State of Tennessee Civil War Confederate States of America Bond, 1862, #653. $1000 at 8% interest, printed in Memphis by Saunders, Clark and Norton. Signed by Isham Harris as Governor, with central vignette depicting the state seal, retaining 7 coupons. Yellow paper with red cartouche and the title “Confederate States of America. Corner-mounted under glass, […]
Lot 540: Civil War Tintype plus 10 pcs. CSA Currency & 5 Additional Bills
Item 1: Sixth-plate tintype photograph of a young Civil War-era soldier or military cadet wearing a nine-button coatee. Three rows of buttons visible, with ornamental frog closures on chest and sleeves. Light tinting applied to cheeks and gilt painting to buttons. Leather case has a working clasp with red velvet interior. Tin type is behind glass […]
Lot 538: Coweta Georgia Plantation Journal, J.H. Johnson Family
Antebellum and Civil War Era Archive related to the Coweta County, GA family of John Hutchins Johnson (1807-1864) and his son, CSA Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Coke Johnson (1835-1862, KIA Mechanicsville, VA). Comprising 35 loosely bound pages from what was originally a “Daily Record of Passing Events” on John Hutchins Johnson’s plantation. Includes cotton production values attached to lists of first […]
Lot 539: 6 Books on Tennessee, Confederate History; Nashville Publishers
1st Item: “History of Tennessee, Illustrated, with Sketches of White, Warren, Coffee, De Kalb, and Cannon Counties”, Nashville: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887. 992 pp. Contemporary 3/4 leather binding w/ gilt lettered spine. 2nd-3rd Items: “The Rise & Fall of the Confederate Government”, Volumes I & II, 1881, by Jefferson Davis. New York: D. Appleton and […]
Lot 537: Rare Civil War Ambrotype, 19th GA Infantry with Johnson Family of GA
Rare large half plate Civil War ambrotype photograph depicting nine (9) Confederate soldiers, likely all members of the 19th Georgia Infantry, and members of the Johnson Family of Georgia, seated and standing outside an army tent. This image was taken in June of 1862 when John Hutchins Johnson (1807-1864) pictured far right, front, seated and holding a hat), and members […]
Lot 535: Tintype of Soldier w/ Springfield Rifle, 52nd KY
Sixth plate size tintype photograph of a Civil War Union soldier, likely from Southern Kentucky, holding a Springfield percussion rifle; gilt highlights to buttons and belt buckle; reverse “52” on the front of his wide brimmed hat. Set in half Union case with embossed brass mat. Case: 3 5/8 in. H x 3 1/8 in. […]
Lot 536: Large Tintype CSA Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th GA, w/ Southern Cross, Book
Half plate sized photograph tintype of Georgia Confederate Officer Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th Ga. Infantry, killed in action at Mechanicsville, Virginia, 1862, together with his posthumous Southern Cross of Honor. Johnson is pictured three quarter length, standing, with one hand holding his hat atop a table, and gripping his sword in the other. Embossed gilt […]
Lot 534: 2 Meserve Photographs of Lincoln: Cracked Plate, Brady
Two (2) Abraham Lincoln photographs, his first and last known photographs as President. 1st item: Scarce copy of the “Cracked plate portrait”, also known as the final photograph of Abraham Lincoln, Meserve #100, circa 1932. From the last series of images taken of the president before his assassination. Matted and framed under glass in a molded giltwood […]
Lot 533: WWI Buffalo Pottery Vase w/ Patriotic Insignia
Rare Buffalo China WWI era porcelain vase with handpainted flag, eagle and gold banner insignia on a cobalt blue ground. Gilt trimmed flared rim and tapering sides. Underside with gilt painted mark BUFFALO CHINA 1917. 7 1/2 in. H x 6 1/2 in. W. Note: In 1915, the Buffalo Pottery became one of only twelve potteries in […]
Lot 531: 2 World War I Posters, Our Colored Fighters and No Slacker
OUR COLORED FIGHTERS, and COLORED MAN IS NO SLACKER, two scarce 1918 World War I military posters intended to recruit African Americans into the armed forces. 1st item: OUR COLORED FIGHTERS chromolithographic poster published by James Lee, 1918, featuring vignettes of Black soldiers including Goodbye to the Loved ones to Over the Top, Kamerad, a Night Raid, Decorate for Valor, to a […]
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