American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Including African Americana June 26, 2020
AMERICAN HISTORICAL EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANA JUNE 26, 2020
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WELCOME TO HINDMAN A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM WES COWAN In 2019 Cowan’s Auctions joined forces with Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago, forming Hindman Auctions, now the leading middle market auction house in the country. We operate more salesrooms in the United States than any other auction house and conduct over 100 auctions annually in categories such as fine jewelry, fine art, arms and armor, American history, Native American art and jewelry, modern design, books and manuscripts, furniture, decorative arts, couture, Asian works of art, Western art and sculpture, and numismatics, as well as various special focus subjects. Sales in our first year totaled nearly $70 million across all of our categories. When I announced the sale of my company in January 2019, I promised all of you that the Cowan’s you had grown to know and trust wasn’t going anywhere, and I hope you found that to be true. While 2020 will bring more exciting growth, the personalized service that you have come to expect from Cowan’s will not change.
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I’m happy to report that the terrific Cowan’s team will remain intact. Danica Farnand, Katie Horstman, Jack Lewis, Bill Lewis, and all the specialists and hardworking office staff you have come to trust will still be available on the other end of the phone. In 2020 we will be taking steps to more fully integrate Hindman Auctions into one entity. Most of this will happen behind the scenes to create a seamless consignment and bidding experience across all Hindman locations. You will begin to see the name Hindman more and Cowan’s less, but it’s still us, your trusted advisors. You can continue to visit us at cowans.com, but later this year, we will transition all sales to hindmanauctions.com. As a consignor, you can expect even more avenues to showcase your property to an ever-expanding pool of bidders. Our offices in Cincinnati, Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland, Denver, Milwaukee, Naples, San Diego, Scottsdale, St. Louis, Palm Beach, and Washington, DC, will offer additional auction categories to maximize the value of your consignments. As a bidder, you’ll find dozens of new and exciting auctions. While we have been cross-promoting auctions for some time now, in 2020 you’ll see the bidding process begin to streamline as all Hindman auctions eventually migrate to a single home. While I’m proud of the auction house we’ve built at Cowan’s, I’m even prouder of the company we’re building today. Hindman Auctions will provide you with the same great service that has been Cowan’s hallmark since we conducted our first auctions through the mail from a makeshift office in my garage. Thank you for your loyalty and understanding as we set this exciting new course. Onward and Upward. -Wes Cowan
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SPECIALISTS & OFFICE STAFF Vice Chair and Principal Auctioneer C. Wesley Cowan info@cowans.com American Indian Art Danica M. Farnand indianart@cowans.com Erin Rust erin@cowans.com Madison Light madison@cowans.com American Historical Ephemera and Photography Katie Horstman historic@cowans.com Kaylan Gunn kaylan@cowans.com Katie Benedict katieb@cowans.com Danielle Linn danielle@cowans.com Emily Jansen Payne emily@cowans.com Books and Manuscripts Patricia Tench pat@cowans.com Fine and Decorative Art Kirstie Craven kcraven@cowans.com Pauline Archambault pauline@cowans.com Jennifer Howe jenniferhowe@cowans.com Leah Vogelpohl leah@cowans.com Nick Grote nick@cowans.com Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Jack Lewis firearms@cowans.com Joe Moran joe@cowans.com Bill Lewis bill@cowans.com
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Cowan’s is pleased to offer property from the following: The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection Property of N. Flayderman & Co. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography
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1 DETAILED COPY APPRAISAL OF THE ESTATE OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN, GENERAL JOHN MCPHERSON, CHARLESTON, SC, WITH SLAVE CONTENT INCLUDING NAMES AND FAMILIAL RELATIONS, 1806 Bound copy appraisals of the estate of General John McPherson, 14 pp, 8.375 x 13.25 in., Charleston, SC. December 17-22, 1806. Listed are “Negroes, Stock Plan-tation tools Provisions &c of the late General John McPherson” included at Laureum, Cotton Hall, Hanacre, Pine Comfort, and Newton Plantations. Also featured are 33 pages of ledger and credit manuscripts for the McPherson Estate. Appraisals list the names of more than 200 enslaved people, with a dollar value assigned to each individual or group of individuals. In the first appraisal, dated December 17, 1806 (5 days earlier than the copy filed in the Charleston, SC court records), the names of the enslaved are listed under headings including, “House Negroes,” “Negroes at Pine Comfort,” “Negroes at Cotton Hall,” and “Africans.” Parental and spousal relations are also noted in some cases, including a man named Kit and his family: “Kit (the Driver) & Doll (his Wife) and five children / Viz: Rose, Sibby, Patty, Molly & Israel.” This collective group is assigned a dollar value of $1,200. John McPherson (1756-1806), though primarily a planter, served as a lieutenant colonel, and was later promoted to general during the American Revolution. He owned several plantations in Beaufort and Colleton Districts in South Carolina, along with hundreds of enslaved men, women, and children. His wife and primary heir, Susannah Miles McPherson, survived him upon his untimely death aboard the ship Rose In Bloom when it wrecked off the coast of New Jersey in August of 1806. The vessel was traveling from Charleston to New York, according to the New York Weekly Museum. The same source also reported that McPherson lost his own life in saving that of his daughter, Elizabeth, who was traveling with him. $600 - $800
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2 ILLUSTRATED RUNAWAY SLAVE REWARD BROADSIDE, EASTON, MISSOURI, 1859 Printed broadside, 11.825 x 16 in., framed, 13.25 x 17.5 in. Four Hundred Dollars Reward! Stewartville, MO: Weekly Telegraph Job Print, n.d., ca 1859. Subscriber James W. Talbott of Easton, Buchanan County, MO, solicits the return of two runaway slaves from Easton, Ira and Silas, who escaped the night of August 26, 1859. An illustration depicting a runaway slave is printed below the bold reward heading and to the left of a description of the enslaved man named Ira, who “is about 5 feet 10 inches high. Black complected, about 35 or 38 years old, wears whiskers and has some of his front teeth out; and is quite a free spoken man.” Ira is also described as wearing “a frock coat of light or drab color, brown cotton pants, hickory shirt, an old pair of boots, a white looking wool hat, and...some light scars on the forehead.” Ira’s younger escapee, Silas, is described as “a yellow or copper colored Boy” having a “moustache and a bunch of whiskers on the chin.” He is reported to be 28 years of age, wearing a black coat, brown pants, and having “a scar on one arm and a large scar on one of his shins.” Talbott’s offer printed below these descriptions reads: “I will give the above Reward for the two Boys, or TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS for either of them, if delivered to me at Easton, Buchanan County, or secured so that I can get them in said County.” $8,000 - $10,000
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3 NEW ORLEANS SLAVE SALE BROADSIDE, CA 1850S Printed broadside, 6.5 x 22.5 in., glued down on paper and matted to 13 x 36 in. A Gang of 82 Choice Plantation SLAVES! From Georgia. On a Long Credit, and Without Limits! New Orleans, LA: n.d., ca late 1850s. Slaves are to be sold by C.E. Girardey & Co. on April 6th at the City Hotel. At center, 82 men, women, and children, organized in families, are listed by lot number, with most described by name, age, and occupation. Terms of sale are outlined below a statement of guarantee. “Exceptions” to the guarantee of health, fitness, and/or obedience are listed for some individuals, including, “80. TIM, black, aged 24 years, a No. 1 field hand, has runaway,” and “81. MANUEL, black, aged 29 years, general laborer, sickly.” Offered separately as lots 35 and 36 are a mother, “SOPHIA, black, aged 25 years,” and her baby, “MARY, black, aged four months (child of Sophia).” Offered separately as lots 37 and 38 are a husband, “JACK, black, aged 40 years, No. 1 field hand and Fair Engineer,” and wife, “LOUISA, black, aged 30 years, wife of Jack.” Others are offered together, including “40. JOE, black, aged 30 years, No. 1 Plantation Blacksmith and his wife.” Affixed below broadside are clipped sale and reward ads arranged in grid-style, soliciting the return of various escaped slaves and promoting the sale of others by named subscribers. Also included in this lot is a Confederate one-hundred dollar bill, Dec. [year unknown due to loss] issue, No. 87652. With depiction of laboring slaves at top center, bust portrait of John C. Calhoun lower left, and standing portrait of Columbia lower right. $1,500 - $2,500
4 CIVIL WAR-ERA SLAVE SALE BROADSIDE FROM KENTUCKY, FEBRUARY 1864 Printed broadside, 8 x 9.625 in. Negroes for Sale. Elizabethtown, KY: February 9, 1864. Signed in type by T.H. Gunter, Master Com’r. Hardin Circuit Court. Advertises the upcoming sale of “four likely Negroes,” a woman and her three young children, at the courthouse in Elizabethtown. Slave-holding border states, including Kentucky, were largely unaffected by the Emancipation Proclamation, enacted by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It applied only to states that had formally seceded from the Union and excluded border states out of fear of sending them into subsequent rebellion. $2,000 - $3,000
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5 CDV OF ESCAPED SLAVE “GORDON” DISPLAYING HIS SCARS CDV showing the back and profile of a young African American male slave who was bull-whipped after being captured while trying to escape, which left his back horribly scarred. Uncredited but known to be taken by McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, April 1863. Known only as Gordon, he made it across Union lines in 1863, and Northern abolitionists had this photograph taken and distributed to publicize the horrors of slavery. When this image was reproduced in Harper’s, it bore the caption “Gordon Under Medical Inspection.” Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $2,000 - $4,000
6 WILSON CHINN, BRANDED SLAVE FROM LOUISIANA, CDV CDV titled on recto, “Wilson Chinn, a Branded Slave from Louisiana; also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves.” Myron H. Kimball: New York, NY, 1863. Copyright to George H. Hanks. Verso imprint reads: “The nett proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted exclusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the command of Major-General-Banks.” A rare and dramatic image of slavery, produced during the Civil War and meant to inflame Northern sympathies. Chinn is shown wearing a variety of restraints and other instruments of “punishment.” A seldom encountered carte. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $800 - $1,200
7 SLAVES FROM NEW ORLEANS, LEARNING IS WEALTH, PAIR OF CDVS INCL. WILSON CHINN READING TO THE CHILDREN Lot of 2 CDVs titled on recto, “Learning is Wealth / Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa. / Slaves from New Orleans.” Charles Paxson: New York, NY, 1864. Both cartes designated No. 6 of the series, although each is a slightly different pose taken during the same sitting. Verso with copyright to S. Tackaberry, New York, and the appeal “The nett proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted to the education of Colored People in the department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen’l Banks.” Several CDVs of this type were sold by the National Freedman’s Association in 1864 and 1865 in order to garner the support of Northern whites who had no sympathy for black slaves, but were shocked and outraged at the sight of “white” slaves. Images such as these were used to stir the outrage among Northern audiences and renew their support of abolition and commitment to the war effort. The subjects in the CDVs appeared in other photographs and periodical articles produced at this time. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $500 - $700
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8 WHITE AND BLACK SLAVES FROM NEW ORLEANS CDV, PLUS Lot of 2 CDVs from the “Slave Children from New Orleans” series, including “White and Black Slaves from New Orleans” and “Isaac and Rosa.” Myron H. Kimball: New York, NY, 1863. Verso imprint reads: “The nett proceeds from the sale of these photographs will be devoted exclusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the command of Maj. Gen. Banks.” The lot is comprised of a studio portrait of Isaac White and Augusta Broujey posed with freed slave Mary Johnson, and an accompanying view of Isaac and Rosa Downs standing arm in arm. The four subjects were part of a larger group of five children and three adults, including Wilson Chinn pictured in Lots 6 and 7, that had been brought north from Louisiana by Colonel George H. Hanks and set free by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $600 - $800
9 SLAVE CHILDREN FROM NEW ORLEANS, COLLECTION OF TWELVE CDVS Lot of 12 CDVs of emancipated slave children from New Orleans. Most include Rebecca Huger (b. ca 1853) who was described in an 1864 issue of Harper’s Weekly “eleven years old, and was a slave in her father’s house, the special attendant of a girl a little older than herself.” Rebecca and other slave children that “passed” as white were used in a fundraising campaign after the emancipation of New Orleans. Rebecca in particular was motivating as her perceived whiteness and elegant dress in the photographs suggest the “fancy girls” sold in the New Orleans slave markets. The implication would have been imminently clear for audiences. Other subjects include Charley Taylor, a freed slave boy and son of slave owner Alexander Withers (1792-1865), Augusta Broujey, and Rosina “Rosa” Downs. Most images with captions identifying the children as “Slave Children from New Orleans.” Photographers include Charles Paxon (New York, active 1860s-1870s) and Myron H. Kimball (New York, active 1860s). All but one with imprints on versos with notes indicating that the net proceeds will be “devoted exclusively to the education of colored people in the Department of the Gulf.” Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $1,500 - $2,500
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10 RARE SOJOURNER TRUTH CDV CDV portrait of Sojourner Truth. Wrights’: Battle Creek, MI, n.d., ca 1864. With recto caption, “I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. / Sojourner Truth.” Verso with imprint, “Wrights’ New York Gallery, Battle Creek., Mich.” A very rare pose where Truth looks disarmingly at the camera and holds up her knitting. $1,000 - $1,500
11 SOJOURNER TRUTH WITH FLOWERS CDV CDV portrait of Sojourner Truth. Uncredited: 1864. With recto caption, “I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance. / Sojourner Truth.” Verso with imprint, “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.” Truth appears seated at a table with flowers, engaged in a knitting project. $1,000 - $1,500
12 NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH; A BONDSWOMAN OF OLDEN TIME, FIRST BATTLE CREEK EDITION, 1878 TRUTH, Sojourner (Isabella “Belle” Baumfree, ca 1797-1883), [Olive GILBERT (1801-1884) and Lloyd GARRISON (1805-1879)]. Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time. Battle Creek, Michigan: Privately Printed, 1878. 8vo. (127 x 191 mm). Half-title, frontispiece. (Pencil correction on p. 134, faint signs of dampstaining to the margins). Publisher’s flexible brown cloth, gilt title to board. (Gilding faded, dampstaining to boards, bumped corners). FIRST BATTLE CREEK EDITION. Based on the first edition published in Boston, this Battle Creek edition was published to raise money for Truth who was then living in Battle Creek. Very scarce, no copies known to have come to the market in the last 20 years. Blockson 34343435; Schomburg 326.92; Hampton Catalogue 1289. $600 - $800
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13 ABOLITIONIST WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, STEREODAGUERREOTYPE HOUSED IN MASCHER CASE Stereodaguerreotype comprised of two ninth plate daguerreotypes of William Lloyd Garrison posed before an outdoor backdrop, with his arm resting on a small stack of books. Broadbent & Co.: Philadelphia, PA, n.d., ca 1852. Broadbent’s gilt label under the viewer. Housed in “Mascher’s Improved Stereoscope” quarter plate case classified as “Very Very Rare” in Berg [9-13]. William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), American journalist and social reformer, was the founder and publisher of the famous anti-slavery journal, The Liberator. The newspaper was published in Boston from 1831 through 1865 with the purpose of educating people about the horrors of slavery. When the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution passed, Garrison ceased publication. One of the founding members of the AntiSlavery Society, Garrison worked closely with individuals such as Frederick
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Douglass, Gerrit Smith, and Wendell Phillips. Later in life, he became a prominent voice for the women’s suffrage movement. Samuel Broadbent (1810-1880) took a number of images of African Americans, which suggests he was sympathetic to the cause of abolitionism. In Facing the Light, Harold Francis Pfister locates three daguerreotypes of Garrison taken by or attributed to the Broadbent Studio, ca 1852-1853, including a stereoscopic daguerreotype (1978: 320-321), indicating that this may be the second known stereoscopic daguerreotype of the famed abolitionist. It is possible that the portrait was taken in October 1852 when Garrison traveled to Philadelphia to attend the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Accompanied by magic lantern slide of Garrison seated with Wendell Phillips and George Thompson, after a daguerreotype taken by Southworth and Hawes studio, Boston, MA, ca 1850-1851. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $3,000 - $5,000
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14 FREDERICK DOUGLASS CDV BY J.W. HURN CDV of Frederick Douglass (1817-1895). J.W. Hurn: Philadelphia, PA, n.d. Born into slavery in Talbot County, MD, Douglass, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey would later escape and change his name, first to Stanley, then Johnson, and finally Douglass. He would become world famous as an abolitionist, orator, preacher, and author, starting abolitionist publications and writing a number of autobiographies. $1,000 - $1,500
15 FREDERICK DOUGLASS CDV BY BRADLEY & RULOFSON, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA CDV vignetted bust portrait of Frederick Douglass (1817-1895). Bradley & Rulofson: San Francisco, CA, n.d. This appears to be printed from the negative of the carte-de-visite taken by Alfred B. Crosby and Israel Warren Merrill of Farmington, ME, taken in early April 1864, listed as cat. #34 in Picturing Frederick Douglass. Douglass spoke at Augusta’s Meonian Hall on April 1, 1864 and likely took this image in nearby Farmington. Merrill was active in Farmington from the 1860s to 1875 and had a brief partnership with Crosby who spent most of his career in Lewiston, ME. The Maine CDV is located only in the Boston Athenæum and a private collection. Henry William Bradley (1813-1891) and William Herman Rulofson (1826-1878) entered into partnership in 1863 and earned a reputation as one of the finest photographic studios in the nation, publishing Muybridge’s views of Yosemite and their own “Catalogue of Celebrities.” Rulofson’s photographs earned gold medals at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and in Vienna in 1873, among many others. They were located at 429 Montgomery St. in San Francisco from 1863-1883, though under various ownership after 1878. This image of Douglass produced by Bradley & Rulofson is not listed in Picturing Frederick Douglass or otherwise located. A remarkably scarce image from important California photographers. $1,500 - $2,500
16 FREDERICK DOUGLASS AUTOBIOGRAPHY MY BONDAGE, MY FREEDOM FIRST EDITION DOUGLASS, Frederick (ca 1818-1895). My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I. - Life as a Slave. Part II. - Life as a Freeman. New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. 8vo (140 x 196 mm). Tissue guarded frontispiece with facsimile signature and 2 engraved plates. (Dampstaining to plates, spotting). Contemporary cloth with blindstamped boards. (Cloth faded, stain to front board, worn at extremities). FIRST EDITION. Important second autobiography and slave narrative of one of the most significant Americans of the 19th century. Sabin 20714; Blockson 9717. $300 - $600
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17 RARE FREDERICK DOUGLASS’ PAPER, JUNE 26, 1857 ISSUE, INCLUDING COVERAGE OF STEPHEN DOUGLAS’S RESPONSE TO THE DRED SCOTT DECISION Frederick Douglass’ Paper. Rochester, NY: June 26, 1857. Vol. X. No. 28. 4pp, approx. 15.5 x 21.25 in. Rare title originally published as The North Star (1847-1851). Douglass and his co-editor Martin Delaney merged the paper with Gerrit Smith’s Liberty Party Paper in 1851, renaming the publication Frederick Douglass’ Paper (1851-1858). Concerned with topics of liberal reform, the paper covered abolition, temperance, women’s rights, and other local news stories of interest. This issue reports a speech given by presidential hopeful Senator Stephen Douglas regarding the recent Supreme Court ruling on Dred Scott v. Sanford, the final decision of which was issued just three months earlier in March. According to the article on page two, Douglas’s speech “teemed with the coarse and vulgar insinuations, and palpable falsehoods to be expected of a man of his psychological constitution.” The reporter dryly attributes Douglas’s rant to his “[being] under the influence of that exhilarating beverage, of which he takes too much ‘for his stomach’s sake.’” The scathing reportage concludes: “...[Douglas’s] heart has been completely ossified by his repeated attempts to ‘crush out’ the spirit of Liberty. One might as well attempt to pierce the hide of a rhinoceros with a sword made of tissue paper, as to attempt to make any impression of good upon his repellant heart. National Democracy is welcome to all such specimens of degraded humanity.” $500 - $700
18 NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD, COLLECTION OF FORTY-ONE ISSUES National Anti-Slavery Standard. 41 issues, non contiguous issues dated from April 1, 1841 (Vol. I No. 43) to March 21, 1868 (Vol. XXVIII No 46). 4pp each. Issues approximately 17.9 x 25 in. The official newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society founded in 1840 by Lydia Maria Child and David Lee Child. The paper was published weekly until the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870. Published in New York, and from July 22, 1855 to November 30, 1865 concurrently in Philadelphia, with the motto “Without Concealment -- Without Compromise.” Naturally the paper focused on abolition with essays, debates, speeches, and reports by influential abolitionists providing an excellent primary resource for the debate over tactics. The paper also featured global reports and content related suffrage not only for African Americans but women as well. Most issues included here are antebellum, with four issues published during the Civil War and two issues after the conclusion of conflict. For a complete list of issues, please visit cowans.com. $1,000 - $2,000
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19 RARE ABOLITIONIST RIBBON MEMORIALIZING ELIZA PARISH LOVEJOY, “THE FIRST MARTYR TO AMERICAN LIBERTY” Silk ribbon, 3.5 x 4.25 in., featuring a depiction of Lady Liberty placing one hand on a printing press to her left and holding a liberty pole with the other hand. A slave kneels to her right, grasping the pole and touching her dress, while a discarded whip lies on the ground before them. Text fills clouds surrounding the scene, reading, “LOVEJOY / The First MARTYR to American / LIBERTY / MURDERED for asserting the FREEDOM of the PRESS. / at ALTON NOV. 7. 1837.” Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1802-1837) was an ardent abolitionist, printer and supporter of the Illinois Anti-Slavery Society. He was murdered by a mob in Alton, Illinois on the night of November 7, 1837, four months after he published an editorial condemning the practice of slavery. $2,500 - $3,500
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20 JOHN BROWN SALT PRINT BY BLACK AND BATCHELDER, 1858 Oval salt print, 5.25 x 7.25 in., of famed abolitionist John Brown (18001859) on 8.75 x 11 in. mount. Black & Batchelder: Boston, MA, 1858. Studio imprint, date, and facsimile signature, “Farewell, God Bless You, John Brown” on mount below portrait. After a daguerreotype attributed to Martin Lawrence, New York, “From the Original, taken for Dr. Webb” as printed on mount at lower right. An iconic portrait of John Brown, taken during the final year of his life, just months before his failed October 1859 raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. $700 - $900
21 JOHN BROWN’S RAID AND HANGING REPORTED IN THE LIBERATOR Lot of 3 issues. The Liberator. Boston, MA: J.B. Yerrinton & Son, October 21, 28; December 9, 1859. Each issue 4pp, 17.5 x 25 in. The leading antislavery newspaper of the pre-Civil War era, The Liberator was founded and edited by passionate abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. This group of newspapers contains front page or inside page coverage of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry Raid as well as his execution in Charleston (West) Virginia. $500 - $700
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22 JOHN BROWN EXECUTION SKETCHES BY ALBERT BERGHAUS Berghaus, Albert (unknown DOB/DOD, fl. 1859-1880). Lot of 2 sketches, including the following, as titled or described in pencil: “Night Guard before Starting: Reading the Roll.” 1859. Pencil on wove paper, 7 x 11 in. Unsigned. “Parade of 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers in Front of Mr. Hunter’s House.” 1859. Pencil on wove paper, 11 x 14.25 in. Unsigned. Berghaus was a noted 19th-century lithographer, engraver, and illustrator. He worked as a sketch artist for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Paper when he made these pencil drawings capturing the unfolding saga of John Brown’s trial and execution. The first drawing, “Night Guard,” was engraved and published in the Dec. 10 issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Paper with the caption “Meeting the Picket Guard - The Officer Reading the Roll and Giving his Directions Previous to the Guard Going on Duty for the Night.” Unlike the engraving, however, this drawing provides specific names for the Virginia militia detachments forming the picket guard, identifying them left to right as “Richmond Militia” (Richmond Greys), “Continentals” (Continental Morgan Guard), and “Frederick Militia.” The larger of the two drawings, “Parade of 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers,” shows the regiment drawn up before “Hunter Hill,” a mansion owned by the chief prosecutor of the Brown trial, Andrew Hunter. The scene suggests a festive occasion
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with field musicians playing to the left of the line, three women in hoop skirts observing the troops from atop the mansion’s portico, a crowd of spectators in the lower right foreground, and a frolicking dog in front of the impressive line of militia. Notably, the mansion sketched here was burned to the ground in 1864 by Union General David Hunter, prosecutor Andrew Hunter’s own cousin. “Parade of 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers” is believed to have remained unpublished. Both drawings have a number of small sketch portraits and doodles on verso, with the portraits seemingly serving as studies of major figures in John Brown’s trial. Neither drawing is dated, however, both would have been drawn in the weeks or even days leading up to Brown’s execution on December 2, 1859. Though Berghaus did not sign these illustrations, there is little doubt that they are his work given the near identical style and execution of these drawings to the two other known Berghaus views of Brown’s execution: “John Brown Brought Out for Execution” (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) and “Execution of John Brown at Charlestown, VA” (Virginia Museum of History and Culture). Berghaus is considered to be one of the most talented wartime illustrators, and his original work is exceptionally scarce. $6,000 - $8,000
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23 CDV OF JOHN BROWN’S FORT, HARPERS FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA, CA 1885 CDV of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, featuring at center the fire engine house used by Brown in his 1859 raid, painted to read, “John / Brown’s / Fort.” Uncredited: n.d., ca 1885. Stamped “Hotel Conner, / J.W. Doll, Proprietor,” on verso. $300 - $500
24 CRIB QUILT WITH LINCOLN HIDDEN MESSAGE Crib quilt, 31 x 24 in., composed of thirteen hand-stitched cotton stripes, with thirteen stars and two crescents stitched on the stripes. Signed “ML” and dated “1863,” the year in which the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted. Framed, 30 x 36 in. Upon learning of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, great hope spread throughout the south among an enslaved population at the height of the Civil War. One such person guardedly expressed her sentiments by making a crib quilt in flag form and sewing “Abe Lincoln will save us now,” concealing the phrase in a white stripe with white thread to avoid obvious detection. $1,500 - $2,000
25 SIGNERS OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT, COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH, 1865 Composite albumen photograph, 7 x 8 in., on 13.5 x 17 in. mount. Powell & Co.: New York, NY, 1865. Produced to mark the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States. Supporters of the amendment, both senators and congressmen, are pictured here, with highlights including Hannibal Hamlin at the top and Schuyler Colfax at center. Abraham Lincoln is featured prominently at bottom edge of oval. $700 - $1,000
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26 CDV OF FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN UNITED STATES SENATOR HIRAM RHODES REVELS, CA 1870 CDV showing vignette profile portrait of Hiram Revels in a studio setting. Uncredited: n.d. Appears to be taken from the Brady negative produced ca 1868. Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) was born a free person of color in North Carolina before his ordination by the AME church in 1845. He was a preacher until the Civil War began and served as an army chaplain for an African American regiment. Revels settled in Mississippi in 1866 and got involved in state politics, eventually becoming the first African American United States senator in 1870. He was known as a gifted orator and a political moderate who favored equal rights for African Americans and amnesty for the former Confederates. The known photographs of Senator Revels, such as the ones in the Brady-Handy Collection at the Library of Congress, were taken by Mathew Brady in Washington DC during his term as senator. This image was also likely taken by Brady but on a different date. $500 - $700
27 CDV OF CONTRABAND CAMP AT BATON ROUGE, 1863 CDV showing a large group of formerly enslaved men, women, and children gathered in an outdoor space before a multi-story domestic structure. Uncredited but possibly by McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, 1863. “Contraband Camp / Baton Rouge, LA, 1863” inscribed on mount on either side of image. The building was once a female seminary, repurposed during the Civil War as government housing, where emancipated slaves slept, ate, and received schooling on a minimal level. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $800 - $1,000
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28 CDV OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBJECT SERVING A CIVIL WAR OFFICER CDV shows a Civil War officer seated at a small table and reading what appears to be an open newspaper. He wears a civilian hat and short Confederate uniform jacket with colored cuff-facings, curiously accented with Union-style rank insignia on his shoulders. A young black man stands to the officer’s right, holding a tray with a corked bottle and glass. Guay & Co.: New Orleans, LA, n.d., ca 1860s. The studio imprint notes Guay & Co.’s Camp Street address in New Orleans, which operated between 1863-1867. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $600 - $800
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29 CDV OF CONTRABAND CREW FROM THE IRONCLAD GUNBOAT USS ESSEX Carte showing the crew of the Essex, which appears to consist primarily of African Americans, loading coal at the yard, with the USS Richmond and USS Mississippi visible in the distance. Uncredited but believed to be by McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, ca 1864. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $400 - $600
30 FOUR STEREOVIEWS WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN SUBJECT MATTER, INCL. CHIMNEY SWEEPS AND THE ARRIVAL OF FORMER SLAVES AT A UNION CAMP Lot of 4 stereoviews of African Americans, many showing scenes from the Civil War or the Reconstruction era, ca 1860s-1870s. Includes: The War Photograph & Exhibition Company: Hartford, CT, n.d., after a photograph by David B. Woodbury (1839-1866), ca 1863. A Negro Family coming into the Union Lines. View of covered wagon driven by a black family, presumably former slaves, seeking the protection of Union forces. A soldier in uniform is visible on horseback in the background. Published as part of the “Photographic War History” series and later adapted as a sketch by Alfred Waud (1828-1891) for Harper’s Weekly, January 31, 1863.
Kilburn Brothers: Littleton, NH, n.d., ca 1870s. Cabin Home, Petersburg, Va. Two men, a woman, and two children pose before a wooden residential structure with a brick chimney. Jerome N. Wilson (1827-1897): Savannah, GA, n.d., ca 1870s. Five children pose with an assortment of chimney sweep’s tools in an interior space. Inscribed “Sweeps” on verso. Jerome N. Wilson (1827-1897): Savannah, GA, n.d., ca 1871. 15th Amendment bringing his Crop to Town. Vignetted view of a man driving a bullock cart filled with hay. Inscribed on verso, “161 / S.B. Bill.” Derogatory title refers to the passage of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed suffrage for African American men. Wilson was active in Savannah beginning in 1865 and opened a studio with O. Pierre Havens in 1872. $500 - $700
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31 COME AND JOIN US BROTHERS, VERY RARE CIVIL WAR COLORED TROOPS RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE Chromolithograph, 13.5 x 17.5 in. Come And Join Us Brothers. Philadelphia, PA: Published by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, printed by P.S. Duval & Son, 1863. The scene shows 18 uniformed African-American troops, a drummer boy, and a white officer posed in front of a Sibley tent and American flag. The “Photo Sleuth” feature in the Autumn 2015 issue of Military Images pertains to the source photograph for this print and contains a reproduction of the image, which was actually taken indoors. Besides the background and drummer boy, the print is a faithful portrayal. The wellresearched piece suggests that the regiment is probably the 25th USCT at Camp William Penn in Philadelphia, ca late 1863 to March 1864, and the officer may be George Edwin Heath (1834-1905), who was post adjutant of the camp and a lieutenant in the 6th USCT. RARE: According to online records, only 3 copies of this print with this variation of the title have sold at auction in the last 10 years. OCLC identifies only 2 copies of this version in institutional holdings, one at Brown University and the other at the University of Michigan. $8,000 - $12,000
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32 54TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY REGIMENTAL COVER, ADDRESSED TO CAPTAIN LUIS EMILIO AND POSTMARKED AT PORT ROYAL, SC Printed cover, approx. 3 x 5.25 in. with “Head Quarters 54th Regt. Mass. Infantry” upper left. Addressed to Captain Louis [sic - Luis] F. Emilio, Salem, Massachusetts. Postmarked “Nov. 4, ‘64 at Port Royal, SC.” Luis Emilio enlisted in October 1861 in Co. F, 23rd Massachusetts Infantry. He was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in March 1863 in Co. E, 54th MA Infantry. He would be promoted to 1st lieutenant the next month and captain the month after (May 1863). He would serve until the end of March 1865. In early February 1863, Massachusetts Governor John Andrew issued the first call for African Americans to enlist as soldiers. A few African Americans were serving in other capacities in the Army, but this was really the first time they were enlisting to fight, though many had been trying since the beginning of the war. The 54th Massachusetts became the second primarily black unit in Federal service (the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry had formed earlier). Among its notable enlistees were two sons of Frederick Douglass, Charles and Lewis. The Federal government started quietly enlisting African Americans after the Emancipation Proclamation became official on January 1, 1863, but the real push would come after G.O. No. 143 was issued May 22. Ultimately 175 regiments would be
33 SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE FEATURING BLACK SOLDIER WITH BENTON BARRACKS BACKDROP Sixth plate tintype of a full standing African American soldier resting his hand on a chair before a stylized backdrop at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, featuring a canon, a tent, and an American flag lightly hand tinted red and blue. Housed in half, pressed paper case. $1,000 - $2,000
recruited, at its peak representing 10% of Union forces. The United States Colored Troops suffered about one third higher mortality than their white counterparts, in part because they were given more dangerous assignments (for example, Fort Wagner and the Petersburg Mine Explosion fiasco), but they fought with distinction and African Americans earned 15 Medals of Honor among many other honors. $500 - $750
34 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH FEATURING BLACK SOLDIER WITH BENTON BARRACKS BACKDROP Albumen photograph, 6.25 x 8.75, on 8.75 x 10.625 in. mount, of an unidentified black soldier in uniform posed before a stylized backdrop featuring a canon, other weaponry, a tent, an ironclad gunboat, and an American flag at Benton Barracks in Saint Louis, Missouri. He appears to hold a conversion musket with a fixed bayonet, possibly a prop. Uncredited, n.d. This painted backdrop appears in images produced by photographer Enoch Long (1823-1898), an East Coast native who studied under daguerreian pioneer Robert Cornelius. In 1846, Long relocated to Saint Louis to establish his own studio, which he moved to Benton Barracks, a Union Army training facility, in 1861. Enoch commissioned this backdrop, as well as two others, for use in his portraits of soldiers, and other photographers who operated near the camp used similar variations. $1,000 - $1,500
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35 CDV FEATURING BLACK SOLDIER HOLDING MUSKET, BY W.H. HERTZOG, BATH, PA CDV portrait of an unidentified black soldier. W.H. Hertzog: Bath, PA, n.d., ca 1863. The bearded soldier is photographed wearing his uniform and kepi and grasping his rifle with one hand. Although his identity and regiment are unknown, it is possible that he was serving with one of the many USCT regiments that was mustered in at Philadelphia in 1863 and 1864. $600 - $800
36 CIVIL WAR CDV, 64TH UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY, PALMYRA BEND, MISSISSIPPI CDV of African American soldiers of the 64th USCT at Palmyra Bend, Mississippi. Uncredited: n.d., ca 1864. Three-cent revenue stamp to verso. Pencil inscription on verso identifies subject, place, and year. A dynamic image showing several members of the regiment in camp at Palmyra Bend. Two infantrymen stand near two 12-pounder Napoleon cannons at the foreground, with two more artillery pieces in the background. Several soldiers walk across the camp yard with snake rail breastwork fences surrounding. A single soldier stands atop the fortifications with what appears to be a rifle under his arm. The 64th United States Colored Troops were organized on March 11, 1864 from the 7th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent), and they served in Mississippi, mainly in post and garrison duty. On June 2, 1864 the regiment saw action at Davis’ Bend, a short distance away from Palmyra Bend, suggesting that this image was taken around the same time. $700 - $1,000
37 TINTYPE OF TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR VETERAN, PLUS Lot of 8 photographs, highlighted by a studio portrait tintype, 2.25 x 3.5 in., of a middle-aged African American gentleman casually sitting with pipe in hand before a simple white backdrop, ca late 1860s-1870s. The subject wears a GAR badge on his vest as well as a long ribbon. Obtained together with collection of card-mounted photographs and letters identified to Edmund C. Whitney (1835-1897), 53rd Massachusetts Infantry. Additional photographs offered here range in size from 2.75 x 3.25 in. to 8.25 x 5 in., with many featuring African American children. Includes an elementary school class portrait credited on mount verso to A.E. Alden: Boston, Massachusetts, showing a group of predominantly white children arranged in three rows, some of whom are identified. Verso inscription identifies the lone African American student at lower right as the daughter of “John Brown - Grand Army Man - only colored family in Lex[ington], Lived on Forest St.” It is possible that this refers to the GAR veteran pictured in the tintype offered here, whom may be John Henry Brown (ca 1840-?), a Maryland native who served with Co. G, 30th USCT Infantry, from September 1864 until December 1865. After the war, Brown worked as a laborer in Lexington, where he married Sarah Stamps in 1871. Census records indicate that their two nieces, Ella and Anna, lived with them for a while, and they had a daughter, Helen, born ca 1899. However, a large number of “John Browns” served with the US Colored Troops, making the subject’s identity difficult to confirm. Whitney’s relationship to the subjects in these photographs, outside of documented residence in Lexington, Massachusetts remains unconfirmed. $300 - $500 1 of 8
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38 SALT PRINT OF IDENTIFIED AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACKSMITH, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, 1864 Salt print, 5.25 x 7.5 in., on original mount, 6.5 x 8.25 in. (sight), framed, 9 x 11 in. Uncredited: 1864. Portrait of a black man holding a ball peen hammer, pencil inscribed on mount verso, “Franklin, Pa / Bowen Family / 1864.” Genealogical data lists a Joseph Bowen (b. 1825) in Franklin, PA, who was a blacksmith by trade. Considering that a ball peen hammer is used to shape metal, it is possible that the subject of this portrait is Joseph Bowen. However, his identity cannot be confirmed. $500 - $700
39 MILLIE-CHRISTINE, “THE TWO HEADED NIGHTINGALE,” EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY, CA1860S-1870S Lot of 5 CDVs of Millie and Christine McKoy/McCoy (1851-1912), conjoined twins who were known by the stage names “The Carolina Twins,” “The Two-Headed Nightingale,” and “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” Born into slavery on a plantation in southeastern North Carolina, they were sold several times while children and abducted twice, by people looking to exploit them. Eventually they came to be owned by Joseph Smith who toured the sisters through the United States, Canada, and Europe. They were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation and continued to tour internationally, including in the United Kingdom where several of the CDVs included here were captured. The talented singers were successful enough to purchase the property where they were born and build a grand home where they lived until their death. In early October 1912, Millie died after contracting tuberculosis. Christine was unable to be safely separated and died the next day. Though they had separate personalities, they were often referred to with one name, “Millie-Christine” and are themselves quoted as saying, “Although we speak of ourselves in the plural, we feel as but one person.” CDV of the sisters standing near a guitar and flower arrangements. H.L. Germons, Temple of Art: Philadelphia, PA, n.d., ca 1870s. CDV of the women wearing elegant dresses with white lace and matching flowers in their hair. Louis Bertin (b. ca 1827): Brighton [United Kingdom], n.d., ca 1870s. Bertin, a French-born photographer operated his studio in Brighton from 1874-1886 and photographed Millie and Christine more than once. The women visited the seaside town several times in the 1870s, performing at the Royal Pavilion. CDV full-length studio portrait with the sisters wearing a vertically striped dress and fashionable boots. Horace Ollivier: New York, NY, n.d., ca 1881. The verso bears brief biographical information with a 5-stanza poem marveling in their existence. CDV in a studio setting with the ladies wearing a patterned dress with lace collars, captioned “Millie Christine.” Brown, Barnes & Bell: Liverpool, England, n.d., ca 1882. CDV of the sisters in fashionable attire, holding a fan and a small nosegay in front of a painted backdrop. Charles Eisenmann: New York, NY, n.d., ca 1890s. Eisenmann (1855-1927) was well known for photographing “human oddities.” $1,000 - $1,500
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40 JACK JOHNSON, RARE 1915 PRESS PHOTOGRAPH, PLUS CIGARETTE CARDS Lot of 4, including Jack Johnson Press photograph and three boxing cigarette cards. Silver gelatin press photograph of Jack Johnson, 8 x 10.125 in. Underwood & Underwood: New York, NY, 1915. With agency stamp, date stamps, and applied text panel on verso. Taken in Havana, Cuba before Johnson’s bout with Jess Willard, Johnson’s first unsuccessful defense of the World Heavyweight title. He had won the title in 1908 and successfully defended it many times, notably in the 1910 “Fight of the Century” against Jim Jeffries. Johnson faced Willard on April 5, 1915 in Havana while in exile from the US, dodging a conviction from trumped-up Mann Act charges. The fight was scheduled for 45 rounds but he was knocked out in the 26th round. Also includes three cards of black hall of fame boxers from the 1910 Champion Athlete and Prize Fighter series (T220). All with white borders and issued by Mecca Cigarettes (the set was also issued simultaneously by Tolstoi Cigarettes), ungraded, each approx. 2.5 x 3.25 in. Includes Canadian boxer George Dixon (1870-1908) who was the first ever black athlete to win a World Championship in any sport after winning the Bantamweight Title in 1892; Peter Jackson (1861-1901) who won the Australian Heavyweight Title in 1886; and Joe Gans (1874-1910), the World Lightweight Champion from 1902-1908 and regarded by many experts as the greatest Lightweight boxer of all time. $300 - $500
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41 WORLD WAR I POSTER, TRUE SONS OF FREEDOM, CHICAGO, 1918, PLUS Lot of 2. Chromolithograph, 16 x 20 in. True Sons of Freedom. Chicago, IL: Charles Gustrine, 1918. African American soldiers with swords and bayonetted rifles attack German troops under the Stars and Stripes. With portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the upper right looking on serenely with approval with a paraphrase of the Gettysburg Address and a facsimile signature. With caption, “Colored Men, The First Americans Who Planted Our Flag on the Firing Line”. An uplift poster honoring the 200,000 African Americans who served in combat roles. One of several commissioned by the Committee on Public Information under the direction of George Creel. Chromolithograph, 5.75 x 8 in. (sight), in original decorative mat, 9.675 x 14.25 in. No Place Like Home. Publisher unknown, n.d., ca 1915. An uplift print depicting idyllic domesticity in an African American home. A welldressed gentleman comforts an older woman, presumably his mother, while his wife plays the piano. $500 - $700 26
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42 WORLD WAR I POSTER, COLORED MAN IS NO SLACKER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1918 Printed recruitment poster, 15.75 x 20 in. Colored Man is No Slacker. Chicago, IL: E.G. Renesch, 1918. Recruitment poster encouraging the enlistment of African American men in the US Army during World War I. A young African American man in uniform embraces a woman, presumably his wife, at center, with a troop of soldiers marching under a raised 42-star American flag in the background. Over one million African Americans responded to their draft calls, and roughly 370,000 black men were inducted into the army, viewing their participation in part as a way to demonstrate their patriotism and assert their place as equals with white soldiers. $300 - $500
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43 GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, “PSYCHO BEAUTIGRAPH ETCHING” BY ARTIST FELIX B. GAINES, 1946 Gaines, Felix Benjamin (1908-1991). Psycho Beautigraph etching, 10.5 x 16 in. (sight), matted and framed, 15.25 x 21 in. Dr. George Washington Carver, Famous Scientist. Signed lower right in plate by Felix B. Gaines, and copyrighted 1946 at lower left. Based on a photographic portrait of Dr. Carver made by Arthur Rothstein in March 1942. With written tag affixed to lower margin of mat, “Courtesy of Gaston’s Grocery & Mkt. / 1501-Selma Ave. Phone-335.” A rare etching made by Birmingham, AL artist Felix B. Gaines, produced to commemorate the life and accomplishments of George Washington Carver (ca 1864-1943), pioneering African American scientist, inventor, and director of agricultural teaching and research at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute. While little is known about Gaines and his “Psycho Beautigraph” technique, research indicates that he made highly detailed pen-and-ink drawings that were reproduced as photo-lithographs, which he then marketed primarily to audiences in the southern United States. His goal with the Dr. Carver portrait was to distribute reproductions to African American schools and churches during the mid-to-late 1940s in an attempt to inspire young people to pursue higher education “as a means to achieve racial tolerance and a better understanding between the races,” as quoted by Helena E. Wright, “Intriguing Images of Dr George Washington Carver.” Blog post on “O Say Can You See? Stories from the National Museum of American History,” 2015. $300 - $500
44 VIETNAM MEANS DEATH TO THE BROTHERS, VIETNAM WAR PROTEST POSTER, CA 1960S Printed poster, 16.75 x 21.5 in. Vietnam Means Death to the Brothers... Bring them home...NOW! Atlanta, GA: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, n.d., ca 1960s. Anti-Vietnam War poster featuring an armed soldier in uniform making his way through dense vegetation. The SCLC was established in 1957 under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King opposed the conflict in Vietnam but was initially conflicted about sharing his opinions publicly. He finally spoke out at the annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference convention in August 1865 and called for a complete halt to bombing in North Vietnam. $400 - $600
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45 THE GREAT MARCH ON WASHINGTON, WE SHALL OVERCOME POSTER, 1963 Lo Monaco, Louis (20th Century). Printed poster, 14.25 x 17.75 in., mounted to 18 x 22 in. We Shall Overcome. Poster features the cover image of a souvenir portfolio published for participants in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Considered the largest demonstration for human rights in the United States, the protest was conceived by politician and activist A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979), whose focus was largely on improving the economic conditions of black Americans. His vision for the march garnered the attention of several key civil rights organizations and leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), who delivered the powerful “I Have a Dream Speech” at the event. $300 - $500
46 LOUIS LO MONACO, WE SHALL OVERCOME, PICTORIAL PORTFOLIO Lo Monaco, Louis (20th Century). March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963: We Shall Overcome. New York: Urban League, [1963]. 4to (9.25 x 11 in.). Seven leaves with introduction, contents, and five collage prints by Lo Monaco. Original pictorial paper portfolio. (Minor edgewear). FIRST EDITION. Collage portfolio created for the historic March on Washington where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. The prints, “depicts man’s inhumanity, his cruelty to his fellow human being. This memento, we believe, will inspire us to assert man’s decency and goodness through an understanding of anguish.” With facsimile signatures from march leaders including Dr. King, A. Philip Randolph, James Farmer, Roy Wilkins, Whitney M. Young, Jr., and Josephus, regarded as the “last living slave.” Uncommon, OCLC locates 14 copies. $400 - $600
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47 MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM, PRINTED EPHEMERA INCLUDING PROMOTIONAL HANDBILL AND PROGRAM, 1963 Lot of 3 printed items related to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Program on paper, 4pp, approx. 8.5 x 4.5 in., March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963, Lincoln Memorial Program. Cover features schedule of songs, speeches, and prayer, including “Remarks by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conferences,” with inside pages presenting organizers’ statement and the ten key objectives of the march. Verso with map of the march route from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. Handbill, 5.5 x 8.25 in., An Appeal to You. . . to March on Washington. Flyer issued to incite participation, highlighting the civil rights crisis facing the United States: “Millions of Negroes are dined freedom. . . Millions of citizens, black and white, are unemployed.” Highlights names of several instrumental players, including Mathew Ahmann, Eugene Carson Blake, James Farmer, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Isaiah Minkoff, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. Fact sheet, Church Assembly - Washington, DC, August 28, 1963, assembled by Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman on behalf of the Commission on Religion and Race in advance of the march. Outlines travel guidelines, contact information, and other important details for participants in the historic demonstration. A prominent twentieth-century feminist and civil rights activist, Hedgeman (1899-1990) was the only woman to serve on the administrative planning committee for the March on Washington. After this event, she continued to work for the Commission on Religion and Race to ensure the implementation of the resulting Civil Rights Act of 1964 among its membership. $800 - $1,200
48 MARCUS GARVEY AFRICAN LEGION UNIFORM African Legion uniform jacket. Black with six buttons with “A”, presumably for “Africa,” with two pocket buttons and two epaulette buttons, also emblazoned with the letter “A.” Cuffs with green and red ribbon and left shoulder with appliquéd patch. Patch is green with red and black border, red African continent with “African Legion” superimposed in black lettering. No tag or maker’s marks. Size not indicated. Jamaican Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was the leading voice of radical black nationalism in the early 20th century and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA). He advocated for the establishment of an “Empire of Africa” and was nominated as the “Provisional President of Africa” by UNIA in 1920. Garvey also organized the paramilitary group the African Legion, who wore uniforms such as these, and would march in UNIA parades and provide intelligence on group members to Garvey. $500 - $700
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49 BLACK PANTHER PARTY RED BERET, PLUS Lot of 2. Red Beret with embroidered Black Panther Party logo. Beret produced by Pettibone of Cincinnati, Ohio with label and embroidered number “21” below diamond-shaped celluloid sweat shield. Red cotton cloth and leather inner band. Stiffener sewn into the left of embroidery. Hat likely produced early 20th century, embroidery dates from the late 1960s. Black cotton bucket hat with Black Power and Marcus Garvey-related patches. Brim is embroidered “Bro Mitch” and “Sweet JJ Mack” in alternating red and green letters. Three patches appliquéd to hat include: a white patch with a raised black fist, the Pan-African flag, and the phrase “This Flag Will Wave Forever!!!” and “Right On” superimposed over the fist; a red patch which reads “Black Magic” and the silhouette of a woman wearing green boots and holding a branch; and a patch on top of the hat with the Pan-African flag as the background with an upraised fist with the mottoes “Power to the People” and “Black is Beautiful.” $300 - $500
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50 HUEY P. NEWTON, POSTER AND RELATED IMPRINT, CA 1970S Lot of 2 items related to political activist and Black Panther Party cofounder Huey P. Newton (1942-1989). Photo-illustrated imprint comprised of single sheet of newsprint folded vertically at center to create 4pp, 11.5 x 16.5 in. Huey’s Message to the Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention Plenary Session, September 5, 1970, Philadelphia, PA. Black Panther Party, 1970. Reproduction of Newton’s address to the Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention, organized by the Black Panthers and held in Philadelphia in the fall of 1970. 7,000 people attended the plenary session, united in their desire to organize a broad-based revolutionary movement in support of marginalized groups and draft a new, inclusive version of the constitution. Printed poster, 12.25 x 17 in. War on the Panthers: An Overview. Santa Cruz, CA: Emory’s Community Printing and Graphics, 1978. Promotes the University of California’s “History of Consciousness” colloquium series, held at Thimann Lecture Hall on the Santa Cruz campus, June 1, 1978. Huey Newton billed as the “special guest speaker.” $300 - $600
51 ELDRIDGE CLEAVER AND H. RAP BROWN FBI WANTED POSTERS Lot of 2 FBI Wanted Posters, 10.5 x 16 in., for Black Panther Party members Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998) and H. Rap Brown (b. 1943). Each with facsimile signatures of J. Edgar hoover. Ca 1970. For more information, please visit cowans.com $400 - $600
52 CARL HAMPTON, CARL LIVES! POSTER, 1970 Poster, 17.5 x 23 in. Carl Lives! Houston, Texas, n.d. ca 1970. Poster bears a black and white photograph of political activist Carl Hampton (1948-1970), with text reading in part, “Carl Lives! / You Can Kill a Revolutionary, / But You Can’t Kill The Revolution.” People’s Party II and Rainbow Coalition leader Carl Hampton was killed by two Texas police officers following a ten day standoff between law enforcement and People’s Party II members over the sale of Black Panther newspapers in Houston. After his death, Hampton became a civil rights martyr, and the People’s Party II served as the official Houston Chapter of the Black Panther Party. $400 - $600
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53 I AM A BLACK WOMAN ANGELA DAVIS POSTER BY RICHARD MCCRARY McCrary, Richard. Printed poster, 23 x 29 in. I Am A Black Woman! New York, NY: New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, 1971. Lithography by AfroArtists, Inc. Distributed by Personality Posters, New York. Features a large black and white photograph of Davis (b. 1944) speaking and holding a clenched fist against a vivid orange ground. With poem by McCrary, “Angela, Yew you are a Black woman - and I want it to be known; The only thing you’re guilty of, is being a black woman, to the bone. For such beauty to be held captive is really no mystery; It is because you are a black woman, truly black enough for me.” $600 - $800
54 FREE ANGELA DAVIS POSTER, CALIFORNIA, CA 1970, PLUS Lot of 3, including: Printed poster, 16.25 x 22.5 in. Free Angela Davis. Los Angeles and Culver City, CA: Peace Press, n.d., ca 1970. Shows political activist Angela Davis (b. 1944) holding a microphone at a rally in the spring of 1970, with quotation reading in part, “...A very small minority of people in this country have all the wealth in their hands and to top that, we don’t even see them out working...That tells me that something is wrong.” Printed broadside, 10 x 16 in. The World Defends Angela. New York, NY: Sherman, 1972. Features a black and white illustration of Davis with a globe, produced for the 20th Convention of the Communist Party (CPUSA) held in New York, February 18-21, 1972. Signed “Sherman 72” at upper right. Printed broadside, 8.75 x 16.5 in. I am a Black Woman Communist. New York, NY: Sherman, 1972. Stylized portrait of Davis with quotation below: “I am a black woman Communist. The corrupt government of this country could not accept such a combination. This is why they launch an effort to murder me.” Produced for the 20th Convention of the Communist Party (CPUSA) held in New York, February 18-21, 1972. Signed “Sherman 72” at upper right. $300 - $500
55 FREE RUCHELL MAGEE POSTER, CA 1971 Poster, 17.5 x 22.5 in., mounted to 21 x 26.5 in. Free Ruchell Magee. San Jose, CA: Committee to Defend Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, n.d. ca 1971. Political prisoner Ruchell Cinque Magee appears at center, with text promoting his release from confinement. Magee, imprisoned since 1963 and best known for his involvement in the Marin County Courthouse Rebellion of 1970, is the world’s longest held political prisoner. The rebellion, born from escalating racial tensions within California’s criminal justice system, resulted in the attempted kidnapping of a judge and a violent shootout. Magee, a Black Panther involved in the abduction, was the group’s sole survivor of the shootout and was sentenced in 1975 to life in prison for his actions. $300 - $500
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56 THREE LETTERS PENNED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PRINTED IN PENNSYLVANIA CHRONICLE Pennsylvania Chronicle. Philadelphia, PA: William Goddard, February 16, 1767. Vol. I. No. 4. 4pp, 11.5 x 18.75 in. Colonial American newspaper featuring front page printings of three letters written by Benjamin Franklin “...in Defence of North-America.” The issue also contains news covering preRevolutionary War turmoil between the British and Colonial Americans. $1,000 - $1,500
57 PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR BOSTON NEWSPAPER WITH PAUL REVERE MASTHEAD The Boston Gazette and Country Journal. Boston, MA: Edes & Gill, February 25, 1771. No. 829. 4pp, 9.25 x 14.75 in. Leading Colonial American, pro-independence newspaper with masthead containing prominent engraving of an early political cartoon designed and engraved by Paul Revere. The engraving depicts the dove of peace being set free from its cage by a female figure of “liberty,” with the skyline of the city of Boston serving as the background. $600 - $800
58 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND “REGULATORS” UPRISING COVERED IN COLONIAL-ERA BOSTON NEWSPAPER Massachusetts Gazette and the Boston Weekly News Letter. Boston, MA: R. Draper, May 16, 1771. No. 3527. 4pp, 9.75 x 15.5 in. Colonial American newspaper containing lengthy, front page essay on “freedom of the press” and an inside page report on the “Regulators” uprising in Colonial North Carolina in which citizens took up arms against colonial officials, whom they viewed as corrupt. The issue also contains an inside page ad for the sale of “...A Likely Healthy Negro Woman...” $600 - $800
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59 ACCOUNTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN EDINBURGH ADVERTISER, 1775 Lot of 3 issues. Edinburgh Advertiser. Edinburgh [Scotland]: James Donaldson, October 13-17, 17-20, 27-31, 1775. Each issue 8pp, 8.25 x 11 in. The issues are replete with extensive coverage of events in America in the fall of 1775, including military engagements, Indian affairs, and political news. Coverage of the engagement near Watertown, which killed two colonists, is included in the October 17 issue as well as news that 700 Indians of the Mohawk and Onondaga nations had arrived in Albany to declare support for the Americans. The October 20 issue includes reports of disagreements between General Putnam and General Washington and relates that the Continental Congress discussed plans for the management of Indian Affairs. The October 31 issue contains coverage of the arrival of John Hancock and Peyton Randolph along with other delegates to attend the Congress in Philadelphia as well as complete text of King George III’s October 26 speech to parliament on affairs in America. For more details, refer to cowans.com. $500 - $700
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60 ANTHONY WAYNE SIGNED DOCUMENT Wayne, Anthony (1745-1796). Representative and Major General in the American Revolutionary War, “Mad Anthony.” Partially printed DS, 8.25 x 13.25 in. Detroit. October 31, 1796. Discharge for James Morgan, private, 4th Dragoons. Having served two years, two months, Morgan was being discharged, “being much debilitated.” The discharge states that he was 44-years-old, born in Leland (MI), and was a weaver by trade. Signed by E.M. Butler (?), Adjutant General at left and Anthony Wayne lower right. With Morgan’s mark witnessed by 4th US Regiment Paymaster Richard Chandler on verso. $400 - $600
61 THE LAST MEN OF THE REVOLUTION: A PHOTOGRAPH OF EACH FROM LIFE HILLARD, Elias B. The Last Men of the Revolution: A Photograph of Each from Life, Together with Views of Their Homes Printed in Colors. Accompanied by brief Biographical Sketches of the Men. Hartford, CT: N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864. 12mo. (136 x 190 mm). Six mounted albumen cartes de visite, six hand-colored plates, and engraved Edward Everett facsimile letter. Gilt green cloth boards, 64pp. Provenance: Charles F. Cox (bookplate); Edward Swan Stickney (presentation bookplate to:) Chicago Historical Society (perforated stamp on title-page and bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Contains biographies, photographic portraits, and lithographs of the homes of the last surviving Revolutionary War veterans still alive during the 1860s, including Samuel Downing, Daniel Waldo, Lemuel Cook, Alexander Millener, William Hutchings, and Adam Link. $3,000 - $5,000
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62 SCARCE WAR OF 1812 TREATY OF PEACE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1815 Broadside. Treaty of Peace. No publisher information, n.d.; [Portsmouth, NH: The Portsmouth Oracle edited by Charles Turell, ca late January 1815]. 4pp, 10.5 x 14 in. Text printed in three columns, 7.25 x 12.25 in. Broadside publishing the not yet ratified Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812, with an editorial criticism. The broadside begins with a brief introduction of the Treaty of Ghent and names the plenipotentiaries for both Great Britain and the United States including, “John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Jonathan Russell, and Albert Gallatin, Citizens of the U. States,” followed by the eleven articles of the Treaty. After the names of the signees begins a “Candid Examination of the Advantages Obtained by the Late War, Compared with Those, that Might Have Gained By Peace.” Addressed «To the People of New Hampshire,” the editor (almost certainly Charles Turell), writes a lengthy criticism of the War of 1812 and President James Madison. He details how the War failed to achieve few, if any, of its objectives, the considerable losses, and especially notes that the war has «swelled our national debt to TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS according to the best computations.” Though undated, the broadside was almost certainly published between mid January and early February 1815. The treaty was signed on December 24, 1814 but news did not arrive to the United States until nearly a month later, resulting in the Battle of New Orleans (January 8, 1815). The editorial appears to reference Jackson’s celebrated victory: “The blaze of glory, which has surrounded our gallant navy, the martial spirit, skill and prowess, which have shone conspicuous in some of our military commanders and the bravery of our troops, have redeemed the nation from the deep and humiliating disgrace, to which the two first campaigns seemed to consign it.” It is also evident that the broadside was published prior to the ratification of the treaty on February 16th. Later variations of this broadside, while scarce, do exist with notable differences. One copy, held in the Historic New Orleans Collection, is much abbreviated with four columns on the recto of a single leaf, with the “Candid Examination” extremely reduced. A second and undoubtedly later copy held by the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, is very similar in layout to the HNOC copy but excludes the Examination entirely
and has been published after the ratification of the treaty as noted in the preamble and the inclusion of the ratification by Madison and Acting Secretary of State James Monroe. Notably, however, the Phillips copy has a brief introduction by way of a letter from Lewis & Hall of the Commercial Advertiser dated Feb. 19, 1815 to Charles Turell, Editor of the Portsmouth Oracle. While the copy offered here does not have any publication information printed, it was almost certainly also published by Turell and the Oracle. The version offered here appears to be the earliest printed of the three and is the only located copy. $2,000 - $3,000
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63 MORMON RELIGION DESCRIBED IN 1831 VERMONT GAZETTE Vermont Gazette. Bennington, VT: September 13, 1831. Vol. XLIX. No. 2510. 4pp, 13 x 19.5 in. This issue features a front page headline, “Mormon Religion,” with two columns of text containing one of the earliest detailed descriptions in a newspaper covering the founding of the Mormon faith. $2,000 - $3,000 36
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64 FALL OF THE ALAMO REPORTED IN THE SALEM GAZETTE, APRIL 1836 Salem Gazette. Salem, MA: Foote & Chisholm, April 15, 1836. Vol. I - New Series, Vol. XIV. No. 31. 4pp, 15.5 x 20.75 in. Newspaper containing front page headline that reads, “From Texas - The Fall of Bexar - The Garrison Put to Death,” accompanied by a quarter column “first report” of the fall of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, to the Mexican Army and the massacre of all of its defenders, including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie. Highly displayable newspaper with a “first report” of the Battle of the Alamo, a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution that lasted from February 23-March 6, 1836. $1,200 - $1,600 BID LIVE ONLINE WITH
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65 MEXICAN WAR COLONEL FRANCIS S. BELTON ARCHIVE Manuscripts, documents, and personal ephemera related to Col. Francis S. Belton (ca. 1791-1861), a career US Army officer and veteran of the War of 1812, the Indian Wars, and the Mexican-American War. Collection includes approximately 70 documents spanning 1831-1902 (bulk 1840s-1860s); a field sewing kit, 4.25 x 3.25 x 1.5 in.; and an oval box with engraved nameplate “F. S. Belton,” likely a travelling necessaire or collar box. Oval box, 7.75 x 4.25 x 2.75 in., wood-veneered case with red lining, interior French retailer’s label from “Hebert / Palais Royal / Galerie de Bois No. 258,” engraved nameplate 3 x 1.75 in. Archive is highlighted by nearly forty MexicanAmerican War documents, many of which pertain to the US military’s occupation of Mexico City. Though lesser known than some of his contemporaries, Francis Smith Belton had a successful military career that afforded him close contact with many of the leading military and political figures of his generation. Born in Baltimore, Belton was commissioned as a 2nd Lieut. of the First Light Dragoons at age twenty and two years later in 1814 he distinguished himself at the defense of Fort Erie during the War of 1812. Apparently possessed of a fiery spirit, Belton survived two court martials and continued to rise within the military ranks. He served on the staffs of numerous generals during the 1820s, was appointed Commander of Fort Morgan (Mobile, AL) in 1834, then was appointed Commander of Fort Brooke (Tampa, FL) in 1836 during the Second Seminole War. During the Mexican-American War, Belton was brevetted colonel “for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco.” Belton was later appointed by General Winfield Scott as Lieut. Governor of Mexico City during the US occupation. After the Mexican-American War, Belton served as Commander at Fort Trumbull (CT) and was commissioned as colonel in the 4th Artillery Regiment. He died in Brooklyn, NY in 1861. The bulk of the archive relates to the military occupation of Mexico City. Acting as Lieut. Governor of Mexico City, Belton had significant responsibilities for the administration of the city. According to a March 1848 copy letter written by Brig. Gen. and Military Governor Persifor Smith to Col. Belton, Belton was “charged with the most laborious & important duties, not only those which properly belonged to your military character but those of the whole police magistracy of a city of 180,000 inhabitants....” Thirty-one documents offered here, most of which are in Spanish with handwritten notations on verso in English, reflect these responsibilities and present a fascinating glimpse into the military occupation of the city. Most of the documents date to the weeks and months just after the occupation, September - December 1847, and deal with issues such as property disputes, war dead, prisoners, and acts of violence and other illegal activity perpetrated by American soldiers. Often indicating “Referred to the Lieut. Gov.” or similar notation, the letters include one from Spanish Minister R. Lozano de Armenta signed and dated September 22, 1847, with period notation on verso providing English translation:”Spanish Minister informing that the establishment of a French subject had been assaulted & part of the property robbed by a party of Americans.” Other documents
include a Sept 21 request that “permission might be granted to Luis Paramo to carry provisions to some prisoners at Chapultec”; a letter of Sept 21 from the minister of the Evangelio Province “informs that the Burying Ground of Santiago was at the disposal of the Amrs. to bury Catholics & not Protestants according to their Law”; and a letter of Nov 28 indicating that “Ignacio Esteves complaining that John Murphy A.C. 2 Arty refused to pay his work....” Additional documents related to the Mexican-American War include: printed copies of Butler’s Orders #1 and #18, both signed by Asst. Adj. General Lorenzo Thomas, with #18 being the important “Military Convention for the Provisional Suspension of Hostilities”; handwritten copies of Butler’s orders #8, #94, and #105 all issued from “Head Quarters, Army of Mexico” dated February 22, 1848, May 16, 1848, and May 24, 1848, respectively, and detailing court martial proceedings; and an ornately printed 2pp announcement of a benefit given by the US Army in honor of “Señora Cañete, The First Actress of the Spanish Company” at the National Theatre in Mexico City, with handwritten pencil notation “Janry 48.” Information on the remaining documents in the archive, including a copy letter from James Walker Fannin requesting help from Belton for the Texas Revolution and a document signed by Belton’s lifelong friend Gen. Winfield Scott, can be found online at cowans.com. See also Lot 228 Confederate Officer Joseph F. Belton Archive. $5,000 - $10,000
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66 TWO DAGUERREOTYPES OF COLONEL THOMAS BURPEE, DOW COLD HARBOR, INCL. PORTRAIT IN MEXICAN WAR-ERA UNIFORM Lot of 5, comprised of sixth plate daguerreotype of Colonel Thomas Burpee in civilian dress and quarter plate daguerreotype of Burpee in Mexican War-era uniform including eagle-pommel sword and plumed cap. Accompanied by three silver gelatin photographs, approx. 4.5 x 6.5 in., mounted to 7.5 x 10 in., ca early 20th century, showing Burpee’s gravesite at Grove Hill Cemetery and a possible wartime residence in Norfolk, VA. Cemetery photographs bear handstamp of Frederick H. Holt: Rockville, CT, 1909, and domestic photograph credited on mount to Hilton: Norfolk, VA, 1912. Thomas Francis Burpee (1830-1864), 21st Connecticut Infantry, was born in Stafford and later moved to Rockville, where he worked as a foreman at a woolen mill. He also served as captain of his militia company, with which he was active from 1849 until the outbreak of the Civil War. Burpee offered his company for service on May 1, 1861 but was asked only for his guns and munitions at the time. As the war continued on, however, the Union required additional manpower, and Burpee was commissioned captain of Co. D, 14th Connecticut Infantry in August 1862. He was quickly transferred to the 21st Connecticut Infantry, serving with this regiment for the duration of the war and attaining the colonelcy in the summer of 1864. On June 9, 1864 - the same day as his final promotion - Burpee was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA. Wartime records indicate that Burpee briefly worked at a jail in Norfolk in some capacity
67 PARKER FAMILY OF NEW YORK, PRE AND CIVIL WAR-ERA DAGUERREOTYPE AND AMBROTYPES Lot of 3. Two generations of soldiers from the Parker family of New York appear in a sharply defined daguerreotype and two ambrotypes. The sixth plate daguerreotype of the older gentleman with the look of an aristocrat is Samuel S. Parker, Sr., a member of a pre-Civil War 7th New York State Militia – a “gentleman’s regiment.” Samuel was the first captain of the American Rifles, Company A in 1850. When the full regiment was formed, Parker was made a major. In this 1855 daguerreotype, he holds an 1851 pattern shako with plume and number 7 in one hand and an 1850 staff and field officer’s sword in the other. His officer’s belt plate clearly shows Old-English “NY”, and the buttons on his coat are 1855 Eagle-I infantry officer buttons. The identification pinned in the case reads,
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in 1863, concurrent with the date inscribed on the Hilton photograph, although exact details from this period are unconfirmed. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $1,500 - $2,500
“Samuel S. Parker, Sr 1855.” Thompson: New York, 1855. Mat stamped with photographer’s name. Housed in full, pressed paper case. The sixth plate ambrotypes feature two sons of Samuel, Sr. – Samuel, Jr., and Sewell. Both enlisted in the 87th New York State Militia in October 1861; Samuel at the age of 20 and Sewell at 18. The brothers transferred into Company F of the 40th New York, the Mozart Regiment, in September 1862. Sewell was reported missing in action at Chancellorsville in May 1863, and Samuel was captured in May 1864 at the Wilderness but both returned to the regiment, Sewell mustering out in August 1864 and Samuel in June 1865. In this studio setting, both wear early war, New York regulation, eight-button pattern volunteer jackets, each brother resting his left arm on an overcoat with a forage cap atop it. Housed together in full, thermoplastic Union case, The Deer and the Pine Tree [Berg 1-116]. $1,500 - $2,500
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68 PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN QUARTER PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF CAREER ARMY OFFICER AND CSA GENERAL BRAXTON BRAGG Quarter plate Mexican War-era daguerreotype half portrait of Braxton Bragg, featured here wearing an antebellum period dress uniform with bullion epaulettes and officer’s belt plate, and holding an eagle pommel officer’s sword. Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), a West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole Wars, won the admiration of the American people and the profound gratitude of future CSA President Jefferson Davis for his actions at the Battle of Buena Vista (1847) during the Mexican-American War. Though he was brevetted a lieutenant colonel for his bravery, Bragg was determined to leave military life behind and resigned from the Army in 1856. The outbreak of the Civil War thus found a reluctant Bragg working as a planter in Louisiana. Though he did not initially support secession, Bragg joined the Confederate forces in March of 1861 and quickly rose through the ranks, being promoted to the rank of general in April of 1862 after commanding a corps under General Albert Sidney Johnston
at the Battle of Shiloh. Having also been appointed General Beauregard’s successor, General Bragg took over command of the Confederate Army of the Mississippi while the former was on leave due to illness. In this capacity Bragg secured a notable victory at the Battle of Chickamauga, but his already fragile reputation among subordinates faltered due to his quick temper and frustratingly incomplete victories. After his poor decisionmaking resulted in a defeat at Chattanooga, Bragg relinquished command to Joseph E. Johnston. For the remainder of the war, Bragg served the Confederate Army in various alternative capacities, including as military advisor to one of his most loyal admirers, Jefferson Davis. Having lost his property after the war, Bragg moved to Alabama and supported his family by working various jobs including as a railroad inspector, a life insurance agent, and a civil engineer. Bragg passed away on September 27, 1876 in Galveston, Texas, and is buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama. A striking and previously unknown portrait of one of the Civil War’s most complex military leaders. $15,000 - $25,000
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69 EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAR SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF YOUNG MILITARY CADET Sixth plate daguerreotype of a fresh-faced military cadet wearing a high collared tunic, white gloves, trousers with a broad white stripe running the length of each leg, and wheel cap with “C.G.” insignia. While not positively identified, research suggests that “C.G.” may signify the Charleston City Guards or another militia group beginning with a “C.” This includes Massachusetts Militia groups such as the Cambridge City Guards, Charlestown City Guards, Clark Light Guard, or Clinton Light Guard. The photographer’s light reflector curtain is visible in the studio portrait. Ca 1850. Housed in full leather case. $600 - $800
70 HALF PLATE AMBROTYPE OF CONFEDERATE OFFICER BY C.R. REES, POSSIBLY CAPTAIN DEWITT CLINTON MORGAN, 3RD LOUISIANA INFANTRY, WITH CORRESPONDENCE Half plate ambrotype of a Confederate officer clad in a double-breasted coat with a collar badge denoting the rank of captain. He poses beside the same distinctive column used in many studio portraits by C.R. Rees of Richmond, Virginia, though the photographer’s name and initials are absent here. Accompanied by extensive collection of letters, military service records, and genealogical research suggesting the identification of Captain Dewitt Clinton Morgan, 3rd Louisiana Infantry, with four original war-date documents regarding Morgan’s service record. Dewitt Clinton Morgan (1828-1895) joined the Confederate Army as a second lieutenant on May 17, 1861 in New Orleans and was assigned to Co. B, 3rd Louisiana Infantry, also known as the Morehouse Guards. The unit fought at Wilson’s Creek and Elkhorn Tavern, then moved to Mississippi for engagements at Iuka and Corinth. Later, the regiment was assigned to General Louis Hébert’s Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and was captured in the fight at Vicksburg. After his exchange, along with the death and resignation of his two superior officers, Morgan was promoted to captain and given command of the company in 1862. That summer, the Morehouse Guards merged with the 7th Louisiana Infantry to form the 15th Louisiana Infantry, and this new unit was based near Richmond for subsequent engagements at Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Morgan was apparently apprehended again before the war’s end, and this lot contains a detailed letter addressed to his general, written by Morgan after his arrest while “under strict guard by order of Genl. Thomas” on August 6, 1864. Also with a docketed application for a Court of Inquiry regarding the arrest; two Special Orders issued by General E. Kirby Smith from the Headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Department, 1864-1865; and a circular announcing an order for assembly, issued by Lieutenant Colonel James Russell and addressed to Morgan in 1865. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $2,500 - $3,500
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71 HALF PLATE AMBROTYPE OF DOUBLE ARMED LOUISIANA SOLDIER BY REES, TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED Half plate ambrotype of a standing Confederate solider armed with a revolver and knife. C.R. Rees: Richmond, Virginia, n.d. Possibly depicts Private I.H. Traylor, who served with Co. B, 3rd Louisiana Infantry Battalion, also known as the “Morehouse Guards” from Bastrop, Louisiana. With copies of correspondence with previous owner about the possible identity of the subject. The soldier poses beside the same distinctive column that C.R. Rees used in many of his studio portraits, with “Rees” etched at the base of the column. If this subject was in fact a member of the Morehouse Guards, he would have had ample opportunity to visit Rees’s studio in Richmond. This portrait was discovered in the same household as another image identified to a known member of the Morehouse Guards also taken at Rees’ studio (see Lot 70). The second subject, Captain Dewitt Clinton Morgan, married into the Traylor family, and a direct descent of these two images together within the clan could suggest that the unidentified soldier is also a relation, possibly Private I.H. Traylor, although this information remains unverified. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $2,500 - $3,500
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72 QUARTER PLATE AMBROTYPE OF CONFEDERATE PARDS FROM THE CRESCENT REGIMENT, NEW ORLEANS, INCL. WILLIAM H. MEEKER, KIA SHILOH Lot of 2. Quarter plate ambrotype representing two privates of Co. A, known as the Crescent City Guards, of the Crescent Regiment, which was composed of former New Orleans militiamen. Accompanied by crescent insignia, approx. .375 x .5 in. The authoritative Portraits of Conflict series, Louisiana volume, by Carl Moneyhon and Bobby Roberts, identifies the subjects as William H. Meeker and friend (p. 89). On March 5, 1862, Private Meeker enrolled for 90 days’ service into Co. A, Crescent Regiment. He was reportedly killed in action along with 22 other men from the regiment at Shiloh on April 6, 1862. This image likely dates to Meeker’s antebellum or early war volunteer militia association based on the style of uniform worn by both subjects. The soldier seated at right wears an oval “CS” belt plate (in reverse). Diagonal crack in plate. Housed in full, pressed paper case. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $2,500 - $3,500
73 QUARTER PLATE AMBROTYPE OF DOUBLE-ARMED GENT, POSSIBLY FROM THE SOUTH Quarter plate ambrotype of a man with a slow eye and greased down hair displaying his 1842 single-shot percussion pistol and 1849 Colt percussion revolver. A great character study of a subject that has been tentatively identified as an early Confederate soldier taken before going off to war, although this cannot be confirmed. Housed in full, pressed paper case. Ca early 1860s. Purchased from the Bryan Watson Collection of Civil War images. $700 - $900
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74 UNIQUE SIXTH PLATE AMBROTYPE OF A CIVIL WAR ORDNANCE SERGEANT, LIKELY CONFEDERATE Sixth plate ambrotype featuring a mustached man wearing a unique modified sack coat appearing to feature a curious cloak-like closure affixed to the first button. Also appearing on the coat are Ordnance Sergeant insignia consisting of three stripes surmounted by a star. Housed in full, thermoplastic Union case with geometric design [Berg 3-103]. A curious image. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $600 - $800
75 TWO SIXTH PLATE MELAINOTYPES OF DOUBLE-ARMED CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND BROTHERS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA Lot of 2 sixth plate melainotypes showing uniformed soldiers also believed to be brothers, standing in a studio setting, each carrying a canteen and armed with a spear point Bowie knife and rifled musket. Housed together in full, double sixth plate thermoplastic Union case with floral/scroll design. Ca 1861. Purchased from the Bryan Watson Collection of Civil War images and examined by Ron Field, US Military historian and author of American
Civil War Confederate Army (Brassey’s History of Uniforms). Field explains in correspondence provided by the consignor that the subjects shown in the pair of images may have served with the 4th South Carolina Volunteers, enlisting in either Company F, Tyger Volunteers, or Company G, Saluda Volunteers. Both companies were recruited in Greenville, SC, where the melainotypes were found several years ago. The portraits were possibly taken in Columbia, SC, in 1861. $4,000 - $6,000
76 SIXTH PLATE OCTAGONAL AMBROTYPE OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIER FROM GEORGIA Octagonal ambrotype of an anonymous Georgia soldier seated in a studio, his hat insignia and buttons tinted gold and cheeks lightly tinted pink. Housed in full, octagonal thermoplastic Union case, A Game of Chess, [Berg 1-122]. Despite the diagonal crack in the glass plate, this is a stunning portrait of a young, confident Confederate soldier. Ca early 1860s. Purchased from the Bryan Watson Collection of Civil War images. $1,500 - $2,500
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77 NINTH PLATE AMBROTYPE OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIER POSSIBLY FROM GEORGIA Ninth plate ambrotype of Confederate soldier sporting a long beard, with his cheeks highlighted in pink and the buttons on his jacket tinted gold. The style of uniform worn by the subject suggests that he may be a rebel from Georgia. Housed in full, thermoplastic Union case, Beehive, Farm Motif [Berg 1-147]. Purchased from the Bryan Watson Collection of Civil War images. $500 - $700
78 NINTH PLATE RUBY AMBROTYPE OF A NEW ORLEANS REBEL WEARING CRESCENT INSIGNIA Ninth plate ruby ambrotype of young soldier uniformed in one of the many undocumented variations worn by the antebellum New Orleans militia and early state volunteers. The coat appears to be a dark blue short jacket with distinctive large crescent on the breast. This uniform also has a distinctive double row of cuff trim and matching trousers. Housed in full, pressed paper case. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $1,000 - $1,500
79 NINTH PLATE RUBY AMBROTYPE OF POSSIBLE CONFEDERATE VIVANDIÈRE, ACCOMPANIED BY PHOTOGRAPH OF CONFEDERATE VOLUNTEERS SHOWING POSSIBLE RELATIVE Lot of 2, including ninth plate ruby ambrotype of a young woman in casual dress, possibly a Confederate vivandière, as evidenced by the presence of what appears to be a canteen strapped across her chest. Accompanied by a paper photograph, approx. 6 x 4 in., mounted to approx. 8 x 7 in., of four mature Confederate veterans, identified as “H.C. Helbert, J.T. Hight, D.D. Phillips” and “Robt. Morgan,” who purportedly served together and “belonged to the same Company.” Consignor relates that the woman in the ambrotype may be related to one of these men, as vivandières were sometimes the wives or daughters of military officers, but any familial connections remain unconfirmed. Genealogical and Confederate enlistment records connect the four veterans through residence or service in Arkansas, though not in the same company or regiment. Henry C.H. Helbert (1846-1919) served with Co. D, 17th AR Infantry. Robert H. Morgan (1840-?) served with Co. C, 1st AR Mounted Cavalry. D. Phillips enlisted with Co. C, 1st AR Cavalry, and veteran Jefferson Taylor Hight (1848-1917) seemingly relocated after the war to Arkansas, where he served as the postmaster of Fayetteville and as a county judge. The rank of these men seemingly precludes them from having their wives serve as regimental vivandières, and Hight and Morgan were both unmarried before the war. $800 - $1,200 1 of 2
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81 ROBERT E. LEE AUTOGRAPHED CDV CDV featuring classic late-war portrait of Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), boldly signed “R.E. Lee” below portrait. C.E. Jones and Vannerson: Richmond, VA, n.d. Two-cent revenue stamp affixed on verso. $2,000 - $4,000
82 GENERAL G.W. CUSTIS LEE AUTOGRAPHED CDV CDV of George Washington Custis Lee, the eldest son of Robert E. Lee, n.d., ca 1865-1870. Signed “G.W.C. Lee” in ink below photograph. Vannerson & Jones; Richmond, VA. Two-cent revenue stamp affixed on verso. George Washington Custis Lee (1832-1913) attended the United States Military Academy, graduating at the top of his class in 1854. Like his father, he pursued a military career but resigned his commission after Virginia seceded in 1861. He rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate army but spent most of the conflict as aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis. After the war, he taught military science at the Virginia Military Institute, then succeeded his father as president of Washington & Lee University. $400 - $600
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83 WILLIAM HENRY FITZHUGH LEE AUTOGRAPHED CDV CDV vignette bust portrait of William Henry Fitzhugh Lee in uniform with his rank stars visible on his collar. Vannerson & Jones: Richmond, VA, ca 1864. Two-cent revenue stamp on verso. Signed by Lee on recto in black ink. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891) was the second son of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and himself rose to the rank of major general. After the war, “Rooney” returned to planting at White House Plantation. After his mother’s death, he inherited Ravensworth Plantation in Fairfax County. He later served in the Virginia state Senate and the US House of Representatives (1887-1891). $400 - $600
84 SYDNEY SMITH LEE AND FITZHUGH LEE AUTOGRAPHED CDVS Lot of 2 CDVs by Vannerson & Jones: Richmond, VA, one of Sydney Smith Lee (1802-1869) and the other of his son, Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905). Both men appear in uniform and have signed their portraits, “S.S. Lee” and “Fitzhugh Lee,” respectively. Each carte bears a two-cent revenue stamp on verso. Son of “Light Horse Harry” Lee and brother of Robert E. Lee, Sydney Smith Lee distinguished himself as a captain in the Confederate States Navy during the Civil War. Fitzhugh Lee joined the Confederate army as a lieutenant and was promoted many times over, achieving the rank of brigadier general in July of 1862. Lee fought at many important battles of the Eastern Theater, including Sharpsburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Petersburg. After the war, he was elected governor of Virginia. $300 - $500
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85 JOSEPH JOHNSTON AUTOGRAPHED CDV CDV of General Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891), one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate Army, dressed in uniform with three stars adorning each side of his collar. Uncredited: n.d. Boldly signed in ink, “J.E. Johnston” below photograph and with two-cent revenue stamp affixed on verso. $800 - $1,200
86 P.G.T. BEAUREGARD AUTOGRAPHED CDV CDV vignette bust portrait of Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (18181893). Uncredited: 1867. Signed in his usual manner, “G.T. Beauregard” and dated “Jany 11th 1867 / New Orleans.” A native French Creole Louisianan, Beauregard was one of the earliest and most prominent of the Confederate generals. He claimed victory at the First Battle of Bull Run and would command armies at the Battle of Shiloh and the Siege of Corinth. After the war he became involved in securing black civil and political rights. $800 - $1,200
87 JOHN SINGLETON MOSBY AUTOGRAPHED CDV CDV of John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916), CSA Colonel and partisan ranger. Signed on recto “Jno. S. Mosby.” Uncredited: n.d. Two-cent revenue stamp on verso. John Singleton Mosby, Virginia’s premier partisan ranger, also known as the “Gray Ghost,” attained the rank of Colonel, 1st Virginia Cavalry and left a trail of havoc and frustrated Union commanders in his wake. Mosby refused to surrender at the end of the war and simply disbanded his rangers. Afterwards, he befriended U.S. Grant and held a series of government posts thanks to his mentor and former foe. $800 - $1,200
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88 VIRGINIA INFANTRY, 3RD REGIMENT, LOCAL DEFENSE TROOPS, CDVS OF IDENTIFIED MEMBERS Lot of 14 CDVs, including cartes of identified members of the 3rd Local Defense Troops in Virginia, Gray Doswell, W. Wilton Randolph, J.D. Reed and T.M. Rutherford, plus portraits of other young Virginians. Many credited to southern photographers, including Rees & Co. and Anderson & Co., Richmond, VA; F.T. Miller, Fredericksburg, VA; McPherson and J.A. Sheldon, New Orleans, LA; and Marks, Houston, TX. The 3rd Local Defense was organized in September 1864, mostly from young men serving in Confederate departments such as Post Office, War, Treasury, Quartermaster, and Medical Purveyors. Local Defense units also often included men under the age of 18 and some older men who had served their time, were wounded and could not withstand the rigors of field service, or were even too old to enlist. The 3rd Local Defense regiment was called out to fight at Saylor’s (Sailor’s) Creek (April 6, 1865), part of the Appomattox Campaign, as Federal troops closed in on the Army of Northern Virginia. Many were captured, but Lee surrendered just three days later. $300 - $500
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89 CONFEDERATE AND SOUTHERN CDV COLLECTION Lot of 128 CDVs of Confederate officers, politicians, and civilians, most with Southern imprints from studios operating in Virginia, Louisiana, and Texas. List of studios available at cowans.com. Highlights include composite CDV of the “Confederate Cabinet.” Anthony: New York; uncredited composite view of ”General Lee and Staff” with Lee surrounded by twelve staff members; two composite CDVs of “Generals of the CS Army,” each with thirty small portraits. Vannerson: Richmond, VA. CDV of a younger Jefferson Davis. Vannerson & Jones: Richmond, VA, 1866; Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Anderson & Co.: Richmond, VA; James Longstreet. S. Anderson: New Orleans, LA; and John C. Breckinridge. Vannerson & Jones: Richmond, VA. $400 - $600
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90 CDV OF A “CARPETBAGGER,” BY TWINING & TWIFORDS, BURLINGTON, IA CDV of an eclectically dressed young man holding a large pouch on his lap with one hand and an umbrella with the other. Twining & Twiford’s Gallery: Burlington, IA, n.d., ca 1866. Three-cent revenue stamp affixed to verso. “Carpetbagger” was the derisive term used to describe Northerners who traveled south to seek personal, financial, or political advantage upon the fall of the Confederate government. The term refers to the then-common traveler’s bag, carried by many such opportunists, which was made out of carpet scraps. The subject shown in the carte featured here holds what appears to be such a resourcefully fabricated pouch. $300 - $500
91 SALT PRINT OF ANTEBELLUM LOUISIANA MILITIAMAN Oval salt print, 6 x 8 in. (sight), matted and framed, 12.25 x 14.5 in. Uncredited: n.d., ca late 1850s-early 1860s. Studio portrait of unidentified young private that is likely a late antebellum Louisiana militiaman. The subject wears a large brass belt plate with clipped corners having a fairly visible variant of the Louisiana state seal featuring the Pelican. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $500 - $700
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92 LOUISIANA MILES’ LEGION BATTALION INFANTRYMAN HARDEN WEST, ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH BY JACOBS, NEW ORLEANS Albumen photograph, 5.25 x 7.25 in., on mount, 7 x 9 in. (sight), framed, 9 x 11 in. A sharp studio portrait of a young infantry private identified as “Harden West,” Co. H, Miles’ Legion (32nd Louisiana Infantry), armed with a rifled-musket with bayonet. E. Jacobs: New Orleans, LA, ca 1862. Photographer’s blindstamp in lower margin of mount. Harden West is confirmed as having enlisted as a private in New Orleans. The infantry battalion of Miles’ Legion (seven companies) is recorded in several sources as having been raised in the early summer of 1862, subsequently organized at Baton Rouge, and serving there in the garrison until surrendering on July 9, 1863. Miles’ Legion existed for slightly less than a year and only a handful of Baton Rouge-related reports speak to its brief service, one recounting a fierce fight with the 116th New York. We do know that all of the surviving enlisted men were paroled on July 10, 1863, while the officers remained prisoners. West’s parole dated July 10 indicates that he did serve at Baton Rouge throughout the siege until the surrender. Reference to Harden West is made on p. 241 in the authoritative Portraits of Conflict series, Louisiana volume, by Carl Moneyhon and Bobby Roberts. Miles’ Legion, or 32nd LA, was not reconstituted after Port Hudson. West seems to be the only so-named Confederate soldier with no later wartime service recorded. New Orleans fell in early 1862 and afterwards no longer served as a recruiting locale of the Confederate Army. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $1,400 - $1,800
93 PRIVATE HENRY R. ROWLAND, LOUISIANA 5TH INFANTRY, SALT PRINT BY GUAY, NEW ORLEANS Hand-tinted salt print, 5.875 x 7.875 in., on 8.25 x 11 in. mount with penciled inscription on verso identifying the subject as Henry R. Rowland, Company A, 5th Louisiana Infantry. The private is dressed in the distinctive, French-inspired full blue uniform worn by Company A. He holds a Model 1842 rifled-musket with bayonet and carries a knapsack on his back. Guay & Co.: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Photographer’s blindstamp in lower margin of mount. Henry R. Rowland (1848-1901) enlisted as a private with Company A, the “Crescent City Guards” militia company of New Orleans, on June 4, 1861 at Camp Moore, New Orleans. The 5th Louisiana was destined for the eastern theater and served in the Army of Northern Virginia for the duration, having first arrived on the Peninsula in April 1862. In the fall of 1862, Rowland is recorded as having been wounded twice, once at Chantilly on September 1, and again on October 17, but more seriously “wounded in the hand.” He was confined to Wayside Hospital and Richmond Hospital No. 9 for several months while recuperating. He rejoined the regiment in early March 1863, but was reported as “absent on leave” between May and June indicating that he probably did not accompany the 5th Louisiana in Lee’s Invasion of the North and the Gettysburg campaign. Although Rowland was designated “absent with leave” from July 26, 1863 and listed as a deserter on the same day, he found his way back to Company A by early 1864, but was captured May 7, 1864 during the Shenandoah Valley fighting. Rowland subsequently served as a POW and reports indicate that he was paroled in exchange for the oath of allegiance on May 8, 1865. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $1,500 - $2,500
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94 WASHINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY ARCHIVE, INCL. CABINET CARD ALBUM FEATURING IDENTIFIED OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN The Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, S.C.: An Account of the Revival of the Company, with the proceedings in commemoration of its sixty-sixth Anniversary, Including the Oration of the Hon. William D. Porter, Senior Ex-Captain and an Honorary Member of the Corps. 22nd February 1873. Charleston (SC): Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Printers, n.d. (ca. 1873). Approx. 8 x 11 in., maroon leather with beveled boards; front with “Washington Light Infantry / 1807-1873” in gilt in circle on front; each page with red borders outlining text block; 99pp. On free front endpaper, “Presented to John Klinck, Esqr. / Ashley St. / With the compliments of / William A. Courtenay / Charleston, S.C. / June 18, 1875.” Frontis is tipped in 3.5 x 5.25 in. albumen photo of three men in uniform. With some history of the company, lists of commanders, chaplains, orators, members. Black silk ribbon with gilt “Washington Light Infantry / Organized / September 12, 1836 / July 10, 1881.” 2.75 x 7.5 in.
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Cabinet card Album, approx. 7 x 8.75 in., embossed leather with brass clasp, page edges gilt. Twenty pages with slots for 40 cards. Most with G.N. Barnard, Charleston photographer’s ID.The individual’s name and office (if there is one) is written on the album page. Some men also signed their cards. For a complete list please go to cowans.com. Ledger with marbled paper boards and leather spine 8.5 x 14.5 in. With over 120 pages with items affixed plus 21 blank leaves at rear. Rear pastedown and free endpaper do have items on them. Dates from 22 Feb. 1869 (Washington’s birthday anniversary, 3rd Annual Banquet) to April 1879. Front with some Washington Light symbols, at top “Small.” On front pastedown is the calling card of Lieutenant John J. Small. The scrapbook contains many different items, such as fliers for the annual banquets, as well as their menus; hundreds of newspaper clippings; monument dedications; several letters and much more. Some of these are affixed to flaps of paper two, three or more items deep. $2,000 - $3,000
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95 QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE OF CAVALRYMEN AT CAMP Quarter plate outdoor tintype showing fourteen cavalrymen at their camp in the woods, posed in front of a group of Sibley tents with their national colors behind them. Most, if not all, stand with their swords in hand. Housed in full, pressed paper case. $3,000 - $4,000
96 QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE OF UNION OFFICER TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS LIEUTENANT COLONEL ELLIOT RICE Quarter plate tintype showing a Union officer standing in front of his horse, which is being held by a young African American servant or soldier wearing a forage cap. The two stand in front of an open tent containing camp gear. Housed in full leather case. The officer has been tentatively identified as Lieutenant Colonel Elliot Rice, formerly 7th Iowa Infantry, promoted to brigadier general 6/20/1864 and brevet major general 3/13/1865. Early in the war, Rice was WIA at Belmont, MO 11/7/1861 while serving as major of the 7th Iowa. A fantastic outdoor view. $2,500 - $3,500
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97 QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE OF PRIVATE C.H. PRECEMEDER, 1ST US CAVALRY, CO. C, AT FORT BIDWELL, CALIFORNIA, 1878 Quarter plate tintype of a trooper mounted on horseback, with identification etched on reverse side of plate, “C.H. Precemeder / ‘C’ 1st US Cav. / Fort Bidwell / Cal. / April 26, 1878.” Housed in thermoplastic Union case with geometric/scroll design. Charles H. Precemeder enlisted as a private with Company C, 1st US Cavalry, in 1878, indicating that this image was taken at Fort Bidwell during his first year of military service. The 1st US Cavalry played a major roll in the Indian Wars, and during his time with the regiment, Precemeder participated in the Bannock War in Idaho and Southeastern Oregon and fought Apache Indians near Cedar Springs, Arizona, before being discharged in 1883. $1,000 - $1,500
99 QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE OF TRIPLE-ARMED INFANTRYMAN SPORTING CAVALRY BOOTS AND UNCOMMON SQUARE TRIGGER COLT REVOLVER Quarter plate tintype of triple-armed infantryman wearing cavalry boots. A strong image of an unidentified private armed with a Bowie knife and uncommon square trigger Colt revolver in addition to his Enfield rifle. A superior cased image. Housed in pressed paper case. $600 - $800 52
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98 OUTDOOR QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE FEATURING A MOUNTED CAVALRYMAN Quarter plate tintype featuring a mounted cavalryman, bereft of any saddle equipment or weapons. The horse’s lack of movement resulted in a rather clear image. Housed in full, pressed paper case. $600 - $800
100 SIXTH PLATE AMBROTYPE FEATURING TRIO OF SMOKING NEW YORK MILITIAMEN, TWO ARMED WITH COLT REVOLVERS Sixth plate ambrotype of three early war New York militiamen sitting casually, with arms resting on one another, and smoking cheroots. Two of the men are armed with Colt Model 1849 Pocket percussion revolvers. Housed in full, pressed paper Union case. $700 - $900 BID LIVE ONLINE WITH
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101 QUARTER PLATE AMBROTYPE OF PRIVATE JOHN FEHR, 77TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS Quarter plate ambrotype featuring Private John Fehr, wearing his uniform and reclining on his knapsack, with an 1861 Springfield rifle resting alongside him. Subject identified (with alternate spellings including “Feehr”) in pencil behind image. Paper included behind image bears pencil inscription, which reads, “Mrs W. Adam Myres / Strausstown Pa / 1 1/4 mi from Strausstown / near Boltz / [indecipherable] / 298.” Housed in sixth plate leatherette Union case. John A. Fehr enlisted as a private in January of 1865, mustering into Company K of the 77th Pennsylvania Infantry. He served in that capacity for less than a year, being discharged in August. $2,000 - $4,000
102 TINTYPE OF SERGEANT JACOB DARST, COLOR BEARER FOR THE 80TH OHIO VOLUNTEERS CDV-size tintype of Sergeant Jacob Darst in uniform, housed in a geometric Union case. Gold highlighting present at hat insignia, belt plate, buttons, sword belt, and the hilt of the sword Darst brandishes at his side. Pencil inscription to case interior behind image reading in part, “Mississipy [sic] Camp / August 11th 1862 / Taken of sergeant / Darst for Mrs. / Anne Darst.” Prior to his enlistment, Jacob Darst (1821-1906) worked as both a blacksmith and a canal boat operator in central Ohio. He learned the blacksmith trade from his uncle in New Philadelphia before opening his own ship in Lockport, where he lived with his first wife, Margaret, and their two children. He acquired his first canal boat in 1850 and grew increasingly involved in canal transport. After Margaret’s death, Darst remarried, and he and his second wife, Anna, had seven children. $600 - $800
103 NINTH PLATE AMBROTYPE OF PRIVATE CONRAD MILLER, 5TH WEST VIRGINIA CAVALRY, IMPRISONED AT ANDERSONVILLE Ninth plate ambrotype bust portrait of a uniformed Private Conrad Miller, 5th West Virginia Cavalry. Period note included behind image reading, “C.W. Miller / 2 Regiment Via co c / Died August 27th 1864 / Died with diaerhere [sic] / Buried at Andersonville / Georgia.” Housed under “The Union Now and Forever” mat and in patriotic union case, Shield, Flags and Cap [Berg 1-127]. Conrad Miller mustered into Company C of the 5th West Virginia Cavalry Regiment (originally organized as the 2nd Infantry Regiment) in January of 1864. He was imprisoned at Andersonville Prison Camp (date unknown) and died there in August of 1864. Disease was a leading cause of death of the nearly 13,000 men who perished at Andersonville, and diarrhea was a commonly experienced symptom among the sick. Miller is buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, Gravesite #6960. $800 - $1,000
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104 SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE AND AMBROTYPE FEATURING TRIPLE ARMED CAVALRYMAN AND FAMILY Lot of 2. Sixth plate tintype featuring a uniformed cavalryman holding a brace of Colt Army pistols while cradling his saber. Sixth plate ambrotype featuring a woman with her young daughter, likely the cavalryman’s wife and child. Both images housed in full figural Union case, Liberty 1, [Berg 1-66]. $800 - $1,000
106 SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE OF YOUNG INFANTRY CORPORAL, ARMED WITH BELTED REVOLVER Sixth plate tintype of an unidentified infantry corporal wearing a jacket with blue-tinted chevrons and gold buttons, armed with a belted 36 caliber Wesson & Leavitt percussion revolver. An extremely sharp portrait of a young soldier with a curious expression. Housed in full, pressed paper case. $300 - $500
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105 SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE OF A DOUBLE-ARMED INFANTRY PRIVATE WEARING A PLUMED HARDEE HAT Sixth plate tintype seated portrait of a newly minted recruit presenting an Austrian Lorenz rifle to the camera with one hand and holding a pistol in the other. He wears smooth leather equipment and a Hardee hat with a portion of a feather plume just visible. Housed in full, pressed paper case. $400 - $600
107 SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE OF INFANTRY MUSICIAN WITH VIOLIN AND BOW Sixth plate tintype featuring an unidentified infantry musician holding a violin and ghost bow. Housed in full, pressed paper case. $400 - $600
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108 CIVIL WAR CDV ALBUM CONTAINING PORTRAITS OF UNION GENERALS, POLITICIANS, AND OTHER PERSONALITIES PAIRED WITH THEIR WIVES Red leather album, 9 x 6 in., with paper label of Batsford & Moore Booksellers of Waterloo, New York to inside front cover, containing 41 CDVs, of which 20 are paired portraits of Union generals and their wives. The remaining subjects include Inspector General of the US Army Delos B. Sackett and his second wife, Frances; reformer Henry Ward Beecher and his wife, Eunice White; presidential candidate Stephen Douglas and his first wife, Adele; US Representative John J. Crittenden and his first wife, Elizabeth; former first lady Abigail Fillmore; author and diplomat Charles Francis Adams, Sr. and his wife, Abigail;George and Martha Washington; and Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte, printed after illustrations. Several cartes bear the imprint of E. & H.T. Anthony after negatives by Mathew Brady, with other credited photographers including S. Anderson, New Orleans, LA; R.W. Addis, Washington, DC; J.W. Black, Boston, MA; Black & Batchelder, Boston, MA; Fernando Dessaur, New York, NY; Charles D. Fredricks & Co., New York, NY; Alexander Gardner, J. Gurney & Son, New York, NY; Benjamin Lochman, Allentown, PA; R.A. Miller, Boston, MA; C.W. Thorne, New York, NY; Joseph Ward, Boston, MA; and the Whitehurst Gallery, Washington, DC. Union generals include Nathaniel P. Banks (2), John Charles Frémont (2), William Montrose Graham, Ulysses S. Grant (2), George B. McClellan, George Meade, and Henry Warner Slocum, all accompanied by portraits of their wives. Several with penciled identification, dates, or other inscriptions on verso, including the Graham portrait, dated 1865 with a partial three-cent revenue stamp and inscribed “For Mary,” his wife. Generals appear either standing or seated in uniform, may posed with swords. Also with a CDV of a young boy identified as “Sammy L. Slocum.” $1,000 - $1,500
109 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, CDVS OF UNION GENERALS Lot of 8 CDVs of Union Generals whose leadership in battle yielded a hard-fought victory at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. Includes Army of the Potomac Commander George Meade; Alpheus S. Williams, who convinced Mead of the strategic importance of Culp’s Hill in battle; logistics ace Rufus Ingalls, who served as Chief Quartermaster of the Army of Potomac; Winfield Scott Hancock, commander of the Union center that repulsed Pickett’s Charge; Joseph Bradford Carr, who continued to direct the movements of his brigade despite serious injuries in battle; Henry Baxter, leader of a surprise attack that crippled over half of a key Confederate brigade; Meade’s future chief of staff Andrew A. Humphreys, who was posted at Cemetery Ridge; and George Sykes, whose corps fought in support of the III Corps on the Union left flank. Most credited on verso to either Mathew Brady or E. & H.T. Anthony after Brady’s negatives. Williams carte uncredited and Hancock carte with backmark of F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, PA. $1,000 - $1,500
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110 CIVIL WAR CDV COLLECTION OF GETTYSBURG GENERALS Lot of 8 CDVs of Union Generals who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. Notably includes a seated portrait of General Alexander S. Webb in uniform holding his kepi hat. Mathew Brady: New York, NY, n.d., likely taken during the same sitting as a known portrait produced by Brady on August 1, 1864. This pose, with no other copies found, shows Webb seated and holding his hat in the same manner but looking directly at the camera, rather than in profile. Webb was given command of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps three days before the Battle of Gettysburg. During the Battle, Webb played a pivotal role and repulsed the Confederate forces at Cemetery Hill, defended against Pickett›s Charge, and would receive the Medal of Honor for his «personal gallantry» during the Battle. CDVs of other generals are credited to Brady/Anthony unless otherwise noted. Subjects include a vignette portrait of Oliver Otis Howard in uniform with a revenue stamp on verso; a standing studio portrait of Alexander Hays (KIA Battle of the Wilderness) in uniform; a vignette portrait of John Newton in uniform. R.W. Addis/McClees Gallery: Washington, DC; a vignette profile portrait of Daniel Adams Butterfield in uniform. Addis/McClees Gallery; a seated studio portrait of Germanborn Carl Schurz in civilian clothing; a vignette portrait of Henry Warner Slocum (1827-1894) in civilian clothing. C.D. Fredricks & Co.; and a vignette profile portrait of Romeyn B. Ayers in uniform. Brady. $1,000 - $1,500
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111 MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT BRIGADIER GENERAL ALEXANDER WEBB, PAIR OF FINE CDV PORTRAITS BY BRADY AND GARDNER Lot of 2 CDVs of Brigadier General Alexander Webb. Seated portrait holding a kepi in his lap. Brady: Washington, DC; and bust portrait. Gardner: Washington, DC. Two-cent revenue stamp on verso. Alexander Webb (1835-1911) received six wartime brevets including two for heroism at Gettysburg where he commanded a brigade in the 2nd Corps. Webb was positioned in the “copse of trees” during Pickett’s Charge and gained immortality amidst the ferocious carnage of the “high tide,” being wounded and winning a Medal of Honor for his conduct. Wounded again at Spotsylvania, he became Meade’s Chief of Staff near the end of the war. $400 - $600
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112 TWO CDVS OF UNION GENERAL JOHN F. REYNOLDS Two CDVs featuring Union General John Reynolds, including one vignetted bust portrait. EW Addis: Washington, DC; and one oval portrait of the general holding a hat and sword. Hoak & Helm, Strasburg, PA. Twocent revenue stamp on verso. A regular with Mexican War and lengthy frontier experience, Reynolds (1820-1863) held a variety of brigade and division-size commands during the first two years of the war before being promoted to major general in November 1862. At Gettysburg, Reynolds had overall command of the vanguard of the Army of the Potomac, consisting of his own 1st Corps (under Doubleday) with the 3rd (Sickles) and 11th (Howard) in echelon. While placing the 2nd Wisconsin on the field during the morning of July 1st, Reynolds was picked off by a rebel sharpshooter and killed. $400 - $600
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113 TWO CDVS OF GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY, DISTINGUISHED BY SERVICE AT FORT SUMTER AND GETTYSBURG Lot of 2 CDVs featuring Abner Doubleday, including vignetted profile bust portrait of the general in uniform. JW Everett & Co.: New York, NY; and full standing view of the general wearing a double-breasted frock coat and posed with one hand tucked inside his coat. Uncredited. Abner Doubleday (1819-1893) began the Civil War as captain and secondin-command to Maj. Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter, and credited himself with aiming the first Union artillery shot of the war. He led a division in the ill-fated 1st Corps at Gettysburg. After John Reynolds was killed, command of the shattered corps evolved upon Doubleday who was quickly displaced by his subordinate John Newton, Meade having little confidence in Doubleday. He was awarded numerous brevet promotions accruing to his regular service, including one to colonel for “gallantry” at Gettysburg, but saw no further field service during the war. $300 - $500 1 of 2
114 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, FOUR CDVS OF GENERAL DANIEL SICKLES Lot of 4 CDVs featuring Daniel Sickles, including a seated example in which he is in full uniform. Charles D. Fredricks & Co.: New York, NY; another seated example in which he wears civilian clothing. E & H.T. Anthony: New York, NY; vignetted bust portrait. Uncredited; and a full standing pose of Sickles in full uniform including gloves, belt plate, and sword. Brady: New York, NY. With paper label affixed to verso featuring ink identification. At the onset of the Civil War, Daniel Sickles (1825-1914) raised the Excelsior Brigade, and rose through the Union ranks to commander of the 3rd Corps, until he lost half his troops and his right leg at Gettysburg, and subsequently his command. $500 - $700
115 CDV OF POLISH-AMERICAN UNION GENERAL WŁODZIMIERZ KRZYŻANOWSKI CDV of Brigadier General Krzyżanowski, seated and wearing a doublebreasted frock coat and general officer’s sword belt. Uncredited. Ink inscription on verso reads, “Genl Krzyzonowski / Comdr of Post / Stevenson / Ala.” Born in Poland, Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski (1824-1887) participated in the unsuccessful 1846 uprising against Prussia and thereafter emigrated to the United States to avoid arrest. At the start of the Civil War, he was quick to enlist and recruit a regiment of German and Polish immigrants that became known as the “Polish Legion,” or the 58th New York Volunteer Infantry, which he commanded. Krzyżanowski fought resiliently for the Union cause. At Gettysburg, after suffering a horse-related injury and failure on the first day of the battle, he led his men in a counterattack on Cemetery Hill the following day to help shore up the Union line. He spent the latter years of the war defending the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and was brevetted brigadier general in March of 1865. $400 - $600
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116 CIVIL WAR GENERAL WESLEY MERRITT, PAIR OF CDVS Lot of 2 CDVs of Wesley Merritt (1834-1910), photographed at different stages in his distinguished military career. Vignetted, bust length portrait as captain, concurrent with his assignment in 1862 as an aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Cook, Commander of the Cavalry Department during the Peninsula Campaign. Uncredited; and seated view showing Merritt as general. John Golding & Co.: Washington, DC. Merritt is best known for leading the Reserve Brigade at Gettysburg under John Buford. $500 - $700
117 CDV OF NELSON MILES AS MAJOR GENERAL CDV vignetted bust portrait of Nelson Miles as major general. Allen: Boston, MA, n.d. Identified on mount, with two-cent revenue stamp on verso. Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925) was an American general recipient whose lengthy military career spanned the Civil War through the SpanishAmerican War and who served as the last Commanding General of the United States Army prior to the abolition of the office. He was forced to retire in 1903 due to the Army’s mandatory retirement age. Notably, Miles received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Chancellorsville. $300 - $500
118 SIGNED CDV OF BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES NAGLE CDV full-length, standing view of Brigadier General James Nagle in uniform, armed with a sword and holding his hat. A.M. Allen: Pottsville, PA. Verso with Nagle’s signature: “James Nagle / Brig Gen USA.” James Nagle (1822-1866) was a US Army officer, serving in both the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. He recruited and commanded four infantry regiments from Pennsylvania throughout the Civil War and led two different brigades in the Eastern Theater. Nagle’s leadership and gallantry at Crampton’s Gap, the Second Battle of Bull Run, and Antietam earned him the appointment of brigadier general of volunteers in 1862. $300 - $500
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119 TRIO OF PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL WAR CDVS, INCLUDING GENERAL FRANCIS PATTERSON Lot of 3 CDVs of Union officers from Pennsylvania. Vignetted portrait of the rakish General Francis Engle Patterson (1821-1862) as colonel. F. Gutekunst: Philadelphia, PA. Verso inscription, «Col. Patterson / 1st Penn. Military Arty. Regt. / (17th Penn Inft.).” At the outbreak of the Civil War, Patterson was commissioned colonel of the 17th PA Infantry then promoted to brigadier general and given command of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac. After relinquishing his command due to severe illness, he returned to the field in the fall of 1862 but soon miscalculated an enemy maneuver at the Battle of Catlett’s Station. His withdrawal of the brigade, allegedly without orders, prompted his court martial by a military board inquiry. Before the trial was held, however, Patterson was found dead in his tent from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Full length portrait of General Robert Courton Cox (1823-1901) as colonel armed with a sword. D.C. Burnite: Harrisburg, PA. Verso with two-cent revenue stamp and inscription reading, «Col. Robert C. Cox / 207th Penn. Vols. / & / 171st Penn.” Cox enlisted in November of 1862 as a major and was commissioned into the 171st PA Infantry. In 1864, he raised a regiment that resulted in the 207th PA Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel. With his men, Cox participated in Hatcher’s Run, Fort Steadman, and the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He was brevetted brigadier general in April of 1865.
120 CIVIL WAR CDVS OF MEDICAL STAFF, INCLUDING MARY WALKER, CMOH Lot of 3 CDVs, including a standing view of Civil War surgeon Mary E. Walker (1832-1919). Uncredited. Also with vignetted portrait of Nurse Cynthia R. Tuell Denham. Joshua Appleby Williams: Newport, RI. Seated view of Elizabeth Brewster Scribner, hospital superintendent. Williams: ca 1864. Both women served at Portsmouth Grove’s Lovell General Hospital, a sprawling summer estate repurposed to meet the demand for skilled medical care during the Civil War. A graduate of Syracuse Medical College (1885), Mary Walker was an
CDV of Assistant Surgeon Benjamin Horning Detwiler (1831-1910). E. Stuart: Williamsport, PA. Verso inscription, «Dr. Benj. Detweiler [sic] / Williamsport, Pa.” Dr. Detwiler graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1855 and developed a thriving medical practice in Lycoming County. He enlisted on July 1, 1863 as an assistant surgeon and was commissioned into the 37th PA Infantry. $300 - $500
author and early feminist who gained distinction during the Civil War as a humanitarian, surgeon, and spy. In recognition of her skills, Walker was appointed surgeon of the 52nd OVI in 1863 by General George H. Thomas. She was captured in 1864 and held at Castle Thunder before she was exchanged for a Confederate officer “man for man.” She was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in January 1866 on the personal recommendation of General William T. Sherman and refused to part with it when it was revoked for “unusual circumstances” in 1917. Dr. Walker died in 1919 and it was not until 1977 that President Jimmy Carter officially reinstated the award. $500 - $700
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121 J.A. SCHOLTEN CDV OF KANSAS JAYHAWKER, COLONEL CHARLES “DOC” JENNISON, 7TH KANSAS CAVALRY, PLUS CDV of Charles “Doc” Jennison, wearing a double-breasted field officer’s jacket and standing in front of a painted studio backdrop, with one arm resting on a pillar and the opposite hand propped up on his hip. J.A. Scholten: St. Louis, MO, n.d. STARR, Stephen. Jennison’s Jayhawkers: A Civil War Cavalry Regiment and Its Commander. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. Charles Rainsford Jennison (1834-1884) was a radical Unionist “jayhawker” who was closely identified with the Border Wars and led many raids against pro-slavery settlers along the Kansas-Missouri border. During the Civil War, he served as lieutenant colonel leading the 7th Kansas Cavalry, better known as “Jennison’s Jayhawkers.” The 7th was a marauding outfit of fiery anti-slavery principles that brought the merciless, no-holdsbarred offensive style learned during the Bleeding Kansas years to the Civil War. Jennison later led the 15th Regiment against Sterling Price’s raiding cavalry, but was ultimately dishonorably dismissed from service for plundering on his way back through Missouri. He went on to serve in both the Kansas Legislature and State Senate before his death in 1884. $400 - $600
122 LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FOUR CDVS OF CIVIL WAR OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS INCL. EDMUND G. ROSS Lot of four CDVs, highlighted by a seated portrait of Edmund G. Ross. Dalee: Lawrence, KS. Others include a seated portrait of an unidentified Union sergeant. Adams: Lawrence, KS; a seated portrait of an older bearded man wearing an interesting hat and fringed pants, identified as Francis E. Smith by pencil inscriptions on mount and verso. W.H. Lamon: Lawrence, KS; and a seated portrait of a young man wearing Union striped pants and holding a hat in his lap. Dalee: Lawrence, KS. Edmund G. Ross (1826-1907) began his career working for a number of newspapers, including the Milwaukee Free Democrat and the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel in 1852. Reportage on the border-fueled disturbances in Kansas led Ross to move his family there in 1856, join the Free State Army, and switch his political allegiance from the Democratic to Republican Party. He quickly became an important part of his new community, representing it as a delegate to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention and ensuring widespread communication as founder of the Kansas State Record in 1859. Ross served in Company E of the 11th Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War, and was called upon by Governor Crawford to fill General James Lane’s seat in the US Senate after the late congressman committed suicide in 1866. In that role, Ross sealed his fate when he cast the deciding vote not to convict Andrew Johnson of high crimes and misdemeanors in pursuit of impeachment, despite enormous pressure from his party and constituents. Subsequently, Ross moved to New Mexico, becoming governor of the territory in 1885, serving a four year term in that capacity, and practicing law thereafter. Public opinion in Kansas eventually changed and Ross was celebrated for his courage, including in contemporary testimonials delivered to Ross by General Hugh Cameron in 1907, and in posthumous tributes such as John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage. Ross died in May of 1907 and is buried in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lawrence, Kansas was the target of Quantrill’s Raid, one of the most horrific scenes of the Kansas border conflict between Free State
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supporters and Pro-Slavery forces. The incident took place on August 21, 1863 when over 400 Confederate guerrillas, led by Quantrill, rode into the Free-State town of Lawrence, burning structures and killing nearly 200 men and boys, including a reverend caught outside milking his cow. $300 - $500
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123 CDVS OF CIVIL WAR GENERALS AND POLITICIANS, INCLUDING IMPORTANT KANSAS LEADERS, LOT OF 11 Lot of 11 CDVs, including standing portrait of Major General Franz Sigel (1824-1902). Brady: New York, NY; (2) portraits of Senator and Brigadier General James H. Lane (1814-1866), one featuring a vignetted bust portrait signed on mount. A.C. Nichols: Leavenworth, KS. The other featuring a full standing portrait. E. Anthony: New York; vignetted bust portrait of Major General James G. Blunt (1826-1881) signed. Addis Bros: Leavenworth, KS; (2) portraits of Major General David Hunter (1802-1886), one unmarked, featuring a vignetted bust portrait, the other featuring a full standing portrait. Brady: New York, with “Lawrence & Houseworth / San Francisco” blindstamp; full standing portrait of Brigadier General Thomas J. McKean (1810-1870) holding hat and sword. Troxell & Bro.: St. Louis, MO; vignetted bust portrait of Senator Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891). Brown’s Photographic Gallery: Paola, KS; vignetted bust portrait of Brevet Major General Thomas Ewing Jr. (1829-1896). AC Nichols: Leavenworth, KS; vignetted bust portrait of Congressman and Major General Samuel R. Curtis (1805-1866). AC Nichols: Leavenworth, KS; and seated portrait of Major General Alfred Pleasanton (1824-1897). CD Fredericks & Co.: New York. Identified and dated in ink on verso, March 29, 1864. $1,000 - $1,500
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124 CDVS OF CIVIL WAR OFFICERS INCLUDING SEVERAL IDENTIFIED KANSAS CAVALRYMEN Lot of 14 CDVs, including six by Kansas photographers Geo. Burgoyne of Manhattan City; (2) Brown’s Photographic Gallery of Paola; and A.C. Nichols, H. Stevenson & Co., and Kimball & Co. of Leavenworth. Subjects include Captain George W. Bell, Company F, 12th Kansas Infantry Regiment; Second Lieutenant Samuel Long, Company G, 11th Kansas Cavalry Regiment; Sergeant Major Isaac H. Isbell, 11th Kansas Cavalry Regiment; Captain John G. Lindsay, Company F, 11th Kansas Cavalry Regiment; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Martin Anderson, Company B, 11th Kansas Cavalry Regiment; Captain James Brooks, Company M, 6th Kansas
Cavalry Regiment; and First Lieutenant Charles Drake, Company E, Kansas 11th Cavalry Regiment. The 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was organized in April of 1863 from the 11th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, originally raised under the call of July 2, 1862 and commanded by Colonel Thomas Ewing, Jr. The mounted regiment, attached for a majority of its active service period to the District of the Border and District of Kansas, Department of the Missouri, served on the eastern border of Kansas through October of 1864, including in an expedition from Salem to Mulberry Creek, and in operations against Quantrill and his raiding forces, against Indians in Nebraska, and against Sterling Price in Missouri and Kansas. $800 - $1,200
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125 MISCELLANEOUS OFFICERS, ENLISTED MEN, AND CIVILIANS, LOT OF 24 CDVS, INCL. ST. LOUIS IMAGE FEATURING TWO OFFICERS POSED TOGETHER Lot of 24 CDVs including 12 by Kansas photographers (A.C. Nichols, Addis & Noel’s, R.H. Kimball & Co. of Leavenworth, and Brown’s of Paola), and others by J.A. Scholten and R.F. Adams of St. Louis, MO; J.C. Macurdy of Boonville, MO; T.M. Schleier’s of Nashville, TN; Augustus Morand of Brooklyn, NY; and more. Subjects include famous singer, Madam Strackosh; Henry Ward Beecher; Missouri’s Boonville Seminary; Private Ferdinand J. Wendel, Company E, 8th Kansas Infantry Regiment (wounded at Chickamauga); Second Lieutenant Caleb S. Pratt, Company D, Kansas 1st Infantry Regiment (pencil identified, killed at Wilson’s Creek); wife of Lieutenant Colonel John B. Wheeler, 13th Kansas Infantry Regiment; a pair of unidentified soldiers including one Union officer and a possible dragoon; and several unidentified Civil War officers. $700 - $1,000
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126 R.H. HENDERSHOT, DRUMMER BOY OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK, 8TH MICHIGAN INFANTRY CDV CDV of R.H. Hendershot, “Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock,” made famous by his reported exploits during the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862. Uncredited. In this portrait, the young drummer is uniformed in full regalia, with “Drummer Boy of the Rappahanock, / at Fredericksburg” printed on verso. Hendershot (ca 1849-1925) has been described as a rather self-serving character, who, with the patronage of George Eastman of New York, parlayed his “patriotism” into a mini commercial empire of wartime road shows, drumming exhibitions, and promotional merchandise, including cartes de visite. $400 - $600
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127 “CALIFORNIA BATTALION” BUGLER EVERARD IRVING DRISKO, 2ND MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY, CDV CDV standing portrait of Private Everard I. Drisko wearing a mounted services jacket and kepi bearing regimental insignia, with ink inscription on verso reading, “Everad [sic] Irving / Bugler. Co. F. 2nd / Mass. Cav. / Vienna / Va / May. 2nd.” Uncredited, ca 1863-1865. Everad Irving Drisko enlisted on April 23, 1863 at the age of 16. He was mustered into Company F of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, also known as the “California Battalion.” He was promoted to bugler and served in that capacity until he mustered out at Fairfax Court House in July of 1865. Initially, Company A of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, known as the “California Hundred,” was organized in San Francisco in December 1862 and shipped east to join the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry in the Army of the Potomac. Later in April 1863 four additional companies were raised in California (E, F, L, K) forming the “California Battalion” of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. $300 - $500 BID LIVE ONLINE WITH
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128 AMES SWORD MANUFACTURING CDVS AND ADVERTISING CARD Lot of 3. Includes two CDVs credited to JW Black: Boston, MA. The first features a seated man wearing a suit, identified as “N.P. Ames,” in pencil inscription on verso; the second featuring a vignetted bust portrait of a bearded man, identified as “James T. Ames / Chicopee” in pencil inscription on verso along with birth and death dates; and one advertising card for Ames Manufacturing Company, featuring patriotic illustrations and mechanical illustrations around text outlining the company’s products. Verso lists specific machines and tools manufactured by Ames. The Ames Manufacturing Company had its origins in Chelmsford, MA. During the Civil War, Ames became a major manufacturer of side arms, swords, light artillery, and heavy ordnance for the Union Army. Besides the Federal government, they also contracted to state militias, including many southern ones, and foreign countries. Although they produced cannons and smaller arms, Ames remained best known for their swords. $500 - $700
129 FIRE AT COLT’S ARMORY, PAIR OF CDVS CAPTURING THE INFERNO OF 1864 Lot of 2 CDVs featuring the aftermath of the 1864 fire at Colt’s Armory, one showing several men standing amidst the destroyed structure in the background. NA & RA Moor: Hartford, CT, ca 1864; the other, a lithograph, depicting the smoking ruins atop a hill, with several onlookers watching from below. RS De Lamater: Hartford, CT, ca 1864. Penciled inscriptions on verso. Completed in 1855, the massive three story brownstone structures of Samuel Colt’s factory in Hartford, CT dominated a vast expanse of the CT river floodplain. On February 5, 1864, during the height of the Civil War, the armory mysteriously burst into flames and burned to the ground. While rumors laid the blame at the feet of Confederate sympathizers, no exact cause was ever discovered. By this point, Colt’s widow Elizabeth (he had died in 1862) was faced with the choice of closing the factory and collecting some $200 million insurance claims, or rebuilding. The choice was made to rebuild, with the result being made of brick, and larger by far than the original. $300 - $500
130 RODMAN GUN IN TRANSIT TO FORT HAMILTON, NEW YORK, 1864 CDV featuring the Rodman gun cannon tube elevated on a Pennsylvania Railroad train car, with several men standing around the gun and one man lying inside of the barrel, with his head and chest just visible through its enormous twenty-inch opening. Burnite & Weldon: Harrisburg, PA. Designed by Thomas Jackson Rodman, this twenty-inch behemoth was the largest in his series of nearly identical columbiads created for use during the Civil War. It was cast at Fort Pitt Foundry in Pittsburgh in February of 1864 and transported to its intended home at Fort Hamilton in New York where it was assembled and tested for the first time on October 25th in front of a large crowd including Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. $300 - $500
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131 CIVIL WAR LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHS OF FORTS HENRY AND PICKERING, TENNESSEE, AND REDOUBT DUTTON AND FORT BRADY, VIRGINIA Lot of 5 unmounted albumen photographs, approx. 10 x 12.5 in., each with period inked caption in lower margin or on accompanying paper. Uncredited: n.d., ca 1865. The subject matter appears to involve a Federal engineering study. Two of the photos include the following inked captions: “Fort Brady” and “Redoubt Dutton.” The remaining three images are accompanied by detailed period ink manuscript captions. Subject matter includes Fort Henry, Tennessee, Fort Pickering, Tennessee (Memphis), and “Sherman’s Lookout” at Fort Pickering. $800 - $1,200
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132 HALF PLATE AND QUARTER PLATE DAGUERREOTYPES OF NAVAL LIEUTENANT Lot of 2 daguerreotypes showing the same Naval Officer, including half plate portrait in which the officer poses with a distinguished gentleman in civilian dress; and quarter plate seated portrait of the officer. C.H. Williamson: Utica, NY, n.d., ca 1848 or after. Each image with photographer’s stamp on mat and housed in full, pressed paper case. Though his identity has not been confirmed, the subject is nevertheless well-dressed in a finely trimmed officer’s ensemble including fringed epaulets, chapeau, belt with two-piece buckle, and US Model 1852 Naval Officer’s Sword; the details in each image being hand-tinted in gold. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $800 - $1,200
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THE RICHARD B. COHEN CIVIL WAR COLLECTION LOTS 133-162 Cowan’s is pleased to offer the first contingent of an unparalleled assembly of Brown Water Navy images archived over a lifetime of study by consummate collector Richard B. Cohen, a familiar name to many in the field of Civil War photography. To those who knew him best, Richard B. Cohen will be remembered as a “disciplined collector who maintained a relatively narrow focus having built an important, perhaps unsurpassed collection in his area of specialization.” Richard was particularly well read and his historical knowledge informed his collecting as reflected by the photography that follows. The array of carte-de-visites and albumen photographs gathered here include a number of identified naval officers - both famous and obscure - along with a handful of enlisted sailors and Mississippi Marine Brigade images, and, significantly, many views of unique Brown Water Navy sidewheel and sternwheel warships - no two vessels looking exactly the same. Subjectively, the most appealing aspect of the Cohen Collection are the photographs of these gunboats, transports, and impressed vessels quickly converted at St. Louis, Cairo, and Cincinnati for duty on the waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The gamut of improvised warships range from the earliest types of steam powered vessels first taken up by the Army to create a small timberclad flotilla, to the several purpose-built War Department Ellet rams, and later, the more numerous classes of tinclads, some converted but all built for and crewed by the Navy. A few captured Confederate vessels impressed into Union service are also present. It is supremely evident that Richard B. Cohen’s collecting instincts were always evolving, but uniformly refined. We trust that both advanced and neophyte collectors will find something to pique interest now that the time has come to inevitably recycle these exceptional images to a new cadre of aficionados.
133 SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE AND AMBROTYPE OF UNIDENTIFIED NAVAL OFFICERS Lot of 2. Sixth plate tintype showing a young officer with stylish mustache, his full array of frock coat insignia indicating the rank of a (rated) master’s mate consistent with the 1862-1864 regulations. Housed in case. Early sixth plate ambrotype of a warrant officer bereft of insignia other than three large horizontal buttons on the cuff, suggesting either a
boatswain, gunner, carpenter, or sailmaker in US Navy service. A short horizontal line visible on the left breast suggests a ribbon bar comprising a pair of awards. If so, then the warrant officer is Royal Navy with some combination of Crimean War/Indian Mutiny/China (Opium) War campaign medals. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $400 - $600
134 TINTYPE AND AMBROTYPE OF UNIDENTIFIED ENLISTED SAILORS Lot of 2. Sixth plate tintype portrait of a teenage navy tar together with a ninth plate ambrotype of a young sailor with fledgling mustache. Both boys appear to wear jumpers having flaps without specialty patches or identifying insignia. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $300 - $500
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135 UNTOUCHED CIVIL WAR NAVY CDV ALBUM CONTAINING IDENTIFIED NAVAL SUBJECTS THAT LIKELY SERVED WITH THE ATLANTIC BLOCKADE Leather bound album, 3.5 x 5 in., containing a view of an unidentified warship followed by twenty uniformed naval subjects (plus two more in civilian dress), all identified in period pencil by last name only but in the same hand throughout. Of the twenty-two images, ten are positively identified by rank, five more are named but not positively identified, three are presumably officers in civilian attire, two other penciled last names are illegible, and the last two are named enlisted sailors. Album likely assembled ca 1864, as nearly all of the uniformed officers exhibit aspects of rank insignia consistent with the 1864 Regulations. The array of eastern seaboard back marks are indicative of service afloat with the Atlantic blockade. The first carte is a detailed copy illustration of an unidentified American steam-sailing warship underway in heavy seas flying the Stars and Stripes. J. Hansen, Marine Painter: NY. Three guns are visible, fore, aft and amidships. Sailors pictured in the album include enlisted sailor named “White” on album page; however on verso the name “Duncan E. Reid” is inked. Uncredited; “Rogers.” Bogardus: NY. This officer appears to be a third assistant engineer, as the Navy List had four officers so-named, all with same rank - unknown; “Chamberlain.” Barcalow: NY. Charles C. Chamberlain: mate 8/7/63, discharged 7/29/65; “Bennett” in civilian attire - unknown; “Harris.” William Richardson: Williamsburg, VA. In fatigue jacket without insignia - unknown; “Osborn.” Kellogg & Touchy: NY. Francis G. Osborn: acting ensign 8/20/63, acting master 12/6/64, discharged 7/16/66; “Bryant.” J. Ramsdell: NY. Probably William H. Bryant: mate
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10/11/61, acting ensign 9/4/63, discharged 10/8/68; “Sle”? (illegible). Critcherson & Leland: Worchester, MA - unknown master; “Barton.” A.M. Jacobs: Brooklyn, NY. Probably James A. Barton: third assistant engineer 1/16/63, resigned 3/5/68; enlisted sailor named “Blakeman” with Hong Kong imprint; “Nagle.” Augustus Morand: Brooklyn, NY. Two possibilities in Navy List, either Augustus F. Nagle or Charles F. Nagle, both third assistant engineers; “Slosson.” Bendann Bros.: Philadelphia, PA. Henry L. Slosson: acting third assistant engineer 9/29/63, third assistant engineer 10/13/63, second assistant engineer 8/1/66, passed assistant engineer 10/27/74, resigned 9/15/83; “Vanderbilt.” William Richardson: Williamsburg, VA. Showing only a canted anchor on cap with star on sleeve. Probably Aaron Vanderbilt: mate 7/20/63, acting ensign 2/1/65, discharged 10/12/65, or alternatively Wm. W. Vanderbilt, a third assistant engineer; “K. (A)burn” (?). C.D. Fredericks: NY. Possibly a midshipman with single star on sleeve, carrying sword. Partially illegible but no one named “Auburn” in Navy List; “Sim(ms).” Winslow: NY. No insignia showing, possibly a sail maker or carpenter under 1864 Regulations - unknown; “Jones.” Sherman & Co.: Brooklyn, NY. In civilian dress - unknown; Name illegible, in same hand as others. Likely an officer but this young man in civilian dress unknown; “DeWolf” without imprint. William H. DeWolf: acting master 11/16/61, discharged 11/4/65; “Kenyon” without imprint. Two possibilities in Navy List, either Albert J. Kenyon or Charles W. Kenyon, both third assistant engineers - unknown; “Sackett.” Broadbent & Co.: Philadelphia, PA. Augustine Sackett: third assistant engineer 10/3/61, second assistant engineer 8/3/63, resigned 8/24/65; “Morgan.” Whitney: NY. Joseph Morgan: third assistant engineer 11/16/61, second assistant engineer 8/25/63, resigned 1/5/66; “Haney” with foreign imprint. Hugh Haney: acting third assistant engineer 9/28/63, discharged 9/1/65. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $2,000 - $3,000
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136 AUTOGRAPHED CDV OF REAR ADMIRAL FREDERICK V. MCNAIR A vignetted view of Rear Admiral Frederick McNair. E. Jacobs: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Signed in ink beneath portrait, “Yours Truly / F V McNair.” A Pennsylvania native, Frederick Vallette McNair Sr. (1839-1900) achieved the rank of rear admiral in July 1898, junior only to the illustrious George Dewey. Key dates for McNair’s forty-seven year naval career include: entered as acting midshipman 9/21/53, midshipman 6/10/57, passed midshipman 6/25/60, master 10/24/60, lieutenant 4/18/61, lieutenant commander 4/20/64, commander 1/29/72, captain 10/30/83, commodore 5/10/95, and rear admiral 7/3/98. During the Civil War, McNair served as lieutenant, and later lieutenant commander. He was first assigned to the Atlantic Blockade station and later with the Mississippi Squadron aboard USS Iroquois under Farragut and as Executive Officer of the USS Juanita. He participated in both naval attacks on Fort Fisher during 1864-1865. Additional information available at cowans.com. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $300 - $500
137 FINE AUTOGRAPHED CDV OF COMMODORE W.D. PORTER CDV of Commodore William D. Porter. Fredericks: New York, n.d. This common view of the burly commodore striking a jaunty pose is ink signed on verso complete with list of personal battle honors: “Compliments of W.D. Porter / Commodore U.S.N. / Battles of the ‘Essex’ / Lucas Bend, Fort Henry / Vicksburg, Baton Rouge / Ram Arkansas / Bayou Sara / Natchez / Port Hudson.” William D. Porter (1808-1864) was a prominent Brown Water Navy officer during the two years of campaigning it took the Union to gain control of the Mississippi and split the Confederacy in two. Born into an established naval family, Porter first went to sea at age twelve aboard the USS Franklin, was appointed a midshipmen in 1823, and made lieutenant in 1834. With the outbreak of Civil War, Porter was recalled to Washington and tasked with establishing the Western Flotilla for operations on the Mississippi. Porter took command of the gunboat New Era serving under Flag Officer Andrew Foote on the Cumberland River. After repairs in St. Louis, New Era was renamed Essex in honor of the War of 1812 frigate that had been commanded by Porter’s father. For the next six months, Porter patrolled the upper Mississippi on Essex. On January 10, 1862 Essex and St. Louis engaged three Confederate gunboats forcing them to withdraw to the protection of nearby shore batteries. A few days later, Porter’s vessels confronted the same trio of Rebel steamers, this time inflicting damage before they retreated once more to the protection of the shore batteries to avoid capture. The full weight of Captain Foote’s gunboat squadron was brought to bear in the attack on Fort Henry on February 6. Essex took heavy fire from Confederate batteries, and Porter was likewise badly wounded but retained command of his damaged ship and led her out of harm’s way. That summer, following Porter’s promotion to commodore, Essex engaged the Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas, then under the protective guns of Vicksburg’s batteries. Withering Confederate fire concentrated on Essex as she maneuvered to ram the Rebel ironclad. After several tense moments, Porter managed to extract his ship and pull away. Afterwards, Porter remained on patrol on the lower Mississippi between Vicksburg and Baton Rouge, assisting the Army in successfully repelling a Confederate infantry assault.
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In August, Essex put on steam for Vicksburg, where she commenced another attack against the Arkansas. After heavy shelling, Arkansas burst into flames and blew up, although it likely that the Rebels had hastened the end by torching their own ship to prevent capture. Later, with Porter in command, Essex engaged in the bombardment of Natchez, Mississippi and traded gunfire with Confederate shore batteries at Port Hudson during the month of September 1862. Those engagements proved to be Porter’s last on the Mississippi: Porter’s health was declining, and he reported to New York for various duties at the Navy Yard until he was hospitalized in April 1864 and died on May 1, 1864. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $400 - $600
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138 CDV OF LIEUTENANT WILLIAM B. CUSHING, USN CDV portrait of “Lieut. Cushing” identified in pencil on verso. E. & H.T. Anthony, after Brady: New York, NY, n.d. William Barker Cushing (1842-1874) was accepted to the Naval Academy in 1856, but his lack of study and aversion to discipline resulted in his dismissal from the Academy in March 1861. He remained in naval operations as acting master’s mate and was restored to the Navy in October as midshipman. By the following July, serving in the North Atlantic Squadron, Cushing became a lieutenant. Throughout the war, Cushing performed risky, dangerous actions, usually consisting of sneaking up on enemy installations with a handful of “volunteers,” often under heavy fire. He is best known for sinking the CSS Albemarle during a daring nighttime raid on October 27, 1864, for which he received the Thanks of Congress. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $200 - $300
139 SIGNED CDV OF LIEUTENANT WILLIAM S. MUSE, USMC, FUTURE BRIGADIER GENERAL CDV of Lieutenant Muse in double-breasted frock coat with Russian knots. Richardson: Lima [Peru], n.d. Taken while on the Pacific Station, the carte is ink signed on verso, “Your affectionate brother / Wm. S. Muse / Lt. US Marines.” William S. Muse (1842-1911) served briefly in the Maryland Militia (Dorchester Guard) during 1861 before entering the Navy in July 1862 as paymaster steward aboard the the USS Zouave. Ultimately a career officer, Muse was commissioned in the US Marine Corps, March 18, 1864. He was promoted to first lieutenant April 27, 1867 and took command of the Marine contingent on USS Brooklyn. Muse became captain on December 21, 1880 and was assigned as fleet marine officer of the North Atlantic Station aboard the USS Tennessee. During the Spanish-American War, following the naval battle of Santiago, Cuba on July 3, 1898, Muse received the surrender of Admiral Cervera and his officers and afterwards escorted them as prisoners to Annapolis. Muse was promoted to major on July 11, 1898 and would later go to China after the start of the Boxer Rebellion as lieutenant colonel commanding US Marines forces. He was promoted to colonel on January 31, 1900 and shortly afterwards retired due to ill health, achieving the statutory rank of brigadier general on August 14, 1900. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $250 - $350
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140 FINE AUTOGRAPHED CDV OF BRIGADIER GENERAL ALFRED W. ELLET, MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE CDV of Brigadier General Alfred W. Ellet. H.C. Phillips: Philadelphia, PA, n.d. Ink signed beneath portrait, “Very Respectfully / Alfred W. Ellet / Brig Genl USV.” Penciled dedication at bottom of back reads, “L.J.C. from / Genl Ellet / June 20, 1865.” By 1861, Captain Alfred Washington Ellet (1820-1895), a Pennsylvania native, was in command of Co. I, 59th Illinois Infantry. After participating at the Battle of Pea Ridge, he joined his brother Charles in Cincinnati, where he enterprisingly purchased and converted civilian vessels into warships for service on the Mississippi during the spring of 1862. On June 6, 1862 the Union Squadron, comprised of five Navy ironclads and four of Charles Ellet’s rams, engaged eight makeshift Confederate cottonclads at the Battle of Memphis. The entire Confederate force, called the River Defense Fleet, was either sunk or disabled (and captured) within view of the city, while Colonel Charles Ellet became the only Union casualty of the battle, mortally wounded by a pistol shot in the knee. Alfred Ellet had assumed command after his brother was wounded and later received formal endorsement from the Secretary of War, together with a promotion to brigadier general on November 1, 1862. In the intervening time, Lieutenant Colonel Ellet steamed up the Yazoo with a small flotilla of three rams and discovered the the presence of the the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Arkansas. Upon promotion to brigadier, Ellet took it upon himself to raise a body of ship borne infantry to supplement the largely naval crews of his ram vessels and for further work as a quick reaction force for raiding and reconnaissance along the reaches of the Mississippi and its tributaries. This force - evolutionary along with its tactics - later became known as the Mississippi Marine Brigade (MMB). During June the MMB constructed a casemate battery opposite Vicksburg and commenced shelling the city on the 23rd. Another contingent of Marines accompanied a river borne expedition to Greenville, Mississippi on June 25 and Goodrich’s Landing on June 30, losing one officer. Jurisdiction over the MMB had always been a source of army-navy contention. In the face of ongoing, unresolved administrative problems, complaints and protests by the men primarily having to do with their
undefined terms of service as “US Volunteers”, as well as shipboard living conditions and water quality, the Secretary of War ultimately scuttled the MMB completely, ordering its dissolution in August 1864. At this point a number of long serving officers were relieved or discharged, while the Marines were removed from their vessels and assigned to shore duty at Vicksburg. Here, General Ellet had attempted to recast them as something akin to a hybrid infantry regiment with the title of 1st Regiment Mississippi Marine Brigade. The effort was for naught and General Ellet resigned in frustration on December 31, 1864. Before the end of January 1865, the last of the erstwhile Marines had been discharged. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $600 - $800
141 TRIO OF CDVS OF PRIVATE HIRAM G. PARKER, MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE Lot of 3 CDVs of the boyish looking Private Hiram G. Parker, all ink signed on verso, credited to G.A.M. Campbell: Jacksonville, IL; G. Hoffman: St. Louis, MO; and the last without a backmark. Inked on the Jacksonville view is, “Hiram G. Parker / US Steamer Baltic / Comp. B. 1st Reg’t Infty / Mississippi Marine Brigade,” showing him wearing a plain fatigue jacket with eagle buttons and striped civilian cravat. The placket of the unusual collarless jacket appears to be trimmed with lighter colored infantry branch of service braid. The St. Louis image is signed, “Hiram G. Parker / Co. B. 1st Regt Inft / Miss Marine Brigade” and depicts Parker in the same collarless jacket, this time having a unidentified metal badge pinned to the breast. The third carte shows Parker with longer hair wearing a fatigue jacket having cloth epaulets, eagle buttons, and placket trim. Verso signed, “Hiram G. Parker / Flag Ship Autocrat / Comp. B. !st Reg’t. Infty. / Miss Marine Brigade. / Gen. Ellett Commanding” with “Enlisted Jan. 1863” along the opposite border. Hiram G. Parker (1845-1918) worked as a farmer in Jacksonville, IL when he enlisted as a Private in Company B, 10th Illinois Infantry on August 13, 1861. He was discharged on January 3, 1863 in order to enlist in the Mississippi Marine Brigade (MMB) serving with that ad hoc unit until it was formally disbanded in December 1864. Identified Mississippi Marine Brigade images, particularly as nicely inked as these, are rare. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $700 - $1,000
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142 THREE CDVS OF IDENTIFIED BROWN WATER NAVY OFFICERS, INCL. ANDREW BOYD CUMMINGS, DOWRIA VICKSBURG Lot of 3 uncredited CDVs. The casualty carte is identified in pencil, “Lieut. Commdr/Cummings Killed on board the Richmond at Port Hudson.” This officer is Andrew Boyd Cummings: midshipman 4/7/47, passed midshipman 6/10/53, master 9/15/55, lieutenant 9/16/55, lieutenant commander 7/16/62, died 3/18/63. Wearing the uniform of a lieutenant commander, including the obsolete dress fore and aft cap, Cummings had a decade of sea service by the time the war commenced. In mid-1861 he returned from the Mediterranean Station aboard the steam sloop Richmond and assumed the position of executive as the ship refitted and steamed for the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Blockade duty. Cummings was present during the capture of New Orleans and subsequent operations on the lower Mississippi having been commended by his superiors and promoted to lieutenant commander in July 1862. On March 14, 1863 Cummings was mortally wounded during Richmond’s attempt to pass the water batteries at Vicksburg and died of wounds four days later. The location of this officer’s demise is incorrectly identified on the carte. CDV identified in modern pencil on verso as, “William Byrn,” who was a wartime commission as acting assistant paymaster 3/31/63, discharged 12/4/65. During Flag Officer Farragut’s campaign to capture New Orleans
143 THREE CDVS OF IDENTIFIED BROWN WATER NAVY OFFICERS, INCL. MOSES KIRKPATRICK, USS ST. CLAIR PILOT, AND WALTER FENTRESS, POW LIBBY PRISON Lot of 3 CDVs of naval officers. CDV pencil identified on verso as, “Moses Kirkpatrick / Pilot US Gun Boat / St. Clair.” Uncredited: n.d. Pilot is not a commissioned rank so Kirkpatrick is not found in the Navy List. USS St. Clair was a stern-wheel streamer taken up from the civilian trade and commissioned at St. Louis on September 24, 1862. On February 3, 1862, St. Clair engaged in a three hour bombardment of Confederate infantry near Dover, Tennessee. She continued convey duty through the spring and while passing near Palmyra, Tennessee on April 3 was brutally hit by Rebel shore-based artillery. St. Clair underwent repairs at Cairo and rejoined the Mississippi Squadron in June as Gunboat No. 19 for Vicksburg operations. Later in the summer she patrolled the lower Mississippi in support of the Army and was involved in a freak collision with the gunboat USS Hope that consequently sank. During Red River operations St. Clair was ordered to Baton Rouge and engaged Confederate shore batteries below Alexandria. Later, she escorted Union troop convoys on the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers, ending the war at New Orleans with the Mississippi Squadron. She was decommissioned on July 12, 1865. CDV of a sanguine looking young officer standing proudly with his sword, double signed in pencil beneath portrait as, “George Armentrout” and again in ink on verso, “George Armentrout / US Navy.” Uncredited: n.d. George Armentrout spent most of the war at the Naval Academy as acting midshipmen from 11/21/61, graduated 11/22/64, ensign 11/1/66, master 12/1/66, lieutenant 3/12/68, lieutenant commander 3/26/69, died in service 8/13/75.
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and the Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Paymaster Byrn served aboard the USS Pinola as “captain’s clerk, attending to passing my orders.” CDV of young officer identified on verso in period ink, “Yours/Truly/Fredr G. Sampson/Masters Mate/US Gunboat Essex.” Frederick G. Sampson was also a wartime commission: acting ensign 10/1/62, acting master 7/18/64, discharged 11/22/65. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $600 - $800
CDV signed in ink beneath portrait, “Yrs truly / Fentress.” J.W. Taft: Memphis, TN, n.d. Green three-cent revenue stamp on verso. This officer is wartime commission Walter E.H. Fentress: mate 12/11/61, acting ensign 8/27/62, acting master, discharged 9/13/67. During the war Acting Master Fentress was captured on September 13, 1863 by marauding Southern cavalry at Rodney, Mississippi while attending church. Fentress was held at the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond until exchanged in October 1864. Fentress later took command of the stern-wheel gunboat USS Mist in March 1865 until she was decommissioned in August. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $500 - $700
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144 THREE CDVS OF BROWN WATER NAVY OFFICERS, INCL. DAVID M. STAUFFER, USS ALEXANDRIA, AND BENJAMIN LABREE AND THEODORE S. RANSOM, USS ARKANSAS Lot of 3 CDVs, including a portrait of young officer armed with sword, having complete inscription in pencil on verso, “D.M. Stauffer USN / USS Alexandria / New Orleans / July 4, 1864,” with orange two-cent revenue stamp. Uncredited: n.d. David M. Stauffer (1845-1913): mate 1/5/64, acting ensign 5/25/65, discharged 11/1/65. Stauffer had prior army service in both the 30 day 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment (Militia) during the Antietam, and Battery I, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, of the 1863 emergency troops called into service for Gettysburg. Stauffer was discharged as a corporal in January 1864 and immediately joined the Navy as mate. He was assigned to the small sidewheel steamer USS Alexandria (Gunboat No. 40), a tinclad that operated on the Mississippi between and Donaldsonville, Louisiana and Cairo as a dispatch boat. CDV of an older officer in near profile, pencil identified on back, “B. Labree / Engineer USN.” E. Jacobs: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Green three-cent revenue stamp on verso. Benjamin Labree: acting second assistant engineer 8/31/63, discharged 12/4/65. Labree served aboard the USS Arkansas. CDV of standing young officer wearing gloves and sword, signed on verso, “T.S. Ransom / USS Arkansas / Masters Mate.” Washburn’s Gallery: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Red one-cent revenue stamp on verso. Theodore S. Ransom: mate 2/14/63, resigned 10/4/64.
145 THREE CDVS OF IDENTIFIED BROWN WATER NAVY OFFICERS, INCL. CARTES SIGNED BY FREEMAN VINCENT, USS PEOSTA, AND JAMES KELLY, USS LAFAYETTE Lot of 3 CDVs of identified naval officers. CDV of Freeman Vincent. Hughes & Lakin: Natchez, MS, n.d. Ink signed on verso “Very sincerely Yours / F. Vincent USN” Freeman Vincent: mate 10/1/62, acting ensign 9/1/63, acting master 5/20/65, discharged 11/22/65. Commanded USS Peosta, relieved awaiting orders 8/7/65. CDV of James Kelly wearing civilian frock coat and straw boater. J.A. Sheldon: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Ink signed on verso “Yours Truly / James P. Kelly / A.A. Paymaster / USN” with blue-green two cent revenue stamp. Not recorded in Navy List; found on list of officers of Mississippi Squadron employed at Vicksburg, July 13, 1863, assigned to Ironclad Steamer Lafayette (4th Rate). CDV of James G. Maxwell. Whitaker & Co.: Philadelphia, PA, 1863. Identified in pencil beneath portrait as “Lt. Commander J. G. Maxwell, USN.” James G. Maxwell: Midshipman 12/15/47, Passed Midshipman 6/12/55, Master 9/15/55, Lieutenant 12/23/56, Lieut. Commander 7/16/62, died 7/19/67.
146 THREE CDVS OF BROWN WATER NAVY OFFICERS, INCL. SIGNED CARTE OF DANIEL PAUL SLATTERLY, USS VINDICATOR Lot of 3 CDVs, all with Brown Water Navy imprints. CDV with sharp vignette portrait. French & Co.: Vicksburg, MS, n.d. Ink signed, “Your Schoolmate and Friend / D. Paul Slatterly / US Navy.” Daniel Paul Slatterly: acting ensign 3/19/63, acting master 7/19/64, discharged 2/9/66. Modern pencil notation records Slatterly’s service on Pawtuxet, Malvern, Massasoit, Sagamore, and Vindicator (Mississippi Squadron). USS Vindicator was a former civilian steamer commissioned as a gunboat in May 1864. During the last year of the war she served in the Yazoo River expedition and engaged in the pursuit of the Confederate cottonclad CSS William H. Webb on the Red River. CDV of a heavily bearded officer standing with sword. J. Sidney Brown: St. Louis, MO, n.d. Identified in modern pencil as “Nott” with notation confirming same from “comparison to photo from Naval Historical Center.” Hugh Nott: acting assistant paymaster 2/17/63, discharged 12/12/65. Only one reference to Nott being assigned to either the Memphis or Natchez naval station was found.
The USS Arkansas was a small screw steamer commissioned into the Navy in June 1863. She was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in October and subsequently employed as a dispatch and supply ship to those vessels on blockade duty along the coast of Texas. On September 27, 1863 she took a schooner as prize only to have the seizure rejected as illegal by both the New Orleans Federal District Court and later by the US Supreme Court - an interesting legal aspect of adjudication by prize courts relative to the wartime Navy. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $400 - $600
Served on USS Pinola; ordered by Adm. Farragut to temporary command of USS Octorara, May 1864. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $400 - $600
CDV of a dapper petty officer wearing waist length double-breasted jacket. J.W. Taft: Memphis, TN, n.d. Identified in modern pencil as, “James C. Vail” and with three-cent green revenue stamp. Junior ranks not included in Navy List. No wartime service was found. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $300 - $400
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147 SIGNED CDVS OF BROWN WATER NAVY OFFICERS, INCL. ACTING LIEUTENANT DAVID CATE, KIA MISSISSIPPI RIVER Lot of 3 CDVs, two with Brown Water Navy back marks. CDV of Officer David Cate. W.W. Washburn: New Orleans, LA, 1864. Ink signed “Jan. 11th 1864 / D. Cate,” with inscription at the bottom, also in the sitter’s hand, which reads, “Glad to see you Libbie. Introduce me to all your friends. D.C.” David Cate: acting volunteer lieutenant 8/26/61, died on Mississippi River May 4, 1865, circumstances unknown. A curious period notation found in the US Service Magazine reads, “From temporary command of the Navy Rendezvous, Brooklyn, NY, and ordered to obey his orders received from Rear Admiral Farragut.” Context unknown. Later, in another report dated January 2, 1863, Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina, Admiral DuPont wrote that he was appointing Acting Lieutenant Cate to command the recently commissioned screw steamer USS Hendrick Hudson, but has learned that Cate had not been assigned to the squadron and, again curiously, could not be located. CDV of a vignetted officer. Geo. P. Hall: St. Louis, MO, n.d. Signed in period pencil “With Regards / J.E. Farnsworth (?) / Red Rover” and with outline of a revenue stamp. This officer could not be positively identified in the Navy List, however, service aboard the Brown Water Navy USS Red Rover
148 CDVS OF NAVAL OFFICERS, INCL. PERCIVAL DRAYTON, GEORGE PREBEL, AND NATHANIEL JACOBS Lot of 3 CDVs of identified naval officers. CDV of Percival Drayton. Fredericks: New York, NY, n.d. Percival Drayton: midshipman 12/1/27, passed midshipman 6/10/33, lieutenant 2/28/38, commander 9/14/55, captain 7/16/62, died 8/4/65. Drayton was given command of the gunboat USS Pocahontas in the fall of 1861 and participated in the capture of Port Royal, South Carolina. In 1862, he first took over the sloop of war USS Pawnee, then became CO of the ironclad Passaic, engaging in the attacks on Forts McAllister and Sumter during the spring of 1863. Later he served as fleet captain under Farragut in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and commanded the flagship Hartford at Mobile Bay under Farragut’s approving eye. CDV of officer striking a pose. T.R. Burnham: Boston, MA, n.d. Ink autographed on verso “Geo. Henry Preble / Commander USN / March 14, 1863.” George H. Preble (1816-1885): midshipman 10/10/35, passed midshipman 6/22/41, master 7/15/47, lieutenant 2/5/48, commander 7/16/62, captain 1/29/67, commodore 11/2/71, rear admiral 9/30/76, retired list 2/25/78, died 3/1/85. With significant naval pedigree, Preble took command of the steam gunboat USS Katahdin early in 1862 serving under Farragut in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. In July he was promoted to commander and given command of the steam sloop Oneida blockading Mobile Bay, but his career was soon derailed. The Confederate raider CSS Florida inbound from Cuba with a crew stricken by yellow fever managed to outrun the Oneida and her sister to the safety of Confederate
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indicates he was likely a petty officer. CDV of a rather cloudy vignette. Uncredited, n.d. Boldly ink signed on verso “Very Respectfully / Geo. P. Lent (?) / USN” No officer so named or with any permutation found in Navy Roster. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $400 - $600
guns at Fort Morgan. As a consequence Preble was ordered dismissed from the Navy despite considerable testimony. He would ultimately be reinstated, serving later as commander of the Boston Navy Yard and the screw sloop of war Pensacola until 1870. CDV of young officer with sword. Uncredited, n.d. Identified in ink on verso “N.P. Jacobs , Jr. / Ex. Officer / USS Little Rebel.” Nathaniel P. Jacobs: mate 12/10/63, dismissed 5/20/65. Little Rebel was a former Confederate cottonclad, captured and taken into Navy service in January 1863. She served primarily on the Mississippi River on patrol duty while Jacobs was aboard. In April 1865 she and other Union ships of the Mississippi Squadron were alerted to prevent the escape of Jefferson Davis. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $400 - $600
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149 THREE CDVS OF NAVAL SUBJECTS, INCL. JAMES P. FOSTER, USS CHILLICOTHE, AND EDWARD P. LULL, USS BROOKLYN Lot of 3 CDVs including two identified naval officers. CDV of a lieutenant commander (1864 Regulations). A.D. Lytle: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d. Ink signed on verso “Jas. P. Foster / Lieut Comdr / USN.” James P. Foster: midshipman 5/14/46, passed midshipman 6/10/53, master 9/15/55, lieutenant 9/16/55, lieutenant commander 7/16/62, commander 7/25/66, died 6/2/69. As lieutenant commander, Foster was captain of the ironclad river gunboat USS Chillicothe and commanded her during the aborted Yazoo Pass expedition where the ship was badly damaged under the guns of Fort Pemberton. When during the operation the squadron commander became indisposed, Foster assumed overall command and oversaw the successful withdraw of the combined Federal flotilla. In September 1863, Foster took over the large river ironclad USS Lafayette and commanded her until the end of the war. CDV of experienced officer posed after Napoleon. F. Kindler: Newport, RI, n.d. Identified in ink beneath portrait “Lt. Comd. E.P. Lull.” Edward P. Lull: acting midshipman 10/7/51, midshipman 6/9/55, passed midshipman 4/15/58, master 11/4/58, lieutenant 10/30/60, lieutenant commander 7/16/62, commander 6/10/70, captain 10/1/81, died 3/5/87. Lull is mentioned in Captain Alden’s report of the Battle of Mobile Bay for “his cool, steady bearing during the fight” aboard the sloop of war USS
150 FOUR CDVS OF IDENTIFIED NAVAL OFFICERS, INCL. THOMAS MCKEAN BUCHANAN, KIA ABOARD USS CALHOUN Lot of 4 CDVs featuring identified naval officers, two with Brown Water Navy imprints. CDV of an officer leaning casually against studio column. E. Jacobs: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Pencil identified “T.M. Buchanan.” Thomas McKean Buchanan: acting midshipman 10/1/51, midshipman 6/9/55, passed midshipman 4/15/58, master 11/4/58, lieutenant 7/18/60, lieut. commander 8/5/62, KIA 1/14/63 aboard USS Calhoun. Buchanan’s first wartime posting was to the steam frigate Mississippi in April 1861. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in July 1862 and was for a time in command of the Mississippi, the gunboat New London, and subsequently commanded the gunboat Calhoun. On January 14, 1863, in command of a flotilla, Commodore Buchanan, while ascending Bayou Teche on board the USS Calhoun, went forward in an exposed position and was at once targeted by rebel sharpshooters on the bank. He was soon struck in the head, and fell dead on the deck. He was universally regarded as a brave officer. CDV of a rather corpulent officer. H. Lazier: Syracuse, NY, 1862. Ink autographed on verso “To my dearest Wife / Robert Townsend / Syracuse / June 19th, 1862.” Robert Townsend (1819-1866): midshipman 8/1/37, passed midshipman 6/29/43, lieutenant 10/11/50, resigned 4/7/51, acting lieutenant 9/17/61, commander 7/16/62, captain 7/25/66, died in service 8/15/66. Townsend had served during the Mexican War, and with the outbreak of the Civil War he re-entered service and thereafter commanded successively a series of warships under Farragut participating in most of the major operations of the Mississippi Squadron. In 1862 Townsend was executive officer and later CO of the gunboat USS Miami assigned to the Mortar Flotilla engaged in neutralizing Confederate fortifications below New Orleans. He then took command of the large iron gunboat USS Essex in Admiral Porter’s Mississippi Squadron. Under Townsend, Essex participated in the siege and bombardment of Port Hudson during May-June. Townsend sortied in Miami during the Red River Campaign and assisted in the capture of Fort DeRussy on March 15-16, 1864. He then was put in command of the new steam frigate USS Wachusett and was employed on blockade duty. CDV of an officer with crossed arms. Uncredited, n.d. Signed in ink on verso “Yours truly / Wm. W. Black / A.M.M. / USN.” William W. Black: mate 9/23/62, resigned 6/14/64. Black must also have served early on as acting
Brooklyn. After the epic battle Admiral Farragut put Lull in temporary command of his prize, the captured Tennessee. Lull also commanded the sloop of war USS Seminole (carrying Confederate prisoners from the fight) before being ordered to the USS Constellation in November 1864. CDV of a lanky youth. Davis Bros.: Portsmouth, NH, 1862. Pencil notation on verso only partially readable, “Taken / Nov 13, 1862.” A military vest, probable naval wheel cap, and cover bearing brass buttons are the only indicators of service. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $300 - $500
master’s mate consistent with the A.M.M. acronym. No record of service located. CDV of a determined officer with crossed arms. Lilienthal: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Inked on verso “Jas W Patterson / USN.” James W. Patterson: third assistant engineer 4/21/63, second assistant engineer 9/28/64, retired 10/21/69. No record of service located. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $300 - $500
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151 FOUR CDVS OF BROWN WATER NAVAL OFFICER GROUPS Lot of 4 CDVs featuring compelling Brown Water Navy group portraits, all with character but unidentified. CDV that appears to have been staged aboard a ship, featuring detailed brass deck howitzer used by naval landing parties in foreground. Behind are two rows of officers, one seated and another standing, with another man not part of the group in the backdrop. McPherson & Oliver: New Orleans, LA, n.d. The seated officer far right gripping sword wears a typical double breasted navy frock coat having four narrow stripes on the cuff (but no star), possibly indicating a variant commander rank (1862 Regulations). CDV of two officers at right flanked by two men in civilian dress at left. Munn & Smith: Cairo, IL, n.d. Green three-cent revenue stamp on verso. The officer at far right sporting a wispy goatee could be a paymaster of some grade based on the details of his undress cap device (laurel over wreath, 1864 Regulations). CDV of six men photographed at intermediate distance, four in uniform and two not. David Ford: Cairo, IL, n.d. The officer seated center wears two cuff stripes of identical width indicating the rank of lieutenant commander. The canted anchor over wreath device on his cap had technically been replaced by a soaring eagle on anchor emblem. The junior officers on either side of him hold army forage caps, plausibly Mississippi Marine Brigade men. CDV depicting a row of five seated men, all except the second from left wearing some semblance of uniform. L.I. Prince: New Orleans, LA, n.d. The officer at center wears the classic double breasted frock with no visible cuff insignia and unreadable shoulder straps. Careful examination reveals that this officer rests his left hand (facing camera) on the knee of the fellow next to his left in a gesture of genuine comradeship. The man at far left sports a loose fatigue jacket with shoulder straps of unknown rank. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $600 - $800
152 TWO CDVS OF ENLISTED SAILORS - USS BENTON & USS ST. LOUIS Lot of 2 sharp, full standing portraits of young tars identified by their cap tallies as crewmen from the USS Benton and USS St. Louis. Both uncredited, n.d. Both sailors are uniformed in dark blue wool prescribed by regulations with cap and tally, plain pullover frock coat with yoke and black silk neckerchief, and wide bottom trousers. The St. Louis hand carries a foldover navy jack knife tucked into the front of his trousers with a length of braided cord visible under magnification. The Benton was taken up from the civilian trade and converted to an ironclad in 1861. She served as Admiral Porter’s flagship and saw considerable early action on the upper Mississippi at Island No. 10, the battle of Plum Point Bend, Memphis, and against the CSS Arkansas below Vicksburg. Benton was penetrated by a shell and badly damaged passing the Rebel shore batteries at Vicksburg on April 29, 1863 causing 25 casualties. She was quickly repaired and rejoined the Brown Water fleet for bombardment operations against Vicksburg until the citadel surrendered on July 4. In 1864 Benton participated in the ill-conceived Red River Campaign. USS St. Louis was an older sloop-of-war launched in 1828. With the advent of war she was ordered to Pensacola and later patrolled the Gulf where she captured a Confederate blockade runner off the mouth of the Mississippi. St. Louis was refitted and rearmed at Philadelphia in 1862 and thereafter took up the Atlantic station in search of Confederate high seas commerce raiders. She went on to join the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in November 1864. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $400 - $600
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153 TWO CDVS OF ENLISTED SAILORS, INCL. YOUNG TAR FROM THE USS POWHATAN Lot of 2 CDVs, including a portrait of a trio of young tars with hands intertwined in comradeship. E. Jacobs: New Orleans, LA, n.d. All are uniformed identically with caps, navy blouses, and bell bottom trousers; and a portrait of a youngster with embryonic mustache and goatee. Uncredited, n.d. His cap tally reads, “USS Powhatan,” a sidewheel steam frigate commissioned in September 1852. Powhatan served as part of both the Atlantic and Gulf blockading squadrons patrolling Mobile and New Orleans, later operating off Charleston, and participating in the capture of Fort Fisher in January 1865. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $300 - $500
154 TINTYPE & CDV OF ENLISTED SAILORS Lot of 2. CDV-size tintype of an older enlisted sailor sporting thick Victorian beard. Unidentified by name or ship, this rating wears the typical enlisted pattern naval jumper of blue wool having a specialty patch and wide bottom trousers. CDV of an unidentified young sailor seated with folded arms, unusually casual, wearing the same basic uniform without the flat naval cap. B. Moses: New Orleans, LA, n.d. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $300 - $400
155 ACTING ENSIGN E.M. WHEELOCK AND MORTAR, ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH WITH LETTER ON VERSO Albumen photograph, 6 x 8 in., matted to 9 x 10.5 in., featuring Acting Ensign EW Wheelock wearing his uniform and resting his hand on the metallic tube of a mortar. Uncredited, 1863. Signed and dated by Wheelock beneath image, “your friend / E.M. Wheelock / USN.” Period lined paper affixed to verso with note from Wheelock headed, “Helena Ark March 8th 1863.” The note reads, “W.W. Wisewell jr / Dear Sir / I send you a / Copy of the Mortar that I fired the last/shot at Vicksburgh (sic) last summer. it was / depressed. or in a ‘Horizontal’ position. the first one that was ever fired in / that position / your friend / EM Wheelock / Acting Ensign / USN.” The mortar featured in the photograph is likely mounted aboard an unknown smaller bomb vessel on a circular wooden turnstile. The tube looks like it burst, but the truth is revealed in Wheelock’s postscript clarifying that: “the dark spot on Mortar is water. / No defects. for all of the Mortars are as / perfect as the day they were first used.” Wheelock was commissioned acting ensign on October 1, 1862. It is not understood what ensign Wheelock meant when he wrote “last summer” in his narrative under the March 1863 header. Unless Wheelock was promoted from the enlisted ranks he could not have been present at either of the two major events that happened at Vicksburg “last summer” the fleet running past the river batteries on June 28, 1862, and the sudden appearance of the CSS Arkansas as she pursued the USS Tyler through the startled Union fleet on July 15. Siege operations incorporating periods of sustained naval bombardment with short range mortars did not really commence until April 1863. By that time, mortarman Wheelock had already left the service. For reasons not made explicit his appointment was revoked seven weeks after he penned this narrative on April 27, 1863. Additional information regarding Wheelock’s service record is available at cowans.com. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $600 - $800 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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156 ACTING ASSISTANT SURGEON E.J. FULLER & MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON HOSPITAL SHIP, ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of 2. Albumen photograph of Acting Assistant Surgeon Erwin J. Fuller, 5.75 x 8.5 in., mounted to 9 x 10.5 in. Uncredited, n.d. Ink identification below image reads, “Erwin J. Fuller.” Oval albumen photograph of a berthed “USN Hospital Ship,” 5 x 7.5 in., mounted to 8 x 10 in. Uncredited, 1863. Period ink inscription below image reads, “Mississippi Squadron 1863.” Here the hospital ship is berthed at an unknown location. Junior medical officer E.J. Fuller is recorded as having been commissioned as acting assistant surgeon on December 20, 1863. Fuller is not listed in the Navy Register 1775-1900, suggesting that he might have been a contract surgeon not carried on the Navy List. The “Hospital Ship” is the USS Red Rover, a side-wheel steamer built in 1859 at Cape Girardeau, MO, taken up by the Confederacy in November 1861, and first employed as a barracks ship in New Orleans. While in Confederate service she was holed and captured at Island No. 10 by the USS Mound City on April 7, 1862. Red Rover was soon refitted by the civilian Western Sanitary Commission as a hospital ship and put back into service in June 1862 under the auspices of the Army Gunboat Service. On June 11, 1862 she became the first military hospital ship to take aboard a patient, a seaman and cholera victim from the USS Benton. A week later Red Rover came to the aid of USS Mound City survivors numbering 135 sailors, many of whom were badly burned. For the balance of the year she continued caring for sick and wounded of the Western Flotilla. In September 1862, Red Rover and the other vessels of the Western Flotilla were formally transferred to the navy while the reorganization of the Medical Department was completed.
157 MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON FLEET SURGEON DR. BIXBY AND STAFF, ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of 2. Heavily trimmed albumen photograph, 6.5 x 4 in., featuring a group of six uniformed naval medical officers with another in civilian dress. Uncredited, n.d. Period ink caption along left margin reads, “Fleet Surgeon & Staff (ship) Red Rover.” Subjects identified, including two (Brown Water) Navy Medical Directors, thanks to an identical photograph found in the Collection of the US Naval Historical Center. Oval albumen photograph, 5 x 7.25 in., mounted to 9 x 12 in., featuring the uniformed “Dr. Bixby Fleet Surgeon.” Uncredited, n.d. Identified in period ink beneath portrait. The medical officer in both photographs is Acting Assistant Surgeon George H. Bixby, USN who served with the Mississippi Squadron for the duration of the war. Dr. Bixby had been sent out from Boston by a wealthy benefactor of the Western Sanitary Commission as senior medical officer to staff the newly reconditioned floating hospital ship Red Rover, a vessel funded by the Commission. When Red Rover later passed to Navy control, Bixby was formally commissioned acting assistant surgeon, November 7, 1862. Dr. Bixby was not discharged until September 26, 1865. Further details of Bixby’s service afloat are unknown. The same group shot in CDV format held by the Naval History and Heritage Command (formally the Naval Historical Center) is fortuitously captioned with numbers corresponding to names so that the identity of the other wartime officers is known. Top row standing from left: Acting Assistant Surgeon Jacob T. Field (discharged 10/13/65); Acting Assistant
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Red Rover then steamed in support of operations on the White River, leading to the capture of Arkansas Post. For the next five months she sustained arduous work in support of Vicksburg operations treating both navy and army casualties. During October 1864 the vessel was berthed at Mound City, Illinois where she acted as a floating hospital for navy patients until November 1865 when she was finally decommissioned and sold out of service. Red Rover should be remembered as the Navy’s first hospital ship having officially admitted “over 2,400 patients” during her career on the brown waters of the Mississippi. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $500 - $700
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Paymaster Alexander W. Pearson (m/o 2/24/66); presumably Assistant Paymaster George Lawrence in civilian attire (resigned 10/7/64). Bottom row seated from left: “Fleet Surgeon” George H. Bixby; Acting Assistant Surgeon James S. Knight (retired as Surgeon 6/21/84); (Fleet) Surgeon Ninian Pinkney (died in service 12/15/77 as Medical Director); Assistant Surgeon Michael Bradley was a long serving officer who rose to top of the Navy Medical Department becoming medical inspector 12/6/79, medical director 6/19/88, retired list 3/29/95. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $500 - $700
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158 USS BENTON, ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF BROWN WATER NAVY IRONCLAD GUNBOAT Oval albumen photograph, matted to 9.75 x 8 in., featuring the USS Benton. Uncredited, n.d. USS Benton was taken up from the civilian trade, converted into a warship and commissioned on February 24, 1862 into the Army’s Western Gunboat Flotilla. One of that fleet’s heaviest armed warships, she spent her entire career as the flagship of the Brown Water Navy hosting both Admirals David Porter and Andrew Foote. In October 1862 the navy assumed command of all military vessels on the Mississippi with Benton assigned to patrol duty on the Yazoo River. During the opening stage of the Vicksburg Campaign in April 1863, Benton “led a nighttime charge past the guns” of the river bastion and was hit at least five times by Rebel batteries, causing casualties. Later in the month Benton steamed with seven ironclads to bombard enemy shore batteries at Grand Gulf, Mississippi. Once more a Confederate shell penetrated Benton’s armor this time accounting for 25 men wounded. In April 1864 Benton participated in the ill conceived Red River Campaign, and at Shreveport, fired a volley from her forward battery during the attack on Fort DeRussy causing the fort to quickly surrender. By 1865 the war was nearly over for the Brown Water Navy. USS Benton’s last mission was a return to Shreveport in June to take possession of the surrendered ironclad CSS Missouri. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $400 - $600
159 USS TYLER, TWO ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF BROWN WATER NAVY GUNBOAT Lot of 2. Oval albumen photograph, approx. 7.5 x 5.5 in., mounted to approx. 9.75 x 7.5 in., featuring the USS Tyler. Uncredited, n.d. Affixed printed caption lists names and ranks of the ship’s officers. Various pencil inscriptions on verso including the name “John Powers 2nd Boatswainsmate [sic]” suggesting original ownership by a member of Tyler’s crew. Oval albumen photograph, 5.25 x 7.5 in., on poorly trimmed mount, 6.25 x 9.25 in., of USS Tyler taken from the port side with crewmen relaxing on the bow. J.W. Taft: Memphis, TN, April 10, 1865. Small photographer’s stamp on verso. The A.O. Tyler (built 1857) was a commercial side-wheel steamboat taken over by the Navy and commissioned in September 1861 as the gunboat USS Tyler. The Tyler saw early service on the upper Mississippi transporting troops under U.S. Grant in the abortive attack on Belmont, Missouri, later joining in the bombardment of Columbus, Kentucky. She aided in the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson while simultaneously engaged in aggressive patrolling of the Tennessee River that resulted in the capture of three incomplete Rebel gunboats, notably the CSS Eastport on February 7, 1862. During a desperate moment at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6 the gunboats Tyler and Lexington were instrumental in securing the left of the hard pressed Union line, allowing Grant to stage a counterattack next day. Wrote Grant, “in this repulse much is due to the presence of the gunboats.” On April 19 Tyler captured a Confederate transport on the river and burned another. For the next fourteen months Tyler was engaged in various operations, both navy and army, that culminated with the capture of fortress Vicksburg. USS Tyler was noteworthy in operations underlying the capture of Arkansas Port and Haines Bluff mentioned before as well as Helena, Arkansas where she brought her guns “to bear on an attacking Confederate force.” At the end of the war USS Tyler, with a volunteer crew, assisted in the rescue of numerous survivors - many of whom were former Andersonville inmates - of the Sultana explosion that occurred north of Memphis on April 27, 1865. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $800 - $1,000
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160 THREE SUPERB CDVS OF BROWN WATER NAVY WARSHIPS, INCL. USS LOUISVILLE, USS GENERAL PRICE, AND USS CONESTOGA Lot of 3 CDVs, including a carte of the US Gunboat Louisville. McPherson & Oliver: New Orleans, LA, n.d. A large number of the ship’s company, some beneath protective canvas awnings amidship, can be seen loitering at the rails actually watching the photographer on shore. USS Louisville was a purpose built ironclad gunboat constructed at St. Louis and commissioned on January 16, 1862. She was officially transferred to naval command in October after participating in several combined operations that resulted in the capture of Fort Donelson and the Battle of Memphis. During bombardment along the upper shore batteries of Vicksburg, Louisville joined in a combined operation in support of W.T. Sherman’s troops. They captured the dominant feature of Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post. In April 1863, USS Louisville and others ran the batteries at Vicksburg and engaged in the bombardment of Confederate positions at Grand Gulf. The following spring, Louisville and her sisters participated in the ill-fated expedition up the Red River, which resulted in CSA General Richard Taylor succeeding in defending the Red River Valley with his smaller force and forcing Union General Nathaniel Banks and his men to retreat. CDV of the “US Steamer Gen. Price / off Baton Rouge / The USS Conestoga lying / astern / Jan. 20th 1864,” as identified in period ink. A.D. Lytle: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d. General Price was originally a civilian sidewheel steamboat taken into Confederate service in 1861 as the CSS General Sterling Price. In May 1862, she attacked vessels of the Mississippi Squadron in an action known as Plum Point Bend. She fought at the Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862 against a decidedly superior Union force. In the ensuing chaos, Price collided with the CSS Beauregard while attempting to ram the USS Monarch. She then struck Ellet’s Queen of the West whose crew boarded her as she slowly settled on a sandbar. She was taken into Federal service at Cairo as the USS General Price on September 30, 1862. General Price was heavily involved in the Vicksburg campaign in the spring of 1863, and during the siege of Vicksburg, she joined the general cannonade and directed her artillery in support of Grant’s land operations that finally resulted in the surrender of the bastion on July 4. The ill-fated USS Conestoga was another civilian side-wheel vessel acquired by the Army in June 1861 and converted to a reliable timberclad gunboat. She steamed into combat in September 1861, when she engaged the small Rebel side-wheeler CSS Jackson on the northern reaches of the Mississippi near Lucas Bend, Kentucky. In February 1862, Conestoga joined in the expedition up the Tennessee River that culminated with the fall of ultimately indefensible Forts Henry and Donelson. On March 8, 1864,
Conestoga sank after colliding with the USS General Price - her companion in the CDV - under circumstances that are not entirely known. CDV presenting a panoramic view of the USS Osage. McPherson & Oliver: New Orleans, LA, n.d. The USS Osage was a Neosho class single turret monitor that saw combat during the capture of Fort DeRussy in March 1864 during the Red River campaign. Osage ran aground in May and, badly damaged, did not return to service until early 1865. During operations against Mobile near the end of the war, Osage struck a Confederate torpedo (mine) and rapidly sank with the loss of two crewmen. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $800 - $1,200
161 THREE CDVS OF BROWN WATER NAVY VESSELS, INCL. TWO WARSHIPS Lot of 3 CDVs. Carte of civilian side-wheel steamboat bearing the name “Lady Gay” painted on the paddle covers. T.W. Bankes: Helena, AR, n.d. Lady Gay wasn’t launched until 1865, too late to have participated in significant wartime service. It is mentioned that she “carried a dispatch for the US Navy in May ‘65.” CDV of unidentified side-wheel gunboat. T.W. Bankes: Helena, AR, n.d. She has twin funnels amidships and distinctive boxed over paddles. Near the bow on her roof is a navy boat howitzer with scattered crew gazing at the photographer, presumably on shore. CDV of the tinclad stern wheeler USS Prairie Bird based on an identical photograph published online. Uncredited: n.d. The gunboat (No. 11) was taken up from the civilian trade, converted at Cairo and commissioned in January 1863. She spent the entire war with the Mississippi Squadron mostly engaged in patrolling and convey escort duties. In April 1864 she saw action at Yazoo City in support of army operations during the Red River Campaign. Later in the summer of 1864 she rescued several hundred 10th Missouri cavalrymen from the steamer B.M. Runyon that ran on to a snag and sank near Griffith’s Landing, below Greenville, Mississippi. Prairie Bird was decommissioned at Mound City in July 1865 and sold out of service. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $600 - $800
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162 THREE CDVS OF SAILING WARSHIPS Lot of 3 CDVs. Carte of smaller sailing ship identified in pencil on verso as, “Mortar Boat.” Uncredited: n.d. Twelve shallow draft wooden case mate mortar boats were constructed beginning in 1861 especially for use on the Mississippi River and were employed with good effect during the siege of Vicksburg. This three masted sailing ship looks more like a small gunboat than a Mississippi mortar boat. She is lightly armed with a single small bore naval gun. CDV taken at some distance of an unidentified three masted sailing frigate ostensibly pierced for 32 guns. Uncredited: n.d. If American, the ship can only be the USS John Adams as she was the only surviving 2nd rate by the time of the Civil War. The John Adams was first employed as a training ship at Newport, RI for Naval Academy midshipmen before joining the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Charleston in 1863. CDV of unidentified sailing warship flying the US ensign, inked, “Yours Fraternally/H.N. Doyle” on verso Uncredited: n.d. The name “H.N. Doyle” is not found in the Navy List. The Richard B. Cohen Civil War Collection $200 - $300
163 MCPHERSON & OLIVER, CIVIL WAR CDVS OF STEAMBOAT NATCHEZ Lot of 2 CDVs. Uncredited but known to be by McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d., ca 1863. CDVs include view of the steamboat Natchez stopped at a supply point in Baton Rouge, greeted by a large crowd of men, horses, and wagons ready to pick up and haul their supplies; and view inscribed on verso, in part, “The regular boat landing. The old stmr. Natchez is used as a substitute for a wharf,” with further details about the landing, black subjects in the scene, and a reference to the arrival of Co. A of the 50th Massachusetts. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $500 - $700
164 THREE CDVS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER SQUADRON VESSELS, INCL. USS LEXINGTON Lot of 3 CDVs featuring US Navy vessels. McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge and New Orleans, LA, n.d., ca 1864. Features view of the USS Lexington and Neosho on the Red River above Alexandria just before completion of Bailey’s dam, which was built in 1864 during the Red River Campaign at Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey’s request to afford passage over the Alexandria rapids for part of Rear Admiral Porter’s Mississippi River Squadron; USS Ozark, Choctaw, and Fort Hindman on the Red River, trapped above Bailey’s Dam in May 1864; and view of the timberclad gunboat USS Lexington. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $700 - $1,000
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165 CDVS OF IRONCLADS USS ESSEX AND MOUND CITY Lot of 2 CDVs of Mississippi River Squadron vessels. Carte of USS Mound City. McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d., ca 1864-1865. Faint penciled inscription on verso, “Beached at Battle of Fort Pillow May 10, 1862. Destroyed by explosion June 17, 1862 at St. Charles Ark. 83 scalded, 43 drowned or shot by sharpshooters.” Subsequently, Mound City only suffered minor damage and served with the Mississippi River Squadron until the end of the war. Carte of the USS Essex, the only federal ironclad at Port Hudson during the siege. Uncredited but believed to be by McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d., ca 1864. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $400 - $600
166 MCPHERSON & OLIVER CIVIL WAR CDVS OF GUNBOATS AT BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA Lot of 4 CDVs, each lacking a studio imprint but believed to be by McPherson and Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d., ca 1863-1864. The following gunboats are included, as pencil identified on mount verso: US Gunboat Mississippi, which survived the passage of the forts below New Orleans, but was lost in March 1863 in Admiral Farragut’s attempt to pass the Confederate guns at Port Hudson”; “US Gunboat Genessee...perched at Port Hudson more than any other,” with description of her 100 pound shell rifled Parrot; USS Winona, which was with Admiral Farragut at New Orleans; and unmounted carte of the USS Kineo, a small gunboat that was lashed to the left side of the USS Monongahela during the naval battle at Port Hudson. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $500 - $700
167 MCPHERSON & OLIVER CDVS OF THE USS RICHMOND AND CREW Lot of 2 CDVs, uncredited but known to be by McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d., ca 1863. Lot includes a distant view of the USS Richmond, and an image showing several men gathered together on deck of the Richmond, ready for action. The Richmond was crippled in Admiral Farragut’s attempt to pass the guns of Port Hudson on the night of March 14, 1863, with fifteen of her officers and crew killed or wounded as a result. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $400 - $600
168 MCPHERSON & OLIVER CDVS OF THE USS HARTFORD, INCL. GUN DECK Lot of 3 CDVs of Admiral D.G. Farragut’s famed flagship, the USS Hartford. Two with imprint of McPherson & Oliver: New Orleans, LA, n.d., ca 18631865. Including distant view taken after the Battle of Mobile Bay, inscribed on verso, “United States steamer of war Hartford laying at anchor Mobile Bay”; and the Hartford’s gun deck, with period identification and two-cent revenue stamp on verso bearing the photographer’s New Orleans stamp and April 8, 1865 date. With uncredited and unmounted 2.375 x 3.25 in. albumen print showing the USS Kineo and USS Hartford at dock at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 1863. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $500 - $700
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169 ADMIRAL D.G. FARRAGUT, THREE CDVS INCL. AUTOGRAPHED PORTRAIT Lot of 3 CDVs of Admiral David G. Farragut (1801-1870), including two cartes by McPherson & Oliver: New Orleans, LA, 1864. The first, a portrait of the legendary naval officer with lined paper affixed on mount verso autographed, “D.G. Farragut / Rear Admiral / Comdg. W.G.B. Squadron”; and a studio portrait of Farragut seated with Captain Percival Drayton (18121865). Accompanied by standing view of Farragut. E. Jacobs: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $800 - $1,200
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170 UNION GUNBOATS AT BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, RARE GROUP OF STEREOVIEWS Lot of 6 stereoviews of identified gunboats at Baton Rouge, LA, inscribed and dated on verso March 1863, including USS Genesee, USS Winona, USS Richmond, and USS Essex as well as its African American crew loading coal at the yard, with the USS Richmond and USS Mississippi visible in the distance. Although uncredited, the views may have been taken by McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $600 - $800
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171 US STEAM SLOOP MONONGAHELA, LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPH POSSIBLY TAKEN AT BATON ROUGE Albumen photograph of the USS Monongahela on the Mississippi River, 6.75 x 10.5 in. (sight), matted and framed, 12.25 x 16.25 in. Uncredited but possibly by McPherson & Oliver or A.D. Lytle: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d., ca 1863. The USS Monongahela was a 2078-ton steam screw sloop commissioned in January 1863. She served effectually at Port Hudson and in the Gulf of Mexico blockade, where she rammed the Confederate ironclad Tennessee at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $400 - $600
172 CDVS OF NEW ORLEANS, INCL. GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER’S HEADQUARTERS AFTER CAPTURE OF THE CITY Lot of 5 CDVs providing outdoor views of various New Orleans landmarks. Includes shot of General Benjamin F. Butler’s Headquarters. Uncredited: n.d. One-cent revenue stamp on verso; a mid-construction view of a church with scaffolding around the steeple. T. Lilienthal: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Blindstamp on mount (his earliest mark); a mid-construction view of the Custom House, shown without its familiar roof. McPherson & Oliver: New Orleans, LA, n.d. One-cent revenue stamp on verso; a view of what appears to be a hotel building called “Maison Doree,” with a horse and buggy just outside the front door. W.D. McPherson: New Orleans, LA, n.d. Two-cent revenue stamp on verso; and an unmarked illustrated view of Jackson Square. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $300 - $500
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173 MCPHERSON & OLIVER ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF FORT MORGAN, ALABAMA, 1864 Lot of 5 albumen photographs, each approx. 5.75 x 7.5 in., on 7.75 x 9.5 in. mount, showing Fort Morgan, AL. McPherson & Oliver: Louisiana, 1864. Each with imprinted title, including numbers 1, 4, 5, 7, and 9, showing the bombarded fort from various angles, the coastal batteries, and the light house. Each retain five-cent revenue stamp 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. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $600 - $800 1 of 5
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174 BATTLE OF BATON ROUGE, CDV SHOWING WHERE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT, PLUS ADDITIONAL STREET SCENES Lot of 4 CDV landscape views of Baton Rouge. McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d., ca 1863. One uncredited but known to be by the Baton Rouge photographers. Of particular note is a scene of Magnolia Cemetery where fighting was particularly fierce in the Battle of Baton Rouge on August 5, 1862. The image was likely taken not long after the action, as what appears to be a corpse is visible on the right ditch in the midground. The collection also includes a scene of a tree-lined avenue with recto pencil inscriptions, “Spanish Oaks / Baton Rouge La. 1863”; the Baton Rouge market and court house, verso pencil inscription “Market building used as hospital at Baton Rouge La 1863”; and a street scene with the Methodist church St. Joseph visible. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $600 - $800
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175 TRIO OF CDVS OF THE STATE HOUSE OF LOUISIANA, INCL. IMAGE TAKEN BY SURGEON FROM THE IRONCLAD USS ESSEX Lot of 3 CDVs depicting the Louisiana State Capitol. In 1862, the state government fled Baton Rouge as Union troops advanced and Federal forces would occupy the Neo-Gothic structure, using it as a command post, prison, and garrison. In December, a fire broke out, gutting the interior. There are conflicting reports over the cause, but the inscription here avers the Confederates started the conflagration. The walls survived but the interior was not rebuilt until after Reconstruction. CDV image of State House, landscape mounted in paper oval mat, n.d., ca 1863. With recto inscription, “Taken by Dr. L.F. Field. Surgeon of the Iron Clad Ram Essex.” Verso reads, “The Arsenal, Baton Rouge, La / When the rebels retreated they set this building on fire while several hundred Amer. soldiers were in it. The Union Fleet arrived in time to extinguish it.” Also included: CDV of State House. [Baton Rouge]. McPherson & Oliver: n.d., ca 1860-1. Recto ink inscription, “State House of La at Baton Rouge.”; CDV of State House in landscape, with burn marks visible above windows. Uncredited: n.d., ca 1863. Pencil inscription to verso identifies the subject. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $500 - $700
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176 BATON ROUGE, CIVIL WAR-DATE SCENES, INCL. HEADQUARTERS OF GENERALS AUGUR AND DUDLEY Lot of 4 war-date CDVs of important locations in Baton Rouge, including Major General Augur’s headquarters on Main Street. Uncredited but believed to be by McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, n.d. Identifying pencil inscription to verso; Head Quarters/General Dudley residence on Main Street. Uncredited: n.d. Identifying pencil inscription to verso; Pentagon Barracks. McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, n.d.; and Office of Provost Marshall. A.D. Lytle: Baton Rouge, n.d. Major General Augur commanded Baton Rouge in 1863 and commanded the First Division in the XIX Corps of Bank’s Army of the Gulf during the Siege of Port Hudson. Nathan Dudley led the 30th Massachusetts infantry and served as an aide for General Banks. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $500 - $700
177 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, CDVS OF CIVIL WAR CAMP SCENES Lot of 4 CDV landscape views of Union camps near Baton Rouge. McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d., ca 1863. Two uncredited but believed to be by the Baton Rouge photographers. A view attributed as the Camp of Battery G, 50th Massachusetts (uncredited); view of artillery covered to protect them from the elements with a building and several tents in the background; a view of a building with tents to the foreground and some soldiers; a wide view of the encampment with several tents among the trees (uncredited). At the time, the 50th Massachusetts and 174th New York, among other regiments, were stationed in Baton Rouge. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $600 - $800
178 CDV OF BATON ROUGE LANDING, INCL. VIEW OF THE STEAMER EMPIRE PARISH CDV of Baton Rouge port. McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d, ca 1863. Inscription to recto, “Water View Baton Rouge.” With card mount (image not affixed) with inscription, “The Landing at Baton Rouge the building with the wagons in front is the Post Quarter Masters Head Quarters and is on the corner of the street that leads to the camp of Co. A 50th Mass. The Steamer Empire Paris [sic] is on the landing on the building near the steamer is a sign Tunnards Agricultural warehouse and on the next building is a sign Crosse, Tete & Co.” The 50th Massachusetts Infantry left New York on December 11, 1862 and Company A arrived in Baton Rouge on February 6, 1863. From there they would go on to participate extensively in the Port Hudson campaign. A report from Lieutenant Commander Roe of the USS Katahdin to Commander James Alden in Baton Rouge about the Empire Parish on December 29, 1862, states that, “the Empire Parish is exceptionable and suspicious; and being so near to you, instead of sending her to New Orleans, as you directed, I concluded to send her directly to you.” Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $400 - $600
179 RARE CDV OF GENERAL BENJAMIN GRIERSON’S ARRIVAL AT BATON ROUGE AT THE END OF HIS RAID, 1863 CDV of Grierson’s arrival in Baton Rouge. A.D. Lytle: Baton Rouge, n.d., ca April 1863. Taken from a height, the image shows a long line of horses from the arriving cavalry that extends along the road some distance. Several camp tents are visible in the background. Colonel Benjamin Grierson led his daring raid behind enemy lines from April 17-May 2, 1863 in an effort to draw the attention of Confederate raiders away from the Siege of Vicksburg. They rode over 600 miles through hostile territory of Mississippi until they reached Union-held Baton Rouge. They caused havoc by destroying infrastructure, storehouses, and freeing slaves. When they arrived in Baton Rouge, they were greeted by General Auger who insisted on a victory parade throughout the city. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $400 - $600
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180 CDV OF GENERAL NATHANIEL BANKS WITH OFFICERS AT FORT WILLIAMS, LOUISIANA CDV of three officers standing at left, including Nathaniel Banks (1816-1894) who wears a light coat, watching a gun crew load a large caliber gun on swivel mount. McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d., ca 1863. With period inscription on verso, “Brig. Gen. at Fort Williams, Baton Rouge, La.” Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $300 - $500
181 DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA CDVS, INCL. UNION GENERAL EDWARD MOLINEUX AT CAMP Lot of 3 CDVs. Outdoor view of General Edward Molineux, as colonel, seated near his tent, with a young African American boy holding a horse at left. Uncredited, 1863. With period inscription on verso, “Camp of the 159 in July 1863 at Donaldsonville La. Col. M’s tent in foreground.” Edward L. Molineux (1833-1895) enlisted as a lieutenant colonel with the 159th NY Volunteers in September 1862 and was promoted to colonel two months later. Molineux and the 159th NY were at Donaldsonville, LA, between July 11 and July 16, 1863, indicating that this image was taken after the surrender at Port Hudson. Two CDVs credited to McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, n.d. View of Federal teamsters with wagons and pontoon wharfs near the levee at Fort Butler, Donaldsonville, LA; and an unidentified distant view of a camp believed to be at Donaldsonville. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $600 - $800
182 UNION COLONEL JOHN LANDRAM AND STAFF, 7TH KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS, CDV BY LYTLE CDV ink identified on verso, “Col. Landrum & Staff, 7th KY Vols.” A.D. Lytle: Baton Rouge, LA, ca 1865. At the beginning of the Civil War, William J. Landram (alt. spelled Landrum, 1828-1895) was commissioned in July 1861 by General Bull Nelson as colonel of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry at Camp Dick Robinson. Landram, however, preferred a commission in the infantry and was subsequently ordered by General Sherman to Harrodsburg, KY where he recruited the 19th Kentucky Infantry and was duly elected its colonel. They participated across the Western Theater in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, the siege of Vicksburg, the siege of Jackson, and the Red River Campaign. He was captured on April 8, 1864, at the Battle of the Sabine Crossroads, immediately paroled and exchanged a short while later on July 22, 1864. Later that year on December 24th, he would transfer to the 7th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, not mustering out until March 11, 1866, in Baton Rouge. This CDV shows Landram seated at center with seven members of his staff. Camp tents are visible in the background. The American flag and a second flag, likely their battle standard, are displayed to their right with a
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pair of crossed rifles. The inscription to the verso in a contemporary hand identifies Landram & Staff as with the 7th Reg. Vols. A modern pencil inscription dates the image to March 28, 1863 - however, this was taken when Landram still served with the 19th. Assuming the contemporary inscription to be correct, the image was likely taken in 1865. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $300 - $500
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183 CDV OF MEDICAL STAFF AT BATON ROUGE, INCL. DR. WILLIAM H. MATHER, 1863 CDV of Dr. William H. Mather and his hospital stewards, who tended to the soldiers that were wounded at Port Hudson. McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, LA, 1863. A group of approx. twenty soldiers pose in front of tents, including men at right that look to be sitting on an operation table, with the Baton Rouge Barracks visible in the background between the trees. Mather is seated second from left, as identified through another known example of this carte de visite. Mather was serving with the 173rd New York Infantry at this time and would be discharged within the year for promotion to surgeon of the 10th USCT Heavy Artillery. Cowan’s previously sold another example of this scene in the June 21, 2019 American History Auction as Lot 34, with the group identified as the 49th Massachusetts Infantry, which saw two major assaults at Port Hudson. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $300 - $500
185 CDV OF TRIO PLAYING A GAME OF CARDS, INCL. UNION SOLDIER CDV of a Union soldier with a sword propped against his leg, playing a game of cards with two gentlemen in civilian dress. Guay & Co.: New Orleans, LA, n.d. The soldier, who looks directly at the camera, reveals his hand to the photographer. A wicker-wrapped wine jug and glassware rest in front of the card table. Signed in lower margin, “Yours Truly, Washington J. Langwith.” While no Union or Confederate soldiers by this name were located, the New Orleans City Directory of 1860 lists a “Joseph Langwith” as an upholsterer working at 24 Canal St. The passing of “Washington J. Langwith” was also found in an 1874 New Orleans obituary indicating that one of the civilians pictured in this playful portrait used his first and middle name interchangeably. Our sincere thanks to Glen Cangelosi and Rebecca Stearns for providing information regarding this image. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $300 - $500
184 MAJOR JAMES H. BOGART, KIA AT PORT HUDSON, CDV AS FIRST LIEUTENANT AT CAMP GRIFFIN CDV of James H. Bogart as first lieutenant, wearing a state jacket, kepi, and sword, and posed in front of an officer’s tent with American flag draped in opening. Bierstadt Brothers: New Bedfort, MA, 1861. Pencil identification on verso reads, “Col John / Bogart’s brother, / killed in / action 1861 / Major James Bogart / Civil War.” Ink inscription on mount reads, “Camp Griffin Nov 1861.” Bogart was likely quartered at Camp Griffin as an officer of the 43rd New York Infantry Regiment, and Edward Bierstadt was known to run a temporary studio in nearby Langley. James Henry Bogart (18391863) enlisted as a first lieutenant in the Union Army in August of 1861 and was commissioned into Company A of the 43rd New York Infantry later that month. He was ultimately promoted to major of the 162nd New York Infantry, and in that capacity received a shell wound to the left hip during the Siege of Port Hudson on June 14, 1863. James was also the brother of noted American engineer John Bogart (1836-1920), who also served during the Civil War. $300 - $500
186 CIVIL WAR SALT PRINT OF UNION ARMY SIGNAL STATION AT CARROLLTON, LOUISIANA Salt print, 6.75 x 9.5 in., showing a Union army signal station along the Mississippi River in Carrollton, Louisiana, n.d., after 1863. According to newspaper reports from March 3, 1863, Federal forces installed a signal station in an oak tree on the banks of the Mississippi, in large part to monitor the Custom House in Carrollton, just upriver from New Orleans. A soldier stands atop the structure, holding a flag, with civilians and three other uniformed soldiers visible on the ground below. A large sailing vessel, likely a US Navy ship, present in the background. Attributed to Jay Dearborn Edwards (American, 1831-1900), best known for his antebellum images of construction projects of the US Army Corps of Engineers and his war-time photographs of Confederate army troops in New Orleans. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $500 - $700
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187 USN ARCHIVE FEATURING CORRESPONDENCE OF CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND PERRY RODGERS, INCL. MEXICAN WAR, INDIAN WAR, AND CIVIL WAR CONTENT Substantial and historically significant archive of more than 320 letters, most addressed to Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (1819-1892), a career naval officer who hailed from two of the most distinguished families in the history of the US Navy. Correspondence spans 1840s-1890s (bulk 1840s-1860s). Approximately 75 different correspondents with content describing naval activity of the Indian, Mexican-American, and Civil Wars as well as details relative to the private lives of the preeminent Perry and Rodgers families. Correspondents include over a dozen members of the Perry/Rodgers/Slidell families, approximately thirty identified naval officers, and some of the most famous names in nineteenth-century naval history, including Commodore Matthew C. Perry, Rear Admiral John Rodgers, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Rear Admiral Samuel F. DuPont, Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, and Admiral David Dixon Porter. As the son of Captain George Washington Rodgers (1787-1832) and Anna Maria Perry (1797-1856), nephew to Com. Oliver H. Perry and Com. Matthew C. Perry, and grandson of Capt. Christopher Raymond Perry and Com. John Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry “C.R.P.” Rodgers was all but destined to follow in the family tradition of service in the United States Navy. He was appointed midshipman on October 5, 1833, then went on to duty with the Pacific, Brazil, Mediterranean, African, and European Squadrons. He commanded the schooner Phoenix during the Seminole War, participated in the siege of Vera Cruz and the capture of Tabasco and Tuxpan by his uncle Com. Matthew C. Perry during the Mexican-American War, and was part of Samuel F. Du Pont’s South Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War. His decades-long career was capped with a two-year tour as Commander of the Pacific Squadron and two separate appointments as Superintendent of the US Naval Academy. Like his uncle Matthew Perry, Rodgers was related by marriage to the influential Slidell family of Louisiana. Rodgers married Julia Slidell (1820-1889) in 1845. Correspondence addressed to her constitutes the bulk of letters in the collection that are not addressed to C.R.P. Rodgers. The earliest letters in the collection (26 total) span 1840-1842 when Rodgers was stationed at Key West during the Second Seminole War, serving first on board the USS Flirt and later commanding the USS Phoenix. Letters written to Rodgers during this period describe ongoing naval operations in the region and the unfolding issues related to the USN occupation of the remote outpost Indian Key (FL), site of an Indian raid in August 1840. Correspondents include H.D. Taliaferro, Asst. Surgeon on the Flirt, who describes difficulties with the men on Indian Key in a September 1840 letter, noting among other issues the good deal of trouble stirred up after a “grog shop” was opened on the wharf. George H. Terret, future Confederate officer who served as Lieut. of Marines at Indian Key, writes from Indian Key on November 4, 1840, and describes John Rodgers’ efforts to find a missing schooner and the departure of Captain Jacob Houseman 86
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“one of the greatest rascals in existence.” Passed Midshipman H.H. Lewis who served with Rodgers aboard the Flirt writes to Rodgers on January 28 [1841] requesting news since his departure, including discussion of army Col. William S. Harney’s controversial attack on Seminole Indians encamped in the Everglades. Additional correspondents include naval officers Francis K. Murray, William Drayton, James S. Ridgely and more. The Mexican-American War features somewhat less prominently in the archive, however, numerous letters address heightened tensions with Mexico and the evolving military and political situation. Though most recognized for his naval service during the Civil War, Rodgers’ younger brother George Washington Rodgers (1832-1863) was a young sailor at the outbreak of the Mexican-American War. Six letters in this collection date to G.W. Rodgers’ service aboard the steamer Col. Harvey in New Orleans from October 1845 through May 1846. In addition to describing the company of the Slidells while in New Orleans, G.W. Rodgers writes with news about naval activity in the Gulf and the Pacific. Another letter, dated September 28, 1847, was written while aboard the USS John Adams at Anton Lizardo, and describes the havoc of yellow fever onboard ships, personnel changes, and the military situation in mainland Mexico as he is aware of it. Naval officer (and later Rear Admiral) William Reynolds was a frequent correspondent (16 letters, most 1845-1846). He writes to C.R.P. Rodgers on Dec. 31, 1846, relaying what he knows about the planned attack on Vera Cruz. The attacks on Charleston Harbor in 1863 under the direction of Samuel F. Du Pont and the activity of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron constitute a large portion of the Civil War-era content (approx. 35 letters).
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Additional content of note references the proper outfitting of ironclad ships and the death of George Washington Rodgers during the attack on Ft. Wagner. Naval officers Alexander C. Rhind, William Rodgers Taylor, William Danforth Whiting, John Rodgers, John Henry Upshur, Samuel D. Greene, James Stokes Biddle, Percival Drayton and others are represented. Roughly 20 letters in the collection were written between 1866-1877 by Mrs. Sophie M. Du Pont, wife of Adm. Du Pont, discussing her efforts to restore the name of her husband and other naval matters, with additional correspondence from Mrs. Du Pont extending into the 1880s. Prior to the war, John A. Dahlgren writes to Rodgers regarding ongoing efforts to improve naval technology and gunboats, with a letter of December 15, 1857, describing his work on a version of the “Dahlgren gun.” Outside of a war-time context the letters offer a general perspective on naval operations, in-fighting amongst naval officers, DC-area politics and efforts to modernize the navy, the role of women in supporting their families whilst their husbands are at sea, and the close-knit family relations between the Perry, Slidell, and Rodgers families. Anna Maria Perry Rodgers
188 EXCEPTIONAL CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF JOHN MERRITT MORSE, NH 3RD INFANTRY AND US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS Lot of approximately 145 letters, most 4-8pp (1000+ pp total correspondence), many with original covers, spanning Oct 1862 - June 1865. All but approximately 5 letters written by John Merritt Morse (18321913) of Jefferson, NH to his family while serving with the NH 3rd Infantry and later the United States Army Signal Corps. Lot also includes 11 portrait CDVs of identified soldiers, many of whom served in the Signal Corps, a leather wallet, an issue of The New South published out of Port Royal, SC, and Morse’s Civil War-era Lemaire field glasses. A substantial archive which highlights the critical role of the US Signal Corps during the war. Archive is also significant for its descriptions of the newly emancipated AfricanAmericans inhabiting the Sea Islands, particularly members of the Gullah community, and for the perspective offered by Morse on the “Port Royal Experiment.” Other notable content includes references to Clara Barton, the Battle of Pocotaligo, the Battle of Fort Wagner, the Siege of Charleston Harbor, the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, and the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox. John Merritt Morse enlisted on 8/13/1862 as a private and mustered into “I” Co. NH 3rd Infantry. After enlistment Morse joined his regiment on the island of Hilton Head, South Carolina. HDS records indicate that he transferred to the US Army Signal Corps on 11/3/1863, however, his letters indicate that he was detached from his command and given duty in the USSC as early as February 1863, a month before the US Signal Corps was officially established as a branch of the US Army. Morse served at various signal stations in the Sea Islands and in Florida prior to joining the X Corps Army of the James in Virginia during the Spring of 1864. After a 30 day furlough in December 1864, Morse would return to field service in Virginia with the XXIV Corps and remain there through the end of the war. Throughout his enlistment Morse was an unwavering correspondent writing detailed and articulate letters describing his circumstances. The majority of letters were written to his wife, Harriet “Hattie” Lord Morse (1838-1892). Morse was the son of a Free Will Baptist Church minister, and his letters indicate that by April 1863 he was acting as a self-styled minister to a “congregation” of freedmen and women on the island. Morse held regular prayer meetings which he describes in his letters. Noteworthy in Morse’s letters are his observations of how other “ministers” from the North interact with the freedmen. It is likely the ministers referenced by Morse were northern abolitionists who arrived on the Sea Islands as part of the “Port Royal Experiment.” Morse also details the corruption of government agents on the island who he describes as “hypocritical knaves,” and the sometimes cruel and typically discriminatory treatment of freedmen by the Union soldiers who occupied the islands. Morse’s letters from the Sea Islands include descriptions of the unique African American community and culture, as in his June 14, 1863, letter describing the funeral service of a young African American child. Morse writes, in small part: “...The [child’s] father’s name is Harry, was his master’s Coachman and is quite intelligent. He is now a Soldier but came home a week ago not well himself. His wife has had not only the care of her children, but the care of the crop. This morn a man came up and told me the child was dead
has approx. 34 letters in the archive, written to her son in the 1840s, and demonstrating a keen awareness of naval matters. Matthew Calbraith Perry has 4 letters in the archive written to C.R.P. Rodgers (3) and his sister Anna Maria Perry Rodgers (1) between 1841-1843 while the commodore was stateside. Mostly content related to family matters, some military discussion, and references to Capt. Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (though not to the Somers mutiny). Two letters dating to the 1870s were written by Gen. William T. Sherman. Approximately 25 letters were written by or addressed to Julia Slidell Rodgers. Additional family correspondents include: Oliver Hazard Perry, Jr., Alexander Perry Rodgers, Raymond Perry Rodgers, Thomas Slidell Rodgers, Elizabeth Rodgers Smith, Fred Rodgers, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, Frances Slidell, and Mathilde Slidell. Philatelists will note multiple handstamps of interest, including the “Jones’ Hotel Philadelphia,” the “US Flag Ship Guerriere,” and the “US Naval Lyceum,” as well as a rare stampless cover identified to “Indian Key.” In sum, an archive of exceptional scope, content, and importance, the likes of which is rarely seen outside of institutional holdings. $30,000 - $50,000
and that the parents and ‘father Cuffee’ [freedman minister] wished me to be present and assist in its burial this eve....The corpse was simply shrouded in a plain white shirt with a napkin over the face and placed in a rough coffin. When ready for the Service it was removed to the street in front of the House. Seats arranged around so to form a square....Then sang part of the hymn - ‘why do we mourn departed friends.’ Then those who wishes viewed the corpse, the lid was nailed down. Three men took the coffin on their shoulders and bore it toward the grave slowly followed by the people in procession chanting a wild and mournful dirge of their own....” Morse’s service with the Signal Corps and military conditions in the Sea Islands are likewise described in these lengthy letters. Folly, Hilton Head, Edisto, Seabrook, and St. Helena Islands are just some of the Signal Corps locations mentioned, and Union army activity near Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville (FL) is also referenced. Throughout his letters, Morse describes utilization of both the flag signaling system and the telegraph network, as well as reconnoitering and establishing stations. Morse often describes conditions at the stations, when lines begin opening, how many Signal Corps soldiers are manning the posts, shift times and lengths, names of the other Signal Corps soldiers with him at a station, and the occasional infraction of duty.
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After Morse is transferred to duty in Virginia, the intensity of his letters and of his combat experience increases. One week after the Battle of Fair Oaks & Darby Town Road (Oct 27-28, 1864), Morse writes from the X Army Corps HQ “Before Richmond Va” telling Hattie: “...no rest hardly night or day for more than a week. Last two days have been at work building Station by which to open communication between these H’d Qtrs and front and right of our line. Our Station is only 16 ft. high. have a detail of 100 men yesterday and today cutting through woods so we could see to old Station on Newmarket Road...Week ago today and night was on the battlefield...It was the toughest expedition for [?] I have ever been out on and part of the time was exposed to terribel [sic] cross fire from three of the enemies Batteries and wholly unprotected... We commenced skirmishing with the enemy soon after daylight and drove them inch by inch through ‘White Oak Swamp’ to their outer line of works. After noon we went about mile and half to right and rear and opened com[munication] with Genl. Terry. had no cavalry and were obliged to be our own orderlies. Worked Station and carried our messages to Genl. H all night and next day until noon when we returned to old position inside entrenchments. I guess it was the biggest ‘reconoisance’ that ever took place....” Morse also references counterintelligence activities of the Signal Corps, as on August 28, 1864, when he describes a Captain who is near Petersburg and “engaged at one of our stations of operation in taking ‘Reb Messages’ at which he is very expert. I have the ‘Reb Code’ but have not yet had time to learn it very perfectly.” During his hospitalization at the X Corps hospital near Point of Rocks, Virginia, Morse became acquainted with the legendary Civil War nurse Clara Barton. Three separate references to Barton, though brief, indicate that a friendship had developed. Morse describes being greeted cordially by her upon a return visit to the hospital in August 1864 and how “Miss Barton gave me half green Apple Pie and some Pudding.” Upon a return to
good health, Morse’s letters continue with regularity in 1865 while he serves with the XXIV Corps in Virginia. There he is eyewitness to the final days of the Confederacy as Union Troops doggedly pursue Lee’s forces. This exceptional manuscript archive is accompanied by Morse’s Lemaire field glasses, leather wallet, and CDVs. Field glasses measure 4.25 in. across with working optics. Portrait CDVs are all identified and include at least eight members of the USSC. All items descended directly through the family of the consignor. For a more detailed archive description and a complete listing of CDV portraits, see cowans.com. $15,000 - $25,000
189 SIX CIVIL WAR LETTERS WRITTEN BY PRIVATE GEORGE MORGAN, 11TH NEW HAMPSHIRE INFANTRY, VIVIDLY DESCRIBING THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG Lot of 6 letters written by Private George Morgan, Co. F, 11th New Hampshire Infantry, to his younger brother, Austin (1838-1919), at home on the family farm in Sutton, New Hampshire. George (1834-1864) enlisted in August of 1862, seemingly motivated more by the bounties offered at that time to fill state enlistment quotas than by noble aspirations of preserving the Union or abolishing slavery. The letters offered here span roughly George’s initial year of service, December 16, 1862-September 23, 1863, including his first engagement at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12-15, 1862. Over the course of the following year, George participated in General Ambrose Burnside’s infamous Mud March as well as a series of sieges, including those at Vicksburg, Jackson, and Knoxville. The first letter comes from a camp in Virginia, where George writes to his brother just after the crushing Union defeat at Fredericksburg and reports on the action in and around the town: “We went over to the city last Friday morning. They bombarded the city...and drove the Rebels out...We lade [sic] by the side of the river that day and knight [sic]...so the shells went over us but some of them struck into the river. They killed one man...that belong to the 12th regt. There was a regt. A coming over the hill and the Rebels threw over and one struck right in among them and it lade [sic] out three...they carried them off in an ambulance. It is a hard business to see them killed...The next day was Saturday and we went into the battle about one o’clock and we stayed on the filed till after dark and then we went back down to the river. They carried off our wounded that knight [sic] and the dead lay there. Now they don’t dare to go and bury them...the bullets came nearer me than you would want...” In his next letter, written over the course of two weeks spent in both Mount Sterling and Winchester, Kentucky, where his regiment was stationed during its attachment to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Department of Ohio that April. Morgan shares with his brother the 88
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details of the long trip from Newport News, Virginia to Kentucky, which took seven days and made them all a considerably “lamer set of boys.” In addition to marching, the 11th New Hampshire completed part of the journey by steamship, the John Rice, and by train, although not in very comfortable compartments: “We had come to there in damned old cattle cars. We went over the Allegheny Mountains and that was a dangerous looking place to ride...” Morgan shares the details of his passage from Covington to Cincinnati, Ohio by steamboat and writes with admiration for the surrounding landscape: “The land in this country is the best land that I ever see [sic]. They have large plantations and nice houses and they keep lots of [slaves].” The next movements of his regiment take him from Kentucky to Mississippi in June of 1863 for participation in the Sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson with the Army of the Tennessee. During the Siege of Vicksburg, on June 22, Morgan writes to his brother from Milldale, Mississippi, “within 12 or 15 miles of Vicksburg. We can hear the cannon plain from there.” A year after he voluntarily enlisted, in August 1863, George writes to Austin from Nicholasville, Kentucky, counseling him against joining, despite his recent conscription: “I don’t feel so bad for you as I do for Father and Mother. But ever mind, I want you to stay there till I get home. You give them the three hundred dollars and tell them to go to Hell...Three hundred dollars would not kill us half so quick as a damned bullet would.” After his experiences in battle, George clearly has reevaluated the merits of earning “easy money” through
190 CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF EDWARD HORATIO GRAVES, 10TH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS Lot of 24 letters exchanged between Edward Horatio Graves and family members. The archive contains 9 letters written by Graves to his mother, with the remaining letters being written to Graves by family and friends, including his mother (4), his father (1), his siblings Mattie (2) and John (1), and others. Prior to the war, Edward H. (“Ned”) Graves was a clerk in Brooklyn. Four of the letters offered here date to this pre-war period. By the time the war began, Edward was 22-years-old. He enlisted in one of the early 3-year regiments, which was beginning recruitment when it was apparent that the 100-days units would not be sufficient to end the war. He joined the 10th MA, which was recruited primarily from the Connecticut Valley. He writes his mother on June 26, 1861, less than a week after mustering into Federal Service. [Springfield (3pp, 5 x 8 in.)]: ”You must excuse my neglect in not writing you before but every day we have been drilled 8 hours and when night comes I have been so tired that I could think of nothing but sleep… I am quartered in what used to be the Barn occupied by the horses
military service. His next two letters, dated September 12 and 23, 1863, reinforce these sentiments: “I want you to pay the three hundred dollars and tell them to stick it rite [sic] up their damn ass...They had no business to draft you...I shall advise every boddy [sic] else to keep out of this war just as long as you can...I have been [dragged] down until I could hardly go or stand and would give all that I have to get out of it free and clear.” New Hampshire draft registration records from June of 1863 indicate that Austin was counted as eligible for conscription, but the historical record yields little consistent evidence of his service. Meanwhile, following a winter spent in eastern Tennessee with his regiment, George Morgan contracted a disease at Annapolis, Maryland and was hospitalized there in May. While his corps marched on to join Generals George Meade and Ulysses S. Grant in the Overland Campaign, Morgan stayed behind and was eventually transferred to a hospital in Philadelphia to continue his convalescence. Upon his recovery, he was detailed as a nurse during the spring and summer of 1864, working at the Chestnut Hill Hospital. That July, he was called away to assist with the defense of Washington, DC during the Confederate onslaught led by General Jubal Early. While in Washington, Morgan seemingly contracted diphtheria and was hospitalized once again in Alexandria, where he died on July 23, 1864. Records indicate that Austin, conversely, survived the war and became a wealthy farmer in New London, New Hampshire. $500 - $700
at Horse Shows…. Last Friday the 21st inst. we were sworn into the US Service and I suppose I am now a US soldier for the term of 3 years. .. [T]he N. Adams company when their turn came to be sworn in some fifteen backed out and you ought to have seen thre rest of the Co. take these poor men and strip their uniform off and drum them out with scarcely no clothing at all on and one man, a kind of ring leader, they shaved half his hair and whiskers off and then drummed him out without any hat…” Generally his letters are written with insight, compassion and even a bit of humor. In a letter to his mother written in May 1862, he goes to look at the Rebel camp a short distance away. “...I went over to the scene of the engagements and climbed a tree and could plainly see the Rebel fortifications and could distinguish the Negros from the whites with the aid of a common spy glass. I was soon compelled to relinquish my point of observation by the ominous sound of a bullet in rather unpleasant proximity to my head and I came down very quickly.“ In reference to the camp, he writes: “You cannot have any idea of the quantity of mud that a little rain produces in the land of Va.” For more from this archive please go to cowans.com. $1,000 - $1,500
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191 SERGEANT EDMUND C. WHITNEY, 53RD MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVE, 1862-1903 Large collection of war-date correspondence, photography, documents, and more related to the military service and family life of Sergeant Edmund Carter Whitney (1835-1897), 53rd Massachusetts Infantry, spanning from approx. 1862-1903. Highlighted by a remarkably detailed, double-sided, hand-drawn map, approx. 20 x 9 in., showing the positions of Generals Andrews, Banks, Dwight, Moore, and Paine in the Louisiana woodlands, with key strategic notes including the locations of enemy camps, rifle pits, and suspected guerrilla bands. Whitney’s time in Louisiana marks the apex of his service record - during the Battle of Port Hudson, he successfully extracted a minié ball from the head of a fellow officer after sustaining serious injuries to his own right arm - and seven of the nine letters offered here are written from various camps in the state, detailing the siege of Port Hudson with gory battle content. Whitney writes to his mother and various family friends first from Camp Stevens while still in Massachusetts, then en route to and upon his arrival in New Orleans. General Nathaniel Banks had mobilized all troops there and in Baton Rouge to advance on the critical Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson, the capture of which would allow the Union army to regain control of the Mississippi River. The forty-eight day siege resulted in a victory for Union forces, but at the expense of heavy casualties lost both in battle and to disease. Whitney describes the contributing factors of heat and illness around camp, but most importantly documents engagements with the enemy, writing on May 2, 1863: “We have traveled two hundred and fifty miles, one hundred twenty five on foot, have driven the enemy by strategy from our strongly fortified position, by hard blows from another. . . have forced them to destroy five gunboats. . . taken fifteen hundred prisoners [and] some heavy guns, destroyed foundries and great salt works, and have driven to the most perfect rout and demoralization [to] this branch of their army.” Later in June, he shares a more somber account: “A general attack was made upon Pt. Hudson, attempting to carry the works by storm. I was on the field from three in the morning till nine in the evening, when we evacuated nearly all the ground we had gained, having met with a perfect repulse. In that time we fought without intermission, actually walking over hundreds of our own dead and wounded, whom we could not remove. . . my own clothes with riddled with shot, and I rec’d a slight wound, and I was one of the very few who entered that field and came safely off again. . . I have seen scores and scores of men with amputated limbs, have heard night and day shrieks such as will cling to me as long as I live, so unspeakably awful were they, and have literally had my hands bathed in the blood of our own dear Union soldiers. Night before last we finished burying our dead, 120 being buried in one grave.” Prior to his military service, Whitney worked as a clerk at the Lancaster Bank in Massachusetts. He remained at home with his wife, Cornelia, until September of 1862, when he finally enlisted as a corporal with Co. I, 53rd Massachusetts Infantry. He was soon detailed to the quartermaster’s department and assigned to the ship Montibello, tasked with transporting goods and troops to southern ports. Later, Whitney was ordered to duty in Louisiana, notably participating in the Siege of Port Hudson, where he was wounded. During this time, he served on the staff of Colonel John W. Kimball, acting Brigadier General, and valiantly saved the life of Kimball’s orderly in battle, despite his own injuries. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant for his heroism but was plagued by disease for nearly the duration of the war. He continued his career in finance after his recovery, 90
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organizing a national bank and serving as its treasurer. He was an active member of his GAR post and Masonic lodge and also worked as chief engineer of the local fire department. Includes six CDVs, primarily civilian portraits of Whitney credited to D.K. Prescott of Boston, Massachusetts, as well as a striking cabinet card of Colonel Kimball on horseback by J.C. Moulton of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Also with two widow’s pension documents, a stringbound copy of A List of Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville, The Tribune Association: New York, New York, 1868, printed GAR ephemera, three loose tintypes of unidentified soldiers, assorted family photographs of Whitney’s mother and children, two illustrated portraits of Whitney and Cornelia, each framed to 13.5 x 15.5 in., several loose Waterbury Button Co. buttons and other uniform accoutrements, and four books identified to Whitney with titles including The Combatants, General Episcopal Sunday School Union: New York, New York, 1850, inscribed to Whitney and received by him at Camp Stevens in 1862; Solomon and the Prince, and Solomon and the Preacher, T.R. Marvin: Boston, Massachusetts, 1851; The Angel over the Right Shoulder, W.F. Draper and Brother: Andover, Massachusetts, 1853; and an embossed Bible presented to Whitney and Cornelia as an engagement gift. $1,000 - $2,000
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192 EARLY CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS WRITTEN BY HERVEY BATCHELLER FROM PARIS TO BOSTON, 1861-1862 Lot of 11 letters written by American ex-patriot Hervey Jenks Batcheller (ca 1826-1865), sent from Paris to his family in Massachusetts during the early years of the Civil War, 1861-1862. Batcheller hears of the war’s outbreak whilst abroad and is forced to rely on family correspondence and Englishlanguage French newspapers for coverage of the unfolding national crisis. Letters contain Batcheller’s eloquently recorded impressions of the Trent Affair, the general lawlessness of Confederate privateers, the evacuation of Nashville, the unprecedented naval battle at Hampton Roads, and Confederate diplomacy with European dignitaries. Accompanied by original covers franked with French imperforate 80-centime stamps of Napoleon in profile. The date of Batcheller’s departure for Paris is unclear, but he applied for a passport in 1855. By this time, Batcheller had entered into the prosperous shoe manufacturing firm established by his father, Tyler Batcheller (17931865). The company had offices in both Boston and the family hometown of North Brookfield and brought in $1.5 million annually. Hervey Batcheller left the company in 1860, presumably departing for Paris at some point between the time of his resignation and the date of his first letter, May 16, 1861. Here, he shares with his sister, Emma King of Boston, his initial reactions to the declaration of war: “It is truly sad to contemplate upon the dreadful disaster which has fallen upon our beloved nation; that we are arrayed in arms, one against the other.” He expresses confidence in the Union, stating that “the North [has] come out so united, and in such force, that it will be likely to overawe the South, and cause them to think before they enter upon their rash attempt to destroy the Union. But they have some desperate men among the leaders of this rebellion. . . I expect Jeff Davis has got a large army in the background. More than the North have the least idea about, for we only see one side of the field at present.” The reality of the conflict finally seems to reach Paris by the end of May, and Batcheller tells his family of general unease within the ex-patriot community, citing two incidents in particular: “Only last week a young man from Philadelphia, who has been here some time with his family...was talking quite energetically [about the War]...all of a sudden he fell back in his chair with an epileptic fit...[And] only yesterday another was so excited that he went into a pistol gallery and shot himself through the head, blowing his brains in all directions...that might be a more agreeable death than to fall into the hands of one of Jeff Davis’s Pirates at war?” Confederate privateers or commerce raiders were privately owned ships authorized by the CSA government to attack United States shipping vessels and seize their cargo. This tactic also served to divert the attentions of the Union Navy away from the blockade of Southern ports and perhaps to encourage European intervention in the conflict. Speaking to the latter point, Batcheller writes that “there are many [here] who say that they would not risk going to America now for fear of being taken by one of the privateer ships. It is said that quite a number of vessels are filtering over upon this side of the ocean to go in search of American vessels or steamers but I think that the English and French governments will keep a good look out to prevent any departure of armed vessels...[though] there is some prospect that [the CSA] may yet be recognized by England and France, the Southern Commissioners are to have a hearing before the Emperor this week (so it is reported).” The Confederate Army began to gain ground in the summer of 1861, and the solemnity of Batcheller’s letters form this time reveals his growing concern for his country. On July 9, 1861, he writes: “It looks more as if the war might be long and desperate. This last victory gained by the South rather changes the tone of journals on this side of the ocean – from the leading articles in the English and French dailies, one could be led to believe that now the South will have a change to gain.” Later, on November 28, 1861, Batcheller shares news from London of the arrival of the packetboat RMS Trent, the linchpin of the Trent Affair, a major diplomatic incident that threatened war between England and the United States: “‘Trent’ [was] met in the Bahama Channel by the ‘San Jacinto,’ the American war steamer in pursuit of the commissioners sent by the Southern Confederacy to Europe. Messrs. Mason and Slidell, it now appears that they were taken...It may cause some difficulty between out government and England, as also another steamer from the rebels called the ‘Nashville’ which ran the blockade at Charleston, has now arrived in the English Channel...after capturing and burning a vessel from New York called the ‘Harry Binck.’ Some say that the English and French governments will now recognize the Southern confederacy. . . out of spite, on account of taking Mason and Slidell by force from off their steamer, they may even go so far as to declare war against us.”
By the spring of 1862, however, a series of Confederate defeats seemed to refortify Federal forces. On March 7, Batcheller writes to his father, sharing his excitement over “the most glorious news of continued successes in putting down this most wicked rebellion.” The Confederates had surrendered Forts Henry and Donelson in February and evacuated Nashville by the end of the month. Batcheller relates that these Union victories “take the Europeans by surprise, for they began to think and write in their daily journals that it was all up for the ‘Grand American Republic.’” He comments further on the biases of European reportage, writing in part, “It was intimated that the London Times. . . so down upon our war, government, and everything else American (except for the cause of the Rebels and the disruption of our Union), would come out in ‘full mourning’ for the South as they did for their Prince Albert; however, they did not give an article in today’s journal touching these brilliant victories of the Federal Army – had the South gained the slightest advantage, they would be sure to come out and magnify it to a ‘splendid, tremendous, magnificent’ defeat of the Yankees and victory of the ‘chivalrous southerners.’” Later in March, he shares his reactions to the “exceedingly interesting...news from the seat of war in America...of a great battle in Tenn[essee] & Miss[issippi] of a dreadful destruction of life, etc...we think that it is somewhat exaggerated, 40 thousand rebels and 20 thousand federals killed, etc. We fear that the steamer ‘Merrimac’ will come out and destroy the fleet of Federal vessels now on the blockade.” Content from later letters includes the capture of New Orleans and the repulse of General Nathaniel Banks at Winchester, though Batcheller’s primary focus is securing passage home. He suggests that this process is difficult, as most sailing vessels “have been taken off for the use of government transport for our army.” He discusses various departure options, but his plans are seemingly foiled by his own poor health. Records suggest that he died at sea, sometime during or shortly after 1865. $1,000 - $2,000
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193 MASSACHUSETTS IN THE CIVIL WAR: LETTERS FROM MA REGIMENTS Lot of 37 letters from Massachusetts regiments, including 1st, 5th, 6th, 10th, 12th, 16th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 42nd and 45th Infantries and 9th Light Artillery and 2nd Heavy Artillery. All letters with typed transcriptions. Highlighted letters listed below, with additional information available at cowans.com. Colonel Charles Russell Codman, 45th MA VI. Three letters to wife: Newbern [NC], December 6, 1862; Kingston, NC, December 12, 1862 (quick note to let her know he is alive after battle); Newbern, March 1, 1863, blacks armed, court martial of General Stevenson for refusing to fight with African Americans. William E. Foster, Co. G, 12th MA VI. Three letters: Camp near Stafford Court House, November 22nd, 1862 - much dry wit: “If I can get hard tack enough it is all I ask, but as soon as they begin to haul off on that there will be a row in camp”; two from Camp near Belle Plain, VA. January 25, 1863, describing his experience on the “Mud March” (January 20-24), after describing building corduroy roads over the mud in the preceding letter. And March 21, 1863 with comments on men shooting off their fingers “accidentally” to get discharged - at least a dozen in his regiment, 20 or more in the 16th Maine. Josiah Fuller, Co. C, 32nd MA VI. Three letters from a highly educated Union officer (promotions to colonel, brevets colonel, and brigadier general): Camp near Falmouth, VA, March 15, 1863 - partial letter to wife; Head Quarters Artillery Reserve A.P. near Falmouth, VA, May 29, 1863. Chancellorsville, court martial process; Camp of the 32nd Mass. Vols. (n.d. probably ca. June 12, 1864) - Cold Harbor aftermath. William L. Ober, Co. D, 19th MA VI. Drummer. August 24, 1864. Describes being nearly killed by a shell the previous day, but not really in any danger.
194 CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF SERGEANT MATHEW HALPIN, CO. K, 22ND NEW YORK INFANTRY, WITH FASCINATING BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG CONTENT Lot of 8 letters written by Sergeant Mathew Halpin, Co. K, 22nd New York Infantry to his friend Albert A. Fletcher (ca 1835-1907), a farmer in Bridport, Vermont. Halpin (ca 1843-1909) emigrated from Ireland in 1847 and settled in Vermont. Compelled to fight for his new country in the Civil War, he enlisted at Port Henry, New York in the spring of 1861 as a private with the 22nd New York Infantry. He attained the rank of sergeant on August 31, 1862 and was engaged at key battles including Gainesville, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. In his letters to Fletcher, Halpin records his experiences as a soldier, describing mob riots at camp, a grisly train accident in Northern Virginia, and, most notably, key maneuvers by the Union army at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12-15, 1862. Halpin writes two letters from Albany, New York, where his regiment apparently boarded until their dispatch to Washington, DC in defense of the city. On April 12, 1861, he tells of great “noise and excitement…among the troops,” possibly caused by a group of antiwar “Copperhead” protesters. In the middle of the night, “we were aroused by the mob, a set of young men that go around this city making disturbances. We immediately got up and found it necessary to place a guard at four different entrenches of this building…the mob retreated and did not disturb us more that night…next morning the[y] returned and commenced throwing stones at the guard when one of them drew his revolver and fired three timing missing twice and killing one man. That night his comrades came back, probably with the intentions of revenging him, and snatching a musket of one of the guards thrust the bayonet at his breast, but before he could do any damage he [was] knocked down and [was] pinned to the ground by the bayonet.” A larger, deadlier Copperhead demonstration took place just a week later in Baltimore, Maryland. By July, Halpin and his regiment have made their way to Washington, attached to Keye’s Brigade, Division of the Potomac. Spirits were high when they left New York, and friends, family, and other well-wishers left the soldiers with “bottle[s] of liquor in abundance.” After a summer and early
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The regiment had not lost any drummers. Alden Spooner, Co. K, 32nd MA VI. Camp of the 1st Division SS / Near the Jerusalem Plank Road, VA. January 9, 1865. This Sharpshooter describes a foraging raid that turned to retribution for the death of three Union soldiers. Spooner died one month after this was written of an “accidental wound.” $2,500 - $4,000
fall of guard duty at Arlington and Upton’s Hill, Halpin and the 22nd New York took up winter camp for 1861 at Upton’s Hill. In March, Halpin decides to visit the battlefield at Manassas Junction, the site of the demoralizing First Battle of Bull Run. He tells Fletcher of the somber experience, writing in part, “I started at daylight and got on the battle ground. . . it stretches for six or eight miles. . . and is covered most part by [second] growth pine. But few of our men were buried and those [that were] only got the name of it. . . the bones sticking up out of the graves. A company of the Brooklyn 14th were out burying the bones of their dead companions. The citizens say they were all buried, but the Louisiana Tigers rooted them up. It was a hard sight.” For the majority of June that year, Halpin and his regiment were engaged in operations against Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and on June 13, 1862, he tells Fletcher of a horrifically ill-fated cat and mouse game with the Confederate General: “…we left our camp at Fairview, 8 miles beyond BID LIVE ONLINE WITH
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Fredericksburg & marched about 50 miles to Catlet station where we took the cars & went to Front Royal. We stayed there overnight…[but] got orders to go back as [Stonewall] Jackson had left there…there was a very serious accident…each regt had an engine & 10 cars. The sharp shooters were ahead. While stopping for something the engine of the Brooklyn 14th ran into them killing one & hurting about 40. We buried the one killed on the side of the road & the wounded were carried to the nearest village where the Regt. stayed until our return from Front Royal.” Halpin’s next letter comes just days after a devastating Confederate victory at the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12-15, 1862. He gives Fletcher a brief summary of the engagement, noting key strategic elements – and coincidentally advantageous weather conditions - that helped reduce the number of casualties from his regiment: “What do you think of our dance across the Rappahannock? We had a pretty rough time of it there. . . Doubleday’s division was on the left. We lay about 4 miles below Fredericksburg. The hardest fighting was in the centre and right. The left was one continual roar of artillery. Our fellows worked hard to silence the Reb’s
195 CIVIL WAR SUTLER’S CLERK ARCHIVE, LETTERS WRITTEN BY FREDERICK P. RANNEY, 40TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 18611867 Lot of 15 letters by Frederick Packard Ranney (1844-1884), a sutler’s clerk for the 40th New York Infantry, written to his family, November 1861-September 1867. A bookkeeper from Monroe, New York, Ranney joined the 40th New York Infantry, also known as the Mozart Regiment, in the fall of 1861. His primary correspondent is his older sister Jennie M. Ranney McPherson (1836-1905), who married William McPherson, Jr. (1834-1915), a Scottish lumber magnate and prominent early settler of Powell, Michigan. In his letters, Ranney provides his family with details of his Civil War service, including a dramatic account of the Battle of Chancellorsville, a female solider in disguise, and his experience as a Confederate prisoner, as well as his business ventures during Reconstruction in the western United States. The role of sutler was often filled by a civilian businessman who typically identified himself with a particular regiment. Sutlers provided goods and camp fare, including items that were not readily available to the soldiers, and accompanied the regiment from camp to camp. Wares could range from writing materials to ID disks, and from clothing items to desirable foodstuffs the army did not provide. The sutler of the 40th New York Infantry was “C. Rogers,” who joined the regiment at Fort Runyon. Known for his swindling and avarice, Rogers purportedly fixed the prices of his goods and fraudulently extended lines of credit to impecunious soldiers, abruptly calling in debts directly from the paymaster. According to regimental accounts, hostilities built between Rogers and the men, who began to employ counterfeit orders for large quantities of product to “steal” hundreds of dollars’ worth of goods from him. Ranney’s name is absent from these records, but his writing reveals considerable mistrust, even fear, of the soldiers he serves, tying his loyalties firmly to Rogers. His earlier letters in the archive were written from Alexandria, Virginia, where the Mozart Regiment performed defensive duties for Washington, DC as an attachment of the Army of the Potomac. Ranney describes a grand review of the army and popular sights he visited in the city. On April 20, 1862, during the Siege of Yorktown, Ranney writes of close encounters with Confederate sharpshooters whilst performing his regimental duties: “Yesterday, I made a visit to camp. Went out and laid down by a fence and watched the rebels at work, at only about ¾ of a mile distant. Whenever a shell was thrown my head sunk down some, so as to let it go over. . . Sharpshooters are at work and whenever a man makes his appearance, death follows frequently.” Specifically, as he writes in July 1862, his position entails having “the whole hand of running the store, of settling all accounts, and cashier generally. . . our sales are from three to six hundred dollars daily and as Mr. Rogers is frequently away two to three weeks, they amount to no inconsiderable sum. I frequently feel alarmed to think of the many evil characters around me and how little the[y] would care for me were they sure of their reward. I always go around with a six barrel pocket piece and think I should use, if occasion required. My salary is $40.” Despite his animosity towards the enlisted men he serves, Ranney holds great esteem for the Union Army’s generals, defending General George McClellan from the “disgraceful and cowardly” speech delivered
batteries, but they fired with terrible effect on our infantry. We were drawn up in line of battle on a large flat, a good mark for rebel artillery to play on. Our Regt. was in advance so that most of the shells went over our heads. Towards night on the 2d day they fired grape and canister and hit 4 out of our Regt. None were wounded seriously. The retreat back across the river was one of the best conducted movements of the war. A heavy wind blowing in the direction of the river favored our movement. We knew nothing of where they we were going… the Rebels never suspected our leaving until next morning when they see the plain vacated that was the night before covered with men. There is great speculation in the papers as to what this movement is. Some call it strategy, but here we call it another grand skedaddle...We were on one side of the river, the Rebs on the other…it froze hard.” Also included are the original transmittal covers, including one example free franked by New York Congressman James Harper Graham (18121881). $800 - $1,000
by Michigan Senator Zachariah Chandler in Jackson, Mississippi on July 6, 1862, a scathing reproof of McClellan’s failure to capture Richmond: “The idea of his taking the liberty to speak of the man to whom the country owes so much. The army adores him and I think he will yet able to show the world the true character of the man.” Later, in May of 1863, Ranney also defends General Joseph Hooker’s efforts following the Union defeat at Chancellorsville, with a detailed description of the battle (excerpts available at cowans.com). In August, the Mozart Regiment was assigned to duty at Rappahanock, where Ranney was briefly taken prisoner by Confederate troops. He writes to his sisters on August 8, 1863, describing the experience: “I. . . was captured by Mosby and his gang, taken twenty five miles toward Richmond, finally recaptured by the 2 Mass’ Cavalry after a brisk fight. I came within one mile of seeing the walls of Libby Prison.” The next major engagements for Ranney’s regiment were in the Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House the following spring, after which Ranney recounts a curious incident with a female soldier in disguise, writing on May 19, 1864 that “a young Volunteer was brought in to have his wounds dressed, preparatory to being sent to the rear. Imagine the surprise of the assembled people when instead of a boy, a young lady’s wounds were to be dressed.” After participating in the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign, the 40th New York Infantry was mustered out of service on June 27, 1865. Ranney, in search of employment, traveled West after the war. On December 18, 1865, he writes of his reception as a Northerner by former Confederate soldiers in Arkansas, noting that they “had no particular love for the Yankee race in general, and gave us unmistakable signs of their hatred in looks, if not actions.” By June of 1867, Ranney had settled in Arkansas as a cotton planter, albeit an unsuccessful one. He tells Jennie that Rose Bank, his plantation, “has been on the whole an unfortunate investment from the beginning. . . I think there must be a curse on the whole country.” Ultimately, his career as planter failed, and Ranney moved on to Kansas City, Missouri, where he married and had two daughters. $2,000 - $3,000
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196 NEW YORK IN THE CIVIL WAR: LETTERS FROM NEW YORK REGIMENTS, WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN INTEREST Lot of 71 Civil War letters from soldiers serving in New York regiments including the 44th NY “Ellsworth’s Avengers,” Excelsior Brigade, and the 96th US Colored Troops. Highlighted letters listed below, with additional information available at cowans.com. An interesting letter is penned by Henry F. Babcock of the 122nd NY, Co. I who was stationed in Washington DC in the War Department during December 1863. In a letter to friends on December 7, he describes the scene in the capital when the Goddess of Liberty was raised to the top of the newly finished capitol dome and the salute of guns to celebrate the event. He also mentions the arrival of the Russian Fleet in the Potomac. While historians are divided on the motivations of Alexander II, Babcock formed his own theories for their presence, “They are fine model wooden vessels to be sure but our Ironclad the Sangamon, which was at this navy yard a few days ago, would blow them all out of the water in less than no time. I think it is the object of their visit to get the secret of our monitors and the heavy metal which they carry. I don’t think Uncle Sam will let them into these important secrets, right off at least. I think he is foolish if he does.” Joseph W. Foster was originally enlisted into Co. A of the 110th NY on Aug. 1, 1862. Military records note that on Nov. 13, 1863 he was detached with the 2nd Louisiana Engineers and then joined the Corps de Afrique, which became the 96th USCT, per the orders of Gen. Banks in April 1864. Foster was white, as indicated by his vital statistics, and seems to have entered into the 96th as a 2nd Lieut., and at some point promoted to 1st lieut./ adjutant. Included in this archive are three letters written by Foster, two when he was still serving with the 110th, and a fascinating letter penned on May 24, 1864 to a friend (possibly brother) when he was stationed on Matagorda Island, TX with the 96th USCT. He writes of the failure at Matagorda Island, “These are gloomy times for us in the Department of the Gulf, at least it seems so to me. General Banks with his grand army has fallen back to Lines Port a small place near the mouth of the Red River. We are daily expecting transports to take us to New Orleans, and from there we expect to be sent up to the front. Matagorda Island is to be evacuated and the fortifications we have been months in constructing are to be left for our enemies.” He also reminisces a riveting story of searching the residence of a southern woman when they were informed that a soldier had been murdered there. When searching for a missing revolver he questions the woman, “I said madam we have good reason for thinking that you have a revolver concealed about your person. Now I expect you to tell me the truth. Have you got a revolver about your person? She said it was an impertinent question and she should not answer it. ‘Very well if you refuse to give it up I shall have you searched for that revolver I must have.’ She spoke up very sharp ‘Who will search me?’ I said ‘this colored woman will search you if necessary.’ She turned her face from me as scornfully as possible. ‘It is a likely story that my own servant will search me.’ I said, ‘Madam that woman is no more your servant than I am. She is just as free a woman as you are.’ I then told the woman she was free and asked her if she would search the Madam and get the revolver
for me. ‘Yes sah.’” The old woman proceeded to feign swooning and Foster eventually found the revolver, loaded with one empty chamber. “I asked her how that came unloaded and she said her husband shot the soldier with it and she told him to do it. I then asked her what she intended to do with it and she said ‘shoot another Yankee soldier.’” A small group of letters included here (dated July 22, 23, and 27, 1863) were written by Alonzo Bell (1836-1906) who served just 30 days as a volunteer in Co. H of the NYS Militia. Bell would go on to a fairly illustrious political career serving notably as the Asst. Secretary of the Interior under President Hayes, was the US Government representative at the driving of the golden spike when serving as an inspector on the Northern Pacific Railroad, and was elected to the NY State legislature in 1895. Francis G. Trowbridge enlisted in Brooklyn as Corporal into Co. D of the 139th NYV and mustered in on September 9, 1862. He wrote on several interesting subjects in 6 letters included in this archive written to his mother and sister. In his first, dated Feb. 8, 1863 on lithographed Camp Hamilton/Fortress Monroe letterhead, Trowbridge writes of the mustering of the USCT regiments and his desire to join their ranks, “Negro troops are becoming quite popular and already there are a great many applications for positions as Officers over them. I do not think there is any one whose application is ahead of mine.” In his final letter written on Nov. 16, 1863, he continues to be impressed by the African Americans writing about their performance glowingly. On July 19, 1863, he writes poignantly to his sister about his disgust over the draft riots in New York and what they represent to the war effort overall, “The riotous proceedings that have taken place within the week that is past in N.Y. City are indeed disgraceful both as a city, a state and a nation. We ought to be thankful the work of suppressing this Rebellion is so near completed...” $1,500 - $3,000
197 BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, SECRETARIAL CIVIL WAR LETTER ISSUED BY MAJOR PHILO B. BUCKINGHAM, 1863 Buckingham, Philo B. (1820-after 1870). Major Commanding Head Quarters 20th Connecticut Volunteers, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Corps. Near Stafford Court House, VA. May 7, 1863. 7pp, approx. 8 x 12 in. Addressed to the Adjutant General State of Connecticut, Brigadier General D. Williams. Report of operations April 27 - May 7, 1863. They marched to Kelly’s Ford on the Rappahannock River, and camped near Hartwood Church. They crossed Kelly’s Ford two days later and headed for Germania Ford on the Rapidan. They camped for the night and resumed the march to Chancellorsville the following day, arriving about 8 pm when it was put in position on a line with General Geary’s forces and the 145th NYV. The battle began with shelling May 1st. On Saturday they advanced a short distance, but were ultimately forced to retreat when they were nearly surrounded by the enemy on Sunday. “It was behind the barricades and during the time the regiment was falling back through the woods that our entire loss occurred. The men after leveing [sic] the barricades, were subjected not only to the fire of shot and shell from the enemy’s artillery, but to a cross fire of infantry.” 94
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He then goes through a list of the wounded, captured, etc. In all fifteen were killed, 61 wounded and 92 missing. “During the succeeding days it can be said that the officers and men preformed [sic] there [sic] full share of all duties assined [sic] them both with alacrity and cheerfulness, wheather [sic] the duty consisted in building barricades, or standing night and day behind them, watching and waiting for the attack of the enemy.” On Wednesday, they recrossed the Rappahannock and returned to camp near Stafford Court House. Signed Philo B. Buckingham. Addendum added that Colonel Samuel Ross was admitted to the hospital with a leg wound and 1st Lieutenant Ambrose Beardsley was captured returning from detached duty. Both sheets signed also by J.B. Buckley, Adjutant of 20th CT Volunteers.
198 CIVIL WAR MEMORANDUM BOOK OF JOSEPH S.C. TABER OF THE 23RD PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, WITH HEAVY PENINSULA CAMPAIGN CONTENT INCLUDING MENTION OF REBEL BALLOON Lot of 2. Taber, M. A. ALS, 2pp, 4.625 x 7.5 in., “Philadelphia.” September 7, 1861. In this letter to his son, Mr. Taber outlines items he has arranged to have sent to Joseph, including a bowie knife, “two pair of drawers,” and a shirt. Memorandum book, approx. 7.5 x 9.5 in., containing 46 pages of war recollections and 7 additional pages of records. Bold text on first page reads, “Memorandum Book / of / Joseph S.C. Taber / Company B / 23rd Regt Penna Vols / With / Topl Engrs / Head Quarter Army of the Potomac / 1862.” Though dated and written like a diary, the manuscript offered here was likely penned in the immediate years after the war rather than during the war. The Gilder Lehrman Institute curates a 167-page diary entitled, “Taber, Joseph S. C. Civil War diary of soldier in Co. B 23rd regiment Pa. Volunteers,” which likely represents the actual war-date diary of Taber. Nonetheless, this handwritten account contains fascinating descriptions of Taber’s service which are highlighted by the 23rd Pennsylvania Regiment’s participation in the Peninsula Campaign of 1862. Taber saw a number of interesting and unusual sights, including one recorded in an entry dated April 14, 1862. He writes, “This morning as we started out, we saw a rebel balloon go up it staid [sic] up but a short time from what I could see of it, it was quite a shabby affair.” Only four short days later, Taber had a near death experience, which he describes in detail: “I was at the time about 3 feet behind Terry and about 15 from the table, I was looking at the table when the shell struck, it was a percussion cap shell, and as it is with the majority of such shells it hung fire, I threw myself flat on my face & the dirt flew all over me, had it been a fuze shell more than likely I would not have been here to write this.” Though Taber relays a report of victory at the Battle of Fair Oaks (or Seven Pines), he records that McClellan is continuing to await reinforcements before launching any kind of attack. In an entry dated June 21, Taber writes, “the rebels try every once in a while to bring on an engagement but Genl McClellan is not ready yet, but when he is will not wait for an attack...” Less than a week later, the issue was forced when three Confederate divisions surrounded McClellan’s troops and readied for attack. The resulting Battle of Gaines’ Mill took place on June 27th, as part of the Seven Days’ Battles. Taber records that he had never heard such firing before, but that he and his troops held their own pretty well despite the rebels having control of the battlefield. Further attacks from the rebels continued through the following month in an attempt to push McClellan’s troops farther from Richmond. In an entry from July 1st, Taber records one such attack resulting in the Battle of Malvern Hill. Perhaps the most climactic events recorded by Taber are the Battles of South Mountain and Antietam, taking place on September 14th and 17th, respectively. Though the former is often overshadowed by the latter, both battles were significant in proving the stopping power of McClellan’s federal forces against Lee’s rebel army in Maryland. Taber provides a detailed account of the Battle of South Mountain in his entry dated September 14th. He writes “...the rebels had possession of the range of hills called South Mountain which is by nature a strong position, we established our lines on a range of hills opposite them...as soon as we had looked around a little Genl Pleasanton commenced to plant his batteries along the crest and in a short time the air was rent with the sounds of schreaking [sic] shells...” After a while, General Pleasanton ordered General Cox to advance
Some historians consider Chancellorsville one of Lee’s finest battles from a strategic point of view. It was certainly one of his most audacious. Facing a Union force of double the numbers he had available, he divided his forces and still effected a win. This may have also emboldened him in the planning of the Gettysburg campaign just two months later. Chancellorsville would not be an easy victory, however. May 3 was the second bloodiest day of the war, after Antietam. The dead at Chancellorsville were divided equally between Union and Confederate forces, but the losses were harder for Lee to ultimately overcome. $500 - $700
on the left with his division, and as they made their way up the hill, the rebels “opened a masked battery on them,” causing Cox’s men to halt and lay down on the hill. Taber then relays that “Genl McClellan came on the field and immediately ordered Lieut Bowen to carry the message to Genl Cox to commence the fight and take the mountain at all hazards. I went with him, we found Genl Cox & Staff in an open field lying down to save their precious lives for the shells were raining into the field like a hail storm...” After the order was delivered, Taber laid down in the field, holding his and the lieutenant’s horses’ bridles, when a shell burst behind him and chipped a piece of his horse’s lip off. Cox’s troops, having gotten into line, were then ordered to charge. Taber remembers: “...in a moment the air was rent with the cheers of the brave fellows as they rushed onward a great many to their doom as it were, but all with their eye on the glorious emblem of our country the national colors...” As soon as they reached the crest of the hill, rebel musketry, shells, and grapeshot unloaded on them, announcing the commencement of the battle in earnest. “...(F)rom right to left the cannon belched forth the torrents of death and the sharp rattle of musketry was continuous along the line, when the fight commenced Lt Bowen, Col Wilcox and two minor officers with myself included made it our duty to drive in the stragglers...” Taber records an “amusing incident” when he discovered a retreating gunman with “horror depicted on his countenance to such an extent that I was very near laughing.” After fighting for about two and a half hours, Union forces succeeded in taking the summit and driving the rebels into the valley. At that point, the sound of rebel fire began to die down and Union soldiers began removing the wounded from the field while Lieutenant Bowen attended to the wounded rebels. They then rode to General McClellan’s headquarters to give a full report of the battle, and along the way Taber has a strangely prescient experience. He writes that as he passed General Reno and Sturgis with their staff, who “were all dressed in gorgeous uniforms,” he wondered, “...why tempt providence by exposing needlessly the lives which do not belong to them but to their country...” Upon reaching camp, Taber learned that General Reno had been killed in that night’s battle. Taber’s accounts recorded here provide not only keen insights into the personal experience of a soldier at war, but also important details of key battles making up McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign. $800 - $1,200
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199 CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF PRIVATE JOSEPH DARLINGTON, 30TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING HAVERSACK AND SHAVING MUG Lot of 11, including: 5 Civil War-date letters; tin shaving mug, approx. 4.25 x 8 in.; collapsible cup, 3.25 in. tall when fully extended; 16 x 12 in. tarred linen haversack with shortened handles of a non-standard issue; and a hand-tinted sixth plate ambrotype housed in full pressed paper case, all identified to Private Joseph B. Darlington (1837-1917), Co. A, “Brandywine Guards,” 30th PA Infantry. Darlington enlisted on 6/4/1861, was promoted to corporal on 3/15/1863 (estimate), and mustered out on 6/13/1864. His regiment participated in major engagements of the war including Mechanicsville, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness campaign. After the war Darlington was heavily involved with the West Chester, PA, chapter of the GAR. A March 2, 1917 “Dept. of Penna. GAR” resolution describing his service during the war and later in his community accompanies the archive along with a pension document. Writing from “Camp near Sharpsburg / Maryland Oct 3rd 1862” just a few weeks after the devastating Battle of Antietam, Darlington describes what remains of the town: “We are still here in camp about a mile and a quarter from Sharps Burg that town suffered severely from the battle. I have been there 2 or 3 times there is hardly a house there that has not received some damage from the balls and shell some with holes through the roof others through the brick wall some of the family had left before the battle commenced those that stayed lived in the sellar for a day or to till the battle was over....” Later letters are written from Fairfax Station while on duty in the defenses of Washington, DC, and from Briscoe Station, VA, while the regiment was in winter quarters and preparing for the Wilderness campaign. Darlington notes on April 13, 1864, that “...from all accounts we will not be much longer staying still...great preparations are being made for a vigorous campaine there has been a good many soldiers went by here on the cars to join there respective commands....” Two days later Darlington writes about a daring raid near their camp conducted by Confederate guerrillas who succeeded in getting three horses and killing a member of the 13th PA. $1,500 - $2,500
200 PENNSYLVANIA IN THE CIVIL WAR: LOT OF LETTERS FROM PA REGIMENTS Lot of 22 letters from Pennsylvania natives or soldiers that served in Pennsylvania regiments, including 28th, 40th, 42nd, 56th, 78th, 83rd, 100th, 107th, 140th, 141st, 203rd Infantries. All letters with typed transcriptions. Highlighted letters listed below, with additional information available at cowans.com. Three letters regarding Richard Boland, a 15-year old who had run away to join the army for the second time. The letters are between Boland’s father and Lieutenant Colonel William Irvine, 10th NY Cavalry. Mr. Boland had alerted the local PA recruiters about the boy’s age (since he did join the 51st PA in 1863), so apparently the determined would-be soldier hooked up with a New York unit. His father learned that he was with a Lieutenant Gates, Co. K, 10th NY after a friend received a letter from Richard. Boland’s first letter is dated March 15, 1864. Lieutenant Colonel Irvine’s confirming reply is dated two days later from Warrenton, VA. Boland’s reply is undated, but the father decided to leave his son where he was because he seemed to be serving Lieutenant Gates rather than “soldiering.” Richard did later enlist in the 100-day 192nd PA VI as a private. Samuel S. Caldwell, Camp Pierpont, VA, November 27, 1861. Pennsylvania “Bucktails” (13th PA Reserves / 42nd PA VI / 1st PA Rifles / Kane’s Rifles). “Our Reg’t. is called the Bucktail Reg’t. and at the Review it was pronounced the best drilled Reg’t in the service. We are used as scouts and we creep around through the woods like a pack of Indians....” Eight letters relate to brothers Edward and William H.H. Miles, Co. E, 100th PA VI (Round Head Regiment), written between November 1861-July 1865. Seven letters come from Edward Miles, who was wounded three times
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201 CHARLES MORFOOT, 101ST OHIO VOLUNTEERS, CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE INCL. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF MURFREESBORO AND FIRING ON ATLANTA Lot of 5 letters written by First Lieutenant Charles Morfoot, 101st Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to his wife, Elizabeth, and their children, 1863-1865. His letters blend detailed accounts of battle and camp life with thoughtfully constructed literary devices, yielding unmatched, passionate descriptions of the Battle of Stone’s River, an inferno at camp, the Siege of Atlanta, and the capture of a Confederate captain’s wife to exchange for Union prisoners. Morfoot (1823-1899), a mason from Bucyrus, Ohio, enlisted as a private on August 9, 1862. He mustered into Co. C, 101st Ohio Infantry. He was promoted twice before a transfer to Co. B of the same regiment and ultimately attained the rank of first lieutenant in November of 1864. He mustered out at Camp Harker, Tennessee on June 12, 1865. The 101st organized at Monroeville, Ohio and headed south in September of 1862. After duty at Murfreesboro through the end of June 1863, the regiment participated in the summer’s Middle Tennessee Campaign, with engagements at Chickamauga and in the Siege of Chattanooga. Morfoot’s first two letters were written during this time, and in a letter dated January 5, 1863 from a camp near Murfreesboro, he tells his family of his involvement in the Battle of Stones River (December 31-January 2): “Well the orders came from [William] Rosecrans to [William P.] Carlin, our brigade commander...away we went [with] 19 hundred men. We started to the left to turn the battle with only 700...Imagine the din of battle, there was 48 cannon belching thunder, thousands of muskets cracking, men yelling...I could hear wounded Rebels calling and moaning all night.” At the end of May 1863, Morfoot writes again, this time from Stone’s River, Tennessee, with news of camp life and the plight of local Tennesseeans. Making shell rings is a common camp pastime among the men, and the shells were collected from Stone’s River, “where the hard battle of Jan 2nd was fought and where we forded the river...some [shells] no doubt was stained with the blood of the slain.” Next, Morfoot and his regiment travel to Bridgeport, Alabama, participating in the Atlanta Campaign from May until September of 1864. One of their most harrowing fights of the year was not “with Rebs but with fire” in February, which he describes to Elizabeth: “Fire started from the Picket Post. The wind was high, it came sweeping across the fields of dry grass like a storm towards out camp. We turned our with brushes and stopped it before it got in the woods where we are camped. Last night it got out again and came roaring in the dry leaves.” His next letter comes from a camp near Atlanta, where “the Johnnies disturb [their] peace” at night. He relates an assault
202 ASSISTANT SURGEON H.M. BASSETT, 113TH AND 121ST OHIO VOLUNTEERS, CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE Lot of over 65 items associated with Hiram M. Bassett, who enlisted in June 1863 as a 23-year-old assistant surgeon of the 113th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In April 1865 he was promoted to surgeon of the 121st Ohio Volunteers. He mustered out with the regiment in June 1865. The 113th was formed primarily in central Ohio, with a couple of companies from other regions. They were sent to Louisville in anticipation of Morgan’s raid even before being fully organized, and from there, a tough march over the mountains took them into Tennessee in September, in time for the Battle of Chickamauga. It was a bloody baptism and the regiment took heavy losses - just over one third of the officers and men. It moved to the relief of Knoxville, then into winter quarters. In the next fighting season, it joined the Atlanta campaign and suffered heavily at Kennesaw Mountain. In Dr. Bassett’s papers are two lists of the casualties in that battle. It continued with Sherman in his “March to the Sea,” seeing action in the Carolinas and at Bentonville. The lot features approx. 60 documents acquired during Dr. Bassett’s military service, including General Orders, receipts, returns, lists of casualties, passes, examinations for discharges of those unfit for service, etc. The collection also contains Dr. Bassett’s traveling medical kits and associated items, including a surgical kit (lacking ID plate), 3.5 x 7.5 x 1.5 in., with 12 tools, (7 of which are bone-handled tools). Retailer’s label of
from the previous evening, writing, “Two guns of our battery opened on the town. In fact, as many as 75 cannon opened all around ¾ of the city.” The Confederate onslaught continued but was ultimately put down: they “killed one man, cut one leg off another, one hand from another, killed one or 2 horses and tore a few dog tents. They kept us lying in the ditches until 2 at night...” Morfoot and his fellow soldiers remained in Georgia, engaged in operations against Hood during the late summer and early fall before embarking on the Nashville Campaign to close out the year. January of 1865 found the 101st on duty in Huntsville, Alabama, where they stayed until March. On January 22, 1865, Morfoot writes once more to Elizabeth and tells her of his culinary exploits, executed with supplies plundered from local residences. Another of their spoils of war was “this guerilla’s wife, Mrs. Johnson...they fetched her in and left word with Johnson’s father-in-law to return our men and he can have his wife.” Kidnapping southern women was seemingly not uncommon, as Morfoot compares her behavior to that of other hostages: “the boys say they got many curses from the women, some scold, other pray and beg. [Once,] they carried a sick woman out and burned her house...I would like to see and hear of every building in Dixie being burned.” Includes a “Union Forever and Ever” cover with cancelled three-cent revenue stamp affixed at upper right corner. Near the end of April, Morfoot and his regiment moved to Nashville, where they were on duty for the remainder of the Civil War, mustering out on June 12, 1865. $600 - $800
George Tiemann, New York; pocket medicine carrier, 3.75 x 4.75 x 1.5 in. Each end opens to reveal 12 compartments with vials; pocket surgical set, in leather case, 4 x 2 x 1 in. Four folding tools with plastic “faux tortoiseshell” handles enclosed; and more. $1,000 - $2,000
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203 CIVIL WAR DIARY OF PRIVATE HARVEY HOGUE, 115TH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, POW Pocket diary, approx. 3.25 x 5 in., with leather cover and flap closure, printed one page per day for the year 1864. Identified to Private Harvey S. Hogue, Co. G, 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Entries made daily from January 1, 1864 to December 31, 1864, also with notes in “Memoranda” and “Cash Accounts” sections. Daily entries describe service in a regiment primarily devoted to protecting the crucial Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad from Confederate forces. Includes references to Wheeler’s Raid of Aug 31, 1864, the Battle of Franklin, and Hogue’s description of captivity after surrendering to Confederate General John Bell Hood’s forces near Murfreesboro, TN. Harvey Hogue (1843-1914), a resident of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, enlisted as a private on July 28, 1862 and mustered into Company G of the 115th Ohio Volunteers in September 1862. HDS records indicate that he was listed as a POW on 12/5/64 in Antioch, TN, escaped a rebel prison in Cahaba, AL at an undetermined date, and returned to his regiment on 2/11/65. Weeks after promotion to corporal, he mustered out on 6/22/65 at Murfreesboro, TN. Hogue’s duty as described in the diary in early 1864 appears to have afforded him relative calm and safety, however, by the second half of the year his regiment was increasingly under Confederate threat. Soldiers from the 115th not mounted were stationed at blockhouses near Murfreesboro in June 1864 and tasked with defending the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, a vital and singular supply line to General Sherman’s troops as they marched towards Atlanta. Hogue notes this new assignment in his diary on June 4, and thereafter details the Confederate incursions threatening his regiment. He describes Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s Confederate Cavalry raid on August 31, 1864, saying: “...about 9AM a negro reports that Wheeler is coming and tareing up the track. Just after dinner some of the boys go up to the Fork [?] and find about 20 Johnys cutting the wire and destroying the track / They fire on them and they light out. At 9 PM they are fighting over on the pike! Fight nearly all night.” He notes hearing heavy cannonading all day during the Battle of Franklin on Nov 30, 1864. Days later attacks on the blockhouses would begin. Hogue writes on December 2: “Rebels attack Bhouse No.2 fight all afternoon.” Then on December 3 and 4th: “Rebs attack us with rifles at 10AM. At 3PM they advance with flag of truce and demand a surrender. We don’t see it. They fire 77 guns at us 12 perimeters... [Dec 4] Morning fine. Rebs resume their fire on us at 7AM. Fire 16 guns. We surrender at 12PM on conditions that any personal property be respected. After are [?] out. Our guns, blankets are taken. [The Confederates] kept our money then our overcoats. Hats, boots, almost everything. / We march about 6 miles. Are put under guard near Gen. Hood’s headquarters.” So begins Hogue’s POW experience which he then documents daily through December 31. With as much detail as possible given the page per day format, Hogue describes daily marches and travel
in rail cars through Tennessee, then Alabama, then Mississippi, while en route towards the infamous Andersonville prison camp. He notes the brutality and difficulty he experienced along the way, as on Dec 5: “An Italian citizen shot about daylight to get the suit of good clothes he wore, was stripped and wrapped in an old dirty blanket and buried just beneath the Earth....” Then on December 13: “We draw three days additional rations, about enough for one meal.” Closing his diary on December 31, 1864, Hogue reflects solemnly: “Would like to be at old Cuya-Falls tonight. And will be there before many months or die making the attempt to get there.” Clearly, Hogue had already decided upon making his escape when the opportunity presented itself. The details of his escape attempt - the epilogue to this diary’s fascinating story of captivity - were recorded in Hogue’s war reminiscences published in the Highland, KS newspaper The Vidette in 1900. Note that Hogue indicates on February 17, 1864, as well as on the diary’s FFEP, that he received a diary on Feb 17th. It is unclear how or when the diary entries that predate the 17th were made. Additional biography and information on Hogue’s escape can be found online at cowans.com. $2,000 - $4,000
204 RARE 1862 CONFEDERATE INFANTRY TACTICS MANUAL CAPTURED IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, BY 118TH OHIO VOLUNTEER Hardee, Brigadier General W. J. Rifle and Infantry Tactics, Revised and Improved. Raleigh, NC: John Spelman, Printer to the State, 1862. 5.5 x 8.25 in., paper-covered boards with cloth spine (covers were likely originally marbled paper, now worn away), 144 numb. pp., plus iv. On front pastedown “G. Lober, Co. I” in ink. On ffep, “Book Captured at Raleigh, N.C. April the 10th 1865 - this Book has been used to learn about enemy to become acquainted with Som[e] manuvers [sic] of our Army” in pencil. Next page (verso of ffep) has a list of battles: “1 Mossy Creek; 2 Franklin; 3 Nashville; 4 Kingston; 5 Columbia; 6 Knoxville; 7 Morristown; 8 Rocky face; 9 Resacca; 10 Dallas; 11 White house; 12 Pumpkin vine creek; 13 Lost mountain; 14 Kennesaw mt.; 15 Atlanta; 16 Jonesboro; 17 Decatur; 18 Roam (?); 19 fort Anderson; 20 town crick; 21 Wilmington.” (Tennessee through Georgia into North Carolina.) Second ffep with “the 118th Regt. O.V.I. re enlisted while in the service 1130 men of this number we lost in Battle, killed, wounded and deceased 665 men and brought home 365 men and 300 of the number we brought home bore wounds received in Battle.” / “Written in Cleveland, Ohio / July 8 1865.” More notes on verso, some a repeat of page 1. Rear blank with owner’s name 98
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again in ink at the top, but this time “111th,” with an “8” over the last “1” in pencil; 2 columns front and back with names of 57 men, presumably in the company. George Lober appears to have initially enlisted in the 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - recruited in northwest Ohio in the Sandusky area - in August 1862. The 111th OH spent the first year around Covington, KY, then was ordered to East Tennessee, beginning a journey through the South. Lober mustered out in Salisbury, NC in July 1865. The 118th was recruited in Mansfield and Cincinnati and spent a year guarding railroads in Kentucky before moving to East Tennessee. Lober’s list of battles matches the 118th records. $400 - $600
205 OHIO IN THE CIVIL WAR: LOT OF LETTERS FROM OHIO REGIMENTS Lot of 43 Civil War letters from Ohio infantry and cavalry regiments. Majority written by soldiers with some homefront letters providing interesting context of the political turmoil in Ohio. The archive features rare perspectives of camp life and the war and includes battle details especially of action seen in Georgia on Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign. A unique letter is one penned by William S. Friesner (1838-1918) from Licking, Hocking Co. to his paramour Miss Sophie C. Stineman on June 23, 1862. His lengthy 9 page letter is written in entirely in meter and rhyme. He covers his unit’s travels in Tennessee, politics, and expressions of love for Sophie. Friesner served with distinction in the 58th OVI, mustered in as a 2nd Lieut. On Oct. 9, 1861, promoted several times to lieutenant colonel on May 3, 1865. Notably, he was a survivor of the Sultana explosion and testified as a witness for the prosecution. Included in this archive is a letter from John W. Cleland of Company F of the 111th OVI and three letters he received from his family in Lost Creek, Miami Co., OH. The letter exchange provocatively displays the tensions between Copperheads and Abolitionists in the area. Cleland’s family are Democrats, with his sister Jennie in particular being a vocal Southern Sympathizer. In a letter written April 19 and 20, 1864, Cleland’s brother James writes about William J. Knight of the 21st and 115th OVI who was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on April 12, 1862 at the Mitchell Raid and the controversy surrounding Knight admitting that he was a democrat. He was then called a “traitor, Copperhead, Butternut and so on,” with someone writing a letter to his regiment, stating that he had committed treason, was a traitor, and should not be paid. Cleland writes, “I suppose that William Knight is a brave a boy as ever went to war and has suffered as many hardships as anybody else, and it is a shame for anybody to abuse him as the Abolitionists have him.” Cleland, who at the time of writing had been promoted to 2nd lieut., responded to his sister on July 13, 1863 with news about the war, an incident of mistaken identity with the Tennessee home guard, and addresses her political sentiments. James M. Stuart of the 94th Ohio wrote a letter to his wife from Camp Chase near Columbus, then serving as a POW camp, on April 17, 1863 describing the arrival of a sex worker who snuck into camp in a soldier’s uniform, “One night this week there was one of those loose characters of women come in to camp with soldier’s clothes on and the boys got around her and stripped everything off her and marched her down past the hospital and she was as naked as she was when she came in to this earth. The next morning she came back on hunt of her soldier’s clothes but she could not find them.”
Ohio regiments served in Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign and the experiences of some of those soldiers are expressed in this archive. Henry Raubenstein of Co. A of the 19th OVI wrote in the early days of the campaign on June 4, 1864 to his parents, “Some time ago the Reb’s got on a hell of a spree and thought they could clean out the Yankees. They charged seven different times on our men and were repulsed every time. Some of them were so drunk that they fell down and couldn’t get up any more till the fight was over. Our men killed fourteen or fifteen hundred in a few hours and wounded several thousand. We, that is our division, was not in the fight because we wasn’t need & I expect they won’t make many more charges on our lines for they get hell at every point. We will perhaps soon have them surrounded unless they skedaddle soon.” Daniel J. Prickett of Co. H of the 3rd Ohio Cavalry wrote a long letter to his cousin on June 11, 1864 where he relates the large size of Sherman’s army, guessing that, “Sherman has a very large army perhaps 120,000 men in all.” Refer to cowans.com for additional excerpts. $1,500 - $3,000
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206 CIVIL WAR MUSTER ROLL COLLECTION, INCL. 24TH INDIANA VOLUNTEERS DOCUMENTS COUNTERSIGNED BY BRIGADIER GENERAL DANIEL MCCAULEY Lot of 24 muster rolls and related documents, including four (4) 24th Indiana Volunteers documents countersigned by Brevet Brigadier General Daniel McCauley; Major J.W. Carpenter, paymaster for the 11th Indiana (13); 143rd Ohio Volunteers (2); 47th Indiana (2); 29th Wisconsin (1). With some signed by William Edgworth Dougherty (1841-1915) 1st lieutenant, 1st US Infantry who received a brevet for gallant action at the siege of Vicksburg and who had subsequent service in the US Army. The 11th Indiana was organized in Indianapolis in April 1861 after Lincoln’s first call for troops. Lew Wallace was its colonel and George McGinnis and Daniel McCauley its lieutenant colonels. In June they were ordered to Virginia. The regiment was mustered out the first week of August, their three-months’ service complete. The 11th was immediately reorganized as a 3-year regiment and mustered into Federal service at the end of the month. Wallace was promoted to brigadier general and McGinnis to colonel. A week later they headed for Paducah, Kentucky, then to Fort Donelson. After the fall of that fort, they were sent to Shiloh, then to the siege at Corinth. They spent the fall and winter in various fights around Arkansas, then in the spring joined Grant’s army at Milliken’s Bend. During this time McCauley was promoted to colonel. He would receive a brevet brigadier’s rank in the omnibus awards of March 1865. The 11th would fight at Port Gibson, Champion’s Hill and
Vicksburg. The 11th ended up in Madisonville, LA, in January 1864, where they were when most of these documents were generated. Men who veteranized were given their furloughs and in late spring the 11th went to New Orleans as a veteran organization. From there, they were sent to Fortress Monroe and then joined the Eastern Theater campaigns, finally mustering out July 26, 1865. $600 - $800
207 PRIVATE MIAL VINCENT, 73RD INDIANA INFANTRY, CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE Lot of 26 letters, including 19 written by Mial Vincent to his father and older brother Alonzo, dating from August-December of 1862. Additional Civil War-date letters from a 20th Indiana soldier and a family friend are included, as well as late 19th-early 20th century correspondence with the family. Mial Vincent enlisted in northern Indiana in August 1862 with Company A of the 73rd Indiana Infantry, which went to Camp Rose in South Bend for training and organization, then left immediately for Louisville, KY in expectation of a raid by Morgan. When the raid did not come, they were sent to Lexington, then back to Louisville, shifting their focus to Braxton Bragg. Vincent’s first letters document these movements. As their experience in Kentucky continues, he has more battle content, especially the Battle of Perryville. After no more than six months of service, Vincent died of disease on January 8, 1863 (official records indicate dysentery). The lot contains three letters from G.N. Sprague, a family friend, including one dated February 11, 1863, telling the Vincent family that he would send their son’s belongings to the train station where they could pick them up. Refer to cowans.com for excerpts from these letters. $500 - $1,000
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208 ELIJAH M. LAMKIN, 11TH MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS, CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE INCL. STONES RIVER AND CHICKAMAUGA CONTENT Lot of 7 letters from Private Elijah M. Lamkin (Sept. 5, 1830-Nov. 26, 1916) written during his service in the Civil War. Letters dated December 1861-September 1863 including accounts of the Battle of Stones River and Chickamauga. A fascinating collection of letters from Elijah M. Lamkin who served in the 11th Michigan Infantry and participated and wrote about the Battle of Stones River (WIA) and the Battle of Chickamauga. Lamkin was a private who enlisted on August 24, 1861 in London, Michigan into Company I of the 11th Michigan Infantry. A farmer from Monroe County, Michigan, his limited schooling is evidenced by his poor spelling and grammar (which have been edited here). Interestingly, in these letters to his friend Henry Palmer back in Michigan, his penmanship was quite good and his turns of phrase possess romanticism and charm. Lamkin served in two of the bloodiest battles of the war. He wrote to Palmer on January 29, 1863 in the aftermath of the Battle of Stones River (Second Battle of Murfreesboro) stating simply, “We have been in a very large fight.” He goes on to elaborate his experience, detail his wounds, and marvel that he survived. “I hope that I shall never see such a time again. The lead flew about my head like hail stones. The soldiers fell around me but I was still spared through the battle. I expected every minute when it would be my turn to fall on the battlefield but I stood the storm and came out not being hurt very bad. I was wounded in the big tone on the right foot with a buckshot and another ounce ball went through the front piece of my cap and threw the crown off it just grazing the air on the top of my head.” In the same letter he challenges Palmer’s perception that, “the South was like a disobedient boy that wanted one good licking then they would come to terms” ultimately concluding that, “The South is too gritty, they will never give up. They will keep up the thing until the United States are ruined. Then they will have to quit.” Lamkin also laments the futile nature of the violent conflict, noting that, “This is the third time our men have been in possession of this place and what does it amount to? The loss of lives and property; that is the sum and substance of the war. I am getting tired and sick of it and the quicker the thing closes the better I think.”
209 ILLINOIS IN THE CIVIL WAR: LOT OF LETTERS FROM IL REGIMENTS Lot of 24 Civil War letters written by soldiers serving in Illinois infantry, cavalry, and artillery regiments including one written by Medal of Honor recipient Alansen P. Webber of the 86th Illinois Infantry. The archive includes letters written over the course of the war with the earliest dated September 27, 1862, and the latest June 11, 1865. The letters reveal the multitude of soldiers’ experiences and include fascinating battle content from the Western Theater including Fort Henry, Island Number Ten, Shiloh (referred to here as Pittsburg Landing), the Siege of Corinth, and Vicksburg. Of particular note is a letter penned near the end of the war by Medal of Honor recipient Alansen P. Webber (1828-1902, note his given name is spelled variously in records as Alason, Alanson, Alonzo. Here, Webber spells his name clearly as Alansen). Webber enlisted on Aug. 13, 1862 and mustered into Field & Staff of the 86th Illinois Infantry on Aug. 27, 1862, as a Principle Musician and was promoted later to Fife Major. On June 27, 1865, Webber distinguished himself at Kenesaw Mountain by voluntarily advancing as a sharpshooter and repulsing the enemy allowing his wounded comrades to return to Union lines and for temporary defenses to be constructed. In an April 5, 1865 letter to his mother Harriet, Webber details the excitement of the camp at the news that the war may be at a close. His response is one of cautious optimism, “Another steamer has come in which brings joyful news (if true) that Jeff Davis, Longstreet, Old Abe, etc. are at City Point and Jeff says that the further effusion is useless as he is overpowered. Should this be true it will be glorious news not only to us soldiers in the field but to our wives, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, etc. etc. You know we have a right to be a little excited about these matters. The boys bother me about writing. Some are climbing tents, some throwing hats, etc, etc, but we have been fooled so often many of us do not propose to make much of a stir until confirmed. But we are ripe for big news and perhaps before you receive these lines great results will have been attained such as will cause
His final letter to Palmer, dated September 5, [1863], was written in the depths of the Chickamauga Campaign on the precipice of the Battle of Chickamauga. Lamkin writes from Chattanooga, “I would like to give you the details of the late battle we have had. We have had an awful fight and it ain’t done yet. Our Pickets are within fifty rods of each other and have been for the last two weeks. They have exchanged papers most every day with the enemy... The enemy drove us but we still hold our position yet. We hold the town and strongly fortified.” As he writes, the shelling starts again, “Since I commenced writing the cannons have opened again. We have not had any fighting for about 15 days but the thing has begun again. I can tell how the thing is going to come out. I don’t know when I can send this out. Oh, I had forgotten to tell you that I was well and enjoying myself the best that I can although it is not very pleasant to hear the shells humming and bursting around your, or my, head. The enemy’s shells come now within about 12 rods of me since I commenced this letter and burst. The cannonading is pretty heavy now.” After the war, Lamkin returned home in London Township, Michigan and resumed farming. He wed Martha Delilah Lamkin (née Sabin, 1843-1923) around 1865; they would have six children together, all of whom lived to adulthood. Elijah died at age 86 on November 26, 1916 and is buried in London. $700 - $1,000
the people of the U. States to rejoice.” His words proved true as Lee would surrender at Appomattox just 4 days later. In two letters, dated March 8 and April 8, 1862, an unidentified soldier named Frank writes to his wife Sallie relating extensive details of Island Number Ten near New Madrid, MO. The island in question is positioned at the base of a tight double turn in the river and held by the Confederates. Frank writes in his first letter of the coalescing of Union forces under General Pope and of the Confederates’ position. In his second letter, he quite accurately predicts the outcome of the Island, “Island No. 10 has not yet been taken, but I think a week from to day will tell a different tale – unless the rebels should evacuate. - Pope’s forces will before five days have
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crossed the river and cut off their retreat – this is merely my opinion – and five days the extent of the time before it will have been accomplished. Then old Deacon Foote will wake up & with twenty-fold energy pour on to the Island and surrounding rebel batteries such a shower of shot and shell that it will be impossible for them to withstand its effect. Retreat will be cut off and unconditional surrender the consequences. The Island will fall you can rest easy on that score...” With highly descriptive letters from the following soldiers: James Fortiner of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry, Company D arrived in the immediate aftermath Battle of Fort Henry on February 6, sailing upriver from Cairo, IL. He writes on February 8, 1862, just two days after the battle recounting the carnage; Theodore P. Kellogg of Co. I of the 13th Illinois Infantry
wrote to his betrothed Sarah on March 7, 1863, in the aftermath of the Vicksburg Campaign and the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou; and four letters written by John B. Duncan, who served as Captain of Co. H of the 32nd Illinois Infantry and was a veteran of the Mexican War. He wrote of his unit’s march toward Corinth (May 7, 1862), the Siege of Corinth (May 16, 1862), and what he had heard of the Battle of Shiloh (June 8, 1862). In his final letter, he lists several deserters and expresses his desire to see them punished. Much of the letter is devoted to writing for his disdain and hatred for African Americans and that he fights for the Constitution, rather than the abolishment of slavery. Duncan would not survive the war, dying from wounds on July 18, 1864. Refer to cowans.com for additional excerpts. $1,000 - $1,500
210 CIVIL WAR LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN THEATER, INCL. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF BATTLE OF SHILOH Lot of 4 letters written by Waldo T. Davis (1840-1915). Letters from April 10May 30, 1862 including extensive descriptions of the Battle of Shiloh. Davis had a complex service record. He enlisted April 18, 1861 as a private into Company E of the 15th Ohio Infantry, mustered out just 4 months later on August 27, 1861. Shortly thereafter he enlisted as a private on October 12, 1861 into Company G of the 46th Ohio Infantry; he was discharged for disability (unspecified) on March 7, 1862 in Memphis. He then re-enlisted as a captain (erroneously transcribed in records as “chaplain”) on July 27, 1862 and mustered into Company K of the 88th Ohio Infantry on August 3, 1863. His final muster out was on July 3, 1865 at Camp Chase, Ohio at the close of the war. He filed for a Civil War pension on May 14, 1890 in Indiana and lists his service record as “G 46, E 15, K 88, Ohio Inf.,” confirming the muster rolls. This archive includes four letters written by Davis to his mother recounting in exquisite detail his experiences in the Spring of 1862, especially his extraordinary participation in the Battle of Shiloh – one of the pivotal battles fought in the Western Theater. Fought on April 6 and 7th, Davis recounts both days of the battle in detail. In his first letter, written mere days after the battle on April 10th from Camp Shiloh on patriotic letterhead, Davis reassures his mother of his safety, “Probably you have heard of our little squabble at this place and doubtless (if you heard the particulars of the battle) you think me numbered with the dead or the wounded. But I am left unharmed, though in the midst of the thickest of the fight and exposed to the shower of bullets and cannon ball that rained at me with the rest of our living for 2 days.” The rest of the letter includes a report of the battle, but he includes even more details in his second letter of April 20th, also from Camp Shiloh. In a particularly riveting passage, Davis describes the charge and his appropriation of a Confederate’s horse, “When we made the charge (which we headed by the 46th Ohio on the right, 6th Iowa in the center and 40th Ill. On the left) I took the opportunity of taking one of the battery horses through the balls whispered their wild songs in my ears. After extracting the harness from him I mounted on his back and was soon on my proper business & duty. My horse was a noble one though he had not a very neat outfit. He had nothing on but a bridle (no saddle) and the rider was not encumbered by weapons as follows: Sword and belt with pistol, regular equipage for a gun, and gun slung across my back. My appearance was quite comical and attracted considerable attention of the officers to see one who had the appearance of a private riding among them and conveying orders from Col. McDowell to them.” His next letter is penned from Camp No. 6 in Mississippi on May 18th and he describes the Union’s procession across the South as, “pressing forward like a large and dark wave on the stormy sea. Skirmishing is kept us all the time.” He recounts picket duty, the capture of a “Grayback, as we call them,” and reassures his mother, “don’t think I am careless, but on the contrary ever on the lookout. Noticing every movement ahead and taking every advantage of trees and logs ahead for immediate protection.” His final letter, written from Corinth, Mississippi on May 30, describes the town they entered, “The houses once neat (from their present appearance) are now in a ruinous condition.” $500 - $700
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211 CONFEDERATE MILITARY ORDERS CONCERNING TROOPS ON MORRIS ISLAND Lot of 29, dating from April 6 to May 1, 1861. Most concern the troops on Morris Island in Charleston Harbor and are addressed to Col. Hagood. Ten are by order of General Beauregard, others are by order of S.R. Gist (South Carolina Adjutant General), General Simons, or General Nelson. All are signed by adjutants or aides. A typed note dated March 1956 indicates that these were found among the papers of Dr. H.M. Bassett by his descendants, but there was no record of how he acquired them. They are from all levels - Provisional Army, Battalion, Brigade, and there are often several orders each day. April 6, 1861, Special Order No. [blank], State of South Carolina Head Quarters letterhead is marked “Secret.” Colonel Hagood is ordered to “...establish signals, for the assembling of each company in the shortest possible time, and necessary arrangements made for prompt transmission of orders...Arms and equipments will be furnished on your arrival here with your command... In order to keep down any excitement, consequent upon this order, you are directed to execute it in as secret and quiet manner as the nature of the case will admit of...” April 8, 1861, State of South Carolina / Head Quarters. Colonel Hagood and the 1st Regiment SC Volunteers ordered to Charleston. April 11, 1861, Colonel Hagood is to move to the south end of Morris Island.
212 CONFEDERATE OFFICER JOSEPH F. BELTON ARCHIVE Manuscripts, documents, and personal ephemera related to Colonel Joseph F. (Winfield Scott) Belton (1820-1889), a Confederate officer who enlisted with Hampton’s Legion in 1861 and later served on the staff of General E. Kirby Smith as colonel and assistant adjutant general. Collection includes approximately 23 documents spanning 1862-1896, a Confederate imprint, and two wallets identified to Belton. According to HDS, Belton enlisted as a corporal in Co. A of the SC Hampton Legion Light Artillery where he participated in the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Upon joining the staff of General Kirby, Belton served in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and the Trans-Mississippi West. After the war, Colonel Belton moved for a period of years to South America and was noted for his advocacy of the “Price Grant,” a plan to settle ex-patriate Confederates in the Venezuelan state of Guayana. The archive features numerous items related to Belton’s military service, including a leather wallet identified on interior flap to “J.F.Belton C.S. Army.” One notable letter dated July 23, 1862, features this somewhat impish statement made to Major General E. Kirby Smith: “I am informed that a journal published in Knoxville charges that I made my descent into Powell’s Valley with a force of about four thousand men. I probably attach too much consequence to so silly a statement, but I feel it be alike due to the able and intrepid General against whom I operated, and to myself, to say, that on the day I entered Cumberland Gap, my aggregate force as shown by my consolidated report, was over twelve thousand....Your obedient servant / George W. Morgan Brig Genl Comng.” Also, Belton’s personal copy of “General Orders from the Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Confederate States Army, For the Year 1863,” Richmond: A. Morris, Publisher. 1864. Approx. 4.25 x 7.25 in. 244pp. “Col. Belton CSA” inscribed on the spine. The remainder of the war-date documents are representative of the closing days of the conflict: a brief letter dated May 23, 1865, written
Johnson R. Hagood enlisted in the South Carolina troops as a 32-year-old Lawyer from Barnwell County. He was commissioned colonel of the 1st South Carolina Infantry. He earned a promotion to brigadier general in July 1862 and surrendered at Appomattox Court House. See cowans.com for summaries of additional orders. $2,500 - $3,500
on behalf of Major General James F. Fagan inviting Belton and other members of the Department Staff to the general’s private quarters; a printed copy, approx. 4.25 x 8.25 in., of Confederate Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner’s Farewell Address; Belton’s parole dated June 9, 1865, Shreveport, LA, along with a ticket of the same date from the “River Transportation Office” furnishing transport on the steamer “Ida May” to New Orleans; and a receipt dated June 20, 1865, from the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans listing charges for room and board. A final document, written in Spanish, dated July 17, 1867, comes from the office of “Juan Bautista Dalla Costa, Presidente del Estado Soberano de Guayana” and authorizes “Jose Francisco de Sales Belton” safe passage from Venezuela to New York. Additional biography and information on the remaining documents in the archive can be found online at cowans.com. See also Lot 65 Mexican War Colonel Francis S. Belton Archive. $2,500 - $5,000
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213 SECOND MANASSAS, SOUTH MOUNTAIN, AND ANTIETAM DISCUSSED IN GRAPHIC LETTER WRITTEN BY 4TH ALABAMA PRIVATE HENRY S. FIGURES, KIA WILDERNESS Figures, Henry Stokes. (1844-1864). Private, Co. F, 4th Alabama Infantry. 4pp, Martinsburg, Virginia. September 22, 1862. Addressed to his parents, William Bibb and Harriet Figures of Huntsville, Alabama. Just two months after the organization of the 4th Alabama Infantry, the regiment was engaged in heavy action at the Battle of First Manassas, July 21, 1861. Colonel Egbert Jones, under whom the regiment was organized, died as a result of his wounds, inflicting an early blow to the regimental leadership structure which remained in flux from that point on. After the resignation of Jones’ replacement, Major Owen McLemore led the regiment for much of 1862, through early battles including Seven Pines, Gaines’ Mill, and Malvern Hill. Figures’s action-packed letter begins with an account of the Battle of Second Manassas, wherein the Confederate forces “whip[ped] Pope,” a reference to beleaguered Union commander John Pope (1822-1892). Figures writes that upon the arrival of his regiment, he and his fellow soldiers “charged the battery and took 3 pieces of it..the next day the enemy made the attack & you never seen men run so, as they did. Our men would charge down upon them & they would run like sheep & did not stop until they got to Washington City & there Pope resigned.” Despite their victory, the Confederates suffered heavy losses, including one of Figures’s close friends, who was “shot through the heart.” Figures and his regiment were involved in a subsequent engagement at South Mountain, the objective of which was to “hold the enemy in check. . . until we could get our army through on another road.” Although this was a comparatively smaller conflict, a “bombshell. . . bursted [sic] right in the middle of our company,” injuring many of Figures’s comrades and mortally wounding Lieutenant Colonel McLemore. From Boonsboro, Figures advanced on to Sharpstown to “await the approach of the enemy.” After two days, the Confederate army crossed the Potomac into Virginia to
214 WARE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE Lot of 7, including Civil War-date letters, a Confederate parole, CDV, and an ambrotype. Letters notable for detailed descriptions of the military situation in western Virginia, with two letters written by women offering powerful firsthand accounts of warfare on the home front. All items descended directly through the family of Josiah William Ware (1802-1883). Josiah Ware, a descendent of the James Ware family that settled in Virginia in the early 1700s, was the owner of the prosperous antebellum plantation known as “Springfield” located near Winchester, VA. Through two marriages he was the father of twelve children, two of which joined him in service to the Confederacy. HDS indicates the following: Josiah W. Ware served with the VA 34th Militia Infantry, enlistment date unknown; James Alexander Ware (1832-1896), Co. F 1st Texas Cavalry, enlisted 2/1/1863 as a captain; Charles Alexander Ware (1841-1915), enlisted 4/25/1861 as a private and later assistant surgeon with service in VA 1st, 6th, and 18th Cavalry, McClanahan’s Horse Light Artillery, and Field & Staff VA 45th Infantry. Included in the archive are two letters written by Josiah Ware to his son Captain James Ware who was serving in the Corpus Christi, TX, area. The first letter, 4pp, dated January 7, 1863, gives an extraordinarily detailed account of military activity in the area near Springfield plantation, with reference to troop movements, Union and Confederate commanders, slaves fleeing and assisting the enemy, his own imprisonment, and his efforts to retrieve property stolen from his plantation. His firsthand observations on the plight of the average Confederate soldier are evocative, noting amongst other things Confederate cavalry who were “barefooted with spurs buckled around their naked feet, some painted their feet black to represent boot & shoes....” This letter also includes references to General Ashby whose CDV accompanies the archive. The second later, 2pp, is undated (ca 1863). Again, J.W. Ware discusses military activity in the area around Springfield, with interesting discussion related to personal politics and the appointment of commands in the CSA. Ware 104 AMERICAN HISTORICAL EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANA
commence the Battle of Antietam. Figures describes the conflict in explicit detail, writing in part: “. . . at daylight the next morning, Genl. Jackson drove [the enemy] back, killing or drowning almost every one. We took 800 prisoners. . . [Lieutenant] David King. . . had his head shot off by a bombshell, killing him instantly.” As a result, the company held an election for a new lieutenant. The year closed for the 4th Alabama with the Battle of Fredericksburg. Early in 1863, the regiment was transferred to the Alabama Brigade in General James Longstreet’s Corps per Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders No. 19 and took part in Longstreet’s driving attack at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. The regiment saw later action at Chickamauga, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor, and additionally participated in the sieges of Knoxville and Petersburg before their surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Figures, however, was not among his fellow soldiers, having been killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness in May of 1864, $800 - $1,200
decries Union efforts to solicit the assistance of enslaved African Americans, noting “I understand they are behaving badly in Winchester - stuck up placards informing the Negroes they are now free but advising them to stay with their masters and require wages and to arm themselves and defend themselves if their masters attempt to force them - and that their masters, if they do so, will be considered Rebels in arms.” Lucy Balmain Ware Lewis (1839-1866), youngest daughter of Josiah Ware, and Edmonia J. Ware (1817-1900), second wife of Josiah Ware, each have a letter in the archive addressed to Elizabeth “Key” Ware Britton (1837-1925), who was at the time residing in Texas with her new husband Dr. Edward Britton, a CSA surgeon. Lucy’s letter details military movements, family news, an assessment on the state of Springfield, and more. Edmonia’s letter, dated July 31, 1864, following the Battle of Snicker’s Ferry (July 17-18, 1864) and after Yankees had camped on Springfield, describes in painful detail BID LIVE ONLINE WITH
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trials endured in a war zone. She writes, in small part: “They poured down on the place like 40,000 thieves, broke into the meat house, poultry houses and cellars in a moment’s time, carried off the horses which were left, killed hogs, sheep and calves, destroyed the garden, cut up the harnesses .... So you imagine we are not far from starving...It was with much difficulty I kept them out of the house but I locked the doors and defied them to break the locks telling them I knew the penalty for house breaking... You see that the malignity of the present campaign is without a parallel in history....”
Letters accompanied by: partially printed “parole of Honor” from “Head Quarters Cavalry Middle Military Division, Office Provost Marshal,” approx. 5 x 6 in. Winchester, VA. April 18, 1865. Completed in ink with name and description of the captured soldier, C.A. Ware, “Asst Surg Lomax’s Cav. Div.” Also CDV of General Turner Ashby. Selby & Dulany: Baltimore, MD, n.d., and an uncased quarter plate ambrotype of Josiah W. Ware, n.d. See also Lots 215-216 and 279, which descended directly in the Ware family. $1,200 - $1,600
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215 BATTLE OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CIVIL WAR WATERCOLOR FEATURING CAPTAIN JAMES WARE, 1ST TEXAS CAVALRY Gamble, D.R. (19th century). Watercolor, 23 x 17.75 in. (sight), framed to 25.5 x 19.5 in. The Defence of Corpus Christi. 1862 Signed below, “Drawn on the Battle-ground by D.R. Gamble, Ordnance Sergeant - Corpus Christi, Texas 1862.” Surrounding the title, the artist has labeled various features of the battlefield, “Federal Gun and the Skirmishers,” “The Infantry,” and “The Battery and Ware’s Cavalry,” depicting the CSA cavalry forces led by Lieutenant James A. Ware. The Union Navy ships involved in the battle are also depicted and labeled: “The Belle Italia,” “The Reindeer,” “The Breaker,” “The Steamer Sachem,” and “The Yacht Corypheus.” The Battle of Corpus Christi began on August 12, 1862 when five Union ships engaged the CSS Breaker and seized the vessel. The Confederates scuttled other ships to avoid their capture by the Union forces and retreated to Fort Kinney on shore. Despite a landing party and bombardment from the vessels, the Fort was not taken and remained in Confederate hands.
This watercolor comes by descent from the family of Captain James A. Ware (1826-1910), Co. F, 1st Texas Cavalry who is depicted in the work and a documented participant in the conflict. Ware had service in units that went through several different numerical iterations. D.R. Gamble is known to have served in the Texas 8th Infantry as a 1st sergeant, though his enlistment date is recorded as February 1, 1863. It is possible that his military career took a similar turn as that of Captain Ware serving in units. Alternatively, he may have witnessed the Battle of Corpus Christi as a citizen and enlisted in the Confederate Army later. A watercolor by the same artist and same title, likely the same work, was on display in the autumn 1944 exhibition American Battle Painting 17761918 at the Museum of Modern Art. Descended Directly in the Family of Captain James A. Ware, Co. F., 1st Texas Cavalry, a participant in the battle depicted. $3,000 - $4,000
216 THE BOAT FIGHT IN CORPUS CHRISTI CHANNEL, CIVIL WAR WATERCOLOR AND LITHOGRAPH Gambel, D.R. (19th century). Lithography with original watercolor, 15.5 x 11.5 in. (sight), framed to 20 x 16 in. Boat Fight in Corpus Christi. N.d. [ca 1862]. Captioned “Drawn from accurate descriptions and observations by D.R. Gambel, Ordnance Sergeant, Texas.” Includes printed inset which lists the Confederate Officers, Sailors and Armed Soldiers, and a second printed inset with the lyrics of a song titled “A Letter to the Yankees” with instructions to sing it to the tune of “Ye Tars of Columbia.” The watercolor depicts a Union boat filled with men in blue uniforms with several firing rifles. Descended Directly in the Family of Captain James A. Ware, Co. F., 1st Texas Cavalry, a participant in the battle depicted. $800 - $1,200
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217 CONFEDERATE BLOCKADE RUNNER P.S. COLONEL LAMB AT SEA, 1865, OIL ON CANVAS BY JACKSON (AMERICAN) Oil on canvas, 13.25 x 24 in. The Confederate P.S. Colonel Lamb 1865. Signed “E. Jackson” lower right. The blockade runner CSS Colonel Lamb was built in 1864 by Jones, Quiggen & Company, and then transferred to the Confederacy. The Company was known to have produced several Confederate commissions.
Named after the commandant of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, Colonel William Lamb (1835-1909) she was schooner-rigged with two masts. The Colonel Lamb ran the blockade on two occasions from November 29, 1864, and survived both times. After the Civil War, she was eventually sold to the Brazilian Government as a transport ship. Given the date of the oil, the artist executed the painting while the Lamb was in service for the Confederate Navy. $3,000 - $5,000
218 BATTLE OF MANASSAS, MAP OF THE COUNTRY OCCUPIED BY THE FEDERAL AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES, JULY 1861 WARDER, T.B. and CATLETT, Jason M. Map of the Country Occupied by the Federal and Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July, 1861. Lithographed by Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond, VA. An early Confederate printed map showing the Federal and Confederate battle positions on July 18th and 21st, 1861 during the First Battle of Bull Run (First Battle of Manassas). Includes the position of the first skirmish on July 18 when a division under Brigadier General Daniel Tyler passed by the Confederate right flank and was drawn into fighting at Blackburn’s Ford. The left side of the map is occupied by a representation of the main battle ground on July 21. The map also shows the various positions of troops on both sides showing many brigades marching to battle, roads and railways, as well as terrain features including Stone Bridge, Bull Run, and more. $500 - $700
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219 CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE SEEKING “REGIMENT OF RIFLEMEN! TO ACT AS SHARP-SHOOTERS!” Printed broadside, 13 x 19 in. Regiment of Riflemen! To Act as Sharp-Shooters! N.d., ca 1861. Broadside declares that Benjamin “B.C.” Butler has been commissioned by the Secretary of War to raise a battalion, which will be armed with Enfield Rifles and “composed exclusively of Marksmen, or those likely to become such.” Riflemen will be vetted by shooting trials, soon to be arranged. Undersigned and dated in print, September 1, 1861 by Butler at Glen’s Falls, with additional call for enlistment in a specific company of the regiment recruited by William B. Weed of Plattsburgh, NY (undersigned in print). Benjamin C. Butler was authorized by the War Department in August of 1861 to recruit four battalions of sharpshooters. Men who answered his call became part of the 93rd New York Infantry Regiment along with companies recruited by Colonel John S. Crocker. The regiment was organized at Albany in February of 1862, with Butler serving as lieutenant colonel. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $800 - $1,200
220 US ARMY 14TH INFANTRY REGIMENT CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE, WITH INK CORRECTIONS Printed broadside, 12.5 x 18.5 in., offering “$402 Bounty and Premium” for men who enlist in the 14th US Infantry Regiment. Boston, MA: F.A. Searle’s Steam Job Printing Rooms, n.d., ca 1863. Broadside features bold text at top and amounts to be paid to enlisted men at various increments in their service below. Broadside also details the physical characteristics and attributes sought by the 14th Regiment, calling for “200 able-bodied men, between the ages of 18 and 35 years, not less than 5 feet 3 inches high, and of good character.” Notably, this broadside features faded ink inscriptions throughout, appearing to correct bits of text (including the advertised bounty amount from “$402” to “$400,” and the name of the regiment from “14th Regiment Infantry” to “14th Regular Infantry”). Undersigned in print, “H.W. Keyes, / Captain, 14th US Infantry, / Recruiting Officer,” though ink inscriptions change the name and rank to “James Kenton / 1st Lieut.” Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $500 - $700
221 EAGLE BRIGADE CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE CALLING FOR MUSICIANS AND WAGONER Printed broadside, 13.5 x 20.5 in., advertising the need for two musicians and one wagoner to join the Eagle Brigade. Fredonia, NY: n.d., ca 1861. Broadside entices readers by promising “The greatest Inducements...for Volunteers,” including “fifty cents for every twenty miles travel from home to the place of muster...allowance at the same rate from place of his discharge to his home, and...the sum of one HUNDRED DOLLARS!” in addition to regular wages. Undersigned and dated in print, October 16, 1861 by T.H. Allen, who was authorized to raise a company for the Eagle Brigade at Fredonia. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $400 - $600
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222 DANSVILLE, NEW YORK RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE, “YOUNG MEN TO THE RESCUE, PATRIOTIC WOMEN AT WORK! Printed broadside, 18 x 24.5 in. DANSVILLE IS AWAKE. Dansville, NY: A.O. Bunnell, Advertiser Office, n.d. Broadside publicizes “Another War Meeting!” with the rousing phrase, “Young Men to the Rescue / Patriotic Women are at Work!” Special incentives offered by individual citizens to the first five men to enlist advertised at bottom, including “J.T. Beach, $10 to the First Man; Dr. J.C. Jackson, $10 to the Next Man;” and others. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $500 - $700
223 NEW YORK CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE, YOUNG MEN OF SPARTA, AWAKE! Printed broadside, 18.5 X 24.5 in. Young Men of Sparta Awake. Dansville, NY: A.O. Bunnell, Advertiser Office, n.d., ca 1862. Broadside implores young men to enlist in the Union Army, exclaiming, “The Voice of your country is heard above the din of Battle, calling you to her Aid! / TAKE YE HEED TO IT!” Text below announces a meeting at the ME Church in Scottsburgh on August 1st where men can enroll in the army and listen to “good speakers” and music. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $500 - $700
224 FIFTH ONEIDA REGIMENT, ILLUSTRATED CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE Printed broadside, 25.75 x 38 in. FOR THE FIFTH ONEIDA REG’T. Utica, NY: Ellis H. Roberts, Book and Job Printer, n.d., ca 1862. Broadside features patriotic illustration depicting an eagle surmounting a union shield, holding arrows and olive branches in its talons and a banner in its beak. Illustration flanked by bold-lettered calls “To Arms!” Below, Captain Jacob Wicks seeks “100 Able-Bodied Men...for a company to be attached to the Fifth Oneida Regiment.” Readers are encouraged to enlist by stirring phrases including, “Be Patriots and Volunteer!” and “Rally for your Homes!” Undersigned and dated August 22 [illegible] by Captain and Recruiting Officer, Jacob Wicks. The so-called “Fifth Oneida Regiment” was officially known as the 146th New York Infantry Regiment, which mustered into service on October 10, 1862, and mustered out on July 16, 1865. Jacob Wicks served as a first lieutenant in Company I of the regiment. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $500 - $700
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225 CIVIL WAR ILLUSTRATED BROADSIDE, WAR MEETING, CHAMPLAIN VILLAGE, NEW YORK Printed broadside, 13.5 x 20.5 in. WAR MEETING. Champlain, NY: n.d., ca 1862. Broadside features large patriotic illustration of an eagle surmounting a union shield, with arrows and olive leaves in each talon and banner draped in front. Title text in bold lettering above and below, with additional information about the meeting toward the bottom, including its location: “on the Island, / in Champlain Village,” and date: August 9, 1862. Meeting to include “Music, Patriotic Songs, Ejaculations and Short Speeches... and everything else necessary to promote the cause.” Broadside concludes with this entreaty: “Let every man, YOUNG, and OLD, in this section ATTEND, and devote the day, and all his energies, to the cause of his Country ; and let a hearty, telling and effective response to the call of our President, be offered on this occasion, and 100 able-bodied men march from this meeting to Head Quarters at Plattsburgh.” Undersigned and dated in print, August 7, 1862 by five members of the Champlain Town Committee. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $500 - $700
226 CIVIL WAR BROADSIDES CONCERNING ENROLLMENT LISTS FOR IMPENDING DRAFT Lot of 2. Printed broadside, 18.75 x 25.5 in. CORRECT THE ENROLLMENT. Easton, PA; 1864. Broadside, addressed to the citizens of the 11th Enrollment District, explains that, in the event of a draft, each individual man will have the best chance of not being chosen if “all parties will aid in striking out the wrong names and putting in the right ones.” To that end, the Deputy Provost Marshall in each county will visit the sub-districts 1 of 2 with copies of Enrollment Lists for citizens to view and correct as much as possible. Below several paragraphs of text explaining the above, counties are listed along with corresponding dates and locations planned for the aforementioned visits. Printed broadside, 11.75 x 16.25. ENROLLMENT LIST. Taunton, MA: 1863. Issued by the Provost Marshall’s Office, this broadside lists names of all persons enrolled in “Sub-District No. 20--Sharon” and encourages any man whose name appears on the list but is not liable to military duty “on account of, 1st, alienage; 2d, non-residence; 3d, unsuitableness of age; 4th, MANIFEST PERMANENT PHYSICAL DISABILITY” to appear before the Board of Enrollment at Taunton so that his name might be removed. Likewise, “Persons cognizant of any one [sic] who may be liable to military duty, whose name does not appear on the enrollment list” are urged to report this to the Board of Enrollment. Names listed below. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $500 - $700
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227 CIVIL WAR HUMOR MAGAZINE, VANITY FAIR, FEBRUARY DECEMBER, 1861 Lot of 13 issues. Vanity Fair. Boston, MA: Swan, Brewer & Tileston, February 16; June 22; July 13, 27; August 24, 31; September 7, 28; October 12, 19, 26; November 30; and December 28, 1861. 12pp. Not disbound, most are as originally issued, printed on both sides of a 17 x 34 in. sheet and folded to quarto size, approx. 8.75 x 11.75 in. Famous illustrated 1 of 13 humor magazine Vanity Fair containing many caricatures of Jefferson Davis, General P.G.T. Beauregard, and southern leaders from the opening year of the Civil War. This was the first magazine bearing the name Vanity Fair, which appeared in New York as a humorous weekly from 1859 to 1863. The magazine was financed by Frank J. Thompson and was edited by Henry Louis Stephens and William Allen Stephens. Very popular at the time, original copies of Vanity Fair are seldom seen on the collector’s market today. $500 - $700
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228 CIVIL WAR FRACTIONAL CURRENCY SHIELD Paper collage comprised of thirty-nine fractional currency notes arranged on an engraved patriotic shield, 20 x 24 in. (sight), framed, 25 x 29 in. The currency was used during and after the Civil War due to the shortage of coins. $1,000 - $1,500
229 COIN SILVER SALVER AND STERLING SILVER LOVING CUP IDENTIFIED TO CSA GENERAL GILBERT MOXLEY SORREL AND FAMILY Lot of 2 silver pieces identified to the family of Confederate General Gilbert Moxley Sorrel: Coin silver footed salver, ca 1840s, owned by the Sorrel family, with alternate spelling “Sorel” engraved at center surrounded by densely scrolling floral designs, 10 in. diameter. Consignor relates that the platter was possibly purchased by Sorrel’s father, Mathurin, during the 1840s or 1850s and subsequently passed down in the family. Sterling silver loving cup with engraved presentation reading, “Moxley Sorrel / June 29, 1866.” Marked on underside; ht. 3 in. Gilbert Moxley Sorrel (1838-1901) served as General James Longstreet’s aide-de-camp and chief of staff from July 1861 to October 1864, rising from a volunteer private to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He left Longstreet’s service after being appointed a brigadier general and commanded his own brigade (Sorrel’s Brigade) in General William Mahone’s division. He was wounded twice in action, at both Petersburg and Hatcher’s Run. After the war, Sorrel served on the board of the Georgia Historical Society and penned the acclaimed Civil War history memoir Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer. $800 - $1,200
230 CIVIL WAR FLASK IDENTIFIED TO MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS Silver plated flask belonging to Major General George H. Thomas, made by Dixon & Son, ca 1863. Engraved identification reads, “Major Genl. G.H. Thomas,” with silversmiths’ hallmarks at base, 1.5 x 10 in. Born into a slave holding family in Virginia, George Henry Thomas (1816-1870) roomed with W.T. Sherman at West Point, and the two men graduated together in 1840. Thomas returned to the Academy as an artillery instructor in 1851, after distinguished service in the Seminole Wars and the Mexican War. As the United States’ internal strife continued to mount, he pledged his loyalty to the Union, defying his family and rejecting a role with the Confederacy as Virginia’s chief of ordnance. Thomas’ tactical genius proved invaluable to Federal forces during the Civil War, particularly at the Battle of Chickamauga. After the war, Thomas commanded the Department of the Cumberland in Kentucky and Tennessee and worked to protect the interests of freedmen in the South. $500 - $700
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231 CIVIL WAR CORPS BADGE OF PRIVATE JOHN W. BUCHER, 47TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS Base metal badge, 1 x 1 in., engraved with legend, “Band / Co C / J.W. Bucher / 47 / Pa. V. Vol[s],” having an attached white silk GAR ribbon, 5 in. long., with bold, black text reading, “Soldiers, ‘61--65.” John W. Bucher (1835-1921), a native of Sunbury, PA, was working as an agent for several Rochester, NY nurseries before joining the Union cause. Though he joined Company C of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers relatively late into the Civil War (in March of 1865) Bucher encountered, both personally and tangentially, some of the conflict’s most poignant consequences and abject horrors as a member of that regiment. Bucher documented his regiment’s participation in the war in a “Personal War Sketch,” in which he recorded that members of his regiment shared the responsibility of guarding Mary Surratt and other Lincoln assassination conspirators. Many years after the war, Bucher joined fellow veterans in protesting a proposal to erect a monument to the late commandant of Andersonville
Prison Camp and condemned war criminal, Henry Wirz. In its July 26, 1906 issue, the National Tribune reported that three veterans of the Lieut. William A. Brunner Post, GAR, Sunbury, PA, including Bucher, had sent copies of resolutions adopted by the post protesting against the erection of a monument. One of the men from Bucher’s company, Sergeant William Fry, suffered under Wirz’s command at Andersonville. Though he survived his imprisonment, he died from a contracted disease nearly a month after his release. This connection undoubtedly brought the brutality of the camp (and its leader) closer to home for Bucher and his fellow Sunbury Guardsmen. $600 - $800
232 CIVIL WAR CORPS BADGE IDENTIFIED TO PRIVATE ELIJAH DEVORE, 13TH IOWA INFANTRY Silver T-bar ID badge or 1st Corps badge, 1 in. dia., identified to Elijah Devore, 13th Iowa Infantry. Obverse inscribed, “Eli Devor / 1 Brig / 2 Div 1 AC.” Missing pinback. Likely a commercial badge sold early in the Civil War. Devore enlisted on October 18, 1861 at Camp McClellan, Davenport, IA, and mustered into Company A, 13th Iowa Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps. He served for the duration of the war and was one of seven uninjured men in his company at the Battle of Atlanta, July 20-21, 1864. He mustered out in July of 1865, at Louisville, KY. $800 - $1,200
233 PAINTED UNION MODEL 1858 CANTEEN OWNED BY CAPTAIN DANIEL KORNS, 80TH OHIO VOLUNTEERS, PLUS Lot of 10, highlighted by a painted Union model 1858 smooth side canteen owned by Captain Daniel Korns, 80th Ohio Infantry. Decorated with stylized medal imagery, including an “Army of the Tenn[essee]” badge with chain-suspended eagle clutching an arrow, surrounded by blue and white flowers, and three-part patriotic ribbon badge, featuring a spreadwinged eagle, flag ribbon, and star. Includes cork stopper. Also with an assortment of his GAR ephemera, including a cabinet card of Korns in GAR regalia credited to P. Strickmaker: New Philadelphia, OH; post commander medal; celluloid GAR portrait pin with ribbon and portrait of Korns, 1909; ribbon commemorating the dedication of a Civil War monument in New Philadelphia, 1887; and several printed invitations and programs to various Society of the Army of the Tennessee Reunion events, 1876-1895. A miner by trade, Daniel Korns (1827-1901) enlisted as a second lieutenant on October 28, 1861 and mustered into Co. K, 80th Ohio Infantry. His regiment was stationed in Paducah, KY until its attachment to the Army of Tennessee in the spring of 1862, at which time, Korns and his fellow soldiers advanced on Corinth, MS, for participation in the Battles of Iuka and Corinth. They participated in Grant’s Central Mississippi Campaign, with operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad, November 2, 1862 through January 4, 1863, then moved to Arkansas in the spring. In March
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of 1863, he was transferred to Co. I and promoted to the captaincy. In this role, he was engaged at the Siege of Vicksburg and subsequent railroad operations in Alabama. After the war, Korns worked as an insurance agent and served as post commander of GAR Post #6 in New Philadelphia. $800 - $1,200
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234 CONFEDERATE WOOD DRUM CANTEEN Wood canteen, approx. 7.5 x 2.25 in., with eleven 2.125 in. wide staves secured by two iron bands. Woven sling secured by three iron retaining straps. Cork stopper with pewter spout, possibly replacement. Very similar to extant examples of “Gardner Pattern” canteens used by Confederate Forces. $1,000 - $1,500
235 CIVIL WAR FOLK ART CARVED PIPE IDENTIFIED TO J.F. RANDLETT, 3RD NH INFANTRY, WIA DREWRY’S BLUFF Small, neatly carved pipe, likely laurel root, depicting a large human hand holding the bowl, in high relief, with a small ring carved around the center finger of the hand. With text, “J.F. Randlett. H.H.I.S.C. / Feb. 1. 1862.” carved around entire perimeter of the bowl. Simple geometric pattern carved near the top of the shank. Overall width 2.5 in.; bowl height 1.75 in., dia. 1.25 in. Newmarket, NH native James Franklin Randlett enlisted as a captain on July 27, 1861, and was commissioned into Co. F., 3rd New Hampshire Infantry, on August 23, 1861. The 3rd NH was stationed at Hilton Head twice, once from November 1861-April 1862, and again from June 1862-April 1863. Randlett was promoted to major April 1864; severely WIA at Drewry’s Bluff, VA, May 13, 1864; promoted to lieutenant colonel October 1864; and mustered out at Goldsboro, NC, July 1865. Randlett had subsequent service with the US Army from June 1867 until retiring on December 8, 1896. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $300 - $500
236 CIVIL WAR FOLK ART CARVED “YORKTOWN” PIPE Folk art carved pipe, likely laurel root. Front of bowl with three large lines of text carved in high relief, “Yorktown / Va / 1862.” Overall width approx. 5 in.; bowl height 4 in., dia. 2.25 in. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $400 - $600
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237 CIVIL WAR FOLK ART CARVED “CHATTANOOGA” PIPE Folk art carved stone pipe. Front of octagonal-shaped bowl with “Chattanooga / 1865 / Tennessee” carved in low relief, above heart with “R” carved inside, and stars flanking each side of date. Left side of bowl with heart motif and “USA” in low relief at center; right side with small relief carved American shield with simulated stars and stripes. Overall width 2.75 in.; bowl height 1.75 in., dia. 1.625 in. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $400 - $600
238 CIVIL WAR FOLK ART CARVED “FORT PULASKI” PIPE Folk art carved dark wood pipe, likely laurel root. The bowl is presented in the form of a large human hand clutching the side of the pipe, carved in very high relief, with full modeled eagle’s head protruding from the front of the bowl. Right side with “Ft. Pulaski” carved in riband-like motif below the human hand. Left side with carved snake-like spirals wrapped around the eagle. Shank with fluted spiral design and “Daufuskie” carved near the top, likely referring to Daufuskie Island, which is near Fort Pulaski in Georgia. Overall width 4.75 in.; bowl height 2.25 in., dia. 1.25 in. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $400 - $600
239 CAMP CHAIR BY E.W. VAIL, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 1863 Civil War folding camp chair with a slightly curved flat back rest; 14.5 in. from ground to seat, 27 in. to top rail. Seat and back rest made from a section of floral pattern wool carpet. Underside of chair with manufacturer’s paper label, “E.W. Vail / Patentee and Manufacturer / Worcester, Mass. / Patented January 6, 1863.” $500 - $700
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240 FRAGMENT OF CIVIL WAR 45TH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTAL FLAG Fragment of Civil War regimental flag believed to be from the 45th Massachusetts Regiment, 15.25 x 10.25 in. Framed, 20.5 x 15.5 in. On the reverse is a copy of an obituary of George P. Ladd, who owned this flag. Interestingly, he was a successful businessman in New Orleans at the onset of the war and as a staunch Union supporter was jailed a number of times and finally told to either join the Confederacy or go North. He went North. The 45th Massachusetts, a nine-month regiment, which was organized in the fall of 1862, constituted part of the garrison at New Bern, NC, with Company G detached to nearby Fort Macon. The 45th saw action at Kingston on December 14, 1862, losing 15 killed and 43 wounded, and was engaged at Whitehall the next day suffering another 20 casualties. During the winter and spring, the 45th MA was employed on several scouts and expeditions and saw action at Core Creek on April 28, losing one killed and four wounded storming a Confederate fortification. Based on what remains of the flag and the dimensions, this may be one of two marker flags used by the 45th MA. Marker flags were used on each flank of the regiment in line of battle. Other than the drill manuals of the time, not much has been written of marker flags. Our sincere thanks to Greg Biggs for this detailed information. $600 - $800
241 40-STAR AMERICAN PARADE FLAG Cotton printed parade flag, 14.75 x 22 in., with 40 stars arranged in 7/6/7/6/7/6 horizontal rows. Attached to 15 in. dowell. 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. An extremely rare survivor produced during a brief period of usage. $800 - $1,200
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242 KEEP ‘EM GOING, US RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION ANTI-GERMAN WWI POSTER Printed poster, 19.75 x 29.5 in. Keep ‘em Going! Philadelphia, PA: Ketterlinus, n.d., ca 1918. A caricature of the German Emperor Wilhelm II appears in the foreground, with a US locomotive looming above in the middle distance. Text below title reads, “Every bad order Locomotive / is a Prussian soldier. / Every live Locomotive is / an American soldier. / Let us get on top of the Prussian Locomotives and / make American soldiers out of them,” with facsimile signature of William G. McAdoo, Director General of Railroads. McAdoo was appointed to the newly created position by President Woodrow Wilson on December 28, 1917, after his decision to nationalize railroads during World War I. The order was issued in February 1918 and was in effect until 1920. $700 - $900
243 SERIES OF 3 WWI POSTERS FEATURING ARTWORK BY HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY Christy, Howard Chandler (1872-1952). Lot of 3 posters featuring Christy’s angelic female figures against a patriotic or military-themed backdrop. FIGHT OR BUY BONDS / Third Liberty Loan. 27.75 x 40 in. Boston, MA: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., 1917. CLEAR-THE-WAY-!! / Buy Bonds / Fourth Liberty Loan. 19.5 x 29.5 in. N.d., ca 1918. AMERICANS ALL! Victory Liberty Loan. 26.5 x 39.5 in. Boston, MA: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., 1919. $500 - $700
244 PATRIOTIC WWI LIBERTY BOND POSTERS, GROUP OF EIGHT Lot of 8 posters, ranging in size from 14 x 21 in. to 30 x 40 in., entreating the American public to purchase war bonds. Published in New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, and Chicago, IL. Ca 1917-1918. Various artists, including Beneker, Bressler, Orr, Raleigh Whitehead, and others. Full list available at cowans.com. $400 - $600
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245 SET OF NORMAN ROCKWELL “FOUR FREEDOMS” WII POSTERS Rockwell, Norman (1894-1978). Lot of 4 World War II posters featuring Norman Rockwell’s famous “Four Freedoms” illustrations, each 40 x 55 in. Washington, DC: Office of War Information, Government Printing Office, 1943. Signed in image. Titles include: OWI Poster No. 43. SAVE FREEDOM OF WORSHIP / BUY WAR BONDS; OWI Poster No. 44. SAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH / BUY WAR BONDS; OWI Poster No. 45. OURS...to fight for / FREEDOM FROM WANT; OWI Poster No. 46. OURS...to fight for / FREEDOM FROM FEAR. $600 - $800
246 BRITISH WWII POSTERS, BACK THEM UP!, SERIES OF THREE Lot of 3 posters depicting British forces facing off against the Germans. Each 20 x 30 in. BACK THEM UP! London: Fosh & Cross or James Haworth & Brother, Ltd., ca 1942-1943. Each hand stamped “British Information Services / 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York City” on verso. Artists include Roy Nockolds and Harold Pym. Full list available at cowans.com. $700 - $1,000
247 CANADIAN WWII POSTERS, INCL. CANADA’S NEW ARMY NEEDS MEN LIKE YOU, LOT OF 7 Lot of 7 posters, ranging in size from 18 x 27 in. to 24.5 x 36.5 in., encouraging Canadians to support the war effort however they can to defeat the enemy. Published in Ottawa, Canada. Ca 1939-1945. Various artists, including Cloutier, Rogers, Eveleigh, and others. Full list available at cowans.com $600 - $800
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248 INTERNATIONAL RESISTANCE POSTERS PROMOTING THE WAR EFFORT IN EUROPE AND NEW ZEALAND, INCL. BEN SHAHN POSTER DECRYING ATROCITIES IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA Lot of 8 World War II posters ranging in size from 17.5 x 26.75 to 28.375 x 38 in., highlighted by the following: Shahn, Ben (1898-1969). Poster, 28.375 x 38 in. THIS IS NAZI BRUTALITY. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1942. Signed in image, lower right. A man, shackled and hooded, stands in front of a brick wall, with the text of a newswire report featured in front of him, “Radio Berlin.--It is Officially Announced: - / All Men of Lidice - Czechoslovakia - Have Been Shot: / The Women Deported to a Concentration Camp: / The Children Sent to Appropriate Centers-- The / Name of the Village was Immediately Abolished. / 6/11/42/115P.” On June 10, 1942, all males in Lidice, Czechoslovakia over the age of 15 were executed, and over 200 women and children were sent to concentration camps. Some children were sent to Chelmo extermination camp, where they were killed in gas chambers. This massacre was carried out by Nazis occupying Czechoslovakia as a means of retaliation for the death of General of Police, Reinhard Heydrich. The horrific fate of the village became a rallying cry for opposition to the Nazi regime and its brutality. Additional artists include Dahl-Wolfe, Jørgensen, Gordon, Kanelous, and Peel. Full list available at cowans.com. $600 - $800
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249 WWII ESPIONAGE, LOT OF FOUR PROPAGANDA POSTERS Lot of 4 posters, ranging in size from 12.25 x 16.25 in. to 21.75 x 27.5 in., cautioning the public against accidentally divulging important war information to the enemy. Published in New York, NY, and Ottawa, Canada. Ca 1939-1945. Various artists, including Morris and Goff. Full list available at cowans.com. $300 - $500
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250 WWII LOOSE TALK, SERIES OF 10 POSTERS Lot of 10 posters urging vigilance against spies during World War II, each 14 x 20 in. New York, NY: British American Ambulance Corps, Inc., 1942. Various artists, including Beall, Dohanos, Falter, Holcomb, Holmgren, Scott, Soglow, Steig, and Treidler. Full list available at cowans.com. $800 - $1,200
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251 WWI AND WWII RECRUITMENT AND “WAR WORK” POSTERS, INCL. AVIATION MECHANIC AND COAST GUARD SPARS Lot of 5 posters, ranging in size from 25 x 34.5 in. to 28 x 41.75 in., encouraging participating in various branches of the military and wartime aid organizations, spanning World Wars I and II. Various artists, including Bentley, McMein, and Spezio. Full list available at cowans.com. $500 - $700
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252 WWII POSTERS CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE, LOT OF SIX Lot of 6 posters, ranging in size from 19.75 x 29.75 to 22 x 28 in. Published in Washington, DC, Rochester, NY, and Nottingham and London, England. Ca 1939-1945. Various artists, including Schlaikjer and four British Ministry of Health posters by Bateman. Full list available at cowans.com. $300 - $500
253 BEAT THE PROMISE, SERIES OF SIX WWII POSTERS Lot of 6 posters, ranging in size from 16.75 x 21 in. to 21.75 x 30.5 in. New York, NY: RCA Manufacturing Company., n.d., ca 1939-1945. Posters offered here bear the “Beat the Promise” slogan, used as one of RCA’s World War II worker-incentive campaigns. The “promise” refers to the company’s established production quotas, which workers were urged to surpass in wartime. Full list available at cowans.com. $300 - $500
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254 WWII ARCHIVE OF B-17 WAIST GUNNER STAFF SERGEANT AVRIL B. MCKEOWN, 96TH BOMB GROUP, US ARMY AIR FORCE Lot of over 50 items identified to Avril B. McKeown, who served as a B-17 “Flying Fortress” Waist Gunner in the United States Army Air Force’s 96th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force. Formed in July of 1942, the group arrived in England in the Spring of 1943 and was assigned to the newly formed 4th Bombardment Wing. Dubbing their machine “Reluctant Dragon,” McKeown and his fellow aviators joined the group as replacements in February of 1944. The “Reluctant Dragon” participated in the Normandy Invasion, in which its group led the seventh and final wave of bombardment on Juno Beach before the Canadian Army landings, fighting through thick clouds and dropping their bombs by radar assistance. McKeown and his crew would continue to fly missions over France and Germany, often surviving
severe damage by enemy fighters and flak. After thirty missions, the crew was allowed thirty days of leave and was offered the opportunity to return for twenty additional missions. Though most of the crew agreed to the extended term of service, McKeown and his fellow gunners were left behind, as there were “plenty of gunners in Europe.” Included in this lot are over 50 valuable mementos of Sergeant McKeown’s time with the “Reluctant Dragon,” including three cloth maps of Europe and France, a pocket testament, mail stamp, patches and rank insignia, along with photographs. Also included is a copy of McKeown’s combat notes, souvenir “bomb,” and a USAAF A-2 jacket beautifully painted with the nose art of the “Reluctant Dragon,” along with thirty mission devices, twenty-six of which have been filled in. $3,000 - $5,000
255 WORLD WAR II 390TH BOMB GROUP PHOTO ALBUM CONTAINING INFLIGHT VIEWS OF B-17S AND IMAGES OF DESTROYED TARGETS Brown leatherette photo album, 13.375 x 10.375 in., with string-tied spine and black paper leavers. Front cover with gold embossed details and interior cover with affixed 390th Bombardment Group emblem. Contains over 200 photographs, ranging in size from 4.75 x 3.875 in. to 9.75 x 8.125 in., most of which bear pencil inscriptions on versos and ink captions below (on album pages). Subjects and scenes include group portraits of members of the 390th, aerial views of France, Germany, Italy, England and the Netherlands, action shots of B-17 bombers, and sketches of sites around the airbase. Highlights include a group portrait of 19 uniformed crewmen captioned below “390th Bomb Group Photo Section;” a view of in-flight B-17s captioned “German flak shells bursting amid B-17 Flying Fortresses from our Bomb Group;” a series of four snapshots featuring in-flight B-17s captioned “(1) Planes dropped bombs & job is done for the day,” “(2) Perfect form [indecipherable ] (Each group has RADAR plane. Doesn’t carry bombs,” “(3) ‘This is it,’” and “’(4) ‘It won’t be long now,’” respectively; a series of four snapshots featuring wreckage in France collectively captioned “Bomb damages to railroads in France done by aerial bombings to prevent movements and
advancements of Nazi Germans. Picture on this & following pages taken by our photo graphic [sic] department to show results & horrors of war in France & Germany;” an aerial view of an explosion captioned “A ‘direct-hit’ on an all-important target in France by our ‘Flying Fortresses;’” and a portrait of an officer leaning against a destroyed rail car stamped “(24-ORD-KASSEL)” in the negative and captioned “Col. Moller resting against bombed freight car.” Album also contains a printed certificate signed by Colonel George W. Von Arb and presented to William E. Lowery for his participation in the 390th Bomb Group. The 390th Bombardment Group was one of 41 such groups making up the “Mighty 8th” Air Force during World War II. Organized in January of 1943, trained in the United States, and stationed at RAF Framlingham in England, the 390th operated B-17 Flying Fortresses over war-torn Europe and Asia to realize their “Svr Le Nez” emblem (“On The Nose” in English). Until the group’s inactivation in August of 1945, the 390th completed more than 300 missions, destroyed more than 350 enemy aircraft, and was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations, eight battle streamers, and several commendations. The group completed many strategic missions before the invasion of Europe, at which point it began serving as a tactical unit supporting ground forces in operations including the D-Day invasion
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of Normandy and Operation Cobra in the summer of 1944. The 390th not only played a crucial role in some of the most important victories won by the Allied Forces, but it also provided supplies and food to those in need through its many humanitarian missions completed throughout the war. The remarkable efficiency and superlative record of the 390th might be best exemplified by the career of one of its master sergeants, Hewitt “Buck” Dunn, who became the only 8th Air Force crewman to fly in 100 combat missions. The group executed its last combat mission on April 20, 1945, and began the journey home to the United States aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth a few months later on August 5th. $500 - $700
256 WWII “OPERATION DRAGOON” ARMY SIGNAL CORPS PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM CONTAINING OVER 650 IMAGES Album, 12 x 14.75 in., containing 650+ silver gelatin photographs, each approx. 4 x 5 in., with 18 photographs affixed to front of each album page. The photographs were taken by Lieutenant West, a member of the Army Signal Corp and depict events leading up to France’s second D-Day “Operation Dragoon,” the Allied invasion led by US General Patch. The photos are explicitly identified by date, location and event starting on July 24, 1944 thru January 25, 1945. They include photos of the build up to the August 15th invasion, German prisoners of war, liberation, Generals Patton & Patch photo, Nazis, Dachau horror, casualties, artillery, tanks, aircraft and so much more history as it unfolded. Plus 80 photographs taken with a civilian camera, many of West in front of landmarks as he traveled the world with the Army. One group of images shows West at his desk, receiving a bronze star from Lieutenant General Wade Haislip, and several groups of 7th Army officers and aides with West. Many group shots have been signed by the subjects of the images.
Initially designated “Operation Anvil” (to go along with “Operation Sledgehammer”), the working nicknames that eventually became “Operation Dragoon” and “Operation Overlord,” this invasion was intended to open France’s Mediterranean ports, especially Marseille and Toulon. The two were intended to happen at the same time, but the Allies realized that there were not enough resources, especially hardware such as landing ships (LSTs), to cover both operations simultaneously. After the successful landing at Normandy, the Atlantic ports became so clogged with ships trying to supply the Allied forces, that the Chiefs of Staff dusted off the plans for the Provence invasion and Operation Dragoon was planned for August 15, 1944. The invasion basically proceeded as planned, and the German units in the area retreated up the Rhone Valley and set up a front at Dijon. While the German forces suffered significant damage, unfortunately the best units were able to escape more or less intact, so German Army Group G was able to hold Dijon for several weeks. Eventually the Normandy invasion forces met the Provence invasion forces in mid-September and they were able to continue pushing German forces out of France. The Mediterranean ports were soon made operational and the Allies were able to solve many of their supply problems. $1,500 - $3,000
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257 WWII PHOTOGRAPHER GLENN BERKEY, PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION FEATURING SOLDIERS OF THE PACIFIC THEATER Lot of more than 800 World War II images taken in the South Pacific between January 1943 and December 1945, including approximately 650 silver gelatin photographs, 4.5 x 3.75 in., with negatives, 32 color slides, and a smaller number of photographs ranging in size from 5 x 7 to 8 x 10 in. Photographs are from the personal collection of Sgt. Glenn L. Berkey (1914-2012), who served with the US Army during the war as a staff sergeant and photographer. Accompanied by 22 letters written to Berkey during his service and a small number of Berkey’s WWII-era personal effects such as his US military “dog tag,” his US Army photographer’s identification card, an off-duty pass, and an Army newsletter from December 7, 1943. Glenn Berkey was an Ohio native who served in New Guinea and the Philippines after his December 1942 enlistment, possibly with the 2506th Service Command Unit, 17th Signal Service Co. His photographs document military activity in the Southern Pacific as well as the native inhabitants of the islands on which he was stationed. Notable in his photographs are the many images of soldiers at work with what appear to be signal corps apparatus. Berkey also captured images of soldiers enjoying leisure time and camp life, island landscapes, buildings and landmarks, and war-time destruction. A wonderful portrait of Berkey posed with his photography gear is included in the collection with a host of additional images showing army photographers at work in the field. While most images are not labeled, those images that are labeled place Berkey at the headquarters of the Sixth Army at Luzon (Philippines) in the summer of 1945. $1,000 - $1,500
258 E.O. GOLDBECK PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH, THE FIGHTING “HELL ON WHEELS” 2ND ARMORED DIVISION Panoramic silver gelatin photograph, 61.875 x 10 in., featuring the 2nd Armored Division. The Fighting, “Hell on Wheels” 2nd Armored Division — Ft. Benning, Georgia, October 25th 1941 / — Major General George S. Patton Jr., Commanding. E.O. Goldbeck (1891-1986): 1941. Credited in the negative, lower right, and verso signed by Goldbeck in pencil alongside “Goldbeck / Panorama” rubber stamp. Patton is featured sitting in the center of the very front row, posed with his head angled slightly downward. Of additional interest are several men standing, holding guidons in the background, and a bass drum featuring text “67th / ARM / BAND” surrounding a triangle with the number “2” at center. $400 - $600
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259 CAPTURED JAPANESE IWO JIMA HAND DRAWN MAP A Japanese World War II-era map of Iwo Jima, site of the February 19-March 26, 1945 invasion by United States forces. 35 x 19.5 in. (sight), framed to 41 x 27.25 in. The map is hand rendered on delicate paper with geographical locations, squadron movements, and military installations labeled in Japanese. Three airfields, the main targets during the Marine invasion, are outlined in red:
Motoyama #1 (South Field) with three intersecting strips, Motoyama #2 (Central Field) with two x-shaped strips, and Motoyama #3 with a single strip and noted as unfinished. Three artillery batteries, a weather station, and the air squadron headquarters are also circled in red dotted lines. Mt. Suribachi is noted on the far right of the map, the highest point of the island and location of the iconic photograph by Joe Rosenthal, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. $2,000 - $4,000
260 WORLD WAR II ENSIGN THAT FLEW ON THE USS LAWRENCE COUNTY (LST-887) DURING THE INVASION OF OKINAWA Wool, 28 x 52 in., with 48 machine-sewn, double-appliquéd cotton stars. Cotton muslin hoist with four iron grommets. The fly edge is tattered from the weather on board the ship. Attached to the flag is a tag written in Lieutenant Commander Loring Olmstead Chandler’s distinctive handwriting. Tag reads as follows: “This ensign was flown on the LST 887 during the invasion of Okinawa. It was replaced by a new ensign on the occasion of President Roosevelt as the ship was d[eparting] Okinawa on 15 April 1945.” Loring O. Chandler (1906-1991) was a native of Maine. He joined the Coast Guard early in WWII and became a commissioned officer in the Coast Guard Reserve. He served on the USS Wakefield (AP-21) (troop carrier), USCGC Modoc (WPG-46) (North Atlantic), USS Richey (DE-385) (destroyer escort), and USS Lawrence County (LST-887) (Landing Ship Tank). He was discharged from active duty in March 1946. Descended Directly in the Family of LCDR Loring Olmstead Chandler $3,000 - $5,000
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261 HALF PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE BY ROOT Half plate daguerreotype seated half-portrait of Franklin Pierce (18041869), United States President (1854-1857). Samuel Root (1819-1889): New York, n.d., ca 1852. “S. Root / 363 Broadway, N.Y.” imprint to mat. Pierce is positioned facing the photographer and looks just to the side of the camera. He wears a stiff tie over a high standing collar. With original brass frame and mat and with period oval and rectangular frames. An important and heretofore unseen daguerreotype, previously only known by lithograph. Appears to be view “a,” or from the same sitting, in Pfister’s Facing the Light: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes. Known from a lithograph by Mauritz H. Traubel printed in 1852 during Pierce’s presidential candidacy, a lithograph by A. Newsam for piano music, and variant engravings by John C. Buttre, one of which is used as the frontispiece in the biography of Pierce by D.W. Bartlett, published in 1855. The extant lithographs variously attribute the original daguerreotype to either “M.A. Root” (for Marcus Aurelius Root) or simply “Root.” The daguerreotype here is presented with a mat stamped, “S. Root,” the imprint of Samuel Root, brother to Marcus. 124 AMERICAN HISTORICAL EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANA
The brothers possibly operated in Philadelphia in 1848, and by 1849, Marcus (1808-1888) had opened a photographic studio in New York and placed Samuel in charge. Together, the brothers exhibited at the American Institute, Castle Garden, New York and frequently advertised their awards and their notable image of Jenny Lind. In 1864, Marcus published the only history of photography to be published in the 19th century, The Camera and the Pencil. From 1851-1853, Marcus and Samuel Root were listed Daguerreians at 363 Broadway, and both were listed in the 1851-52 and 1852-53 directories. By the end of 1851, however, Marcus had sold out his interest in the gallery and it continued under Samuel and J.W. Thompson as Root & Co. In 1852-53, Root & Co. were listed as Daguerreians at the 363 Broadway address. From 1853-1857, Samuel Root was listed as a Daguerreian at the 363 Broadway address and lived there as well. There was no partnership listing in this directory. While it was possible that Marcus was still involved in some capacity at the studio, it seems that this image was created by Samuel around 1852 when Pierce was the Democratic candidate for president. $12,500 - $17,500 BID LIVE ONLINE WITH
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262 HALF PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, POSSIBLY BY JOHN PLUMBE, JR. Anonymous, half plate daguerreotype, n.d., ca 1845. Presents a striking view of the Washington Monument in Baltimore, Maryland, with three identified Mount Vernon Place establishments visible in the background. Possibly attributed to prolific daguerreotypist John Plumbe, Jr., (18091857), active in Baltimore beginning in 1843. Compositionally anchored by the verticality of the Washington Monument, this daguerreotype was captured from the east side of Charles Street looking north. Baltimore’s monument to George Washington, one of several public displays of reverence for the history of the city, was completed in 1829, and Mount Vernon Place, the surrounding neighborhood, was subsequently developed during the 1830s and 1840s, a time marked by rapid economic growth and prosperity for the city. The three buildings present here are the Howard House (built 1830), the Greenway House (built 1835), and the Tiffany-Fisher House (built 1842). Mount Vernon Place was entirely built up by 1848, which dates this image to somewhere between 1842 and 1848, a suggestion reinforced by the visible architectural evidence and the condition of the plate and its packaging.
The exact authorship of the daguerreotype is less clearly defined, although several clues taken together suggest John Plumbe, or at least to his Baltimore gallery, which was managed by Jacob Shew. Plumbe’s was the major daguerreotype establishment in Baltimore in the mid-1840s, and his interest in documenting the city’s monumental landmarks is supported by the existence of several Plumbeotype views (lithographic reproductions after Plumbe’s original plate) of the Washington Monument taken from a different viewpoint, as well as a Plumbe half plate image of another major public memorial, the Battle Monument, housed in the collection of the Library of Congress. Further, an article about Plumbe’s Gallery in the Baltimore Republican & Daily Argus newspaper of January 3, 1846, mentions “a view of the Washington Monument, taken from Charles Street” that was on display in the gallery during the writer’s visit. While this reference is not conclusive, it does accurately describe the daguerreotype offered here, as suggested by photographic historian William F. Stapp. Attribution to Charles H. Fontayne (1814-1858) is also possible, given his activity in Baltimore during the mid-1840s, his technical prowess, and his use of larger plate cameras, though the supporting evidence is less robust. A rare and visually distinct view of Baltimore during a period of remarkable growth and civic cultivation. $15,000 - $25,000
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263 COMPOSER STEPHEN FOSTER’S PARENTS, ELIZA & WILLIAM BARCLAY FOSTER, HALF PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE, PLUS Lot of 2. Fine half plate possible copy daguerreotype of Eliza Clayland Tomlinson and William Barclay Foster, the parents of American composer Stephen Foster (1826-1864). Here Eliza looks directly into the camera, wearing a bonnet and resting one hand on her husband’s shoulder, while William appears to gaze just off camera, posing with one hand inside his shirt. Housed in full leatherette case with avian design. This image is published in John Tasker Howard’s biography of Stephen Foster, also included in this lot. HOWARD, John Tasker (1890-1964). Stephen Foster, America’s Troubadour. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1940. William Barclay Foster (1779-1855) became a prominent Pittsburgh merchant early in his life. He served three terms in the Pennsylvania State Legislature and was the first collector for the Pennsylvania Canal, a position that led him to move to Allegheny City, where he twice served as mayor. During a business trip to Philadelphia, William met Eliza Clayland Tomlinson (1788-1855) while she was visiting family, and they went on to get married on November 14, 1807 in Chambersburg, PA. From there, the Fosters traveled by horseback to Pittsburgh, where they settled for the remainder of their lives. In 1814, William bought a tract of land on a hillside overlooking the Allegheny River, laying out the plans two years later for the town of Lawrenceville, which he named after Naval Captain James Lawrence who died heroically during the War of 1812. William is identified as the founding father of Lawrenceville. The Fosters had ten children, the youngest being Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), who went on to become the preeminent songwriter of the 19th century in the United States and is acknowledged as the “father of American music.” William & Eliza Foster both died in 1855, Eliza passing within a few months after her husband. $2,000 - $4,000
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264 TRIO OF OVERSIZED HALF PLATE DAGUERREOTYPES OF FAMILY, POSSIBLY ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of 3 daguerreotypes, each approx. 4.5 x 5.5 in., housed under mat in original wood frame, 12.25 x 13.5 in. An attractive trio of formal daguerreotype portraits that appear to be related, possibly representing
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engagement photographs of the betrothed couple, the group of young men in the wedding party, and an aged, bespectacled woman that may be the bride or groom’s mother. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $800 - $1,200
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265 HALF PLATE OCCUPATIONAL AMBROTYPE OF A MACHINIST Half plate ambrotype of a machinist wearing a tall hat and apron, posed as if operating the large belt-driven, steam-powered drill press beside him. Housed in full, pressed paper case. A visually appealing occupational studio portrait. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $1,000 - $1,500
266 VERY EARLY QUARTER PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF A SAILOR, CA 1840S Quarter plate daguerreotype of an anonymous sailor wearing unique epaulets complete with thin fringe, indicating that the subject could be a civilian mariner. Housed under gold paper glass mat, in early, full, pressed paper case with silk cushion lining case interior. Ca 1840s. $500 - $700
267 RARE SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF STANDING YOUNG NUDE Rare and highly unusual sixth plate daguerreotype featuring a standing young nude with hair pulled back in ribbons or bonnet, holding with one hand what appears to be a porcelain bust on a table to her side, and resting the other hand on her thigh. Housed in full leather case with small embossed floral design on front cover. Ca 1850. Image resealed in 2010, with note on tape reading, “Hallmark / HB eagle 40.” $4,000 - $6,000
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268 STRIKING QUARTER PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF YOUNG SISTERS BY MOISSENET, NEW ORLEANS, PLUS Lot of 3 daguerreotypes of children by Southern photographers. Beautifully hand-tinted quarter plate daguerreotype of sweet, timid young sisters posed in a studio setting. F. Moissenet: New Orleans, LA, n.d., ca 1856-1858. Housed in full case with photographer’s imprint embossed on the velvet pad. Published in 2012 Daguerreian Society Annual, p. 266. Sixth plate daguerreotype of young brothers. Chauncey Barnes: n.p., but possibly Mobile, AL, n.d., ca 1840s-early 1850s. Photographer’s name stamped on both mat and the mat preserver, which is unusual. Housed in full case. Ninth plate daguerreotype of cherubic little girl. Anderson & Blessing: New Orleans, LA, n.d., ca early 1850s. Housed in full case with photographer’s name in gilt on front cover. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $300 - $500
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269 E. JACOBS, NEW ORLEANS, DAGUERREOTYPES OF SOUTHERN CHILDREN Lot of 4 daguerreotypes, comprised of three quarter plate portraits of young, fresh-faced children including brothers posed in matching plaid jackets, and one small half plate, early portrait, approx. 4.25 x 5 in., of a young woman and adolescent girl wearing serious expressions. E. Jacobs: New Orleans, LA, n.d., ca 1840s-early 1850s. Each mat stamped with photographer’s name. Two quarter plate images housed in half cases, remaining images uncased. Eugene R. Groves Collection of 19th Century Photography $300 - $500
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270 REMARKABLE WHOLE PLATE PAPIER-MâCHé CASE WITH MOTHER OF PEARL AND HAND PAINTING CONTAINING NINTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPES Whole plate book-style papier-mâché case containing nine ninth plate daguerreotypes. Subjects include a bearded man, a woman wearing a large brooch, and seven girls of various ages, presumably a family. Two images credited on brass mats to Van Loan: Philadelphia, PA. Front cover of case features a charming marine scene with a small boat in the foreground and the mast and sails of a larger vessel rising in the background. A pedestrian bridge with four lampposts is present in the middle distance, with two figures crossing at center and the facade of a church or cathedral at right. A rare, undocumented case. $3,000 - $5,000
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271 ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, EXTREMELY RARE GROUP OF SALTED PAPER PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of 7 salted paper photographs mounted on 4 sheets of of thin stock, measuring approx. 2.125 x 2.5 in. to 7 x 9 in. Pre-Civil War paper photographs of American cities are uncommon. City views of the American midwest should be considered rare. This group of images is highlighted by a photograph, 3.125 x 5 in., showing the establishment of the druggist Clacius and Speidel and the Argus Printing Office. German born, Conrad A. Speidel (1828-1914) arrived in Rock Island in 1858. He was joined by Charles E. Glacius (b. 1830) in 1859. In 1854 Charles Buford built the first four-story brick building in Rock Island at the corner of 17th St and Second Ave. The Argus was one of the first tenants, and remained in this location for seventeen years. An additional image, 5.25 x 7 in., depicts another storefront believed to be in Rock Island. Signs for the establishment of “Bishop” and “Nicholas” are visible at street level, along with a kiosk abvertising “Ambrotypes.” The remaining images include a 5 x 7 in. portrait of a well-to-do woman, a two-and-one-half-story brick residence, and three small images mounted to a single page, two depicting the Mississippi River and one a rooftop scene. $1,000 - $2,000
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272 “INFANT DRUMMER” ALLIE TURNER, TRIO OF CDVS PROMOTING PERFORMANCES AT BARNUM’S MUSEUM, NEW YORK Lot of 3 CDVs of young musician Allie Turner dressed in a stylized military uniform and posed with a drum decorated with patriotic designs. E & H.T. Anthony: New York, n.d., ca 1868. Captioned on mount below image, “Master Allie Turner, / The Infant Drummer. / Four Years Old. Now at Barnum’s Museum.” With two-cent revenue stamp affixed on verso; and Vaughan: New York, n.d. (2). Each captioned, “Master Ally Turner, / Infant Drummer [4 years old].” Turner was among the troupe of “infant drummers” that participated in so-called “theatrical evenings” held at the Barnum Museum in New York City during the mid-nineteenth century. Records indicate that Turner performed a drum solo at the museum in 1865 and also played alongside female drummer Fanny Turner, relationship unconfirmed, in 1866. $800 - $1,000
273 COLONEL WOOD’S GRAND TRAVELING MUSEUM TINTYPE FOB FEATURING LAVINIA WARREN, “THE LILLIPUTIAN QUEEN” Tintype fob, 25 mm. dia., featuring a portrait of Lavinia Warren on obverse and text reading, “Lavinia Warren, The Lilliputian Queen. / Col. Wood’s / Grand / Travelling Museum / of / Living Wonders,” on reverse. Lavinia Warren (1841-1918) is most famous for her 1863 marriage to Tom Thumb, the famed Barnum performer, and the pair achieved great fame and wealth together. Colonel John H. Wood founded Col. Wood’s Museum in Chicago in the 1860s, where it served as a kind of midwestern equivalent to Barnum’s American Museum in New York. The museum was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, but Wood reopened at another location (which also succumbed to fire) in 1875. $500 - $700
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274 E.O. GOLDBECK PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH OF TEXAS BATHING BEAUTIES Panoramic silver gelatin photograph, 8 x 33 in. Galveston’s 5th Annual Bathing Girl Revue / May 17-18-19th, ‘24. E.O. Goldbeck (1891-1986): 1924. Ink signed on verso, “E.O. Goldbeck.” Photograph captures participants in the storied Texas beauty contest, also known as the Pageant of Pulchritude. The event drew women from around the world who posed for pictures in their swimsuits before attending a beach-side luncheon. San Antonio, TX native and commercial photographer Eugene Omar Goldbeck developed an early interest in photography after taking a picture of President McKinley during a one-day visit to San Antonio in 1901. Goldbeck traveled throughout the western US and South America
275 TITUS LIVIUS VOLUME OWNED BY SON OF SIGNER OF THE US CONSTITUTION WILLIAM B. PATERSON (1745-1806) TITUS LIVIUS (64 BCE-12 CE or 59 BCE-17 CE). FREINSHEIM, Johann (1608-1660), transl. Historiarum Libri Qui Supersunt Omnes...Biponti [Zweibrücken]: Typographia Societatis, 1784. Vol. I (Incomplete). Large 12mo. (130 x 210 mm). Engraved title, half-title. (Very occasional light spotting). Mottled calf, red morocco spine label with gilt titles, green morocco spine label with gilt vol. number, gilt spine rules. (Wear to extremities, cracking to spine, worn hinges). Provenance: from the library of William B. Paterson (1783-1832, only child to survive and only son of William Paterson 1745-1806, a signer of the US Constitution). Possibly inherited from his father’s (William Paterson’s) library. Period SIGNED by William B. Paterson to title. His father William (17451806) was a New Jersey statesman and a signer of the United States Constitution. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the second governor of New Jersey. Born in County Antrim, Ireland, Paterson moved to the North American British colonies at a young age. $500 - $700
after high school, taking “kidnapped” or impromptu photos of people, then offering the photos for sale to the individuals afterwards. Around 1912, he purchased his first Cirkut camera, which allowed him to capture views of expansive landscapes and large groups of people. Goldbeck became well known for the panoramic photographs he produced using the Cirkut camera. During World War I, he served in the Photographic Division of the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. After the war, he established the National Photo and News Service in San Antonio. As a result of travelling to military bases to photograph large groups throughout his career, Goldbeck earned the title of “unofficial photographer of the military.” He may be best known for his large Cirkut panoramic photographs of military bases and personnel, which sometimes included over 20,000 people. $300 - $600
276 FIRST US SUPREME COURT DECISION COVERED IN 1791 COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, PLUS JUSTICE WILLIAM CUSHING’S PERSONAL ISSUE FROM 1793 Lot of 2 issues. Columbian Centinel. Boston, MA: Benjamin Russell, August 13, 1791. Vol. XV. No. 44. 4pp, 10.375 x 16.375 in. This issue contains an inside page headline, “Supreme Court,” with a half column report of the first decision ever made and acted upon by the US Supreme Court. The case, which involved plaintiff William West versus defendant David Leonard Barnes, was the earliest calling for oral argument. Columbian Centinel. Boston, MA: Benjamin Russell, October 26, 1793. Vol. XX. No. 14. 4pp, 11.75 x 19 in. Front page identified to “Hon[ora]ble William Cushing Esq.” in brown iron gall ink in upper left margin, indicating that this issue was delivered to and owned by William Cushing (1732-1810), one of the original six US Supreme Court Justices. Cushing is referenced in the 1791 newspaper also included in the lot. $1,200 - $1,600
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277 FIRST NEWSPAPER PRINTING OF THE PATENT ACT OF 1793 IN GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES Gazette of the United States. Philadelphia, PA: John Senno, April 20, 1793. Vol. IV. No. 93. 4pp, 10.5 x 17 in. This issue contains a complete front page printing of the Second Patent Act passed by the US Congress in 1793 and is signed in type by President George Washington. It revised the First Patent Act of 1790. $1,000 - $1,500
278 GEORGE WASHINGTON’S DEATH REPORTED IN BOSTON’S COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, DECEMBER 25, 1799 Columbian Centinel. Boston, MA: Benjamin Russell, December 25, 1799. Vol. XXXII. No. 33. 4pp, 11.75 x 18.75 in. Each page with black “mourning” borders, and inside page with black-bordered, lengthy “first report” of the death of George Washington at his home in Mt. Vernon, VA, on December 14, 1799 (page 3). The issue also contains a complete printing of George Washington’s Farewell Address (comprised of six columns of text, two of which are on the front page and four on page 2). Very displayable George Washington death newspaper. $1,000 - $1,500
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279 GEORGE WASHINGTON’S DEATH DESCRIBED IN HAND-WRITTEN NOTE Handwritten note, approx. 3 x 2.25 in., n.d., unsigned. Inked notation reads in full: “The remains of our illustrious Chief General Washington were interred in the family vault, at Mount Vernon, on Wednesday the 18th instant, attended by his Masonic brethren of that place, the Alexandria volunteers, and a vast concordance of citizens. General Washington has died in the 69th year of his age. His complaint was the Gynnache Tonsillaris an affection [sic] which has been remarkably prevalent this fall.” Accompanied by The Christian Minister’s Affectionate Advice to a Married Couple. Bean, James, Rev. Published by the American Tract Society. New York, NY, ca 1850s. 3.25 x 4.75 in. 96pp. Engraved frontispiece with original gilt-stamped cloth (soiled, separated from spine with some loss). Bound partially printed certificate at front certifies the marriage of “E.P.C. Lewis and Lucy B. Ware” on March 23, 1859. Also, 3 CDVs, one identified on verso in modern pencil as “Lucy Balmain/Mrs. EPC Lewis,” another as “Col. EPC Lewis,” and another just as “Lewis” but believed to be Esther Maria Coxe Lewis. Lucy Balmain Ware (1839-1866) married into the family of President George Washington when she wed Edward Parke Custis Lewis, whose paternal grandparents were George Washington’s nephew and Martha Washington’s granddaughter respectively. Lucy and Edward lived at Audley Farm outside Berryville, VA, the same estate where George Washington’s adopted daughter, Eleanor “Nelly” Custis Lewis, lived and died. Consignor relates that this note was tucked carefully into a book once owned by Lucy Ware Lewis, that the handwriting does not appear to be that of Lucy, and that no other identifying information could be found about the author. All items in this collection descend directly through the Ware family. $300 - $500
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280 THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON, FIRST EDITION MARSHALL, John, (1755-1835). The Life of Washington, commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of his Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to him by his Deceased Relative, and now in Possession of the Author. Philadelphia, PA: C.P. Wayne, 18041807. 5 volumes, 8vo. (140 x 222 mm). Frontispiece portrait in Volume I. (Scattered spotting, mostly to end pages and title). Full calf. (Heavily worn, some covers fully separated). FIRST EDITION. One of the most authoritative biographies on Washington ever written, in part, because Chief Justice John Marshall is one of the last to have personally been associated with Washington, in addition to having access to primary documents. He greatly admired George Washington, and spent years publishing this biography. He later revised and condensed it into a two-volume work (1832), then abridged it to a single volume with the goal of making it useful in schools (posthumously, 1838). $1,000 - $1,500
281 BURR-HAMILTON DUEL REPORTED IN THREE ISSUES OF THE BOSTON GAZETTE Lot of 3 issues. Boston Gazette. Boston, MA: July 19, 23, and 26, 1804. Each issue 4pp, 12 x 19.5 in. The three issues feature detailed inside and back page coverage of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, in which Hamilton was fatally wounded on July 11, 1804. $1,500 - $2,500
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282 JEFFERSON’S 1806 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AND THE RETURN OF LEWIS & CLARK FEATURED IN BOSTON NEWSPAPER Columbian Centinel. Boston, MA: Benjamin Russell, December 10, 1806. Whole No. 2,370. 4pp, 13.5 x 19.75 in. The newspaper contains a complete, inside page printing of Thomas Jefferson’s State of the Union Address in which the president tells the world of the return of Lewis and Clark from their successful Corps of Discovery Expedition of the Louisiana Territory, which lasted from August 31, 1803 to September 25, 1806. $800 - $1,000
283 JAMES MONROE PRESIDENTIAL SIGNED LAND GRANT, 1820 Monroe, James (1758-1831). Founding Father and President of the United States (1817-1825). 1p, 13.875 x 9 in., partially printed DS as President. Washington, DC. August, 5, 1820. Also signed by Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) as Commissioner of the General Land Office, bottom center. Embossed seal affixed lower left. Land grant acknowledges that William Diggs Jr. of Wayne County, “having deposited in the General Land Office, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office, at Cincinnati” is awarded the title to 160 acres under “the Act of Congress, entitled ‘An Act providing for the sale of the Lands of the United States, in the Territory north west of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River.’” $300 - $500
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284 MELENDY FAMILY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE, INCL. CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN A. DIX AND JOSIAH MEIGS TO PETER MELENDY Lot of over 40 items, comprised of 38 letters and related imprints identified to members of the Melendy Family, including Peter Melendy (17841823) of Amherst, NH, who enlisted in the US army in 1813 and served a short time in the infantry, then was transferred to the artillery service, in which he served as lieutenant and was employed in garrison duty at Fort Constitution near Portsmouth. Peter’s brothers Luther (1793-1883), an early abolitionist, and John (1783-1869) are also represented in the collection. The archive features several letters addressed to Lieutenant Peter Melendy, including six letters signed by John A. Dix; single letters from William Lee, Josiah Meigs, and James Gadsden, all dated 1821; and single letter from James S. Hook dated 1823. Broadside, 6.25 x 9 in. Western Spy Office. February 22, 1815. Announcing receipt of preliminary terms of Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812. This was almost certainly collected by Peter during his military service, as well as a copy of the Official Army Register for 1823, identified to “Melendy” on front. Printed paper wraps, 3.5 x 6.25 in., 21pp, the last torn in half. Register contains lists of General Staff for various departments, with Peter Melendy listed on p. 8 under 1st lieutenants. A lengthy, 7pp letter from Peter to his brother Thomas (October 14, 1822) as well as several receipts for Peter (dated 1817-1821) affixed to larger sheets of paper are also enclosed. Additional documents include a framed appointment, 9 x 12 in. (sight) issued by the “State of New Hampshire” to Luther Melendy, as surveyor of Highways for 1819. Part of the document reads: “...you are hereby directed to warn the several persons named in your list, to work on said Highways according to his proportion of said Tax, at the price of nine cents per hour for each Man, nine cents per hour for a pair of oxen,...” etc.; indenture signed by Salmon P. Chase, dated December 3, 1841; document from Thomas Corwin (1850); and document from John Scott Harrison, father of Benjamin Harrison (December 19, 1856). A second Peter Melendy is represented through approx. 18 commissions and appointments, such as Recruiting Officer for the 13th Iowa Regiment, September, 20, 1861; appointment to Iowa State Agricultural College, 1862, plus renewals 1864, 1865, 1868; 1st Lieutenant in the Iowa Governor’s Guard, July 27, 1863; commission as Notary Public (1864); appointment as US Marshal (1865); Agent to investigate claims for Quartermaster’s Stores, 1879 and renewals in 1882 and 1886; Mail Weigher for B.C.R. & N. R.R., 1891; and an appointment to negotiate for the state with the United States government for “Swamp Lands” within the state. Additional items include a bronze medal from The Ohio State Board of
285 A RARE MILITARY RECEIPT FOR MUSKETS SENT TO ANDREW JACKSON AT FORT STROTHER, ALABAMA, 1813 Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845). President of the United States (1829-1837). Military receipt signed as Major General, Fort Strother, Alabama. December 13, 1813. Acknowledges payment made for “one hundred muskets” and associated arms and ammunition that was likely used at the bloody Battle of New Orleans, a culminating conflict in the War of 1812 that highlighted Jackson’s leadership on a national stage. Includes a numbered list of the members of the 1st Tennessee Infantry led by Captain Brice Martin (“Martin’s Company”), to whom the arms were assigned, with reference to Brigadier General William Hall and countersignatures of regimental captains Harry Douglass, Thomas Haynie, William Lauderdale, Travis Nash, and John Wallace, as well as Quartermaster General A. Potter. The 1st Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, along with another infantry and cavalry unit, comprised the army under Andrew Jackson that participated in an expedition to Natchez in late 1812. Under the command of Colonel Edward Bradley, the regiment participated in Jackson’s first campaign into land held by the Creek Indians, allies of the British during the War of 1812, and the Battle of Talladega on November 9, 1813. After suffering heavy casualties at Talladega, the 1st Tennessee Infantry marched to Fort Strother, a military supply depot and operations center that headquartered Jackson’s Tennessee Militia during the Creek Indian Wars. Shortly after their return in December, supply shortages and disputes over the terms of enlistment led to a mutiny, and many men left the Fort. 134 AMERICAN HISTORICAL EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANA
Agriculture, 2 in. dia. in approx. 3 in. square case. Engraved below the state seal is: “P. Melendy / best pair of Chiligongs / A. Watts Prest. / 1852.” Opposite side with figures of classical agricultural deities; Union ticket affixed to letter-sized sheet, with notes along both sides: “I was a delegate from the 6th district of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa to the Great Union national Convention held in Baltimore Md. that nominated Lincoln and Johnson in 1864...I voted cheerfully for Lincoln / voted under protesst for Andy Johnson. Melendy”; and Republican ticket for 1888. These final items are identified to Cincinnati native Peter Melendy (18231901) who served in the Ohio Cavalry, Artillery Invincibles, and Harrison Guards Infantry (1838-1848), achieving the rank of first lieutenant. In 1851, he purchased “Thinadiska Place” near Mt. Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio and farmed, with a focus on purebred livestock. In 1857, the family moved to Butler County, Iowa, and he served as a representative of the Ohio Farm & State Breeding Co. This endeavor failed, but Melendy saw potential in Iowa and decided to stay. He served with the state Agricultural College and held many other roles, eventually becoming Mayor of Cedar Falls from 1895-1901. $500 - $1,000
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286 ANDREW JACKSON, LETTER FROM POLITICAL ADVISOR WILLIAM BERKELEY LEWIS, 1818 Lewis, William Berkeley (1784-1866). Confidante and advisor to President Andrew Jackson. ALS, 2pp, 7.5 x 12 in., Nashville, Tennessee. June 30, 1818. Written with regard to Jackson’s request that Lewis deposit public monies in the Nashville Bank, seemingly in anticipation of the financial crisis of 1819. Prior to his unofficial advisory role within Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet,” Lewis was among the directors of the Bank of Nashville. He had served under Jackson as quartermaster during the War of 1812, and became an influential friend and sounding board for the future president as he ascended the political ladder. $300 - $400
287 FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON BELONGING TO COL. SAMUEL D. JACKSON, PLUS ORDERS SIGNED BY JACKSON AS AID-DE-CAMP Lot of 2. Report of the Committee of Arrangements of the Common Council of the City of New York, Upon the Funeral Ceremonies in Commemoration of the Death of Gen. Andrew Jackson, Ex-President of the United States. New York: Printed by order of the Board, 1845. 8vo, brown leather, gilt lettering on spine and front, a.e.g., 303pp. Front with gilt personalization: “Col. Samuel D. Jackson.” Jackson served in the New York State Guard. Folio sheet, 8 x 12.5 in., with three sets of printed orders: two General Orders, March 14 and 24, 1826, both signed in type; and Division Orders for Second Division, NY State Artillery, by order of Major General Benedict, signed “S.D. Jackson,” Aid-de-Camp. Part of the Division order was the appointment of Captains Samuel D. Jackson and Robert C. Wetmore as ADCs. “They will be respected accordingly.” $400 - $600
288 GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON, LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT BY LANGLUMÉ AND MAURIN Lithograph, 8.75 x 12 in. General Andrew Jackson. Paris: Pierre Langlumé and Antoine Maurin, n.d., ca 1823-1825. After a painting produced by John Vanderlyn in 1823, which now hangs in New York’s City Hall. A rare French lithograph of Jackson in military uniform. $300 - $400
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289 OLD COLONY DEMOCRAT EXTRA BROADSIDE FEATURING ANDREW JACKSON’S 1834 STATE OF THE UNION, INCL. VIEWS ON REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS Old Colony Democrat Extra. Plymouth, MA: December 5, 1834. Broadside, 22 x 31 in. Features bold, prominent headline, “Message,” and a complete, full page printing of President Andrew Jackson’s 1834 State of the Union Address. This address was important as it contain’s Jackson’s views on the Indian Removal Policy, which was aimed at the American Indians in general, and more specifically, the Cherokee Indians. This policy was characterized as the forced Indian Removal from the Southeast United States to lands West of the Mississippi River and would be the proximate cause of the Cherokee Indians’ Trail of Tears in the 1830s. $600 - $800
290 ANDREW JACKSON’S FUNERAL PARADE ILLUSTRATED ON FRONT PAGE OF THE WEEKLY HERALD, JUNE 28, 1845 The Weekly Herald. New York, NY: June 28, 1845. Vol. X. No. 26. 4pp, 15 x 22.25 in. Front page entirely devoted to the “Grand Funeral Procession in Memory of Andrew Jackson,” which took place in New York City on June 24, 1845. Woodcut illustrations fill the front page and top half of second page, presenting the order of the procession and participants, including Martin Van Buren, Winfield Scott, James Bankhead, military units, Masonic Lodges, Democratic clubs, and a number of Benevolent Societies. A rare issue featuring what is considered to be the first full-page cover devoted to pictures ever to appear in a daily newspaper. $1,000 - $1,500
291 DEATH OF GENL. JACKSON, RARE HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH Hand-colored lithograph, 10 x 14 in. Death of Gen’l Jackson, born March 15th 1767, and died June 8th 1845, in his 78 year. Publisher trimmed at lower margin. Signed “J.B.” below chair of mourner on the right. A rare lithograph showing the death bed with mourners, including an African American presumed to be Alfred Jackson (1812-1901) an enslaved house servant who was a favorite of the family, and a large print titled “Battle of New Orleans” depicting a mounted Jackson. Our research has not located another copy with these features. $1,000 - $1,500
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292 ANDREW JACKSON, WALNUT STREET THEATRE BROADSIDE CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF THE “EXPRESIDENT,” 1845 Printed broadside, 6.75 x 19.75 in., announcing an Andrew Jackson tribute at the Walnut Street Theatre. Philadelphia: C. Alexander, Printer, n.d., ca 1845. Entertainment chosen to commemorate “the Death of The Late Venerated / Ex-President of the US / Andrew Jackson” includes a performance of the patriotic military drama, “The Battle of Germantown,” the comedy, “The Soldier’s Daughter,” and “A Monody! / On the Illustrious Jackson.” $1,000 - $2,000
293 PAIR OF ANDREW JACKSON MEMORIAL RIBBONS, 1845 Lot of 2 silk ribbons memorializing the late ex-President, Andrew Jackson. The first, 3 x 7.5 in., features bust portrait of Jackson surrounded by black border, with small script above reading, “The Union Must & shall be Preserved,” and text below reading, “ANDREW JACKSON / Born near Washaw Settlement South Carolina / March 15th 1767 / Died at the Hermitage June the 8th 1845.” Catalogued by Sullivan & Fischer as [AJ-M5]; The second, 2.75 x 7.5 in., features bust portrait of Jackson in oval frame surmounted by an eagle and surrounded on sides and bottom by draped flags and cannon. Bold block lettering above and below portrait reads, “ANDREW JACKSON” and “HERO OF NEW ORLEANS.” Text at bottom reads, “Died 8th June 1845 / Aged 78 Years.” Black cockade affixed at top of ribbon. Catalogued by Sullivan & Fischer as [AJ-M4]. On April 13, 1830, at the annual Jefferson Birthday Dinner in Washington, DC, Andrew Jackson famously challenged his vice president, John C. Calhoun, when he gave a toast proclaiming, “Our Federal Union—it must be preserved!” The legend featured on the first ribbon in this lot paraphrases his poignant statement, often recalled as a harbinger of the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833. $400 - $600
294 JACKSON MONUMENT IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON LITHOGRAPH BY A. HOEN & CO., BALTIMORE Lithograph, 18.75 x 23.25 in. Jackson Monument in the City of Washington. Baltimore: A. Hoen & Co., n.d., ca 1848-early 1850s. Lower left imprint credits the designer of the monument, Clark Mills. Lithograph featuring the equestrian sculpture of Andrew Jackson, which occupies the center of Lafayette Square, with the White House in the background. The plinth bears the inscription “The Federal Union: It Must Be Preserved,” and is decorated with a bas-relief plaque depicting the Battle of New Orleans. Although undated, research indicates that this print may have been a premium provided to financial supporters of the monument project starting in 1848. Construction began in the spring of 1852 and the monument was dedicated on January 8, 1853. $400 - $600
295 ANDREW JACKSON TWO-CENT STAMPED ENVELOPE, CA 1860S Buff envelope, 3.25 x 5.25 in., pre-stamped with two-cent postage featuring a black silhouette of President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) in profile, classified as U46. Postally used, but rare example of the uncut stamp on a complete envelope, addressed here to Lottie McDaniel of Rochester, Indiana. With a “Rochester, Indiana Aug. 1” postmark and target cancellation. $800 - $1,200
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296 NEW ENGLAND DEMOCRAT, COMPLETE BOUND VOLUME CONTAINING RARE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEWSPAPER, JANUARY 1844-FEBRUARY 1845 New England Democrat. Boston, MA: Lewis Josselyn and Francis R. Gourgas, January 4, 1844-February 20, 1845. Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 1, No. 46. 368pp. Complete volume, approx. 11.125 x 14.75 in., containing all 46 weekly issues, nicely bound in marbled boards with leather spine. This newspaper supported Martin Van Buren as the Democratic Party candidate until the June 6, 1844 issue, when it switched its support to the Democratic Party “dark horse” nominee James K. Polk. The newspaper was suspended between November 14, 1844 and February 13, 1845. $700 - $1,000
297 MARTIN VAN BUREN ALS WITH FREE FRANKED ENVELOPE Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862). President of the United States (1837-1841). ALS, 1p, 4.875 x 7.875 in., “Lindenwald.” August 2, 1861. Embossed seal upper left. Van Buren writes from his Kinderhook, NY home, to Judge John Law, addressing him as “My dear Judge.” He mentions a recent visit to the North and remarks that it would afford him great satisfaction to receive a visit from the judge. Accompanied by envelope completely in Van Buren’s hand with his free franked signature and addressed to The Honble. John Law in Congress, Washington, DC. Postmarked at Chatham, Four Corners, NY on August 6th, with embossed “VB” on top flap. As a longtime Indiana prosecuting attorney and judge, Law’s strict interpretations are believed to have coined the phrase “Johnny Law.” $300 - $500
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298 ZACHARY TAYLOR ALS AS ACTING INDIAN AGENT, FORT CRAWFORD, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, 1835 Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850). Major general in the US Army and President of the United States (1849-1850). ALS as Acting Indian Agent, 1p, 7.875 x 10.25 in., Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien. June 30, 1835. Addressed to William Yoakum. Here, Taylor authorizes payment of $54.50 for agriculture teaching services at the Indian Mission School on Yellow River, Allamakee, IA. Below an account of the work performed, Taylor writes, “I certify that the above account is just & true, & that the services charged for therein have been faithfully rendered for the bene-fit of the Indians during the period stated.” At bottom, William Yoakum records his receipt of $54.50 from JBW Stockton, “Military disbursing Agent for the Indian Department,” on June 30, 1835. His signature appears below. $1,000 - $2,000 BID LIVE ONLINE WITH
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299 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, FIFTEEN LITHOGRAPHS BY CURRIER & IVES AND KELLOGG Lot of 15 hand-colored lithographs. New York, NY: Currier & Ives; New York, NY and Hartford, CT: Kellogg. Mid-19th century. Half-length and standing portraits of each President from George Washington through James Buchanan, with the exception of Millard Fillmore. Titled in plate with publisher mark. Accompanied by lithograph, “The Presidents Of The United States,” comprised of oval portraits of the first 14 Presidents, from George Washington to Franklin Pierce, by E.C. Kellogg. Most in period wooden frames, ranging in size from 11.75 x 13.75 in. (sight), framed, 17 x 19.75 in., to 9.75 x 13.25 in. (sight), framed 12.75 x 16.5 in. Portraits from Washington to Pierce bear the imprint of N. Currier, while the Buchanan print bears the imprint of Currier & Ives. James Monroe, Martin Van Buren, and John Tyler bear the imprint of E.B. & E.C. Kellogg or D.W. Kellogg & Co. $2,000 - $3,000
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300 MILLARD FILLMORE - ANDREW J. DONELSON GRAND NATIONAL AMERICAN BANNER Lithograph. Grand National, American Banner. New York, NY: Currier, 1856. 9.75 x 13.5 in. (sight), framed to 13.125 x 17.125 in. With jugate circular portraits of Millard Fillmore and Andrew J. Donelson, crossed flags, and spread-winged eagle surmounting patriotic shield. $300 - $500
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301 A RARE PERIOD TINTYPE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE “BEARDSTOWN PORTRAIT” Sixth plate tintype, Lincoln’s cheeks, and lips delicately tinted, with brass mat and preserver, lacking a case, ca 1860. Perhaps one of the best known -- and rarest -- portraits of Lincoln is this image of the beardless lawyer dressed in a white linen suit. The portrait was taken by 18-year-old Abraham Byers in his Beardstown, Illinois studio on Friday, May 17, 1858. Other than the original quarter plate ambrotype curated at the University of Nebraska, this image is the only extant period copy of this important sitting we are aware of. No other copies have been illustrated in any publications documenting the photographs of the 16th President (see Lorant 1941; Meserve 1944; Hamilton and Ostendorf 1963). Lincoln was in Beardstown defending Duff Armstrong, the son of an old friend who had been accused of the night-time murder of Jason P. Metzker. Faced with an eyewitness who claimed he had seen the murder take place at a distance of 150 yards, Lincoln produced an almanac to reveal the murder had taken place on a moonless night and thus the witness could not possibly have seen the crime. The jury delivered a not guilty verdict after a single ballot in what soon became known as the “Almanac Trial.” Lincoln scholars agree that the Armstrong acquittal was the future President’s most celebrated courtroom victory. Byers would later recount that he encountered Lincoln after the trial and asked if he could take his picture. “He cast his eyes down on his old holland
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linen suit which had no semblance of starch in it and said: ‘The clothes are dirty and unfit for a picture.’” Byers insisted, and leading Lincoln to his studio, captured this remarkable likeness using the ambrotype process. Hamilton and Ostendorf (1963: 14-15; 370) note that Byers exposed two nearly identical ambrotypes, one of which is curated in the Special Collections at the University of Nebraska; the other was illustrated by Ida Tarbell in the November, 1895 issue of McClure’s Magazine locating it in the holdings of the Lincoln Monument Association. An online search of the Association’s collection failed to locate the plate, and presumably it no longer exists. The present sixth plate tintype is a crisp copy of the Byers image; it is laterally reversed from the original ambrotype and is printed on a sheet of relatively thin japanned sheet iron, with the plate lacking any maker. Both the thickness of the plate and surviving mat and preserver are typical of photographic materials widely available in the years before the Civil War and after. While tintypes of Lincoln were widely circulated during and after his lifetime, both to make the public aware of his likeness during presidential campaigns, and as mourning relics, the Beardstown portrait was not used for these mementoes. Given the clarity of the plate, we suspect the tintype was copied directly from the original Byers ambrotype. An important recent discovery from a Colorado family. $10,000 - $15,000
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Provenance This Beardstown copy portrait descended in the family of Willard Mayberry (1902-1959) of Elkhart, Kansas. Mayberry, a newspaper publisher, was active in Republican politics, and served as Secretary to fellow Kansan Alf Landon during his term as Governor, and later candidacy for President. Mayberry’s descendants know little about how the tintype was acquired, only that it had always been in the family lockbox, kept in an envelope from the Seattle studio of famed photographer Edward S. Curtis, which bears the inked notation: “For Willard Mayberry Elkhart, Kansas.” The envelope held not only the tintype but a newspaper clipping from the February 24, 1926 issue of the Portland Oregonian. The article illustrates the tintype and relates it was the prized possession of Mrs. Charles Darling of the Roosevelt Hotel. According to Mrs. Darling, the tintype had been given by President Lincoln to her late father Colonel Thomas Lawrence Byrne who fought for Massachusetts during the Civil War. Byrne, according to his daughter, had been a “personal aide” to the martyred president. Since her father had died when she was young the exact circumstances surrounding the gift were not known, but that “Copies of the same picture were given to the other personal aides but that only a few existed.” This story is clearly apocryphal. A search of Civil War service and pension records found Thomas Lawrence Byrne (1842-1873?), a 19-year-old Irish born machinist who enlisted in 1861, serving in Company B of the 11th Massachusetts. His military records indicate Byrne was a native of Beardstown, Illinois, though a search of Federal census records prior to his enlistment failed to locate him in that town, and more than likely this represents a transcription error. The 11th Massachusetts was recruited almost entirely from neighborhoods around Boston; Beardstown was one such location. Byrne enlisted as a Private, was promoted to Sergeant, and took part in the Battles of First and Second Bull Run where the 11th sustained 40% casualties in 20 minutes. Byrne was wounded on the first day at Gettysburg and was discharged from Federal service in November 1863. After the War he lived in Beardstown, Massachusetts and was a member of GAR Post 11 (Abraham Lincoln) in nearby Charlestown. By 1870 he had married, and moved to Humboldt, Kansas. He apparently died around 1873, leaving his wife Clara (1847-?) with three children, Charles (12), Lawrence (10) and Mabel (7). At Clara’s death, Mabel inherited the Beardstown tintype. Mabel married a dentist, Charles A Darling, and between 1900-1930 lived in Whatcom and Spokane, Washington, Portland, Oregon, and finally, Los Angeles. She died in that city in 1948. Mabel and Charles apparently separated sometime before she moved to Portland (though she continued to list herself as “married” in the 1920 and 1930 censuses). In both Portland and Los Angeles, she worked at, and resided in hotels suggesting she was involved in the hospitality industry. While the real story of how Thomas Byrne acquired the Beardstown tintype is lost to history, he was never a Colonel, and never an aide to Lincoln. As a member of the Abraham Lincoln post of the GAR in Charlestown, it is logical that Byrne might have had the tintype as a memento of the President he served. Unfortunately, it does not explain how he came to acquire what is an extraordinary Lincoln rarity. The story related by Mabel in 1926 had been passed along by her mother, probably to enhance the memory of a father who had sacrificed so much for the President he served. How did Mabel meet Willard Mayberry, and pass along the tintype? In his capacity as Secretary, Mayberry may have visited Los Angeles with Alf Landon in 1936 during the presidential campaign and stayed at the hotel where Clara worked. References Cited Hamilton, Charles and Lloyd Ostendorf 1963 Lincoln in Photographs: An album of every known pose. University of Oklahoma Press. Lorant, Stefan 1941 Lincoln: His life in photographs. Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Meserve, Frederick Hill 1944 The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln. Harcourt, Brace and Co.
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302 ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND RELATED PERSONALITIES, GEM-SIZED TINTYPES Lot of 5 gem-sized tintypes, each housed under mat and glass. Includes bust-length portrait of a bearded Abraham Lincoln, n.d., ca 1864, as well as a portrait of a mustachioed African American man, posited to be Reverend Henry Brown (1823-1906), the African Methodist Episcopal preacher asked by the Lincoln family to lead the caparisoned horse at the President’s funeral in Springfield, Illinois. Although this tentative identification is unconfirmed, Brown worked for Lincoln for many years in various capacities prior to his election and was also involved with the Underground Railroad. Accompanied by two portraits of young boys, one of whom is suggested to be Robert Todd Lincoln, along with an unidentified man with a mustache. $500 - $700
303 ABRAHAM LINCOLN - ANDREW JOHNSON GRAND, NATIONAL UNION BANNER FOR 1864 Lot of 2 lithographs. Grand National Banner For 1864. 10 x 13.25 in. (sight), framed to 12.75 x 16 in. Liberty, Union And Victory. New York, NY: Currier and Ives, 1864. With jugate circular portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, crossed flags, temple of Liberty, and spread-winged eagle surmounting a vignette of farmer plowing a field below. President Lincoln at Home, Reading the Scriptures to his Wife and Son. New York, NY: Currier & Ives, 1865. 10.625 x 14.5 in. (sight), framed to 14.625 x 18.625 in. $4,000 - $8,000
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304 1864 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BROADSIDES SEEKING THE GERMAN-AMERICAN VOTE Lot of 2 printed broadsides, each 19 x 24 in., informing German-speaking American voters of the platform of the Democratic ticket in the 1864 Presidential Election. Philadelphia, PA: King and Baird, n.d., ca 1864. The first, titled, “Wollt Ihr Frieden oder Krieg?” [Do You Want Peace or War?] uses written and spoken excerpts from both the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates (George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, respectively) for the Democratic Party to highlight their very different views on the continuation or cessation of war. The second, titled Freide und Trennung! [Peace and Separation!] explains the consequences of ending the war, including the forfeiture of all of the hard-fought advantages achieved by the Union Army and the dismemberment of the Union. Within the Democratic Party, there was a major split between pro-war and anti-war factions leading up to the 1864 election. In an attempt to unify the party, it chose known pro-war McClellan as the presidential candidate and known anti-war Pendleton as the vice-presidential candidate in order to keep the ticket balanced. In the end, the convention adopted a peace platform, meaning that ultimately as elucidated in these broadsides, a vote for the Democratic ticket was a vote for peace and separation over war and Union. Property of N. Flayderman & Co. $500 - $700 1 of 2
305 BEARDLESS ABRAHAM LINCOLN STATIONERY, TRIO OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY A SCHOOL TEACHER Lot of 3 ALsS from “Luther,” presumably a school teacher, to “Cousin Roscoe.” The highlight is a letter dated March 9, [18]61, Manchester, NH (4pp), in which Luther graphically describes a physical fight with a group of boys, during which he punishes the boys to gain their respect. By the end of the ballyhoo, “... every girl had run, five big fellows the lighetest [sic] weighing 150 were hors du combat on the floor in different parts of the room, but every other boy was in his seat and the room was still as the grave....Nobody 1 of 3 was very badly hurt though there were several bloody noses, bruised heads and almost broken arms.” He continues noting that he will stay until July, but is unsure after that and advises Roscoe to attend Cambridge or another school if he wants to practice law. A postscript asks what Roscoe thought of the inaugural. Refer to cowans.com for additional information about the lot. $500 - $700
306 CDV OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS SON TAD, LAST FORMAL PORTRAIT CDV of Abraham and Tad Lincoln, with printed caption on mount reading, “President Lincoln and his Son Thaddeus / The last Photograph the President sat for.” G.F. Bouvé & Co.: Boston, MA, 1865. This photograph was taken at Alexander Gardner’s Washington, DC studio, on February 5, 1865 and showcases one of five poses from the final formal studio session Lincoln would ever sit for. With his son Tad beside him, the president appears to crack a slight smile, perhaps in anticipation of the coming Union victory. $300 - $500
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307 ABRAHAM LINCOLN CDVS BY INGMIRE, DESCENDED DIRECTLY IN THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S FAMILY Lot of 8 CDVs by Frederick William Ingmire of Springfield, Illinois, professionally matted and framed together with explanatory brass plaques and newspaper article excerpted from the Fergus Falls Daily, vol. 95, no. 36, Fergus Falls, Minnesota: February 12, 1969. Five photographs show scenes related to President Abraham Lincoln’s home in Springfield and his funeral, held there in May of 1865. Includes an exterior view of the president’s tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery, with armed guards on either side of the entrance; the State House of Springfield draped in mourning, dated May 14, 1865; Lincoln’s horse, “Old Robin,” readied for the funeral procession; his dog, Fido, in repose on a draped table, ca 1861; and the exterior of the Lincoln home, ca 1860. Many with captions or dates written on verso, with two inscribed “for Evelyn Rosvold,” Ingmire’s granddaughter, who is pictured at lower right. Ingmire appears at top center, with his daughter Mary Piercy at lower left. Frederick Ingmire (1822-1876) immigrated to the United States from England in 1831 and settled in New York as a Baptist minister. His exploration of photography began as a source of additional income, but he ultimately moved to Springfield, Illinois where he opened his own photography studio. As Ingmire’s granddaughter Evelyn (18861969) explains in the accompanying article, Ingmire’s studio was in the same building as Lincoln’s law office. The two men apparently became acquainted in 1861 when the president elect, having made the difficult decision to leave the family dog behind in Springfield, brought Fido to the studio for a formal portrait session. The Fido portrait offered here, along with the funeral and interment photographs, descended directly though the Ingmire-Percy-Rosvold family to the current owner. $5,000 - $7,000 144 AMERICAN HISTORICAL EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANA
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308 ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S SPRINGFIELD HOME DRAPED IN MOURNING, CDV BY KELLOGG BROTHERS CDV featuring President Lincoln’s Springfield home draped in mourning bunting, with a group of men and women gathered on the sidewalk below. Kellogg Brothers: Hartford, CT, n.d., ca 1865. $400 - $600
309 RARE LINCOLN FUNERAL STEREOVIEW SHOWING THE PROCESSION ON BROAD STREET IN PHILADELPHIA, BY RIDGWAY GLOVER Unmarked stereoview of Lincoln’s funeral procession by Ridgway Glover, 1865. Featured here on Broad Street in Philadelphia on April 22, 1865, Lincoln’s funeral car is surrounded by guards and onlookers crowding the street. Several people are visible on top of buildings lining the street, striving to witness the historic event from above. Signage above the first story of one building in view reads, “M.S. Myers. / Flour, Grain & Mill Fee[d].” Pencil inscription on verso reads, “The Funeral of Mr Lincoln / in Broad Street Philadelphia / April 22nd 1865.” $500 - $700
310 RECONSTRUCTION-ERA SENATOR AND GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI, JAMES ALCORN, OIL ON CANVAS PORTRAIT, WITH INSCRIBED BOOK FROM JOHN SINGLETON MOSBY Lot of 2. Portrait of Mississippi governor James Alcorn. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. 23.75 x 29 in. (sight), framed to 35 x 39 in. MOSBY, John Singleton (1833-1916). Mosby’s War Reminiscences and Stuart’s Cavalry Campaigns. Boston: George A. Jones & Co., 1887. 8vo. Tissueguarded engraved portraits with facsimile signatures. (Some spotting). Publisher’s dark green cloth with blindstamped decoration and gilt titles. (Split interior hinges, some wear to extremities). FIRST EDITION. A Civil War memoir from Confederate cavalry battalion commander John S. Mosby, known as the “Gray Ghost” earned from his uncanny knack for evading Union capture. He commanded the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry known as Mosby’s Rangers. After the war, he resumed his law practice and became a Republican politician, supporting President Grant. He would later serve as the American Consul to Hong Kong. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author to Governor Alcorn:”Presented to / Hon. J.L. Alcorn / by the Author- / John S. Mosby.” James Alcorn (1816-1894) opposed secession for economic concerns and his prescient belief that the South would be devastated by the North. Despite his reservations, he did join the Confederacy and was appointed as a brigadier general in the Mississippi state militia mostly involved in recruitment and garrison duty. He was taken prisoner in Arkansas in 1862, paroled, and he returned to his plantation where he continued to raise troops, though he also surreptitiously sold cotton to the North, maintaining his wealth through the war. Post-war, he joined the Republican party, supporting suffrage for freedmen, endorsed the 14th Amendment, and was a close political ally with Hiram Revels, the first African American to serve in congress. When governor from 1870-1871, Alcorn was a modernizer who supported public schools and founded the first black land grant college, now known as Alcorn State University, and arranged for Revels to become its first president. In 1871, he resigned the governorship early to assume the US senate seat vacated by Revels. There he opposed Republican attempts to end segregation, resisted actions to suppress the Ku Klux Klan, denounced the cotton tax, and advocated removing the political disabilities of white Southerners. He again ran for governor of Mississippi in 1873 but was defeated by Republican Adelbert Ames, after which Alcorn mostly withdrew from public life. $800 - $1,200 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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311 PRESIDENTIAL SIGNED COMMISSIONS FOR GENERAL HERBERT EVERETT TUTHERLY, COMMANDER OF SQUADRON AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JUAN HILL Lot of 4 presidentially signed commissions. Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Commanding General of the United States Army during the Civil War and President of the United States(1869-1877). DS, 15.75 x 19.5 in. January 13, 1873. Appointing Herbert E. Tutherly as “Second Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry.” Also signed by William W. Belknap as Secretary of War. Embossed seal formerly affixed upper left (now loose). Hayes, Rutherford B. (1822-1893). Governor of Ohio and President of the United States (1877-1881). DS, 15.875 x 19.625 in. June 12, 1879. Appointing Herbert E. Tutherly as “First Lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry.” Also signed by George W. McCrary as Secretary of War. Embossed seal affixed upper left. Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901). President of the United States (18891893). DS, 15.5 x 19.125 in. December 27, 1890. Appointing Herbert E. Tutherly as “Captain of Cavalry.” Also signed by Redfield Proctor as Secretary of War. Embossed seal affixed lower left. McKinley, William (1843-1901). President of the United States (1897-1901) assassinated while in office. DS, 15.75 x 19.75 in. March 7, 1901. Appointing Herbert E. Tutherly as “Major of Cavalry (subject to examination).” Also signed by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Embossed seal affixed lower left. Herbert Everett Tutherly (1848-1921) entered the United States Military Academy at West Point as a cadet in 1868, graduating four years later and being appointed second lieutenant of cavalry within the 1st US Cavalry Regiment. He received many promotions within that regiment and commanded a squadron of four troops of the regiment in battle at San Juan Hill and other encounters culminating in the surrender of Santiago de Cuba on July 17, 1898. Tutherly eventually retired after more than 30 years of service, including many early years of frontier duty throughout the West, serving in Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Kansas, and
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Montana. After retirement from the US Army, he went on duty with the organized Militia of New Hampshire, and was elected Commissary General of the State of New Hampshire in 1915. He was ultimately promoted to colonel on the US Army Retired List in 1918, just three years before his death. Tutherly left behind not only a storied and successful military career but also written works on the subject, including Score Book for Riflemen (1882) and Elementary Treatise on Military Science and the Art of War (1897). Collected by General Herbert Everett Tutherly (1848-1921) $1,000 - $1,500
312 JOHN F. KENNEDY DOODLES WITH WORDS, 1954 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963). President of the United States (1961-1963). Graphite set of doodles and words written in 1954 by Kennedy as Massachusetts Senator (1953-1960) on his United States Senate letterhead, 8 x 10.5 in. Kennedy has framed the capitalized spelling of the word “EAST” followed by seven attached squares and rectangles. Kennedy then writes the sentence “This is getting old - where is Ted?” in which he likely refers to either Ted Reardon or Ted Sorensen, two close Senate aides (Kennedy’s brother Ted was attending Harvard at the time). Thereafter, Kennedy circles the year “1954,” then adds a shamrock and his initials “J.K.” He appears to have sketched an arrow, but decides to cross it out. The fact that the future President has initialed the piece is significant. This item originates from the collection of the late Congressman Michael J. Kirwan (1886-1970) of Ohio who was a dear friend of Presidents Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and numerous other presidents and nationally-known public servants. Following Kirwan’s 1970 demise, his widow, Mrs. Alice Kirwan, presented his massive doodle archive to future presidential historian John Burke Jovich, the Kirwans’ next-door neighbor, friend, and protege. $800 - $1,200
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313 JOHN F. KENNEDY SIGNED PROGRAM, 1959 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963). President of the United States (1961-1963). Program, 6 x 9 in., 28pp, signed by Kennedy as Massachusetts Senator (1953-1960) from the 25th Annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, held at the Sheraton Hotel, Akron, OH, April 4, 1959 by the Young Democrats of Summit County. Page 3 contains a short biography of thenSenator Kennedy, signed by him in the top margin of the page. $400 - $600
314 US CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM H. NATCHER, EXTENSIVE ARCHIVE Lot of 1000+ items. Massive collection of letters, documents, and more from the US congressional career of William H. Natcher (1909-94) a Kentucky (Democrat) who served in Congress 41 consecutive years (1953-94) without missing a vote. He ended his long tenure as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. The archive is comprised primarily of letters from US Senators, Congressmen, Governors, Industry Heads, Cabinet Members, Diplomats, Heads of State, Labor and Civil Rights Leaders, Mayors, and more. Much good content, including issues concerning the Vietnam War, Campus Unrest, Constitutional Amendments, and Equal Rights. Individuals represented in the collection include Sergeant and Eunice Shriver, Congressman Joe Kennedy, early Leon Panetta and Nancy Pelosi, Abzug, Stanton, Humphrey, Tip O’Neil and other Speakers, and many more. The collection also includes numerous White House engraved invitations (beginning with Eisenhower), tickets, 22 Large White House Christmas Cards (i.e., Kennedy 1961 and 1963; Johnson 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968; Nixon 1970 (Jefferson Card); Ford 1974 (2), 1975, 1976; Reagan 1983, 1985 (signed in pencil by the artist) (& medium size 1985); Bush 1989, 1991 (and medium size 1991); Clinton 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996; Bush 2002, 2008). Natcher was a Kentucky native who served in the US Navy during World War II. First elected to the US Congress in 1953 from the Kentucky’s 2nd congressional district, he cast 18,401 consecutive roll-call votes between 1953 and 1994, never missing a single roll call vote until his last days in office. This is still the all-time record for both houses of Congress. Natcher refused to accept campaign contributions. He was Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee from 1993 to 1994. Unlike most Southerners, he did not sign the 1956 Southern Manifesto. In 1994 he was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Clinton, and died 25 days later. The William H. Natcher Green River Parkway in Kentucky and the William H. Natcher Conference Center at the National Institute of Health are named in his honor. $1,000 - $2,000
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315 SAMYN, CINCINNATI, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE LITHOGRAPH, A VIEW OF NEW ALBANY FROM PORTLAND KY Lithograph, 5.25 x 8.25 in., including margins, 6.5 x 10.5 in. A View of New Albany from Portland, Kentucky. Lithograph. Cincinnati, OH: Samyn, 1838. Shows the Ohio River boomtown New Albany, Indiana from Portland, Kentucky, now a neighborhood of Louisville. From 1816 until 1860, New Albany was the largest city in Indiana thanks to the steamboat industry, shown in this charming lithograph. Exceedingly scarce, only 2 copies located in Indiana institutions, no copies known to have come to the market. $500 - $700
316 ARCHIVE OF THE CARTER FAMILY OF HAWAII AND MASSACHUSETTS, FEATURING CONTENT REGARDING ROYALTY, ISLAND EVENTS, AND THE HAWAIIAN COUNTER-REVOLUTION Comprehensive family archive of over 50 pieces of ephemera, including 34 detailed letters describing the Hawaiian monarchy, the possibility of annexation by the United States, the Hawaiian Counter-Revolution, a smallpox outbreak, and general island life, 1873-1895. Also with pressed foliage, genealogical records, a CDV by Gurney of New York, and newspaper articles, including a letter to the editor of a Hawaiian newspaper attacking the overthrow of the monarchy by “Annexationists,” ca 1895.
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Correspondence is primarily between the Hawaiian branch of the illustrious Carter family to cousins in Massachusetts, where Puritan colonist and family progenitor Rev. Thomas Carter settled in 1635. Most of his descendants remained in Massachusetts, concentrated in Woburn, Lancaster, Leominster, and Charlestown, with the notable exception of Captain Joseph Oliver Carter (1802-1850), a trader of Chinese commodities to Hawaii and California. Captain Carter immigrated to Hawaii, where he married his wife, Hannah, another ex-patriot. The couple had six children, and two of their sons, Joseph Oliver Carter, Jr. (1835-1909) and Henry Alpheus Pierce (H.A.P.) Carter (1837-1891), would figure prominently into Hawaiian politics. The younger Joseph Oliver worked as a journalist, financier, and diplomat, serving in the Hawaiian legislature. H.A.P Carter BID LIVE ONLINE WITH
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was a partner at shipping firm C. Brewer & Co., working mainly with Hawaiian sugarcane plantations to refine and ship sugar to the United States. An outspoken advocate for free trade to reduce tariffs, H.A.P. became involved in island politics and was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by King David Kalakaua in 1876. His wife, Sybil Augusta (“Gussie”) Carter (1843-1906), daughter of American missionary Gerrit P. Judd (1803-1873), who later served as cabinet minister to King Kamehameha III. H.A.P and Gussie write the majority of the letters offered here to their distant cousins, Rev. George Leonard Chaney (1836-1922) and his wife, Caroline Isabel (Carter) Chaney (1845-1925). Other authors include Gussie’s brother Albert Francis Judd (1838-1900), who served as Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Supreme Court; missionary David Belden Lyman (1803-1884); and Charlotte Adelaide Carter (1860-1936), the daughter of Joseph Oliver Carter, Jr. Charlotte Carter writes what is arguably the most dynamic letter of the collection, in which she describes the wounding and death of her cousin Charles L. Carter, son of Gussie and H.A.P., in the Battle of Diamond Head on the first day of the Hawaiian Counter-Revolution, January 6-9, 1895. Charlotte writes to Cara Chaney just a few days later to share the unfortunate news: “What the trouble was we didn’t know, having no idea of the collection and preparation of armed forces for this revolt. . . after some talking among the men who had been called out on the veranda [at Charles’s house]. . . [they] rushed for their arms and started off. . . Charles was crouching with his rifle. . . ready to fire, when he was fired upon and struck, and his position explains the downward course of the ball that was. . . found later in the abdomen, the wounds being above. . . As yet the government troops have not succeeded in finding and routing the others, though they are reported to have seen them here and there.” Another fascinating letter from Charlotte details the life of a Royalist family living under the provisional government, written to Cara Chaney just prior to Charles’s death on the eve of the Counter-Revolution, January 6, 1895. Her brother, Oliver, worked at a bank, and Charlotte relates that “some people tried to make trouble for him. . . when the employees were notified of the wish of the manager that they should take the oath of allegiance to the ‘Republic’ (which included a promise never to assist or encourage the restoration of the monarchy), he didn’t take it. How could he?” She expresses frustration at the corruption of the provisional government or “P.G.” and writes ominously that it “may take much longer to see the peaceful resolution and settlement of things. . . judging from the past two years. We conceded that a change was necessary. . . that all things were not as they should be, but that change might have been brought about through the Queen herself in a legitimate way. . . it has certainly brought the country into a worse condition than ever before. I know that the importance of a weight guarantee for the safety of large amounts of foreign money invested here has been urged by the P.G. as another excuse for their action, but not one sugar plantation from Hawaii to Niihau – with the exception of Mr. Spreckles’ [Claus Spreckels, influential German-born industrialist] – is the result of foreign capital. All these sugar people have made their money right here under the monarchy, aided by the treaty which was due largely to the understanding urged in Washington - but not made public here – that the islands should some time be given over to the United States. . . if the character of Hawaii’s kings and queens had been different, the government might have commanded more confidence. Would that it had!” With additional descriptions of the Counter-Revolution’s impact on Hawaiian congregational churches, the unscrupulous election rigging by the “sugar people” in the last election, and the social ostracism of Royalists. The development and negotiations of trade and annexation treaties are carefully documented in the correspondence of Gussie and H.A.P. Carter during his service to the monarchy as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Despite his American heritage, H.A.P. was opposed to annexation, as revealed in letters written as early as 1873. He writes to his cousin, George R. Carter of
Leominster and San Jose, California on February 18, 1873, expressing his distaste for American diplomacy with Hawaii: “We never expected another King of Hawaii but Sir Thomas and San Domingo taught us and the rest of the world a lesson. To have him kept knocking at the door of the US Senate. . .would have been ruinous to us all. . . when the United States gets through quarreling over railroads &c. they may build up a foreign policy and I think it will embrace the acquisition of these islands unless in the meantime some other nation will help us out.” Later, in December 1876, H.A.P. shares the details of the formation of a new Hawaiian cabinet ministry, including his own acceptance of the foreign office: “[The former] ministry resigned, not bad men, not all weak men, but did not pull together. Their dissensions were operating badly, demoralizing the native element in the gov’t – the King sent for us. I wanted to help him make up a gov’t which left me out, but Hartwell would not go in without me and a gov’t with any other man as Attorney General is at a disadvantage. . . they said I had a large personal following in the Kingdom which would be dissatisfied. I insisted the King should give up ‘personal government’ and let his ministers ‘serve the king but govern the country,’ that he should make a Premier and let him be responsible. He agreed, [and] Smith and Hartwell asked me to take it but I declined to do so so long as I was actively engaged in private business, but said I would take the Foreign Office. . . so here I am ready to assume the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Pumpernickel…” In this role, H.A.P. and Gussie hosted a number of lavish state dinners, as detailed in a letter from Cara to her uncle during a visit to islands: “Henry gave a dinner. . . there were 54 guests [including] the King, Queen, all the foreign diplomats, and it certainly was a brilliant and elegant affair. There were three American generals who looked well in their uniforms, a Russian captain and man of war, also an English one.” The post also required H.A.P. to travel extensively to Great Britain, France, Germany, and Washington, DC, where he was stationed semi-permanently for some time. He met with Otto von Bismarck, then the Foreign Minister of Prussia, as well as the Earl of Derby and other European politicians to negotiate treaties on behalf of the Hawaiian government, but was frequently stymied by nepotism and opposing blocs. From Berlin on February 22, H.A.P. writes to George Chaney that he has “reason to believe the British gov’t have warned the German gov’t against allowing the principle I wish to establish that may make what commercial treaty we please with America so long as we give no European country any advantage over other[s]. . . they were playing into the hands of Great Britain entirely and bringing down statesmanship to the level of trade. . . diplomacy moods have to be plainly expressed.” He later confirms that he has established a “treaty with Germany which leaves us free to send sugar and get shoes free of duty.” By the mid-1880s, H.A.P.’s exhausting travel schedule begins to wear on Gussie, who confides to both George and Cara that she is unhappy. She joins him in Washington but is displeased by the weather and her social obligations and longs for her “Sweet Home” in Hawaii. A perceptive husband, H.A.P. alludes to plans to resign his office in several letters, noting that marriage is the “ultimate treaty” and that it is “a man’s duty and right to be with his family.” Descriptions of the islands themselves are vivid and capture the unmatched beauty of the Hawaiian landscape, including the “slippery, worn lava stones” observed on a horseback ride through the Kaliki Valley and a summer trip to Waikiki, “where the rollers come clear in & they would all dive and swim through the foam of the surf and let it break over them.” Also with content related to patronage of American artists visiting Hawaii; tensions with the Chinese immigrant community; commentary on the political administrations of US Presidents Arthur and Cleveland; family dynamics; and encounters with David Graham Adee (1837-1901), a lawyer and author from Washington dispatched to Hawaii by the State Department for coverage of island life. $10,000 - $15,000
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317 DR. CLARENCE JOHN BLAKE ARCHIVE, WITH OTOLOGY NOTES USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TELEPHONE Archive of Dr. Clarence John Blake (1843-1919), a renowned otologist who notably assisted Alexander Graham Bell develop and perfect the telephone. Blake graduated from Harvard medical school in 1865 and the University of Vienna (Austria) in 1866. His Massachusetts medical board registration (1865) and both parchment diplomas are included in the archive, with his Harvard degree notably signed by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., both housed in a handsome leather canister stamped, “C.J. Blake M.D. / Harvard University / 1865.” His passport, also included, indicates that he traveled extensively throughout Germany and Austria in the late 1860s. In 1871, Dr. Blake first met Alexander Graham Bell when at a Boston School Board committee regarding methods for educating the deaf. When Bell approached Dr. Blake he found an eager and enthusiastic supporter of discovering methods to transmit speech electronically. Dr. Blake wrote of his contributions in the typed copy of a letter from June 27, 1906: “At that time I was already engaged in experiments on the tracing and study of sound waves produced by the voice and I fitted up an apparatus, made of a human drum-head, like the one I was using, for Mr. Bell to experiment with during the summer. In the autumn we compared our records and observations and then there followed, for a period of nearly a year, or until the problem of the invention was solved, a continued interchange of ideas on the subject of the electrical transmission of speech.” Their relationship and the technical details of their developments are explored at length in “Chapter 5” of an unpublished biography typescript included in the archive. Perhaps of most interest in the archive, however, are two notebooks kept by Dr. Blake with his extensive notes and experiments with detailed technical drawings. He often makes note of where he has shared certain information with Bell. In additional to his medical practice and work with Bell, Dr. Blake was the editor of the American Journal of Otology and the President of the American Otological Society.
Also included are several articles written by Dr. Blake, including The Logographic Value of Consonant Sounds in Relation to Their Transmission by Telephone. (New York: William Wood and Co., 1879), among others; a 53 page journal entry on loose paper, his last will and testament, and other assorted correspondence. A small collection of correspondence from earlier in the 19th century from various relatives also accompanies the lot. Of particular note are two letters of introduction for Dr. Blake’s father, John Harrison Blake, a prominent civil engineer who was traveling across Central and South America before returning to Boston. The first is written to Charles G. De Witt (1789-1839) on December 30, 1835 when he was the United States Chargé d’Affaires to Guatemala. The second is written on his return trip to Daniel Webster (1782-1852) in Boston on May 23, 1837 where it is noted that he has “visited Bolivia, Peru and Chile, and crossed the desert of Atacama and the Cordillera.” $700 - $900
318 FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, 1836 ALS Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847). German composer-pianistconductor. Co-founder and director of Leipzig Conservatory in 1843. ALS in German, 1p, 8 x 11 in. October 4, 1836. Leipzig. Addressed to Diabelli’s Music Shop in Vienna asking for a Symphony in A Minor by Ferdinand Ries. Mendelssohn notes that they wish to play it at a subscription concert and will cover all expenses. Signed “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.” With translation. $2,000 - $3,000
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319 AMERICAN ARTIST AND CRITIC EUGENE BENSON, PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, CA 1860S-1870S Lot of approximately 77 letters with original covers, all but two written by Eugene Benson (1839-1908), member of the National Academy of Design, art critic, and painter; remaining letters written by Benson’s mistress Henriette Malan Fletcher (1830-1917). Addressed to Benson’s first cousin and childhood friend, Albert Rudolph Cooper (1840-1917) of Louisville, Kentucky. Nearly all letters 4pp+ with a large number 8pp+ in length. Bulk of the collection spans January 1863 - May 1871, a pivotal time in Benson’s literary and artistic career. Includes references to significant American painters including Winslow Homer, to Benson’s art criticism and prominent post-Civil War literary publications, and to many of the leading intellectuals and editors of the day. Also notable in the collection is the extensive discourse related to Benson’s step-daughter, writer Julia Constance Fletcher (1853-1938), who wrote under the pseudonym “George Fleming.” An extraordinary archive with deeply personal and descriptive content, while simultaneously illustrative of a new wave of influential midnineteenth century American artists and art criticism. The earliest letter in the collection, 15pp in length, is representative of Benson’s writing throughout the archive. Writing from the “North Tower Jan 5th 1863,” an exuberant Benson states that his year “closed splendidly” having sold a picture for $100, received four commissions, and $24.00 “with my pen on the Round Table for one week’s matter.” The $100 painting was “Fading Days” which according to Benson received high compliments from “[Richard Henry] Stoddard the poet and Bayard Taylor.” Benson notes that it was Stoddard who recommended him to write for the Round Table, that he found out who prevented him from becoming a critic for the Commercial, and that the critics of the New Path attacked him “most personally,” telling Cooper: “I have twice, on former occasions exposed their pretensions, and in last week’s Round Table I return to the charge - Of course they hate me - and many men in the profession view me with distrust and dislike me for my criticisms, or because I have ignored them. I am determined to do my duty and be fearless. If I have to go to the wall it shall be in a good cause.” As he inevitably does, Benson then turns towards more personal matters. “I am in hopes Violet will soon be on to see me. I miss her dreadfully. Ah Albert we are committed to each other, body and soul, and I thank God that I possess and am possessed by her.” Mrs. Henriette Malan Fletcher, known to Benson and others as “Violet,” was the great love of Benson’s life. At the time this correspondence commences, Violet remains married to Rev. James Cooley Fletcher, though she is regularly keeping the company of Benson. Mrs. Fletcher
would eventually leave her husband and live with Benson, a saga which plays out vividly in Benson’s letters from 1863-1871. On June 20, 1863, Benson tells Cooper that he is enjoying life in NYC, “and my art papers [are] daily attracting more attention from the best men. I am also getting into controversies with the Pre-Rap[haelite]’s which I enjoy, and above all still have the companionship of the woman I love... I have just returned from Violet.... Every night finds me at her room, sitting in an easy chair reading or talking while she sews and her little girl reads. We are all perfectly happy together, and I love the girl almost as much as Violet.” The “little girl” that Benson loved was Julia Constance Fletcher, one of two children born to Violet and the Rev. Fletcher. Affectionately known to Benson and Violet as “Dudu,” Julia is frequently referenced in Benson’s letters throughout the decades long span of the archive. Benson’s letters from 1863-1871 abound with discussions of the difficulties he faced as a writer and the ways in which his relationship with Violet, which was viewed as scandalous by most in society, impacted his prospects. He writes of Parke Godwin, editor of Putnam, and of James Thomas Fields and the Atlantic Monthly. He writes of the Galaxy, Appleton’s, Putnam’s and more. He writes of the blistering critiques of his writing and of his paintings, of his struggle to paint and to publish, and of the desperate state of his finances. Unable to earn a living and at odds with many of his contemporaries, Benson becomes increasingly disenchanted with American life, literature, and his own isolation. Nearly twenty years elapse in the collection with the final three letters in the archive dating to the 1890s. Benson, now an ex-patriate living in Venice with Violet, remains the devoted husband and step-father. In a 15pp letter written from Venice on April 19, 1894, Benson exudes parental pride in his step-daughter. Julia Constance Fletcher’s play “Mrs. Lessingham” has just opened at the Garick Theater in London and Benson shares news of her accomplishment with his long-cherished correspondent: “We have new cause of great pride and joy in our George Fleming - and I fancy she is at the end of the long, weary way of trial and uncertainty, God bless her.” Largely forgotten after his departure for Europe and at times dismissed by later American literary historians, Benson was nonetheless a significant figure in his day. The letters offered here provide unvarnished context to his incisive criticism as well as incredible research potential. Cowan’s was unable to locate any records indicating that Benson’s manuscript material has come to auction previously, and only a small number of institutions are known to have his manuscript material. Additional biography and a more detailed description can be found online at cowans.com. $2,000 - $4,000
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320 AIRSHIP ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH CREW MEMBER COMMENDATION FROM SECRETARY OF NAVY, OCTOBER 1924, SIGNED BY LT. COMMANDER ZACHARY LANSDOWNE Lansdowne, Zachary (1888-1925). Commander of the USS Shenandoah during her famed 1924 round-trip voyage across the United States and a casualty of her infamous 1925 tour of the midwest. Partially printed DS as lieutenant commander, “Z. Lansdowne,” 1p, 5.125 x 8.875 in. October 26, 1924. “USS Shenandoah.” This commendation of Shenandoah crew member Charles S. Solar from Secretary of Navy Curtis D. Wilbur was transmitted to Commander Lansdowne, aboard the airship, and subsequently typed and distributed by Lansdowne. Commendation reads: “’Hearties [sic] congratulations on the successful completion of the longest journey ever made by airship. It is believed that this has demonstrated the ability of the rigid airship to remain away from its base for a period much longer than has been thought possible, and will undoubtedly have notable influence on the development of this type of airship, for both military and civil purposes. The Department wishes to commend the Commanding Officer, Officers and men of the SHENANDOAH for the skill and perserverence [sic] which they have shown in this pioneer trip across the continent. It is a source of pride that the Navy built rigid airship should have first accomplished this round trip. / CURTIS D. WILBUR’.” Zachary Lansdowne was an experienced and well-known naval commander at the time of his death on September 3, 1925 aboard the USS Shenandoah. Having graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1909, Lansdowne was commissioned an ensign two years later, serving in the US Navy and Ohio Naval Militia before receiving aeronautical training in Pensacola, Florida and Akron, Ohio. Thereafter, in 1917, he was sent abroad to study the use of dirigible airships, remaining in Europe for the duration of World War I. Lansdowne served on board the British airship R-34 as it made history by flying non-stop across the Atlantic to the United States. After a brief stint in Germany as an assistant naval attache from 1922-1923, Lansdowne was given command of the USS Shenandoah. Under his command, the ill-fated airship conducted an historic roundtrip voyage across the United States, in acknowledgement of which the commendation featured here was created. The most legendary of the airship’s voyages, however, was the disastrous and deadly tour of the midwest, which ended as the ship encountered thunderstorms while crossing over Noble County, Ohio. Parts of the ship (including the control
car, which Lansdowne and six other crewmen were occupying) began to tear off and separate from the rest of the ship, crashing into fields below. In total, 14 men lost their lives in the tragedy. The destroyer USS Lansdowne was later named in honor of the fallen commander. Charles S. Solar (1895-1990) was one of the survivors of the Shenandoah disaster, who went on to survive both the crash of the USS Macon in February of 1935 and the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. Solar received a Purple Heart for wounds from actions during the infamous surprise attack. $700 - $1,200
321 AMELIA EARHART, REAL PHOTO POSTCARD INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO RENOWNED “FIRST FLIGHTER,” CLARA ADAMS Real photo postcard featuring an image of the USS Akron, inscribed and signed by Amelia Earhart to her friend and fellow air-travel enthusiast, Clara Adams. March 21, 1935. Postally used and cancelled in Tacoma, WA. Dated “3-21-35” upper left and addressed “Clara Adams / Box 366 / Stroudsberg / Pa,” lower right. Message reads, “Next week I start for home; and I won’t take long to make it.” Signed under message, “E.” 1-cent postage stamp affixed upper right. Image of the Akron captioned “USS Akron World’s Largest Airship / Sunnyvale, California” and credited to Piggott in the negative. Clara Adams (1884-1971), known by many as the “first flighter” and “maiden of maiden flights,” was born in Cincinnati, OH in 1884. While she was not herself a pilot, her interest in and enthusiasm for air travel led her to break many aviation records as a passenger. She was the first woman passenger to fly across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Graf Zeppelin in 1928, the first woman to fly aboard the Dornier Do X from New York to Rio de Janeiro, and a passenger aboard the maiden voyage of the Hindenburg in 1936 and the history-making transatlantic flight of the Dixie Clipper in 1939. Consignor relates that this postcard came from Clara Adams’ personal collection in Stroudsberg, PA and was acquired in the 1970s. Adams had a barn full of mementos, and among them was this postcard. $600 - $800 152 AMERICAN HISTORICAL EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANA
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322 NASA ASTRONAUT AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION, PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY 46 ASTRONAUTS, 1970-1971 Color image of an Apollo mission launch with mat signed by 52 NASA astronauts, with 41 signatures by astronauts who travelled to space in the pioneering first 20 years of space travel in the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Apollo-Soyuz missions. Lacking only Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee who tragically died in the flash fire on the launch pad of Apollo 1 before the collection of signatures began. The autographs were collected between 1971 and 1975 with the help of John “Jack” Marshall Eggleston, Jr., a career NASA employee who served in many pivotal roles especially during the Apollo program. Notably, the crew of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins, have signed the main image. The first American in space, Alan Shepard is located in the middle of the bottom, and John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, is located in the upper left. There are
three duplicate signatures with Stu Roosa, Walt Cunningham, and Gordon Cooper each signing twice. Complete list includes, pre-1975 astronauts: Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper (signed twice), John Young, James McDivitt, Charles “Pete” Conrad, Frank Borman, James Lovell, Tom Stafford, Neil Armstrong, David Scott, Gene Cernan, Michael Collins, Richard Gordon, Jr., Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Donn F. Eisele, Walt Cunningham (signed twice), William “Bill” Anders, Rusty Schweickart, Alan Bean, Jack Swigert, Fred W. Haise, Stu Roosa (signed twice), Edgar Mitchell, Al Worden, Jim Irwin, Ken Mattingly, Charlie Duke, Ron Evans, Jack Schmitt, PJ Weitz, Joseph Kerwin, Jack Lousma, Owen Garriott, Bill Pogue, Edward Gibson, Deke Slayton, Vance Brand, Gerald “Jerry” Carr. Post 1975 Astronauts: Joe Engle, Joseph P. Allen, Bruce McCandless, Don Lind, Tony England, Robert Parker, Story Musgrave, and P.K. Chapman. $15,000 - $20,000
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323 INDIAN AFFAIRS COVERED IN PENNSYLVANIA PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, 1789 Lot of 3 issues. Pennsylvania Packet & Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia, PA: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole. Each issue 4pp, 11.25 x 18.25 in. These issues cover a wide variety of domestic and international political affairs including ever-changing relations between settlers and Indians. The August 6 issue relays opposing stories on the death of Captain King on the Ohio River, including one account detailing his apparent murder (and scalping) by Indians 14 miles below Marietta. Also featured in the issue is news from London on debates in the British House of Commons on new “Regulations respecting the Transportation of African slaves.” The August 12 issue contains the complete text of President George Washington’s message to the House of Representatives regarding “disputes which exist between some of the United States and several powerful tribes of Indians,” including his insistence that recent hostilities “seem to require the immediate interposition of the general government.” The August 17 issue reports on discussions of a bill regarding undertaking negotiations with the Indian tribes at the House of Representatives in Philadelphia. For more details, refer to cowans.com. $400 - $600
324 RARE EARLY LETTER DESCRIBING CREEK “WAR” OF 1836, PLUS Lockwood, E (or A.?). ALS. May 29, 1836. Prairie Bluff [AL]. Letter written to Miss Jane Lockwood, Saratoga, NY, speaking of draft to raise troops to fight the Creek Indians as part of the Seminole Wars. Letter/speech written by Indian sympathizer, H.H. Bedford, Como Post Office, Panola County, MS, read to Mr. Henderson Futy (?), 1848. 2pp. In the first, Lockwood writes: “…three days hence my fate may be fixed for the summer – A draft is ordered to take place here day after to morrow to raise troops to fight the Creek Indians. I had supposed that after this county had sent her supply to fight the Seminoles she would be released for the present. But now we are in a constant state of excitement – War is all around us & we must fight. I did not volunteer my services to go & fight the Seminoles like many others. Neither do I intend doing so to fight the Creeks. But if I am drafted, which will most probably be the case I shall undoubtedly go. How long the contest will continue is unknown – probably most if not all the Summer. I cannot well leave with out sacrificing much – my business will necessary become very much deranged – But when our country calls we must go out to battle! The Creeks are strong – their force is estimated by many to consist of ten thousand warriers [sic]. With that force they will give Alabama a hard struggle….” He mentions that there has been no mail or stages from the north any more. “The Indians are starved – they have made no corn this year & are becoming dissatisfied with their situation. The whites have got all their lands & they are left destitute and desperate. In very many instances they have been cheated out of their land & they know & are disposed to revenge themselves for the knavery of the whites which I am of [the] opinion would be no more than strict justice, provided they would kill none except those who have practiced the most rank frauds upon them & taken their all. The white land speculators are very much the cause of this war – their acts have been the most unwarrantable & unjust towards the Indians & the Indians in order to satiate their revenge are waging war with every white man they can find.”
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The second item appears to be a school assignment, read for the teacher in 1848. At times, the writer becomes poetic. In reference to the disappearance of native peoples: “...when the west Indies were discovered, the Indians held command over this land. They have gone from there. They have left every region faned [sic] by the breeses [sic-breezes] of the Atlantic. They have gone all. All have gone, the powerful tribes which once lived here and which lived farther east...These tribes have all perished, where are the Delawares, the Hurons, the Mohegans, and host of other tribes. They have all gone...” He goes on to assign blame: “The approach of the white man brought corruption with it which seized upon them and blotted out their existence. What corruption did the white man bring. What powerful agency did he employ by the aid of which he was enabled to destroy...” $500 - $700
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325 FORT TOWSON, ARKANSAS LETTER WITH AMERICAN INDIAN CONTENT, 1840 Terry, Smith B. ALS, 2pp with integral address leaf. January 1, 1840. Fort Towson [AR]. Terry writes to his brother, John Terry, Jr., telling him how he got to Fort Towson, a fort established in 1824 for general “peacekeeping” policing of Indians, settlers and outlaws in a still-remote part of the country. This was right on the border of Texas, which was still part of Mexico until 1836, and became a stopping point for Americans headed for Texas, including Davy Crockett, Sam Houston and Stephen Austin (plus many others). It also served as a dispersal point for many Southeast Indians being displaced from their lands and moving to “Indian Territory,” especially Choctaw and Chickasaw during this time. Terry traveled down the East coast by ship to New Orleans, then up the Mississippi River to the Arkansas River, then to Fort Smith. From there they traveled by land for the 125 miles to Fort Towson. He gives his brother his address as “C Company, 3rd Infantry, Fort Towson, Arkansas, Choctaw Nation West.” The fort was peaceful at the time, although he notes there were some problems at Fort Gibson among the Cherokees. Most of Terry’s duties at the Fort involved labor, since the government was building new barracks. He notes that: “The men at work receive 15 cents a day & a gallon of whiskey or 18 cents without the whiskey. I take the 18 cents and have not drank a drop of ardent spirit since I came to this post and neither do I intend to while I am in the Army.” He goes on to note that there is a temperance society at the post of which he is a member. This fort would be abandoned in 1856 before being reoccupied by Confederate forces during the Civil War. $600 - $800
326 KIT CARSON, VIGNETTED CDV PORTRAIT BY ANTHONY CDV of Kit Carson presented in bust-length view. E. Anthony: New York, n.d., ca early 1860s. Christopher “Kit” Carson (1809-1868), a noted trapper, guide, Indian Agent, and fighter, commanded campaigns against the Apache, Comanche and Navajo, most of whom surrendered to him in 1864, forcing nearly 8,000 on the “Long Walk” of 300 miles from Arizona to Fort Sumner, New Mexico. $400 - $600
327 KIT CARSON, CDV BY BLACK OF BOSTON CDV of mountain man Kit Carson near the end of his life. J.W. Black: Boston, MA, n.d., ca 1868. Carson (1809-1868), still employed by the United States government as an Indian agent and military officer, was asked to accompany a Ute delegation to Washington, DC to sign a treaty taking away most of their lands in exchange for a reservation in western Colorado. From Washington, Carson and the delegation traveled first to New York then Boston in March, where he sat for this portrait despite his rapidly failing health. He returned to Colorado in time for the birth of his daughter Josefita in April but passed away just a month later on May 28, 1868. $500 - $700
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328 GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER CDV BY BRADY CDV of George Custer as brigadier general, with ink inscription “Genl. Custer” below image. Mathew Brady: New York, NY, n.d., but known to be taken October 8, 1863. Illustrated in Katz’ Custer in Photographs [K-20]. $500 - $700
329 GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER CDV BY BRADY CDV portrait of George A. Custer (1839-1876) as brigadier general. Mathew Brady & Co., Neg., E. & H.T. Anthony, Pub.: New York, NY, n.d., but known to be taken ca February 15, 1864. Illustrated in Katz’ Custer in Photographs [K-29]. $500 - $700
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330 GEORGE ARMSTRONG AND ELIZABETH CUSTER CABINET CARDS, PLUS VIEW OF LITTLE BIGHORN MONUMENT Lot of 3 cabinet cards. Portrait of George A. Custer (1839-1876) as lieutenant colonel. William R. Howell: New York, NY, n.d., but known to be taken ca April 23, 1876. With inked inscription on verso suggesting that the image was presented to a General Edwards by Mrs. Custer, although this cannot be confirmed. Illustrated in Katz’ Custer in Photographs [K-155V]. This is one of the last photographs taken of Custer before he was killed. Profile portrait of Elizabeth “Libbie” Custer (1842-1933), wife to George A. Custer. Brainerd & Hovey: Rome, NY, n.d., ca 1875. With “Dr. L.A. Frost Collection” handstamp on verso. Close-up view of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, with a dog visible at the base of the monument. D.F. Barry: Bismarck, DT, n.d., ca 1880s. Ink identification on verso and previous owner’s handstamp. $1,000 - $1,500 156 AMERICAN HISTORICAL EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANA
331 GEORGE A. CUSTER WITH GRIZZLY BEAR, STEREOVIEW BY W.H. ILLINGWORTH Stereoview taken during George A. Custer’s (1839-1876) Expedition to the Black Hills in 1873 (K-127). W.H. Illingworth: St. Paul, MN, n.d., 1873. The discovery of gold on the expedition launched the Sioux wars, and ultimately, led to the demise of Custer himself. $1,000 - $1,500
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332 7TH CAVALRY TRUMPETER AND LITTLE BIGHORN SURVIVOR, JOHN MARTIN, RARE SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE OF MARTIN WITH HIS BUGLE Full-frame, sixth plate “chocolate” tintype of John Martin, orderly-trumpeter who carried General George Custer’s “Last Message” at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Housed in a glass-covered, wood case covered in embossed leather, with gilt highlights. Ca 1875. Born as Giovanni Martino (ca 1852-1922), and raised as a foundling in Sala Consalina, in the Salerno area of southwestern Italy, he emigrated to the United States at the age of 21, in 1873. By 1874, his name anglicized as “John Martin,” he had enlisted in the US Army, and was assigned as a trumpeter to the 7th US Cavalry, in time to accompany the regiment on its Black Hills Expedition. On June 25, 1876, the duty roster assigned him as Custer’s orderly, so he was riding directly behind the general the entire morning, as the 7th Cavalry approached the large Sioux & Cheyenne village on the Little Bighorn River, in Montana Territory. Custer had divided his force into three parts earlier in the day, so when he got his first glimpse of the large Indian village, he realized he was outnumbered and would need more ammunition. His adjutant quickly scribbled an historic note: “Benteen, Come on. Big village. Be quick. Bring Packs. P.S. bring pack.” This was handed to Martin, who was ordered to ride several miles on their back trail, and find the pack train with the extra ammunition. Later, Martin recalled: “My horse was pretty tired, but I started back as fast as I could go. The last I saw of the command they were going down into the ravine. The gray horse troop was in the center and they were galloping.” Martin was the only member of Custer’s immediate command to survive the battle. Tired, alone, under a hot Montana sky, Martin was soon attacked by several Sioux Indians who chased him and wounded his horse. He managed to escape, find the pack train after nearly an hour, and deliver his note. About an hour earlier, Custer had sent the other third of his regiment, under Major Reno, ahead to attack the south end of the large village. Reno had only 96 men, who were rather quickly overrun by hundreds of Indian defenders, and forced to flee to a bluff top across the river. They were just arriving there, when Capt. Benteen saw them, as he was proceeding with the pack train to Custer’s assistance. Major Reno had lost nearly half of his men, killed or wounded. He begged Benteen to help him, which absorbed most of the next hour. By the time their combined command was ready to move, Custer’s larger force had already been wiped out, and the army of Indian defenders were moving back to attack the remaining soldiers. Reno and Benteen, with their men, were pinned down under siege on top of what came to be called “Reno Hill,” for the next day and a half, until they were rescued by other army units.
Throughout most of the 20th century, the only available photos of John Martin were made when he retired, after a 30-year career, from the army in 1904. He was then 52 years old, with a bushy, grey mustache. In 1876, however, he was a smooth-cheeked, 24-year-old. One earlier portrait had survived, made in 1879, which Martin himself had provided to a researcher in 1922. Refer to cowans.com for an an analysis published by the Custer Battlefield and Historical Museum Association providing an exploration of this present tintype, and a photo-overlay comparison with the 1879 portrait. The Bugle of Little Bighorn Of historical significance perhaps equal to John Martin’s earliest portrait, is the bugle seen on the table at his elbow. At the Reno Court of Inquiry in 1879, Martin testified that he was the only 7th Cavalry bugler sounding commands at any time, from June 25, until June 27, 1876. For “Officer’s Call,” below the Crow’s Nest early on the 25th, and every command sounded from Reno Hill on the 25th - 27th, Martin was the bugler. This photograph shows the instrument that he used in that historic battle. Additional documentation relative to the tintype is available at cowans.com. $10,000 - $15,000
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333 WILLIS ARTHUR KEMP, TROOP E, 7TH US CAVALRY, PHOTOGRAPHIC INDIAN WARS ARCHIVE Lot of 9 photographs primarily relating to the military service of Willis Arthur Kemp (1865-1912) during the Indian Wars, ca 1889-1891. Includes a cabinet card showing Kemp in uniform, E.D. Zellner: Junction City, Kansas, n.d., with inscription on verso reading in part, “Willis Arthur / Troop E / with Custer - / murdered out west.” Kemp is pictured in a subsequent card-mounted group portrait of Troop E, 7th US Cavalry, approx. 9 x 6.25 in., standing in uniform second from left. He appears in an exterior space, posed before the steps of a stone building with his fellow enlisted men, many of whom are identified on verso, and three dogs. Also with four cabinet cards capturing scenes from Kemp’s service out west, many captioned or titled in the negative, including, “E. Troop at Dakota / No. 150”; “Gathering up the Dead at the Battle of Wounded Knee S.D.,” credited to the Northwestern Photograph Co.: Chadron, Nebraska, 1891; “Birds Eye View of Battle Field at Wounded Knee S.D.,” also credited to the Northwestern Photograph Co., 1891; and “Comanche, The Only Surviving Horse of the Custer Massacre,” by Ramsour & Pennell: Junction City, Kansas, 1889. Lot completed by a cabinet card of Kemp’s brother and fellow serviceman, Charles (1860-1944) by J.C. Moye: Homestead, Pennsylvania, n.d., as well as a ninth plate tintype of a young man in civilian dress and an artfully composed sixth plate tintype of a solider in uniform, raising his sword diagonally across his body, both members of the Kemp family. Willis Kemp, a mason’s son from Greenville, Pennsylvania, enlisted as a private on October 19, 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was dispatched to Fort Riley, Kansas for garrison duty with his fellow members of Troop E, 7th US Cavalry. In November of 1890, the troop relocated to Pine Ridge Agency, where they camped for one year, before moving on to Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota on December 28, 1890, participating in the infamous Wounded Knee Massacre, which resulted in the death of several hundred Lakota Indians. Records indicate that Kemp was later relieved by verbal order of the post commander and, by 1900, had moved to West Telluride, Colorado where he lived with his wife, May, and worked as a barber. $1,500 - $2,500
334 PHOTOGRAPH OF LITTLE BIGHORN CASUALTY MARK KELLOGG’S BATTLEFIELD MARKER Silver gelatin photograph, 6.5 x 8.25 in. Uncredited but possibly taken by D.F. Barry: n.d., ca early 20th century. View of the marker at the Little Bighorn Battlefield showing where Mark Kellogg (1831-1876), a newspaper reporter for the Bismarck Tribune and New York Herald, purportedly fell during the June 25, 1876 battle. Inscribed in white ink, “Mark Kellogg who accompanied Custer was correspondent of NY Herald. No one ever heard his comments or read them.” Kellogg wrote the final dispatches covering Custer and his men in the days leading up to the last stand, and he rode with Custer during the battle. The photograph was acquired during the 1960s in Bismarck, ND, with several letters written by D.F. Barry. $300 - $500
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335 FORT KEOGH FIVE CENT POST EXCHANGE TOKEN Aluminum token, 19 mm. dia., with obverse legend reading, “Post Exchange / Fort Keogh / Montana” and reverse legend reading, “Good For / 5¢ / In Merchandise.” Fort Keogh was established in 1877, following Custer’s defeat at Little Bighorn, in order to counter the Sioux presence in Montana. The 22nd Infantry was stationed at the fort from 1888-1896. $400 - $600
336 FORT MEADE TEN CENT POST EXCHANGE TOKEN Copper token, 21 mm. dia., with obverse legend reading, “1st US Cavalry / Post / Exchange / Fort Meade, SD” and reverse legend reading, “Good For / 10c / In Trade.” Fort Meade, established in 1878-1879, replaced the shortlived Camp JC Sturgis in its location at nearby Bear Butte. Units of the 1st, 11th, and reorganized 7th Infantries created the post to defend against the aggrieved and potentially hostile Sioux in the area. $300 - $500
337 ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURAL WATERCOLOR OF THE CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHOE AGENCY MISSION Watercolor on paper, 15.5 x 21.5 in. Mission of the Chey [enne] and Arap [ahoe] Agency. Built in the Year 1875. Signed in ink, lower right, “Theodore Schauseil.” The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Mission School at the Darlington (Indian Territory) Agency was built by Quakers with Government funds in 1872. This architectural rendering is thought to represent a depiction of the mission after it had been retrofitted to accommodate the needs of Cheyenne children who desired to be separated from their Arapahoe counterparts. This is apparently the only known image of the original school. Theodore Schauseil (1838-1920) was a classically trained German immigrant who made his way to Texas after the Civil War, and served as a scout and interpreter with the 4th US Cavalry at Fort Sill. By the early 1880s his drafting skills eventually led him to a job with Bolanz and Murphy, a Dallas real estate and map publisher. Presumably this rendering was made during his service with the cavalry. A rare Indian Territory depiction. $1,000 - $1,500
338 COMANCHE “BATTLE HONOR” STREAMER, LIKELY USED DURING NEZ PERCE WAR Streamer, 2.75 x 48 in., which likely slipped over the top of a flag pole of a regiment, comprised of red silk with two black silk stripes and swallowtail fly. “Comanches Montana, 1887” embroidered in gold thread. The First US Cavalry Regiment was formed in 1833 as the First Dragoons. Battle Honors include Indian Wars from 1846 through the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection (1901). For the year 1887, Official Army Register (1938: p. 1372) lists them fighting the Modocs, Apaches, Nez Perces and Bannocks in Montana. The Comanches were often allied with Apaches and other more southern tribes. Other regiments (8th and 9th Cavalry) fought Comanches in Mexico and New Mexico in 1887. $1,000 - $1,500
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339 DAKOTA TERRITORY INDIAN AGENT VALENTINE T. MCGILLYCUDDY LETTER SIGNED TO JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, STANDING ROCK AGENCY Mcgillycuddy, Valentine T. (1849-1939). Pine Ridge Agent 1879-1886. LS, 1p, 7.75 x 9.75 in., Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota Territory. October 24, 1881. Written on United States Indian Service stationery and addressed to James McLaughlin at Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory. Signed lower right in bold, dark ink, “V.T. McGillycuddy.” In this rather faded letter to his counterpart at Standing Rock Agency, McGillycuddy states, “Sir, / You are advised that one George Stover, a squaw man of notoriously bad character has been removed from this reserve...for gross immorality & inciting the Indians to disturbance. / You are requested not to harbor him should he come within your Jurisdiction.” Valentine McGillycuddy served as the Indian Agent at Pine Ridge from 1879 to 1886. He trained as a surgeon, and his love of the outdoors and sense of adventure led him to put his talents to use in the west. He joined various expeditions such as Comstock’s 1874 Boundary Survey, the 1875 gold survey in the Black Hills, and served as Contract Surgeon under General George Crook at Rosebud in 1876. After being appointed Indian Agent at Pine Ridge, he and Red Cloud became bitter enemies, although he got along well with many other Sioux leaders, such as Crazy Horse (whom he nursed after the latter was stabbed by a soldier). McGillycuddy was accused of corruption a number of times, apparently often as a result of Red Cloud’s agitation. McGillycuddy was apparently harassed out of office in 1886, although he did return as an official observer for the governor of South Dakota after Wounded Knee in 1890. Ex Bill Lemons Collection $500 - $700
340 ALS FROM US INDIAN AGENT MAJOR R.A. ALLEN DETAILING BLACKFEET INDIANS’ STARVATION WINTER Allen, R.A., Indian Agent. ALS on US Indian Service letterhead, 5pp on 4 sheets. December 21, 1887. Blackfeet Agency, Montana. Addressed to brother and sister in Freeport, OH, relating conditions of the Blackfeet Indians. Signed with illegible first name, postscript signed “R.A.A.” Writing to family, Allen apologizes for not writing sooner, to the extent that “I am almost ashamed to write.” He has not had the “leisure” to write, but things are now under control. The previous agent, John Young, resigned in 1883 when budget cuts caused serious problems on the Blackfeet reservation, but Washington did not seem to care at all about conditions there. The bison were gone, crops failed, and government stores ran out. The conditions were so bad that an estimated 600 people died at the agency during the years 1884-1885, about one-quarter of the tribe. It was so notable that the starvation was reported in the New York Times, June 25, 1884 (p.5). Allen writes: “The terrible condition these poor people were in when I came here made it necessary for me to do everything I possibly could to aleviate [sic] their suffering from starvation and I am proud to say I have succeeded. I can now give them plenty to eat.” He then lists some of the supplies he has on hand including the amounts that must last until the end of March. He also relates that during a severe snow storm in September, about 100 head of their beef cattle got away and went back to the range. Allen found them scattered over about 130 miles. It took 12 days to bring in about a third of them and he notes they would have to go out again when the weather permitted. Fall weather was nice (after the early snow) but since about the first week of December “...the mercury has never got above zero...” His postscript requests his brother to “Be on the lookout for something for me to make a living at in Ohio for I presume some [illegible] Democrat will want this place soon and I shall not envy him.” Additional information can be obtained from R.A. Allen’s reports, which are housed at the University of Montana’s Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections. $500 - $700
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341 SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF AMERICAN INDIAN WOMAN AND MEMBER OF THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY Sixth plate daguerreotype of a lovely American Indian woman who was a member of one of the tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy. She wears an elaborate necklace made of ring brooches and star brooches that are in the classic style of Iroquois silver work. The Iroquois were mainly located in New York, but they also ranged along the Great Lakes. Housed in full, pressed paper case. Ca 1846-1848. One of the earliest known daguerreotypes of an American Indian subject. $2,500 - $3,500
342 SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE OF CHIEF CROOKED HAND, A PAWNEE WARRIOR Sixth plate tintype, lightly hand colored blue and red, with the following inscribed on the back of the plate: “Crooked Hand Pawnee Brave, S.R. Nichols, Omaha, N.T.” Reproduced from a daguerreotype. Housed in a sixth plate case and with a ca 1986 note attesting the image came from the estate of the Western illustrator Langdon Smith. Ca 1850-1860. Crooked Hand wears at least two feathers in his hair and wears a buckskin blanket and several shell and bone necklaces, while displaying an American military sword. An ambrotype showing a slightly different pose from the same sitting with Crooked Hand is housed at the Autry Museum of the American West and includes an inscription stating that the subject was a warrior of the Skidi Band (Pawnee) and died about 1874. A fine tintype of an armed Pawnee warrior in remarkable dress. $1,000 - $1,500
343 TINTYPE OF IDENTIFIED KIOWA HUSBAND AND WIFE, MR. AND MRS. TOHASAN Finely tinted tintype of a Kiowa couple, 2.375 x 3.75 in., housed under paper mat with cover, 3.125 x 4.75 in, circa 1880-1890. The subjects of the studio portrait are identified in pencil on mat below image as, “Mr. and Mrs. Tohasan [sic], Kiowas, Anadarko, Okla,” and on verso “Galveston Beach Sunday Sept. 10, 1905.” Tohasen wears an ermine-trimmed war shirt and spots a red wool sash; his wife displays a typical Kiowa beaded strike-alight bag suspended from a southern Plains style belt decorated with rondels of German silver. Tohasan, alternatively spelled “Tohausen” or “Dohasen,” and also known as “Little Bluff,” is a well-known Kiowa family name. Based upon the presumed date of this tintype we assume the couple to be Tohasan III (ca. 18431895) and his wife Ankima. Tohasen III was the great-grandson of the first Tohasan, the last principle chief of the Kiowa. In her discussion of the Tohasen lineage, Candace Greene indicates that Tohausen III “was a noted warrior, often leading war expeditions with his brother Honemida (Charging Man)...That he was a man of great courage is attested by the fact that he eloped with Ankima, the wife of Zepkoette (Big Bow), one of the most dangerous warriors in the tribe. Ankima was famous for her beauty, and Tohausen III was never so incautious as to leave her behind when he traveled, taking her along on buffalo hunts, as well as war parties.” (Candace Greene, “Exploring the Three ‘Little Bluffs’ of the Kiowa.” Plains Anthropologist, Vol. 41, No. 157: 233, 1996). A rare image of an important principal of the Kiowa. Cowan’s wishes to acknowledge the contribution of Mike Cowdrey for this catalog entry. $1,000 - $1,500
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344 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF KICKING BIRD’S CAMP BY WILLIAM SOULE, FORT SILL Albumen photograph, 6.75 x 9 in., on 11 x 13.75 in. mount. Ton-E-On-Co or Kicking-Birds Camp. W.S. Soule: Fort Sill, IT, n.d., ca 1867-1874. Photograph titled and copyrighted on mount. Kiowa Chief Kicking Bird (ca 1835-1875), though displaying great skill as a warrior in his youth, grew to seek peace and diplomacy in adulthood. He worked toward conciliation through treaties, including the Little Arkansas Treaty (1865) and the Medicine Lodge Treaty (1867), but many of his people found these agreements distasteful and Kicking Bird’s leadership weak. In the face of accusations of cowardice, Kicking Bird led a raid into Texas in 1870 and emerged victorious from what became called the Battle of Little Wichita River. Kicking Bird, having proven himself, never fought again and instead resumed his conciliatory efforts, even working with the US Army in tracking down Kiowa hostiles and deciding which of his tribesmen would be incarcerated at Fort Marion after the Red River War of 1874-1875. Kicking Bird died suddenly on May 3, 1875, and many believe his death was the result of poisoning by members of the militant Kiowa faction who disagreed with his placatory diplomacy. $800 - $1,200
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345 WEST POINT, NEBRASKA CABINET CARD OF A POSSIBLE PLAINS INDIAN DELEGATION Cabinet card portrait of unidentified Plains Indian delegation, possibly Otoe or Pawnee. Anton Langer: West Point, NE, n.d., ca 1880-1900. At least two subjects appear to be wearing medals. $600 - $800
346 SIOUX CHIEFS SPOTTED TAIL AND YOUNG MAN AFRAID OF HIS HORSES, TWO CABINET CARDS Lot of 2 cabinet cards. Studio portrait of Spotted Tail, Chief of the Brulé Sioux, identified in negative. C.M. Bell, Neg., D.F. Barry, Printer: West Superior, WI: n.d., printed from negative originally taken ca 1880. Spotted Tail (1823-1881) served his people as a statesman and went to Washington to lobby for the rights of his people. A period inked inscription on mount below image indicates that this photograph was presented to James E. Kelly by Reverend Francis Craft. This may be the same Francis M. Craft (1852–1920) who was a missionary to the Sioux for two decades during the turbulent years following Sitting Bull’s surrender at Fort Buford in 1881, and who suffered a severe injury at Wounded Knee in 1890. Studio portait of Oglala Sioux Chief Young Man Afraid of his Horses. Uncredited: n.d., ca 1884-1886. Young Man Afraid of his Horses (18391893) was a sub-chief under Red Cloud, and his name, properly translated, means he was so fierce in battle that even his horses were feared. $500 - $700
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347 OGLALA SIOUX CHIEF WHITE BIRD CABINET CARD Cabinet card of Chief White Bird (1841-1896) posed wi th a long-stemmed pipe. Uncredited, but known to be from a series of photographs taken by W.R. Cross: Hot Springs, SD, ca 1890 or later. Period notation on mount verso, “White Bird Chief / Pine Ridge Agency, SD.” $400 - $600
348 D.F. BARRY PHOTOGRAPH OF CHIEF FIRE CLOUD WITH PAINTBRUSH Silver gelatin photograph of Sioux Chief Fire Cloud, approx. 4.5 x 7 in. D.F. Barry: Superior, WI, n.d., ca 1890s or after. With Barry’s blindstamp on the print at center left. Housed in Barry’s original presentation folder with blindstamp at lower left below image and his Superior, WI studio label affixed on verso of folder. This studio portrait, originally taken on November 11, 1886 at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory, shows “Chief Fire Cloud Who Painted the Standing Rock” as penciled on folder verso, with a paint brush in hand. During a ceremony held at the Standing Rock Agency in November 1886, Fire Cloud was selected from hundreds of chiefs to dedicate the sacred “Standing Rock” to peace and plenty, which included offering prayers and painting the rock. $400 - $600
349 D.F. BARRY INDIAN BURIAL PHOTOGRAPHS WITH ALS DESCRIBING THE SCENES Lot of 3. Barry, David F. (1854-1934). Renowned photographer of the American West. ALS, 2pp, 8.5 x 11 in., Superior, WI. August 30, 1929. Written on two sheets of printed D.F. Barry stationery and addressed to “Mr. R.S. Ellison” of Casper, WY. Signed lower right, “D.F. Barry.” In the letter, Barry acknowledges receipt of Ellison’s letter and check for $2.50, and then explains the circumstances of the enclosed photographs: “Regarding the dead Indians, the ones in the trees, taken 1884, in June, I think near the Grand River, South Dak - the ones burried [sic] on the scaffold - taken South West from Standing Rock Agency - North Dak - taken on the same day. I went expressley [sic] - to get these two pictures - I hired a team - and was guided to the spot - never done for a Sioux to have caught me doing that - I never showed those photos at the agency to any one.” Barry then describes how Indians from a camp close by rushed at him and drove him away “before I had a chance to fire - always careful not to do things that would displease them.” He concludes, “Chances and hard work getting my collection.” Two photographs, 6 x 8 in. (sight), matted to 8.25 x 12.75 in., with “Barry” blindstamp on photograph and mat, lower right, and housed in D.F. Barry folio with printed label reading “D.F. Barry / Photographs of All Noted / Indian Chiefs / Photographer / 13112 Tower Ave. / Superior, Wisconsin” affixed, upper left, and pencil inscription reading “Dead Indians / Sioux” written in Barry’s hand, upper right. The first features two trees with branches holding platforms upon which are dead bodies draped in cloth. The second features a burial scaffold in foreground holding aloft several dead bodies wrapped in cloth, and an uncovered tipi frame in background housing what could be additional dead bodies wrapped in cloth. $500 - $700 SEE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS, ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITION REPORTS OF ALL LOTS AT COWANS.COM
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350 J.A. ANDERSON, UNBOUND ALBUM FEATURING 22 PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROSEBUD AGENCY, SOUTH DAKOTA Collection of 11 unbound album pages, each 11.375 x 6.75 in., separated by tissue guards, and containing 22 albumen photographs, each 7.625 x 4.625 in., featuring western scenes including fascinating Indian butchering images. J.A. Anderson: Rosebud Agency, SD., ca 1890s. Most photographs numbered, captioned, and credited to Anderson in the negative. Scenes include “Scalp Dance,” (2) “Beef issue, Indians butchering,” “Sioux Indians, / Getting Their Beef Rations,” “Indian Trivoi [sic],” “Picket Pin and Family,” “Slaughter & Issue House,” “Sioux Indians,” “Indians Butchering a Steer,” “Indian Celebration,” “Transportation in the Far West,” “Badlands from Pass Creek,” “Cattle to be Issued,” “Killing Cattle for Indian issue,” “Cow Boys Throwing Steer,” “Cow Boys Branding a Steer,” “Sioux Indian Dance House,” and more. $6,000 - $8,000
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351 ROSEBUD INDIAN RESERVATION, SOUTH DAKOTA, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DOCUMENTING DAILY LIFE BY ELLA J. DEBELL Souvenir “Rapid City, SD” photograph album with hand-painted cover depicting an Indian at camp, drinking water from a stream, 8 x 10 in., containing 81 silver gelatin photographs measuring approx. 3.5 x 5 in. or slightly larger (mounted on recto/verso, two per album page). With typed label mounted on first page, which reads, “These pictures were taken forty years ago when I first went to Rose Bud, South Dakota (1894). They show real Indian life as it was at that time. / Ella J. DeBell.” The majority of the photographs bear ink identifications written in the hand of the photographer, Ella J. DeBell. The photographs featured in the first half of the album present less formal, outdoor views documenting daily life at Rosebud Indian Agency. Subjects include Sioux leaders such as Two Strike (delivering a speech), medicine men, Indian policemen including police chief Hollow Horn Bear, and women and children. A rare view of a medicine pole is also included. The album houses a number of images capturing the Omaha dance and
payment day, Indian homes and tipis, and buildings at Rosebud, such as the church, the commissary, the agency office, the school house, and employees’ houses. An additional 12 photographs document a trip to St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida in 1895, and the remaining 21 photographs represent “Scenes along the White River and in the Bad Lands of Rosebud taken about 40 years ago,” as identified by DeBell. Ellen “Ella” J. DeBell (1868-1936) was the daughter of Professor Lawrence Bruner, entomologist at the University of Nebraska. She graduated from the Bagnell School of Music at the University of Nebraska, prior to moving to Rosebud, South Dakota in 1893, where she married Dr. E.J. DeBell (1847-1935) two years later. Dr. DeBell was a physician at the Winnebago Agency in Nebraska as well as Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota Territory, prior to working at Rosebud. The DeBells had three daughters while at Rosebud (1893-1908) before moving to West Point, Nebraska. The photographs that Ella J. DeBell took during this 15-year-period at the Indian Reservation present a valuable record of the life and activities of Sioux Indians. Several of her photographs are held at the Nebraska State Historical Society. $6,000 - $8,000
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352 C.M. BELL PHOTOGRAPH OF SOUTHERN CHEYENNE CHIEF LITTLE ROBE Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5 in., 7 x 10.5 in. mount. Subject ink identified on mount below image, “Little Robe, Cheyenne.” Uncredited but known to be taken during a delegation by C.M. Bell: Washington, DC, n.d., ca 1873. Little Robe (1828-1886) was a renowned Southern Cheyenne warrior and chief. On November 29, 1864, he survived the massacre at Sand Creek but lost most of his family. As a result of the violence he witnessed during the Late Indian Wars, Little Robe became an advocate for peace, leading treaty negotiations and diplomatic delegations throughout the remainder of his life. $500 - $700
353 C.M. BELL PHOTOGRAPH OF NAVAJO CHIEF MANUELITO Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5 in., on 6.75 x 10.5 in. mount. Subject ink identified on mount below image, “Manuelito - Navajo.” Uncredited but known to be taken during a delegation by C.M. Bell: Washington, DC, n.d., ca December 1874-January 1875. Manuelito (1818-1893), prominent Navajo leader, traveled to Washington, DC with his wife, son, his chief counselor, and seven other chiefs in late 1874 to discuss a series of complaints with President Grant relative to their lands, the captivity of their children by enemies in New Mexico, the murder of three of their people by Mormons trying to establish a colony in Arizona, and miners prospecting for gold. $500 - $700
354 GERONIMO AND NATCHEZ AT FORT BOWIE AFTER SURRENDER, BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPH BY A. FRANK RANDALL Boudoir photograph of Natchez (or Naiche) and Geronimo at Fort Bowie, Arizona Territory, taken after their surrender at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona. The two rode together to Fort Bowie, near Apache Pass, to await their removal to Fort Pickens, Florida. A.F. Randall: Los Angeles, CA, n.d., ca 1886. Verso with imprint, “A.F. Randall / Apache Photographs and Views of All Kinds,” and period inscription, “Geronimo and Natchez - Chiefs / Chiricahua Renegades.” $4,000 - $6,000
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355 NATCHEZ AND GERONIMO AT FORT BOWIE AFTER SURRENDER, BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPH BY A. FRANK RANDALL Boudoir photograph depicting Natchez (or Naiche) and Geronimo at Fort Bowie, Arizona Territory, after surrendering to General Nelson A. Miles on September 4, 1886. A.F. Randall: Los Angeles, CA, n.d., ca 1886. Verso with imprint, “A.F. Randall / Apache Photographs and Views of All Kinds,” and period inscription, “Natchez & Geronimo at Fort Bowie.” A number of onlookers can be seen in the background, including Indians, soldiers, and civilians. $4,000 - $6,000
356 GERONIMO BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPH BY A. FRANK RANDALL Boudoir photograph of Geronimo posed with Springfield trapdoor rifle. A.F. Randall: Los Angeles, CA, copyrighted 1884. Verso with imprint, “A.F. Randall / Apache Photographs and Views of All Kinds,” written copyright date, and period inscription, “Geronimo Head War Chief Chiricahua Apache.” $2,500 - $4,500
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357 GENERAL MILES AND STAFF, PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY A. FRANK RANDALL AFTER THE CAPTURE OF GERONIMO Boudoir photograph showing General Nelson Miles with a group of captains and lieutenants on horseback at Fort Bowie, Arizona Territory, in September 1886. A.F. Randall: Los Angeles, CA, n.d., ca 1886. Verso with imprint, “A.F. Randall / Apache Photographs and Views of All Kinds,” and period inscription, “Genl. Miles & Staff at the Capture of the Renegades.” The image was taken shortly after Miles’ successful capture of Geronimo and other Apache “renegades.” $1,500 - $2,500
358 FRIJOLE, CHIRICAHUA APACHE RENEGADE, BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPH BY A. FRANK RANDALL Boudoir photograph of “Frijole, noted Chiricahua Renegade,” as identified on verso, seated in a studio holding a Springfield trapdoor rifle. A.F. Randall: Los Angeles, CA, n.d., ca 1880s. Verso with imprint, “A.F. Randall / Apache Photographs and Views of All Kinds.” $1,000 - $2,000
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359 CHAPPA AND WIFE, BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPH BY A. FRANK RANDALL Boudoir photograph of an Apache couple with period inscription on verso identifying the subjects as Chappa and wife. A.F. Randall: Los Angeles, CA, n.d., ca 1880s. Verso with imprint, “A.F. Randall / Apache Photographs and Views of All Kinds.” $1,000 - $2,000
360 PHOTOGRAPH OF INDIAN SCOUTS AT FORT CUMMINGS, NEW MEXICO, 1881 Cabinet-sized stereoview featuring a group of Indian scouts aiming “Trapdoor” Springfield rifles toward a target off-camera. Standing with the scouts is an army officer holding his upturned rifle by the barrel. Verso ink inscription reads, “Company ‘B’ Indian Scouts / Fort Cummings New Mexico / November 28th 1881.” According to The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces XVIII & XIX, (1880-1882), Lieutenant J.F. Guilfoyle of the 9th Cavalry Regiment was in command of Company B, consisting of Indian Scouts, at Fort Cummings, New Mexico during the spring of 1881. He proceeded to enlist more scouts at San Carlos Indian Agency to join Lieutenant Schaeffer’s Company C at Fort Cummings that fall. $1,000 - $2,000
361 WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON, LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE OLD CARRETA, LAGUNA, NEW MEXICO Albumen photograph, 17 x 21.25 in., mounted on 20 x 24 in. board, framed, 31 x 36 in. The Old Carreta, Laguna, NM. W.H. Jackson & Co.: Denver, CO, n.d., ca 1885. Titled and credited in the negative. $800 - $1,200
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362 EDWARD CURTIS OROTONE, OUT OF DARKNESS - NAVAJO Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). Orotone, 10.125 x 13.375 in., signed at lower right and copyrighted at lower left. Housed in original arts and crafts bronzed gesso and wood frame, 15.5 in. x 18.75 in. With attached price tag affixed on reverse side that reads “The price of this Curt-tone is $15.00.” $8,000 - $10,000
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363 EDWARD CURTIS OROTONE, THE VANISHING RACE Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). Orotone, 8 x 10 in., unframed. Signed and copyrighted at lower right. $2,000 - $4,000
364 EDWARD S. CURTIS PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAVURE, THE VANISHING RACE Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). The Vanishing Race - Navaho. Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder paper, 11.75 x 15.75 in. Published in The North American Indian. [Seattle]: Edward S. Curtis, 1907-09, Suppl. v. 1, pl. 1. Marked “Plate 1” in upper left margin; imprints and title printed to lower margin. Ca 1904. $1,000 - $2,000
365 EDWARD S. CURTIS SIGNED PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPH, THREE CHIEFS, PIEGAN Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). Platinum photograph, 16.5 x 20 in., framed, 22.25 x 26 in. Three Chiefs, Piegan. Signed lower right in red pencil, “Curtis.” Ca 1900. $2,000 - $3,000
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366 SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF IDENTIFIED ARMED HUNTER WITH HIS DOG Sixth plate daguerreotype of J.A. Bills and his dog, taken in 1857. The subject poses with his double barrel shotgun. Housed in full leather case with split spine. $800 - $1,200
368 SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF DOUBLE-ARMED TEXAS RANGER AND CSA TROOPER JAMES MARION CHAPMAN Sixth plate daguerreotype of a bearded gentleman in a leather vest, ca 1855-1861, identified through later photographs as Texas Ranger James Marion Chapman (ca 1815-1901). Chapman is seated, with a Colt Revolver in leather holster on his right hip and a large knife tucked into his left hip. Housed in full, pressed paper case. Accompanied by disc containing later photographs of Chapman and electronic copies of additional documentation. Born in Tennessee to William and Dorthula Chapman, James M. Chapman was one of eleven children. In 1836, he married Celenda Stewart settling first in Crawford County, AR, before moving west in 1844 to Williamson County, TX. By 1856 the Chapman family had moved westward once again, this time to the comparatively rural frontier of Llano County, TX. Family oral history indicates that Chapman was first a member of the “Llano County Minute Men,” a group organized to patrol the Llano County area prior to the Civil War. HDS indicates that Chapman enlisted on 5/15/1862 as a private, Co. B, Texas Frontier Cavalry. This “Frontier Regiment” aka “McCord’s Frontier Regiment,” was a specially organized regiment of rangers authorized by the Texas legislature in December 1861 for the protection of the northern and western Texas frontiers from “Indian depradations.” Further evidence of Chapman’s service is documented on his wife’s pension application filed upon his death and indicating his service with “Bryant’s Co. McCord’s Regiment.” In March 1864 the Frontier Regiment was transferred into the Texas Confederate Army and its soldiers were redeployed away from the frontier. It is unclear whether Chapman deployed to eastern Texas or another theater with former Frontier Regiment soldiers, or if his wartime service ended. The 1870 Federal Census cites Chapman as a “Cattleraiser” still
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367 SIXTH PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF ARMED MAN, POSSIBLY CALIFORNIO Sixth plate daguerreotype of a man armed with a double-barrel muzzle loading shotgun with powder flask, seated beside his trusty hunting dog. He sports a thin mustache and beard, along with a dark hat and watch chain highlighted in gold. Possibly descended from Spanish colonizers in California. Housed in pressed paper case. $2,000 - $3,000
living in Llano County, however, his ranger service did not end there. The Texas Ranger Society records indicate that a “J.M. Chapman” served as a 2nd Corporal under Capt. John N. Smith of Co. Q, Minute Men, Llano County, with an enlistment date of Sept. 29, 1872 and discharge Jan. 30, 1873. The consignor relates that the subject was positively identified by a Chapman family member who contacted him through the auction house from which he previously purchased the image. Daguerreotypes of identified, double-armed Texas Rangers are scarce, making this an exceptionally rare portrait. $3,000 - $5,000
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369 POSTWAR SHOOTING CLUB, LOT OF 9 CABINET CARDS BY EDOUART & COBB, SAN FRANCISCO Lot of 9 studio portraits of members of a shooting club wearing white uniforms. Edouart & Cobb: San Francisco, CA, n.d. Four subjects hold target rifles, one holds a sword, and one holds a bugle. These shooting clubs, or marksmanship teams, were quite popular after the Civil War and were sometimes organized as informal militia groups. $1,000 - $1,500
370 JEREMIAH “JERRY” POTTS, AMERICAN-CANADIAN SCOUT, PLAINSMAN, AND BUFFALO HUNTER, RARE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH Silver gelatin photograph, 2 x 3.5 in., on 3.5 x 4.75 in. mount, featuring the iconic Jerry Potts dressed in fringed hide and holding his trusty Henry Rifle at his side. Photograph unmarked but attributed to William James Topley: n.d., ca 1870s. Pencil inscription on verso reads, “Jerry Potts - Piegan halfbreed / Famous guide & scout.” A half plate glass negative copy of this very image is curated by the Library and Archives Canada. Jeremiah “Jerry” Potts (ca 18401896) was born to a Scottish fur trader and a Kainai-Cree woman near Fort McKenzie, Montana. His early life was filled with turmoil as his father was murdered and Jerry, adopted by a trader, learned independence at a young age. Obtaining his education and identity from both sides of his family, Potts became a wealthy horse trader by the time he was 25, married two Piegan Blackfeet sisters, and became a minor chief among the Kainai people. In 1874, Potts was hired by the North-West Mounted Police to act as their guide and scout, and his eclectic set of skills including fluency in multiple Indian languages and knowledge of the vast prairie lands suited this task so uniquely that he remained in that capacity for more than twenty years. He died of painful throat cancer in 1896 and was buried with military honors at Fort MacLeod in Alberta, Canada. $1,000 - $1,500
371 WILD BILL HICKOK CDV AFTER GEORGE ROCKWOOD Period copy image of Wild Bill Hickok, made from a photograph taken by George Rockwood: New York, NY, 1873. Printed identification on mount reads, “Wild Bill.” $6,000 - $8,000
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372 BUFFALO BILL CODY, TWO CABINET CARDS BY STACY Lot of 2 cabinet cards of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846-1917) wearing his show regalia. Stacy: Brooklyn, NY, n.d. The bust-length portrait includes Cody’s facsimile signature, “W.F. Cody” on verso. $400 - $600
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373 BUFFALO BILL CODY CABINET CARD BY BRISBOIS, PLUS Lot of 3 photographs of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846-1917). Cabinet card of Cody wearing show regalia, armed with his Winchester, and posed with his personalized saddle, bearing his facsimile signature in the recto margin, “Col. W.F. Cody, ‘Buffalo Bill.’” Brisbois: Chicago, IL, n.d. Two silver gelatin photographs, the first, 3 x 5 in., showing Cody posed with Gordon William Lillie, best known as “Pawnee Bill” (1860-1942). Uncredited: n.d. Real photo postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 in., capturing Cody standing with three young Wild West show attendants. Lee Moorhouse: Pendleton, OR, n.d., ca 1902. Photographer’s blindstamp at lower right. $300 - $500
374 ANNIE OAKLEY CABINET CARD, CORRESPONDENCE FROM BROTHER, AND MORE Lot of 6 items related to Annie Oakley (née Phoebe Ann Mosey, 1860-1926), including cabinet card, glass negative with print, scarce biographical pamphlet, and ALS and TDS signed by her brother, J.H. Moses. Cabinet card full-length studio portrait of Annie Oakley. Elliott & Fry: London, n.d., ca 1890s. She is dressed in a fringed Western outfit with embroidered roses decorating the side panels of her skirt. She wears her signature hat and grasps a rifle. The table beside her is draped with a banner reading “Oakley” festooned with medals, assuredly for her sharpshooting prowess. Two more long guns lean against the table and two revolvers are displayed beside a Chinese vase. Also included is a modern glass negative of this shot and print made from it. CARNEY, Peter. P. Greatest of Modern Dianas. N.p., n.d., ca 1920. Four page biography which references her time in Pinehurst, NC where she operated a gun club at the Carolina Hotel from 1916-1922. ALS by J.H. Moses (1861-1949), Annie Oakley’s brother. Dated November 16, 1926 to Miss Jae. L. Clark in Brooklyn, NY. On Buckeye Exchange letterhead identifying J.H. Moses as the Manager in McCurtain, OK. With TDS by Moses. Titled “Suggested points to be covered” and focuses on her difficult childhood, a brief summary of her career, and a summation of her health troubles. It is signed “J.H. Moses / McCurtain Okla.” alongside the inscription, “Please withold my name- / you can glean from the within for good article & return picture.” Miss Clark was presumably a journalist or author who solicited information from Moses for an article about Oakley upon her death. It is possible that the cabinet card is the one referenced in Moses’ note, but unverified. $1,500 - $2,500
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375 DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA, BIRD’S-EYE VIEW PHOTOGRAPHS BY GRABILL AND LOCKE & MCBRIDE Lot of 2 albumen photographs of Deadwood, the first, 9 x 6.5 in., mounted to 9.75 x 6.75 in., captioned in the negative, “Deadwood, Dakota. A part of the city from Forest Hill.” J.C.H. Grabill: n.d., ca 1888; the second, an untitled view, 8.875 x 6.625 in., mounted to 10 x 8 in. H.R. Locke & C. McBride: Deadwood and Lead City, SD, n.d., ca 1880s. $800 - $1,200
376 O.K. CORRAL ADVERTISEMENT FEATURED IN THE DAILY TOMBSTONE, 1886 The Daily Tombstone. Tombstone, Arizona Territory: November 11, [18]86. Vol 6. No. 5. 4pp, 15.5 x 22.5 in. Newspaper from the legendary mining boomtown of Tombstone featuring a back page advertisement for the O.K. Corral, the location where the most famous wild west gunfight of all time between Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and the Clantons played out in October of 1881. $800 - $1,000
377 C.S. FLY BOUDOIR CARD FEATURING GROUP OF MEN, LIKELY MINERS Boudoir card featuring group portrait of thirteen men, arranged standing and seated in four rows. Credited to CS Fly, Tombstone, Arizona Territory on mount and verso. Verso also with blue ink inscription identifying the man in the front row, to the left, as “Uncle Ben [indecipherable].” Subjects depicted are likely miners given Tombstone’s history as a booming silver mining town. Thousands were drawn to this epicenter of the American southwest by the area’s rich silver mines and all the byproducts that growing industry promised. $2,000 - $4,000
378 CDV SHOWING MEN AT CAMP, INCL. AMERICAN INDIAN AND CAUCASIAN SUBJECTS CDV providing outdoor view of nearly a dozen men gathered beside a tent or lean-to-type structure, including an American Indian subject sitting on the ground at left. Some log structures are visible on the hill in the background, which may be miner’s cabins. The landscape indicates a western location. Uncredited: n.d. Verso with printed drawing of “Columbia” standing by the base of a column, sailing vessel in background. $300 - $500
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379 FIRST “EXEMPLAR” TOWNSHIP MAP DRAWN FOR THE OREGON TERRITORY, SURVEY OF AN ISOLATED TOWNSHIP, PLUS Lot of 9. Manuscript map, the first “exemplar township map drawn for the o o Oregon Territory, Township N 26 North Range N 2 West Willamette Meridian. Unsigned, n.d., ca 1854. 16 x 15 in. With related contemporaneous congressional publications and modern reprints and reference books. Also includes related printed township map, Diagram B: Township No. 6 Range No. 34 East of the Principal Meridian, Montana. Surveyed by Walter W. de Lacy, Aug. 6-16, 1880. Complete description of additional materials available at www.cowans.com When the Donation Land Act was passed in the fall of 1850, there was a backlog of homesteaders seeking to prove their existing land claims dating back to 1846 or earlier, resulting in a huge demand to establish a meridian line and subsequent baseline to begin the arduous task of establishing and surveying townships in the Pacific Northwest. In 1851, the first Surveyor General of the Oregon Territory, Jonathan B. Preston, arrived in Oregon City with a congressional mandate and orders from the Grand Land Office (GLO) to initiate and complete a general survey of lands for the benefit of the public, to insure titles, validate land claims, and organize the property holding system in the freshly opened Oregon Territory. Preston, however, needed to answer several questions regarding how the surveyors would know what to draw, how to draw natural features in relation to boundaries of Donation Land Claims and more. To help address these questions, Preston appears to have brought with him a handful of copies of a small book published by the GLO, titled Instructions to Surveyors General of Oregon (ISG). The Manual had been composed to provide just these sorts of guidelines to “in the field” surveyors, who sought to work under contract with the GLO, on the protocols and methods for running land surveys in compliance with federal standards. The ISG Manual, also included carefully prepared diagrams and example maps for the surveyor’s reference. Yet because it was necessary that the surveys be completely new, and independently performed, the sample maps were drawn largely from imagination – and so they do not represent any actual place or township in Oregon. The manuscript map offered here, titled Township 25 North Range 2 West, corresponds to an imaginary survey field notes printed in the ISG manual, for a fictional surveyor named “Robert Acres” who worked with makebelieve chainmen, “Peter Long and John Short,” fictional axemen “George
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Sharp and Adam Dull,” and so forth. The manuscript map itself shows a composite of topographical features which the GLO anticipated Preston’s contract surveyors would encounter in Oregon. Some “real” features are mixed with the imaginary ones: for instance, the “Chickeeles River” (an early spelling of the Chehalis River). The actual 25 North Range 2 West township map takes in a large amount of the Hood Canal in Washington State and is just west of downtown Seattle by about 36 miles (Seattle is 25 North, Range 2 East). In 1855, there would be a published a second “Manual of Instructions for the Surveyor General of Oregon” with – in the appendices – a folded, printed map similar to that offered here, but this new map was larger, and included significantly more details, than this preliminary, pioneering map. $3,000 - $5,000
380 PAIR OF 1876 WASHINGTON TERRITORY GLO ATLAS SHEETS Lot of 2 Washington Territory atlas sheets issued by the General Land Office. US General Land Office. WILLIAMSON, J.A., commissioner. Territory of Washington. New York: Julius Bien, 1876. US General Land Office. BURDETT, S.S., commissioner. Territory of Washington. New York: Julius Bien, 1876. Lithographed maps of Washington territory, image 31.5 x 24 in. (Williamson mounted to linen sheet 34.25 x 26.5 in.; Burdett mounted to paper sheet 33.5 x 26 in.). Compiled from the official records of the General Land Office with Charles Roeser as principle draughtsman, showing hachures, railroads, Indian reservations, lands surveyed and those proposed, county boundaries, and more. The two maps are significant as they are rare atlas sheets, both published in 1876, one from when J.A. Williamson was commissioner. Williamson did not favor railroad land grants, and therefore they are not visible on the map, whereas they are much more visible on Burdett’s. A fine comparative example of controversy over land grants in the Pacific Northwest. $600 - $800
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381 PUGET SOUND AND BELLINGHAM MAPS Lot of 2 Seattle area maps. New Map of the Puget Sound Country. Whatcom, WA: Bellingham Bay Abstract & Title Insurance Co., 1903. Lithographed map, printed color, sheet 23.25 x 33 in. Very detailed map of Seattle and the surrounding cities extending beyond frame with details of Mt. Rainier and the Cascades. With a special note locating the new city Bellingham and a printed note about the consolidation of Fairhaven and Whatcom under the name Bellingham on October 27, 1903. Map of the County Adjacent to Puget Sound. Seattle, WA: Baker, Balch & Co., n.d., ca 1890. Engraved map, printed color, 18.25 x 32.5, (sheet 20.25 x 25 in.) Map showing Seattle, Tacoma, and surrounding areas. $500 - $700
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382 ARTHUR C. RINGLAND, FORESTRY TEXTBOOK INSCRIBED WITH EXTENSIVE NOTES WHILE A FORESTRY STUDENT AT YALE UNIVERSITY SUDWORTH, George (1864-1927). Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States, Their Names and Ranges. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1898. 8vo (6 x 9.25 in.) Two hand-colored and inscribed maps previously tipped in (now loose), representing “Sudworth’s Forest Regions” and “Sargent’s Forest Regions.” (Mild even toning, some wear to page edges). Green cloth with black morocco title label to front board with gilt rules and title; Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co. New Haven, CT label to interior rear board. (Light to moderate scuffing to boards and extremities). SIGNED and INSCRIBED “Arthur C Ringland. / Yale University. / October 1903.” Nearly every other page is filled with Ringland’s handwritten notes expanding upon information provided in text, including descriptions of trees. Environmental conservation and the relief of human suffering clearly stand out as the defining purposes in the life of Arthur Cuming Ringland (1882-1981) and his storied government career. Ringland received his bachelor’s degree and his master’s degree in Forestry from the Sheffield School of Science at Yale University, and it is likely while he was a student there that he wrote the inscriptions present in the book featured in this lot. While still a student, he joined the US Forest Service at the turn of the century and served as Forest assistant for the Lincoln National Forest. Subsequently, he served eight years, from 1908-1916, as District Forester of the Southwestern Region, in which capacity he led a survey crew tasked with setting the perimeters of the region’s National Forests and witnessed the signing of the New Mexico statehood proclamation in 1912.
After his final year as District Forester, Ringland turned his efforts to the ongoing war, joining the US Army in 1917 and working to help those affected by war for many years thereafter, including as chief of mission for the American Relief Administration in Europe, directing postwar relief efforts to Czechoslovakian children, and as a consultant to the National Defense Advisory Commission. He continued his European focus into the 1930s, as he was called upon to study forestry and trade relations in Italy, France, Germany, and elsewhere at the beginning of the decade, and his findings on work relief and conservation helped the US combat the effects of the Great Depression. Beginning in the latter part of the decade, Ringland returned to the Forest Service and went on to hold important roles in the Soil Conservation Service, the Agriculture Department, and even eventually the State Department. As World War II was underway, Ringland saw the importance of using his experience to, once more, help alleviate the human suffering so often caused by international conflicts. He became executive director of the President’s War Relief Control Board and came up with the idea that eventually blossomed into the international humanitarian agency, CARE (the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, later changed to the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere). The founders of the resulting organization later declared Ringland the “father” of CARE in a tribute on the 12th anniversary of the program’s first food package sent to Europe. Even after his retirement from government in 1952, Ringland continued helping conservation efforts and people in need by participating in groups such as the Food for Peace Program, the American Freedom from Hunger Foundation and the Citizens’ Committee on Natural Resources. $500 - $700
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383 ADMIRAL ROBERT PERRY, ARCTIC EXPEDITION COLLECTION FEATURING 100+ PHOTOGRAPHS, CORRESPONDENCE, BROADSIDE, BOOK, AND MORE Lot featuring approx. 105 photographs related to turn of the century arctic exploration by Robert D. Perry. Mr. Perry was an independently wealthy man and big game hunter who accompanied Admiral Robert R. Peary and Dr. Frederick A. Cook on some of their arctic explorations. Also in the group are two autographed typed letters signed by Peary (Brooklyn, June 7, 1897, 2pp) and Cook (Brooklyn, June 30, 1894 on expedition letterhead) and an advertising broadside (8 x 11 in.) for one of the explorations. The subject matter of the photos include people (Eskimos and boat crew members), native buildings and villages, hunters, boats (schooners and kayaks) and lots of icebergs. The archive includes approx. 14 ice berg
photos, 23 buildings/camps, 40 people, 13 boats, and 12 animals. The photos are accompanied by a small group (5) of bone objects and stone weight that were part of the fishing rigging for fishing from a kayak; and a broadside/flyer by Dr. Cook advertising opportunities to join an expedition. A full page Worcester (MA) newspaper story about Perry and his adventures is also enclosed. Hoppin, B. A Diary Kept While With the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1896. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt front, 83pp. Consignor relates that he was raised in a house in Massachusetts that was owned by Mr. Perry until his death in 1947. These photos and other materials were left in the house when it was purchased by the consignor’s parents. $2,000 - $3,000
384 SAN RAFAEL STATION VOLTMETER READING FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, 1906, WITH PROVENANCE Paper voltmeter reading, 8.25 in. dia., dated April 18, 1906, with markings plotting the effects of the San Francisco Earthquake. Chart labeled “Bristol’s Recording / Volt Meter / Chart No 206.” Accompanied by typewritten letter from the office of Professor E.F. Davis, Department of Geology at the University of California, Berkeley. 1p, 8.5 x 11 in. January 16, 1917. Signed by Professor Davis’s secretary, Ethel Haskett, lower right. Letter reads: “Dear Sir: / I think you will be interested in keeping in your files of earthquake records the enclosed volt meter sheet which was on the volt meter of the sub-station at San Rafael on April 18, 1906. The volt meter was mounted vertically in a north and south plane. The main heavy shock and also a number of smaller after shocks are shown on this sheet. Our Mr. Walker was working in this sub-station at that date, and the record seems of sufficient interest and value to be kept.” A similar reading recorded by a Bristol voltmeter at Stanford University on the same date is housed in that institution’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives. $1,000 - $1,500
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385 ALCATRAZ ARCHIVE INCLUDING ITEMS BELONGING TO PRISON GUARD FRED FREEMAN AND PHOTO AND ALS FROM ROBERT STROUD, “BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ” Lot of 10+ items owned by Fred A. Freeman (1933 - 2007), who served in the Federal Prison system as a correctional officer from 1958 to 1983 after his service in the US Navy (1950-1953). He was assigned to eight federal institutions, including Alcatraz. Highlighted items listed below, with additional information available at cowans.com. Hat with plaque on front with “Federal Prison Service / United States / Dept. of Justice”; Guard’s Prison Gun Check - for Emergencies, issued to Fred Freeman at Alcatraz; metal tag 1.75 x 0.5 in. with “FREEMAN” stamped on it; letter from Lu Ann Freeman for Fred Freeman mentioning that the family lived on Alcatraz from 1958-1963 and Fred worked for the Federal Prison Service for 25 years. Notebook, 4.25 x 6.25 in. Front cover identified to “Fred Freeman / U.S.P ALCATRAZ” and includes a hand-drawn symbol of the Bureau of Prisons. On the pages, Freeman wrote last name, prisoner number, a symbol for race (N, W, Mex., Indian), crime and sentence. The first, for example, is “325 Karpavicz life W Kidnap.” This may be Freeman’s record of who was in his section, because it does not include all prisoners. He identifies inmates by number. Seven blue registration cards, 3 x 5 in., with hole in top for filing. Preprinted information for: Sentence, Offense, Received, Release Date, Name, Custody, Race, Religion, then columns for Dates and Quarters and Dates and Work Assignments. Most have manuscript notes at bottom. Identified prisoners include John William Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Lee Morris who may have escaped on a raft made of raincoats. The raft, or parts of it, was the main evidence recovered over the following days, plus part of a homemade life jacket, a paddle and a wallet wrapped in plastic. Since no bodies were found, and none washed ashore over the next few weeks, it was assumed that the three men drowned or died of hypothermia. Allen Clayton West, the fourth member of the June 12 escape conspirators, is also represented. Accompanied by two items identified to Robert Stroud. ALS, 1p. January 10, 1949. Alcatraz, California. To his sister, Mamie, E. Stroud, Metropolis, Illinois. He makes reference to his lawyers, that they were not notified of the “action taken,” and were going to file a “new action.” He also tells her that “I was up before the board the other day and I told them that the best thing
the[y] could do for me is just to leave me alone where I am at. The associate warden said that he thought that was best, too...” Postcard-sized photograph with front and side views, identified as “Alcatraz 594” in the photo, dated October 29, 1951. On verso is “Robert Stroud / Birdman of Alcatraz” in large letters. Around these letters is a lengthy note by James (“Whitey”) Bulger. “Bob could speak 4 languages and border line pscho [sic] case - who wouldn’t be w/ all the years of isolation. Set an American record 54 years in isolation and did not see much sunshine, the night sky, moon and seldom a civilian - only when they got in to see ‘The Freak Show.’...he died in bed at 73 years old...” Objects from the legendary Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary scarcely come to the surface, making this a rare and desirable collection. $5,000 - $8,000
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INDEX (Subject, Lot #) Abolition, 10-25 African Americana, 1-55 Alamo, 64 Alcatraz, 385 American Indian Photography, 341-365 American Revolution & Colonial Era, 56-61, 275-283 Andersonville, 103 Aviation, 321-322 Black Panther Party, 49 Bragg, B., 68 Brown, J., 20-23 Brown Water Navy, 142-147, 151, 158-161 Carson, K., 326-327 Carver, G.W., 43 Civil War, 27-37, 68-240 Cody, “Buffalo Bill,” 372-373 Confederacy, 68-94, 204, 211-215, 217, 229, 234 Custer, G.A., 328-334 Deadwood, 375 Douglass, F., 14-17 Earhart, A., 321 Early Photography, 261-274, 366-368
Perry, R., 383 Pierce, F., 261 Revere, P., 57 Rodgers, C.R.P., 187 Slavery, 1-25, 27-32 Sports, 40 Taylor, Z., 298 Texana, 64, 215-216, 274, 368 Truth, S., 10-12 US Signal Corps, 188, 256 US Supreme Court, 276 Van Buren, M., 297 Vietnam War, 44 War of 1812, 62 Washington, G., 278-280 Wayne, A., 60 Western Americana, 326-381 Wild West Shows, 372-374 World War I, 41-42, 242-244, 320 World War II, 245-260
Fillmore, M., 300 Flags & Patriotic Textiles, 240-241 Foster, S., 263 Franklin, B., 56 Garrison, W.L., 13 Garvey, M., 48 Geronimo, 354-357 Gettysburg, 109-110, 113-114 Hamilton, A., 281 Hickok, “Wild Bill,” 371 Indian Wars, 187, 323-340 Jackson, A., 285-295 Jefferson, T., 282 Johnston, J., 85 Kansas/Jayhawker, 121-124 Kennedy, J.F., 312-313 Lee, R.E., 81 Lewis & Clark, 282 Lincolniana, 301-309 Maps, 379-381 March on Washington, 45-47 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, F., 318 Mexican War, 65-66, 187 Miles, N., 117, 357 Monroe, J., 283 Mormon, 63 Mosby, J.S., 87, 310 NASA, 322 OK Corral, 376
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Lot 287 [SUPREME COURT JUSTICES]. A very extensive collection of 203 autograph letters, letters, documents and signatures signed by 16 Chief and 93 Associate Justices, 1789-2017. A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, JOHN JAY THROUGH WILLIAM REHNQUIST - THE MOST COMPLETE COLLECTION TO APPEAR ON THE MARKET AT AUCTION. $20,000 - $30,000
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All Bidders submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Hamilton County in the State of Ohio. 2) 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 credit card. By registering with Cowan’s or submitting an absentee bid form, 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. Any 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 50% of the absentee bid or 50% of the low estimate, whichever is higher. 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 The Auctioneer will collect and retain from the Buyer an additional commission (“Buyer’s Premium”). This Buyer’s Premium is not subject to negotiation from the Seller, nor is it a portion of the commission collected by the Seller. (a) Buyer’s Premium for Live “Historic Firearms and Militaria” and all “Coins and Currency” auctions: The Auctioneer will collect and retain from the Buyer, as additional commission, a premium equal to 20% of the Sale Price of each Lot up to and including $250,000, 15% on that part of the Sale Price exceeding $250,000, and 12% on that part of the Sale Price exceeding $3,000,000. (b) Buyer’s Premium for all other types of auctions: The Auctioneer will collect and retain from the Buyer, as additional commission, a premium equal to 25% of the Sale Price of each Lot up to and including $250,000, 20% on that part of the Sale Price exceeding $250,000, and 12% on that part of the Sale Price exceeding $3,000,000. (c) Lots purchased through any fee-based online bidding platform to which the Auctioneer might subscribe may be subject to additional Buyer’s Premium. Such additional pass-through fees will be collected by the subscriber and are not subject to negotiation from the Seller, nor is this additional commission due the Seller. (d) Live “Historic Firearms and Militaria” auctions: In-person buyers paying via cash, wire transfer, money order, or pre-approved check will receive 2% Buyer’s Premium discount day-of sale only. Discounted purchased items must be removed from Cowan’s day-of sale. Cowan’s is pleased to offer a 2% discount for in-person buyers who pay their total invoice in full by the close of business on the day of the auction. Payments must be made in person at Cowan’s Cincinnati Salesroom and buyers are responsible for collecting their purchases upon payment. 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. Unless otherwise stated, 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 the close of the auction. If a buyer is not satisfied that the lot purchased is genuine, the buyer may, at his or her own expense, obtain the written 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 preceding 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 catalog 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 catalog descriptions may be approximate. 7) INSPECTION Prospective buyers are advised to personally examine any lots in which they are interested prior to the auction. 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. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. 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. 8) 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 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. Cowan’s cannot warrant or guarantee any phone or absentee bids made or altered on the day of the auction. All bids must be placed in U.S. Dollars and reflect the bid increments as defined by the Auctioneer. 182 AMERICAN HISTORICAL EPHEMERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANA
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9) ABSENTEE BIDDING Absentee bids are accepted via phone, 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 need to be received by the Cowan’s office at least 2 hours before the sale begins. 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. 10) TELEPHONE BIDDING Bidding live via the telephone is available on a first come, first served basis. In order for Cowan’s to efficiently serve the needs of those who wish to bid by phone, please note the following: (a) To participate in the auction by telephone, potential Bidders must complete and sign the 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 received by the Cowan’s office at least 2 hours before the sale begins. Once the auction begins, bids left on Cowan’s website or emailed may not be retrieved by the staff. (b) As a registered telephone bidder, Bidders are aware the bidding begin at the minimum of one half of the low estimate. (c) 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 cannot reach the Bidder by telephone for a particular indicated lot. (d) Telephone Bidders must disable any caller ID or other call blocking mechanism. (e) Cowan’s sells about 75-100 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 third party bidding platforms. At its discretion, Cowan’s may restrict select lots from internet bidding; restricted lots can be bid upon directly with Cowan’s via phone or absentee bidding. 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 adjust 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 “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. Buyers who are present at the auction must pay the full Purchase Price at the time of the sale. Buyers who bid by telephone, by internet, 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. If no alternate payment has been arranged, Cowan’s may apply any balance due to the Buyer’s payment method on file after 14 days. No property will be released by Cowan’s unless the Purchase Price has been paid in full and the payment has cleared. Payments must be made with cash, personal or traveler’s check, money order, credit card or wire transfers. Returned checks are subject to an additional $45 return fee. Bidders from outside the continental United States are required to pay via wire transfer unless previously known to Cowan’s. For Fine Jewelry, Coin and Currency, and Fine Silver auctions, Bidders previously unknown to Cowan’s may purchase up to $1,000 via credit card with the remaining balance settled via cash, personal or traveler’s check or credit card or wire transfers. PLEASE NOTE: A surcharge of 3% will be assessed to all credit card transactions. This surcharge is not greater than our cost of acceptance. Institutional billing may be available, and should be arranged prior to the auction. Cowan’s may impose late charges of 1.5% per month (18% APR 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 a purchase contains these materials, the Buyer must 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 AND CANCELLATION OF SALE It is the responsibility of the Buyer to remove purchased property. If purchased property has not been removed, or Cowan’s has not received shipping instructions within 60 days after the auction date, Cowan’s may, at its option, cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages any payments made by the buyer, and/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 © 2020 Cowan’s LLC
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telephone bidding. I request that if Cowan’s is unable to reach me for telephone bidding, that Cowan’s enter bids up to the price indicated in the “Insurance Bid” column. I I authorize Cowan’s that LLCCowan’s (“Cowan’s”) (i) enter bids on the following lots up to Ithe priceunderstand I have indicated in the “Absentee column; or and (ii) reserve a telephone lineasfora convenience for understand will to execute bids competitively on my behalf. further that Cowan’s executesBid” absentee bids allows telephone bids telephone bidding. Iand request that if Cowan’s is unable to for reach me to forexecute telephone that Cowan’s up to theorprice indicated in the Bid” column. I bidding at half customers that Cowan’s is not responsible failure bidsbidding, or for errors relating enter to thebids submission execution of my bids.“Insurance The auctioneer will open understand that estimate Cowan’s and will execute bids according competitively on increments my behalf. Ilaid further understand executes absenteeorbids and allows bids asincrements a convenience forrounded the low will advance to the out in our Termsthat andCowan’s Conditions. Any absentee insurance bids telephone placed at invalid will be customers that Cowan’s is notincrement. responsible for receive failure to execute for errors to theprice, submission execution of will my take bids.precedence. The auctioneer willcase openofbidding at half up and to the nearest bidding If we more than bids one or absentee bidrelating at the same the firstorone received In the a disputed bid, the the low estimate and will have advance increments out in our Terms and Conditions. Any absentee or insurance bids placed at invalid increments will be rounded auctioneer shall soleaccording discretion to in the determining thelaid purchaser. up to the nearest bidding increment. If we receive more than one absentee bid at the same price, the first one received will take precedence. In the case of a disputed bid, the I agree be bound by the Terms and Conditions for Bidders printed in the auction catalog and listed on Cowan’s website www.cowans.com and I understand that I am auctioneer shallto have sole discretion in determining the purchaser. responsible for determining the condition and authenticity of any lot prior to the auction, and that all items are sold AS IS with no returns or refunds. I agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions for Bidders printed in the auction catalog and listed on Cowan’s website www.cowans.com and I understand that I am responsible for determining the condition and authenticity of any lot prior to the auction, and that all items are sold AS IS with no returns or refunds.
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