Two (2) Civil War period photographs. 1st item: A Confederate ninth plate ambrotype identified as that of John H. Meadows, Private, 37th Tennessee Infantry, Company C. Note: Meadows, a native of Gallatin, Tennessee, was approximately 20 years old at the time of this image. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Nashville. 2nd item: […]

Civil War Ambrotype portrait of a soldier, identified on small accompanying piece of paper as "John Dandridge Richardson, Captain, Confederate States Medical Corps, Killed while on duty in field hospital, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 / My Mother's Youngest Brother". Illegible pencil inscription to interior of case. Sixth plate size, 3 1/4" x 2 3/4", in […]

Group of 3 Civil War Related CDVs, incl. TN William Milburn, & Union officer ambrotype, 4 items.1st-3rd items: Three (3) Civil War era carte de visite (CDV) including: one (1) depicting William Elbert Milburn (1844-1925), Chaplain 8th Tennessee Cavalry, United States Army, taken at Smiley's Photograph Gallery, in Knoxville, TN; one (1) depicting a young, […]

Six (6) framed Civil War carte-de-visite (CDV), including Union 1st Lieutenant Andrew Campbell of the 13th TN Volunteer Cavalry, known for his role in the death of Confederate General John H. Morgan. In order from left to right by row, including: one (1) identified en verso as Corporal Hundley Sevier Maloney, 4th Regiment TN Infantry, […]

Civil War-era quarter-plate ambrotype, possibly Confederate William Franklin Hart (1846-1879), depicted standing with a long rifle in his right hand and attired in a long-sleeved shirt with red-tinted necktie, plaid pants, and belt with a gilt buckle that holds a revolver and knife. Pencil inscription on the interior of the partial leather case reads "Presented […]

Rare surviving group of eighteen (18) pieces of ship's china, descended in the family of USS Kearsarge commander Admiral John Ancrum Winslow to his grandson, Brig. Genl. E.E. Winslow. We have not been able to confirm that this dinnerware was used on board the Kearsarge, but the material from which it was made indicates it […]

Sterling and Coin Silver Tea Service and S/P Tray presented to Civil War Navy Admiral John Ancrum Winslow, commander of the USS Kearsarge in honor of the ship's sinking of the CSS raider Alabama, one of the great Union Naval conquests of the Civil War. This set is documented as being presented to Winslow on […]

Gorham sterling silver centerpiece, likely a presentation piece, owned by Civil War Navy Admiral John Ancrum Winslow (1811-1873), commander of the USS Kearsage. The body is engraved on one side with his monogram and "1864," the year the Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France, in one of the Union's most […]

Two (2) USS Kearsarge items originally owned by its commander, Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow. 1st item: CDV-sized picture frame made of 4 intersecting wooden sticks, along with a piece of wood inscribed, "This frame made of the stern post of the Kearsarge where shell from the Alabama lodged". Accompanied by a handwritten note with […]

Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow's U.S. Navy 13 Star Boat Flag, possibly used during the historic Civil War naval victory of the USS Kearsarge over the CSS Alabama on June 19, 1864 off the coast of Cherbourg, France, and descended in his family along with several other Kearsarge/Winslow family objects in this auction. The entirely […]