Civil War era Sharps New Model 1863 breech-loading carbine, .52 caliber, serial number C. 20255 to tang. Top of barrel marked "SHARPS RIFLE/MANUFG CO./ HARTFORD CONN." before the rear sight and "NEW MODEL 1863" between the breechblock and the rear sight, rear sight marked "R.S. LAWRENCE/PATENTED/FEB 15TH 1859," left side of the receiver marked "C. […]
Lot 755: Civil War Joseph Meredith Archive, TN, incl. Badge, Johnston Parole Document
Archive of approximately ninety-eight (98) items pertaining to CSA Private Joseph M. Meredith, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, formerly Wheeler's 1st Tennessee Cavalry, Company G, including one (1) General Joseph E. Johnston parole document, dated May 3, 1865, and one (1) United Confederate Veterans (UCV) 11th Reunion Nathan Bedford Forrest Badge, Memphis 1901.1st item: Parole document […]
Lot 756: Civil War Related Archive, incl. Sheriden ALS
Archive of ten (10) Civil War and Post Civil War era soldier letters and documents. 1st item: ALS. Two page handwritten bifolium letter from Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), Union General and later General of the U.S. Army, Chicago IL, to Mr. Bernard, circa 1869-71. The letter reads "My dear Mr Bernard The horses are at […]
Lot 752: Civil War CDV Album, incl. Presidents, Union & Confederate Leaders
Civil War era album containing fifty (50) cartes-de-visite (CDVs), including thirty-two (32) lithographed images of engravings and eighteen (18) photographic images, depicting Presidents, Presidential Cabinet members, Union and Confederate generals and leaders, and other figures of historical significance, including John Wilkes Booth. Album includes: Presidential related images, including one (1) depicting the Sixteenth President Abraham […]
Lot 753: Civil War era Photos & Book Archive, 3 items
Civil War era photographic and book archive, 3 items total, including one (1) carte de visite (cdv) album containing three (3) CDVs, 10 total, of Confederate and Union military leaders, including Brigadier General George Hume Steuart (1828-1903), Major General Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883), and General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906). Also includes one (1) CDV […]
Lot 754: John Hunt Morgan related Bible Flag + 4 CSA Covers
Confederate Personal or Bible flag found with personal belongings of the wife of General John Hunt Morgan, First National pattern, 15 stars; hand sewn silk striped field and blue canton with fourteen embroidered stars encircling a large single star. Red or burgundy silk cord and tassels. 5" x 8 1/2". Circa 1862. Note: This flag […]
Lot 750: 4 Civil War Related Personal Memoirs, incl. Grant, Sheridan
Four (4) Civil War Related Personal Memoirs, including President Ulysses S. Grant, Philip Henry Sheridan. 1st-2nd items: PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT, First Edition, Vol. I & II, published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885-86. Hardcover octavos, 1,231 total marble edged pages, including engraved frontispieces with tissue paper guards, additional illustrations, […]
Lot 751: 9 Books Related to Civil War/Post Civil War era America
Nine (9) Books Related to Civil War/Post Civil War era America. 1st-2nd items: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT, Vol. I & II, by Jefferson Davis, published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1881. Hardcover octavos, 1,515 total pages including engraved frontispieces with tissue paper guards and additional engraved plates, hardbound in […]
Lot 748: Archive: Wm. Vance of Memphis, TN, Slave and Lincoln Assassination interest
Archive of over three hundred (300) items primarily pertaining to Colonel William Little Vance (1815-1888), early Memphis, Tennessee businessman, slave trader, and witness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Includes slave receipts, inventory lists, and other documents related to Vance and members of his prominent family including his wife Letitia Hart Thompson Vance (1826-1896), […]
Lot 749: 3 African-American Related Books, incl. Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1st Ed.
Three (3) African-American related books, including UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, First Edition, 1852. 1st-2nd item: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, First Edition, Later Printings, Vol. I: No. 115,000, Vol II: No. 110,000, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published by John Jewett and Company, Jewett, Proctor and Worthington, Cleveland, 1852. Hardcover 12mos, 634 pages with engraved vignettes to title pages, […]