Three Civil War era albumen and salt prints of prominent Confederates including General Stonewall Jackson, CSA President Jefferson Davis, and an unidentified Confederate General with moustache, plus one Carte de Visite sized image of Jefferson Davis with his name inscribed on front. Sizes – 3 1/2" x 2 1/4" to 13 1/4" x 10". Provenance: […]
Lot 274: Civil War Era Diary of E.D. Hicks II
1863 Diary of Edward Dickson Hicks II (1831-1894) of Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. The diary is mostly farming and account related, with very little detail, although a few entries point to life in Union-occupied Nashville, including a note for Friday May 29: "Streets Barricaded" and for Monday June 1: "Firing from Fort Negley at 1/4 […]
Lot 275: Ed Hicks II Civil War Ephemera
Group of Civil War Ephemera related to Edward Dickson Hicks II (1831-1894), including two documents signed by General Felix Zollicoffer (b. Maury County, TN 1812, d. Kentucky 1862) and Lt. Col Frank McNairy (b. Nashville, 1825, d. Fort Donelson, 1863). 1st item: Leave of absence document for Edward Dickson Hicks, Adjutant Major, First Battalion TN […]
Lot 276: TN Civil War ephemera inc. Broadside and Zollicofer Sign.
8 pieces of Tennessee Civil War related ephemera. 1st item: Half of a printed 4 page broadside or pamphlet marking Tennessee's secession from the Union, titled AN ACT TO RAISE, ORGANIZE, AND EQUIP A PROVISIONAL FORCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, passed May 6, 1861. (Lower half missing). 2nd item: Newspaper clipping titled ACTS OF TENNESSEE […]
Lot 278: Abraham Lincoln Pardon, Book and Author Autographs
President Abraham Lincoln signed pardon release order for Wilburn Bybee dated Oct. 7, 1864, partially printed on blue paper, approx. 8″ x 10″, adhered within the book “Abraham Lincoln, A History” by John G. Nicolay and John Hay (New York: The Century Company, 1890; measuring 9″ x 6 1/2″), along with unrelated letters autographed by […]
Lot 272: First Ed. Annals of the Army of Tennessee
DRAKE, Dr. Edwin L.; et al. The Annals of the Army of Tennessee and Early Western History, including a Chronological Summary of Battles and Engagements in the Western Armies of the Confederacy. Nashville, Tenn: A.D. Haynes, 1878. 5 3/4" H X 8 1/2" W (Crown Octavo). 434 Pages + 99 Page Summary. Original frontis map […]
Lot 273: Civil War Troopers Manual, CSA Ed Hicks II
The Troopers Manual or Tactics for Light Dragoons and Mounted Riflemen by Col. J. Lucius Davis, published by A. Morris, Richmond, Va. 1861. Chas. Wynne, printer. First edition of this scarce Civil War related book, with pencil inscription in cover "Edward D. Hicks, Adjut. Major, First Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry." (Edward Dickson Hicks Ii, 1831-1894). Half […]
Lot 269: 2 Texas Maps inc. Greenleaf, Tallis
1st item: Jeremiah Greenleaf, "Texas Compiled from the Latest and Best Authorities," from a rare 1848 reissue of Greenleafs 1842 Universal Atlas. Greenleaf's 1842 map of Texas was based upon Burrs map of 1833 (which was the first to show the territorial claims that would eventually become the Republic). Texas is now part of the […]
Lot 263: A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government from the latest Surveys 1810, John Payne
"A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government from the latest Surveys 1810" by John Payne for his New and Complete Universal Geography, Volume 4, America, published by E. Low, New York. Uncolored map of early Tennessee featuring early towns and roads, including Knoxville, Nashville, and "Clerksville" (Clarksville), Native American towns and roads, boundary lines, rivers, […]
Lot 258: Surveyor's Transit – KY Tiensch & Stancliff
Tiensch and Stancliff, Louisville Kentucky brass surveyor's transit level compass on stand, steel dial with engraved name "Tiensch & Stancliff Louisville Ky", engraved fleur-de-lis at North, and engraved foliate decoration at center with two intact leveling vials, and a vernier scale to outer circumference. 16 1/2" H x 9" dia. Circa 1859. Note: An excerpt […]
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