Western and Historical Americana

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Western and Historical Americana

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6270 Este Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45232
513-871-1670


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CDV of Brigadier General Lysander Cutler, 151 - CDV of Brigadier General Lysander Cutler, 
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the less common full standing view published by Anthony after Brady. First Colonel of the 6th Wisconsin in the famed Iron Brigade, Cutler was severe
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Four CDVs of Gettysburg Generals, 152 - Four CDVs of Gettysburg Generals, 
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three corps commanders including John Newton (1st) and George Sykes (5th) by Addis, and O.O. Howard (11th) published by Anthony. The Sykes carte bears
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Five CDVs of Western Generals, 153 - Five CDVs of Western Generals, 
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including corps commanders Christopher C. Augur (22nd) and William B. Franklin (19th) by Henry Ulke. Franklin served in both theaters, was wounded dur
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Eight CDVs of Army of the Potomac Generals, 154 - Eight CDVs of Army of the Potomac Generals, 
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corps commanders Darius Couch (2nd & 23rd) and John G. Parke (9th) by Brady. Also, Samuel Heintzelman (3rd), no back mark, with a clipped autogr...
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Two CDVs of Brown Water Vessels, 155 - Two CDVs of Brown Water Vessels, 
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orange bordered cartes of the gunboat USS Essex taken in July 1862 and the steamer St. Maurice at anchor, both by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Roug...
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Start Price : 425.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Civil War CDV of USN Warship, 156 - Civil War CDV of USN Warship, 
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a period copy shot of a Navy paddle frigate at anchor in an unknown location. No back mark. The purpose-built vessel, likely the USS Powhatan, is heav
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Presentation Album Belonging to Capt. Walter M. Bramhall, 6t157 - Presentation Album Belonging to Capt. Walter M. Bramhall, 6t
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a fancy leather album 8.5" x 11" containing 60 military cartes including 41 mostly uniformed 6th NY Battery members along with 78 sundry c...
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Start Price : 2,100.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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48th New York CDV Album, 158 - 48th New York CDV Album, 
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a fine collection with unknown provenance put into an album comprising 30 uniformed photographs of regimental staff and company grade officers includi
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Start Price : 2,800.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Civil War CDV Album with Generals, 159 - Civil War CDV Album with Generals, 
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4.5” x 6” leather album with pebble cover embossed The Defenders of the Union, containing 28 widely distributed commercial portraits — 9 CDV photograp
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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CDV Album of Civil War Personalities, 160 - CDV Album of Civil War Personalities, 
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a mixed group comprising 26 mostly lithographic cartes of Union Generals and wartime personalities many with H. Mestre y ca., Habana back mark, all co
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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A Collection of 137th New York CDVs with Gettysburg Casualti161 - A Collection of 137th New York CDVs with Gettysburg Casualti
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probably once part of an album, the group includes 18 ink-signed and 1 pencil-signed officers, plus another unknown, having either Brady or Beardsley
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Start Price : 2,100.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Two Photographs of Colonel Stephen Stryker, 11th & 44th NY, 162 - Two Photographs of Colonel Stephen Stryker, 11th & 44th NY,
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a CDV of the enigmatic Stryker without back mark with an identical mounted albumen autographed in ink beneath portrait, S.W. Stryker, Col. Comd 44th R
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Twelve CDVs of the 10th Rhode Island in Camp, 163 - Twelve CDVs of the 10th Rhode Island in Camp, 
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a sublime collection of mostly anonymous enlisted men with one Company D officer tentatively identified—all candid views of soldiers engaged in variou
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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A Mixed Group of Pennsylvania CDVs, 164 - A Mixed Group of Pennsylvania CDVs, 
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comprising 12 military cartes once part of a larger indexed album that now includes eight identified officers, two named officers not found, two unide
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Start Price : 425.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Lot of Eleven Maine Civil War CDVs, 165 - Lot of Eleven Maine Civil War CDVs, 
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an unrelated group of 4 officers and 7 enlisted men including 6 signed cartes, all with Maine imprints. The identified officers are Capt. John S. Hay,
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fine CDV of 5th Iowa Infantry Trio, 166 - Fine CDV of 5th Iowa Infantry Trio, 
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an early unsigned oval vignette of three regimental officers being Lt. Colonel Charles L. Matthies (seated left) and Major William S. Robertson (seate
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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CDV Portrait of Unidentified Officer, 167 - CDV Portrait of Unidentified Officer, 
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with imprint of noted Black photographer J.P. Ball, Cincinnati. The unknown company grade officer shoulders his sword amidst Ball's elaborately ...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Jennie Wade CDV, 168 - Jennie Wade CDV, 
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a vignetted portrait of Jennie Wade, the only civilian killed directly during the Battle of Gettysburg, with Isaac G. Tyson's Gettysburg, PA imp...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Southern CDV Album with Scarce R.E. Lee, 169 - Southern CDV Album with Scarce R.E. Lee, 
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an album of unknown provenance containing 28 cartes including 9 Confederate subjects highlighted by a fine CDV of R.E. Lee, 14 mostly unidentified civ
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Large Albumen Photograph of John Singleton Mosby, 170 - Large Albumen Photograph of John Singleton Mosby, 
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6" x 8", on 8.5" x 10.5" card. Pencil notation on bottom of card John Singleton Mosby 1838-1916 (Mosby's date of birth was 1...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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CDV of Civil War Era Organ Grinder, 171 - CDV of Civil War Era Organ Grinder, 
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by McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge, showing a civilian organ grinder playing for an audience of small boys, context unknown.  Condition: O...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Ambrotypes of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson and Wife 172 - Ambrotypes of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson and Wife
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anonymous sixth plates, ca. 1850s. Champ is shown dressed in a suit with cravat and neatly trimmed hair. A different photographer took the image of hi
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Start Price : 2,100.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Full Plate Tintype of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 173 - Full Plate Tintype of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 
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and two cabinet cards of his wife, Martha. The tintype, a ca 1870s laterally reversed copy of a carte de visite (see Lot 175). The plate has been hand
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Start Price : 1,400.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 174 - Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 
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with Ferguson's autograph on recto, and additional inked information on verso in two different hands. The first, C.B. Hughes Artist Church St. a...
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Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 175 - Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 
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with imprint of Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tennessee and 3 cent revenue stamp on verso and dated August 31st, 1865 on red rul...
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Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 176 - Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 
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with his signature recto on blank margin of mount. Additionally signed in ink on verso in two distinct hands: Hughes Photographer. Nashville Ten and
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Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 177 - Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson, 
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with imprint of Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tennessee on verso, along with a 3 cent revenue stamp and dated on a red-inked rul...
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Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson and 178 - Autographed CDV of Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson and
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with Ferguson's autograph on recto on blank margin of carte. Additional inked autograph on verso in two hands, August 31, 1865 and then in Fergu...
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Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson's Last Letter, Oct. 17,179 - Confederate Terrorist Champ Ferguson's Last Letter, Oct. 17,
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2pp, 17 1865 on 8" x 4.75" ruled letter sheet. Written two days before Ferguson was hanged, Ferguson penned this letter to his wife Marth...
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Iron Rings From the Tennessee Gallows that Hung Champ Fergus180 - Iron Rings From the Tennessee Gallows that Hung Champ Fergus
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descended directly in the family of William Fuson Dyer, first Director of Information for the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Both of wrought iro
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Start Price : 2,800.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer Stereoview, 181 - George A. Custer Stereoview, 
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view of Custer as Brigadier General at his headquarters in the field, Army of the Potomac, Virginia. Illustrated in Katz' Custer in Photographs ...
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Five Civil War Stereoviews of Outdoor Scenes, 182 - Five Civil War Stereoviews of Outdoor Scenes, 
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4 orange mounts from the The War for the Union series and 1 yellow mount from War Views, all wartime commercial endeavors published by Anthony. The or
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Lt. Gen. Grant, Wife, and Son Stereoview, 183 - Lt. Gen. Grant, Wife, and Son Stereoview, 
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on orange mount published by Anthony with printed text on verso. A later commercial effort capturing Grant and family in a detached, almost surreal se
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
 
 
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Stereoview of Maj. Gen. Burnside & Staff, 184 - Stereoview of Maj. Gen. Burnside & Staff, 
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on yellow mount published by Anthony after Brady with printed text on verso. From the War Views series, No. 2434, titled Major Gen. Burnside and Staff
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Hanging of Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville Civil War185 - Hanging of Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville Civil War
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silver gelatin prints, 7" x 9.5", mounted on larger grey boards, ca 1900, printed from the original negatives taken by Alexander Gardner o...
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Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Nathan Bedford Forrest Post-Civil War Photograph, 186 - Nathan Bedford Forrest Post-Civil War Photograph, 
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a portrait of Forrest in his later years; 7.5" x 9.25", mounted on cardstock, 8" x 10". Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) was...
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Gardner Photograph of Lincoln at Secret Service Department N187 - Gardner Photograph of Lincoln at Secret Service Department N
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an albumen photograph on cream-colored mount, from the glass negative by Alexander Gardner, as operator for Mathew Brady, with Gardner and Brady'...
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Libby Prison Presentation Photograph From a New Jersey Offic188 - Libby Prison Presentation Photograph From a New Jersey Offic
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salted paper photograph by C. Levy of Richmond, 1863, mounted on 4.5" x 4" cardstock with calligraphic inscription Presented by Capt. H. W...
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Start Price : 425.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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General G.W. Morgan Portrait, Mexican War and Civil War Hero189 - General G.W. Morgan Portrait, Mexican War and Civil War Hero
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an anonymous oil on cardstock painting of General George W. Morgan derived from a photograph; 6" x 8" (site), gilt and gesso frame, 12&quo...
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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The Great Civil War, Vols. I-III, Belonging to Gen. George W190 - The Great Civil War, Vols. I-III, Belonging to Gen. George W
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Smith, Benjamin G. The Great Civil War: A History of the Late Rebellion with Biographical Sketches of Leading Statesmen and Distinguished Naval and Mi
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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W.T. Sherman Threatens to Burn Savannah, Charleston and Wilm191 - W.T. Sherman Threatens to Burn Savannah, Charleston and Wilm
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4pp, 7.75" x 9.75". On letterhead Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi, In the Field and dated Mch 15, 1865, 12 miles from F...
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Start Price : 3,500.00 | Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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General W.T. Sherman Defends His Actions in Atlanta, 192 - General W.T. Sherman Defends His Actions in Atlanta, 
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lot of two ALsS. Both are on Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri letterhead, preprinted for 1868. Addressed to an unknown General
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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U.S. Grant Writes Meade Approving the Removal of the Governo193 - U.S. Grant Writes Meade Approving the Removal of the Governo
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ALS, 1 1/2pp on ruled Headquarters Army of the United States, Washington, D.C. Feb. 27, 1868. Written to Major General George Gordon Meade as Head of
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Start Price : 1,100.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Fine Civil War Letter Archive of William Foster, Co. G, 12th194 - Fine Civil War Letter Archive of William Foster, Co. G, 12th
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1862-1865; 104 letters. An 18-year-old shoemaker from Abington, Mass., William Foster enlisted as a new recruit in the 12th Massachusetts Infantry o
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Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Civil War Letter Archive of the Dunn Family, 23, 24, 28, and195 - Civil War Letter Archive of the Dunn Family, 23, 24, 28, and
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1861-1919; 130 items, including 85 war-date letters (including 56 soldiers letters): James H. Dunn, 1861-1863. 51st and 80th Indiana Infantry. 23 let
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Civil War Letter Archive of The Catey Family of Indiana, 196 - Civil War Letter Archive of The Catey Family of Indiana, 
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1862-1865. 29 items, all soldiers' letters, all war date, including: Orlistes Catey, 1862-1863. 69th Indiana Infantry. 6 letters Charles Catey...
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Cabinet Card & Manuscript Account of C.P. Eppert 5th Indiana197 - Cabinet Card & Manuscript Account of C.P. Eppert 5th Indiana
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lot of 4, includes a post war cabinet card of Commodore P. Eppert with imprint of Martin, Bloomington, Ill.; a 21pp typed carbon copy manuscript entit
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Start Price : 425.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Sgt. Charles A. Willard Papers, 1864. 137th Ohio Infantry, C198 - Sgt. Charles A. Willard Papers, 1864. 137th Ohio Infantry, C
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24 ALsS, 6 documents. A 100 day regiment raised in Hamilton County, the 137th Ohio Infantry served its brief time in the service (May-August, 1864)
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Civil War Archive of Thomas P. Dickson, 7th O.V.I., 199 - Civil War Archive of Thomas P. Dickson, 7th O.V.I., 
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includes 2 Civil War diaries, 17 war-date letters, 3 photographs, including an early, Civil War era portrait of Dickson plus a cabinet card and silver
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Start Price : 1,800.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 4,500.00
 
 
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Civil War Letter Archive of Samuel H. Putnam, 1st Ohio Caval200 - Civil War Letter Archive of Samuel H. Putnam, 1st Ohio Caval
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1861-1866, 32 items (all but two war date). The roster of Civil War engagements involving the 1st Ohio Cavalry reads like a novel, including some o
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Start Price : 1,100.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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