custer’s 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn, dying with Custer’s main band. $500 - $700
WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Indian Wars 349 Nelson Miles, Previously Unknown Cabinet Photograph by Mora Cabinet card photograph of General Nelson A. Miles, with Mora’s Broadway, NY, imprint on mount. Inked manuscript on verso: Colonel Nelson A. Miles/ 5th U.S. Infantry/ Bvt. Maj. Genl. U.S. Army, Commanding District of the Yellowstone/ Return SURE Fred A. Hunt/ 246 Chattanooga Street, San Francisco, Cal., dated About 1873-5. With Pacific Monthly Engraving Order No. 16 stamped on verso, indicating that the portrait might have been produced for a publication, although research shows that this is a previously unknown pose. General Nelson Miles (1839-1925), who won the Medal of Honor in the Civil War and ascended all the way to Commanding General of the Army during the Spanish-American War, was in the thick of the Indian fighting era of his career in 1886. He had replaced General Crook in leading the mission to capture Geronimo and the remainder of his Apache band in April and had accepted their surrender along the Arizona/New Mexico territorial border in September of 1886. $600 - $800
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Indian Wars 350 Ft. Supply, Indian Territory, 1880, Albumen Photograph Albumen photograph, 7.5 x 8.375 in., mounted, 8 x 10 in., inked in the left margin Ft. Supply, I.T., 1880, with the building at left identified as Headqtrs and the building at right as Mess House. Fort Supply was established by General Philip Sheridan’s forces on November 18, 1868. Located in what was then the Cherokee Outlet section of Indian Territory (now northwestern Oklahoma, just east of the Panhandle), the rudimentary camp served as the departure point for General Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry to the Battle of the Washita and as an important supply outpost for various other regiments during that winter’s campaign against the Southern Plains Indians, and again during the Red River War of 1874-1875. By 1880, the fort had fallen into disrepair with the end of significant Indian fighting in the area, and it was recommended for closure. Sheridan, however, who was then General of the Army, objected to the closure of the fort he founded, and it continued to be used until late 1894. Descended Directly in the Family of General Michael Sheridan $300 - $500
351 Fort Keogh, Montana, Post School, Class Photographs of Officers’ Children, Some Identified Lot of 2 albumen, boudoir photographs by Christian Barthelmess of Fort Keogh, MT, documenting the 1893 class at the post school. Both photographs taken the same day, one penciled in the recto margin My class at Fort Keogh, 1893, and the other numbered in the margin with the corresponding identifications inked on verso. The Chaplain is designated only as such and the teacher as “Your humble servant”, but all the children are listed by full name, identifying many as the children of officers of the 22nd U.S. Infantry, which was stationed at the fort at the time. Three students are children of Captain Thorne, of Co. C; two are sons of Captain John Jay Crittenden, including his namesake; three are sons of Captain J.C. Ord, himself the son of Civil War General Edward O.C. Ord, whose command played a major role in forcing Lee’s surrender at Appomattox; and one is the daughter of Captain J. McA. Webster, accompanied by the family dog, Cheyenne, who it is noted frequently comes to school and is a very obedient student. Of special note is designation 19 - A westbound train on the N.P.R.R. Despite some fading, three cars can be made out in the background at the far right of the frame. $600 - $800
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352 1868 West Point Album with Officers KIA at Little Big Horn Folio, 11.5 x 13.5 in., full calf with gilt embossed boards and spine, cover with ‘68 with star with Latin motto, identified to D. Stewart Denison/ U.S.A.; spine embossed United States Military Academy Class of 1868, containing autographed portraits of 20 instructors; 60 autographed portraits of cadets; and 74 photographs of the class of 1868, buildings, grounds, and scenery of West Point; each with Warren Phot. in the negative. An important U.S. Military Academy album, containing portraits of both instructors who served in the Civil War, and many of newly minted 2nd Lieutenants who went on to serve in the Indian Wars. Notables include Brevet Brig. General Thomas Gamble Pitcher, who was appointed as Superintendent after a Civil War career in which he proved to be an apt administrator.
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Graduating cadets include the following notables: E.W. Bass who served on the Transit of Venus expedition in 1874, appointed as Professor of Mathematics at the Point in ‘78. William Philo Clark, who was later appointed to the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, rising to the rank of Captain while serving on the Plains as a member of Sheridan’s staff; his obituary notes that his knowledge of the habits, signs, language etc. of the Indians was probably not excelled by anyone in the United States. Paul Dahlgren son of Rear Admiral Dahlgren of Civil War fame, later appointed as Consul to Italy. Patrick Fitzpatrick who retired from active duty after losing an arm in the line of duty while serving in the 13th Infantry in Montana. W.G. Forbush, serving in the 5th Cavalry, Forbush saw extensive action on the Plains against the Indians. He was brevetted first lieutenant for gallant service against the Indians at Solomon’s River Kansas, Oct. 25-26, 1868; he was part of the Big Horn and Yellowstone Expeditions, and was in action at Indian Creek Nebraska, July 17, 1876 and again at the Battle of Slim Buttes, Dakota Territory, Sept 9-10, 1876. After the Indian Wars, he served in both Cuba and the Philippines, and was appointed Lt. Col. in the 7th Cavalry. Christopher T. Hall was assigned to the 2nd Cavalry and served on the Plains until 1880. Medal of Honor Recipient William P. Hall, assigned to the 5th Cavalry, Hall was awarded the CMOH for his actions on October 20, 1879 when he and three troopers were attacked by 35 Indians. Hall exposed himself several times to hostile fire, allowing his party to respond to the attack. George M. Harris, KIA in the Lava Beds action against the Modoc. Richard E. Thompson, assigned to the 6th U.S. Infantry, Thompson was Acting Commissary of Subsistence for the Dakota Campaign in 1876, and was a member of the Yellowstone Expedition. In addition to the class photographs, the album contains a series of spectacular images of the Academy, including: several group shots of cadets; a battalion of cadets; and beautiful views of the Hudson Valley. An exceptional compilation of graduates who would serve - and die - on the Plains during the Indian Wars. $2,500 - $3,500
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353 U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis Midshipmen, Photographic Portrait Collection, 1870-1894 Remarkable and extensive archive of photographic portraits of Annapolis midshipmen taken between 1870 and 1894, consisting of 237 wet and dry-plate negatives, many accompanied by vintage photographic prints (approx. 145). Size, 5 x 8 in. The portraits are the work of F.M. Zuller, a professional photographer from the Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. The collection was acquired from the direct descendants of Levin Handy, who was the nephew and successor to the noted Civil War photographer, Mathew Brady. Most of the subjects are identified by name and class date and exhibit a variety of Naval Academy uniforms and accoutrements, including dress swords. Doubtless many of these young men became prominent U.S. Navy officers during the Spanish American War and World War I. Of special interest are portraits of Annapolis sports team members, including baseball and fencing, a view of the boat basin in the Severn River with midshipmen in boats, midshipmen drilling on parade ground, etc. A detailed inventory of the contents of the collection is available upon request. $3,000 - $6,000
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354 General David L. Brainard, U.S. Army, Indian Wars Veteran, Senior N.C.O., and Last Survivor of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, Collection of Medals and Artifacts Lot of over 30 items from the Historic and Unique Collection of Medals and Artifacts of General David L. Brainard, USA (1856-1946), including: 1. Purple Heart - (edge numbered 29069, and officially engraved: DAVID L. BRAINARD). With lower part of the Bailey, Banks & Biddle box of issue and label with the edge number handwritten in ink and the printed date 2-12-32. Issued Jan. 27, 1933, for wounds received at the Battle of Little Muddy Creek, Montana Territory, May 7, 1877. The consignor, Glenn M. Stein, wrote to George B. Harris (Orders and Medals Society of America member) and he indicated that Brainard’s Purple Heart is the only Indian Wars issue he’s ever heard of in existence. George wrote, “I used to collect IW medals very seriously (I had over 50 numbered ones at one point, plus four or five MHs [Medals of Honor] etc.). He also wrote that someone told him only five Purple Hearts were issued for the Indian Wars. One Purple Heart was awarded to Pte. Charles A. Windolph (aka Charles Wrangel/1851-1950), who was wounded in the hilltop fight during the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Windolph also received the Medal of Honor, and both medals are part of the Little Big Horn Archives. Evidently, Above and Beyond: A History of the Medal of Honor from the Civil War to Vietnam, suggests there may have been only 12 Purple Hearts issued for the Indian Wars. ‘The rarest Purple Hearts are those awarded to soldiers who were wounded in action while fighting in the Indian Wars; only two are known.’ - For Military Merit: Recipients of the Purple Heart , by Fred L. Borch (2010), which features images of Brainard and his Purple Heart. 2. Indian Campaign - NO. 527 (first type ribbon). Issued Dec. 8, 1908. 3. Spanish Campaign - NO. 137. Issued Jan. 6, 1908. 4. Philippine Insurrection - NO. 231. Issued Jan. 14, 1908. 5. WWI Victory Medal - clasp FRANCE. 6. Military Order of Christ (Portugal/GO class/neck badge, breast star, ribbon bar) - (verified). 7. Military Order of Aviz (Portugal/GO class/neck badge only) (verified). 8. French Legion of Honor (Officer) - no medal roll exists for awards to foreigners. 178
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9. Explorers Club Explorer’s Medal - Unique/Bronze/marked MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. on edge. Awarded in 1929 with engraved inscription: To/ DAVID LEGGE BRAINARD/ SOLDIER AND EXPLORER/ WHO, ON MAY 13, 1882, WITH/ LIEUT. JAMES B. LOCKWOOD U.S.A./ FELLOW MEMBER OF THE/ INTERNATIONAL LADY FRANKLIN BAY/ EXPEDITION UNDER FIRST LIEUT.A.W.GREELY/ U.S.A./ REACHED LATITUDE 83º 24’ 30”, THE/ MOST NORTHERLY POINT ATTAINED UP/ TO THAT TIME IN/ ARCTIC/ EXPLORATION 10. Explorers Club Fifth Anniversary of Peary’s North Pole Discovery - on obverse pedestal: DAVID L.BRAINARD [engraved]/ APRIL 6TH/1914 [impressed]. Bronze/marked TIFFANY & Co/BRONZE/M on edge. 11. Bronze medal of the USWV Ladies Auxiliary - (evidently Mrs. Brainard’s). 12. Tin Type Image - full length/Sgt., 2nd Cavalry/in period case (D L. Brainard 1879 scratched on reverse). 13. CDV Image - (Sgt. D.L. Brainard/Troop L, 2 Cavalry/Montana, 1878 ink on reverse). 14. CDV Image - (D.L. Brainard/-1880-/Montana ink on reverse). 15. Photograph of Brainard (BRIG. GEN’L DAVID L. BRAINERD (sic)/ PICTURE MADE BY CAPT. STEPHEN WATERMAN/APRIL 1944/HIS AGE AT THIS DATE – 87). 16. Albumen Photograph - old Greely (3 7/16 x 5 in., undated/no inscription). 17. Albumen Photograph - LFBE, 1893 Columbian Expo.(8 3/16 x 6 3/16 in.). 18. Stereo View - LFB Expedition display at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. 19. Book -The Outpost of the Lost (1929)-inscribed to Brainard’s wife, 1940. 20. Book -Six Came Back (1940) - inscribed to Brainard’s wife, 1940 (2in. tear at bottom of flyleaf, which does not affect the inscription). 21. Booklet - Greely Relief Expedition. Reception of Lieut. A.W. Greely, U.S.A., and his Comrades, etc. (1884). 22. Black Cloth Card Case - with brass Old English encircled capital B. 23. Calling Card - D.L. Brainard/Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. 24. Inuit Bone Knife - (200 mm. long, with blue ink stains on both sides) - one of the several Inuit artifacts collected during the
GENERAL DAVID L. BRAINARD | Lady Franklin Bay Expedition | Medals & Artifacts Expedition. Since Brainard was involved in printing of the camp newspaper Arctic Moon, the ink likely came from the printing press at Fort Conger. 25. Commission Document - dated Dec. 28, 1905, promoting Brainard to Lieut. Colonel (Deputy Commissary General), signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. 26. US-issued Death Accolade - Mar. 22, 1946, Truman’s facsimile signature. 27. Letters written by Greely to Brainard - one undated handwritten note, three typewritten letters and envelopes (dated 1920s). In a 1925 letter, five years after Robert Peary’s death, Greely wrote: I have sent a letter to Shea stating that I am in accord with him at Pearys farthest North. At a proper time I hope you will express your opinion. I do not question Peary’s truthfulness, but I do his accuracy. You are the best informed man alive who can pass from personal experience of the wonderful marches that P thought he made. It is an impossibility in my judgement. Two months later, Greely wrote to congratulate Brainard on the award of The American Geographical Society’s The Charles P. Daly Medal (second design) in gold (which was sadly missing when the consignor acquired the collection in 1995). General David L. Brainard, U.S. Army - Last survivor of the United States’ Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-84) The Early Years He didn’t know it at the time, but David Legg Brainard was to become one of those rare individuals in military history who rose from Private to General by pulling himself up by the bootstraps. The fifth son of Alanson and Maria (née Legg) Brainard, was born on his parents’ farm in Norway, New York, on 21 December 1856. He attended public school in Norway and when David was ten years old, the family moved to the John Corp farm at Freetown, New York, where Alanson also operated a dairy, and David attended the State Normal School in Cortland. In September 1876, 19-year-old David left home to travel to Philadelphia and view America’s first successful world’s fair, the Centennial Exposition. After taking in many marvels of the Machine Age, Brainard boarded a train for home. At New York City, he changed trains and reached into his pocket for money to buy a ticket, but there was none. Too proud to write his family for funds, Brainard took the free ferry to the U.S. Army Post at Governor’s Island and joined the Regular Army. While putting on his new uniform, the young man
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found a ten dollar bill hidden away in his civilian shirt pocket, but it was too late – he was now Private David L. Brainard. When Brainard joined the Army, it had been only three months since Custer’s command was mauled at the Little Big Horn, and in no time, Brainard was sent to Company L, Second Cavalry, Fort Ellis, Montana Territory. Serving against the Northern Cheyenne and Sioux Indians, and later the Nez Perce and Bannock Indians, the square-jawed Brainard was a keen soldier, who firmly believed orders clearly issued should be obeyed. On 7 May 1877, the US cavalry attacked the village of Sioux chief Lame Deer at dawn, near the mouth of Muddy Creek, Montana Territory. In the initial assault, an officer with 20 scouts and mounted infantrymen, plus Company H, Second Cavalry, charged through the left side of the camp and stampeded the pony herd about a half-mile beyond. The warriors tumbled from their tipis, randomly firing as they fled toward the hills around the camp. Companies F, G and L followed their fellow cavalrymen, then wheeled to the right, and engaged the Sioux as they took up positions in the hills. Brainard witnessed Chief Lame Deer and his nephew Iron Star fleeing the battle: About this moment the troop to which I was attached dismounted, and we followed the Indians up the precipitous hills. The head-dress made a very conspicuous target, and many shots were fired at the Indian wearing it. Finally he was seen to totter, and the other Indian...placed his hand about the other’s waist and supported him up the hill; Lame Deer was seen to take a pistol from his belt and fire backwards in our direction… When the old man fell, Iron Star escaped over the hill through our left, and ran into the face of G troop under Wheeland [sic], and was shot by Wheeland, who used a pistol. By nine in the morning, the attack was over, and the camp revealed a large quantity of booty, some of which was a grim reminder of the recent past. At least 30 tons of dried buffalo meat, hundreds of robes, carbines, powder and ammunition – and ‘many trophies of the Custer battle and several scalps of white men and women.’ Of the herd of 450 captured horses, some bore the Seventh Cavalry brand. All of the casualties suffered at the Battle of Little Muddy were born by the Second Cavalry: four men killed and nine wounded. The Sioux had 14 killed and many wounded during the engagement. Among the troopers wounded was Pte. Brainard, who suffered wounds to his right hand and a gunshot wound to his right cheek, affecting his eye. Over half a century later, in 1933, he received the Purple Heart for his injuries. Of the five Medals of Honor awarded for Little Muddy, four went to the Second Cavalry. By 1878, Brainard’s soldierly talents resulted in his promotion to Corporal, and then Sergeant. He needed those talents, and every 180
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ounce of mental and physical courage he could muster, when his military career took a dramatic turn that forever changed his life. International Polar Year By the late 19th century, nations (in particular Great Britain) had been engaged in Arctic exploration for hundreds of years. Two primary goals were sought: a North-West Passage and the North Pole. In 1875, an Austro-Hungarian naval officer and polar explorer named Karl Weyprecht proposed fixed Arctic observation stations. Together with Bavarian scientist Georg Von Neumayer, in 1879 they proposed an International Polar Year (IPY). Both men realized that nations needed to stop competing for geographical discoveries and instead should despatch a series of coordinated expeditions dedicated to scientific research. Eventually, 11 nations took part in the IPY 1882-83; 12 principal research stations were established across the Arctic, along with at least 13 auxiliary stations, and two subantarctic stations. Some 700 men worked to establish and relieve these stations between 1881 and 1884. Lady Franklin Bay Expedition The U.S. government did decide to establish a scientific station at Lady Franklin Bay in 1881, as part of the American contribution to the IPY. The expedition represented America’s first participation in an international scientific effort, and the 25-man Army party was commanded by First Lieut. A.W. Greely, Fifth Cavalry. Second Lieut. F.F. Kislingbury and Second Lieut. J.B. Lockwood were Greely’s officers and the Doctor and Naturalist was Octave Pavy, a man with limited Arctic experience. The party was composed of both infantry soldiers and cavalrymen (six being from the Second Cavalry), though four of the men were civilian specialists who were given the ranks of sergeant. Brainard was chosen First Sergeant (Chief of Enlisted Men) and Commissary Sergeant. Finally, two native Greenlanders acted as Hunters and Dog Sledge Drivers. The expedition left St. John’s, Newfoundland on the hired vessel Proteus, on 7 July 1881, and Lady Franklin Bay reached in the first week of August. The base was constructed and named Fort Conger. The expedition’s 30-foot steam launch, christened Lady Greely, was laid up for the winter, along with the whaleboat. Meteorological, magnetic and tidal observations were initiated and maintained continuously for two years. By the time the first winter began, in preparation for spring sledge journeys, four depots had been established northward along the coast of Grinnell Land. Sgt. Brainard was put in command of the whaleboat for one of these important missions. Also, new areas of the interior had been mapped in the autumn.
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Making ready for a sledge journey from Fort Conger (Three Years of Arctic Service, by A.W. Greely)
Map of the Greenland Party’s route (Three Years of Arctic Service, by A.W. Greely)
During the winter, nobody escaped the psychological stress of the long dark months, even the stalwart Brainard remarked in his journal: ‘One scarcely wonders that [explorer Charles] Hall died. I think the gloom would drive me to suicide in a week.’ Spring Sledging 1882 and a “Farthest North” Record A sledge party under Dr. Pavy was despatched to northern Ellesmere Island, to determine if land existed further north of the island, and encountered huge icebergs and enormous hummocks. The ice floes behind the party separated and the men retreated for fear of being marooned. Meanwhile, Greely set out to explore the island’s interior and discovered a large lake, which he named after General Hazen, Chief of the Signal Corps. On 4 April 1882, the North Greenland Sledge Party departed with Lieut. Lockwood in charge, and Sgt. Brainard as Second-in-Command. After six days, the sun was with them constantly, day and night, and there was much suffering from snow blindness. Temperatures sometimes struck 50º below zero.
On 29 April, the support party turned back, while Lockwood, Brainard and Greenlander Frederick Christiansen, with a single dog sledge and 25 days’ rations, forged onward alone – and were about to make history. It was hard going over crusty ice and around huge hummocks. At times, Brainard stumbled about like a blind man: ‘We have snow glasses, but seldom wear them. They make the ground appear uneven.’ On 6 May, Brainard wrote about the unknown coast: ‘Travelling abominable. Our route leads us along the tidal crack which varies in width from one to one hundred yards...camp at 11:15 P.M., having travelled ten hours. Men and dogs both worn.’ Afterward, a severe snowstorm slowed progress to the point where the party had to camp on an island for 60 hours. On 13 May, the storm moderated and the advance was resumed through deep snow and pack ice, past capes and fjords. Finally, on that day, a new “farthest north” record was set at latitude 83º 24’ N. and longitude 40º 46’ W. – beating the record held by British Commander Markham in 1876
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GENERAL DAVID L. BRAINARD | Lady Franklin Bay Expedition | Medals & Artifacts and surpassing 300 years of British Arctic record-breaking. Brainard recorded the moment: From observations taken along route, we believe we are in a higher latitude than ever before reached by man, and on land farther north than any was thought to exist. Once again we ran up the Stars and Stripes, this time with a feeling that warmed our spirits despite the northern breeze which swirled around us. A flag-topped stone pyramid nine feet high was erected, containing a tin cylinder with expedition records and a self-recording spirit thermometer. Brainard and his companions left a ‘scene [that] was grand and impressive beyond description”, which included the later-named Lockwood Island and Brainard Island, and headed home. The three explorers reached Fort Conger on 1 June, having been absent 59 days and traversing nearly 1,100 miles, mostly in temperatures well below zero. Lieut. Greely came out specially to greet the party. The Relief Ship and a Second Winter Summer excursions were made to the westward, across Grinnell Land, Ellesmere Island’s interior. The landscape came alive with newly discovered lakes, rivers, glaciers and mountains. In order to supplement the station’s food supply, much hunting was also carried out. A vessel bringing new personnel, additional supplies and mail was due to arrive at Fort Conger during the summer of 1882. The expedition had come through the first winter in good health and spirits and the future looked bright. By September the relief ship Neptune was turned back by the ice in Smith Sound, 300 miles from Fort Conger. She depoted enough rations at Cape Sabine (Ellesmere Island) to feed Greely’s party for ten days and an equal amount at Littleton Island (Greenland side). Spring Sledging 1883 Lieut. Lockwood, Sgt. Brainard and Greenlander Frederick, with a team of the ten best dogs, set off to the southwest on 25 April, across Grinnell Land toward the Western Ocean. The intrepid explorers crossed the island for the first time from the east to the Western Ocean and saw marine fossils and petrified trees, discovered an 85mile long glacier subsequently named Agassiz Glacier, and named Greely Fjord and two headlands north and south of the fjord became Cape Brainard and Cape Lockwood. The party returned to Fort Conger by 26 May. In the process of charting large areas of Grinnell Land, Lockwood, Brainard and Greenlander Frederick had completed all three “farthest” during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition – north, east and west. They had journeyed on foot and by sledge one-eighth of the distance around the world above the 80th parallel. Greely radiated with praise and reserved a special honor for Sgt. Brainard: Sergeant Brainard’s share of this work showed the same sterling qualities evinced by him the previous year, and in consequence he was recommended by me in 1882 for a commission in the Army. Mutinous Retreat Before leaving the United States, Greely worked out a detailed plan whereby the party would retreat south if the relief ship did not arrive. A string of depots planted along the Ellesmere coast by the Proteus when she brought the party north in 1881 would keep it supplied with food and enable the boats to carry minimum loads. A relief ship would be waiting for Greely at the most northern point allowed by the pack ice, but if not, a relief party would camp at Littleton Island (Greendland side) with food and clothing, to keep contact between the two parties throughout the winter. Everyone was to be picked up in the spring. On 9 August 1883 began what became a 500-mile retreat by boat, sledge and drifting. ‘I was the last to leave the station and nailed the door securely,’ wrote Brainard. Unknown to anyone, two weeks previous, the Proteus was crushed the by ice far to the south. Though some food and supplies were depoted ashore, the ship went down with most of her valuable cargo. Greely was in charge of the steam launch Lady Greely, which towed the other boats; but Greely was no sailor, he was feeling his way – and his men knew it. During the course of the retreat, Brainard became 182
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more and more concerned over Greely’s distraught frame of mind. At one point, Greely proposed to abandon the steam launch, put the boats and supplies on the drifting ice, and float south with the current to Littleton Island. To Brainard the idea seemed sheer madness. Dr. Pavy submitted a grave proposal to Brainard on behalf of some of the others. If Greely decided to go through with his planned “drift”, the doctor would declare the commander of unsound mind, and Lieut. Kislingbury would take command and lead the party back to Fort Conger and retreat again next spring. Brainard’s support for the mutiny was crucial to secure the allegiance of the enlisted men. He refused to support the plan, which he could only see as a breakdown in discipline, thus putting the party in even greater danger. By mid-September, the Lady Greely and Valorous were abandoned and there began a torturously meandering 34-day drift on the ice. The men were all feeling hunger now and there was only a forty-day supply of rations left. It was not until 29 September that the party reached a place across from Littleton Island, which Greely named Eskimo Point, after the discovery of three ancient igloos. Winter at Cape Sabine, 1883-84 A hunting party discovered a note left by the leader of the Proteus relief expedition in late July, indicating that some depots of food and supplies were left in the Cape Sabine area. In spite of the good news, Brainard was coldly realistic: There are little more than 1,000 rations at Cape Sabine and these will not go far toward feeding twenty-five men. Little time remains to hunt and besides game has become noticeably scarce. In early October, Greely predicted a dark future: I, however, am fully aware of the very dangerous situation we are yet in, and foresee a winter of starvation, suffering and probably death for some... Our fuel is so scanty that we are in danger of perishing on that score alone. Am determined to make our food last until April 1, and shall so divide it, supplementing it from any game killed. The party moved to Cape Sabine, several miles to the northeast, and there the men constructed a stone house for the winter, christening it Camp Clay. Constant hunger was now their companion. The party engaged in storytelling to pass the time and Brainard told tales of fighting Indians, but nothing could really take their minds away from the hunger tearing at their stomachs. There were continual brave attempts to supplement the meager food supply by hunting, with varying success. The first death in the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition occurred on 18 January 1884, when Cross died of starvation. In spite of their privations, only one man died that winter, but scurvy was also among them. Fatal Spring With the coming of spring, Brainard lifted the mood of the entire party when he came into camp on 14 March with three ptarmigan he had shot – the first game since a scrawny fox was killed in February. Viewed as a good omen, the men started to formulate ideas to increase the food supply and Brainard acted on a proposal Greely had made some time before by rigging a cloth net to catch tiny crustaceans, about the size of wheat grain and referred to as “shrimps”. Both Brainard and Sgt. Rice made use of the rig in a tidal crack. By 2 April, Brainard wrote that ‘everybody is ravenously hungry, and all are growing daily weaker.’ Then, three days later, Greenlander Frederick died after several days of extreme weakness. The next day, another man died, and then Lieut. Lockwood. Brainard noted a change that had come over the party: ‘Our own condition is so wretched, so palpably miserable, that death would be welcomed rather than feared...’. On 14 April, Greely wrote in his journal that Brainard was to succeed him in command of the expedition should anything happen to him. By 22 April, Greely added, ‘I gave Sgt. Brainard instructions about my effects &c. if anything should happen to me. I want Brainard commissioned.’ The stalwart Sergeant was making two and three trips a day to the tidal crack to secure “shrimps” and often returned to camp dizzy and staggering.
GENERAL DAVID L. BRAINARD | Lady Franklin Bay Expedition | Medals & Artifacts Death stalked the expedition and seized Greenlander Jens Edward, who drowned in his kayak while recovering a seal. Also, there were more accusations and counter-claims of stealing food. Four men died in May, leaving just 14 remaining. Towards the end of the month, the hut was abandoned in favor of a tent for the coming summer. Summer: Death and Salvation Pte. Henry had been warned more than once about repeatedly stealing food, until Greely finally wrote out an order to Sergeants Brainard, Long and Frederick – execute Pte. Henry. He wrote in part, ‘ This order is imperative and absolutely necessary for any chance of life.’ See “An Arctic Execution,” an exhaustively researched article by Glenn M. Stein, published in the journal Arctic in December 2011, http:// pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic64-4-399.pdf. By 22 June, just seven men remained from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. Greely thought he heard a ship’s whistle and asked Brainard and Long to investigate. Having crawled up the ridge, the men saw nothing and Brainard returned to the tent to report to Greely. Long went up to the knoll to raise the fallen signal flag Brainard had planted there some weeks before, and as he gazed out into the water, he could just make out the form of a ship – they were saved! Soon, Navy Lieutenant John C. Colwell and others were at the camp. Brainard immediately drew himself up to the ‘position of the soldier’ and was about to salute, when Colwell gently took his hand. At the time of rescue, the men were within 48 of death, and it was largely due to Sgt. Brainard scrupulous handling of food supplies and his shrimp fishing that anyone was still alive. During the dreadful winter months, ‘no ounce of unauthorized food passed his lips,’ wrote Greely about his valiant First Sergeant. Bodies of the dead were exhumed by the rescuers from shallow graves on Cemetery Ridge and it was discovered that six had been cannibalized. This discovery and the failed relief missions caused a public sensation in the United States, but to their dying days, all of the survivors denied any knowledge of cannibalism. In the end, only six remained of the 25-man Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, with a severely frostbitten man having died on one of the homeward bound rescue ships. Brainard first received recognition for his Arctic achievements came from the Royal Geographical Society in June 1886, which presented him with the Back Grant. The award included a gold testimonial watch and diploma. That October, Sgt. Brainard was finally rewarded with a commission in his old unit, the Second Cavalry, “As recognition of the gallant and meritorious services rendered by him in the Arctic expedition of 1881-1884.” At that time, and for many years thereafter, he was the only living officer of the Army, active or retired, holding a commission awarded for specific distinguished services. By the early 1890s, Brainard was promoted to First Lieutenant, and in spite of becoming an expert marksman, Brainard’s sight was affected by his eye wound from the Sioux War and snow- blindness in the Arctic. This likely caused his transfer to a branch for which he was wellsuited – commissary and subsistence – where he became a Captain in 1896. Brainard rose steadily in rank and saw service during the SpanishAmerican War and Philippine Insurrection. Later, Brainard was the United States Military Attaché in Buenos Aires until the eve of America’s entry into World War I in April 1917, and afterward in Lisbon, Portugal. He found time to get married for a second time in June, to Sara (née Hall) Guthrie, who already had a daughter named Elinor. Brainard was previously married briefly to Anna Chase, at Walla Walla, Washington Territory. He eventually retired as a Brigadier General in 1919. After his military retirement, Brainard became the Washington representative for a New York business firm, the Association of Army and Navy Stores, of which he was Vice President and a Director.
whereabouts of this gold medal are unknown. In April 1922, Brainard served as one of three Explorer Club’s representatives invited to the unveiling of the Peary Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery; by this date, only Greely and Brainard remained of the six Lady Franklin Bay survivors. In June 1925, another moving unveiling also took place at Cape Sabine, honoring the dead of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, when the National Geographic Society’s Memorial Tablet was affixed to a 100-ton boulder. At the close of the decade, The Explorers Club Brainard in 1944 presented its highest honor, the Explorers Medal, to the only survivor of the “farthest north” sledge party at the Annual Dinner on 12 January 1929. Perhaps influenced by the recent recognition, in the same year, Brainard published The Outpost of the Lost: An Arctic Adventure, a transcription of the last 11 months of his journal, which had lain for 45 years in an old trunk. The Last Survivor Brainard’s final polar accolade came in 1936, the year after Greely’s death, when the American Polar Society elected Brainard its first Honorary Member on his 80th birthday. A few days before Christmas, Marie Peary (the explorer’s daughter) was on hand to present a specially illustrated scroll, signed by Paul A. Siple (Society president and veteran of two Antarctic expeditions under Byrd). And the media sought out Brainard too; in the 1930s, and into the 1940s, he retold the story of Arctic adventure for newspaper readers and radio audiences alike. The last survivor of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition published a transcription of his journal for the entire expedition in 1940, under the title Six Came Back: The Arctic Adventure of David L. Brainard. In October of that same year, a Mrs. Lillian Gary Taylor wrote to Brainard, asking him if he remembered the afternoon, many years ago, when she was a 16-year-old girl and christened the expedition’s launch. In his jovial reply Brainard wrote, ‘I recall every incident of the christening of the launch, Lady Greely, and I specially remember the charming young girl whom Lockwood had asked to do the christening. I have never forgotten the champagne, as it was the last that I drank for over three years.’ David L. Brainard remained active in business up until his death of a heart attack in Washington’s Walter Reed General Hospital, on 22 March 1946; Sara Hall Brainard died in 1953, and both were laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. Elinor passed away in New York City in 1982. By Glenn M. Stein, FRGS. Copyright 2007, 2011 & 2013. An unabridged version of this essay can be viewed online at cowans.com. Polar Collection of Glenn M. Stein, FRGS $20,000 - $30,000
Belated Recognition and Remembrance of Arctic Service The American Geographical Society recognized Brainard with the award of the Charles P. Daly Medal in 1925. Unfortunately, the SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Art | Mining & Miners 355 Pima Indian and Aravaipa Canyon, Arizona Watercolors by California Goldminer Robert Hart A collection of five watercolors, one depicting a group of Pima Indians sitting next to a Caucasian man, 5.75 x 8 in., the other four showing picturesque views of the Aravaipa Canyon, ranging in size from 3 x 4.5 in. to 5 x 7 in. The watercolors are affixed to a cardstock mat. Although unsigned, it is believed that these watercolors were produced by Robert Hart (American, b. 1834), whose family owned and operated several gold mines in Spotsylvania and Louisa Counties (Virginia) in the 1840s. In the summer of 1849, Hart ventured west to the California gold fields with his cousins, Andrew Bronaugh and Henry Hart, but 1850 census records indicate that he returned a year later to live at his aunt’s home, known as “Woodside,” located in Louisa County, VA. The watercolors, as well as a Map of the United States of Mexico, by John Disturnell, listed as lot 285 in this sale, were found at “Woodside” by a family member, and have remained in the family since they were discovered. The lot is accompanied by typed transcripts of selected entries from Hart’s diary, from July 19, 1849 to October 20, 1850, in which he describes his western expedition. The detailed drawings clearly depict the events outlined by Hart in his diary entries dating from July 28-31, 1849. The seated Caucasian man included in one of the drawings has a pen-and-ink stand at hand and could very well be Hart himself. The dress and hair of the older Pima man in the same drawing are consistent with historical descriptions of Pima chiefs, and this may be a depiction of the visiting chief referenced in Hart’s July 28 entry. There is no doubt that the additional scenes represent the Aravaipa Canyon in Arizona, home of the Pima people. Hart and his fellow travelers were clearly following the Gila Route westward, which passed through Aravaipa Canyon, and the Bronaugh-Hart Expedition may have been one of the very earliest parties of “Forty-niners” or “Argonauts” to pass through the Aravaipa area. Following Hart’s return home from California, he worked with his father, Robert, and his uncle, Colonel James Hart, at the Old Rough and Ready Furnace in Louisa County, VA, and after his father’s passing, Hart moved with his family to Christian County, KY. Typed transcripts of excerpts from Hart’s diary, dating from from July 19, 1849 to October 20, 1850, are available upon request. $2,000 - $3,000
WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Mining & Miners 356 Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of An Armed Mountain Man Sixth plate daguerreotype of a mountain man wearing a heavy beard and mustache. Armed with a percussion shotgun, the subject looks directly into the camera with a serious expression. He wears a thick wool coat, a buffalo hat, and a leather belt, which holds a hatchet and large knife. Housed in full, pressed paper case. $4,000 - $6,000
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357 Remarkable, Whole Plate Ambrotype Portrait of a California Gold Miner A striking, whole plate, hand-tinted ambrotype portrait of an aged California argonaut? standing in a simple interior, likely an itinerant studio, ca 1855. The stout looking fellow wears a white, blousy shirt with a decorative scarf tied around his neck, blue-tinted pants — perhaps denim — held up by a belt adorned with a two-part “San Francisco” or “miner’s” buckle showing an eagle with raised wings, and tall leather boots. He wears a distinct, long hairstyle topped by a widebrimmed hat.. Gold mining was a tough, physical activity; it was a young man’s game. Of the thousands who emigrated to California during the Gold Rush, the average age was around 36; our confidently posed subject appears to be in his 50s, if not later. And so, while he wears the garb of a miner, we wonder if he was an entrepreneur who made his wealth catering to the needs of the mining community. The subject of this remarkable image in sadly — and maddeningly — unidentified. Clearly his confident pose and relaxed demeanor
suggest someone of accomplished means. A search of images in the California Society of Pioneers, as well as the holdings of the Oakland Museum and Bancroft Library failed to provide a definitive identification. And yet, we believe this fellow may be ultimately identified. The gentleman bears a resemblance to Edgar “Ned” Wakeman (18181875), a colorful sea captain who ventured West, from New York to California in 1849, and spent much of his life in Pacific Coastal Waters. Serving as skipper of the steamer America, a ship on which Samuel Clemens sailed from San Francisco to New York City ca 1866-1867, Wakeman became the inspiration for many of Clemens’ fictional characters. While there is a resemblance between Wakeman and the aged miner, this identification cannot be confirmed. Cowan’s is grateful for the assistance of Drew H. Johnson, Curator at the Oakland Museum, for his efforts in attempting to identify the subject of this compelling image. $50,000 - $75,000
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358 Half Plate Daguerreotype of Gold Miners, by George H. Johnson, Sacramento, California Exceptional, half plate daguerreotype by George H. Johnson of Sacramento, CA, showing five gold miners wearing tinted blue and red shirts, positioned next to a sluice and rocker. All are equipped with tools of the trade and pose as if looking into the distance to the right of the frame. One miner holds a pan full of tinted gold pieces. A similar view of the same group of miners is published in Johnson & Eymann’s Silver & Gold: Cased Images of the California Gold Rush (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1998), p.84. Housed in full case including velvet pad imprinted with: Geo. H. Johnson/ 83 J St./ Sacramento/ Cal. Ca 1850-1852. Born in New York in 1823, George H. Johnson, who is hailed as one of the great daguerreian artists of the gold rush era, arrived in San
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Francisco, CA, in 1849 and established the “Pioneer Daguerreian Gallery” in Sacramento in July of that year. By 1850, he was listed as a daguerreian on the north side of J Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets in Sacramento. However, in 1852, Johnson’s gallery was destroyed in a fire, and he operated a gallery on Montgomery Street in San Francisco from January through August of the same year. His “Pioneer Daguerreian Gallery” was re-established at a different Montgomery Street location in 1854, and he had a brief partnership with Silas Selleck at this time. The following year, Johnson, along with his brother, B.R., established the firm of “Johnson Brothers” at 185 Clay Street, and the partnership lasted from 1855-1858, when Johnson continued to operate the business on his own. Johnson is also listed as being active in Great Salt Lake City during the late 1860s and in New York City in the late 1870s. $50,000 - $75,000
WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Mining & Miners 359 Half Plate Daguerreotype of Parker & Elder Storefront in Grass Valley, California Half plate daguerreotype housed in a full case with the pad imprint: Geo. H. Johnson/ 83 J St./ Sacramento/ Cal. Image features the Parker & Elder storefront in Grass Valley, CA, with 12 people posed on the first and second level porches. Above the name of the business is painted a sampling of available wares; Paints Oils Glass Hardware Crockery &c. The Grass Valley Telegraph of Thursday, October 6, 1853, includes a notice that Parker and Elder were closing their business and selling off at cost. Ca 1850-1852. $6,000 - $8,000
360 Half Plate, Outdoor Ambrotype of Gold Mining Scene, Featuring a Water Wheel Anonymous, ca early 1850s half plate ambrotype of a California gold mining operation, featuring nine miners addressing the camera. Eight pose at various positions in the foreground and middle ground, some with tools, and one miner stands on the scaffolding of a 15 foot water wheel, emptying a large bucket into the lower sluice. The bucket hangs from a large boom raised and lowered by a series of pulleys secured at the top of a tall pine tree trunk held steady by guy wires. Housed in a full, pressed paper case. $6,000 - $8,000
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Mining & Miners 361 Rare Half Plate, Outdoor Panotype of the Indiana Ranch, Yuba County, California Outdoor panotype of the Indiana Ranch, as indicated by the clearly visible sign. At least 15 people pose on the ground floor porch, mostly men in Western-style hats. Image is about the size of a quarter plate, on a piece of waxed cloth about the size of a half plate. Housed in a half plate paper case. An internet search turns up a handful of period trade tokens for an Indiana Ranch & Bluegrass Saloon, though the location is not noted. An Indiana Ranch Road exists in Yuba County, CA, and local history records indicate the presence of a Kentucky Ranch in that county, near the small town of Dobbins. The town and ranch sprang up during the California Gold Rush of 1849 — around the time this photograph would have been made — and the Kentucky Ranch and Indiana Ranch & Bluegrass Saloon similarity indicate that this is the likely setting of the photograph. The panotype was an extremely rare and short-lived photograph method in which a single negative image was printed on leather. In use in the late 1850s, it was made obsolete by the tintype. $5,000 - $7,000
362 Half Plate Ambrotype of a Mining Scene, Including Miners & Sluice Half plate daguerreotype of miners posed in the foreground, near an impressive sluice. The men stand behind a picket fence and appear to be tending to a vegetable garden. Two pine or spruce trees stand in the middle ground, against a background hillside covered in the same. Likely ca 1855, when the waning months of the California Gold Rush overlapped with the spread of the ambrotype process. Housed in a full, pressed paper case. $4,000 - $6,000
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Mining & Miners 363 Half Plate Tintype Portrait of Two Miners Half plate tintype of two miners seated at an outdoor, likely itinerant studio. Both men are similarly dressed, wearing hats, bibbed shirts, leather boots, and canvas ore bags, and holding rock picks in their laps. Both men carry knives in their boots and revolvers in their belts. The man at left is armed with a Colt Single Action Army and the man at right with a Smith & Wesson and wearing a loaded cartridge belt. Ca 1870s, and likely from Colorado. Housed in a half, pressed paper case. $4,000 - $6,000
364 Half Plate Ambrotype Portrait of a Gentleman by R.H. Vance, San Francisco, California Half plate ambrotype of an anonymous gentleman, housed in a case with R.H. Vance’s imprinted green velvet pad and stamped mat. Robert H. Vance (1824-1826) was one of the premier Gold Rush-era photographers, covering the growth of the city of San Francisco as well as the mining camps that spotted the Sierras. $800 - $1,200
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Mining & Miners 365 Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of a Gold Mining Scene Quarter plate daguerreotype of five gold miners working a creek bed with a small sluice and mule-drawn cart. Plate is sealed with part of an 1853 Maryland deed and housed in a floral, pressed paper case. $3,000 - $4,000
366 Sixth Plate, Early Outdoor Tintype of a Mining Scene, Including Children Sixth plate, outdoor tintype of six miners working an excavated area, with three children seated on the edge of the ditch behind them. Two miners deposit earth from the bottom of the ditch into the central sluice, while three others pose with shovels at their sides. A gold pan sits atop another sluice coming from the right of the frame. Housed in a full, pressed paper case. $4,000 - $6,000
367 Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of an Identified Miner by R.H. Vance, San Francisco, California Sixth plate daguerreotype of a bearded miner wearing a stern expression, housed in a case with San Francisco daguerreian Robert. H. Vance’s imprinted pad. A period, inked note pinned to the pad identifies the sitter as Pardee Bench(?). Housed in a floral, leather case. Although an unusual name, we are unable to uncover any additional information regarding a “Pardee Bench,” or other possible versions of the name. $4,000 - $6,000
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Mining & Miners 368 Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Miner Sixth plate daguerreotype of a confidently posed gold miner wearing a straw hat. Housed in a full, pressed paper case. $3,500 - $4,500
369 Klondike Gold Rush, Collection of Magic Lantern Slides by J. Doody Lot of 93 magic lantern slides of the Klondike Gold Rush, ca 19061907. All are standard 3.25 x 5 in. glass slides, with either inked titles on affixed labels or titles in the negatives. Those with titles in the negative are credited to photographer J. Doody, for Jeremiah D. Doody, who produced images in the Yukon Territory ca 1899-1915, from an address in Dawson City. Doody had moved to the Yukon from California in 1898 and initially worked with photographer H.C. Barley in Whitehorse, and partnered with Edward J. Hamacher as Hamacher & Doody around 1899. Beforehand, he had done work for the Smithsonian Institution in Central America and for the U.S. Army in Texas, and also had a brief career as a cowboy in Kansas. The collection forms a great record of activities in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, well beyond just gold mining. Beginning with a view of the steamer Excelsior leaving San Francisco in 1897, there is coverage of transportation by ocean steamer to the Chilkoot Pass, by foot and sled over the Pass and along the Chilkoot Trail, by scow through the rapid rivers of spring and summer, by horse-drawn
wagon down the Whitehorse Trail, and, of course, by dog sled in the winter. Views of steamers carrying lumber and equipment and of dredges in the Yukon River are also included, and even an automobile driving down the frozen river. About 20 views capture logging operations, including the harvesting of lumber, transportation by horse-drawn sled and steamer, and the construction of cabins. Views of settlements include a cabin interior, a roadhouse, several views of tent towns, and views of Dawson and Whitehorse, from the streets and from the hillsides. As far as wildlife, views include caribou herds and trails, a bounty of wolf and lynx furs caught near the Pelly River, two trappers carrying a bear, and a wooly mammoth head and tusks so well preserved that it appears to retain the skin. The actual gold mining views show operations ranging from two prospectors using a simple rocker to large dredging machines, enormous sluices, and a massive tailings dam. There is also a map of Twelve Mile River-Bonanza Creek and a view of a pan full of nuggets, labeled A Seven Thousand Dollar Clean Up on Livingston Creek, Large Nugget $470. $800 - $1,200
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Mining & Miners 370 F.H. Nowell, Alaskan Gold Rush Photograph of Miners with their Gold Dust Silver gelatin photograph, 7.875 x 9.875 in., mounted, 10.875 x 12.875 in. Titled in the negative, Gold Dust from No. 1 Below Pennell on Imnachuck River owned by “D. Hoogendorn” / Aug. 18th 1906, with credit to Nowell at lower right. The Imnachuck River flows to the north coast of the Seward Peninsula, about 130 miles northeast of Nome. The only mine in the area was later named the Utica Mine, in operation from 1903 to 1980, and likely the source of the pictured gold. Frank Hamilton Nowell (1864-1950) was born and raised in Portsmouth, NH, but followed his father and brothers to Juneau, AK, around 1886, where they founded a mining company. Frank worked as a purchasing agent, traveling between San Francisco and Juneau, and it appears he took up photography as a hobby around 1894. Within a few years, he made it his full-time occupation, traveling seasonally between Nome, where his studio was located, and Seattle, where his wife and children settled and where he sold photographs and promoted Alaskan business. Nowell was elected official photographer of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909, and continued working into the 1940s, including a stint as the photographic consultant for the 1925 film The Gold Rush, starring Charlie Chaplin. $500 - $700
WESTERN AMERICANA | Mining & Miners 371 California Pioneer, 1849, Scarce Gilt Medal Two-part, gilt medal comprised of a decorative pinback hanger including a California grizzly bear, above the phrase, California Pioneer / 1849, with a medal suspended below, featuring a variety of symbols associated with California and the American West, such as paddlewheel and sailing ships approaching a harbor, a wagon train and log cabin, and gold mining scenes. Medal, 45mm dia., including pinback, 76mm ln. Ca 1870s-1880s. Accompanied by original box, marked inside by the maker, Eugene H. Richards, 7 Green St. Boston. A scarce medal presumably produced by the Society of California Pioneers and presented to the descendants of those who settled in California prior to 1850. $1,000 - $1,500
372 14 Karat Gold Patriotic Belt Buckle Manufactured by the California Jewelry Company, Securing Mechanism Patented by William Cummings, 1868 14K gold patriotic belt buckle manufactured by the California Jewelry Company, including securing mechanism patented by William Cummings, 1868. 1.625 x 2.5 in. (41 x 64mm) 19g (12.2 dwt). Top features patriotic eagle with a UNION banner in its beak, bottom with a bear (the symbol of California) behind a patriotic shield and six American flags, and personifications of Liberty and Justice at each side. Floral and scroll designs throughout. Three-prong securing mechanism double stamped W. Cummings. Patd. Aug. 1868. Although not marked, the piece very closely resembles several pieces made by the California Jewelry Company, which was located on Sutter Street in San Francisco, CA, ca 1870-1878. $1,000 - $1,500
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373 E. Mathey 14 Karat Yellow Gold Hunter Case Minute Repeater Pocket Watch, Previously Owned by Solomon Curry, Founder of Curry Mine, Michigan E. Mathey Tissot 14K solid gold minute repeater pocket watch. Case number 26712. Arabic numerals with secondary dial at six o’clock. White porcelain face in excellent condition. Ornate hands. Originally owned by Solomon S. Curry (1840-1929), who was born in Lancaster County, Canada, but lived and worked in Potsdam, NY and Trenton, Ontario before he settled in Michigan. He was an elected State Representative in 1874 for the State of Michigan. In 1896, he ran for Lieutenant Governor, but lost. Curry was very instrumental in the early development in the industrial, financial and political life of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He opened the Curry Mine, Gogebic County Mine, and the Metropolitan Iron and Land Company, which was the world’s greatest producer of ore. His house is listed in the State Register of Historic Sites for the state of Michigan. $4,000 - $6,000
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Logging 374 Clark Kinsey Logging Photographs, Oregon, Group of Four Lot of 4 photographs by Clark Kinsey (18771956), showing logging operations in the Pacific Northwest. All 10 x 13 in., with inscribed titles in the negatives, including: One of Washington’s famous cedar trees; South Beach, Ore. Dec. 1918 (two views, Nos. 509 and 511); and Falling Redwood, Humboldt Co., Cal. Clark Kinsey’s work focused on the Pacific Northwest, especially the intersection of wilderness and industry. At the outset of the Yukon Gold Rush in 1897, Clark joined his older brothers Darius and Clarence in opening a studio in Grand Forks. Once the Rush began to slow, he began to document foresting activities in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. His commercial success stemmed from patronage by lumber company managers and the endorsement of the West Coast Lumberman’s Association. Clark worked during years of great technological advancements and these developments are apparent through his images. $800 - $1,000
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375 Timothy O’Sullivan, Wheeler Expedition Photograph, View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona Albumen photograph titled on mount recto, View on Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona, with T.H. O’Sullivan Phot. lower left and No. 2 lower right, 8 x 10.75 in., mounted on larger printed War Department cardstock, 15.5 x 19.75 in. O’Sullivan produced this landscape photograph during the Wheeler Expedition of 1873. Note the two Caucasian men and Apache scout in the foreground, lower right. $1,000 - $1,500
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376 Timothy O’Sullivan, Wheeler Expedition Photograph, Water Rhyolites, Near Logan Springs, Nevada Albumen photograph titled on mount recto, Water Rhyolites, Near Logan Springs, Nevada, with T.H. O’Sullivan Phot. lower left and No. 13 lower right, 8 x 10.75 in., mounted on larger printed War Department cardstock, 15.5 x 19.75 in. Produced by O’Sullivan during the Wheeler Expedition of 1871. A small gathering of people can be seen in the distance, standing outside their residences. $1,000 - $1,500
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377 F. Jay Haynes Panoramic Photograph of the Grand Canyon Panoramic, hand-tinted photograph of the Grand Canyon, produced by F. Jay Haynes, ca 1900. With Haynes’ St. Paul, MN, studio imprint on verso. 24 x 48 in., housed in original frame with original glass, 27.5 x 54 in. overall. $1,500 - $3,000
378 William Henry Jackson Albumen Photograph, Pike’s Peak Trail Near Grand View Large format albumen photograph produced by William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), ca 1880. Titled in the negative, 323. Pike’s Peak Trail Near Grand View. 10 x 13.25 in., mounted slightly larger with inscription in the lower margin, Colo. near Manitou, Colo. Built 1852. $1,200 - $1,800 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Cities & Towns 379 Oklahoma Land Rush of 1893, Group of Photographs by P.A. Miller Lot of 5 silver gelatin photographs of eager homesteaders gathered to participate in the Oklahoma Land Rush, each with P.A. Miller’s Arkansas City, KS, backmark, 4.5 x 7.5 in., mounted, 5.25 x 8.5 in. With the following scenes, as captioned in pencil on mount below each image: Boomers’ Parade at Ark. City, Kan. Sept. 9 ‘93; Registering at Booth 9. Monday Sept. 11 ‘93 near Ark. City; Santa Fe Depot at Ark. City, Kan. Sept. 16 ‘93 at 9 o’clock A.M. (Three hours before train time); Lining up for the start Sept. 16 - 93 South of Ark. City Kas.; plus an additional photo of The Start, as titled in negative. These historic images capture the “rush” for new homesteads in the 225 mile long, 58 mile wide “Cherokee Strip” between southern Kansas and Oklahoma Territory. Sold by the Cherokee to the government, by the time of the opening, more than 100,000 people gathered on the border, nearly 30,000 alone around Arkansas City. At noon on September 16th, 1893, the homesteaders, most mounted on horseback, but others on foot and in wagons, “boomed” across the border to secure prime claims. $1,500 - $3,000
380 Quinion Family, Founders of Quinion, North Dakota, Photographic Archive Lot of over 280 photographs and other paper related to the Quinion Family. Research indicates that a member of the family, H. Chris Quinion, a native of Vermont, moved to North Dakota in 1885. Quinion, like others of this period, was probably lured to the Dakotas with the offer of free land in return for building a home and remaining on the land for a period of time. Quinion is credited with starting the Q Bar Ranch on Magpie Creek, which had between 600-700 horses. Approximately 25 years later, a petition was circulated to establish a post office in the area of Quinion’s ranch, but a name for the area was needed in order for this to be done. Thus, the area in Billings County, located 29 miles NNE of Medora, was named Quinion in honor of H.C. Quinion. Members of the Quinion family also settled in New England, specifically in Connecticut and the Schnob Brook area of Massachusetts. Although limited information is available on the history of this family, it appears that the Quinions interacted with notable figures of the early 20th century, as indicated by some of the photos in the collection.
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Cities & Towns Highlights from the archive include: photograph of Herbert Hoover fishing; photograph of Richard, Joe, and George Quinion and their horses at the Q-Bar ranch; a herd of cattle at the Q-Bar ranch; mounted photograph of several men identified on verso as Ted Roosevelt (Extreme Left) and His rough Riders on Q-Bar Ranch, although the Roosevelt identification is questionable; photograph of George Quinion with a 15-ton portable boiler being hauled by horses; photograph of members of the Quinion family at their Yalesville, CT, property; George Quinion’s 32nd degree masonic certificate; typewritten family records including birth and death dates; album of cabinet cards, CDVs, and tintypes, most from Boston with others from Napa, CA; lithographed photo postcard of President Roosevelt and family. Photograph of Senator Robert Taft fishing at the eastern Quinion farm in Massachusetts; photograph of a 300 pound black bear captured by George Quinion; ca 1920-40s album of hundreds of family photographs, most from Massachusetts, including sailing, fishing, firefighters in action, and Cpl. Lenard “Cook” Quinion stationed in Iceland during WWII; and a large photograph of an enormous moose shot by Dod Quinion hanging in front of the Bristol Hardware Co. $600 - $800
381 Hugh Cameron, The Kansas Hermit, Family Photograph Album Album containing 44 photographs, ca late 19th Century to early 20th Century, featuring members of the Cameron family, including Hubert G., Albert, and Todd. Photos trace Todd Cameron’s family’s life from Kansas to El Paso to New Mexico and elsewhere in the West. Notably includes ca 1870s-1880s cartes-de-visite of family members with sewn borders, the highlight being a 1.25 x 2 in. portrait identified as “Judge Cameron,” with a Williams & Thomson, Kansas City, KS backmark, plus photos of family members who were killed in WWI and as a result of tuberculosis, and photos of Western mining towns and industrial machinery. Hugh Cameron (1826-1908), “The Kansas Hermit,” was an abolitionist, Civil War officer, judge, and founder and resident of Lawrence, KS, known for his eccentric behavior. Originally from upstate New York, he was teaching math in Washington, DC, when he was fired for espousing his “radical” anti-slavery views, so he decided to walk to Kansas to settle and have his voice and vote heard during the Border War period of the 1850s. Connections from Washington secured
him an appointment as a territorial judge, and he used his power to counteract the “Ruffians” promoting slavery in the state. When the Civil War broke out, Cameron enlisted and received a commission as a first lieutenant in Co. F, 2nd Kansas Cavalry, and was promoted to captain by the end of the year. He was made lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry (Union) in February 1864, eventually being promoted to brevet brigadier general for meritorious service. After the war, Cameron’s eccentricities began to emerge. Despite his status as a former judge and military hero with connections in the federal government, he began living in a hollowed out tree in Lawrence and eschewed the social norms of the time. The Kansas Hermit usually emerged for some spectacular purpose, such as walking to Santa Fe, NM, to deliver a letter of apology to the people of the state for Kansas Sen. Edmund Ross casting the vote, which prevented President Andrew Johnson from being convicted at his impeachment trial. He later said that the purpose of “burying [him]self in the woods” was to emulate the life of the prophets in the hope that he would receive “visions.” $1,000 - $1,500
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Cities & Towns 382 Hileman Photograph of the Conrad Buffalo, Kalispell, Montana Silver gelatin photograph, 8.75 x 19 in., titled and signed lower right, Conrad Buffalo, Kalispell, Mont./ Copr. June 24, 1914. By Hileman. In the early 1800s, great herds of bison containing upwards of 50 million animals wandered over North America’s prairies, but by the 1880s, most had been slaughtered, and the species was in danger of extinction. In 1873, a Pend d’Oreille Indian by the name of Walking Coyote returned to the Flathead Valley from a hunting trip with a small group of young, orphaned bison calves. When he had approximately 13 buffalo, Walking Coyote sold them to ranchers Charles A. Allard and Michael Pablo, who extended the herd into one of the largest in existence. Following Allard’s death in 1896, a share of his herd was sold to Charles E. Conrad of Kalispell, MT, who, based on his previous experience as a buffalo hunter, selected 20-30 of the best animals, and moved them to his pasture near Kalispell in 1902 with the intention of preserving the buffalo. The Conrad herd grew rapidly, and by 1909, 36 of the buffalo were sold to the American Bison Society and moved to the National Bison Range at Moise, MT. In December of 1921, 90 head from the herd were sold to the Gibson Brothers of Yakima, WA, and as a result, the Conrad herd reduced significantly in size. $500 - $700
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383 Joliet Prison, Fine Grouping of Boudoir Card Photographs Lot of 30 silver gelatin boudoir card photographs of Joliet Prison, ca 1890s. Two with verso imprints listing the titles of 21 views comprising the series Instantaneous Photographs of Scenes “Behind the Bars,” and three with 1897 hand stamps from Railroad Trainmen’s Journal Editor’s Office and inked enlargement notes. Joliet Correctional Center was built in Joliet, IL, in 1858, and used during the Civil War to house both common criminals and Confederate POWs. The rapidly growing city of Chicago provided a constant stream of offenders and the jail quickly reached an inmate population of over 1,000, and remained at full capacity until closure in 2002. The collection offered here features many fine views of the 198
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prison architecture and inmate labor facilities, including convicts at work, shots of inmates marching in the jail’s famous “lock-step” lines, and several views of an Independence Day celebration in the yard. Of particular note are a photograph of four Asian inmates and two composite photographs, one which includes two pictures of notorious outlaw Frank Rande. One shows the “Brilliant Bandit of the Wabash” confidently posed with two large Smith & Wesson revolvers, and the other his dead body after hanging himself from his cell door, an act the New York Times called “the one decent act of his career, ending his life without troubling the officers of the law.” Estate of Kenneth Erwin $2,000 - $3,000
WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Outlaws & Lawmen 384 Great Omaha Train Robbery of 1909, Mugshots of the Bandits Lot of 4, each a 3.25 x 5 in. silver gelatin print mounted on a card, verso with an Omaha Metropolitan Police Department template filled in with the subjects name, crime, and identifying characteristics. All stapled to larger note cards. The four subjects are Charles Marvin (aka William Mathews), Jack W. Sheldon (aka Lonnie Golden), D.W. Woods (aka Dan Donner), and James Gordon (aka Frank Grigware). The group is four-fifths of the gang that committed the Great Omaha Train Robbery of 1909. On the night of May 22 of that year, the men held up a Union Pacific Overland Limited Train just south of Omaha and made off with seven registered mail pouches. Although the total haul was only about $700, the Union Pacific offered a $20,0000 reward, and within a few days a gathering of schoolchildren found the group’s stash of guns and disguises, and the police staked the place out until the robbers returned. All five were easily convicted and sent to the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, KS. The real story, however, is that of Frank Grigware, who escaped Leavenworth prison less than six months after entering. It was not until over 20 years later that he was heard from again, when the FBI’s nascent International Fingerprint Exchange program found a match for Grigware in a mild-mannered Canadian named James Fahey, whose only crime had been fox hunting out of season. Fahey/Grigware was living a respectable life in Alberta and had the full support of his neighbors, community, and the Canadian government, which eventually convinced the United States to drop extradition efforts. Still, J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI kept him under surveillance for the next 43 years in case he ever became comfortable enough to cross the border, but he never did, and died in Canada in 1977 at the age of 91. $600 - $800
385 Industrial Workers of the World Union, Everett Massacre of 1916, Mugshots of the Defendants Lot of 60 mugshots of those arrested in the 1916 Everett Massacre. Each a 3.25 x 5.5 in. silver gelatin photograph with an Everett Police Department stamped template on verso inked with the defendant’s name, crime, and description, and stapled to a larger card. Includes Thomas H. Tracy, aka George Martin, the only man to eventually be tried, and who was acquitted of all charges. The Everett Massacre was a confrontation between police and members of the Industrial Workers of the World labor union over wages for the local shingle workers. The shingle workers had been on strike for nearly five months and had staged protests and demonstrations in the streets, supported by out-of-town organizers from the IWW. In response, the sheriff and local business leaders organized a team of “vigilantes” to beat the organizers and strikers into submission. The Wobblies refused to be intimidated and on November 5, 1916, had over 300 members of the Seattle chapter travel to Everett by steamer in a show of force. Upon arrival, the sheriff refused to allow the boat to dock, and as the Wobblies tried to make their way ashore, gunfire erupted in both directions. Two of the sheriff’s “citizen deputies” and at least five Wobblies were killed. Over 75 men were arrested, but only leader Thomas H. Tracy ended up being charged, and he was acquitted after a two-month trial determined both “citizen deputies” were accidentally shot in the back by their own side. $600 - $800
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Outlaws & Lawmen 386 DeAutremont Brothers, Last Great Train Robbers in Oregon History, 1923, Group of Mugshots Lot includes mugshots of the three DeAutremont Brothers — Ray, Roy, and Hugh, plus a later shot of Ray. Each 3.25 x 5.5 in., verso with typed information regarding the offender’s physical description, crimes, and sentence. The DeAutremont Brothers are famous for committing one of the last “Old West-style” train robberies, known as Siskiyou Massacre, in 1923. Twin brothers Ray and Roy (b.1900) and younger brother Hugh (b.1904) were working as lumberjacks in Silverton, OR, that year, and only Ray had any sort of criminal record, having spent a year in a Washington State reformatory for his involvement with the Wobblies. On October 11, the gang boarded Southern Pacific train No. 13 as it entered a tunnel in the Siskiyou Mountains and, armed with sawed off shotguns, forced the engineer to bring the train to a halt. Ray and Hugh made their way toward the cash in the mail car, which was carrying an estimated $40,000, but the attendant had locked himself inside. In a desperate move, Ray attached a dynamite charge to the door, but the resulting explosion was much larger than expected, and not only blew the mailman “to bits,” but created so much smoke and confusion that the brothers were unable to find any of the loot. They shot the three remaining witnesses in cold blood and fled empty-handed. With few leads, the police turned to University of California chemistry professor Edward Heinrich, who used early forensic methods to successfully identify the brothers, but they remained at large despite nationwide distribution of wanted posters. The brothers made it nearly four years before their luck ran out. Hugh had boldly joined the U.S. Army under a pseudonym and was turned in by a barracks mate, and the renewed public interest brought on by his arrest led to the discovery of Ray and Roy living unassuming married lives in Steubenville, OH. They were convicted and sentenced to life in prison, with only Ray living to see parole. $600 - $800
387 Devil Anse Hatfield & Family, Silver Gelatin Photograph Silver gelatin copy photograph of a rough-and-tumble group of heavily armed men guarding their front porch, with women and children seated around them, 3.75 x 5.5 in., on a cabinet mount with the typewritten description affixed on verso: Devel Ance Hatfield amd famley Ho was in the M.C.Coy. and Hatfield fued one of his Brothers and family are living here in town he has a record of killing only 14. each one of the boys has one or more to their credit. William Anderson Hatfield I (1839-1921), aka Devil Anse Hatfield, was chief of the Hatfield Clan during the 40+ year feud with the McCoy family, which involved a series of battles that raged in both West Virginia and Kentucky. $1,000 - $1,500 200
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Cowboys | Charles J. Belden Charles J. Belden (1888-1963) was born in San Francisco into a wealthy California family. He developed a life-long passion for photography when he purchased his first camera to record his travels throughout Germany and Russia after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1909. Upon his return to the U.S., Belden worked as a cowboy on the L.G. Phelps Ranch in Wyoming. He then went to work on and eventually managed the legendary Pitchfork Ranch near Meeteetse, WY. During his time at the Pitchfork Ranch between the 1920s and 1930s, Belden produced a variety of images that captured life on the dude ranch, including livestock activities, as well as the surrounding western landscape. Many of his western photographs were taken on horseback aboard his reliable pony Pinky. He thought this gave him the desired perspective he was hoping to achieve. Belden’s photographs were featured in various publications, including National Geographic and the Saturday Evening Post. Refer to the University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center’s Digital Collection of Charles J. Belden Photography for comparable examples of his work. Charles Belden gave this group of photographs, lots 388 to 396, to the consignor’s grandfather, who worked on the Pitchfork Ranch in Wyoming during the 1930s. The photographs have been in the family since that time.
388 Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Sheepherder Tending his Flock in a Blizzard Silver gelatin photograph, unmarked, but by Charles Belden, showing a ranch hand tending to a herd of sheep in a snowstorm. Most likely taken in Wyoming, ca 1910s-1940s, 16 x 20 in. $1,500 - $2,500
389 Charles J. Belden Photograph of Sheep Grazing on a Mountainside Silver gelatin photograph, unmarked, but by Charles Belden, capturing a herd of sheep grazing, with a foggy, mountainous landscape serving as the backdrop. Most likely taken in Wyoming, ca 1910s-1940s, image, 11.5 x 16.75 in., overall, 16 x 19.75 in. $1,000 - $1,500
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Cowboys | Charles J. Belden 390 Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Cowboy on Horseback, Tending Cattle Silver gelatin photograph, unmarked, but by Charles Belden, featuring a cowboy pausing to inspect a small herd of cattle in a secluded meadow, ca 1920s, 14 x 18 in. $1,000 - $1,500
391 Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Sheep Camp Silver gelatin photograph of two men tending the chuck wagon at a sheep camp on the expansive Wyoming range, unmarked, but by Charles Belden, ca 1910s-1940s, 16 x 19.75 in. $800 - $1,200
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Photography | Cowboys | Charles J. Belden 392 Charles J. Belden Photograph of Cattle Grazing in the Snow Blue-tinted, silver gelatin photograph of a small gathering of cattle grazing on a snowy hillside, unmarked, but by Charles Belden. Most likely taken in Wyoming, ca 1910s-1940s, 16 x 20 in. $800 - $1,200
393 Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Lone Coyote Silver gelatin photograph, unmarked, but by Charles Belden, providing a close-up view of a lone coyote howling, ca 1910s-1940s, 11.75 x 16 in. $800 - $1,200
394 Charles J. Belden Photograph of Shepherds Herding Sheep Down a Hillside Silver gelatin photograph, unmarked, but by Charles Belden, providing a unique view of shepherds mustering sheep down a steep hillside, most likely taken in Wyoming, ca 1910s-1940s, 11.75 x 16 in. $600 - $800
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395 Charles J. Belden Photograph of Horse-Drawn Lumber Wagons, Printed on Tissue Photograph printed on tissue, unmarked, but by Charles Belden, capturing lumber wagons being pulled by a team of horses down a tree-lined, dirt trail, ca 1910s-1940s, image, 9.25 x 12.5 in., overall, 11.75 x 16.5 in. $500 - $700
WESTERN AMERICANA | Wild West Shows 397 William F. Buffalo Bill Cody Autographed Book, Last of the Great Scouts Wetmore, Helen Cody. Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody (“Buffalo Bill”). Duluth, MN: The Duluth Press Printing Co., 1899. 12mo, embossed green cloth lettered in gilt, 267pp. FFEP inscribed: With the compliments/ of the subject/ W.F. Cody/ “Buffalo Bill”/ To Matthew/ May 13th, 1900. $1,000 - $1,500
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396 Charles J. Belden Photographs of Sheep Herds Lot of 2 silver gelatin photographs, unmarked, but by Charles Belden, most likely taken in Wyoming, ca 1910s-1940s; the first showing two cowboys herding a flock of sheep, 8 x 10 in.; the second, an interesting view featuring a flock of sheep densely packed together in the foreground, with more sheep grazing on a hillside in the distance, image, 5.75 x 8.25 in., overall, 8 x 9.75 in. $500 - $700
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398 Buffalo Bill & Wild West Show Performers at Ambrose Park, New York, Photograph Silver gelatin photograph featuring Buffalo Bill at left, posed with a group of his performers, dressed in Zouave-style uniforms, and who appears to be Nate Salsbury, the owner and manager of the Wild West Show, at far right. 7.5 x 9.5 in., mounted, 8.75 x 11.25 in. Faint pencil inscription on mount verso identifies the photograph as being taken at Ambrose Park, Brooklyn, NY. Ca 1894-1895. $800 - $1,000
399 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, A Group of Performers at Ambrose Park, New York, Photograph by Stacy Silver gelatin photograph featuring a small group of performers from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, dressed in Zouave-style uniforms and posed with their rifles or swords, with a stadium setting serving as the backdrop. 7.5 x 9.25 in., mounted, 8.75 x 11.75 in. With Stacy’s Brooklyn, NY, studio handstamp on mount verso, indicating that this was most likely taken at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn. Ca 1894-1895. $500 - $700
400 Where the Trails Meet, Theatrical Poster by Ackermann-Quigley Full sheet poster, 28.25 x 42.5 in., advertising Where the Trails Meet/ By Addison Aulger/ Author of/ “In Arizona,” featuring a dramatic depiction of four armed cowboys and two women gathered around a fifth cowboy that has fallen to the ground, with a pistol placed at his side. Printed by Ackermann-Quigley Litho. Co., Kansas City. Laid down on linen, 29.25 x 44 in. $500 - $700 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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401 Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, 500,000 Acres of the Best Prairie, Timber and Coal Lands in the West!, Spectacular Broadside Spectacular six-color broadside for the sale of Missouri lands by the Hannibal & St. Joseph’s Railroad; 22 x 27.75 in.; Matthews & Warren, Buffalo, NY, printers. Post-Civil War, ca 1866-1868, with Missouri Is Free! in patriotic lettering at top, offering 500,000 Acres of the Best Prairie, Timber, and Coal Lands in the West!, situated in northern Missouri. Features two images of the green lands and blue skies, labeled Photographic Views of Lands of the Company, on either side of a Missouri Farmer’s Home in 1866. Land is offered in lots of 40
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acres or more, for cash, land bonds, or preferred stock, on two or ten years credit, at an average cost of under $10 per acre. Includes an appeal that Emigrants settling in Colonies will contribute greatly to each member’s advantage, and that circulars describing the particulars of such an arrangement are available. We could find no other example of this broadside, but a smaller advertising card with identical text and colors exists in the collection of the Missouri History Museum. An exceptionally rare railroad broadside that still retains much of its vibrant color. Estate of Kenneth Erwin $8,000 - $10,000
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402 California and Oregon Stage Line Broadside on Coated Stock Overland Mail Route to California. Through in Six Days to Sacramento! Connecting with the Daily Stages to all the Interior Mining Towns in Northern California and Southern Oregon... W.D. Carter, Printer, Front St., Portland, OR, dated July 19, 1866. 13.5 x 10.5 in. (sight), framed, 16.5 x 19.5 in. An exceptional, and early imprint, printed in blue and red on heavy stock and illustrated with a fine woodcut of a stagecoach by H. Eastman. This sheet is known to have been printed similarly for the reverse route, with a July 20, 1866, publication date. A cornerstone piece for any Western transportation collection. $5,000 - $10,000
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Broadsides & Displays 403 Schuttler Wagon Chromolithograph by Achert & Henckel, Cincinnati, Ohio A colorful print advertising the Peter Schuttler Company Chicago, depicting a line of Old Reliable Schuttler Wagons traveling along Ute Pass, Colorado, Achert & Henckel Lith., Cincinnati, OH, 21.25 x 27.25 in., framed, 23.5 x 29.25 in. The line of wagons going up the hill to the right appear to have been taken directly from a ca 1875-1880 stereoview by Thurlow of Manitou Springs. The Schuttler Company, an important wagon manufacturer, was founded by Peter Schuttler who emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in 1834. After working as a wagon maker in Sandusky, OH, Schuttler moved to Chicago in 1843 and soon started his own wagon shop to take advantage of the civilian demand for heavy vehicles that could be used to migrate westward after the Gold Rush of 1849. By the 1850s, Schuttler was one of the leading wagon makers in the country, and his company was producing approx. 1800 wagons per year. When Schuttler died in 1865, his son Peter took over the business, and it remained prosperous. By 1910, Peter Schuttler III was running the company, and it continued to thrive until it was closed in the mid-1920s as a result of the rise of the automobile industry [www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ pages/2836.html]. $800 - $1,200
404 Union Pacific Railroad, Oldest Inhabitant, Wooden Display Display depicting a buffalo grazing in the plains, with a mountainous countryside as the backdrop. Marquetry inlaid with various exotic woods, housed in original frame with brass plaque attached, etched with Union Pacific/The Overland Route symbol, as well as the title, Oldest Inhabitant, 24 x 30 in. $800 - $1,200
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Books 405 Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Thwaites, Reuben Gold, ed. Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and the Direction of the Committee on Historical Documents. Together with Manuscript Material of Lewis and Clark from other sources, including Note-Books, Letters, Maps, etc., and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse. Now for the First Time Published in Full and Exactly as Written. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904-1905. 8vo, red cloth with gilt title and publishers device on spine, “LC” device on front; 8 volumes including atlas, lacking only map 54. One of 750 “trade” copies. Ex lib. with withdrawal stamps on library bookplates. (Howes L320) Plus 1969 Arno Press reprint (New York) of volume 8 (atlas), all maps loose in green 6.5 x 9 in. clamshell box with index booklet. Just before the turn of the twentieth century, what little Americans knew about Meriwether Lewis’ and William Clark’s expedition was limited to the version published by Nicholas Biddle in 1814, which “focused on the most romantic and literary sections of the captains’ accounts.” (Blessing 2004: 42) It was something of a footnote to the exploration of North America. In 1893 Elliott Coues published an annotated version of Biddle’s work incorporating journals of other members of the “Corps of Discovery” housed at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. At the time, few were even aware that other corps members had kept journals, although they were ordered to do so at the beginning of the journey. Shortly after becoming the second director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Reuben Gold Thwaites stumbled across a slim journal among the journals of his predecessor, Lyman Draper. That little journal turned out to be one kept by Sergeant Charles Floyd, who turned out to be the only member of the “Corps of Discovery” who died during the expedition, a mere three months into the journey. Apparently, in the process of confirming Floyd’s participation in the expedition, Thwaites discovered the other journals at the American Philosophical Society and proceeded to contact descendants of all other corps members to see if maybe other journals, letters, etc. might still be in family archives. He did uncover more material. He was also alerted to the presence of additional materials of William Clark’s, still in the hands of his descendants (apparently tracked down by novelist Eva Emery Dye, according to one story). (Blessing, 2004: 47) So by the time Thwaites’ eight-volume series appeared in time for the centennial of the expedition, it was the most complete collection of manuscript material from the corps at the time. New material appeared over the next century, and was been updated by Dr. Gary Moulton in time for the bicentennial (1983-2001, Univ. of Nebraska Press). Thwaites’ edition not only provided research material for historians for much of the next century, it helped to popularize the expedition to the public, and emphasized the scientific (178 previously unknown plants and 122 animals) and cartographic accomplishments of the journey. Robert and Mary Younger, Morningside House Publishers, Civil War & Historic Book Collection $1,000 - $2,000
406 Life and Adventures of Kit Carson First Edition, Containing Manuscript Outline of the Carson Family Linage Peters, DeWitt C. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson: The Nestor of the Rocky Mountains from Facts Narrated by Himself. New York: W.R.C. Clark & Co.., 1858. 8vo, full leather, 5 spine bands with gilt lettering, embossed front and rear boards, gilt and embossed page edges, 7 plates, 534pp. Lacking frontis and tp, but has the ads, contents, author’s preface. We have not located this elaborate binding in other listings of this edition. Possibly a presentation copy. This volume has the Carson family listed in iron gall ink on the blank back of the first plate (between pp. 82-83). The listing begins with the marriage of “Christofal” Carson to Josefa Jamarillo on 2 Feb. 1843, and lists 8 children along with birth dates. It also lists a death date for the firstborn son, Charley (b. May 1850 - d. 30 Apr. 1852). The last entry is “girl born on the 13th of April 1868” with “Josephine Carson” penciled in before “girl.” Josefa died just 10 days later, on the 23 of April, and Carson himself died a month after she did, on 23 May 1868. There is some question about the provenance of this volume - did it in fact belong to the Carson family, possibly even Kit, particularly since the listing ends just before his death and nothing was added after. This issue was addressed by History Detectives in Episode 8, 2012. The conclusion was that it was probably not kept by Kit (who learned to read and write while in military service) or Josefa (who was literate in Spanish) (although it is interesting that Carson is listed as Christofal - the (sort of ) Spanish rendering of Christopher). History Detectives did locate a great grandson, John, who had handwriting samples of three children, Charles, Kit, Jr., and Teresina. A comparison suggested the closest match was to Teresina (third child, b. June 28, 1855). The listing of an exact date of death for the first son, which does not seem to be part of the public record, indicates that it was someone close to the family who would have had knowledge of this event. There are other indications that it may have been in Teresina’s possession. Christopher Houston Carson (1809-1868) was born in central Kentucky and moved at the age of SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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one to Missouri to land purchased by Daniel Boone from the Spanish prior to the Louisiana purchase - when this was still “real frontier.” But it was this environment in which young Kit grew up. Even this area was civilizing rapidly, and by the time he was apprenticed to a saddle maker, he found the shop stifling. At 16 he headed for Santa Fe with a merchant caravan, and spent the winter with a trapper, learning the fur trade. He also began learning languages required to deal with his customers and neighbors - eventually Spanish, Navajo, Apache, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Paiute, Shoshone, Ute. He spent the next decade trapping. He married Arapaho Singing Grass, and remembered these days as the happiest of his life. But Singing Grass developed a fever and died sometime before 1840 (he was very private about personal events, and this book does not explore his earlier marriages). He married a Cheyenne woman shortly after, but she joined her tribe when they moved camp. In 1842 he met Josefa, whom he married the next year. He returned to Missouri about this time, taking his first daughter with him to live with relatives and receive an education. It was also at this time he met John C. Fremont, who was looking for a guide to the South Pass of the Continental Divide. The next year Fremont continued from South Pass to the Columbia River. In 1845, Fremont was determined to find the source of the Arkansas river, but proceeded to California, apparently to stir up pro-American sentiment, as this was Mexican territory at the time. It was in California with Fremont and Commodore Robert Stockton that Carson began his military career. He went on to serve in the
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Mexican War, and later the Indian Wars, particularly against the Navajo. Today, he is most associated with the Navajo removal - the “Long Walk” - to Bosque Redondo beginning in 1864 and the “scorched earth” policy toward Navajo lands - events that happened after the publication of this book. After the treaty with the Navajo, and the establishment of their reservation, Carson was brevetted General and given command of Ft. Garland, CO. This was in the heart of Ute country, another group with which he was familiar. He helped as an intermediary with the government, and in 1867 he escorted four Utes to Washington to seek government assistance. Shortly after his return west, his wife died followed by his own death. By some reports it was a doctor in Washington who diagnosed his aortic aneurysm and warned him that it could rupture at any time. As a result of Fremont’s reports, Carson became something of a folk hero. He began appearing in “dime novels” by 1849. There is some thought that he dictated the events in this book, even though he was a very private individual, in order to set the record straight and correct the extremes portrayed in these thrillers. The result was over 500 pages of adventure, apparently censored by Carson, since there is no mention of his first two marriages, and barely any of the third. The focus is on the “romance” of the frontier, including bear attacks, Indian encounters, and his associations with other names such as Jim Bridger and John Fremont and the like. A classic 19th century adventure story in a deluxe leather binding, likely owned by a member of the Carson family. $1,500 - $2,500
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407 The Traveler’s Own Book, by Alfred A. Hart. A Souvenir of Overland Travel, 1870 Hart, Alfred A. The Traveler’s Own Book, by Alfred A. Hart. A Souvenir of Overland Travel, via, The Great and Attractive Route, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. to Burlington. Union Pacific Railroad to Ogden. Central Pacific Railroad, to Sacramento. Burlington & Missouri River R.R. to Omaha. Utah Central Railroad to Salt Lake City. Western Pacific Railroad, to San Francisco. Containing Complete Traveler’s Maps of each of the Railroads… Illustrated by Fine Photo-Chromo Views. Chicago (IL): Horton & Leonard Printers, 1870. Oblong 12mo, black covered paper boards, 34 pp, plus 12 colored plates, 5 fold-out maps. With albumen photographs mounted on front and back cover, the front including an image of the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, UT, and the back cover featuring a picturesque view of dwellings situated along the edge of a rocky cliff, with a young woman seated in the foreground, each 2.5 x 3.75 in. Inscribed on FFEP: With regards of your Brother/ John A. Spalding. A scarce guidebook authored by stereo photographer, Alfred Hart, who used his camera to thoroughly document the building of the Central Pacific Railroad and actively promote its touristic endeavors. $1,500 - $2,500
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408 Horn’s Overland Guide...to the City of Sacramento, 1852 Horn, Hosea B. Horn’s Overland Guide, from the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California; Containing a Table of Distances, and Showing all the Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Springs, Mountains, Hills, Camping-Places, and Other Prominent Objects; with Remarks on the Country, Roads, Timbers, Grasses, Curiosities, etc.; the Entire Route Having been Tracked by a Road-Measurer, and the Distances from Place to Place, and from the Missouri River, Accurately Ascertained. With a Complete and Accurate Map. New York: J.H. Colton, 1852. 16mo, brown cloth embossed boards, gilt front lettering. Second issue with “Opinions of the Press” on page v. Pages 69 - 83 “Business Advertisements,” geared to the traveler, with ads for “Supplies for Emigrants and their Teams,” clothing, ferries, hotels, land agents and attorneys, and more. There are an additional 18 pages of ads for Colton’s maps and guides. [Streeter 3170; Howes H641]
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Map, 13.5 x 21 in., with three (and one-half ) routes from the Mississippi (Dubuque, Bloomington, Navoo-Burlington) to Council Bluffs, and from there west to the South Pass at the Big Sandy River, where the trail splits to go north to Portland and Ft. Vancouver, and another branch goes due west (by a couple of alternate routes to Great Salt Lake) and on to Sacramento and the gold fields of California marked in red. This is described as one of the best guides to the gold fields available at the time, with distances closely measured (rather than being based on travelers’ reports, as many others were). The list of “Notable Places, Objects, and Remarks” follows the route, traveled by Horn himself, and gives the distance from the last point (first number) and from Council Bluffs. This copy is in very good condition compared to what is usually encountered. $4,000 - $6,000
WESTERN AMERICANA | Books 409 Carrying the Mails in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas Key, D.M., Postmaster General. Advertisement of November, 1, 1877, Inviting Proposals for Carrying the Mails of the United States in the State of Arkansas, From July 1, 1878, to June 30, 1882. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877. 8vo, 3/4 leather, four spine bands, spine title in gilt Texas Calif’a. Stage Co. / P.O.I. / Ark., LA & Texas. 40 numbered pp, 6 interleaved with blank lined pages, the 6 blank lined leaves. Then a new title page with Advertisement of November, 1, 1877, Inviting Proposals for Carrying the Mails of the United States in the State of Arkansas, From July 1, 1878, to June 30, 1882. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877.) 22 numbered pp interleaved with blank lined pages, plus six blank lined leaves. Then new tp with Advertisement of November, 1, 1877, Inviting Proposals for Carrying the Mails of the United States in the State of Arkansas, From July 1, 1878, to June 30, 1882. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877.) 72 numbered pp interleaved with blank lined pages, 12 blank lined leaves in back. Each printed page has postal routes with times, generally between 5 and 8 per page. The Louisiana pages with pencil “X” over them. For the Arkansas and Texas routes, next to each is manuscript ink note with name, location, and a number. Other codes written in pencil in blank areas opposite ink notes. For example, route 29102 From Gainesville, by Clarksburgh (n.o.), to De La Plaine, 15 miles and back, six times a week. / Leave Gainesville daily, except Sunday, at 7 a m; / Arrive at De La Plaine by 12 m; / Leave De La Plaine daily, except Sunday, at 1 p m; / Arrive Gainesville by 6 p m. / bond required with bid, $900. Next to it in ink is: J.H. Warren / Albany Wis. 573 and in pencil N6. Or route 29108: From Cleburne, by L’Anguille, to Brushy Lake, 20 miles and back, once a week. / Leave Cleburne Saturday at 5 a m; / Arrive at Brushy Lake by 12 m; / Leave Brushy Lake Saturday at 1 p m; / Arrive at Cleburne by 7 p m. / Bond required with bid, $200. In ink, J.C. Foley Whitley C.H. Ky 153 and in pencil N4. Presumably these refer to those who were awarded the contract for that route and for how much, but some of them are a mystery. There is undoubtedly information here for historians and genealogists. On the one page illustrated above are listed seven routes with carriers in Wisconsin, Kentucky (3), Missouri, and Georgia (and one unidentified). The few notes on the blank pages are even more cryptic. Certainly worthy of further research. $800 - $1,200
410 Texas Map with Inset of Galveston Bay, by C. Flemming, Ca 1845 Flemming, Carl. Texas. Glogau (formerly Silesia, now in Poland): C. Flemming, ca 1845. Overall 14 x 17.5 in., neat lines, 12.5 x 15.5 in. Smaller reissue of John Arrowsmith’s important German map of the Republic of Texas, just before its admission to the Union at the end of 1845. It shows the extent of Texas’ claims, following the “Rio Grande del Norte” beyond Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, as well as many of the Rio Grande pueblos. Small inset of Galveston Bay lower left. Land areas/counties in the eastern part of the state in dark outline with lighter fill, listing of them in the top right. Panhandle with 12 numbered sections, and the region noted as “Diese Gegend, von Le Grand im Jahre 1833 erforscht, ist fruchtbar, gut bewaldet und reich an Wasser,” [This area, explored in 1833, is fertile, well wooded, and rich in water.] taken directly from Arrowsmith. $500 - $700
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Books 411 Texan Santa Fe Expedition, by Kendall, 2 Volume Set Kendall, George Wilkins. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition, Comprising a Description of a Tour Through Texas and Across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Caygüa Hunting-Grounds, with an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food, Losses from Hostile Indians, and Final Capture of the Texans, and Their March, as Prisoners, to the City of Mexico. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1846, 2 vols. 12mo, cloth; vol. 1, 405pp, folding map; vol. 2, 406pp. Both vols. rebound, incorporating some of the cloth from the original boards on front boards of both vols., housed in a new slipcase. The “Santa Fe Pioneers” left Kenney’s Fort, 20 miles north of Austin, on June 19, 1841. The party was composed of just over 320 souls, including merchants, diplomats, soldiers, teamsters and guests. The original plan was devised by Mirabeau B. Lamar, in an attempt to control part of the Santa Fe area, or at least increase trade between Santa Fe and Texas. So he mounted the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, which has been described as a “politico-military-commercial” expedition, with much of the wagon train being merchant wagons, and the military nominally along to protect their merchandise. William G. Cooke, Richard F. Brenham, Jose Antonio Navarro, and George Van Ness were selected as civil commissioners, attempting to establish a trade relationship, or convince New Mexicans to join Texas. As was typical of mid-19th century expeditions, they were totally unprepared for what they would encounter. They started following the Wichita River instead of the Red River, then their “guide” abandoned them, leaving the expedition totally lost in the southern plains. In addition to not knowing their way, they did not have enough food or water and harassment by Indians was frequent. When the greatly weakened Pioneers finally reached Santa Fe, they were greeted with armed resistance. New Mexico governor Manuel Armijo had learned of the expedition, and sent a force of 1500 to meet them. The commanders who met them told them they had to leave, which they were ill-prepared to do without some rest and food. The next day Armijo himself arrived and insisted that the Texans be killed. After much discussion in council, they decided to spare the Texans, but to take them captive. They had no choice but to surrender, and were marched the 2000 miles to Mexico City, suffering more deprivations and indignities along the way. The expedition was finally released as a result of diplomatic efforts in April 1842. Although not successful in its intended goal, the expedition is often credited with renewing interest in Mexican territory (and was just one more event signaling hostility and contributing to the war between the two nations just a few years later). Soon all of this southern territory claimed by Mexico would become part of the United States. Robert and Mary Younger, Morningside House Publishers, Civil War & Historic Book Collection $600 - $800
WESTERN AMERICANA | Autographs & Manuscripts 412 Joaquin de Arredondo, Signed Pardon for British Participants in Mina Expedition, 1821 2pp, approx. 6 x 8 in., Monterrey, 22 Feb. 1821. Signed Joaq. de Arrendondo. In Spanish. Photocopy of first page and document set to second page mounted together in 18 x 22.5 in. mat. Arrendondo grants a blanket (wide) pardon to English and foreigners of other powers (...amplia a los Ingloses el Indulto concedido por ... a los extrangeros de otras potencias...) according to a bill passed in the British Parliament in 1817. Born in Barcelona, Spain, Joaquin de Arredondo spent much of his childhood in the New World, as his father was governor of Cuba and viceroy of Buenos Aires. He entered the Royal Spanish Guards, and was posted in the New World, eventually receiving command of Vera Cruz. After several victories in the series of rebellions that have become recognized as the Mexican War of Independence, he returned to Monterrey where he defeated the Mina Expedition in October 1817. Francisco Xavier Mina (1789-1817) was born in the region of Navarre. A university student when Napoleon invaded and deposed Ferdinand VII, he joined liberals and became a guerilla fighter. He ran afoul of Ferdinand when he returned to the throne, and eventually had to leave Spain. He went to Britain, where he met General Winfield Scott and Father Jose Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra. The latter suggested Mina could retaliate against Ferdinand by striking at Mexico. Apparently, Mina understood that the U.S. would support such an effort. In spring of 1816, he left England for the U.S. and spent several months seeking support and supplies. He received support from merchants in Baltimore and New York, including ships, arms and supplies. The Spanish minister in Washington pressured the government to stop the expedition. Mina sailed to Haiti with Father Mier in tow. A series of trips to Galveston, New Orleans, and Haiti linked the expedition with Louis Michel Aury’s force and Henry Perry’s force. In April 1817 the invasion force left Galveston for Soto La Marina, Tamaulipas. The first battles were successful, but as the small force of only 235 mercenaries moved inland, they encountered more resistance, and eventually they were defeated at Venadito on October 27. Mina was captured, and taken to Mexico City for trial. He was convicted and executed with 25 others on November 11, 1817. He was only 28 years of age. $500 - $700 214
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WESTERN AMERICANA | Autographs & Manuscripts 413 Proclamation of Santa Anna, 1829 12.5 x 15.5 in. folded. Address in two of four panels created when folded. Outer leaf with Proclamation of Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna / Vera Cruz / Aug. 3,1829. Manuscript address reportedly given to his troops. Spain was sensing chaos and instability in her rebellious former colony. By summer 1829 Ferdinand VII’s ministers decided the time was right to try to reconquer Mexico. A force of 2600 set out from Cuba (still a colony) in early July, which, unfortunately for Spain, is yellow fever season. For his support of Vincent Guerrero in the presidential election of 1829, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had been given a generalcy and governorship of Vera Cruz, with the understanding that he would defend against invasion from his region. When Spanish troops landed in July 1829, they landed on the shores of Veracruz near Tampico - the so-called “Barradas Expedition.” Santa Anna encouraged his troops with the following: Proclamation of Santa Anna General-in-chief of the divisions of operations against the Spanish invading to the troops under his command. [ink flourishes here] Soldiers! The Spanish expedition so often announced as preparing at Havanna for the invasion of our territory has at length arrived; and these vile slaves of the greatest of despots have already dared to set their feet upon our soil at Cape Rojo(?). Obstructed in his purpose to reconquer the country Spain has not ceased to provide the means for eventually accomplishing it; and this army which now presents itself is the vanguard of the great expedition which she has prepared as the result of her arduous labours. It is the last attempt which will be made by that imbecil nation to deprive us of independance [sic]. Soldiers! Those perfidious men provoke us to an encounter, they will find to their sorrow that you do not retreat(?) from this but that you are already on the march to accept the challenge. They threaten you with death; but the sharp edge of your swords will infallibly cause them to perish by hundreds and to ___ the soul which they have dared to profane: insomuch that no individual will remain to witness the destruction which their rash action proves? has merited. My friends! A delightful field of glory opens before us in which we will gather new laurels, valour and constancy; discipline, subordination and order. Such equalities(?) as these cannot deceive us. Always remember that you fight for Independence and Liberty; and so those dear names urge you to combat with double ardour till triumph is achieved. That it will be achieved who can doubt? Soldiers, it is better to die – to die a thousand deaths if possible than to suffer the hard yokes of oppression which these tyrants seek to impose. Independence or death! Let it glitter on your standard let it be the only sound which echoes through your camps as it is and will be the motto of your general. Antonio Lopez di Santa Anna Heroici vera cruz Aug 3, 1829 There was very little fighting, mostly small skirmishes. Spain lost over a third of its “invasion force” - about 900 men - most to yellow fever. But Santa Anna, with a much smaller force, got the credit in the eyes of the Mexican people. Always taking advantage of opportunities for self-promotion, he declared himself the “Victor of Tampico” and the”Napoleon of the West.” We have been unable to locate any references to this address. Why it is in English is uncertain. At this time Texas had not yet declared independence, so, of course, many citizens of that part of Mexico would have been English speakers, but reportedly the invasion force came rather suddenly, and would have drawn defenders immediately from Vera Cruz. Santa Anna mentions in his address that there have often been rumors of a Spanish invasion force, but this time it is real. While we cannot determine the origins of this address, in wording, etc., it is very similar to the address given to U.S. soldiers at the beginning of the Mexican War (1847). Santa Anna encouraged them to desert the army and come live in Mexico: “I offer you a reward, if deserting the American standard you present yourselves like friends to a nation that offer you rich fields and large tracts of land,...Here there is no distinction of races; here indeed there is liberty and no slavery; ... present yourselves like friends and you shall have country, home, lands; the happiness, which is enjoyed in a country of mild and humane customs; civilization, humanity and not fear address you through me.” [www.latinamericanstudies.org/mex-war/proclamation; accessed 9.7.13] Many might dispute how civilized and humane Santa Anna was, since he often mass slaughtered even political enemies, not to mention military ones. However, the tone of the address is very similar to this one, even though nearly two decades separate the two. $600 - $800
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414 California Gold Rush Manuscript Archive of Thomas & Robert Meyer 9 Gold Rush-related letters (6 from California); ca 1851-1860. The California Gold Rush was fed by adventurers from all over the United States, from Europe, Asia, Mexico, and the rest of the Americas. Among the thousands who made the perilous trip and lived the perilous life was Thomas Meyer, the son of a German immigrant to Pennsylvania. Thomas’s surviving letters have little of the nostalgia for his boyhood home and family that one often finds. Instead, they are the letters of a young man making his way through the hardships, savoring the independence of a saddlebag life in the wild west. Thomas’s first letter home provides a classic, and classically grim account of the hardships of a journey round the Horn. We arrived here on Saturday, 24th of April, after a five month passage.... We had a very hard time of it, 8 weeks of the horn. We were 60 miles from the Cathedral when she went down. We may thank providence we are safe. It was not for the goodness of the ship or officers that we go aground. I will tell you the good deeds of our officers. In the first place, the old man put us on 4 quarts of water... then of the horn, we were put on 3 quarts. The first day from home, the first mate lic[k]ed one of the seamen in the gulf Stream. He licked the same man [while] we were reefing atop sails... He hove an old broom at me, wich hit me above the eye and knocked me senseless. Then a few days after he kicked and dragged another man about the deck. We were called all kinds of names... I hope before you let any of the rest [of his brothers] go to sea you will cut there throats... [Once in San Francisco, he continued] I am going to look for work here. I don’t want to in a merchant ship again, if I don’t get work here I will go in a man of war. This is a great place. One of my shipmates was in chokey, and he sene a fellow in one cells he asked what he was put in fore. He said because he went in to a stor and took a bar of soap... Apparently not chastened by Thomas’s experiences, his brother Robert decided to try his own hand in California, although without the same fortunate results. One year to the day after Thomas’ first letter from the City, the Meyers received bad news: Brother Robert is Dead. He died on board the Steammer Northener in California on the 24th Decr. 1851 after a sickness of 16 days. I received this morning a few lines from the Doctor that attended him in his sickness and also from Evens a coloured man that worked for me 3 years and whom Robert took in Company with him from this place... As would be his pattern, ill fortune did nothing to make Thomas change course and it seems, in fact, to have quickened his affection for life in the gold camps, even when facing the inevitable hardships of making a living (and keeping it). The collection includes three
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letters written in 1858, two from the mining camp at Woolsey Flats. In January of that year, Thomas appears to have worked briefly for his relative V. Butsch, who tried to explain to the Meyer family the facts of work in wintertime California (Jan 15, 1858): I am indeed sorry that the cold weather has stop’d our mines from working, the water all frozen up and those prevent me from letting Thomas have $100,00 which he is very desirous to send to you. Money is very scarce presently, but you may depend upon your son Thomas to assist you as soon as I can collect money enough to pay hime some of his wadges. Thomas is a good boy if I can only get his mind settled down to keep him from going to sea again or enlist in the Mormon war if it should break out. I will be enabled to make something of him... Barely four days later, Thomas followed, implying that his situation was still better than that of his relatives trapped in the depressed economy of Philadelphia: We have no watter & we have 2 ft of snow. You say that mother has the neurallgy in her head. Aunt says for her to wear flannel caps on her head. I was sorry to hear that you was ordered out of the house but I hope it was for the best. If mother keeps boarding house you tell her to stop, as she gains nothing by it. It would do very well if she would keep a lot of fools with hairy lips who think it a disgrace to work without paying for their board... you told me for to put myself under advice & counsel of uncle. I will not do it for I think I am able to care of myself. As for learning the trade I will not promise you that. I tried that game once before and did not go through with it. I think I will stay here as long as I can if that will do you any good. I hope you will go out west next spring. The western countrys are the best .... In July, he announced that he was preparing to leave “this country for another with the hope of striking a better one,” but refused to return to Philadelphia. Mother forgive me for not returning home, he wrote in words no other would want to hear. It is not because I do not want to but it is on account of bad news I receve from Philadelphia. When I do return it shal be when I am able to throw the cold shoulder to them that shout I was nobody but a black guard and never would be any body... The collection ends with two 1860 letters from the mining camp at Dry Creek. On Feb. 14, Thomas reported that he had been pretty much all over the country, following up on Mar. 11 by sending his family news similar to many other footloose men in California. I am sorry to hear that you worry yourself about me so much. I am alright. I am satisfied to let my bones rest in this country but I will try to get home as soon as possible... You must not think that I would live in that abode of Philadelphia. I was sick of that place before I left.... You scold me for not sending my money to you to keep for me. I did want my money before the excitement broke out but I could not get it them. I believe Mr. Butsch wrote to you or father, I don’t [know] which, once that I would send some money home the first winter. But he did not let you know, like a man, that he could not pay me. I knew that he was hard up for money & I said nothing — but when the gold fever broke out, I could not help it. It took hold of me as well as others and when I came back, I went to work for him again until I was taken sick, could hardly walk about. When he treated me... I must say it I would not let him ride me with his high horse, for he was angry about some business that did not go rite with him. He told some men that I could reley [illeg] what thay said, That if I had left it pass without saying anything that it would have been all right in a few days. How when a man commences on me and wont let me know what it is about, but growls like a bear with a sore head just because he can growl. I am in then for a growl or a fight, I don’t care wich for I have got the reputation of being prety good in either one of the subjects. So don’t lecture me for what I have done any more Mother, you hurt my feelings. You want to know what I am doing or wether I am doing anything. Well I will just tell you what I am doing. This winter part of the time I have been chopping trees down and working them into fire for stove wood and for the last month I have been ditching, that is building turf fences and have been making rail fences and brush fences, but that go t us near through, then I will go to chopping wood again till about the first of April when I am going up in the mountains again.... A small but superb collection of an early Gold Rush adventurer, well written and evocative of a singular time and place. $1,500 - $3,000
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415 Medicine Lodge Treaty, 1867, Manuscript Copy Cheyenne and Arapaho nations, Medicine Lodge Treaty with Gen. Alfred H. Terry et al., Oct. 28, 1867. 21p. Not long after the Civil War ended, all-out warfare in the west resumed with violence, setting the Plains aflame from Texas to the Canadian border and beyond. With white settlers and the US army pushing relentlessly westward, the Indian nations found themselves in a desperate and concerted resistance. It was in this context that the Medicine Lodge Treaties were signed in October 1867, establishing a theoretical peace between the US government and the tribes of the southern Plains. After the US Indian Peace Commission of 1868 concluded that actions of the federal government had fueled resentment and warfare in the region through a repeated failure to live up to promises made in earlier treaties, the government agreed to convene with the tribes of the southern Plains to settle their differences. Between Oct. 21 and 28, General Alfred H. Terry, only two years removed from Civil War service, met with delegations from the Kiowa, Comanche, Kiowa-Apache, Southern Cheyenne, and Arapaho nations, concluding agreements that established clear and, perhaps, inviolate borders for their reservations, and while these were smaller than promised in previous agreements, the government offered aid to the tribes in the form of schools, trading posts, and, perhaps, agents who would act in their interest. This manuscript copy of the third Medicine Lodge Treaty of Oct. 28, 1867, represents the text agreed to by the Southern Cheyennes (represented by the noted chiefs Bull Bear, Black Kettle, Little Bear, and Spotted Elk, among others), the Arapahos (represented by Little Raven and Yellow Bear), and Gen. Alfred H. Terry et al. on behalf of the US government. Signed at Medicine Lodge Creek, 70 miles south of Fort Larned, Kans., the treaty explicitly proclaimed the desire of all parties to end the bloodshed they had endured for years by creating a more durable framework for addressing grievances. The Government of the United States desires peace, and its honor is hereby pledged to keep it. The Indians desire peace, and they now pledge their honor to maintain it. If bad men among the whites or among other people subject to the authority of the United States shall commit any wrong upon the person or property of the Indians, the United States will upon proof... proceed at once to cause the offender to be arrested and punished according to the laws of the United States and also reimburse the injured person for the loss sustained. If bad men among the Indians shall commit a wrong or depredation upon the person or property of any one, white or black or Indian, subject to the authority of the United States
and at peace therewith, the tribes herein named solemnly agree that they will, on proof.... deliver up the wrong doer to the United States, to be tried and punished according to its laws... One after another, the articles that follow address the flashpoints that so often led to violence in the west. Article II designates the specific limits of the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation, prohibiting white settlement, guaranteeing at least 160 acres of tillable land per person (in Article III), promising to build a warehouse and storeroom (Article IV), and designate an agent to reside there (Article V). Several of the articles lay out the well-worn theory behind the government’s approach to Indian relations that can be summarized as civilizing them to death by forcing them to take up farming and the practice of private property: • Article VI: It any individual belonging to said tribes of Indians, or legally incorporated with them, being the head of a family shall desire to commence farming he shall have the privilege to select in the presence and with the assistance of the agent then in charge, a tract of land within said reservation not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in extent, which tract.... shall cease to be held in common, but the same may be occupied and held in the exclusive possession of the person selecting it, and of his family so long as he or they may continue to cultivate it... • Article VII: In order to ensure the civilization of the tribe entering into this Treaty the necessity of education is admitted... and they therefore pledge themselves to compel their children male and female, between the ages of six and sixteen years, to attend school.... with government providing one teacher for every thirty children. Other articles provide for physician, miller, carpenters, blacksmiths, etc., as civilization program. Also annual supplies of clothing etc. • Article XI confines Indians to reservation of prevents them from attacking wagon trains or white travelers, coaches, mules, or cattle. They will never capture or carry off from the settlements women and children. They will never kill or scalp men nor attempt to do them harm. They will withdraw all pretense of opposition to the construction of the railroad now being built along the Platte river... The treaty bears an Impressive signature page with chiefs of both tribes (in copy, but not in facsimile), and the front sheet bears a copy of the formal ratification by Johnson dated Aug. 19, 1868. One of the most important Indian treaties of the Southern Plains. This copy is soiled and stained, with some relatively minor tattering at edges of some pages, with small tears on front sheet. Descended Directly in the Family of John Sheridan $2,000 - $3,000
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416 James Strode Swearingen, Manuscript Fair Copy Book, 18061807, Including References to Aaron Burr Conspiracy 1 vol., 8 x 6.5 in. (88p.); 1806-1807. During the earliest years of the early Republic, few interior towns were as strategically vital to the United States as Pittsburgh, a center for transportation linking the settled eastern states to the Ohio Valley frontier, the west, and the southern Mississippi Valley. Between native inhabitants fighting for their lives and lands, British agents, and unruly locals, the region was a cauldron of intrigue and unrest. In 1806 — a crucial year, as it turns out — the Johnny-on-the-spot at Pittsburgh was a young army officer, James Strode Swearingen. Born in Shepherdstown, Va. (now W.Va.) on Feb. 3, 1782, Swearingen had settled in the Northwest Territory in 1798, and five years later he received a commission as 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery in 1803 at Fredericktown, Md. After serving in a succession of frontier posts from the Ohio Valley to the Illinois territory, and rising slowly through the ranks, Swearingen found himself at Pittsburgh, which despite its importance, had received its share of neglect from the government. Swearingen’s letters are typical of the sort sent by a junior officer holed up in an outpost miles from the center of government and civilization, dealing a far-away life, the business of shipping supplies to western outposts at Fort Massac (Ky.), St. Louis, and the Indian trading post at Chickasaw Bluffs; recruiting; forwarding armaments and troops; and the difficulty of navigating the Ohio for boats loaded with freight. Throughout, there is a constant refrain of how Swearingen’s post was understaffed and ill-equipped. The letterbook offers a fine day to day accounting of the frustrations and challenges of work in the rough and tumble world of the nation’s first western frontier: • May 24, 1806 to Col. Henry Burbeck in Washington: I have not the least doubt but there could be a number of handsome men recruited at thus place, with little exertion, but there should be a good non-commd officer & Music. sent with an officer as I have neither n[on]. commd. officers or privates at this place who are or could be made use of.... From 218
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the situation of this garrison & public property, for which I am held accountable, it is out of my power to vouch for the safe keeping, having no guard. The works so much out of repair, that it has almost become as public as the streets in the Town, the Government no doubt must see the necessity of keeping up at this post, at least a subalterns command... • To Burbeck Aug 25, 1806 you wished to know of me what probability there would be of recruiting. My answer was should you send an officer, non com’d officer & Music I had not the least doubt but a number of men could be had. I could with the assistance of an officer recruit a company in the course of a few months, without Music nothing can be done here. I have no guard at present for the public stores at this place. A non com’d officer & private will be disch’d in a few weeks & as I am informed Capt. Dyson is about to take off the only artificer at this place... I have once stated the situation of this garrison to you it is therefore unnecessary to repeat the same. The public property is going to destruction for want of men sufficient to keep it in order, the stockade is of little consequence & of course it becomes worse every day... • To Wm Lineard, Dec. 2, 1806, regarding a shipment of supplies sent when the water was still too low: from a partial rise in the water, I thot proper to venture them. The consequence was they were grounded not three miles from this place where they remained several days, when there was a considerable rise in the river & the goods went off & are not I presume at Massac. The danger of forwarding goods in summer is too great, & I could not feel myself justifiable in sending them off sooner than I did... If I had not discretionary power in this or cases similar I know not what the consequences may be. This I will know, ‘that there is not a person who follows business of this kind, who will undertake to transport them, during the summer months without he is more than double paid for freight, at common water. They say the risque is great, & they must have this exorbitant price, as they are to take up the while summer in descending the Ohio &c. • To sheriff at Washington, Pa., June 23, 1807, regarding alleged deserters captured there, with description provided by on-site witness including 27 years old, 5 feet 7 3/4 inches high, hazle eyes, black short hair dark complexion looks very much down when spoken to & speaks something on the negro line, was born in Anne Arundle County, Maryld., or as he calls it Arnold.... they deserted on the night of the 7 May last with William Gordon who has not yet been heard of, but probably some information may be had from those you have if questioned closely. Other references to deserters. As interesting as these letters are for understanding military matters in the early Republic frontier, Swearingen’s letterbook contains something far more important: he was an critical eyewitness to the unfolding of the Burr conspiracy as well as a key middleman in Lewis and Clark-era diplomacy with western Indians. Pittsburgh is remembered as the place where the Lewis and Clark expedition truly began its westward trek in 1803, and it was a place through which the fruits of the expedition (and others) passed on their return. With federal Indian policy seeking a new footing during the Jefferson administration, delegations from the western tribes to Washington became a critical part of the diplomatic landscape, as attested in several of Swearingen’s letters. The first of three Indian delegations from west of the Mississippi during the Jefferson administration arrived in Washington in July 1804, included a dozen Osage men and two boys. In October 1805, a second Osage delegation visited, but unlike the first, this delegation had been exposed to alcohol, with all the bad results, with one chief dying of alcohol poisoning. Having met with Jefferson in January 1806, the Osages also traveled to Philadelphia, where they saw (and were seen in) Peale’s Philadelphia Museum, before returning west bearing Jefferson’s promise to establish trading “factories” out west where Indians could obtain western goods at cost in exchange for pelts and furs. Two letters from Swearingen relate to the Osage delegations. On May 25, 1806, he wrote: This will be handed you by an Osage chief who was left sick at Washington City, when the other chiefs set out for home... urging assistance in sending the chief to St Louis to meet with Indian agent Peter Chouteau. The second letter notes You will find him an honest sober man well disposed...
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Just as interesting is a series of letters to Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, beginning Dec. 18, 1806, reporting that Black Hoof (Catecahassa) and eight principle chiefs of the Shawnese had arrived, followed by string of letters on defraying their expenses as they await trip to Washington to negotiate with Jefferson, including a letter to A. Darragh (who led the chiefs to Washington), urging him to take particular care of the Chiefs and those who are sick must be strictly attended to. One of the most important Shawnese chiefs in the Ohio Valley, Black Hoof became a proponent of Jefferson’s “civilization” program, agreeing to lay down their arms and take up farming as a path to peace with the American government. A few years after these letters, Black Hoof sided with the American forces in opposing the pan-Indian uprising led by the Shawnee chief Tecumseh. Intrigue and power politics are also evident in a series of letters from Swearingen describing the staging of Burr’s conspiracy. Vice President of the US during the first Jefferson administration, Burr was a powerful politician with unceasing ambition. In 1805-1806, he hatched a plan that remains mysterious at its core, but that echoes throughout American history. According to most historians, Burr planned to assemble a force of adventurers to proceed to what was then called the Southwest (perhaps part of the Louisiana Purchase, or perhaps Texas), wrest control of the territory by force if necessary, and declare an independent nation. From Pittsburgh, Swearingen sent a series of alarming reports to the Secretary of War describing the scene. On Dec. 2, 1806, he wrote: You no doubt are apprised of the circulating reports, relative to the supposed expedition of Col. Burr... I shall only observe what has come partly under my notice apart from correct information that there is something of this going
on, is pretty certain, as there are a number of boats now built at beaver, 30 miles below this, great quantities of provision purchased & purchasing, & persons from different quarters collecting at that place. For several days past there has not been less than 10 or 15 persons supposed to be concerned in this expedition per day, ‘in & passing thro this place, & every day more or less of them going from here to join the rendezvous at Beaver Creek, their destination is not certainly known, nor can it be conjectured. They no doubt will embark in the course of a few days as everything appears to be in readiness... On the same date, Swearingen reported to Col. Burbeck: There is a great deal said of the supposed expedition carried on under the direction of Col. Burr in this quarter, for my part I cannot pretend to say what his intention is. There is no doubt he intends making a dash in some quarter of the lower country as there are a number of boats fitted up for his use at beaver.... strangers from different states in the Union & particulars from the eastward collecting daily in great numbers here on their way to Beaver.... There are numerous surmises on this subject but none pretend to determine his destination, However the subject appears to be a very popular one in this part of the western country. If this thing goes on there is no doubt in my opinion he will be aided by the greater part of the young men here & west as far as the lakes. There has already a great many joined from Meadville & neighbourhood, on French Creek... After following up in his investigations, Swearingen informed Dearborn on Dec. 5: Men have left Beaver on Burr’s expedition but none of whom appear to be armed or warlike. They generally take a great deal of Beef pork bread flour whiskey &c but none have yet been seen to have arms or ammunition more than is customary for persons passing down the river to take, however report states they are to receive their arms when they arrive at some particular place, unknown on the river Mississippi. The enterprize or expedition is generally favoured in this quarter & young men of the first respectability in this place are supposed to be concerned in it... By Dec 12, he reported that nearly all of the “Burrites” had left, but the thing is kept very quiet here, and if there are any yet among us they dare not say anything for fear of being apprehended on suspicion. One final letter regarding Burr followed on July 21, 1807, after Burr had been arrested and charged with treason: I have not been ordered or summoned to attend the trial of Colonel Burr at Richmond, Va., and hope it may not be the case, as it would be both inconvenient to myself & public. I could throw no light on the subject was I there and assure you I am totally ignorant of all or any of the proceedings relative to his expedition. There has a number been summoned from this place & neighbourhood... Subtle and remarkable, the Swearingen letterbook is quiet testimony to the turbulence of the early nation and our halting first steps in seizing control of the continent from the native inhabitants, international rivals, and internal intrigue. $8,000 - $12,000
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | Colonial & Revolution 417 Thomas Leiper, Scottish American Merchant, Politician, & American Revolutionary War Veteran, Manuscript Archive, Incuding Last Will Thomas Leiper (1745–1825) was a Scottish American businessman in Philadelphia, who constructed the first permanent tramway (railway) in America, a 3/4 mile line that connected his quarry to a navigable creek to carry the stone to Philadelphia. This ox-drawn line ran from 1809 to 1828, when Leiper got permission to construct a canal along the same route. Leiper emigrated to America from Scotland in 1763 at the age of 17, and soon came to Philadelphia and made a name for himself as a major tobacco exporter and snuff manufacturer. As a founder of and lieutenant in the Philadelphia City Light Troop, a cavalry unit that fought at several battles during the Revolutionary War, Leiper was present at Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown. He also served as a cavalry officer in putting down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. Leiper was a generous donor to Continental causes during the war, and public causes afterward. A staunch Democratic Republican, he carried on a lengthy correspondence with Thomas Jefferson. This lot consists of an 1886 book detailing Leiper’s 1809 tramway, with a topographical drawing, a 1798 Poor Will’s Almanac with several handwritten entries of mainly business matters, 8pp of detailed hand-copied notes from a biographical essay on Leiper by H. Gordon Smythe, and Leiper’s 14pp last will and testament, written the year before he died. One last article is a microfiche copy of an 1824 letter from Leiper to Jefferson, notifying him that the Director of the U.S. Mint is on his deathbed, and asking Jefferson for his assistance in getting the Director’s son appointed as his successor. In all, this is a detailed record of the life of one of the city fathers of Revolutionary Philadelphia, and one of the young nation’s most successful businessmen. $600 - $800
418 Dr. Robert M. Patterson, Archive Including Documents Signed by Benjamin Rush & Samuel Smith Lot of 3, including: certificate of membership in the Societas Medica Philadelphiensis (Philadelphia Medical Society), February 20, 1807, 10.5 x 14 in., for Robert M. Patterson. Signed Saml. P. Smith, secretary and Benjn. Rush, President. With ribbon and seal; certificate of the Pennsylvania Hospital for Robert Maskell Patterson for three seasons, May 10, 1809. 18.75 x 22 in. Signed by Pattison Hartshorn, Edw. Penington, Thomas Larke, Jho. C. James. The document includes a wonderful lithograph of the hospital and circular drive; and certificate of membership in the Hibernian Society for relief of Irish immigrants. December 14, 1836. Approx. 18 x 23.75 in. Signed by John Knox, Secretary, and Joseph Tagert, President. Featuring a wonderful lithograph of women, with ship in background and rowboat shuttling men ashore, cornucopia with fruits of harvest in one corner of surround, spinning wheel, caducea in other corner, American eagle at top. The women possibly represent the various nations - Liberty, Hibernia, Britannia, etc. Through the 1830s, the island, always plagued by poverty, was ravaged by epidemics such as cholera, which started the wave of immigration to America long before the famines of 1845-1852. This is likely the reason the doctors were involved and the caducea is prominent on this certificate. Robert Maskell Patterson (1787 - 1854) taught mathematics, chemistry, and “natural philosophy” at the University of Pennsylvania, natural philosophy at University of Virginia, and served as director of the U.S. Mint. $1,500 - $3,000 220
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419 Abolitionist & Banker, Winthrop Sargent Gilman, Manuscript Common Place Journal Approx. 7 x 9 in., soft leather cover with Serena Hale Gilman in gilt on front, marbled endpapers, red page edges. 300 numbered pages plus rear free endpaper filled in. Verso of ffep and pp1-2 include a table of contents, organized by subject or title. The first written page (3) has Last Words (from Richard the Second) and the Importance of the Commonplace (Robert C. Winthrop, Yorktown, 19 Oct. 1881). In this, he echoes the philosophy of Winthrop: Our reliance for the preservation of republican liberty can only be on the commonplace principles, and commonsense maxims which lie within the comprehension of the children in our schools, or of the simplest or least cultured man or woman... [not with the government or scientists or philosophers]. The next few essays are on commonplace thoughts, reflection and study (Socrates), and the value of a commonplace book. It has the feel of one in fact reflecting on a life drawing to a close. He includes family histories and genealogy as well as these “commonplace” tidbits, prayers, maxims, etc. These are indexed in the margin with sources (Bible passages, other quotes, dates, and even updates, and more - some very cramped). This commonplace book was written beginning about 1881 by abolitionist banker Winthrop Sargent Gilman (1808-1884) for his daughter Serena Hale Gilman Davenport (1859-1942). The last few pages were written by her husband, Commodore Richard Graham Davenport (1846-1926). Winthrop Sargent Gilman was head of the banking house of Gilman, Son & Co. in New York City. He was born in Marietta, OH, to merchant Benjamin Ives Gilman (1766-1833) and Hannah (Robbins) Gilman (1768-1837). In 1837, Winthrop let the abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy hide his printing press in one of his warehouses in Alton, IL. In the ensuing riot, an angry pro-slavery mob burned Gilman’s warehouse and killed Lovejoy. After relocating briefly to St. Louis, Winthrop moved to New York and entered the family banking business “Gilman, Son & Co.” His son, Arthur (1837-1909) (Serena’s brother) founded Radcliffe College at Cambridge, MA.. Another son, Theodore P. Gilman, originated a plan that became the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Gilman relates some of the family history: ... During the Revolutionary War your great grandfather, Hon. Joseph Gilman [1738-1806]... resided at Exeter, N.H., ... he held the position of Chairman of the Committee of Safety for New Hampshire... they purchased and collected arms, ammunition and clothing for the state troops... from his own purse purchased blankets for the New Hampshire Line... in Continental Currency and [it] became a dead loss entirely ruining the family estate...
In company with a large body of patriotic men... they became interested in the Ohio Company lands in 1788 at which time he and wife and son (your Grandfather) Benjamin Ives Gilman emigrated to Marietta. Joseph Gilman was appointed a justice... by his friend General St. Clair. In 1796 he was appointed by Congress Judge of the U.S. Court... traveling by horse back to Cincinnati, Detroit & Post Vincent, when the country was almost a wilderness... The Indians then possessed nearly all of what is now the State of Ohio. They were hostile... I heard your grandmother say that only a log fort protected them from the savages whose voices she plainly heard at night, as they prowled around their defenses... Your grandmother talked of intimate friends who included General Rufus Putnam, Genl. Benj. Tupper of the Mass Line, Genl. Parsons of Connecticut, Genl. Varnum and Commodore Whipple of Rhode Island... Robert Warth, employed by your grandfather was shot down [at] his side when both were outside the pickets. A bullet whistled by Mr. Gilman’s head, a chase to the fort ensued and your grandfather’s life seemed only saved by his uncommon activity and speed... All your aunts and uncles were born in Marietta... Your grandfather was a large exporter of furs and skins and President of the Marietta bank... he and his cousins in Rhode Island (Brown & Ives of Providence) [family that founded Brown Univ.] used their capital for the China trade and were owners of ships ... Your grandfather started the business of ship building in Marietta, and built the ship “Robert Hale” for Brown and Ives. The business of ship building at Marietta was destroyed by the odious “Embargo” a law passed by Congress during the administration of Thomas Jefferson [he goes into detail with policy maneuvers by England, Napoleon, British impressments of U.S. Sailors, etc.]... The embargo was repealed in 1809 but our people were so savagely indignant at the course of England that it took the War of 1812-15 and our repeated naval victories over those who had claimed to “rule the waves”
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | General Americana to satisfy the hatred of our people for the British Nation. It was a joyous day when Commodore Hull in the U.S. Frigate Constitution captured the British frigate “Guerriere” Comd. Dacres. It was the first of our great naval victories... I was a mere boy but I remember hearing the facts related and seeing Commodore Hull... Hull was a very fat man and ... after his third appeal [to hold fire until the British got closer in range], he jumped up and stamped his foot so hard, as he called out “Fire, now I’m sure of her” that he split his white linen breeches. But his delay, which they said led Dacre to suppose the Constitution was going to strike her colors... resulted in a speedy victory for the Americans. I remember hearing the song on the streets of Philadelphia which celebrated this victory... Your grandfather and I went... to Northern Illinois. It was unsurveyed. Indians roved over it and game abounded... Deacon Long told me that on one of his lonely tramps on foot he met an Indian Chief and he felt that his life was a little uncertain, but as they neared each other with eyes intently fixed, the Indian stopped directly in his front & clapping his hand on his breast said “Big Man Me” to which the deacon only replied with the same movement, “Me too” and then they passed... [The Gilmans] purchased much land in Alton... established a wholesale house in lower Alton with my brother Arthur and Captain Benjamin Godfrey... Alton decimated by the Asiatic Cholera of 1832-3... one died within 6 hours of coming down with symptoms... I acted as a physician... you grandfather caught fever... grandmother arrived from the boat in time before he breathed his last (Oct. 13, 1833)... I became chairman of the Illinois Temperance Society... at this time our business “Godfrey, Gilman, & Co.” had become large... The Lovejoy Riot* occurred in 1837. [* A printing press owned by the abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy was housed in Gilman’s warehouse in Alton, IL. On Nov. 7, 1837, pro-slavery partisans approached Gilman’s warehouse to destroy the press. Exchanges of
gunfire between the partisans and Gilman and Lovejoy’s men resulted in a couple of deaths, including that of Lovejoy. The press was destroyed and the warehouse set on fire. Lovejoy became an early martyr for the abolitionist movement.] In 1843 Gilman moved to St. Louis and became interested in religion. He went back to New York in 1849 to work with Brown and Ives again, and starting writing religious tracts. Some of final pages of the journal are written in cramped handwriting by Admiral Davenport, giving an account of where he was for each year up to 1884 when it concludes, in part: R.G.D. born Jany 11, 1849, Washington D.C., ... Sept. 29, 1854, appt. midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy Newport, R.I.; 1865-66 “... went to Annapolis where the Academy had been removed. Having nearly died of Scarlet fever lost a year and had to commence once again in 4th class.; 1867-68 attached USS Dale... (visited Exposition in Paris)...; [gives various cruises, China, Japan and concludes with January 18, 1883, account where he was sailing for the West Indies]. Admiral Richard G. Davenport graduated from the Naval Academy in 1869. He married Serena in 1884. He served in the Navy for 42 years, retiring in 1907 as Commodore while in command of the Battleship USS Georgia. He was called into active service again during WW1 as a Rear Admiral in command of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He won numerous medals in his long career. He and Serena are buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery, along with other members of his family. The ANC website has summaries of his career. $1,000 - $2,000
420 Jefferson Medical College & University of the State of New York, Dr. John P. Green Archive of Lecture Tickets Lot of 8 lecture tickets, plus 5 other documents from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, ca 1840-1841. Lectures include: Robert M. Huston, MD, “Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children”; William R. Grant, MD, “Anatomy, Surgery, & Obstetrics”; Joseph Pancoast, MD, “Principles & Practice of Surgery”; Granville Sharp Pattison, MD, “Class of Anatomy”; John Revere, MD, “Theory and Practice of Physick”; “Dissection & Demonstrations”; plus Granand 1840 and 1840-41 matriculation tickets; 1839-1840 lecture schedule and recommended book list; 1840-41 Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty, and Students of Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, 8pp; 9pp of handwritten notes; handwritten note from the dean affirming Green as a candidate for graduation; and a handwritten receipt for a graduation fee of $30, dated June 7, 1841. Tickets from University of the State of New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, ca 1839-1840, are all roughly 3.25 x 5 in. wax-coated, printed cardstock. Lectures include: Robert Watts, Jr., MD, “General, Special and Pathological Anatomy” and “Special Anatomy”; Joseph Mather Smith, MD, “Theory & Practice of Medicine”; Willard Parker, MD, “Principles & Practice of Surgery & Surgical Anatomy”; J. Augustine Smith, MD&P, “Lectures on Physiology”; James R. Manley, MD, “Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women & Children”; John Torrey, MD, “Chemistry & Botany”; John B. Beck, MD&P, “Materia Medica and Medical Jurisprudence”; two schedules of daily and weekly lectures; and matriculation tickets for the years 1838-39 and 1839-40. The final ticket comes from the Broome Street School of Medicine, and allows admittance to a lecture by J.C. Bealis(?), “On Midwifery and the Peculiar Diseases of Women and Children.” $600 - $800
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421 Sword & Regalia Maker, Captain Mitchell C. Lilley, Mexican War & Civil War Manuscript Archive Lot of approx. 114 letters and documents. Mitchell C. Lilley (1819-1882) is probably most well-known as the founder of sword and regalia maker M.C. Lilley & Co., but this former bookbinder and publisher from Cincinnati saw combat in both the Mexican-American and Civil Wars. The majority of this archive covers Lilley’s service as Captain of Co. “E”, 4th Ohio Infantry, in the Mexican War. Lilley kept a large number of his company’s muster and pay rolls, as well as ordnance and store receipts. Many of these returns and receipts are dated Puebla, Mexico, where the 4th was stationed after lifting the siege of that city. Captain Henry L. Kendrick, 2nd U.S. Artillery, who was serving as ordnance officer at Puebla, signed several receipts. Kendrick was brevetted Major for gallantry at Puebla, and served in campaigns versus the Navajo in the 1850s. Also included are several reports regarding men from Co. “E,” who were either discharged for disability or died in hospital. One interesting document is the June 27, 1848 final disposition of the men of Co “E”: Promotions, deaths, and discharges for the history of the company. Among the printed items, there is a pocket copy of the 1847 U.S. Army Register, several blank Mexican War discharge forms, and blank company returns. A highlight is a partially printed broadside issued by Edmund F. Brown from Washington City, 1848, with the heading: Claims Against the Government of the United States, in which Claims arising out of the Mexican War for Balances of Pay, Bounty Lands, Pensions, Lost Horses, Contracts, Unsettled Accounts, etc. are addressed.
The Mexican War-portion of the archive also includes three copies of the Proceedings of the 16th Annual Re-Union of the Ohio State Association of Mexican War Veterans, in 1890. Inter-war items include personal correspondence, and Lilley’s copy of the July 17, 1849, formation of a bookbinding and publishing partnership with William Liebert. Lilley returned to the service of his country on October 2, 1861, when, at the age of 42, he enlisted into the 46th Ohio Volunteers and was elected Captain of Co. “H”. Lilley led his troops in their first major engagement at Shiloh, in Sherman’s division. He resigned his commission on January 21, 1863, and Lieut. John Ramsey was promoted to take his place. The Civil War items include five mudstained muster and enlistment rolls of Co “H” that pre-date Shiloh. It may be that these rolls were trampled underfoot by Rebel troops who overran Sherman’s positions on the first day of Shiloh! Other Civil War items include Lilley’s copy of the 1862 Instructions for Officers on Outpost and Patrol Duty, the original officer’s commissions as 2nd Lieutenants for both Lilley and John Ramsey, and an 1862 Oddfellows certificate declaring Lilley’s right to a $5 a week stipend and $20 towards funeral expenses from whichever lodge he may be near during the war. Included are printed transcripts of two notable speeches by Congressman Samuel S. Cox – his defense of General McClellan before Congress on January 31, 1862, and his infamous “Miscegenation or Amalgamation” speech of February 17, 1864. Several post-war personal and business documents round out the archive. $2,000 - $4,000
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | The Confederacy 422 Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, ALS as Secretary of War, July 7, 1854 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889). Sole President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865). ALS, 1p, 7.75 x 8.375 in., Rio(?), July 7, 1854, marked Private. Addressed to My dear General, introducing Allen. A. Bursley, who was found deficient in chemistry and discharged, but was anxious for a military career and desired to show his proficiency in the subject. Jefferson Davis was the United States Secretary of War at the time, serving under President Franklin Pierce. It is unclear if this appeal helped Allen Ainsworth Bursley (1834-1878), but he did later serve in the Confederate Army as a Captain in Watson’s Louisiana Light Artillery Battery. Framed with an image of Davis, 15.5 x 23.25 in. overall. $1,000 - $2,000
423 Varina Howell Davis ALS, April 18, 1888 Varina Banks Howell Davis (1826-1906). Wife of CSA President Jefferson Davis and sole First Lady of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865). ALS, 2pp, Beauvoir House (Biloxi, MS), April 18, 1888. Addressed to Mr. Darby(?), whom context would suggest was a doctor, thanking him for his help with the illnesses of daughter Winnie Davis and an unnamed friend. She then notes the former Confederate President is also unwell and therefore unable to write despite requests and the will to do so. Jefferson Davis did complete A Short History of the Confederate States of America shortly before death the following year. $1,000 - $2,000
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424 CSA Colonel George W. Rains, Memorandum Book on the Establishment of the Augusta, Georgia Gunpowder Works George Washington Rains (1817-1898) was a military engineer and artillery officer who graduated third in his class at West Point, and was brevetted twice for gallantry in the Mexican War. A noted inventor specializing in advances in steam engines, he offered his skills to the Confederacy when his home state of North Carolina seceded from the Union in 1861. As the CSA had not a single gunpowder works of any size in operation, Rains was personally charged by President Jefferson Davis to build a gunpowder-making capability from the ground up. What resulted was the Confederate Gunpowder Works in Augusta, GA – the only permanent structure built by the Confederate government. Armed with nothing but a pamphlet describing the operation of a British powderworks, Rains invented and designed an innovative factory that produced some of the finest gunpowder the world had seen. The second-largest gunpowder factory in the world when it was in operation, the new, streamlined processes invented by Rains enabled the facility to produce 3.5 tons of powder a day, and produced 2.75 million pounds of powder during the war.
This bound, war-date memorandum book by Rains is a detailed and fascinating account not only of his invention and construction of the Augusta Powderworks with a walk-through of the processes used there, but also of his efforts to supply every corner of the Confederacy with arms and ammunition. Rains relates how he built an entire armaments complex in Augusta, including a research and development laboratory. His operation turned out not only gunpowder, but rifle cartridges, torpedoes (mines), signal rockets and even land mines and hand grenades that were designed by his brother, General Gabriel Rains. Other buildings there cast cannons, and built artillery harnesses and caissons, so that Rains could make complete artillery batteries and load them with supplies, only needing men and horses to be ready for action. Unfortunately, this book ends at page 30 with the statement Fortunately the supply of nitre through the blockade has never failed and will probably answer to supply our wants for the remainder of the war without the necessity of –. The rest of the pages seem to have been cut out. As Rains mentions the fall of Atlanta, the book seems to have been written in the winter of 1864 at the earliest. The Gunpowder Works at Augusta actually continued in operation for three weeks after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. $2,000 - $3,000
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425 CSA Colonel, John S. Mosby, the “Grey Ghost,” Civil War CDVs with Related Period Newspapers Lot of 3 different views of Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916), including one immediate post-war vignette with a period autograph on stock affixed to the lower carte; another uniformed view by C.E. Jones & Vannerson, Richmond,; and a third portrait without backmark, all published. All of the images are popular mass produced copy shots. The group also includes 3 complete New York Tribune newspapers dated May 2, 1863, July 11, 1864, and September 7, 1864, that contain
426 Confederate Manuscript Archive of Captain J. Hanson Thomas, General William Loring’s Staff Officer 11 letters. Captain John Hanson Thomas, Jr., of Baltimore, was the great-great grandson of the first President of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, and the son of the prominent Baltimore banker, state legislator and secessionist, John Hanson Thomas, Sr. Thomas Sr. was arrested along with much of the legislature on September 12, 1861, to prevent them from voting for secession, and held in military prison for six months. Thomas Jr. joined a Maryland regiment fighting for the Confederacy at the outbreak of the war, then served the last three years of the war as aide to General William W. Loring. His first letter, dated October 9, 1862, includes both happy and sad news. He wrote home to Baltimore in hopes that someone could arrange a temporary tombstone for a family friend killed at the battle of Sharpsburg, MD, so the grave would not be lost and he could be re-interred at home later. The good news was: I have a delightful place as ADC to Genl Loring with the rank of Capt. Loring was a friend of his parents. On February 28, 1863, from Jackson, MS, he told his mother that the Yankees got his trunk with all of his belongings during the retreat from Vicksburg. On September 13, he wrote that he expected to be transferred to Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, but Loring induced him to stay in Mississippi by offering a promotion to major in the infantry and captain in the cavalry. On July 20, 1864, two days before the battle of Atlanta, Thomas wrote his mother from the field: It is very little satisfaction to write, when you feel confident that one’s letter won’t ever reach its destination. He was afraid to relate any war news, fearing that if his letter was intercepted, the Union army would imprison her. Your letters have all spoken of the 226
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engaging articles on the exploits of Mosby and his men and his uncanny ability to avoid capture. Two copies of the September 5, 1863 edition of the popular Harper’s Weekly feature a front page woodcut of Mosbey’s [sic] Guerillas Destroying Sutler’s Train. Newspapers and magazines were then the major source of information as the wartime public waited breathlessly for the latest news from the front. The papers tended to revel in sensationalism doing as much to create and exploit Mosby’s illusive “Grey Ghost” reputation as did the Confederate bon vivant himself. $2,000 - $3,000
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | The Confederacy difficulties of communication and consequences if detected. He said he would only write of family news to disarm them of any excuse they may have for a visitation of their power for disobedience of orders… He said he could hear the gunfire of the skirmishing all night. Thomas was apparently captured during the siege of Atlanta, or shortly afterwards. The archive includes two letters from Union officers in Marietta, GA, replying to Mrs. Thomas’s inquiries. One, by Colonel Samuel Ross, relates that her son was sent north as POW. The second letter, from the Provost Marshal, explains that Captain Thomas was sent to Chattanooga, to be forwarded to Johnson’s Island POW camp. Thomas was exchanged, and then apparently assigned to a raiding party commanded by Nathan Bedford Forrest: Genl Forrest has adopted a new way of campaigning. With cooked rations in the haversack for 3 days; blankets on behind the saddle; and a scant hope for forage on the road side. No wagons allowed, except for ammunition…. I have only a few moments before we start… $1,500 - $2,500
427 CSA Private John W. Smith, 8th South Carolina Infantry, Manuscript Archive, Including Document Signed by Colonel McLeod, MWIA Gettysburg 40 items (including 19 soldiers’ letters and 2 related documents), 1 photograph; 1806-1882 (mostly 1858-1865). South Carolina had the distinction of setting a match to the fuse of Civil War, and among those who took to the explosion was John W. Smith, the son of a slave-holding family from Bennetville. Appointed sergeant in Co. K in April 1861, Smith served with the 8th South Carolina Infantry as it fought its way through Virginia, seeing action from First Bull Run to the Peninsula and Gettysburg, followed by hard service in Georgia and Tennessee, and then again in Virginia during the brutal campaigns before Petersburg and Richmond. An educated man and fine writer, Smith’s letters home, more frequent in the early years of the war, reflect the transformation of a young man from southern patriot into hardened veteran.
Confidence and patriotic resolve mark Smith’s earliest letters. As a new recruit in Apr. 25, 1861, he described his regiment’s move from a very filthy, disagreeable place to better quarters: I have been to Charleston twice. It is a very noisy place. I went down to the Bay and saw several steam ships and also Forts Sumter, Moultrie, Castle Pinkney, &c. at a distance. I walked through the market House and never saw so much beef and meat of every kind, apples, oranges, pinders, &c. in my life. You could get anything there you wanted and any quantity of it... Such abundance, however, did not last once the regiment was sent north and began to experience war first hand. In late July, J.W. McLeod sent a note to the Smith family relaying vital news of the first battle of Bull Run: Mr. T.C. Weatherly telegraphed yesterday no one hurt from Marlborough. Our loss was 2500 killed, wounded & missing. Supposed to be 10,000 killed on the Lincon side. The Linconites Burnt every vilage in thare flight. It was a complete rout. The principal part of the Battle was on the left wing under Johnson the So. Ca. Troops ware under Bauregard on the Right.
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | The Confederacy By October 1861, Smith was sharing the experiences of so many Civil War soldiers. Near Vienna, VA, he assured his family he had what a soldier most desired: We get a plenty to eat here now, that is we get as much flour and beef as we could want. But we get but little bacon and often have nothing to put in bread but soda and we have never had that only as we get it ourselves. We get some very fine beef. They have quit giving us coffee. Some of the men make a substitute for coffee out of meal & rice. They gave us a few sweet potatoes yesterday. They tasted very well... Three days later, complaining of the theft of his mattress and pillow, he wrote that his mood had been buoyed by a gesture from a supporter: I have one of the prettiest little Confederate flags you ever saw sent to me by a young lady of Manchester, VA. ‘Flag of the free hearts only home by angel hands,’ &c. The flag was sent in a letter which I recd. From Mrs. Owen Aid lady at whose house I stayed in Manchester. The young lay aforesaid does not live a thousand miles from Mrs. Owen’s. I became acquainted with her while I was staying in Manchester... Although Smith’s letters have little battle content, the 8th South Carolina was no featherbed outfit and from his perspective, the “Bloody 8th” earned its reputation for valor. Even as his regiment fell back before advancing union forces in October, he was confident in their success: I do not understand our falling back so far, but suppose Johnston & Beauregard do not wish to fight the enemy any further out than here. The Yankees are said to be in immense numbers on this side of the Potomac, but if they ever get as far as Bull Run again a great many of them will never see their darlings any more. No one can tell what will be done but you may rest assured that before Lincoln’s army ever reached Manassas Junction, tens of thousands of true Southern hearts will have ceased to beat. We may not have to fight the rascals soon, I suppose we will not unless they attack us, but if they do we will give it to them with a vengeance. But I have no idea that the Yankees will get to Manassas Junction at least this winter. The fact is we anticipate hard fighting whenever we meet McClellan’s forces; but there is no such word in our vocabulary as being whipped. The soldiers of the Confederate States are fighting for life, home, liberty, all that is dear to them, and each true hearted one of them like: “Lochiel, untained by flight or by chains, While the kindling of life in his bosom remains Shall victor exult, or in death be laid low With his back to the field, and his feet to the foe!...” Near Fredericksburg, Nov 24, 1862, Smith described the slow buildup to the monumental battle, still confident in the strength of southern arms: The Rhapahannock River runs by the town and we are on one side of it and the Yanks on the other. Our pickets and the Yankee pickets face each other upon opposite banks of the river which about one hundred yards wide. There seems to be a sort of a tacit understanding that the pickets will not fire at each other. A great many persons have left the town expecting the Yankees to shell it. It was reported that the Yankees had demanded the surrender of the town and had threatened that if it was not surrendered they would commence shelling the town by 9 AM Saturday. Be this as it may they have not commenced shelling the place yet... For nearly two years thereafter, however, Smith struggled with his health, suffering from an injury to the knee and the effects of severe fever and diarrhea. Sent to hospital in Richmond, he wrote on July 4, 1863, to relay news of the rumors flying through the capitol: I have bad news to announce, he wrote, though you will I expect certainly hear it thro’ the newspapers before this reaches you: President Davis is dead! I suppose there is no doubt of it’s being so, as King, the General War Master in this Div. says he heard Dr. Dudley say there was no doubt of the truth of the report. I would be glad to hear the report contradicted but fear it is too true. As you probably learned from the newspapers, Richmond has been threatened for several days, by a Yankee advancing by way of the peninsula — under Gens Dix & Keys. The Camp Winder Battalion has gone up towards Hanover Junction to defend that part of the country from Yankee raids. Jas. Dudley is acting as Capt. of the company from the 1st Div. made up of attendants & convalescents... When he finally returned to duty during the winter of 1864-1865, the Confederacy was in dire condition. As his regiment left the Carolinas for Richmond in March 9, 1865, Smith seemed almost resigned to what would become of him and his family alike: I arrived here in safety yesterday morning (8th 228
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inst.) (Sandy is with me). I have not space or time to write you an extended account of my trip. I will merely mention the fact that after leaving Fayetteville I only had to walk about thirty five (35) or forty (40) miles, coming the rest of the way by Rail Road. I am afraid you are all at the mercy of Sherman by this time. He was at or near Cheraw the last I heard... The home front letters in the Smith collection are as important as the soldier’s letters, providing insight into one of the major focal points for current research among Civil War historians: the lives of Confederate women. Several early-war letters from Smith’s women relatives discuss topics ranging from gardening to the mobilization of men. As early as June 24, 1861, for example, Julia A. Hughes informed Susan Smith that her home town of Beaufort, S.C., had already begun to display the dire effects of war: Religiously everything is at low ebb here, the war absorbs every other interest, however I must say our planters are attending to their planting interests, and we think this needful now if it ever was... Less than a year later (April 4, 1862), Julia moved, and seemed steeled to the idea that she might endure life as a refugee in her own land: You ask me how I like Georgetown. I indeed like it much better than Beaufort, still it is rather dull now, but few persons here except soldiers. I do not suppose that there are more than twenty families in town, and they are fixing to move as quick as possible, still many think Georgetown will not be attacked this spring... The collection contains a handful of other items worthy of individual note. Smith’s commission as Lt. Col. of 30th Regiment, South Carolina Militia (Mar. 9, 1860) is a fine example of how pre-war service in the militia fed into the wartime Confederacy. Notably, the commission (impressed seal at left edge, 3 in. tear in paper at left through deal) is signed by two noted Confederate figures: Col. Donald McDairmed McLeod, later Capt of 8th SC Infantry (he died of wounds sustained in action at Gettysburg) and Gov. William Henry Gist. Gist was one of the fieriest of fire-eating secessionists, the man who called the first Secession Convention (after sure of the support of governors of Florida and Mississippi), and a signatory to the ordinance of secession. Gist was known for loudly proclaiming a states-rights argument (his relative States Rights Gist was a Confederate general), but always noted that northern “hostility” toward slavery was the immediate cause of secession. Any collection centered on a prominent antebellum family from South Carolina is likely to contain references to slavery and the Smith collection contains two important items written during the Civil War. First is a valuable piece, recording not only information about slavery during the height of the war, but an exceptional list of the names of enslaved men, women, and children: a remarkably detailed 12pp inventory of the estate of Patric D. Powell, dated Oct. 1862, includes at least 66 names: Slaves. Dolly, Vinny & Infant Hendry, Esther Osborne, Ortry, Dianah, Matilda & her infant, Frank, Minerva, Betsy, Indiana, Clancy, Vicy & her Infant, Fanny, Peggy... Just as important is a war-date letter, in which Smith refers to a Confederate policy aimed at assuring control of the enslaved population while most white men were sent into the service. Near Winchester, Va., Oct. 29, 1862, Smith informed his sister that he was unlikely to take advantage of the policy to obtain his discharge: I wrote something the other day about getting off as overseer if mother and someone else who had twenty negroes between them would combine, but it seems that it requires twenty working hands, so it is not at all likely that an opportunity will arise for me to get off.... Finally, the collection includes a small number of items from prior to and after the war, including a fascinating lawsuit from Warren Co., NC, Aug. 4, 1806 (with nicely printed form) relating to dispute over sale of a blind horse; a children’s (?) sketch book containing hand-drawn Civil War maps depicting the Peninsula in 1862, the Atlanta Campaign, and Virginia (presumably reflecting the experiences of the 8th SC); and a fine mounted silver gelatin photograph of a bakery, ca 1915, showing black and white employees posed with some cakes on display and a huge heap of donuts. $3,000 - $5,000
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | The Confederacy 428 CSA Major John Breckinridge Castleman, ALS to General John Hunt Morgan, January 15, 1864 John Breckinridge Castleman (1841-1918). ALS, 1p, 7.5 x 9.5 in., Columbia, SC, Jan 13, 1864. Addressed to General John Hunt Morgan, asking him to submit a more accurate record of his wartime exploits than the one Castleman was able to compile for the “Board of Gentlemen” of South Carolina. Signed J.B. Castleman. Framed, 13.25 x 15.75 in. John Breckinridge Castleman recruited men from his hometown of Lexington to form Co. D, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry (CSA), in which he served as Captain in the brigade of General John Hunt Morgan. He emulated Morgan’s tactics, using guerilla warfare and sabotage to aid the Confederate cause, such as setting fire to Union supply boats in St. Louis. In October of 1864, Castleman was arrested for espionage at Sullivan, IN, and sentenced to death, but received a stay from President Lincoln. He was exiled to France following the Confederate defeat, but was eventually pardoned by President Johnson and went on to receive a Colonel’s commission in the U.S. Army during the Spanish American War. His 1st Kentucky Volunteers participated in the successful invasion of Puerto Rico, for which Castleman was promoted to Brigadier General and made military governor of the island. $500 - $700
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War 429 Edward Everett, Original Handwritten Speech Given After Firing on Fort Sumter, Plus Quotation Edward Everett speech, April 27, 1861. 5pp. plus note signed by Everett in initials. A minister, politician, and diplomat, Edward Everett (1794-1865) was one of the northern states’ greatest celebrities at the time of the Civil War and was considered one of the greatest orators of his generation. The apex of his fame may well have been the two hour oration at the dedication of the Battlefield at Gettysburg in November 1863, a speech lauded by his contemporaries, though held up ever since as a long-winded foil for Abraham Lincoln’s two minute-long masterpiece, the Gettysburg Address. During his long political career — including stints in the US House and Senate, Governor of Massachusetts, Secretary of State, and Ambassador to Great Britain — Everett staked out a place as a moderate conservative, able at compromise and conciliation at a time when compromise was a scarce commodity in the nation’s political circles. Never a friend of abolitionists or social radicals, he can hardly be said to be in favor of military intervention to end the peculiar institution, but when Civil War erupted, there was little doubt where he stood. This stirring speech of Everett’s, delivered at a flag raising on Chester Square in Boston just after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, shows Everett at his finest oratorical pitch. We set up this standard, my friends, not as matter of idle display; but as an expressive indication that in the mighty struggle which has been forced upon us, we are of one heart & one mind that the government of the country must be sustained. We are a law-abiding, quiet-loving community. Our time, our thoughts, our energies are habitually devoted to the peaceful arts by which states grow & prosper, but an issue in which the Life of the Country is involved, we rally as one man to its defence. All former differences of opinion are swept away; we forget that we have ever been partizans; we remember only that we are Americans and that our Country is in peril... An old style rhetorician, Everett preferring classical allegory to modern parsimony, and to modern ears, he seems in need of an editor. Asking rhetorically what had caused the crisis: When on this day fortnight, the 13th of April, (a day forever to be held in inauspicious remembrance like the dies Alliensis in the annals of Rome) the tidings spread through the land, that the standard of United America, the pledge of her Union and the symbol of her power, which so many gallants hearts had poured out their life blood, on the Ocean & the land, to uphold, had, in the harbor of Charleston, been, for a day and half, the target of eleven patricidal
batteries, one deep, unanimous spontaneous felling shot with the tidings through the bosom of twenty millions of freemen, that its outraged honor must be vindicated. His sentiments, however, come through the barrage of words loudly and clear: I speak, Fellow Citizens, in no spirit of unkindness to the South. I have been, through my public life, some of you have thought too much her friend. To avert what I deemed the impending danger of a general convulsion, I have been more willing than some of you to pursue — always I hope through honorable paths — the policy of conciliation... But as Heaven is my judge, it is my most profound & solemn conviction, that it is infinitely more desirable for the South than the North, that this suicidal attempt to break up the Union should be frustrated. The speech, with light contemporary editing, apparently reflects the text delivered on that dramatic day. This lot also includes an autograph quotation signed, on 3 x 5 in. slip of paper. Boston, September 3, 1864. Everett honors George Washington through the quotation: Washington was the greatest of good men & the best of great men. $1,500 - $2,500
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | Union Generals 430 General James C. Rice, KIA Spotsylvania Court House, War-Date ALS, April 14, 1863 ALS, 1p, 8 x 12.25 in., Head Quarters 44th N.Y.V., Camp near Falmouth, VA, April 14, 1863, docketed April 18 on verso. Addressed to General J.T. Sprague, recommending Major Edward B. Knox for Lieutenant Colonel of the 44th, signed James C. Rice, lieut. comdg 44th N.Y.V. Knox was indeed promoted. James Clay Rice (1828/29-1864) was a Massachusetts-born Yale graduate who had taught school and been editor of a newspaper at Natchez, MS, before returning to the North to practice law in New York City. He enlisted there May 10, 1861, and was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in Co. B, 39th New York Infantry. Upon the formation of the 44th New York (Ellsworth’s Avengers) four months later, he was commissioned into field and staff of that regiment as Lieutenant Colonel, and promoted to Colonel the following Independence Day. Rice commanded troops in Yorktown, Hanover CH, Gaines’ Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, and Chancellorsville, but his finest moment was certainly the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, when he assumed command of 3rd Brigade, First Division, V Corps, after Colonel Strong Vincent was mortally wounded. He rallied the brigade to a successful repulse of repeated attacks on the extreme left of the line and defended Little Round Top from a flank movement. Rice was recognized for those feats with a commission to Brigadier General, and served in that rank at Mine Run and the Wilderness before taking a fatal bullet at Spotsylvania Court House. His last words were reportedly, “turn me over that I may die with my face to the enemy.” $1,000 - $1,500
431 General Samuel Crawford, Personal Copy of Address to the Pennsylvania Reserves at the Start of the Gettysburg Campaign, July 1, 1863 General Samuel Crawford (1829-1892), retained personal copy of his address to the troops at Gettysburg, 4pp lettersheet, with 1.25pp of text, docketed on verso Head Qrs Penna. Reserves, July 1, 1863 / Brig. Gen’l Crawford Comd’g Division / Address to the troops on entering Penn’a before Gettysburg. Text written in an unknown hand, though the final words of the docket, on entering Penn’a before Gettysburg, were added later and do match known examples of Crawford’s writing. Soldiers of Penna. Reserves, You have once more been called to the field - an order from the Commanding General, a rapid and fatiguing march has placed us again by the side of comrades endeared to us by sufferings on many hard fought fields. If you would hail the prospect of active services at anytime with delight how much more now. Our native states is invaded by the ruthless hordes of plunderers, who forgetting ‘South Mountain” & “Antietam,” and allured by the spoils of our rich valleys, have polluted the soil of Pennsylvania. Our homes are desolated, our fields laid waste, our property destroyed. Today within a few hours we shall tread the soil of the Keystone. The eyes of all will be upon us. To us they will look with anxious hearts for relief. Let the sight of our mountains, and our native plains, fire our hearts and nerve your arms, for the hour of battle. We strike for all that can be dear to man. Remember you are Pennsylvanians, let no breach of discipline mar the glory of the past, but let us pledge to each other today, never to cease until we drive the enemy of our country our constitution and our peace forever from our soil. (Signed) S.W. Crawford Brig. Genl. Comd’g Division
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Samuel Crawford was originally a regular army surgeon who distinguished himself in line command throughout the Civil War. He was promoted Brigadier General in April 1862, and was severely wounded at Antietam. Following the delivery of the above address at Gettysburg, he led the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps down the northern slope of Little Round Top and across Plum Run Valley into the charging Confederates of Major General Lafayette McLaws’ Division in the Wheatfield, for which he was commended for his effectiveness and brevetted to regular Colonel. Crawford received the first of two volunteer brevet Major General’s promotions in August 1864 for “conspicuous gallantry” during the bloody attritional fighting undertaken by Grant that summer. In March 1865, Crawford added a pair of regular brevets (Brigadier General and Major General) and retired from the army in 1873. $2,500 - $4,500
432 Gettysburg Hero, Joshua Chamberlain, Envelope Addressed in his Hand Joshua Chamberlain (1828-1914). College professor from Maine who volunteered his services and became a Medal of Honor-winning Brevet Major General, and later a fourtime Governor of Maine and president of Bowdoin College. Addressed envelope, 3 x 5.5 in., as Governor of Maine, to his wife, Fanny: Mrs. F.C. Chamberlain, Stevens House, New York City, N.Y. $1,000 - $2,000
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433 Gettysburg Hero, Joshua Chamberlain, ALS, June 18, 1903 Joshua Chamberlain (1828-1914). College professor from Maine who volunteered his services and became a Medal of Honor-winning Brevet Major General, and later a four-time Governor of Maine and president of Bowdoin College. ALS, 1p, Portland (ME), June 18, 1903. Addressed to Committee on Dedication of Hooke Monument, stating his preference to ride in a carriage rather than sit in a platform during the procession to the dedication, signed Joshua L. Chamberlain in black ink. Docketed on verso. 5.125 x 6.75 in. (sight), professionally framed, 9.625 x 12 in. overall. $1,000 - $1,500
434 Major General W.T. Sherman, Signed Cabinet Photograph Cabinet photograph of William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) as Major General, with celebrity photographer Napoleon Sarony’s studio imprint and 1888 copyright date on mount recto, boldly signed beneath portrait: W.T. Sherman / General / 1890. Matted and framed, 9.75 x 12 in. $1,000 - $2,000
435 Colonel William Brisbane, Correspondence Referencing Organization of Pennsylvania Militia in Gettysburg Campaign 127 items (over 105 war-date); 1861-1880. Born in Lewistown, PA, in 1823, William Brisbane gained military experience as a young man while riding with a cavalry regiment across the plains to California. After returning to Philadelphia, he took up the study of medicine, and was practicing in Owego, NY, when news of the outbreak of war reached him. Responding quickly, he raised a company of infantry and marched to Philadelphia to offer his services, joining the 8th Pennsylvania, and when their term of enlistment expired three months later, he accepted a commission as Lt. Col. of the 49th Infantry. Comprised mostly of men from Juniata, the 49th saw action in the Peninsular Campaign, at South Mountain, and Antietam before Brisbane’s health got the better of him. Having been taken ill on the Peninsula, probably with malaria, he could barely perform his duty and was forced to resign in October 1862. Even this did not end his service. Accepting a post with the rank of Colonel at draft rendezvous in Harrisburg, he was fulfilling comparatively light duty when Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia into invading Pennsylvania.
This dense collection of official communiqués contains a series of approximately 90 orders, telegrams, and letters relating to Brisbane’s command during and immediately after the Battle of Gettysburg. At a post near the point of invasion, Brisbane was ordered to organize militia forces south of the Susquehanna on June 27, and be prepared for the worst. On July 1, as the first shots in the Battle were being fired, Brisbane received a dramatic note (signed by an adjutant) from his commanding officer, W.F. “Baldy” Smith: You will move on, without regard to transportation. Leave your regimental quartermasters. The Rail Road will be open to Carlisle in a short time. Have as much despatch as possible. Other documents give great insight into the military response to the emergency and the immediate aftermath and, to a lesser degree, to Brisbane appointment as military governor for Hagerstown, July 15. Of particular note in the collection are three significant general orders that reveal the drama of the time and the fortunately cool response of the military commanders in Pennsylvania that helped thwart the Confederacy’s desperate move: • General Orders #8 from Baldy Smith, June 27: all officers in command of guards will take particular care that no civilians are allowed to enter any of the fortifications except with a pass from Hdqrs Dept of the Susquehanna...
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• Superb printed General Order 5 issued by Maj. Gen. Darius Couch,
Dept. of the Susquehanna, July 3, 1863, calling the attention of all the Officers and Soldiers in this Department to the vice of Pillaging, which as yet exists only to a small extent. He trusts that all will unite in frowning upon this disgraceful practice. Also forbids straggling. • General Order No. 12, July 9, from Baldy Smith: All the troops of this command will be inspected... The names of any men who may have wasted of willfully destroyed their ammunition or arms will be reported to their Hd Quarters. Brigade commanders will see that their arms are put in order tonight... The collection also includes a series of letters and documents relating to Brisbane’s efforts to obtain an invalid pension in 1879. After war Brisbane returned to his medical practice in Philadelphia, but in 1874, he accepted an appointment from President Ulysses S. Grant to become US Counsel to Ghent. A recurrence of his disease in 1879, however, led to his debility and to his first attempt to file for a pension as an invalid. Although his claim that he had contracted rheumatism (such as it was) during the war would seem plausible, Brisbane received a sharply-worded rebuke stating that he had not sufficiently demonstrated that he had suffered from malaria during the war and that the disease for which he had been treated was of another kind. This rebuke was followed by a fine long letter from the Pension office picking apart the letters of testimony that Brisbane had received to support his claim, describing them as either insufficiently specific or otherwise faulty. Also associated with Brisbane’s application is a pair of affidavits from a former soldier in the 49th Pennsylvania, Dr. John P. Patterson, who attested that Brisbane had indeed fallen ill during the Peninsular Campaign, but his affidavit is made more significant in that it includes a fine account of the regiment’s gallant actions at South Mountain and Antietam. After Antietam, Patterson writes that he was assigned as orderly and personally saw that Brisbane had become emaciated and feeble, and after being, for some time, in the saddle, had to be helped to dismount. Brisbane was afflicted with rheumatism, he concluded, and was disabled from exercise for inspection duty. He could not drill the regiment, nor bring it on review for inspection, or muster, which was done by Major Boynton & Hickman. In 1880, Brisbane’s widow was applying for a widow’s pension.
Rounding out the collection is a nicely detailed return for equipage for drafted men to be added to Co. A, 166th Pennsylvania, Nov. 1862 (unusual in connection to draftees), and a handful of items from Brisbane’s time in the 8th Pennsylvania, all exceedingly rare: • A manuscript memorandum of promotions and desertions from Brisbane’s Company C, 8th Pennsylvania • Brisbane’s printed commission as Captain of the Wyoming Light Dragoons, Col C, 8th Pennsylvania, Apr. 24, 1861, signed by Gov. Andrew G. Curtin. • Two printed discharges for Capt. Brisbane’s company in 3-month 8th Pennsylvania Infantry, July 1861 • Two printed commissions as First Lt., Wyoming Light Dragoons, Pennsylvania Militia, 1858 and 1859 • Brisbane’s printed commission as Lt. Col., 49th Pennsylvania, Sept. 1861, signed by Gov. Andrew G. Curtin. A focused and uncommon collection for a Pennsylvania patriot who responding to his nation in its greatest time of crisis. $3,000 - $5,000
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436 Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence, Kansas, Manuscript Eyewitness Account, Plus Early Newspaper Founded in the summer of 1854 by a party of 29 men, Laurence, Kansas Territory soon became the focus of Free State activity. Two newspapers were founded, Kansas Pioneer and the Herald of Freedom, both anti-slavery publications. However, Lecompton, the pro-slavery headquarters in Kansas Territory, was only ten miles away. Once the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed residents of the territories to vote “slave” or “free,” the push was on to populate the territories with sympathetic voters. It also triggered violence from the “other’ side. In 1855, John Brown made his way to Kansas killing pro-slavery settlers and troops. Other pro-slavery forces retaliated. Kansas was Bleeding even before the official outbreak of the Civil War, and continued right on through the war. The Daily Ohio Statesman for May 27, 1856, Columbus (Vol. II, No. 206, 4pp.), recorded one event in this unofficial war. With a title Intensely Interesting from Kansas. Lawrence Destroyed! But Few Lives Lost! the half-column article records two reports of the incident of May 21 when Douglas County (KS) Sheriff Jones and up to 1500 Missourians and pro-slavery Kansans attacked the town, destroying the Free State Hotel and the Herald of Freedom printing press. No time was given to save property. the Missourians were yelling through the streets like so many demons, threatening every man with death. The article goes on to speculate on the fate of public officials including the Governor. The Free State men will make a stand at Topeka and fight it out. They are now gathering at that point....A civil war rages on the frontier. In spite of its destruction, Lawrence continued to grow. By the official start of the Civil War in 1861, its population was estimated at 2,500, although official numbers from the 1850 census are a bit lower. On August 21, 1863 “bushwacker” William Clarke Quantrill and over 300 Confederates came into Lawrence, still viewed as an anti-slavery center. Although history records the raid as retaliation for the death of one of William “Bloody Bill” Anderson’s sisters in a Union prison, others suggest that the raid on Lawrence was planned some time before the collapse of the building in which the women were detained. The guerillas rode into town in the early morning hours. They began going door to door, killing men and boys and burning most of the town. The letter in this lot describes how one family (not identified since the last page or two are missing) managed to survive this infamous raid. Written by a wife and mother of Lawrence to her siblings, dated October 6, 1863. She finally gets around to writing: Suppose you heard of the raid here but I will write the particulars so far as we are concerned... I was just out of bed and had called Eddie to rise when I heard the whoop & Yell. I looked out and knew in a minute who they were. She notes that she called for her husband to get up, and that he and the two boys started for the hills. But her husband had been ill and had to turn back.
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He went to the cellar to hide, just in time, for It was but a few minutes till they came to our house....I told them my husband and children were gone to the hill an hour ago. They called me a liar. I told them to go see for themselves (that no one was hiding in the basement), they went down, swore it was too dark, they must have a light. After a few false starts, she finally got a light for them, I said to the other 2, now cock your revolvers and shot on first sight. I was almost frightened to death for fear they would see him but I knew if I made the least objection to them going; they ‘d be sure he was there;...they did not see him so after a few minutes they came up and ransacked the house and set fires in all my beds... While they were setting fire to it I ran to the well and filled 2 tubs and buckets with water as easy as I could. Waited till they left and carried it up stairs and put the fire all out and wet everything as well as the short time would allow, in a while 3 others asked for my husband; I said, out and gone long ago...Then they went to work and fired the house a second time... they said....if I tried to put it out again they would blow my d__n brains out. She managed to shut herself in the dining room and began to pull up the carpet and save anything she could, ...then I waited till they left. Looked up the stairs and the flames met me so I could not get half way up! Went to work, pulled what was left of my parlor carpet, got the chairs and the table, sewing machine and melodeon out then poured water by the tub full on the floor where Hugh was to keep it from burning over him till I could get a chance to get him out, they were still galloping back and forth past the house. Tub full after tub full was poured over him. A neighbor woman helped me. I dare not tell her he was there for fear they would make her talk so she wondered why I was trying to save the floor for but after a while I had to tell her... [letter ends after two more words in the middle of the sentence, but the main idea is present]. Quantrill’s men killed an estimated 150 - 200 men of Lawrence that day. One of the more notorious events of the Western Theater. $600 - $800
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437 General George McClellan, Civil War-Date ALS, Regarding the Taking of Fort Wagner, September 5, 1863 George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885). General-in-Chief of the Union Army (1861-62), Democratic nominee for president (1864), and Governor of New Jersey (1878-1881). ALS, 1.5pp, Sept. 5, 1863, at Orange, NJ, to Colonel H(enry) L(arcom) Abbot, responding to a letter of Aug. 21, which included the results of Abbot’s artillery experiments, giving advice on the storming of Fort Wagner and similar forts. In part: ...I am inclined to think that an elaborate system of experiments upon the breaching of thick parapets of sand & earth would be of interest just now - altho’ I expect Wagner and its companions will have to be taken in some such way as the [?] was, viz: drive the garrison into their bombproofs by mortar firing, & then march into the work before they can get out of their shelters. Gilmore [sic] will have to use more mortars before he gets through... President Lincoln had relieved McClellan of command the previous November owing to his reticence to take an aggressive approach, culminating in the lost opportunity at Antietam. Colonel Abbot, considered a brilliant engineer, had been put in charge of a brigade
in the defense of Washington in May of 1863, and apparently took advantage of the lack of action to conduct artillery experiments. The taking of Fort Wagner in Charleston Harbor surely would have been at the top of the list of subjects requiring further analysis. Union forces had already stormed the fort twice in 1863, losing 339 men to the Confederates’ 12 on July 11 and 1,515 to 174 a week later (the latter battle being best remembered for the valiant charge of the African American 54th Massachusetts). McClellan’s letter probably did not make it to Abbot and on to Major General Quincy Gillmore in time to be of any use, but the successful attack was similar to what McClellan suggested. Generals Alfred Terry and Thomas Stevenson had led assaults that captured the fort’s rifle pits by August 25, but were unable to progress further. On the date of McClellan’s letter, General Gillmore shifted his attention from Fort Sumter to Fort Wagner, commencing a 36-hour shelling of the fort with the assistance of Admiral Dahlgren’s forces, after which the Confederate garrison found itself unequipped to fend off the siege forces dug into the pits. They quickly evacuated, and Union forces walked into Fort Wagner on September 7. $1,500 - $2,500
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438 Charles Green, Civil War Naval Officer, Manuscript Archive 60+ items, 17 orders and documents, and 37 documents (deeds, indentures, etc.), mostly pre-war. Charles Green came from a naval family and saw the good and bad of naval service during the mid-nineteenth century. Born in South Windsor, CT, on Sept. 24, 1841, and raised the son of a naval officer of the same name, Green failed to gain admittance to West Point and then failed to catch on in the real estate business. After serving briefly as his father’s clerk aboard the sloop Jamestown at the start of the Civil War, he left the service to take up the study of medicine at the University Medical College in New York when his father retired from active duty. Although his education was interrupted by emergency service as Assistant Surgeon in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry during Gettysburg, Green received his medical degree in the spring of 1864, and returned to the Navy. Serving first under his reactivated father aboard the receiving ship Ohio, Green later saw duty aboard Admiral David Farragut’s flagship the Hartford in the Gulf Blockading Squadron, and was on board the gunboat Arizona when it was set aflame on the Mississippi River. Green made a valiant effort to douse the fire and barely escaped with his life as the ship went down. His later berths included service aboard a hospital ship off Mobile, a hospital position in New York, a European cruise in 1866-1867 aboard the Miantonomah, and service in the Caribbean (Haiti). He was serving aboard the gunboat Nipsic in Nov. 1869, when he abruptly resigned. This rich archive of materials relating to Green lays bare the reasons for his resignation from the Navy, as well as the struggle over naval discipline in the post-Civil War years. A packet of fifteen documents provides wonderful insight into Green’s raging conflict with Lt. Com. 236
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Thomas O. Selfridge (Jr.), the son and namesake of a renowned Rear Admiral. Green was accused by Selfridge of using reproachable words against him aboard the Nipsic in Feb. 1869, and played the part of a spy and informer aboard this ship and had accidentally or willfully stated a falsehood. The ultimate source of the friction between the two began when Selfridge ordered Green to remove an ordinary seaman, John Simmons, from the sick list, and when Green repeatedly refused to do so, Selfridge brought charges for showing contemptuous indifference to the authority of his commanding officer, refusal to obey orders, and, to make the charge complete, being drunk. For his part, Green complained that Selfridge had triced up the seaman for over an hour against regulations and had violated discipline in other ways. In an unequal test of naval powers, he was eventually brought to court martial, but resigned instead of facing trial. In addition to documenting the charges, the collection includes a letter of support from H.M. Wells, Surgeon at Naval Hospital in New York, in which Wells states that a Dr. Putnam, slated to testify for Green, says he will fight for you to the death, and rejoices in this opportunity, although now quite sick. In your questions to him before the Court, draw out all your conversation with him here at the hospital about resigning when first ordered to the Nipsic — and all the reasons therefore — and that several other medical Officers resigned at that time rather than sail under the command of beast & brute Tom Selfridge... A handful of documents in the collection relate to Green’s father and one document is signed by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. The collection also includes a small, but interesting assortment of ephemera, including a partially printed Bilet in Russian conferring membership in Green Imperial Naval Club and Library at Kronstadt, 1866, and a copy of his commission as First Lieutenant and Asst.
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Surgeon in the Pennsylvania volunteers, 1863. Photostatic copies of Green’s journal (May 1865-Nov. 1869; 180pp) and a letterbook (May 1861-Aug. 1862); with a couple of later documents also included, along with a packet of news clippings relating to the Selfridge affair The archive also includes the following: Green’s beaver bicorne hat accompanied by original tin case, produced by Bent & Bush of Boston, MA; Civil War Military Order of Loyal Legion gold medal marked 3504, accompanied by original Certificate of Award for the medal, presented to Charles Lanman Green, Late Passed Asst. Surgeon, U.S.N., dated November 5, 1884, signed by Winfield Scott Hancock, Commander in Chief; 5 silver serving spoons made by Wm. Rogers & Son. Each handle engraved C. Green on front, and USS “Jamestown” on reverse side; and vellum certificate presented to Green from the University of the City of New York, all printed and written in Latin, dated 1864. Fascinating insight into post-war naval discipline. $1,500 - $2,500
439 Naval Surgeon Richard Greene, USS State of Georgia, Civil War Archive 37 items (27 war-date letters); 1863-1865. Having rushed to complete his medical studies at the New Hampshire Medical Institution, Richard H. Greene was appointed ship’s surgeon aboard the USS State of Georgia in November 1863. In this unusually rich, heartfelt, and intelligent collection of letters, mostly written to his fiancée Lottie, Greene provides a sense of shipboard life while performing blockade duty off the coast of the Carolinas, a sometimesfrustrating, but essential part of the war effort. Naval medicine mix in his letters with naval encounters, leaving Greene to wonder whether the wounds inflicted on the nation by Civil War could ever be healed. Greene’s letters begin as he boarded the State of Georgia, a fine large steamship, he wrote, fitted out with half a dozen seven-inch guns and two rifled pieces. My state room and accommodations are very fine, he added, My expenses are very great for outfit but I will make it out... Immediately upon arriving at Beaufort, S.C., in January 1864, the realities of military medicine brought all the ship’s efforts to a halt. I have got all my smallpox patients safely out of the ship, Green explained, and most all my other patients have recovered. I have had thus far this month a terrible time. Smallpox in its most malignant form in the ship and 25 others on their backs at the same time with serious bronchial symptoms. The ship in quarantine and no medicine to be got... After clearing quarantine, Greene soon discovered that quarantine duty was not as easy as it sounded. On Feb. 13, 1864, he wrote that
the State of Georgia had taken part in a number of chases, but no captures: A great many rebels ships get in and out here for on our side at least we have only three or four ships. The department probably think there are more, but as some are out cruising and others off coaling, only the above numbers are here on an average. Three or four ships guarding ten or fifteen miles of coast are not much on a dark night so that they dash in and out without much difficulty. If we should even see them it is very hard to hit them with a shot as they are going at full speed and by time we get under way they are well out of our way unless we are very superior in speed... Although a surgeon with a full slate of duties, Greene provides several outstanding descriptions of engagements in the blockading squadron the ingenuity of blockade runners and the Confederate opposition. On March 6, he offers a nice account of a Confederate attack on Newbern that failed due to lack of coordination, and an even better account of attack on a blockade runner during which came under heavy fire in return. Perhaps the best account, however, describes an engagement on a stormy night near Norfolk, April 20, 1864, where one federal ship was wrecked after having mistaking a false Confederate light on shore for a lighthouse. We were puzzled by the same light, but the true light was discovered by our officers soon enough to prevent our being misled. We rolled sometimes fearfully and the wind fairly yelled through the rigging. Most of the time we could not stand without a support of some kind. I fell flat on the deck once the vessel rolled so suddenly.... We passed the wreck of the Merrimack, also those of
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | Navy the ships of war that she sunk in her famous attack... The letter also includes a superb description of wartime Norfolk, guarded by Marines and under constant construction: In the Opera House, sentinels with muskets pace up and down the aisle. All the young men have gone out of the place with the Confederates and a kind of gloom hangs over the city. A good many of the secesh ladies remain — they turn their heads when they meet any of our officers. Most of them are in black. Though there are many troops & northerners in the streets, the city looks desolate. The pastors of some of the churches are put out & chaplains of our regiments officiate in their stead; few of the inhabitants attend the churches which are mostly occupied officers, officer’s wives & northerners. I really cannot conceive that we shall ever be a united people; words can hardly express the bitterness of the southerners towards the north...... Just before we left the blockage we had a severe action of one hour with the batteries on shore. A blockade runner got on shore right under the batteries and the Cap. After waiting until the Rebs had got nearly everything out of her got very drunk and without orders swore he would run in and destroy the vessel. He came on board from one of the others ships where he had been on a drunken spree ordered steam and the ship cleared for action. We ran in and began at them and the fort & batteries for a mile along the beach opened on us. The shells flew over us and on all sides but we were not damaged though one exploded under the bows and one under the stern.... The Cap. has been sober but little of the time. He is on shore on a spree now, in fact he has been drunk ever since he has been here... On May 21, Greene was witness to the desperate attempts by Confederate naval forces to wreak havoc on the James River. The rams have been out and fired at the fleet and we peppered away at them. On the first day one struck on the bar and fell tom pieces under the guns of Fort Fisher and other is aground in the river near our day station. They will get her afloat probably in the high tides and give us trouble during the next month. If she comes at us we can do nothing but steam right on to her and sink with her. There is no use firing at her for the shot bound from her sides. One of our gunboats up the James River has been blown to atoms and all on board by a torpedo and rams have been out on the Sounds sunk some of our vessels and raised the fury. I cannot conceive what the Gov. can be about in not sending iron vessels down here suited to cope with such powerful enemies. I can assure you the Rebs are vigorous and brave and not so wanting in means as many would make out... The slaughter in these late battles has been beyond your conception — the forts, shipping, & hospitals literally crowded with wounded notwithstanding they are being sent North as fast as railroads can carry them... By late summer, having seen so much disease and carnage, Greene was left wondering about the future. Oh how I long for it [the war] to terminate in some way, he wrote, for its terrible ravages and sufferings are enough to make Heaven weep. One walk through the Hospitals, one day’s view of the sick, wounded, and dying will fully satisfy any ordinary persons longing for war. It is a very easy thing to be patriotic at home, attend enthusiastic meetings for mutual admiration, and to devise means to forward enlistments and say to others go, but it is not so easy to say ‘come.’... We may conquer by arms but their hatred towards us can hardly be expressed and there will be not sympathy affecting.... After the State of Georgia was sent to New York in September to be outfitted with a new boiler, Greene was reassigned to the USS Seneca, whence the last two letters. Civil War naval collections are rarer than collections for the army and more often than not, are less action packed. Greene’s letters are an exception, a substantial and spectacular collection documenting the complete career of a medical officer in the blockading fleet off North Carolina. $3,000 - $5,000
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | Navy 440 Admiral James Lardner & Secretary W.R. Howell, Civil War Correspondence 8 items. This Civil War archive consists of documents relating to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron under the command of Admiral James Lardner (1802-1881). Lardner had already served 40 years as an officer in the US Navy when the Civil War began. Given command of the steam sloop USS Susquehanna, he was involved in the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard at the battle of Port Royal. Promoted and given command of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, he served in that capacity until stricken by yellow fever. He was given command of the West Indies Squadron in June, 1863, after recuperating in Philadelphia, a post he retained until the Squadron was disbanded in October 1864. He was placed on the retired list the next month, after 44 years of service, though he continued to serve on various boards. Among the letters are detailed orders for the USS Stars and Stripes, a roster of ships in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron on November 30, 1862, with their dispositions (what ports they were blockading, under repairs in Key West, etc), and printed General Orders by the Secretary of the Navy drumming Cdr George Henry Preble (nephew of the famous admiral) out of the service for allowing the commerce raider CSS Florida to run into Mobile, AL. Included in the lot is an October 27, 1862, sick roll listing Lardner as sick with fever, and a retained copy of a letter by William R. Howell, acting on the sick Lardner’s behalf, informing a father that his son, a young Marine on the St. Lawrence, had died of the fever and was buried at Key West. Two final letters are from Lardner as commander of the West Indies Squadron to his “old shipmate” Howell, who is on land duty. $800 - $1,200
441 Frederick Meyer, Sailor Aboard the USS Flag, Civil War Archive, Including CSS Hunley Attack on USS Housatonic 21 letters, 2 photos. Frederick Meyer was a middle-aged German immigrant, who served in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War on the USS Flag. The Flag was a screw steamship purchased in April 1861 by the Navy, and outfitted with six 8 inch rifled cannon for blockade duty. Determined to use the language of his adopted country, Meyer wrote his beloved wife in phonetic English, using the same accent he spoke with. While this makes reading his letters slightly difficult for modern-day readers, the contents of this archive make the effort well worthwhile. The Flag served blockade duty off Charleston for much of the war, and in the archive, Meyer gives eyewitness accounts of capturing blockade runners, as well as participating in notable naval and amphibious battles. On November 2, 1862, Meyer tells his wife of the blockade route they were running, from Bull Bay to Rattlesnake Creek. He relates how, in late October, the Flag captured two blockade runners, and sank a third that was trying to get under the guns of Ft. Moultrie. Sometimes they were stationed so far into the bay that he could see the Rebel flag over Ft. Sumter, which is described to his wife as having seven stars and two red stripes. Meyer supplies excellent battle content in his February 1, 1863 letter, relating the naval fight between the unarmored Union ships off Charleston and the two Confederate casemate ironclads CSS Chicora and CSS Palmetto State. He tells how the USS Mercedita was so badly damaged from gunfire and ramming by the Rebel ships that she was forced to surrender, and how the USS Flag ran in under fire and towed the crippled Keystone State to safety. The captain then turned full speed to ram one of the ironclads, since their guns were ineffective, but the Rebels had retreated under the guns of Ft. Moultrie before they could be surrounded.
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | Navy The April 13 letter discusses duPont’s failed attack on Ft. Sumter, and how the Rebels could be seen between Union assaults repairing the fort and laying mines in the channel. He states: Someone has to account for this. They have to make this blunder good. If they keep fighting like this, the war will last for 20 years. On September 1, Meyer tells of the attacks on Ft. Wagner, saying there are no two men who work together so well as Gilmore and Dahlgren. The rebels tried three times to storm the union positions but got whipped. The Flag was in Boston Navy Yard in December, having repairs made, and Meyer took the time to send a photo he had had made in New York before reporting to his ship. This is presumably the solo photo included in this lot, which shows a U.S. Art Co. address in Long Island. His February 23 letter gives a detailed account of the sinking of the USS Housatonic by the CSS Hunley from the Union side: 6 days ago the rebels blot up won of our ships, and as lik hass, the water was not dip. Thar was 12 man lost the rest saft them salft by gitten up in the rigan. [original spelling]. The squadron thought it was done by a Confederate David semi-submersible, from Meyer’s letter: The ships have to be under way at night for the rebels got cigar boats that come out at night and put torpedoes under the ship.[translated] On July 15, Meyer explains their capture of a British-built blockade runner in Bulls Bay, when her captain tried to make the run 30 minutes before the tide came in, and got stranded. The remainder of the letters consists of domestic subjects, as well as encouragement and a few love poems to Meyer’s wife. $1,500 - $2,500
442 Musician Seth Lane Chipman, 6th New Hampshire Regiment & Sailor on the Ohio and USS Colorado, Civil War Diaries, 1862-1863 3 diaries, slip of sheet music; 1862, 1863, 1868. US Navy. At the start of the Civil War, nearly every regiment found a good band to be a positive good, essential for recruiting, entertainment, and maintaining morale. During the summer 1861, volunteer regiments slated for federal service were authorized to recruit two musicians per company, with some regiments assembling even larger bands, but when the war lasted stubbornly through its first fall, winter, and spring, the army brass reconsidered. On July 17, 1862, Congress passed a resolution abolishing regimental bands, citing cost, the need for manpower, and the alleged confusion caused by so many bands in close proximity. One musician affected by the rise and fall of Civil War bands was Seth Lane Chipman, a native of Gorham, N.H. Born on Mar. 30, 1848, Chipman originally enlisted as a musician in the 6th New Hampshire 240
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on Oct. 2, 1861, but was mustered out shortly thereafter, when all New Hampshire bands were mustered out. He then returned home to Gorham, N.H., and resumed playing in local bands while working at the Grand Trunk Co. Like many young men, however, Chipman could not long refrain from responding to the call to duty, and at the end of July 1862, he quit his job and, joined by several of his friends, enlisted in the US Navy. Chipman’s diaries are a remarkable record of Civil War naval service. While the entries are brief, they offer a nearly unbroken record of service aboard the USS Colorado, an active member of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Stationed at Hampton Roads, Va., the Colorado patrolled the mouth of the James River until Jan. 1863, when she was attached to Farragut’s blockading fleet off Mobile, Ala. Chipman’s diaries include a dense record of playing music, taking prizes, and life at sea, conveying a great deal of information in their sparse words. The diary for 1862 begins with Chipman back home in Gorham, working and playing in local bands, but the entries are very irregular until the time that he decides to enlist in August. From there, the diaries offer almost unbroken coverage of his experiences: • Aug. 15: John Wight, Sanford Hubbard, and I sailed for the war this morning. Went to Portsmouth and met Albert Green, Chas Fisk, and Harland Ingalls; we went to a big war meeting this eve. • Aug 16. We all went over to the Navy yard this forenoon, went all over it, came back and went to see the naval recruiting officer. Went over again this afternoon to be examined by the naval surgeon. Came back and enlisted. Hubbard and I came to Exeter tonight, the rest of them went to Boston. • Aug. 19: We went out this PM and done some shoping. Got our outfit and left for the receiving ship before noon, went on board, and passed the Doctor, and got iniciated into sailor life. We all feel very green and a little blue. Although Chipman’s entries are slender, they provide a fine image of life aboard a receiving ship, awaiting assignment, long days filled with mundane duties of cleaning ship, and wolfing down hardtack and tea. Once aboard ship, Chipman found his way into playing alto in the band — he said he did not enjoy it and would not play again if he could help it — and then cornet:
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• Sep. 22: The band came on board this morning at 9 o’clock. A new man
played Eb cornet with the leader. I played almost of several of their pieces. This evening the new Eb player did not come, but a new man played Bb cornet. The bass player did not come this evening. • Sep 24: W.I. Ripley shipped and come on board today. He intends to join the band. He is an old friend of mine and plays Bb bass. I introduced him to the captain’s clerk (Mr. Stout) this evening. • Sep 27: I bought an alto horn of a fellow in the band this morning, gave him $5.00. Bought it of the young Spaniard. He is going to leave Monday. The first Cb clarinet played and the tenor player were discharged today. • Oct. 16: I spoke with Capt. Larie this morning about getting a situation in the band on board the Colorado. He says he will do what he can for us, will draft us for that ship, and recommend us as musicians. • Oct. 29: There was a suicide on board today at about 4 1/2 o’clock PM. A man cut his throat from ear to ear, while suffering under a fit of insanity caused by drinking liquor to excess. I was only a few feet from him and saw him as he lay on his face struggling. A warning to rum drinkers. • Nov. 4: We were piped up at 4 oclock this morning, scrubbed the deck, and dressed in blue jackets and got ready to receive Mrs Lincoln, the Presidents wife. After they were gone the crew of the Onward left and they drafted for the Osipee, and picked out the coal hovers and firemen for the Colorado, and afterwards drafted for the Colorado. Charlie, Robertson and I were among them. Once at sea, however, Chipman appears to have put away his horn and the diary shifts into a more typical seaman’s journal, though filled with a long string of encounters with blockade runners and rebel naval ships, the action picking up even more after the Colorado relocated to Mobile, where they had a clear view of the powerful Confederate forts guarding the city: • Mar. 16: This has been a very pleasant day. Nothing of special interest took place. We watched the rebels as they were firing guns from the fort this eve. We could see their flag flying and the flash of their gun distinctly. • Mar 22: A rebel schooner run the blockade last night and went ashore high and dry. We can see her this morning... • Mar 25: One of our gunboats went in pursuit of a ship which was discovered this morning and captured her and brought her up to the fleet. She proved to be a schooner bound for Mobile, and from Havanna, with a cargo of fruit, segars, and liquor.... • Mar 26: The prize which was taken yesterday left this morning in charge of a prize crew. The crew taken from her are detained on board the Colorado. They are Spaniards and belong in Havana, Cuba, and the schooner and cargo are owned there. Among other dramatic episodes Chipman recorded was an encounter with an English man of war carrying the consul to Mobile and several prizes taken from Cuban blockade runners:
• May 7: One of our gun boats captured a small side wheel steamer last
night which was trying to run the blockade. She is from Havana. Her crew and passengers about 30 in all have been sent on board the Colorado. The weather is very cold today. • May 8: The weather still continues to be very cold. Some of the men taken from the steamer proved to be some rebel officers, one is a colonel of cavalry. We now have a large number of prisoners on board who have been taken from the different prizes. • May 18: The gun boat Cuyler run in within a few hundred yards of Fort Morgan last night and burnt a cotton schooner and took another as a prize. While on her way back another schooner was discovered running out, she gave chase and took that also. Two prizes in one day... • May 19: The rebels were firing minute guns this morning over at the Fort and their flag was at half mt. We think they have heard bad news. Rumors reach us today of the capture of Vixburg, and of the death of Stonewall Jackson, but we don’t know as to the truth of them. • July 13 [after news of Vicksburg reaches the fleet]: We made some demonstrations today in honor of the late victories. A salute was fired and flags raised by the whole fleet. On the Colorado the rigging was manned and after the salute they gave three cheers and the Band played Hail Columbia after which three more cheers were given. As we fired the salute the rebels at Fort Morgan hoisted their flag to the breeze, probably it was intended as a token of defyance. In late August, Chipman’s one year enlistment ended, and he returned home. By September, he was back in Gorham, playing with the town band, returning to his irregular habits as a diarist. His 1868 diary contains relatively little content, though the year was marked by his marriage to J.M. Ednah on Feb. 12. The couple remained in Gorham, where they played in a well-known family orchestra for many years. Chipman’s diaries are a rare survival of a naval musician during the Civil War, but beyond the music, they are a powerful record of active blockading duty. Of special note is a slip of paper inserted in the 1862 diary containing music that presumably came from Chipman’s brief service in the 6th New Hampshire: Change direction to the right. $800 - $1,000
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443 Civil War Archive of Frederick Swarman, 12th Massachusetts, Lost Leg at Antietam Archive of 20+ Civil War letters, plus photographs, personal items, and books relating to Corporal Frederick Swarman, 12th Massachusetts Infantry. Swarman was a machinist from Medway, MA, who enlisted as a Corporal in the first month of the war and mustered into Co. E of the 12th on June 26, 1861. He was severely wounded at Antietam, necessitating the amputation of his right leg and an eventual medical discharge in April of 1863. Four months later, however, he joined 8th Co., 2nd Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps (originally Invalid Corps), and served until January of 1864. Most of the letters are addressed to Frederick Swarman or his wife and family, and many regard his injury and whereabouts following Antietam: four letters from Sergeant William H. Durfee, R.I. Cavalry (his CDV in album); two letters from Charles C. Wehrum, Co. E., 12th Massachusetts, (his CDV in album); four letters and discharge papers of Fred’s brother John Swarman (his CDV and tintype in album); three letters from Dr. William Prior, of “Antietam Hospital,” (his CDV in album); one letter from Maria M.C. Hall, nurse at “Antietam Hospital” (she is noted in several sources accessible on the web regarding notable women of the war); four letters from the Massachusetts Soldier Relief Association and others regarding Swarman’s injury; and five miscellaneous Civil War letters. All letters are war date and most contain good general content about the war, war life, and the travails of a wounded soldier and his family. Dates and content summaries can be viewed at cowans.com Also included is a CDV album with space for 60 photographs, at two per page. Many cartes are identified as members of the Harding, Hutchins, Ellis, and Durfee families; tintype of older Fred Swarman with grandchildren; CDV of Co. E friend Charles C. Wehrum wearing kepi; man identified as William Prior / Hospital Antietam; two CDVs of a First Sergeant, by Mason & Gardner of Providence; two CDVs of men in uniform, by John Holyand; and a copy CDV of abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher. Additional photographs include: full plate tintype of a postwar Fred Swarman; full plate of children; three large format
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mounted albumens of schoolhouses, schoolchildren, and a dry goods store; and 10 cabinet cards of women and homes. Swarman’s military and personal items include: kepi emblazoned 96 SV; leather wallet containing CSA $0.50, $10 and $20 bills; two binoculars, one by Jumelle Marine and one by W.E. Woodman Co., made in France; 1870 Commonwealth of Massachusetts recognition of service document, signed by the governor; and the 1875 diary of Fred’s brother John H. Swarman. Books and other imprints include: New York Tribune of February 14, 1865; Profutt’s Tourist, Vol. VI, 1874, 160pp, including pull-out railroad maps; History of the Great Rebellion, by Thomas P. Kettell, published at
Hartford, CT: L. Stebbins & Cincinnati, F.A. Howe, 1865 (loose binding); Four Years of Fighting, by C.C. Coffin, publ. at Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866, 8vo, 558pp (loose binding); Record of the Second Massachusetts Infantry, 1861-1865, by Alonzo H. Quint, Regiment Chaplain, publ. at Boston: James P. Walker, 1867, 8vo, 528pp (loose binding); The History of Medway, Mass., 4to, 534pp (binding destroyed), The Military History of Medway, Mass., 4to, 110pp, and The Medway Biographies and Genealogies, 4to, 208pp, all by E.O. Jameson, 1886; and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Millis, Massachusetts, publ. by Millis Press, 1935 (loose binding). $2,000 - $3,000
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | New York 444 Duryee’s Zouaves, 5th New York Volunteers, Civil War-Era Scrapbook Large, folio-sized scrapbook of Civil War-era newspaper clippings and items associated with the 5th New York Volunteers, known as the National, or Duryee’s Zouaves. Listed in Fox’s Fighting 300, Duryee’s Zouaves were recruited in New York City and surrounding boroughs as one of the earliest volunteer units to answer the call. They were famous for their discipline and esprit de corps. The 5th New York served in the one volunteer brigade in General Syke’s division of Regular Army troops, who proclaimed them one of the best volunteer units he ever saw. At Gaines Mill, where they lost one third of their complement, the regiment actually stopped while under heavy enemy fire, and dressed its lines before advancing. At Second Bull Run, the National Zouaves lost 117 of a total of 490 men killed or mortally wounded, 23 percent. This was the greatest loss of life by one regiment in any battle of the war. This scrapbook, which is missing its front cover, contains 55+ pages of newspaper clippings, mostly following the war news in 1863, but also the 1864 and 1872 Presidential elections from a “liberal Republican” viewpoint. There are approximately two dozen handwritten and printed documents pertaining to the 5th New York, many of them regarding Companies “G” and “H”. Noteworthy among these are 4 color illustrations of Ft. Federal Hill in Baltimore, showing several Zouaves in their distinctive uniforms; a copy of a furlough pass for 72-year-old Private Abraham D. Millis to return to Brooklyn to visit family (Millis served his full term and was mustered out with the regiment); records of various courts martial, primarily charges of AWOL; a daily time schedule for camp (reveille at 6:30am, etc). One interesting court martial was against Private John McAnspie of “C” Co., for “placing a scurrilous placard” on the company bulletin board ridiculing his corporal, much to the enjoyment of the soldiers. He was docked 15 days’ pay, and forced to march in front of the guard post for 5 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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hours a day for 15 days with 30 pounds of rocks in his backpack, and limited to bread and water. The last section of the scrapbook contains a very large section of fold-out maps from the New York Herald, of July 27, 1861, covering every theater of war, with detail maps of several areas such as Richmond, Savannah, Charleston, Pensacola, the Washington D.C. area (including Rebel positions at Manassas Junction) and Western areas such as Missouri. $1,000 - $3,000
445 Private James Canton, 169th New York Volunteers, Civil War Archive Archive of 25 war-date letters including some excellent camp letters, and an 1891 re-issuance of pension for career soldier James Caten of Company “D”, 169th New York Volunteers. Caten, of Sandy Hill, NY, had previously served 5 months with the 96th NY before being discharged on July 30, 1862, apparently for medical reasons. He re-enlisted with the 169th New York Volunteers two weeks later, and served through the war. The letters, dating from October 1862 to September 1864, cover Caten’s service in the 169th, listed as one of Fox’s Fighting 300, from their initial service in Virginia and defense of Suffolk, through service at the siege of Charleston, to his being hospitalized with a bayonet wound suffered in the Bermuda Hundred campaign. His first letter, dated October 28, 1862, from Camp Abercrombie (near Chain Bridge, Va.) tells of being harassed by Rebel spies during picket duty, and his detachment catching five of them and two horses. The regiment was spoiling for a fight, and anticipated one soon, as McClelland was behind Jackson and driving him this way. In two letters from November and December, Caten tells his family that his leg is acting up again, and he may be medically discharged. The next letter, dated July 16, 1863 from Camp at Bowers Hill describes a march of 7 days on 3 days’ rations from White House Landing to Hanover Junction, where the soldiers were so tired they fell asleep in the middle of a Confederate bombardment, until 2am, when they were woken up with news there were Rebels enough to eat us up and had to double-time march back the way they came. The next several letters relate the re-assignment of the 169th NY to the siege of Charleston Harbor. Caten was thrilled with the regiment’s campsite on Folly Island, declaring I never liked soldiering any better in my life than at the present time. Sea breezes kept them cool, and they bathed twice a day in the sea. He tells his mother We have marched over 800 miles in the last six months, and… I have not spoken to a white woman in all that time. 244
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In his September 21, 1863 letter, Caten tells of standing guard at Battery Gregg and seeing Ft. Sumter and the city in the distance. We had a splendid view of Charleston City & Harbor this time but we soon expect to have a closer look at that doomed garden of secession, and it will be the pleasure of every soldier to see it in ruins for it was that polluted spot where the first act was committed that opened this unholy rebellion. Its fate is sealed. Sooner or later it must fall. With such a man as Gilmore there is no such word as fail. This echoes the tone of many of Caten’s letters, giving the impression of the high morale of the regiment, even in the swamps. February 19, 1864, finds Caten writing home of the operations on Seabrook Island, south of Morris Island. The island is a very handsome one, some splendid plantations and homes, all of which we burned to the ground. The last three letters run from July 8 to September 25, 1864, when Caten was in two different military hospitals after being wounded. Although his letters in this archive do not mention his prior service in the 96th New York, or where he was wounded, research into his pension application revealed an 1895 deposition of his military service
describing his stint in the 96th, (where his name in the rolls was spelled “Caton”) as well as a bayonet wound in his left thigh and shortterm capture by the Confederates. In addition to his Civil War service, Caten had a long military career. He enlisted in the Regular Army the day after Christmas, 1866, and served in Battery “M”, 2nd U.S. Artillery until December 26, 1869. Four years later, he enlisted again, this time in the United States Marine Corps, serving from October 8, 1873 until he was declared insane and discharged into the care of the Government Hospital for the Insane in November, 1889. Medical records kept in the National Archives as part of his pension hearing shows that Caten was hospitalized multiple times for “lead colic” – lead poisoning that had led to severe abdominal cramps at a time he was assigned duty mixing lead carbonate. The doctor’s prognosis was “insanity of organic origin” brought on as a consequence of his service, and resulted in delusions, dementia, melancholia, impaired memory, and loss of self control. Caten’s wife was assigned as his guardian, and after her death in 1891, he languished in the asylum until taken in by his sister at Sandy Hill. $1,000 - $1,500
446 Lieutenant Francis J. Steers, 90th New York Volunteers, Journal Referencing 1862 Court Martial 12mo, hardcover leather-bound journal identified to Lieutenant Francis J. Steers. The 100pp journal includes approx. 75pp of entries dating from 1853 through 1862 (presumably), and is accompanied by a 2pp manuscript, which appears to be Steers’ final statement made at his Army court martial in the spring of 1862. Francis J. Steers enlisted at New York City on Christmas Eve, 1861, and was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in Co. C, 90th New York Infantry. He was a member of the McClellan Rifles, which was formed from the British Volunteers. Steers was promoted to Captain April 9, 1864, and mustered out December 10, 1864. While serving with the 90th New York, Steers saw action at Port Hudson and Donaldson, LA, as well as Cedar Creek, VA. The journal and accompanying manuscript provide a unique glimpse into the life of Steers, a young, possibly British soldier in the 90th New York Volunteers. With penciled entries written by Steers, the journal relates the circumstances of his Army court martial, which occurred in the spring of 1862, as a result of unauthorized absence and dereliction of duty, while Steers’ regiment was stationed at Key West, FL. While the first part of the journal appears to have been used primarily as a place for record keeping, with entries dating from 1853-1855, the final SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | New York pages of the journal offer what may be a verbatim record of portions of Steers’ trial. Among the notes are references to some of Steers’ fellow officers, including: Lieut. Edwin Stoutenborough (Co. C, 1862-1866); Lieut. Mulligan (Died August 16, 1862); Lieut. Blackwell (Co. B); Captain Vaughn (Co. C, 1862-1864, dismissed); Lieut. James Raymond (Adj. discharged April 13, 1863); Captain Nelson Shaurman (Co. G, 1862-1866); and Lieut. George Stewart (Co. A, 18621863). The 2pp manuscript that accompanies the journal contains what is most likely the final statement composed by Steers and presumably read to the court at his Army court martial. Considering that Steers was later promoted to Captain in April, 1864, these charges were undoubtedly dropped by the court. $600 - $800
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447 Corporal Joseph Shelly, 42nd Pennsylvania Infantry Bucktails, MIA Willes Church, VA, Civil War Archive 6 soldier’s letters, 10 buttons and four envelopes; 1861-1862. The soldiers in a handful of regiments in the Union army earned a reputation as rough-hewn backwoodsmen, quick to fire and deadly accurate, but few gained greater acclaim than the “Bucktails,” the 42nd Pennsylvania Infantry. Initially raised in the woods of northwestern Pennsylvania by Thomas Leiper Kane, brother of the famed arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane, the regiment was soon turned over to the more experienced Charles J. Biddle, with Kane becoming Lt. Col. This small collection of six soldier’s letters and a memento documents the complete, but tragically brief service of a typical Bucktail, Corporal Joseph Shelly. An avid soldier and born optimist, twenty year-old Shelly enlisted for three years’ duty in Co. F, Kane’s 1st Pennsylvania Rifles (13th Reserves) on Aug. 19, 1861, the so-called Irish Rifles of the Bucktails. Wide-eyed and well aware of the danger of his situation, Shelly wrote home to his family to describe the remarkable sights and events in which he found himself, showing a bravado that fit his youth. Barely a few weeks into his service in Virginia, he showed he could be both overwhelmed and eager at the same time: Did you think the soldiers looked fine? You ought to come here to where you daily could see from 15,000 to 50,000 drilling and parading in the fields then you would see the cannons and the cavalry and dragoons also. You would then think you seen something you never seen before. Some weeks past we had been out scowting when some five of our regiment went out on a 246
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special scout and killed five secesh’ cavalry pickets and brought shotguns, pistols, knifes, and sabers marked M.L. but I never seen gunpowder smelling but I have a bully good rifle. Do not trouble yourselves about me getting killed or dying in the war... Like so many new soldiers, Shelly pronounced himself aching for a fight: Our boys are generally all well and greedy for a brush with the Rebels, he wrote on Oct. 7, 1861, turning immediately to a topic any of the legendary Bucktails would appreciate, their famous rifles: We are armed with the minie rifle one of the best weapons in use. They will carry a ball 900 yards or a little better than half a mile. We have great praise from our Brigade General and Col. Biddle for Col. Biddle says he is confident in the Bucktails (as we are called). Courage. And I am confident that before one month we will have the chance to be targets for the seceshers if our wildcats will allow it but I think the seceshers will find a pretty good match if ever they meet the wildcats. Five months later, he remained just as optimistic, claiming our motto is “justice and rights” well as “trust in God and keep your powder dry.” Shelly carried his aggressive stance toward the Confederacy throughout his time in the service, turning to homeward when the occasion warranted. On Feb. 23, 1862, he wrote: I have a good song now called “We are marching down to Dixie’s Land,” and I would send you that too but then I cannot learn it myself, but when I come home I will sing it to you. I think that the soldiers will come home in about six months when the war will all be over... Please ask Chris F. whether he is still as hard a secessionist as he was when he was loading those oats in the field last
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summer and tell him that the rebel cause is at a stand and that secession stock is running low at home and abroad. And tell him such secessionist like him would better be quiet for there would be plenty of ropes yet after Jeff Davis and his gang of ruffians would be hung... Shelly’s last letter was sent from Falmouth, Va., May 15, 1862, just as he, with part of his regiment, was preparing for duty in George McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign. The 42d sustained heavy casualties during the following month, with Shelly reported missing (then killed) at Willis Church on June 30. The collection also includes a souvenir assembled by a relative in 1863, consisting of a decoratively-cut piece of paper
to which are affixed ten of the typical “eagle and shield” buttons that adorned union frock coats. The paper is captioned: Quakertown Saturday 21 A.D. 1863 / These are the butons and trimmings of Brother Josephs frog coat that he sent from war last spring. Remember me when I am dead. Also four envelopes addressed from home to Shelly while he was in the service, two graved with bold patriotic designs. A small collection, but one with insight into the experiences of a rural Pennsylvanian in one of the most famous of all Union regiments. $1,500 - $2,500
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | Illinois 448 Private John D. Beach, 55th Illinois Volunteers, Civil War Archive 16 letters, including reference to combat at Shiloh. Archive of 16 letters of Private John D Beach, Co. “G”, 55th Illinois Volunteers. Beach, of La Salle, IL, enlisted August 23, 1861, re-enlisted when the regiment veteranized in April of 1864, and was finally discharged August 14, 1865 in Little Rock, AR. The 55th Illinois is listed in Fox’s Fighting 300, and served most of the war under General Tecumseh Sherman. According to Fox, “Its dead lie buried in nine different States; and it traveled, on foot and by transports, 11,965 miles, 3240 were done on foot.” The 55th suffered heavily in its first battle at Shiloh, where it was isolated on the extreme left flank along with the 54th Ohio, a Zouave regiment. They stood alone for over two hours against the Rebel attack, with the 55th Illinois losing more men than any other Union regiment except the 9th Illinois. Throughout all his letters, Beach conveyed the high spirits of an elite regiment, as well as in his own thoughts. The usual eagerness for battle among the men in training camp never abated, as it so often did with other units. The regiment mustered in at Camp Douglas, Chicago, on Halloween, 1861. Beach mentioned a local preacher who came down to camp and gave a fire and brimstone sermon, berating the soldiers as wicked sinners, and was almost thrashed for it. The regiment was transferred to Benton Barrack, MO, where records show that a measles epidemic scythed through the thousands of troops that winter. Beach relates on December 28: There is about 20 men goes out of the hospital every day dead. I never have been in there yet. In his January 12, 1862 letter, the regiment was part of a large force leaving for Cairo, IL, and everyone was in high spirits, back to playing pranks on one another. They had been issued 60 rounds and were itching to see action: Maybe we will be left to guard Cairo, but our Col is – for a fight and so is his boys… The 55t Regt is a happy set of boys now they are going to Cairo… the boys are fixing for a fight now. On April 25, 1862, Beach wrote home about how battered the regiment was after its first big battle at Shiloh. The 55th only had around 300 effectives out of 1000 men. Our Regt stood in one place and fired two hours and a half steady before we retreated, and our regt was —- firing against 10,000 sesech. The balls flew in every direction. I got all the fighting I wanted Sunday and Monday. Beach wrote from Chewalla and Memphis, TN, as well as from the rear of Vicksburg during the siege there. The spring of 1864 found the 55th in Larkins Landing, AL, where the boys had found a cure for the “ague” that had plagued them since Vickburg. Everyone was sending home for boneset candy! The last two letters concern the regiment veteranizing. Most of the boys were re-upping to see things through: The boys are all in good spirits now… we have made up our minds to see the end of this war if we live long enough… I could not come home and stay there contented while this war lasts… the quicker this war is over, the quicker we boys will come home to stay. I think this spring’s and fall’s campaign will do the most of it. You need not feel alarmed about us whether we are sick or in a fight, and if we are in a fight there is always some left to tell the story. $1,000 - $1,500 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | Illinois 449 Bvt. Brigadier General John C. Smith, 96th Illinois Infantry, Civil War Archive Including Correspondence & Photographs 38 items (including 20 war-date letters; 4 items relating to pension and other claims; 9 post-war letters; 5 photos); 18631894. Galena, Illinois, carries the odd distinction of having been home to more Civil War generals than any other city in the nation, boasting nine in a city of barely 12,000. Most famous of these, of course, were Ulysses S. Grant and his Aide de Camp, the Seneca sachem Ely S. Parker, but there were enough generals in town to create a certain confusion. In the shadow of Grant and Parker was John C. Smith, not to be confused with his fellow Galena general, John E. Smith. John C. Smith was born in Philadelphia in 1832 and settled in Galena in the mid-1850s, working in construction and contracting. Enlisting as a private in the 96th Illinois Infantry at the start of the war, he was soon elected Captain of his company, rising through the ranks and winning a brevet as Brigadier General of Volunteers at the termination of the war. This collection consists primarily of letters written to Smith, the bulk of which are from soldiers (mostly in the 96th Illinois) or relatives of soldiers dealing with one of the saddest obligations of a field officer, dealing with the death, wounding, and illness of men under arms. Among these are several deeply moving letters revealing the nearly unendurable hardships that befell so many families: • AM Sackett, Galena, Dec. 25, 1864, writes regarding the death of a Canadian man in Smith’s regiment who had been killed in action, leaving a wife and seven children. He had been working for us about eight months when he enlisted in your Reg. all though but a few months in the states. He proved his patriotism, and sealed with his life blood the soil of his adoption. In behalf of his afflicted family, I return to you there thanks... • A.E. Leekley(?) writes, Dec. 18, on loss of Brother Joe: Yes, we would wish too that he had died some other way than in the hands of those Southern fiends. Oh! It is too dreadful to think of. I hope my dear Brother you will be spared from any damage on the battle field. Your family has indeed done its share of crushing out this wicked Rebellion. I hope you will keep just well enough to do post duty, but not well enough for active service, until this war is over... • H.H. Cutler, taken prisoner at Mission Ridge and then paroled, writes to say that he is still too weak for military duty, asking for leave to return home before rejoining his regiment: I do not wish to do anything to injure my name of the good cause I am engaged in and as for a deserter, I despise one.... When I come to the regiment I want to do my duty and I did before I was captured. As soon as I get a little stronger and am exchanged I am willing and anxious to come to you.... • B.G. Pierce writes. Feb. 5, 1865, from the Post Hospital in Pulaski, Tenn.: I think it is the best policy to provide for the south & act as though a summer’s campaign is before us. Let the soldiers come, let more troops be brought into the field, so that now when the Confederacy is tottering & the people are fearing the worst, let their worst fears be realized, & let an overwhelming force be placed into the grand work & let no part of the rebellious land rest until it is through & completely subjugated, & the last vestige of hope of independence is ground out of their hearts. Give them no rest, no peace, no armistice — no cessation of hostilities — no time to recover from the shock of Sherman’s march — but let our conquering armies sweep on til they cry out for mercy... • Minerva E. Perry, Galena, Jan. 31, 1864: With a trembling hand and an aching heart I take up my pen to ask of you as a friend and an old acquaintance a favor in behalf of my son which is his discharge. It is a humiliating task which I fain would reject did not the necessity compel me to act. I am aware of the fact that there are others whose sufferings have been increased by the terrible reallities of war, but they or most of them have had a kind father, uncle or some person on whom they can depend: but I have no one... Much, much more. • Two fine letters from relatives seeking the bodies of their loved ones. Honora Leary, Garrytown, NY, Mar. 8, 1865: I now write to inform you that I got my son’s body buried at home where himself desire to have it 248
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and it is consoling to me and to his Father to have it buried here. Though we mourn his loss and [are] deeply afflicted by his death yet I hope that he is now in Heaven away from the sorrows of this world. My Husband being ill he could not go there to get the body but I sent my son John after it. He searched Jeffersonville and Louisville Ky for it. He found it buried in New Albany, Ind., and got his effects on the boat... Smith’s correspondence includes a handful of other letters dealing with the inevitabilities of a Civil War officer’s life. Certain soldiers always seem to be seeking promotion, as Smith no doubt knew, including Richard J. Poston (96th Illinois), Nashville, Feb. 9, 1864: Desiring to secure a position in a colored Regt. I desire a recommendation to the board now in session, in this city... There is no evidence that Poston received his commission. The collection also includes a small sampling of letters from family and friends describing the situation on the homefront, including a particularly fine letter from a fellow resident of Galena, S.W. McMaster, Mar. 22, 1863, who alerted his friend not to pay heed to rumors: It gives me much pleasure that you so promptly and emphaticly deny the infamous stories trumped up here by rascally busybodies against my friend Capt. Hicks. I think we can put a quietus upon them in short order. Sometimes such stories get started about officers in the army upon the slightest foundation imaginable, and go on spreading until they amount to something very serious to the person slandered... The leading Copperheads here are becoming very quiet, below par. They don’t like the distant rumbling sound that comes up from our brave loyal soldiers down in Dixie. They would like to see you all annihilated & then they would peep again. Well they are strange specimens of perverse human nature and need strait jackets or halters, it is sometimes hard to tell which. Most of the small assemblage of materials dating from after the war nevertheless relates to Smith’s wartime exploits, including a set of wonderful, though partial, Reconstruction-era notes relating to awards for loyal and disloyal claimants, written in a question and answer format: [Qu.] Law damage: Can we award damages for land, that has been (or may be) injured viz reason of the burning of the fences & like claims for damages? [Ans.] No. ... [Qu.] When a claimant has been an officer (civil or military) of the C.S.A. & has never taken the oath of amnesty or allegiance, should his a/c be investigated even tho’ he has never taken the oath... [Ans.] His claim should be thrown out.... There is also some typical veteran’s fare (such as a finely printed GAR poem He wears the button on his coat.), but also includes a printed copy of the By-Laws of the Royal and Select Masters (Masonic fraternal organization) of the Ely S. Parker Council No. 60 (Galena) and nine “Annual returns” for the lodge (membership lists, 1902, 1903, 1905-1911). The Lodge was named after, but presumably not otherwise associated with, the noted Seneca Sachem and aide to Ulysses S. Grant.
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | Illinois Finally, there are found photographs, including: • Mounted gelatin silver print of Brig. Gen. and surgeon General of Wisconsin Fred W. Byers in GAR uniform, ca.1900 (formerly surgeon of the 96th Ills., who, according to a note, violated orders by personally carrying John Carson Smith off the battlefield at Kenesaw Mountain) • Boudoir card of Byers(?) in an elegant drawing room, ca 1890 • Cabinet card group portrait, apparently of three generations of Smiths, of Robert Ambrose Smith (father of J.C. Smith), Robert A. (brother), John C., and Bert (son). • Two mounted silver gelatin prints of the elegant interior of J.C. Smith home on Sibley Street, Chicago, 1895. The parlor is decked out in celebration of Smith’s return home from a round-the-world trip Although there is no battle content, the Smith collection offers a valuable perspective on the duties of a decorated Civil War officer. Collections of letters from general officers from that war are becoming increasingly scarce and, needless to say, those associated with the hotbed of hierarchy, Galena, even more so. $1,000 - $1,500
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | Minnesota 450 Sgt. George Rutherford, 2nd Minnesota Infantry, WIA Kennesaw Mountain, Civil War Manuscript Archive Addressed to Sister at Columbus Lunatic Asylum 11 soldiers’ letters (10 with envelopes and stamps); 18621864. The last state to enter the union before the start of the Civil War, Minnesota was a sparsely settled region, looking west to the conflict on the plains as much as east to the seat of conflict between the states. During the summer 1861, Minnesotans responded to the crisis by raising the 2nd Minnesota Infantry company by company, and when complete in the fall, they were ordered into the federal service. Assigned to the renowned Robert McCook’s brigade in the Army of the Ohio, they saw hard service in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi, taking in part in major battles and campaigns from Mill Springs, Shiloh, and Corinth to Perryville, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge before their reenlistment, and in the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman’s marches to the sea and through the Carolinas after. Few outfits earned their status as veterans as thoroughly as the 2nd Minnesota. Sgt. George Rutherford was a typically hard-bitten non-commissioned officer in the 2nd Minnesota, and like many of his comrades in this hard-bitten regiment, he saw his share of the hard-bitten action and suffered the consequences. All eleven letters in this exciting collection are addressed to George’s sister, Mary, care of the Lunatic Asylum at Columbus, Ohio (what she was doing there is never answered, though work seems the more likely option). Although Rutherford’s writing is far from polished, he is a man whose personality comes through loud and clear, whose confidence and optimism carried him through some of the hardest trials of soldier’s life. His letters are effective in conveying the mood of the regiment and their remarkable ability to handle adversity and danger. On Aug 9, 1863, for example, Rutherford informed his sister that the regiment had lost their beloved commander: We have marched through one of the worst sesesh countries in the south and guariles bound [guerrillas abound] and they would fire on our men every chance they could get. General McCook was killed last Tuesday morning by a band guarillas [band of guerrillas]. He
was riding about three miles ahead of our brigade when he was fired at and killed and his body guard taken prisoners....we all lament his loss in the servis of his country. We will never find another man that will fill his place as well... he always cared more for his men than he did for himself.... Even better is Rutherford’s long letter written during the pivotal fall of 1863, right after the brutality of Chickamauga, where the 2nd lost one third of its effectives, and before the heroic triumph at Missionary Ridge. With matters still very much in doubt on Oct. 28, 1863, Rutherford wrote from Chattanooga, putting on the best face while in dire straights: we will try to give old -Confederate Gen. Braxton] Bragg enough the next time we try it for I think we are enough for him and all the hosts of Rebeldom combined. We had to retreat back to Chattanooga after fighting him two days in the late Battle of Chickamauga in Georgia but we have got reinforcements since then and we are about redy to try him again. The late Battle of Chickamauga was one of the hardest fought battles of the war and there was heavy loss of life on boath sides. The Rebels had at least two men to our one but still their less was as heavy if not greater than ours. We had to fight for Chattanooga and we fought hard for it — it was the great object of campaign, but it was dearly bought and there was hundreds and thousands of true and brave men lost their lives in that great struggle... Much more on their strategy for Lookout
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Mountain and beyond, subsisting on half rations, and more. But the change of fortunes in war came swiftly, and on Dec. 13, he brought his sister up to date: We are still at Chattanooge and we will probably stay here the winter as the Rebels have been driven from our front with heavy loss. They have received a severe blow such a blow that they will not be able to recover from way soon. We took seven or eight thousand prisoners from the Rebs in taken Lookout mountain and missionary ridge they have been driven pel mel back towards Atlanta Georgia. I think we will not have eny more fighting here this winter for our army is not redy to follow the Rebs very far this winter and the Rebels will hardly trouble us again very soon... Our Regiment (the 2nd Minnesota) was in the fight and lost 35 men in killed and wounded. All the Hospitals in Chattanooga are again full of wounded men, boath of the Rebels and our men but they are sending them North as fast as they are able to be moved... After receiving furloughs home in exchange for reenlistment, the 2nd Minnesota returned south to join in the Atlanta Campaign: In a fiew days we will be in the field again and face to face with the enemies of our country and where the bullets fly thick and fast. But we gladly go forth to fight for the old flag of our country the emblem of a free people. We goe with light harts after seing all of our friends again and after having such a good time with them that we hold most Dear... Light hearts, however, were not enough in the constant combat that followed. With the regiment lying before Kennesaw Mountain, June 24, 1864, a comrade in the 2nd Minnesota, Charles R. Norris, wrote to inform Mary that George had been wounded five days previously, sparing no detail. We had just halted for a minute when he was struck by a Bullet. He was wounded in the left arm near the shoulder, the Bone was Broken clear off. It will be a long while before he will be fit for service. In case Mary might find the news disconcerting, Norris went on in a lighter vein: He is getting along nicely at Present.... we are have considerable fighting going on here at Present. The Rebels have made a stand here at the Kinesaw
Mountains a pretty strong position But we will get them out of this pretty soon. We have driven them out of some pretty heavy works Since we started from Ringgold night before last... Less than a month later, recuperating in hospital at Chattanooga, George was able to write for himself, showing just as cheerful a face as Norris had: You wanted to know what kind of fair I have here. It is not the best but still it does very well for a soldier. I have seen worse, and I have no reason to complain. I have enough to eat such as it is and I am satisfied and in good spirits. I am allways lively and make fun for the other wounded boys that is lying here with me for what is the use of being down hearted. There is many a noble young man lying here wounded in this Hospital with me and many that must soon die... Rutherford’s recuperation stretched out, month after month. Still in hospital in December, his arm mending long after his transfer to Madison, Ind., Rutherford lamented that he could neither get a discharge nor return to duty: I should like very much to see the boys of my old company again and try camp life again with my brothers in arms. I call them brothers because we have been together so long and fought for the one great cause, but I know that I could not do my duty as a soldier if I was there. This life in a hospital is no place for a man that feels well, therefore I should rather be some other place... A second letter from Norris written at Rome, Ga., Nov. 1, 1864, offered more detail on George after his wounding and the fate of the regiment since: I am glad to hear that his arm is getting along as well. They tell me that he expects to have a crypled arm But I hope not. But I am glad to hear that his wound is healed up Because there has been so many lost there lives by this Gangrine or Mortification. One of Sargent’s died in Nashville last September of the Gangrine in his wound and he was not wounded so as George was... I suppose you have heard of Hood flanking Sherman. He went around our Right Flank but old Sherman let him go we started after him Oct 3rd.... attached some of Garrisons on the Rail Road and took some of our men Prisoners but they found one Snubbing Post 1 Division of the Rebel army attacked the Garrison at Altoona Pass.... our men whipped pretty Bad, our men killed wounded and Prisoners 2,200 about the same number that comprised the Garrison... While we war on the tramp we had some hard times. The Rebels having tore up the Rail Road track it cut our rations short. We lived on parched corn and beef after a while we forage our living. We lived pretty well but the Citizens had to suffer... This fine collection represents one man’s active service in a western regiment, with excellent content, references to Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Atlanta, and some compelling descriptions of what it was like to be wounded (and repaired) during the Civil War. $1,000 - $1,500
451 Brothers John J. & William F. Dewey, 3rd Minnesota Infantry, Civil War Manuscript Archive 12 items. William F. Dewey enlisted into Co. “E,” 3rd Minnesota Volunteers on October 10, 1861. Assigned to guard railroad bridges against Confederate marauders, the regiment was split up, and as William writes, We are willing to go anywhere to get out of this mudhole. Tennessee was not friendly territory, as William relates in his letters home: We are right among the sesesh. I have not seen but one Union man since we came here. In his last letter, shortly before his capture at Murfreesboro, he notes the vitriol of the local female population. They told the soldiers to their face that they hoped they would get whipped, then complained that it wasn’t a fair fight when the Yankees won. He states: They will not talk on reasonable grounds. They want everything their own way. When they say that they will not be ruled by Old Abe, then we tell them they will be ruled by military law. That makes them groan like dying sheep. The 3rd served in the Western Theater until their surrender by their commander (over the troops’ protest) to famous Rebel cavalry commander Nathan Bedford Forrest during his raid on Murfreesboro, TN. After being paroled and sent to Ft. Snelling, they rebuilt their numbers and confidence in action against Indian raids before returning to action at Vicksburg, then in Arkansas. The letters resume with notices to William’s father of his son’s sudden death from typhoid fever in Helena, AR. The first is from William’s friend Henry Curry on August 31, 1863, followed by one from William’s company commander, Captain Edward L. Barker. Interestingly, William’s brother John got drafted into the same company and same regiment in which his brother served. John served at Devall’s Bluff, Little Rock, and at Pine Bluff, where he gave a description of the defenses. He told of how the fetid, hot climate was taking its toll on the Minnesotans, most of whom were from Scandinavian stock. At one point, there were only 8-10 men fit for duty in the company. Included is John’s mini account book, in which he also scribbled short notes. Notable mentions include a spy being hanged at Pine Bluff, a deserter shot, Dan Castello’s Circus coming to Devall’s Bluff for three days of performances, and chasing Robert Glenn Shaver’s Rebel troops near the end of the war. $1,500 - $2,500 250
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | The Civil War | Minnesota 452 John Nelson, 6th Minnesota Infantry, Civil War Manuscript Archive 4 letters. 18-year-old John Nelson enlisted in the 6th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry at Red Wing, MN, on August 18, 1862, and mustered into Co. “I” the same day. The four letters in this archive relate to his duty on the remote northwest frontier at Ft. Snelling and Preston Lakes, where the only white men are trappers, during the relocation of the Sioux into the Dakota Territory. The most interesting letter of the lot is dated May 7, 1863. Less than two companies were on duty here, the rest of the regiment being stationed at Ft. Pope (Yellow Medicine). In part: Nearly all our aboriginal brethren have bidden us adieu, and are now on their long and tedious journey to Ft. Randall on the upper Mo River, where they will undoubtedly live the remainder of their lives. I say live, no, that is not so, they merely exist and not live. In the place of the Indians we have received Negroes. Nearly one hundred landed here last Tuesday and next week there will come two hundred more. Good for the contrabands! We are going to take all these colored people who can drive mules with us, and woe be to the poor Indians when Cuffy get after them. $500 - $700
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | Presidential & Political 453 Autograph Book of the 31st Congress, 1850 Autograph book, 8.25 x 6.75 in., containing the signatures of 58 Senators (3 missing) and 213 Representatives (20 missing). The book, marked Autographs and decorated in gilt, includes a number of loose pages, but all seem to be present. Each section has neatly lettered headings. Signed W.W. H. Davis on ffep, presumably the compiler of this collection. The book dates from the second half of 1850 – the Filmore administration and 31st Congress. This was the era of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, California entering the Union, and the general decade of run-up to the Civil War. Many people of significance were serving in Congress or other branches of government at the time. The album begins with the President, Millard Filmore, who also dated his signature December 20th 1850; “Vice President U.S. & President of Senate,” William R. King (who also signed as Alabama senator); “Speaker of the House of Representatives” – Howell Cobb (GA). The second page includes the following signatures of cabinet members: Daniel Webster (Secretary of State); Thos. Corwin (Secretary of the Treasury); C[harles] M. Conrad (Secretary of War); Wm. A. Graham (Secretary of the Navy); Alex. H.H. Stuart (Secretary of the Interior); N[athan] K. Hall (Postmaster General); the space for Attorney General, John J. Crittenden, is blank. The states are arranged geographically, beginning with Maine. Of the Senators, only Henry Clay (KY), Thomas Ewing (OH), and Solon Borland (AR) are missing. Highlights include: Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln’s first Vice President who served as one of Maine’s senators in 1850; Robert Winthrop who would finish Daniel Webster’s term in Massachusetts; William H. Seward, one of New York’s Senators who would go on to become the Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; Robert M.T. Hunter of Virginia, who was the CSA Secretary of State (1861-1862) and President pro tempore of the Confederate Senate (1862-1865); Virginia Representative James A. Seddon, the Confederate Secretary of War. Georgia Senator J. Macpherson Berrien, Jackson’s Attorney General; Georgia House Representative Alexander H. Stephens, the future Confederate Vice President and Governor of Georgia after reconstruction; Robert Toombs, who is considered a “founding father” of the Confederacy and was its first Secretary of State. Kentucky Representative Humphrey Marshall, a future Confederate General; Tennessee Senator John Bell, Speaker of the House (1834-1835) and W.H. Harrison’s Secretary of War; Tennessee Representative Andrew Johnson, Lincoln’s second Vice President and President after the assassination.
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | Presidential & Political Mississippi signatures include Senator Jefferson Davis, who would become Confederate President; and the Senator Henry Foote, who helped craft the Compromise of 1850, thereby postponing the Civil War for a decade. Louisiana was represented in the Senate by Pierre Soule, who attempted to annex Cuba. After several years in the Senate, Soule became Minister to Spain. With additional signatures from: S(almon) P. Chase, of Ohio, who would become Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury and later the 6th Chief Justice of the United states; Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the “Little Giant,” best known for debating Lincoln in 1858; Illinois Representative John McClernand, who became a Union General under Grant.
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Michigan Senator Lewis Cass; Wisconsin Senator Henry Dodge; Iowa Senator and son to Henry Dodge, Augustus Dodge; Missouri Senator David Atchison, President pro tempore of the Senate who is thought to have been Acting President of the U.S. for 1 day, March 4, 1849; Illinois Senator Thomas Hart Benton, an early advocate of westward expansion. Significant Texas signatures include Senators Sam Houston and Thomas Jefferson Rusk. Houston needs no introduction; Rusk was a Provisional Governor of Texas and its first Secretary of War during the time Texas was an independent Republic. The Territories of Oregon and Minnesota are also represented in the album. Henry Hastings Sibley represented the latter, and would become the first governor of the state and Brigadier General serving the Union in the Western Theater during the Civil War, mostly fighting the Sioux. The final page features the signature of John C. Fremont, “The Great Pathfinder,” military governor of California, Presidential candidate, and Territorial Governor of Arizona. Abolitionist and Radical Republican Thaddeus Stephens and several Civil War Generals are also included in this impressive grouping of autographs from members of the 31st Congress. For a complete listing, please see cowans.com. $2,500 - $4,500
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454 James A. Garfield ALS to Edwin M. Stanton, July 2, 1864 James Abram Garfield (1831-1881). 20th President of the United States (1881). ALS as U.S. Representative, 3pp, 8vo, dated at House of Representatives, July 2, 1864, addressed to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, recommending a staff appointment for J.W. Burke, 10th Ohio Volunteers, who recently mustered out. Garfield writes that he has personally served wit Burke and that he was highly respected as a soldier in his native Great Britain and by the officers in the Army of
the Cumberland. Signed J.A. Garfield in black ink. Records indicate that Joseph Walter Burke (1835-1900) was commissioned into the 10th O.V.I. as a major in the first weeks of the war and mustered out June 17, 1864, as a colonel. It is unclear if he received an appointment from Stanton as a result of this letter, but he was made a brigadier general by brevet the following March. Housed in a two-sided frame alongside an engraving of Garfield, 14 x 16 in. overall. $500 - $700
455 Ulysses S. Grant DS, August 28, 1865 Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). 18th President of the United States (1869-1877). Partially printed DS as President of the Soldier’s Monument Association, 1p, 10 x 12.5 in. (sight). Galena, IL. August 28, 1865. Also signed by Galena General John C. Smith. Certificate raising funds for the Soldier’s Monument Association. Matted and framed, 17.5 x 21 in. $500 - $700
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456 Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Signed Pardon Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). 18th President of the United States (1869-1877). Partially printed DS as President, 1p, 7.25 x 8.25 in. (sight). Washington, DC. January 10, 1870. The document authorizes the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a warrant for the pardon of Charles Hughes. Matted and framed together with an engraving of Grant, after a photo by Thorp, 5.25 x 5.75 in. (sight), overall, 14 x 19.5 in. $500 - $700
457 John F. Kennedy, Autographed Time Magazine Cover John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963). 35th President of the United States (1961-1963). Signed Time magazine cover, Election Extra edition, November 16, 1960, featuring a photograph of President-Elect Kennedy by Alfred Eisenstadt, with Kennedy’s signature at right center in blue ink. Professionally framed, 13.5 x 16.75 in. $800 - $1,000
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | World War I 458 World War I Album of American Doctor, David Houston, Featuring Inscriptions & Photographs of Wounded French Soldiers This group of items associated with Dr. David W. Houston, Jr. of Troy, NY (b. 8 May 1889) has several parts: a notebook/copy book, identity papers, and newspaper clippings. These date from 1915, early in WWI, before America officially entered the war. The Ambulance - French for a temporary military hospital - was organized as a branch of the American Hospital in Paris at the beginning of hostilities in 1914. They took over the unfinished Lycée Pasteur, and was run by the American Hospital nearby. Many of the American colony in Paris, including artists, opera singers, and even Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt volunteered as drivers, nurses, etc. The primary item is a copy book, approx. 8 x 12 in. in dark cloth covers. In it Dr. Houston has mounted photographs of the American Ambulance Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France. There are photos of the buildings and grounds and the ambulance garages. The main portion of the notebook consists of small photos of patients with short descriptions of their injuries, treatments, and admission and discharge dates. Then the patients wrote letters to the doctor. Those entries are in French, and although they were not translated in detail, for the most part, they thank the doctors for all of their efforts. Not every record is complete: some are missing a discharge date, some do not have photos of the patient. There are also photos of groups of patients (blesses = the injured), nurses, doctors (including Dr. Joseph Blake), medical devices
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(especially the Blake external frame used for all leg fractures), a series of photos of a ceremony awarding injured patients medals for bravery, a few of German field pieces and an airplane (presumably captured), and a series showing different bullets - English, French, and German of course, the culprits in most of the injuries. A number of photos illustrate traction devices, some very complicated. Many of these also have sketches of how they are “rigged up.” In one case there is a design sketch folded and tucked behind a photo of the rigging. Another photo shows a nurse with a patient on crutches, a dog in front. Houston’s note indicates that the dog saved his master’s life by digging him out of a trench that had collapsed. In all, about 175 photos ranging in size from 1.75 x 3 in. to 5 x 7 in. The album also contains a few sketches of shattered bones - most of the leg - tibia and fibula. The next group consists of David Houston’s passport and identification papers, and includes a Republic of France passport with a visa for Paris; a foreign residence permit (his residence is listed as 163 Ave. Victor Hugo); his hospital identification indicating he was an assistant intern at the Ambulance de l’Hospital Americain de Paris (usually referred to by the Americans as AAH - American Ambulance Hospital); his Paris police foreign registry paper; and a passport application from the French consulate in London (applied in June 1915, approved 31 Aug. 1915). All except the police registry have photos. Although this seems like a lot of identification, France had been at war since the summer of 1914 and needed to know what foreigners were inside her borders and why.
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Along with these are several letters. There are two envelopes attached to the first few pages of the notebook. The first contains a TLS from Dr. William Osler, 1 Feb. 1915, letting Houston know where to report when he arrived in Paris. The second page also has an envelope containing two ANsS by Osler, plus a calling card with his name printed and manuscript “with Xmas greeting from” ahead of the name. Not attached to the notebook are: TNS from William Osler, 24 Sept. 1904; ANS from Osler, 27 Jan. 1901; ANS from Osler, in Quebec (he was a Canadian national), 15 Sept. 1904; TLS from Osler, 19 Feb. 1904; a note to Houston addressed to Houston in Germany, 1910, note in French; and a typed note from Harvard Medical School, 21 June 1916, informing Houston that he passed the second round of exams, and “...the Faculty have voted to award you a degree of M.D. cum laude.” Most of these early notes to Dr. Houston are simply to say “Hi,” and, although it is not clear what the early association between them is, it obviously pre-dates the war. The final part of the archive gives a bit of context to the other items. It consists of newspaper clippings from the time, although none have dates or papers identified. Six of them deal with Dr. Joseph Blake leaving the AAH for a British facility and the problems it has caused, including fund-raising efforts. There are also speculations about the reason(s) he was leaving. Another article (no names mentioned)
speculated on the operation of the AAH - efficiency, expenditures, etc. The implication seemed to be that it was somehow involved in Dr. Blake’s leaving the hospital (but it is not clear whether this was why he left - tired of fighting management - or whether he was being accused of mismanagement). In addition there is an article on William Osler (1849-1919) being knighted. It notes: “Dr. Osler is regarded by many as the greatest medical man in the United States.” As mentioned above, Osler was a Canadian; at the time of the article he was teaching at Oxford (England); and he had been one of the four founders of Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. He is also credited with getting American medical students out of classrooms and into residency programs where they came in contact with real patients. He died a victim of the influenza pandemic in 1919. The last small article relates a tale of an English nurse working in Paris. Dr. Taylor was doing trials with treatments for gas gangrene, but could not convince others that it would work. So the nurse infected herself with the cultures used on the animals, developed gangrene, and called Dr. Taylor to treat her. He did, she lived, the treatment (quinine) became standard at the AAH. An interesting collection from before American involvement in the “Great War.” $1,000 - $1,500
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | World War II 459 General George S. Patton, Collection of World War II-Period ALsS & Signatures Acquired by Mary Jane Krieger This archive consists of a folio-sized scrapbook of newspaper clippings and press photos of General George S. Patton (1885-1945), kept by Mary Jane Krieger of Harrisburg, PA. Included are eight typed letters to Ms. Krieger signed by General George S. Patton as commanding general of the U.S. 3rd and 15th Armies. Two additional letters are from his private secretary, Lieut. Sue Lynch, dated immediately after Patton’s death in January 1946, and June 1946. The seven war-date letters not only include Patton’s signature on the letter, but also an endorsement on the cover as the censor, according to wartime regulations, for a total of fifteen signatures of the general the German Army considered their most dangerous opponent. Ranging from May 17, 1944 to November 8, 1945, Patton thanks Krieger for her cards, letters, and support, addressing her as My Dear Mary Jane. One can imagine what Patton was busy with when writing these letters, such as the one dated less than two days before the start of the Normandy invasions: My dear Mary Jane. Thanks very much for your letter of the 25th. Owing to extreme preoccupation, I am unable at this time to write you further. Even through his army’s dash across France and into Germany, Patton found time to reply to Krieger’s letters.
On January 10, 1946, shortly after Patton’s burial, his personal secretary, Lieut. Sue Lynch wrote Mary Jane: Mrs. Patton has asked me to thank you for your cable and many letters addressed to the General during his illness and to tell you that she deeply appreciates your thoughtfulness. I should like to tell you that the General always enjoyed your letters immensely, and was particularly pleased with the book of poems you sent him at Christmas. PS I hope you will like the enclosed poem which has just been sent me from a California paper. [poem Farewell To General Patton by Joseph Auslander attached.] The scrapbook also contains 43pp of newspaper clippings dating from 1943 to 1947 regarding Patton, printed copies of poems Patton wrote (one set to music), a U.S. 3rd Army cloth shoulder patch, and 8 black and white glossy press photographs of Patton spanning from the 1943 invasion of Sicily, to a photo of his flag-draped casket and funeral service. Mary Jane Krieger is noted in the book The Patton Papers (p.813) as the recipient of one of the last letters Patton wrote, the morning before the automobile accident on December 8, 1945 that would lead to his death. $10,000 - $15,000
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | World War II 460 Josef Mengele, German SS Officer & Physician at Auschwitz, Signed Postcard Josef Mengele (1911-1979). German Nazi SS officer and head physician at the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was known as the “Angel of Death” for performing medical experiments on living inmates. Signed postcard, postmarked at Nurnberg (Nuremberg), 22 May 1929, with penciled correspondence in German, signed Jos. Mengele. Postcard features the Berlin Palace. $1,000 - $1,500
AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | Space Exploration 461 Neil Armstrong Autographed Enroute Chart Neil Armstrong (1930-2012). Apollo 11 crew member and the first man to set foot on the moon (July 1969). Signed aeronautical chart, 4.75 x 8 in. sight, framed, 10.5 x 13.75 in. Accompanied by a letter from the gentleman who obtained the autograph detailing its acquisition. That man, a colleague of the consignor, was a pilot for a corporate aviation firm and flew Mr. Armstrong from Chicago O’Hare to West Palm Beach as a guest of White Motor Corporation, February 28, 1980. A copy of the pilot’s logbook is enclosed with the letter. $1,000 - $2,000
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | Hollywood 462 Early Hollywood Movie Encyclopedia with Over 500 Autographs Wachner, Audrey Kearns, ed. Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia. 1951 Edition (1946-1950). W.R. Wilkerson, Publisher. Hollywood (CA): The Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia, 1951. 8vo, maroon cloth, gilt raised lettering front, back and spine; thumb indexed, 1226 numb. pp. plus 2pp. ads, CVIII prelims. Front with camera and 1951 in the spotlight. Gold label on ffep –“ With Compliments of Paramount Studio, Norman Siegel (facsimile signature), Publicity Director.” A classic example of not judging a book by its cover, this volume lists everything a company would need to put together a film in the 1950s: Actors and Actresses (with studio which had their contract or their agent), Producers, Directors and Assistant Directors, Writers, Cinematographers including Cameramen, Art Directors, Set Decorators, Musicians, Sound Engineers, Agents, Rental Agencies, and Animal Actors (such as Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, Daisy, Seabuiscuit, Trigger, Man O’War, and Francis the mule). The back section has productions and story outlines for films dating from 1946 through 1950, and also lists television films (separately), television networks and stations, studio histories and financials, wire services, critics, awards, foreign productions, and much more. This encyclopedia sat on the desk of one of the studio secretaries who had everyone who came in sign it, thus making this an exceptional edition. The book contains approx. 522 signers, including: 378 actors; 43 Producers; 25 Directors; 48 Writers; 1 Cinematographer, listed as a director today; 25 Musicians; 2 Assistant Directors. Full list available on request. Most signed at the top of the page, which includes the individual’s name and contact information, or a page or two away. Some signed advertisements for an upcoming film, or advertisements for themselves or others scattered throughout the volume. Many of the names with the greatest number of credits were Western movie stars, who made 4, 5, 6, even 8 films a year. The volume also lists young actors just starting out, such as Marlon Brando and James Cagney, who only had listings for one film each.
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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS | Hollywood Some of the notables include: Marlon Brando (only one movie credit in 1950); Charles Chaplin; Montgomery Clift (reclusive 4-time Oscar nominee); William Frawley; Clark Gable; Carey Grant; Sydney Greenstreet; Bela Lugosi; Elmo Lincoln; Mario Lanza; Groucho Marx; Basil Rathbone; Ronald Reagan (still a “B” actor at this time); George Reeves (TV’s Superman); Frank Sinatra (listed in the Actors section); Carl “Alfafa” Switzer; Spencer Tracey; and Johnny Weissmuller, Orson Welles, and John Wayne – all three on Red Skelton’s half-page ad. Producers and Directors include: Walt Disney; John Ford; Alfred Hitchcock (on Alexander Paals ad, not on his silhouette, which occurs later in the volume); Victor Fleming. The Writers almost out-shine the actors, including: Raymond Chandler; Noel Coward; William Faulkner; Dashell Hammett; Ernest Hemingway; Aldous Huxley; John Steinbeck; James Thurber; and Tennessee Williams. Music also has an all-star cast, but many are in the “actors” section: Harold Arlen (“Over the Rainbow”); Desi Arnaz (twice, as an actor and music); Hoagy Carmichael (also twice); Les Brown; Duke Ellington;
Fudolf Friml; Dooley Wilson (“Casablanca”); plus (from actors) Tommy Dorsey; Lionel Hampton; Jimmy Wakely; and Fred Waring. Other names - many more familiar: Bud Abbott; James Cagney; Lee J. Cobb; Joe E. Brown; Ray Bolger (Scarecrow); Willie Best (early AfroAmerican actor); James Cagney; Noel Coward; Tommy Dorsey; Wild Bill Elliott; Sterling Holloway; Rock Hudson; William Holden; Bob Hope; Dwayne Hickman; Charlton Heston (only one film); Edgar Kennedy; Roy Rogers (twice); Claude Rains; Gene Autry and Tex Ritter (“Singing Cowboys”); Jay Silverheels (TV’s Tonto); Samuel Goldwyn (above the “Goldwyn” in “MGM” at the bottom of Albert Lewin’s ad); David Selznick; Richard Boone (Palladin); early Tarzan, Bruce Bennett, and later “Boy,” Johnny Sheffield; Vincent Price; Sidney Poitier; Steve Allen (2); Zero Mostel; Roger Moore (also with only one movie credit). And many, many more! This edition provides a wonderful snapshot of Hollywood on the rise, just as television was beginning to make an impact, including many who made their names in Vaudeville then transitioned into film. $15,000 - $25,000
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Office Staff President and Principal Auctioneer C. Wesley Cowan - info@cowans.com Business Operations Reid Sikes - reid@cowans.com Specialists American Indian Art Danica M. Farnand - indianart@cowans.com Susan Labry Meyn Books and Manuscripts Patricia Tench - info@cowans.com Fine and Decorative Art Diane Wachs - decarts@cowans.com Graydon Sikes - art@cowans.com Kirstie Craven - kcraven@cowans.com Jennifer Howe - jenniferhowe@cowans.com Sam Cowan - sam@cowans.com Jonathan Nolting - jonathan@cowans.com Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Jack Lewis - firearms@cowans.com Joe Moran - joe@cowans.com Joe Higgins - photographer Emery Maury Doug Hamilton Jack Haney Carolyn Luken American History Katie Horstman - historic@cowans.com Matt Chapman - matt@cowans.com Fine Jewelry and Timepieces Brad Wanstrath - jewelry@cowans.com Militaria and Civil War Allen Cebula
Office Manager / Auction Coordinator Phyllis Terry - phyllis@cowans.com Linda Heineman - payment@cowans.com Marcia Moyer Donna Samuels Amy Francis - info@cowans.com Laura Meyer Production Manager Maureen Buri - maureen@cowans.com Marketing, Public Relations and Advertising Evan Sikes - evan@cowans.com Photography Linda Gillings - photo@cowans.com David Jackson Catalogue Design Jennifer Castle - jenny@cowans.com Warehouse Jack Erp - jack@cowans.com Nick Grote - nick@cowans.com Shipping Dan Wolfangel - shipping@cowans.com Dave Shear Michael Schroder
MAP TO COWAN'S COWAN’S 6270 Este Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45232 DIRECTIONS: Cowan’s is located off I-75 at Exit 9 (Seymour Ave. & Paddock Rd. Exit). At exit ramp, take Paddock south, and turn right (west) onto Seymour. Continue on Seymour Avenue past Vine St. and the railroad crossing. The second street past the railroad crossing is Este Ave. Turn left onto Este into the “Ridgewood Industrial Park.” Cowan’s is on the left at 6270 Este Ave. See our website COWANS.COM for additional travel directions and local hotel accommodations.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS By registering and bidding in an auction conducted by Cowan’s Auctions, Inc. (“Cowan’s”), bidders (whether present in person, by telephone, by agent, by written or telephone absentee bid instruction, or through a live internet connection) agree to be bound by these terms. These are the complete and only terms and conditions on which all property is offered for sale. Cowan’s retains the right to bar any bidder from participating in any auction and to exclude or reject any bid. 1) REGISTRATION. All bidders must register their name, permanent street address (no P.O. Boxes), and telephone number prior to the auction. Unless known to Cowan’s, all registrants are required to present two forms of identification, at least one of which must include a current photograph. Bidders may be required to present a valid Visa or MasterCard. By registering with Cowan’s or submitting an absentee bid form, an individual registrant authorizes Cowan’s to obtain a copy of his or her consumer credit report and authorizes Cowan’s, at its sole discretion, to use the information contained therein to make business decisions regarding the registrant’s participation in the bidding process. 2) ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS. Bidding on any item, whether in person, by phone, by absentee bid or via a live internet auction indicates the bidder’s agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions for Bidders. Any right of bidder under this agreement shall not be assignable and shall only be enforceable by the original buyer. The rights and obligations of the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of Ohio. All bidders submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Ohio. 3) TERMS OF SALE. Announcements made the day of auction take precedence over any previous communication. The auctioneer reserves the right to withdraw any lot at any time before its final sale and to reject any bid for any reason. The highest bidder for each lot acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the “buyer”. If any dispute arises as to any bidding, or between two or more bidders, at the sole discretion of the auctioneer, the successful bidder will be determined or the disputed lot shall be put up again at the last undisputed bid and resold. 4) BUYER’S PREMIUM. (a) Buyer’s Premium for “Antique and Modern Firearms” auctions; the Auctioneer will collect and retain from the Buyer, as additional commission, a premium equal to 15% the Sale Price of each Lot up to and including $200,000, plus 10% of the amount by which the Sale Price exceeds $200,000. (b) Buyer’s Premium for “American History” and “the World at War” auctions; the Auctioneer will collect and retain from the Buyer, as additional commission, a premium equal to 17 ½% of the Sale Price of each Lot up to and including $200,000, plus 12 ½% of the amount by which the Sale Price exceeds $200,000. (c) Buyer’s Premium for “Fine and Decorative Art”, “Modern Ceramics”, and “American Indian and Western Art” and any other specialized auctions; the Auctioneer will collect and retain from the Buyer, as additional commission, a premium equal to 20% the Sale Price of each Lot up to and including $200,000, plus 15% of the amount by which the Sale Price exceeds $200,000. (d) Buyer’s Premium for online, timed and other third-party bidding platforms may vary. 5) ESTIMATES AND RESERVES. Presale estimates are intended to be guides and may or may not reflect the ultimate hammer price of a lot. Cowan’s retains the right to change estimates on any lot up to time of sale. A reserve is a confidential minimum price agreed upon by the seller of the lot and Cowan’s. In the case of reserved lots, the seller has authorized Cowan’s to bid on seller’s behalf until the reserve price is reached. In no case will the reserve be higher than the low presale estimate. Cowan’s standard house reserve on all property at auction is one-half of the low estimate. 6) WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS. Cowan’s makes a limited warranty only to the original buyer of record concerning the authenticity of each lot for a period of 14 days after bidder’s receipt of the purchased lot. If a buyer is not satisfied that the lot purchased is genuine, the buyer may, at his or her own expense, obtain the opinion of two mutually agreed upon recognized experts in the field of the disputed lot. If these experts determine that the item is not genuine, the buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the rescission of the sale and refund of the amount paid for the item. It is specifically understood and agreed that the rescission of the sale and refund is exclusive and in lieu of any other remedy which might otherwise be available as a matter of law or in equity, and such remedy is conditioned upon the buyer returning the property in the same condition as at the time of sale. Cowan’s shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages. All sales are final, with no returns or refunds except as provided in this limited warranty. Except as provided in the immediately proceeding paragraph, EVERY LOT IS SOLD “AS IS”, without any representations or warranties by Cowan’s or the seller as to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, condition or value of the property, or the correctness or completeness of the catalogue or other description of the property, and no statement, whether written or oral, shall be deemed such a representation, warranty or assumption of liability. Cowan’s makes no representation or warranty that the buyer of manuscript material, photographs, prints or works of art will acquire any copyright or reproduction rights. Cowan’s does not guarantee the working order of any clock, watch, electronic or mechanical device. Dimensions given in the catalogue descriptions may be approximate. 7) DEFINITIONS OF AUTHORSHIP. “By” or “Maker/Artist” — in our opinion, the work is by the artist or maker stated “Attributed to” — in our opinion, the work is probably, but not definitely, by the artist or maker stated “Signed” or “Marked” — in our opinion, the signature or mark is that of the stated artist or maker “Bearing the signature (or mark) of” — in our opinion, the signature or mark is probably, but not definitely, that of the artist or maker stated “Circle of” — in our opinion, the work is of the period and by an artist or maker closely associated with the stated artist or maker “School of” — in our opinion, the work is by a pupil or follower of the stated artist or maker “Manner of” — in our opinion, the work is of the period and done in the style of the stated artist or maker “After” — in our opinion, the work is a copy of a work by the stated artist or maker 8) INSPECTION. Except for On-Line Only Auctions, all lots are available for inspection prior to the auction. Condition reports for most items can be found online at Cowan’s website, www.cowans.com, and prospective bidders are encouraged to contact Cowan’s directly for additional information regarding the condition of any lot. Cowan’s does not warrant the condition of any item. Buyers interested in the condition of an item are encouraged to contact Cowan’s and, to the best of our ability, we will document for the prospective bidder the condition status on any lot. Condition is always a subjective evaluation and final responsibility rests with the buyer to assess the condition of any item sold by Cowan’s. ABSENTEE, TELEPHONE AND INTERNET BIDDING Absentee and telephone bidding is offered as a free service to our customers and prospective bidders. Cowan’s shall not be responsible for any errors or failures in executing bids, either absentee, telephone or via the internet. 9) ABSENTEE BIDDING. Absentee bids are accepted via mail, fax, email and on Cowan’s website. Such bids will be posted with the time and date of arrival, with ties being awarded to the earliest bidder. Absentee bids that are faxed or emailed to Cowan’s need to be in the office at least 2 hours before the sale begins. An absentee bidder unknown to Cowan’s may be required to submit a bank letter of credit prior to the auction, or, using a credit card, deposit with Cowan’s a fee equaling 30% of the absentee bid. All absentee bids are executed competitively by a member of the auction staff. The auction staff will try to purchase the lot for the lowest price possible and will bid up to the amount designated by the absentee bidder only if necessary. Cowan’s does not accept “buy bids,” or absentee bids which have no limit. In the event of a tie bid between a floor and an absentee bidder, the floor bid will be honored.
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10) TELEPHONE BIDDING. Bidding live via the telephone is available on a first come, first served basis for those lots with a low estimate of $500 or greater. In order for Cowan’s to efficiently serve the needs of those who wish to bid by phone, please note the following: • To participate in the auction by telephone, potential bidders must complete and sign the absentee bid form and check “I WISH TO BID BY TELEPHONE” for the designated lots. Potential bidders may also reserve a phone line on Cowan’s website. If faxing or emailing requests for phone bidding, they need to be in Cowan’s office 2 hours before the sale begins. Once the auction begins, requests left on Cowan’s website may not be retrieved by the staff. • Telephone bidders are advised to indicate an “insurance bid”, which amount will become an absentee bid, pursuant to the absentee bidding process set forth above, if Cowan’s can not reach the bidder by telephone for a particular indicated lot. • Telephone bidders must disable any caller ID or other call blocking mechanism. • Cowan’s sells about 100 lots per hour, so telephone bidders should plan accordingly. Cowan’s will attempt to reach each telephone bidder, but Cowan’s is in no way responsible for missed calls. 11) INTERNET BIDDING. Internet bidding is available through our website; additionally, Cowan’s may post certain auctions on Live Auctioneers (liveauctioneers.com) or Proxibid (proxibid.com). There may be terms which apply solely to internet bids that should be reviewed online at the time of sale. Cowan’s is not responsible for any failure to execute a bid and shall have no liability to any bidder for any technical or other failure associated with an internet auction. 12) BIDDING INCREMENTS. The following increments are used at the auction. Absentee bids must fall within these increments. Cowan’s will automatically reduce any absentee bid to the closest increment if the bid falls outside the published range of increments. For Bids Falling Between Bidding Increment $0-500 $25 $501-1,000 $50 $1,001-3,000 $100 $3,001-5,000 $250 $5,001 and up $500 or at the discretion of the auctioneer Cowan’s reserves the right to modify increments at any time during the auction. AFTER THE AUCTION 13) BUYER’S RESPONSIBILITY. Upon the fall of the hammer, title to the offered lot shall pass to the buyer and the buyer immediately (a) assumes full risk and responsibility for the lot, including liability for loss or damage and (b) is liable for payment of the Purchase Price (as defined below) to Cowan’s. It is the buyer’s responsibility to ask specific questions on condition related concerns prior to the auction. Cowan’s will not rescind sales with buyers that have disputes regarding firearm’s bore condition. 14) PURCHASE PRICE AND PAYMENT. The discounted “Purchase Price” for each lot shall equal the hammer price, buyer’s premium, sales tax and, if applicable, all packing, handling, insurance and shipping costs. Payment may be made with cash, personal or traveler’s check or credit card. Cowan’s reserves the right to hold a purchased lot until a check has cleared. A convenience fee of $15.00 will be assessed to all transactions made in the alternate payment channels: Phone payments are made available as a convenience outside Cowan’s Auctions customary payment channels, therefore these payments are qualified as payments made in the alternative payment channel. All forms of payment made using this method will be assessed the convenience fee. Please call Cowan’s Auctions if you have any questions regarding this policy. PLEASE NOTE: A surcharge of 2% will be assessed to all credit card transactions. This surcharge is not greater than our cost of acceptance. Buyers who are present at the auction must pay the full Purchase Price at the time of the sale. Buyers who bid by telephone or who are absentee bidders will be invoiced within 5 days after the close of the auction and must pay the full Purchase Price for each purchased lot within 14 days after the date of the auction. By signing the absentee bid form or placing a bid by telephone, an absentee bidder authorizes Cowan’s to charge the Purchase Price for each lot for which such bidder is the successful bidder to the credit card number provided by telephone or on the absentee bid form, unless payment in full or alternative payment instruction is received within 14 days after the date of the auction. No property will be released by Cowan’s unless the Purchase Price has been paid in full. Institutional billing may be available, and should be arranged prior to the auction. Cowan’s may impose late charges of 1.5% per month (or the highest interest rate allowed) on any amount owed to Cowan’s that remains unpaid after 30 days. Buyer shall be liable for any collection costs or attorney’s fees incurred by Cowan’s to collect payment, to the extent permitted by law. 15) SALES TAX. Buyers are required to pay any applicable state and local sales tax. 16) SHIPPING. At the request of the buyer, Cowan’s will authorize the shipment of purchased items usually within two weeks after payment has been received. Shipment is generally made via UPS or Fed-Ex Ground. Unless buyer gives special instructions, the shipping method shall be at the sole discretion Cowan’s Auctions. Cowan’s is in no way responsible for the acts or omissions of independent handlers, packers or shippers of purchased items or for any loss, damage or delay from the packing or shipping of any property. ADVICE TO INTERNATIONAL BUYERS. Cowan’s will not ship any package containing a firearm to any location other than within the United States. Buyers outside the United States must make their own shipping arrangements taking full risk for the transportation of any firearm. Property made of or containing certain plant or animal materials, such as coral, crocodile, ivory, whalebone, baleen, tortoiseshell, etc., may require a license or certificate before exportation from the United States and importation to another country. If you are purchasing items that contain these materials, you need to check the government wildlife import requirements in the countries from which and to which the item is being shipped prior to bidding. Since the export and import licenses are independently issued by the countries of origin and destination, obtaining one does not guarantee that you can obtain the other. Purchasers are responsible for making timely payments on items won at auction, even if a license is delayed or denied. 17) SHIPPING CHARGES. Buyers are required to pay for all packing, shipping and insurance charges. Overseas duty charges are the responsibility of the successful bidder. Be aware that for larger and/or valuable items, shipping charges can be substantial. 18) REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF PROPERTY. If purchased property has not been removed, or Cowan’s has not received shipping instructions within 21 days after the auction date, a $10 per item per day storage fee may be charged to the buyer. 19) CANCELLATION OF SALE. If purchased property remains in the custody of Cowan’s for a period of 60 days following the auction, Cowan’s may, at its option, cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages any payments made by the buyer, or resell the property at auction or by any other commercially reasonable means, for the account and at the risk of the buyer, and in such event, buyer shall be liable for the payment of all deficiencies plus all of Cowan’s costs, including but not limited to storage and costs of both sales. This right of cancellation is in addition to any and all other remedies available to Cowan’s. Copyright © 2013 Cowan’s Auctions
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ABSENTEE BID FORM REGISTRATION NO. ___________________________________________________
6270 Este Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45232 513.871.1670 Fax: 513.871.8670 info@cowans.com cowans.com
DATE/TIME RECEIVED _________________________________________________ PH/FAX_________________ MAIL___________ E-MAIL______________________ SALE NO. ___________________________________________________________ (FOR OFFICE USE ONLY)
Name (please print)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City__________________________________________________________ State_________________________________________ Zip______________________ Phone________________________________________Fax____________________________________________ Email____________________________________ I request that Cowan’s Auctions, Inc. (“Cowan’s”) (i) enter bids on the following lots up to the maximum price I have indicated for each lot in the “Absentee Bid” column; or (ii) reserve a telephone line for telephone bidding for the lots indicated. I request that if Cowan’s is unable to reach me for telephone bidding for a lot, that Cowan’s enter bids on such lot up to the maximum price indicated in the “Insurance Bid” column. I understand that Cowan’s will execute the absentee bids competitively on my behalf. I further understand that Cowan’s executes absentee bids and allows telephone bids as a convenience for customers and that Cowan’s is not responsible for failure to execute bids or for errors relating to the execution of my bids. I agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions for Bidders printed in the auction catalog and listed on Cowan’s web site www.cowanauctions.com and I understand that I am responsible for determining the condition and authenticity of any lot, and that all items are sold AS IS with no returns or refunds. By submitting this Absentee Bid Form, I authorize Cowan’s to obtain a copy of my individual consumer credit report and authorize Cowan’s, at its sole discretion, to use the information contained therein to make business decisions regarding my participation in the bidding process.
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Absentee Bid I Wish to Bid by Phone Insurance Bid (phone bidders only)
If my bid is successful, I understand that the purchase price for each lot will be the sum of the hammer price, the buyer’s premium, sales tax and all packing, handling, insurance and shipping costs (the “purchase price”). I understand that I will be invoiced within 5 days after the auction and that I will be responsible for paying Cowan’s the full purchase price immediately upon receipt of the invoice. Cowan’s may impose late charges of 1.5% per month (or the highest interest rate allowed) on any amount owed to Cowan’s that remains unpaid after 30 days. By signing this absentee bid form I authorize Cowan’s to charge the credit card listed below for the full purchase price of each lot for which my bid is successful, unless payment in full or alternative payment instructions are received by Cowan’s within 14 days after the date of the auction.
Visa/Mastercard Number_______________________________________ Exp. Date_________________ Security Code (3 or 4 digit number on credit card)________ Print Name (as it appears on credit card)_________________________________________Signature (must be signed)______________________________________
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q Saw an advertisement Which publication: __________________________________________________________ q Referred by a friend q Other: ____________________________________________________________________