RR Auction: Rare and Obscure Signed Photography

Union surgeon who served with the 15th Kentucky Infantry. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by A. S. Morse of Nashville, signed in the lower bor

Union general who served as a member of the military commission that tried the conspirators involved with Lincoln’s assassination (1819–1891). Civil W

Swedish-American Army engineer (1803–1889) who designed and built the ironclad warship Monitor for the American Navy. Unsigned original 2.5 x 4 carte-

Swedish-American Army engineer (1803–1889) who designed and built the ironclad warship Monitor for the American Navy. Civil War–dated ALS signed “J. E

Swedish-American Army engineer (1803–1889) who designed and built the ironclad warship Monitor for the American Navy. Unsigned original 2.25 x 4 carte

Union surgeon taken prisoner at Chickamauga. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite photo by C. C. Giers of Nashville, signed below the image in black ink,

Union officer (1826-1905) and brother-in-law of William T. Sherman. He flanked the enemy at Antietam, and discovered correspondence between Jefferson

Exceedingly scarce original 4 x 2.5 carte-de-visite photo of Farragut and Drayton on the deck of the Hartford in 1864, signed on the reverse in black

American admiral (1801–1870) who was a flag officer of the Navy during the Civil War. Original circa 1860s albumen cabinet card of Farragut in uniform

American admiral (1801–1870) who was a flag officer of the Navy during the Civil War. ALS signed “D. G. Farragut, Admiral,” one page, 5.25 x 8, 1868.