Dollond maritime telescope or spyglass of US Navy Rear Admiral John Winslow, likely used during the USS Kearsarge's epic battle with the CSS Alabama off Cherbourg, France, 1864, and descended in his family. The 3-draw telescope has a wooden barrel, brass fittings and three brass draw tubes, and is signed "Dollond, London" in flowing script […]
Lot 562: Admiral John Winslow USS Kearsarge Civil War 35 Star Flag Plus Commendation and Photo
35 star flag of the USS Kearsarge, used during battle with the CSS Alabama June,1864 and descended in the family of Kearsarge Captain John Ancrum Winslow, plus Commendation and photograph (3 items). The epic naval engagement between the CSS Alabama, the most famous of the Confederate Navy cruisers, and the USS Kearsarge off the coast […]
Lot 560: Civil War Diary of William W. Goodwin, CSA, Nashville TN
Diary of William W. Goodwin of Tennessee, who participated in the Confederate Cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest and Gen. William Hicks Jackson (owner of Nashville's Belle Meade Plantation) during the Civil War. William Washington Goodwin was born in Nashville in 1847 to attorney George Goodwin and Louisa Goodwin, making him about 17 years old at […]
Lot 561: Civil War Ship Log of the USS Kearsarge, 1864, incl. Alabama Battle
Abstract Log of the U.S. Steamer Kearsarge, Captain John A. Winslow Commanding, recording the ship's engagement and sinking of the CSS Alabama, commanded by Captain Raphael Semmes. The epic naval engagement between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama, the most famous of the Confederate Navy cruisers, off the coast of Cherbourg France on June […]
Lot 559: Mason Family of KY Letter Archive, incl. Civil War Battle of Perryville
Thirty-two (32) autographed letters signed (ALS) primarily written by Peter Baynhum Mason (1804-1870) of Danville, Kentucky to his wife Katherine "Kate" Aylett White Miller Shreve Mason (1820/22-1885) of Greensburg, KY, including (7) Civil War era letters that discuss the Battle of Perryville; the hanging of Union Captain H. King; Union and Confederate movements in the […]
Lot 557: NC/TN Civil War-Era Diary & Postwar Archive, Train Related
1st-4th item: Diaries of Mr. Thomas Tate of Company Shops, North Carolina, later of Jackson, Tennessee, dated January 1, 1861 through December 31, 1866 The diaries deal mostly with Tate's work for the railroad, his personal accounting, and the weather with little detail, although some entries do include discussion of daily life and the Civil […]
Lot 556: 1863-1864 Civil War Journal of a East TN Union Infantry Soldier
Journal or diary of an unknown Union infantryman in the 2nd Regiment North Carolina Mounted Infantry, Company F, which was organized at Knoxville, TN in October 1863 and mustered out August 1865. The diary dates are from November 30, 1863 – October 10, 1864 with some pages containing dates that are not sequential. Most of […]
Lot 555: Jefferson Davis, Toombs & Reagan Post Civil War Letters and Ephemera
Six (6) post Civil War ephemera including letters, some signed, from Jefferson Davis and CSA Cabinet Members Robert Toombs and John Reagan. 1st item: Jefferson Davis, former Confederate States of America (CSA) President, handwritten list of six members of the CSA cabinet, their roles, and their current location if living. Written in response to and […]
Lot 554: Autograph Album of CSA Congress, incl. Cherokee and Choctaw Delegates
Civil War era Autograph Album containing signatures of approximately 97 members of the First Confederate States Congress, which met from Feb. 18, 1862 to Feb. 17, 1864, the first two years of Jefferson Davis's presidency, at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. The signatures include President Pro Tempore R.M.T. Hunter and speaker Thomas S. Bocock […]
Lot 169: Western NC Mountain Landscape with Wagon and Figures, Hudson River School Style
American School, Western North Carolina, mid 19th century oil on canvas landscape painting from the Asheville, NC region depicting a view of mountains in the background and a rocky cliffside to the left, with a winding road and wagon with cattle team lead by an African American figure in the foreground, a white figure on […]
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