Civil War epaulets originally owned by Major Noah R. Chambliss, CSA, staff officer 1st Kentucky Cavalry under General Ben Helm. Gold bullion, with applied lettering F.K.M. between two bars; the undersides of yellow silk. 6 1/2" W. Note: These are 1st. Lieutenant epaulets, worn by Chambliss in Company F in the Kentucky Militia Cavalry before […]
Lot 576: 3 Civil War Era Photos, incl. Rose O'Neal Greenhow, poss. Jeff Davis
1st item: Tintype of a dark haired gentleman resembling CSA president Jefferson Davis, in black coat and tie, in sixth plate size union case with gilt mat. 2nd item: Tintype of a soldier with mustache in uniform with cloak, seated in near full length view. Sixth plate size union case with gilt mat. 3rd item: […]
Lot 575: 2 Civil War Related Photos, Soldier and Vet w/ Young Civilian
1st item: Ambrotype of man in Confederate reunion garb, seated next to a teenage civilian, with landscape backdrop. Sixth plate size, in union case. Includes a small Home for Confederate Women button. 2nd item: Daguerreotype of unidentified Confederate soldier, seated with hands in lap. Sixth plate size, in union case. PROVENANCE: Private Southern Collection. CONDITION: […]
Lot 574: Civil War Quarter Plate Ambrotype of Soldier, Washington Monument Case
Cased Civil War quarter-plate ambrotype depicting a seated soldier, possibly Confederate, attired in partial military uniform with a letter or folded paper in his shirt pocket and with his left arm on a draped table. Housed in a carved gutta percha Washington Monument, Richmond case having an interior red velvet liner and foliate engraved gilt […]
Lot 573: 2 Civil War Photographs, incl. ID Tennessee 37th Infantry
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: […]
Lot 572: Civil War Ambrotype, Capt. Richardson, Killed Gettysburg
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 […]
Lot 569: 6 East TN Related Civil War Union CDVs, incl. Assassin of CSA General Hunt Morgan
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, […]
Lot 566: Presentation Silver Tea Set of Admiral John Winslow, USS Kearsarge
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 […]
Lot 565: USS Kearsarge Wood Relic Frame and Marine Painting
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 […]
Lot 563: Admiral John Winslow's 13 Star Flag
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 […]
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