Historic Americana

DATED 1776 BEDFORD CARVER POWDER HORN--EX. DRESSLAR. A finely carved priming horn, circa 9.5" in length, engraved with three lines of text: &...

WAR OF 1812 HANDBILL. This handbill is 4.5" x 7.5", entitled "Extract of a Letter." It quotes a New Hampshire Federalist who ur...

RELIC FROM PERRY'S FLAG SHIP, USS NIAGARA. Mahogany and glass vitrine, 19.12 x 9.6 x 8" containing a large piece of oak and an iron spike ...

IMPORTANT WAR OF 1812 MANUSCRIPTS FROM OHIO. Elijah Wadsworth Papers. 1807-1866, 26 items. A Major General in the Militia from the turn of the cent

PORTRAIT OF GENERAL SAMUEL HOUSTON, GRAPHITE AND INK WASH ON PAPER. Anonymous, graphite and ink on paper, 7.25 x 6" (sight), framed with mat an...

EARLY LEATHER-COVERED POWDER OR SHOT JUG. Great carved wood jug, 7" tall x 2.5" wide covered with split and polished harness leather tack...

AMES POWDER FLASK. This Army powder flask is one of the variants of the mid-19th century (1830s-40s) Ames "Peace Flasks." It has the shie...

RARE ELLSWORTH/BROWNELL FERROTYPE PENDANT. A fabulous 1" ferrotype brass shell with portrait of the Elmer Ellsworth, the first casualty of the...

TINTYPE OF TRIPLE ARMED YANK. A sixth-plate tintype of a seated soldier drawing an Enfield saber bayonet from his scabbard ready to fix onto the Brit

TINTYPE OF CIVIL WAR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENLISTED MAN IN GREATCOAT. This unvarnished sixth-plate tintype recorded an unidentified private of short statu

QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE OF MOUNTED CAVALRY OFFICER. Anonymous, quarter plate tintype of a dashing bearded Union Captain on his mount. He sports a tam-

TINTYPE OF PVT. PERRY FRY, 94TH ILLINOIS, KIA. A sixth-plate tintype of a fresh recruit with musket and silver-hilted English bowie knife tucked into

RARE TINTYPE OF UNION WINTER QUARTERS. An intriguing outdoor sixth-plate tintype offering a rare candid glimpse of military life in the field. The r

QUARTER PLATE TINTYPE OF YANKS AND FLAG. A quarter-plate tintype of two newly minted infantry non-commissioned officers photographed against the back

TINTYPE OF A YANK WITH A STARR REVOLVER. A sixth-plate tintype of an early war unidentified cavalryman cradling an M1840 "wrist breaker" ...

GREAT AMBROTYPE OF MOUNTED UNION CAV OFFICER. Very rare quarter-plate ruby ambrotype of an armed cavalryman brandishing his saber against the backdro

TINTYPE OF ID'D YANK WITH SABRE AND REMINGTON .44. A quarter-plate tintype of an effeminate-looking trooper boasting a classic saber up, pistol...

GREAT AMBROTYPE OF BOSTON LIGHT ARTILLERYMAN. A pristine sixth-plate ruby ambrotype of a Boston Light Artillery enlisted man, circa 1860. An elite c

TWO TINTYPES OF ID'D 4TH WI LIGHT ARTILLERYMAN. A pair of sixth-plate tintypes taken at the same sitting and identified with period ink inscrip...

TINTYPE OF CIVIL WAR PRIVATE WITH ENFIELD. A loose sixth-plate tintype of a private wearing a pork-pie hat and holding an Enfield rifle in full leath

FULL PLATE TINTYPE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE YANKEE. A large oval tintype measuring approximately 10 x 8" featuring a bearded veteran smoking a pipe wh...

GREAT TINTYPE OF UNION OFFICER AND WIFE. A quarter-plate tintype of a young 1st Lieutenant captured next to a fashionable young woman, presumably his

AMBROTYPE OF MUSTACHIOED SOUTHRON (LOUISIANA?) A crystal clear early sixth-plate ambrotype of a resolute Southerner wearing tinted military shirt and

LOT OF 3 U.S. GRANT CDVS. Includes 2 cdvs of Grant as a Civil War General, both in oval "frames" on the cards. The 3rd is the classic Gra...

U.S. GRANT CABINET CARD. Cabinet card of Grant, hand in jacket, marked both front and back "F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia." Card was formerl...

SIGNED CDV OF MAJ. GEN. JOSEPH HOOKER. Anonymous. Crisp vignette of Hooker ink-signed "Joseph Hooker Major General" in his hurried hand ...

SIGNED CDV OF MAJOR GENERAL A.S. WILLIAMS. Published wartime view of Alpheus Starkey Williams as Brigadier General wearing two star badges of the 12t

CDV OF MAJOR GENERAL O.O. HOWARD. Crisp vignette of the popular Howard with bm of "Schwing & Rudd" having ink identification and &quo...

CDV OF BVT. BRIG. GEN. WM. G. LE DUC. Unpublished view by noted artist "R.M. Linn, Point Lookout." Identification in ink on verso with L...

CDV OF BVT. BRIG. GEN. J.S. FULLERTON. Trimmed cartes of Fullerton by "Schwing & Rudd" identified in ink on verso with rank and "...

LOT OF CDVS OF 6 UNION GENERALS PLUS LINCOLN. Lot of 7 total. CDV's of Grant, Rousseau, Rosecrans, Stanley and period copy shot of President Lin...

CDV OF COL. ALLEN H. JACKSON, 134TH NY. Anonymous vignette with period pencil identification on verso. Having previously served in the 91st NY. Jack

CDV OF MAJOR T. S. OSBORN, 1ST NY LIGHT ARTY. Cartes by "Hart's Gallery, Watertown, NY" and signed "T.W. Osborn Col." in hi...

CDV OF MAJOR JOHN A. REYNOLDS, 1ST LIGHT ARTY. No bm. Ink-signed on recto "Respectfully Yours J.A. Reynolds Maj. NY Arty." Reynolds firs...

CDV OF BVT. CAPTAIN JOSEPH B. FORAKER, 89TH OVI. An unpublished late war "Brady" view with Foraker's ink signature and rank on recto. ...

CDV OF LT. CHARLES AHREETS, 134TH NY (KIA SAVANNAH). No bm. Penned on verso is a marvelous inscription in the hand of his friend William Mickle that

LOT OF 2 CDVS, MAJOR P. FOX, 1ST MICHIGAN E&M AND SON J.N. FOX, 1ST . Both cartes without bm and identified in period ink on verso. Perrin V. ...

LOT OF 2, DIFFERENT VIEWS OF CAPT. WM. WHEELER, 13TH NY BATTERY (KIA). The earlier published view without bm is signed "Lieut. Wm. Wheeler 1861...

CIVIL WAR GEM NH TINTYPE ALBUM. Fine gem album in embossed red calf containing a total of 114 gem-sized tintypes, including the image of a Civil War

CDV OF LT. A.G. SHEPARD, 33RD MASS. Vignette by "Heald & Bro." Lynn, Mass. Ink-signed on recto with name, rank and regiment. Shepard...

SPECTACULAR CDV OF DRUMMER JOHNNY CLEM "THE DRUMMER BOY OF SHILOH." Absolutely pristine 1863 view of celebrity Sergeant John Lincoln Clem ...

CIVIL WAR CDV OF UNION SUPPLIES AT RESACA, GEORGIA (UNPUBLISHED). Unpublished view by "Schwing & Rudd" with a contemporary ink notatio...

OUTDOOR CDV VIEW OF OFFICERS OF 134TH NY AT POINT LOOKOUT. A period copy by "J.W. Black, Boston" from the original quarter-plate tintype ...

CDV OF ARMED PRIVATE JOHN K. MESSMORE, 99TH OVI. Anonymous cartes of Messmore with period pencil identification on verso. Armed with a M1842 musket a

CDV OF CAPTAIN LEANDER CLARK, 124TH NEW YORK. Cdv by "Whitddit & Coffin, Newburgh, N.Y." Complete pencil identification on verso wit...

CDV GROUPING IF THE 15TH VETERAN VOLUNTEER CORPS. A large collection consisting of forty cartes assembled by an unknown member of the 15th Regiment V

GROUP OF INDIANA CIVIL WAR CDVS. Lot of eight CDV's including three wearing a similar uniform with veteran's stripes, cuff braiding and embr...

ALBUMEN CDV OF JEFF DAVIS.This cdv of Jefferson Davis has an Anthony backmark. Adhesive stain on where photo attached to card, but still good. PLEASE

FINE CONFEDERATE CDV ALBUM. An album found in Kentucky containing 34 cdvs of Confederate notables, including and outstanding protrait of Simon B. Buc

CIVIL WAR FROCK COAT OF LT. J.M. HUBBARD, 11th KANSAS CAVALRY. Regulation 8 button frock coat of Lt. Josiah Meigs Hubbard along with his sword belt an

I'D MCCLELLAN SADDLE AND COVER, 11TH KANSAS CAVALRY. McClellan saddle and tooled leather cover, and bridle belonging to 1st Lt. Josiah M. Hubba...

ID'D CIVIL WAR COLT SADDLE HOLSTERS, 11TH KANSAS. Polished leather saddle holsters for a large caliber revolver, likely the Colt Army model. D...

CDV ALBUMS OF LT. J.M. HUBBARD, "BEECHER RIFLES" & 11TH KS CAVALRY. This is a significant historical group of three albums containing ...

CDV ALBUM OF CAPT. WM. H. MICKLE, 134TH NY. The personal compilation of Captain Mickle containing numerous military cartes with family views spanning

ARCHIVE OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. MICKLE, 134TH NEW YORK. William H. Mickle Papers, 134th New York Infantry and AAQM Artillery XI AC 143 letters from Mic

PAPERS RELATING TO CAPT. W. H. MICKLE'S CIVIL WAR APPOINTMENTS. William H. Mickle, 134th New York Infantry, Official Documents, 1863-1865. 13 ...

SALTED PAPER PHOTO OF LIEUTENANT WILLIAM WHEELER KIA AT MARIETTA. Anonymous, circa 8 x 7.5" salted paper photograph of Lt. William Wheeler mou...

LARGE ALBUMEN OF CAPT. W.H. MICKLE AND FRIENDS AT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. Albumen photograph, 8.5 x 7" mounted on larger board, taken at Point Looko...

PERSONAL ACCOUTREMENTS OF CAPTAIN WILLIMA H. MICKLE, 134TH NEW YORK. A fine group belonging to W.H. Mickle of the 134th NY, including his officer...

MAP CASE AND CIVIL WAR MAPS OF CAPT. W.H. MICKLE, 134TH NEW YORK. Oil cloth case, 10 x 5.75" with string-tie flap containing two maps, one a 7...

CIVIL WAR GENERAL ORDERS ORDERING THE EVACUATION OF ATLANTA. Lot of 2 field press GO's relating to the fall of Atlanta. The Special Field Order...

RARE JOURNAL RELATING TO NORTH CAROLINA'S SECESSION FROM THE UNION. Civil War - North Carolina Secession Journal of the Secret Session of the C...

CIVIL WAR SOUVENIRS OF CAPTAIN W.H. MICKLE, 134TH NEW YORK. Lot of 4. Includes a pocket sized edition of "Shelley's Works" inscribed...

SOUTHERN CIVIL WAR EPHEMERA FROM CAPT. W.H.MICKLE 133TH NEW YORK. Lot of 6, all relating to Captain Wm. Mickle of the 134th New York. Includes war d

UNTOUCHED LEECH AND RIGDON SWORD COLLECTED BY MICKLE. An oustanding Leech and Rigdon sword, descended directly from Captain William H. Mickle, of the

GAR EPHEMERA OF CAPT. W.H. MICKLE, 134TH NY VOLS. Lot of 9 items, all relating to the GAR activities of William H. Mickle, Captain of the 134th NY.

GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD SOUVENIRS. A fine group of ephemera, including a walnut plinthe mounted with a piece of grapeshot, a Union button, a piece of

HARDTACK FROM A GETTYSBURG VET- 134TH NY. A group of three pieces of hardtack and a bisquit, found in the effects of Captain William H. Mickle of the

CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF PETER HARTWIG, BROWN-WATER NAVY ENGINEER. Archive of Peter Hartwig, Chief Engineer of the "U.S.S. Governor Torrence,"...

CDV ALBUM OF BROWN-WATER NAVY OFFICERS. An uncommon subject matter comprising an album and loose cdv's belonging to Peter Hartwig. There are tw...

CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TINCLAD "JUDGE TORRENCE". Anonymous, albumen photograph, 7.25 x 5.25 mounted on larger board. Not so identifi...

GREAT GROUP OF CIVIL WAR CDVS. Lot of 10. Includes U.S. Grant with Natchez backmark, McClellan and wife, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, engravings

FINE PHOTOGRAPH OF CIVIL WAR IRONCLAD. Anonymous, albumen photograph, 7.5 x 4.5" mounted on larger board showing an early Union ironclad on th...

PHOTOGRAPH OF CIVIL WAR TINCLAD. Lot of two anonymous albumen photographs found among the effects of Peter Hartwig, Acting Chief Engineer, USN and ve

RARE CIVIL WAR NAVAL GUNNERY BOOK AND SONGSTER. Barrett, Edward. Gunnery Instructions, Simplified for the Volunteer Officers of the U.S. Navy, with H

CIVIL WAR TIFFANY PRESENTATION SWORD 3RD MINNESOTA. Presentation grade Tiffany sword inscribed on the guard "PRESENTED TO HENRY C. LESTER COL. ...

CIVIL WAR SWORD OF MARCUS MOORE, 1ST MASS CAVALRY. A fine, German import, with Solingen marked blade, acid etched with "U.S." and martial ...

GREAT CIVIL WAR PRESENTATION SWORD. A fine presentation-grade sword by Collins and Co. belonging to Captain Harold Rockafeller of Company C of the 21

CIVIL WAR PRESENTATION-GRADE SWORD . Fine presentation-grade cavalry sabre, the blade probably German, with the remaining trappings assembled in the

HORSTMANN STAFF AND FIELD SWORD. Model 1850 staff and field sword in original scabbard, blade marked Horstman and Sons, Philadelphia, with Solingen m

IDENTIFIED CIVIL WAR FIFE. Fine rosewood fife engraved with "J. Jameson" and "Co. D 16", "Co. C 16" and Co. C 2."...

CIVIL WAR TINTYPE, CANE AND FIFE. Lot of 4, all belonging to one John Dodge. This grouping came from an Indiana consignor and may be from a soldier

SURGEON'S KIT FOR HOMER SHAW 10TH O.V.I. Surgeon's kit in mahogany box with gilt fittings, plate on top with "10th OVI / HCS." T...

MILITARY BELT PLATES AND MORE. Lot of 3. Includes an enlisted man's regulation 1851 pattern belt plate. This appears to be the 1862-63 model, b...

CIVIL WAR MEDICAL DEPARTMENT SURGEON'S KIT. Mahogany encased surgeon's kit with oval brass inset on lid engraved " U.S. A. Medical Dep...

FINE MEXICAN OR CIVIL WAR CAVALRY SADDLE PACK. This leather pack is 17.5" long and 5.5" in diameter. There are 2" brass plates on eit...

CIVIL WAR ERA DECORATED SNARE DRUM. Drum, 10 x 17", with paint-decorated spread-winged eagle holding a ribbon banner with "Reg. U.S. Infa...

RARE MEMPHIS CIVIL WAR BROADSIDE. A 17 x 24" broadside with "Regulations and Executive and Official Orders, Governing the Purchase of Pro...

PRESENTATION VOLCANIC IN ORIGINAL BOX. An outstanding New Haven Arms Lever Action Pocket Pistol, with 3.5" barrel, marked "New Haven Ct. P...

GREAT HAND-TINTED CIVIL WAR ZOUAVE SHEET MUSIC. An excellent hand-colored lithograph of "United States Zouave Cadets, Chicago," illustrat...

HAND-TINTED LITHOGRAPH OF CIVIL WAR DRUMMER BOY. Hand-colored lithograph entitled "The Last Call," from Bufford's Print Publishing Ho...

HAND-COLORED CURRIER & IVES OF 54TH MA. (COLORED) REGMT. Hand-colored lithograph entitled "The Gallant Charge of the fifty Fourth Massachus...

BOOK, THE DEMON OF ANDERSONVILLE. The Demon of Andersonville; or the Trial of Wirz,... Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., 1865. 8vo, 120 pp., 4 illus...

LOT OF CIVIL WAR COVERS. Lot of 10 covers, most with portraits, some campaign-like in their tone. Covers include Banks, Butler, McClellan, Douglas (2

LOT OF CIVIL WAR COVERS. 24 Civil War era covers, most unused. 16 are single color, 8 are chromos. Among the latter is one with 10 soldiers, includin

GREAT GROUP OF UNUSED PATRIOTIC COVERS. Group of thirteen (13) Civil War patriotic covers, several multicolored, two depicting Winfield Scott, one wi

BOUND VOLUME OF CIVIL WAR ERA SHEET MUSIC. Folio, cloth boards with gilded leather backstrip and corners. A fine volume containing ca. 37 printed ti

SOLDIERS CONFEDERATE TREASON INDICTMENT, TENN. 1865. Lot of 14, including the original indictment and 13 summonses. A fascinating archive from Sevier

BRADY CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 71ST NEW YORK. Lot of 2 albumen photographs, 11 x 14.75" and 11 x 14.5" mounted on larger board, one o...

A.J. RUSSELL CIVIL WAR PHOTO OF FREDERICKSBURG. A.J. Russell (1830-1902). Albumen photograph 12 x 15" on larger, thin paper mount. An overvi...