Two (2) Greg Ridley (Tennessee, 1925-2004) bas relief copper plaques of Civil War Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant, plus four (4) Ridley pen sketches on envelopes. 1st item: Oval copper portrait plaque depicting General Robert E. Lee in Confederate uniform. Signed lower right and dated “’95”. Matted and framed in a wood frame […]
Lot 521: United Confederate Veterans 11th Annual Reunion Chromolithograph, Memphis 1901
Souvenir United Confederate Veterans (UCV) chromolithograph poster titled “Heroes and Leaders of the Civil War – Let Us Have Peace” published by Peter Tracy, Memphis, Tennessee, 1901. Issued for the occasion of the United Confederate Veterans Eleventh Annual Reunion in Memphis, TN, May 28-29, 1901. Depicts Generals Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) and Ulysses S. Grant […]
Lot 520: 19th c O/C Portrait of Dr. Joseph Lewis Hornsby, KY/LA
American School, mid-19th Century, oil on canvas portrait of Dr. Joseph Lewis Hornsby of Kentucky (1810-1876), depicted in late middle age with a long white beard and wearing a black suit as he sits in a red upholstered chair. Indistinct background. Unsigned. Housed in the original carved giltwood and composition frame with floral decoration at […]
Lot 519: 19th c Portrait of KY CSA Col. Bennett Hornsby
American School, mid-19th century oil on canvas portrait of Bennett Henderson Hornsby of Kentucky (and later, Nova Scotia). The subject is depicted in middle age with a moustache, wearing a black suit and tie and seated in a red upholstered chair against an indistinct background. Unsigned. Original giltwood molded frame. Sight: 29 in H x 24 in […]
Lot 518: 5 Framed Confederate Bond Sheets Plus Related Document
Five (5) framed Confederate Civil War bonds, plus original owner’s letter. 1st-3rd Items: Three (3) Confederate $1,000 bonds, C.S.A. Act of August 19th, 1861 (Criswell 82), on white paper; with Equestrian statue of Washington on the capitol grounds in Richmond at center. Issued June 10, 1862. Nos. 1013, 1015, and 1017, each with 11 coupons remaining and signed by […]
Lot 517: Slave Record and Land Grant, Osmond Jones Family of Alabama
1st item: 1 letter from Osmond Jones (1809-1865) to his niece, Mary Tabb, daughter of his sister, Mary Jones Tabb (1811-1898). The letter, dated May 29, 1863, contains Civil War related subject matter. Osmond Tabb does not appear to have fought in the war himself but rather continued working his farm. 2nd item: a pocket sized leather-bound […]
Lot 516: TN Confederate Civil War Avalanche Extra Broadside
Confederate Civil War Avalanche Extra (Memphis, TN) broadside clipping dated Wednseday (sic), April 24, –1 o’clock — titled MORE AMMUNITION FOR MEMPHIS!, The Troops at Cairo!, Steamer Baltic Fired into!, and SURRENDER OF FORT SMITH TO ARKANSAS!, with text below describing the titled events and other events in Washington, DC, Baltimore, Virginia, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, and […]
Lot 515: 6 TN Confederate Civil War Related Letters Incl. POW
Group of six (6) Civil War-era letters written by or addressed to Confederate Private James Polk Blakemore (called Polk), 18th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry. Includes four written by Polk as Prisoner of War at Camp Butler, Illinois, plus Nashville and Middle Tennessee content. Letters discuss details of POW life (“…it is the same thing over and over every day get […]
Lot 514: Armstrong-Hornsby Family Photos + Letter Archive, KY Interest
Archive with Kentucky and Civil War interest. 1st grouping: collection of 25 CDVs and 3 tintypes from an album related to the family of Confederate Navy 1st Lt. Richard Fielder Armstrong (1842-1904), his wife Arabella Lewis Hornsby, and their son, Bennett Hornsby Armstrong, dating circa 1866-1886. The album is falling apart but the CDVs are in […]
Lot 513: CSA Gen. William Loring and JD Bulloch Photos, Letters, CSS Alabama related
Archive of 3 letters and 3 autographed Cabinet Card photographs of Confederate General William Wing Loring, AKA Loring Pasha, and of Cmdr. James D. Bulloch, Confederate spy and chief Naval Representative to England, from the collection of CSN 1st Lt. Richard Fielder Armstrong of the CSS Alabama, plus 2 Confederate post-war pieces of souvenir “currency.” 1st grouping: The […]
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