Two (2) Tennessee Ku Klux Klan related handwritten letters. 1st item: One double-sided page handwritten letter from the KKK written with the intention of threatening another unidentified individual about their activities during and after the Civil War, undated, circa 1866-71. The letter writer states "…you Robed[sic] Mr. Marsh of his cotton by Reporting falsy[sic] to […]
Lot 657: 18 Civil War Items, incl. Relic Rifles, 3 MS CSA Currency Notes
Grouping of eighteen (18) Civil War era related items, possibly Nashville area battlefield pickups, including: two (2) relic firearms, including one (1) Springfield Model 1835 flintlock musket; three (3) 1862 Mississippi obsolete currency notes, including one (1) $10 State of Mississippi note, serial number 739575, issued November 1, 1862; one (1) $5 State of Mississippi […]
Lot 654: 2 Slave Documents, Nashville TN & North Carolina
2 Slavery related items pertaining to Charles Ordway, Hardee Murfree, and Gen. Thomas Eaton of Tennessee and North Carolina. 1st item: Handwritten one-page inventory listing the names and ages of slaves belonging to Charles Ordway of Nashville plus those of the slaves brought to his marriage by his wife Mary Crockett Bramlett. Dated February 1862. […]
Lot 655: Confederate Z.B. Vance Signed War Commission Document
Civil War era Confederate military appointment commission signed by Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, dated March 16, 1864, conferring the rank of Second Lieutenant in the 33rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry to Frank B. Craige. Unframed. 16 5/8" H x 10 5/8" W. Biography: Frank Burton Craige (1846-1913) was […]
Lot 652: 5 Items Pertaining to CSA Private J.M. Wilson, incl. 2 Southern Crosses of Honor
Five (5) items pertaining to Confederate soldier James Madison Wilson, Private, 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's), Company K, of Giles County, TN. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) Southern Crosses of Honor. Two-piece copper construction, comprised of a blank rectangular bar hanger with a pin back or screw back and a […]
Lot 653: Ambrotype of Armed TN CSA Soldier, poss. Maury Artillery
Civil War-era ambrotype, sixth plate, depicting a seated Confederate soldier in uniform, holding a revolver in one hand and a bowie knife in the other. The ambrotype descended a Maury County, TN family and the sitter is believed to be Watson Paine Cook/Cooke, (born 1841 in KY, living Maury Co., TN by 1860), mustered into […]
Lot 651: Civil War Archive, incl. Gen. Bate on Death of Polk, Capture of Nashville
Confederate Civil War archive of twenty-two (22) items, pertaining to the Fulton brothers of Fayetteville, Tennessee, specifically Colonel John S. Fulton, 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Johnson's Division; Colonel Alfred S. Fulton, 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry; Robert Fulton, 41st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Company C; and James Fulton, Pay Director in the United States Navy. The documents […]
Lot 650: CS Thomas Griswold Foot Officer's Sword w/ Scabbard
Civil War Confederate Thomas, Griswold and Company, New Orleans, Louisiana Foot Officer's sword with brass scabbard. Steel blade engraved with scrolling foliate decoration throughout, obverse with flags and crossed cannons below ricasso, reverse with script lettering reading "C.S." to cartouche, brass hilt with pierced scrolling foliate guard, leaf decoration to quillion and pommel, leather grip […]
Lot 649: Mark Hopkins Bronze Sculpture, Abraham Lincoln
Mark Hopkins (American, 20th century), "Abraham Lincoln," patinated bronze sculpture bust of the 16th President, signed en verso, dated 2006 and numbered 101/250. 16"H x 7 1/2"W x 7 1/2"D. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Ira A. Lipman, Memphis, Tennessee. CONDITION: Excellent condition.
Lot 648: Sandor Bodo O/C Equestrian Portrait of Andrew Jackson
Sandor Bodo (Hungary/Tennessee, 1920-2013) oil on canvas equestrian painting depicting Andrew Jackson in military attire astride a white horse beside a row of soldiers manning cannons observing a tumultuous, hazy battle scene with an American flag and cavalrymen in the right background beneath a smoky sky. Signed and dated "S. Bodo 1973" lower right. Anco […]