Civil War Andersonville prison carved treenware miniature basket with handle and incised floral and geometric decoration. 3 1/2" H. Provenance: Fryar family of Washington, Co., TN. Privates John Fryar (b. 1841-1863? ) and William H. Fryar (b. 1839-1864?) of the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Company H were captured at the Battle of Rogersville on November […]
Lot 185: 3 Civil War Generals Signatures
3 Framed Autographs of Civil War Generals, all involved in the Battle of Chickamauga: Braxton Bragg, William Rosecrans, and George Gordon. All signed documents are framed under glass with facsimile photographs of the generals, and brief biographical information; Bragg and Rosecrans items have a transcription of the letters.1st item: Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) signed […]
Lot 182: GA 9th CSA Civil War Archive – E. S. Cassady
Confederate Archive of 4th Private Elbert S. Cassady, Georgia Company G, 9th Regiment (Walker Co., GA – Lafayette Volunteers). 10 total letters (2 pre-war, 8 Civil War period) letters from Elbert S. Cassady to his cousin, Nancy E. Sawyers (Nancy E. Sawyers McBee married name) of Knox Co., TN, 5 covers (most war period), 1 […]
Lot 183: East TN Civil War archive, Sawyers family
Civil War era archive relating to the Sawyers family of Corryton, TN. Archive. 1st grouping – Civil War documents relating to Union Lt. Colonel William Sawyers, Tennessee 3rd Infantry Regiment, Company K including a letter dated May 23rd, 1865 to M.C. Hall requesting his oath of allegience to the United States government (Hall refuses in […]
Lot 180: CSA Chaplain Witherspoon Diary, Autobiography
1862 Confederate diary of T. D. Witherspoon, Chaplain of the 2nd and 42nd Mississippi Regiment, starting July 7th, 1862-Dec. 31, 1862, together with an 1875 autobiography penned by Chaplain Witherspoon. Chaplain Thomas Dwight Witherspoon was born in Greensborough, Alabama in 1836. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1856 and became pastor of the […]
Lot 181: GA 9th CSA Ambrotype R. Cassady & Civil War Archive
Confederate Archive of 4th Sergeant Russell M. Cassady, Georgia Company G, 9th Regiment (Walker Co., GA – Lafayette Volunteers, mortally wounded 1865). Includes an early war Confederate sixth plate ambrotype of Cassady in uniform with two pistols and a knife – referenced in a May 1861 letter in this lot archive (Note: an identical "Lafayette […]
Lot 178: Confederate Archive items, Scales Family
19th century Confederate and related archive for the Scales family of Memphis, TN. 1st item – Confederate Prisoner pamphlet, "Prison Life During the Rebellion. Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners Sent from Fort Delaware to Morris' Island to be Punished." Fritz Fuzzlebug, One of Their Number, published […]
Lot 179: Diary of Lt Paul Shirley, USN, USS Susquehanna
Diary (log) of the steam/sail ship, U.S.S. Susquehanna written by Lt. Paul Shirley, 3/31/1856 – 5/22/1858 (approx. 168 pages total, two volumes). Paul Shirley (1820 – 1876) was born in Kentucky, December 19, 1820, and was appointed to the Navy, July 25, 1839; became master, December 3, 1853; lieutenant, July 24, 1854; commander, November 5, […]
Lot 176: Confederate CSS Shenandoah Diary and Archive
Important 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and CDV of Lt. Dabney Scales in uniform, a CDV of the Shenandoah, and an author signed book/pamplet titled, “Cruises of the Confederate States Steamers “Shenandoah and “Nashville by Captain William C. […]
Lot 177: Confederate Navy Archive of Lt. Dabney Scales in Europe & Other
Civil War archive of Confederate Navy Lieutenant Dabney Scales including an 1863 journal detailing Dabney Scales assignment in Europe (approx. 250 pages), Scale’s 1860 U.S. Practice Ship “Plymouth” log journal (188 pages), and a Scales family post-War accounting journal spanning from 1871-1882 in Memphis, TN. Biography of Dabney Scales – Dabney Minor Scales (1841-1920) of […]