Hand drawn map of the State of Georgia, dated "8 month 12th 1802", showing the "Tennasee Government," Country of the Cherokees, Country of the Creek Nation of Indians, Seminoles, Chacktaws, etc. along with portions of neighboring Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina. Later matting and molded giltwood frame. 10" x 16" sight, 17" x 23" framed. […]
Lot 73: 1813 Wyld Map of US, East TN called Franklinia
Colored map of United States drawn by J. Wyld, engraved by N.R. Hewitt, and published by John Thomsen & CO. Edinburgh, 1813. Map of U.S. east of the Mississippi River. East Tennessee is labeled "Franklinia." Plate XIXXX. 10 1/4" H x 14 3/8" W. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: Very good condition. […]
Lot 74: A New Map of the Cherokee Nation
Thomas Kitchin's "A New Map of the Cherokee Nation with the Names of the Towns & Rivers ." Features western North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Northern Alabama, and Northern Mississippi. Published for the London Magazine circa 1760. 8" H x 10 3/8" W. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: Very good condition. Minor […]
Lot 71: Zachary Taylor land grant to Jacob Biffle, CSA
Land grant to Jacob B. Biffle, "late private in Captain Cooper's Company of Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers", 160 acres in "the district of land subject to sale at Green Bay, Wisconsin", with President Zachary Taylor signature (likely secretarial signed) and date of 12 May,1849. In this document, William Atwater is named as Biffle's assignee for the […]
Lot 72: Folding map, Battle of Franklin
Pocket map of the Civil War Battle of Franklin, marbled end boards with handwritten title, opening to map mounted on canvas, titled "The Battlefield in front of Franklin Tennessee, where the U.S. forces consisting of the 4th and 23d corps and the Cav. corps uner the command of MAJOR GENERAL J.M. SCHOFIELD severely repulsed the […]
Lot 69: CSA Gen. William Raine Peck CDV and album
Carte de visite album containing an image of William Raine Peck (1818 – 1871), a wealthy planter, politician and Confederate General in the Civil War. In this CDV, Peck is shown seated wearing his Confederate General's uniform and holding his sword. Album contains additional CDV's including his elder brother Dr. Isham Talbot Peck and other […]
Lot 70: 1862 Robert E. Lee War Signed Letter
CSA General Robert E. Lee signed letter to Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens of South Carolina, dated January 3rd, 1862. In this one page (front and back) letter, Lee is responding to an earlier letter received from the Governor. Lee promises to compile a complete count of all active South Carolina state troops serving in the […]
Lot 68: Civil War Archive, Private John W. Vaught, KIA
Civil War archive of Private John W. Vaught including a CDV of the Private in uniform, four (4) hand written personal letters by Private Vaught to family members, four (4) related Civil War era letters written to Vaught or associated with him, Vaught's Primer and hymn book, homespun fabric sample, cased tintype of a relative […]
Lot 67: Union soldier tintype in oval gutta percha case
19th century Union soldier tintype in oval Union gutta percha case, made by Littlefield, Parsons & Co. Photograph depicts the young soldier posing in his uniform with tinted gold buttons and gold watch chain. 2" H x 1 3/4" W. Condition: Overall very good with general wear to case.
Lot 66: Large Union Civil War Portrait Oil on Canvas
Large Union Civil War portrait, oil on canvas, depicting a Union soldier in the foreground in blue uniform with white belt buckle reading "EMPIRE" (the Empire belt buckle possibly denoting a Union Zouave regiment.) Soldier is standing and holding his rifle with a war encampment in the background. Signed and dated lower left, "A. Cable, […]