Eleven (11) Civil War related photographic images. 1st item: Post War Carte de visite of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, marked Brady & Co. Washington on front and M.B. Brady & Co., Washington, DC on back. Circa 1869. Inscription "R.E. Lee" below image and "Gen. R.E. Lee President of Washington College Lexington Va" inscribed verso. […]
Lot 521: Civil War Prison Sketches and letter, 4 items
Two (2) Civil War prison sketches, one (1) letter, and one (1) book, 4 items total. 1st item: Graphite on paper sketch titled "Group of Rebel Prisoners" by W. Newman, a prisoner at Elmira Prison Camp; signed and dated September 10, 1864, lower right, inscribed to P. P Norman upper left. 2nd item: Graphite on […]
Lot 522: 4 "Slave Children of New Orleans" CDVs
Four (4) Civil War era Cartes de Visite depicting "slave children" from Union-occupied New Orleans. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) CDVs depicting Rebecca Huger, one captioned "Oh! How I Love the Old Flag", one captioned "A Slave Girl from New Orleans". Rebecca appears dressed in mid 19th century clothing in a studio setting, one with the […]
Lot 519: Civil War Photograph, Crawfish Springs Chickamauga
Large Civil War photograph mounted on card stock titled "Crawfish Springs Chickamauga 1863". Inscriptions lower left margin, "Picket at Crawfish Spring GA. July 1864 C.H.B." and lower right corner, "Sharing a Picket Perk". Pencil inscription verso, upper left corner, "Major Charles H. Boyd" and in crayon "Boyd" and lower left corner, "On the Battlefield of […]
Lot 520: Civil War Drawing & Photograph, 2 items
Two (2) Civil War items. 1st item: Civil War charcoal and gouache drawing on cardstock signed L. P/Finger lower right and dated July 1862. Inscribed and titled en verso "Made for C. H. B. by L. F/ Finger, U.S. Blackgards (sic), Washington, 1862". Drawing depicts African American United States troops in a camp setting, 3 […]
Lot 516: Civil War Annin & Co. 36 Star Flag
Civil War era Annin and Company American hand-sewn 36-star flag , comprised of applied cotton on linen ground with two brass grommets. Maker's stencil "Annin & Co N.Y. 5", top left near grommet. 32 1/2" H x 58" W. Provenance: The Estate of Charles Boyd Coleman, Jr., Chattanooga, TN. Descended in the family of Charles […]
Lot 517: Civil War Photograph – Rossville Gap In Missionary Ridge
Large Civil War photograph mounted on card stock depicting Rossville Gap in Missionary Ridge with Union soldier right foreground and the former home of Cherokee Chief John Ross right background, which was used as the headquarters of Major General Gordon Granger, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, at Rossville Gap during the Battle of Chickamauga. […]
Lot 518: Civil War Photograph, Battle of Chattanooga
Large Civil War photograph mounted on card stock depicting Confederate artillery captured at the Battle of Chattanooga, November 1863. Inscriptions lower left margin, "Captured Guns, Mission Ridge Nov 1863" and lower right corner, "Parked opposite General (?illeg — Thomas?) Headquarters in Chattanooga. Pencil inscription verso, upper left corner, "C. H. Boyd" and in crayon "Boyd". […]
Lot 514: 10 Southern documents, inc. Pre Mexican War letter, Brownlow Autograph
Ten (10) Southern related documents. 1st item: Pre Mexican-American War letter from Governor of Mississippi Albert G. Brown (1813-1880), Executive Chamber, Jackson, MS, to Brigadier General G. M. Brooke, County Military Division, New Orleans, LA, dated September 2, 1845, reading "General, The Battalion recently called for by the President from this States is not yet […]
Lot 515: Civil War era Album, inc. Union Army/Naval Officers' CDVs
Civil War-era tooled leather and brass bound album of forty-nine (49) photographic images, including forty-seven (47) cartes-de-viste, fifteen (15) depicting various Union Army and Naval officers and soldiers. Cartes-de-viste subjects include Henry Clay, Martha and George Washington, two depicting Union Army Brigadier General Robert Anderson (1805-1871), one taken when he was a Major, labeled "Taken […]