Historic Americana

A.J. RUSSELL CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS OF SMASHED CAISSONS. Lot of 2 albumen photographs, 9.25 x 13" mounted on larger boards. A pair of identica...

A.J. RUSSELL CIVIL WAR RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHS. Lot of 4, albumen images each 12.5 x 9.25" mounted on larger boards. Each represents a different...

RUSSELL CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE STONE WALL, MARY'S HEIGHTS. Salted paper photograph, 9.75 x 12" mounted on larger board. One of the c...

A.J. RUSSELL CIVIL WAR RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHS. Lot of 4 albumen photographs, each 12.25 x 9" mounted on larger boards. Three of these images we...

SALTED PAPER PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SANITARY FAIR COMMISSION. Lot of 2 salted paper photographs, 10.25 x 12" and 10.25 x 14.25" mounted on lar...

A.J. RUSSELL SALT PRINT OF CIVIL WAR LOCOMOTIVE. A.J. Russell (1830-1902). Salted paper photograph, 16.25 x 12" mounted on larger, thin paper ...

A.J. RUSSELL CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C. Lot of 6 albumen photographs, ranging in size from 9 x 12.5" to 11.25 x 15" all...

BRADY CIVIL WAR SIGNAL CORP PHOTOGRAPHS. Lot of 3 duplicate albumen images of the United States Signal Corps camp of instruction near Georgetown, D.C

RUSSELL, BARNARD AND O'SULLIVAN CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS. Lot of 8 albumen and salted paper photographs, five by A.J. Russell, two by George Barna...

CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPH OF A RAILROAD BRIDGE. A.J. Russell (1830-1902), 15.15 x 12" albumen image mounted on larger, thin paper stock, with Russ...

A.J. RUSSELL CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WASHINGTON ARSENAL. Albumen photograph, 13.5 x 10.25" mounted on larger board. Titled in pencil lowe...

RUSSELL CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN. Lot of 4 albumen photographs, 9.5 x 13" mounted on larger boards, one with Russell's blin...

CABINET CARD OF ROBERT E. LEE. Albumen photograph on mount of Levin Handy, Brady's son-in-law who succeed him after the war. A Brady negative ...

STEREOVIEW OF CONFEDERATE RAIDER "STONEWALL." Yellow mount stereoview by Bell of Washington, D.C. showing the C.S.S. ram Stonewall in the ...

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE 51ST. Anonymous, silver gelatin photograph, 7.5 x 9.25" mounted on larger board, circa 1910, titled "Commiss...

CABINET CARD OF HOOKER AND STAFF AT LOOKOUT VALLEY, TENNESSEE. Fine albumen photo mounted as a boudoir card with manuscript label "Gen. Hooker ...

AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF JOHN HUNT MORGAN AND HIS MEN. An incomparably rare autograph book containing the autograph of General John Hunt Morgan "The ...

RARE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF CONFEDERATE PRISONER'S AT JOHNSON'S ISLAND. Quarto (8 x 5.5") book, in pebbled calf, with gilt imprint "Au...

LOT OF 11 CIVIL WAR LETTERS. Union patriotic miscellany. 11 items, 1861-1864. Includes: John McLaughlin ALS, January 25, 1861 written from Annapolis

CIVIL LETTERS, 1ST MASS. CAVALRY. James C. Correspondence from a soldier in 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Band, 1862-1864. 8 letters. Raised in eastern

LARGE GROUP OF CIVIL WAR PAY VOUCHERS FROM COATES KINNEY. Lot of 78 voucher copies and account sheets from August and September 1864, from the archiv

AUTOGRAPHS OF CIVIL WAR HEROES. Lot of 2. Includes TLS, 1p, New York, Sept 27, 1899 invitation of W.H. Mickle, written on the stationary of the recep

WAR DATE AUTOGRAPHED O.O. HOWARD CIVIL WAR LETTER. A 2pp. ALS by O.O. Howard, Maj. Gen. U.S. Army, Dept. of the Tennessee, plus envelope to Lieut. Co

NO LOT CONFEDERATE ARCHIVES AND IMPRINTS

CONFDERATE ARCHIVE, 9TH KENTUCKY CAVALRY. John M. Porter Papers, 1862-1865. 32 ALsS, pocket diary (1864). The son of a Presbyterian minister from K

MEMPHIS, HARRIS FAMILY CONFEDERATE ARCHIVE. Adlai O. Harris Papers, 1844-1884 (mostly 1855-1862). 10 Confederate soldier's letters, 13 other A...

MEMPHIS, SAFFORD FAMILY CONFEDERATE ARCHIVE. Henry Safford Papers, 1818-1865. 24 letters, ADsS, 4AMsS, and 3 tintypes. Papers of clergyman Henry Sa

DAWSON'S BROTHERS CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENCE. Dawson Brothers Papers, 1858-1892, ca.110 items. The Civil War was fought by communities -- soldier...

CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF MATHEW GOODRICH. Matthew Goodrich Papers, 1842-1872. 33 ALsS, AMs, and ADsS (all but 2 war-date), 2 photographs from ca.1900-190

SIGNED BY TWO CIVIL WAR GENERALS. ALS, 1p, December 1863, written by a surgeon in the 10th NY requesting explanation for his discharge from service.

OUTSTANDING ROBERT E. LEE OIL PAINTING. Oil on canvas, signed lower right "L.T. Si___ '17; framed. A fine painting based upon the full-len...

WOODBLOCK OF CONFEDERATE FLEET OFF MEMPHIS. Hand-colored 13.5 x 9" (sheet size 22.5 x 15.5") woodblock print showing a number of Union iro...

CIVIL WAR WATERCOLOR OF FT. SMITH ARKANSAS, 1861. An intriquing 14.25 x 10" watercolor on paper, titled in the lower right "Fort Smith Ar...

GREAT CIVIL WAR PAINTING. Anonymous, 16 x 13.5" oil on canvas painting of two Union cavalrymen posed at an opening in the woods. A fascinati...

CIVIL WAR WATERCOLOR BY ROBERT K. SNEDEN 40TH NEW YORK. American, (1837 -1911). Watercolor on stiff wove paper, 8.25 x 5.5." Signed lower rig...

COLT ROOT WITH IMAGE OF LINCOLN ON IVORY GRIP. Root pocket revolver with "Colt's Pt 1855" and "Col Colt Hartford Ct USA" st...

MATCHED PAIR OF FLINT LOCK PISTOLS. Fine pair of small flintlocks, 7" overall length, with locks mounted on top of the frame, and 3" barr...

LOT OF BULLET MOLDS. Lot of 6 bullet molds, one brass, others steel/iron, one double. All unmarked. Some of the steel molds a bit rusty. PLEASE NOTE

LOT OF BULLET MOLDS. Lot of 6 bullet molds, 1 brass, rest steel/iron, plus 1 other tool (crimper?). Two are doubles: one making a musket ball and a m

IDENTIFIED HUNTING POUCH AND HORN. This hunting equipment includes a powder horn, measure, shot pouch and bag belonging to Andrew Jackson Swisher (18

EAGLE POWDER FLASK. Small copper powder flask with eagle, shield, crossed pistols, riband with "E. Pluribus Unum." 4" tall, brass fi...

EARLY FIREARMS CATALOGUE, 1910. This lot of 3 items contains 2 books of postcard-sized photographs of cases of firearms and a ledger of bound typed p

UCV KEPI. Classic butternut Confederate veteran's kepi, with tarred leather bill and canvas liner. Traces of old paper label on inside. Shows...

SCARCE CONFEDERATE PAMPHLET. Huse, Caleb. "The Supplies of the Confederate Army. How They Were Obtained in Europe and How Paid For." 8...

LOUISVILLE UCV MEDAL AND MORE. Lot of 2. Includes a gilt medal from the May 30th, 1900 reunion of the UCV in Louisville, Kentucky, and a 1913 Gettys

CSA AND UCV BUTTONS AND MORE. Lot of 8. Includes two pair of gilt cufflinks made of UCV buttons, one the classic CSA Waterbury Variey, one with ANV

SCARCE NORTH CAROLINA UCV BADGE. Three part badge featuring Southern Cross stamped various NC mottoes -- "First At Bethel, Foremost at Gettysb...

RARE BEDFORD FORREST CAVALRY BADGE. A desirable Confederate vets ladder-type badge from the Forrest Cavalry Corps. Gilded brass and aluminum, circa

EXCEPTIONAL SOLID GOLD INDIANA GAR PRESENTATION BADGE. An exceptionally rare and historic GAR presentation medal presented to Gil R. Stormont, of Pri

GREAT GAR DENVER 1905 BADGE. Issued to delegates to the 39th Annual Encampment, held in Denver in 1905. Bronze, gilded and enamelded brass on silk