Three Civil War era items including 2 photographs and a broadside. 1st item: Cabinet card portrait of Confederate Major Joseph Vaulx, Jr. of Nashville, TN, autographed below image in ink, image published by NY society photographer Benjamin "Jack" Falk, 949 Broadway, N.Y. Major Vaulx served under Major General, B. F. Cheatham in several campaigns including […]
Lot 284: Civil War Photos inc. Thomas Signed CDV, Grant, Johnson
Group of Civil War era albumen prints, CDVs, and a stereoscope of Union officers and two Presidents. 1st item: Autographed CDV of Major General Thomas, signed below image. Stamped on back Giers & Co., Nashville, Tenn., 4" x 2 1/2". 2nd-3rd items: Two CDVs, one of President Andrew Johnson and other a composite illustration view […]
Lot 279: Abraham Lincoln Signed War Commission Document
Civil War military appointment commission document signed by both President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in black ink, dated July 1863, conferring the rank of Captain in the Veterens Reserve Corps to James H. Remington. Housed in black painted wooden frame. Sight – 19 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed […]
Lot 280: Andrew Johnson War Commission Document
Military appointment commission's document with steel engraved stamp signature for President Andrew Johnson and hand signed by Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, conferring the rank of Major to J. H. Remington, dated May 1866 with blue seal. Housed in black painted wooden frame. Sight – 19 1/2" H x 15 1/2" W. Framed – […]
Lot 281: Giers TN CSA Veterans Photo, Inc. African American
Circa 1904 Giers photograph of Confederate Veterans of Company B, Nashville, Tennessee. Among the more than 100 former CSA soldiers pictured are Captain Mark S. Cockrill, Lt. William Aimison, Lt. M.M. Barnes, Lt. Howlette, Quartermaster Spencer Eakin, Chaplain M.B. Pilcher, Surgeon R. J. Neil, and one African-American, Monroe Gooch, who served as a Confederate cook […]
Lot 282: 4 Images of Confederates inc. Stonewall, Davis
Three Civil War era albumen and salt prints of prominent Confederates including General Stonewall Jackson, CSA President Jefferson Davis, and an unidentified Confederate General with moustache, plus one Carte de Visite sized image of Jefferson Davis with his name inscribed on front. Sizes – 3 1/2" x 2 1/4" to 13 1/4" x 10". Provenance: […]
Lot 274: Civil War Era Diary of E.D. Hicks II
1863 Diary of Edward Dickson Hicks II (1831-1894) of Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. The diary is mostly farming and account related, with very little detail, although a few entries point to life in Union-occupied Nashville, including a note for Friday May 29: "Streets Barricaded" and for Monday June 1: "Firing from Fort Negley at 1/4 […]
Lot 275: Ed Hicks II Civil War Ephemera
Group of Civil War Ephemera related to Edward Dickson Hicks II (1831-1894), including two documents signed by General Felix Zollicoffer (b. Maury County, TN 1812, d. Kentucky 1862) and Lt. Col Frank McNairy (b. Nashville, 1825, d. Fort Donelson, 1863). 1st item: Leave of absence document for Edward Dickson Hicks, Adjutant Major, First Battalion TN […]
Lot 276: TN Civil War ephemera inc. Broadside and Zollicofer Sign.
8 pieces of Tennessee Civil War related ephemera. 1st item: Half of a printed 4 page broadside or pamphlet marking Tennessee's secession from the Union, titled AN ACT TO RAISE, ORGANIZE, AND EQUIP A PROVISIONAL FORCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, passed May 6, 1861. (Lower half missing). 2nd item: Newspaper clipping titled ACTS OF TENNESSEE […]
Lot 277: Authenticated Robert E. Lee Cut Signature and Engraving
General Robert E. Lee cut signature, together with 19th century engraving of Lee in uniform. The signature has been authenticated by Joseph Rubinfine, dealer of American Historical Autographs. Certificate of Authenticity included, signed Joseph Rubinfine and dated December 13, 1983. Signature placed in recess of blue mat below engraving. Housed in gilt wooden frame. Signature […]









