Wilfrid Constant Beauquesne (French, 1847-1913) oil on board military painting depicting a soldier stationed in a trench, peering towards a city in the distance. Signed lower left and dated "1891". Housed in a geometric inlaid wood frame with corner blocks and gilt rabbet edge. Sight – 16" H x 12" W. Framed – 21 1/8" […]
Lot 623: Collection of Nashville Civil War Newspapers, Jan-Feb to Sept-Dec 1864
Collection of Nashville Daily Press and The Daily Press newspapers, dated from January 1-February 6 to September 2-December 31, 1864, each comprised of two (2) double sided pages. Features coverage of the Battle of Franklin, fought on November 30, 1864, in Franklin, Tennessee, the Battle of Nashville, fought on December 10-19, 1864, in Nashville, Tennessee, […]
Lot 624: 3 Civil War Books, incl. Henry County Command
Three (3) Civil War books. 1st item: Lieut. Edwin H. Rennolds, Company "K" Fifth Tennessee Infantry, A HISTORY OF THE HENRY COUNTY COMMANDS WHICH SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY INCLUDING ROSTERS OF THE VARIOUS COMPANIES ENLISTED IN HENRY COUNTY TENN. Jacksonville, Florida: Sun Publishing Company, 1904. 301 pp. Contains illustrations and histories of Confederate […]
Lot 621: TN Battle Print and Gideon Pillow Bankruptcy Document
Tennessee Battle Print and Gideon Pillow Bankruptcy Document, 2 items total. 1st item: Scarce Lithograph of the Civil War Battle of Stones River in Tennessee, titled: "The Battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro, Position of Col. Starkweather and Col. Scribnerâs Brigades on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of January 1863". Sketched by A. E. Mathews […]
Lot 622: 2 Kurz and Allison Prints incl. Battle of Franklin
Two (2) Kurz & Allison Civil War Battle Chromolithographs, published 1891, depicting the Battle of Franklin and the Battle of Nashville. Each housed under glass in stained wood frame. Both items, image – 17 1/2" H x 24 3/4" W. Sight – 21 1/4" H x 27 1/4" W. Framed – 24 1/2" H x […]
Lot 619: 2 Ambrotypes, incl. Confederate Soldier
Two (2) Mid 19th century ambrotypes, including CSA soldier. 1st item: Civil War era sixth plate ambrotype depicting a Confederate States of America (CSA) soldier with a full beard dressed in an infantry uniform. Housed in half of a gutta percha case with gilt mat having an inverted shield-shaped opening. 3 1/4" H x 2 […]
Lot 620: Harrod Family KY Album, incl. J. Wilkes Booth CDV
Victorian photograph album, leatherbound, related to the Harrod and Bailey families of Mercer County, Kentucky. Contains forty-one (41) CDVs and tintypes, most notably one (1) CDV of actor and Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, depicted holding a cane with label en verso that reads “Black and Case, photographic Artists, Boston and Newport, R.I.”. Also included […]
Lot 617: Marcellus Messer Archive incl. Trunk
Archive and personal effects of Marcellus Ovando Messer (1842-1928), Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 19th Regiment, Company C, and later, the 19th Ohio Veteran Infantry Volunteers. Includes nine (9) badges and buttons, including one (1) Company K., 41, Ohio, Volunteer Infantry ladder badge with fragments of blue silk ribbon, one (1) Chickamauga & Chattanooga Military Park souvenir […]
Lot 618: 4 Mears Family Photographic Images, incl. Civil War CSA tintype
Four (4) photographic images of Confederate soldier George Augustus Mears (1838-1913), 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, and original owner of the George A. Mears historic house located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, including uniform tintype, and his son Samuel Parley Mears (1866-1939). 1st item: Fourth plate tintype depicting George Augustus Mears standing in his […]
Lot 615: Andrew Clemens Sand Art Bottle
Andrew Clemens (American, 1857-1894) patriotic sand art bottle, dated 1889. Glass bottle with round flat-top stopper and a tall cylindrical body filled with multicolored, layered sand in decorative stripe, swag and diamond patterns, one side with vignette of a spread-winged eagle a 36-star American flag, the alternate side with a detailed floral vignette including forget-me-nots, […]