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<b>He accompanied President-Elect Lincoln on his train ride into Washington, D.C. in 1861 Wounded at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, July 1861 He emancipated slaves in some of the southern states in 1862 without orders which caused quite a controversy! Presided over the trial of the Lincoln conspirators and was chosen to accompany the body of Mr. Lincoln to Springfield, Illinois for burial in 1865</b> (1802-86) His maternal grandfather was Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated in the West Point class of 1822, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment. Hunter was invited by President Elect Abraham Lincoln to travel with him on the inaugural train to Washington, D.C. in February 1861. Selected for high command by President Lincoln himself, Hunter became the 4th highest ranking officer in the volunteer army. He fought in the 1st battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, where he was wounded in the neck and cheek while commanding a division under General Irvin McDowell. In August 1861, he was promoted to major general of volunteers and served as a division commander in the Western Army under General John C. Fremont. He was appointed commander of the Western Department on November 2, 1861. He achieved notability for his unauthorized, and controversial 1862 order which emancipated slaves in some of the southern states, but President Abraham Lincoln quickly rescinded this order, because he was concerned about its political effects in the border states, which he was desperately trying to keep neutral. Their leaders advocated instead a gradual emancipation with compensation for the slave holders. Despite Lincoln's concerns that immediate emancipation in the South might drive some slave-holding Unionists to support the Confederacy, the national mood was quickly moving against slavery, especially within the Federal Army. General Hunter was a strong advocate of arming black men as soldiers for the Union cause. Undeterred by the president's reluctance and intent on extending freedom to potential black soldiers, Hunter again flouted orders from the federal government, and enlisted ex-slaves as soldiers in South Carolina without permission from the War Department. This action incensed border state slaveholders. After the Battle of Fort Pulaski, Ga., where black Union soldiers from the North proved their bravery, Hunter began enlisting blacks as soldiers from the occupied districts of South Carolina. He formed the first such Union Army regiment, known as the 1st South Carolina African Regiment. He was initially ordered to disband it, but eventually got approval from Congress for his action. The Confederates reacted strongly to the Union efforts to emancipate Southern slaves, and Confederate President Jefferson Davis issued strict orders to the army that General Hunter was to be considered a "felon and to be executed if captured." Hunter took over command of the Army of the Shenandoah, and the Department of West Virginia on May 21, 1864. General Ulysses S. Grant ordered Hunter to employ scorched earth tactics similar to those that would be used later in the year during General William T. Sherman's infamous March to the Sea. General Hunter's troops moved from Staunton to Charlottesville to Lynchburg, "living off the country" and destroying the Virginia Central Railroad "beyond any possibility of repair for weeks." General Robert E. Lee was concerned enough about Hunter that he dispatched a corps under General Jubal A. Early to deal with him. On June 5, 1864, Hunter defeated General William E. "Grumble" Jones at the Battle of Piedmont. Following orders, Hunter moved up the Valley destroying military targets and other industries such as blacksmith shops and stables that could be used to support the Confederacy. After reaching Lexington, his troops burned down the celebrated Virginia Military Institute, on June 11, 1864, where General Stonewall Jackson had been a professor, and artillery instructor before the war. This was done in retaliation for the V.M.I. cadets fighting heroically in the battle of New Market, Va. Hunter also ordered the home of Governor John Letcher burned down to retaliate for its absent owner's having issued "a violent and inflammatory proclamation that incited the citizens of the country to rise up and wage guerrilla warfare on his troops." Hunter also wreaked havoc on Washington College, in Lexington, later named Washington and Lee University, in which General Robert E. Lee became its president after the war. According to General Fitzhugh Lee's biography of his uncle, Robert E. Lee, "Hunter had no respect for colleges, or the peaceful pursuits of professors and students, or the private dwellings of citizens, though occupied by women and children only, and during his three days occupancy of Lexington in June, 1864, the college buildings were dismantled, apparatus destroyed, and the books mutilated." General Hunter was thus given the name of "Black Dave." Hunter served in the honor guard at the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln, and accompanied his body back to Springfield, Illinois for burial. Thus Hunter had the unique distinction of accompanying Lincoln on his inaugural train trip from Springfield, Illinois, to Washington, D.C., in February 1861, and his last one out of the Capitol city as he took Lincoln home to lie at rest in Springfield! He was the president of the military commission that tried the Lincoln conspirators after the president's assassination, the trial taking place in Washington, D.C., from May 8, 1865, to July 15, 1865. He retired from the U.S. Army in July 1866. General David Hunter died in Washington, D.C., on February 2, 1886, and is buried at the Princeton Cemetery, in Princeton, New Jersey. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Large bust view in uniform with rank of brigadier general, wearing epaulets, Hardee hat with crossed sabers cavalry insignia, and the regimental numeral "1" clearly visible at the front of his hat, and the hilt of his sword is visible resting on his arm. No back mark. Excellent condition.   Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 card. Full seated view of a young man holding his accordion on his lap. Backmark: Miller's & Sprague's Photographic Studio, Walton, N.Y. Light age toning and wear. Bottom of the mount is very slightly trimmed. This photograph was taken in the early post war period. Fine occupational image.   By Champ Clark, and The Editors of Time Life Books. Published by Time Life Books, Alexandria, Va., 1987. Hardcover with embossed gray leatherette cover with illustration of a war worn President Abraham Lincoln photographed in 1864. Also has a U.S. and C.S. belt plate, stars, crossed cannons, swords and cannon balls with the title of the book printed in blue. The title is also printed in blue on the spine. Large 9 x 11 size, 176 pages, index, maps, profusely illustrated. Excellent book on the assassination of our 16th President of the United States. Very desirable Lincoln book.   <b>Wounded at Salem Church, Virginia in the 1863 Chancellorsville campaign Commanded the 1st Corps at Gettysburg after the death of General John F. Reynolds</b> (1822-95) Born in Norfolk, Virginia, the city that his father Thomas Newton, Jr. represented in the U.S. Congress for 31 years. He graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1842, and was commissioned lieutenant in the elite Corps of Engineers. He taught engineering at the United States Military Academy, from 1843–46, and constructed numerous fortifications along the Atlantic coast, and the Great Lakes from 1846–52. He was a member of a special Gulf Coast defense board in 1856, and was appointed Chief Engineer, of the Utah Expedition in 1858. Newton, the native Virginian, remained loyal to the Union when the Civil War broke out in April 1861, and he was commissioned a brigadier general on September 23, 1861, and during the ensuing winter he employed his engineering skills to good use and strengthened the defenses around, Washington, D.C. During General McClellan's 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, Newton commanded a brigade in the ensuing battles. During the 1862 Maryland Campaign, he led a bayonet charge at South Mountain that resulted in taking the enemy position, and he also fought at the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American history, on September 17, 1862. Newton commanded a division in the 6th Corps, in the disastrous Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., on December 13, 1862. He was conspicuous in storming Marye's Heights during the 1863 Chancellorsville campaign, and he was wounded at Salem Church, Va. At the battle of Gettysburg, he was appointed to take over the command of the 1st Corps after the death of General John F. Reynolds, during the first day's battle, on July 1, 1863, by the Commander of the Army of the Potomac George G. Meade. After Gettysburg, General Newton was sent west to join the Army of General William T. Sherman, who regarded him to be a skilled commander. Newton fought gallantly in the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, commanding the 2nd Division, 4th Corps, under command of General George H. Thomas. At the Battle of Peachtree Creek, Ga., he prevented a dangerous Confederate movement against Sherman and his rapidly constructed works allowed him to turn back the Confederate thrust, a victory that gained him accolades for his Civil War military career. After the capture of Atlanta, Newton commanded the District of Key West and the Tortugas, Florida, of the Department of the Gulf, from 1864 to 1866. After the war, Newton returned to the Corps of Engineers, where he oversaw improvements to the waterways around New York City, and to the Hudson River. He also had charge of New York Harbor defenses until he was appointed Chief of Engineers in 1884. He was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, and retired from the U.S. Army in 1886, after forty-four years of meritorious service. He served as Commissioner of Public Works, in New York City, from 1886–88, and as President of the Panama Railroad Company from 1888–95. General Newton died in New York City on May 1, 1895, of complications from a heart disease and was originally buried at Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens on May 4, 1895. He was then re-interred at his beloved United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on June 14, 1895. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Back mark: Published by E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, with a 2 cents blue, George Washington, Internal Revenue Playing Cards tax stamp, with stamped date, Sep. 19, 1864. Very fine. Extremely desirable Gettysburg general. Scarce.

CDV, General David Hunter $50.00

  

CDV, Accordion Player Photographed in Wa $20.00

  

The Assassination; Death of the Presiden $20.00

  

CDV, General John Newton $250.00
(1821-96) Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, he graduated in the West Point class of 1842. He was brevetted for gallantry during the Mexican War for his actions at the battles of Cerro Gordo, and Contreras. He was an original member of the Aztec Club. (a military society founded in 1847 by United States Army officers who fought in the Mexican War.) He later served as an instructor at the U.S. Military Academy. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was commissioned a major general in the Confederate Army. During the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, he commanded a wing of the Army of Northern Virginia. He served briefly in 1862 as Confederate Secretary of War, and later became an aide to General P. G. T. Beauregard. General Smith served as the superintendent of the important Etowah Iron Works in 1863-64. He then organized the Georgia state forces and fought with them with marked excellence, particularly on the Chattahoochee before the battle of Atlanta, and on the fortified lines at Savannah. He surrendered at Macon, Georgia, on April 20, 1865. G.W. Smith authored several books including; "Confederate War Papers," in 1884, "The Battle of Seven Pines," in 1891, and "Generals J. E. Johnston, and G. T. Beauregard at the Battle of Manassas, July 1861," in 1892. His final work, "Company "A," Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., 1846–48, in the Mexican War," was published in 1896, after his death. General Gustavus Woodson Smith died in New York City, on June 24, 1896, at the age of 74, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, in New London, Connecticut. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Full standing view in civilian attire posing in the "pledge" position. Back mark: Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, From a Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Very fine image.   Unused, Union patriotic envelope, with red, white and blue colors. Vignette of an American flag, spread winged eagle, and Union shield. Complete with back flap. Light age toning and wear. Fine.   Milledgeville, Ga., February 1st, 1863. The State Of Georgia One Hundred Dollars. Georgia State Arms at upper center flanked on both sides by "100." Bust of Georgia's Civil War Governor Joseph E. Brown, cotton plant, and wheat in panel at left. Hundred in panel at right. Signed in ink by the Comptroller General, and Treasurer. Georgia Treasury Seal is stamped in black on the verso. Near uncirculated condition. Very nice war date Georgia note with an orange overprint at the center.   <b>With vignette of Slaves picking cotton</b> June 1, 1860, Savannah, Georgia, with vignettes of slaves picking and carrying cotton at right, and farm animals at left. There is also a railroad train at the bottom center of this attractive black and orange bank note. Two Dollars at center, with "2" at upper left and right. Printed by the American Bank Note Co. Very fine plus condition. WBTS Trivia: The Farmers and Mechanics Bank, of Savannah, Georgia, was formerly known as The Mechanics Savings Bank, and it started business in 1860, and did not survive the Civil War.

CDV, General Gustavus W. Smith $125.00

  

Patriotic Cover, Liberty and Union $6.00

  

1863 State of Georgia $100 Note $100.00

  

1860 Farmers & Mechanics Bank $2 Note, S $125.00
The Newsletter Of The Center For Civil War Photography. Volume XI, Issue 2- August 2013. 8 1/2 x 11, with glossy covers and inside pages. 23 pages, with some exquisite and rare Civil War images. Front cover: Unpublished Image Of George Stacy's Field Studio; Dressed For The Camera, George Stacy Photographs The 6th New York Zouaves At Fort Monroe, Virginia in 1861; Southern Exposure: The Life And Times Of C.R. Rees Of Richmond, Virginia; Re-Establishing The Camp Letterman Tyson Camera Location At Gettysburg With Geographic Information's Systems. Excellent condition. If you love Civil War photography this publication would make a nice addition to your collection.   <b>United States Congressman and Senator United States Secretary of State Governor of Massachusetts He gave the keynote speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863</b> (1794-1865) Famous orator and statesman. He made many famous speeches for the Union cause, the best known being his 2 hour oration preceding President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. During his very distinguished career he served as U.S. Congressman, Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, President of Harvard University, U.S. Secretary of State, and U.S. Senator. <u>War Date Portrait Engraving</u>: 8 x 10 3/4, detailed engraved portrait of a full seated Edward Everett with his arm resting on a table at his side. Ornamental background. Printed Edward Everett signature under his excellent likeness. Imprint on the front: From the original painting by Chappel in possession of the publishers. Johnson Fry & Co., Publishers, New York. Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1863, by Johnson Fry & Co., in the district court for the Southern district of N.Y. Very minor age toning, and some light wear in the border area edges. A beautiful portrait to frame. Popular Gettysburg related figure.   <b>United States Congressman and Senator United States Secretary of State Governor of Massachusetts He gave the keynote speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery in 1863</b> (1794-1865) Famous orator and statesman. He made many famous speeches for the Union cause, the best known being his 2 hour oration preceding President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. Everett later told Mr. Lincoln that he wished he had struck the same chord and central theme of the solemn occasion in his 2 hour speech that Lincoln had done in his 2 minute address. During his very distinguished career he served as U.S. Congressman, Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, President of Harvard University, U.S. Secretary of State, and U.S. Senator. <u>Signature</u>: 3 1/4 x 1 1/2, signed in ink, "Free, Edward Everett." This is a free frank signature that was cut from the top half of an envelope during his time serving in the United States Congress. Politicians working for the government at the time had the privilege of getting free postage by writing "Free" above their signature. Light edge staining. Very fine bold autograph. Popular Gettysburg related autograph.   <b>Postmaster General of the Confederate States of America United States Congressman and Senator from Texas</b> (1818-1905) Born in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, he left Tennessee at the age of 19, and traveled to the Republic of Texas, in 1836, the year before it had become independent from Mexico. Reagan worked as a surveyor from 1839 to 1843. A lawyer, judge and Indian fighter, he served as U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1857-61. Voting for secession at the 1861 Texas convention, he was soon elected to the Provisional Confederate Congress, and in March 1861, was appointed Postmaster General of the Confederacy, a post he held for the entire war. Devoted to President Jefferson Davis, he fled with him upon the fall of Richmond and was captured with Jeff Davis in Georgia in May 1865. Reagan was confined at Fort Warren, in Boston, for several months, including 22 weeks in solitary confinement, and was eventually paroled by President Andrew Johnson in December 1865. Afterwards, Reagan resumed his political career and served as U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1875-87, and U.S. Senator, 1887-92. He was appointed by the governor as chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, serving in that position from 1897-1901. He was one of the founders of the Texas State Historical Association. He also attended many Confederate veteran reunions in Texas. He wrote his Memoirs, "With Special Reference to Secession and the Civil War" which was published in 1905. Reagan died of pneumonia at his home in Palestine, Texas, on March 6, 1905, and he was the last surviving member of the Jefferson Davis Confederate cabinet. John H. Reagan was buried in East Hill Cemetery, in Palestine. <u>Card Signature</u>: 5 1/4 x 3, beautiful large ink autograph, John H. Reagan. Excellent. Very desirable! Comes with 2 copy photographs of Reagan, on an 8 1/2 x 11 photographic sheet.

Battlefield Photographer $2.50

  

Portrait, Edward Everett $10.00

  

Autograph, Edward Everett $50.00

  

Autograph, John H. Reagan $75.00
Composite view in postage stamp like designs that features General Ulysses S. Grant as the central figure in this image. Grant is surrounded by some of his leading commanders; starting at the top center, and going around the card from the right are: General George G. Meade, General Winfield S. Hancock, General Andrew A. Humphreys, General Horatio G. Wright, General Gouvenor K. Warren, and General John G. Parke. Back mark: E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Light age toning and wear. Very fine image with some of the Union Army's most famous leaders.  With decoration frequently the product of family members who wished to preserve and display a remnant of Civil War service, this period drinking cup is offered in pleasing as found condition after decades of attic storage. Measuring just 3 1/8 inches in diameter with classic period construction, when found, these cups are frequently suspended from the strap of a veteran’s issue canteen with examples encountered in period Civil War photography . <B>Buy with confidence! </B><I> We are pleased to offer a <B><U>no questions asked</U> three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales!</B> <I>Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly.</I> <FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques! </FONT COLOR=#0000FF>  Illustrated here with a US quarter for size comparison, our photos will do best to describe this old and well smoked tobacco pipe features a folk art carved Indian Chief (that’s <I>Native American</I> chief for the <I>woke</> word searchers) and is complete with its period reed stem. Neat for the antique smoking enthusiast, this hand carved old pipe will go well in any Civil War era personal item grouping. <B>Buy with confidence! </B><I> We are pleased to offer a <B><U>no questions asked</U> three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales!</B> <I>Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly.</I> <FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques! </FONT COLOR=#0000FF>  This exceptionally nice condition Civil War veteran, Grand Army of the Republic, anthem was authored by Major David E. Proctor who served in the <B> 13th New Hampshire Infantry</B> then the <B>30th U. S. Colored Troops</B>. The patriotic handbill measures approximately 4 ½ X 8 5/8 inches and while showing good age as evidence of period originality remains in fine condition. <B>Buy with confidence! </B><I> We are pleased to offer a <B><U>no questions asked</U> three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales!</B> <I>Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly.</I> <FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques! </FONT COLOR=#0000FF>

CDV, Union Generals of the Army of the P $100.00

  

Civil War era - decorated tin Drinking $45.00

  

vintage Indian Chief folk art carved T $135.00

  

Mjr. D. E. Proctor – 13th N. H. Vols. / $45.00
<b>Captured the city of Atlanta, Georgia in 1864 His infamous "March from Atlanta to the Sea" laid waste to much of Georgia and he is still hated in Georgia today</b> (1820-1891) He was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and graduated #6 in the West Point class of 1840. Sherman roomed with and befriended another important future Civil War general for the Union, George H. Thomas. Fellow cadet William S. Rosecrans remembered Sherman as "one of the brightest and most popular fellows" at the academy and as "a bright-eyed, red-headed fellow, who was always prepared for a lark of any kind." Upon his graduation he entered the army as a second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery, and saw action in Florida in the Second Seminole War. In 1859, Sherman accepted a job as the first superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy, in Pineville, Louisiana, a position he sought at the suggestion of future Union General, then Major Don Carlos Buell. He was an effective and popular leader of the institution, which would later become Louisiana State University. William T. Sherman rose to be one of the Union's most renowned military leaders, and saw action at 1st Bull Run, Shiloh, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, the infamous March to the Sea which took on his name, and the 1865 Carolina's campaign. He received the surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's army, at Greensboro, N.C., on April 26, 1865. Sherman continued in the Regular Army after the war, and became a Lieutenant General on July 25, 1866, and Full General, on March 4, 1869. In June 1865, two months after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Sherman received his first postwar command, originally called the Military Division of the Mississippi, later the Military Division of the Missouri, which came to comprise the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Sherman's efforts in that position were focused on protecting the main wagon roads, such as the Oregon, Bozeman, and Santa Fe Trails. When Ulysses S. Grant became president in 1869, Sherman was appointed Commanding General of the United States Army, and promoted to the rank of full general. After the death of ex-Union General John A. Rawlins, Sherman served for one month as acting Secretary of War. Sherman lived most of the rest of his life in New York City. He was devoted to the theater and to amateur painting and was in demand as a colorful speaker at dinners and banquets, in which he indulged a fondness for quoting Shakespeare. Proposed as a Republican candidate for the presidential election of 1884, Sherman declined as emphatically as possible, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." Sherman died of pneumonia in New York City on February 14, 1891, six days after his 71st birthday. President Benjamin Harrison, who had served under General Sherman during the Civil War, sent a telegram to Sherman's family and ordered all national flags to be flown at half staff. Harrison, in a message to the Senate, and the House of Representatives, wrote that: "He was an ideal soldier, and shared to the fullest the esprit de corps of the army, but he cherished the civil institutions organized under the Constitution, and was only a soldier that these might be perpetuated in undiminished usefulness and honor." On February 19th, a funeral service was held at his home, followed by a military procession. Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederate general who had commanded the resistance to Sherman's troops in Georgia and the Carolina's, served as a pallbearer in New York City. It was a bitterly cold day and a friend of Johnston, fearing that the general might become ill, asked him to put on his hat. Johnston replied: "If I were in Sherman's place, and he were standing in mine, he would not put on his hat." Johnston did catch a serious cold and died one month later of pneumonia. Sherman's body was then transported to St. Louis, where another service was conducted at a local Catholic church on February 21, 1891. His son, Thomas Ewing Sherman, who was a Jesuit priest, presided over his father's funeral masses in New York City, and in St. Louis. Former U.S. President, and Civil War General Rutherford B. Hayes, who attended both ceremonies, said at the time that General William T. Sherman had been "the most interesting and original character in the world." He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. Sherman's younger brother John, served as a U.S. Congressman from Ohio, and was a prominent advocate against slavery. Wet plate, albumen carte de viste photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with rank of major general. Back mark: G.W. Tomlinson, Publisher, 221 Washington Street, Boston. There is also an advert above the photographer's imprint for the sale of flowers, foreign birds, and pocket cdv albums, including their prices. Minor corner and edge wear, light age toning. Very fine.   <b>United States Congressman from Massachusetts Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress Governor of Massachusetts</b> (1818-1893) Born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, he was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage, and on the Massachusetts political scene. He studied law, and passed the Massachusetts bar in 1840, and opened a practice in Lowell. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1853, and to the State Senate in 1859. The following year Butler was a delegate to the Democratic Convention which met in Charleston, where he initially supported John C. Breckinridge for president, but then shifted his support and voted to nominate Jefferson Davis for President of the United States, believing that only a moderate Southerner could keep the Democratic party from dividing. A conversation he had with Davis prior to the convention convinced him that Davis might be such a man, and he gave him his support before the convention split over slavery. As a Brigadier General of the Massachusetts Militia, Butler entered the war in dramatic fashion; five days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, he lifted the blockade of Washington with the 8th Massachusetts. He was the first volunteer general appointed by President Lincoln. He was badly defeated at Big Bethel, Va., the first land battle of the Civil War. Butler was the first to apply the term "contraband of war" to slaves. He commanded the successful attack on Hatteras Inlet, N.C., and he led the forces that captured New Orleans, La., in May 1862. He soon became the vilified military governor of New Orleans where he earned the nickname of "The Beast," by the locals. Many of his acts, were highly unpopular, most notorious among them was Butler's General Order No. 28, of May 15, 1862, stating that if any woman should insult or show contempt for any Union officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded, and shall be held liable to be treated as a "woman of the town plying her avocation," in other words a prostitute. This was in response to various and widespread acts of overt verbal and physical abuse from the women of New Orleans, including cursing at and spitting on Union soldiers and pouring out chamber pots with human waste on their heads from upstairs windows when they passed in the street. Butler also censored New Orleans newspapers, and bank currency. In 1864, he was given command of the Army of the James which he saw action with at Bermuda Hundred, Va., and in the Petersburg campaign. The Army of the James also included several regiments of United States Colored Troops. These troops saw combat in the Bermuda Hundred campaign, at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm where the U.S. Colored Troops performed extremely well. The 38th USCT defeated a more powerful force despite intense fire, heavy casualties, and terrain obstacles. Butler awarded the Medal of Honor to several men of the 38th USCT. He also ordered a special medal designed and struck, which was awarded to 200 African-American soldiers who had served with distinction in the engagement. This was later called the Butler Medal. On November 4, 1864, General Butler arrived in New York City with 3,500 troops as Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton had requested that Grant send troops to New York City to help oversee the presidential election. Stanton's concern arose from the city's perennial political and racial divisions, which had erupted during the 1863 draft riots, and because of the fear of Confederates coming down from Canada to burn the city on Election Day. General Grant selected Butler for the assignment. Butler later saw action at the 1st battle of Fort Fisher, N.C. Elected to Congress in 1866, he served five terms as a United States Congressman from Massachusetts, and he played a prominent role in the President Andrew Johnson impeachment serving as the lead prosecutor among the House-appointed impeachment managers in the trial proceedings. Additionally, as Chairman of the House Committee on Reconstruction, Butler authored the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, and coauthored the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1875. He later became Governor of Massachusetts. He ran for president on the Greenback Party, and the Anti-Monopoly Party tickets in 1884. In his later years Butler reduced his activity level, working on his memoir, "Butler's Book," which was published in 1892. Butler died on January 11, 1893, of complications from a bronchial infection, two days after arguing a case before the United States Supreme Court. He is buried in his wife's family cemetery, behind the main Hildreth Cemetery in Lowell, Mass. The inscription on Butler's monument reads, "The true touchstone of civil liberty is not that all men are equal, but that every man has the right to be the equal of every other man—if he can." Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Seated view in uniform with rank of brigadier general, and holding his kepi with Massachusetts hat wreath insignia. He has a wide stripe running down the side of his trouser leg. Back mark: E. Anthony, New York, 501 Broadway, N.Y., with vignette of their photographic emporium on Broadway. Made from a photographic negative from Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Very sharp image. Extremely desirable early war pose of General Butler!  Very large light fine crystal chandelier of fine quality with brass body and arms H 48in. x D 28in.  Old pendant light is ready to hang Ca 1940 H 40in. x D 22in.

CDV, General William T. Sherman $50.00

  

CDV, General Benjamin F. Butler $150.00

  

ANTQUE BALLROOM CHANDELIER $3800.00

  

VINTAGE PENDANT LIGHT $850.00
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23in.tall in cast brass in excellent condition  H 23in.  H 27in. x W 17in.  antique iron flooor grate H 27in. x W 20in.

ANTIQUE ANDIRONS FOR FIREPLACE $350.00

  

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antque iron floor grate $350.00
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H 32in. x W 26in.  H 32in. x W 23in.  cast iron grate H 28in. x W 22in  H 28in. x W 22in.

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cast iron grate $350.00

  

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H 14in. x W 16in.   8 x 4 1/4, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Military Pass. Head-Quarters First Division, Army of the Mississippi, Tuscumbia, [Alabama], Aug. 29, 1862. Guards and Pickets will pass the bearer, Dr. Abernathy through the lines and return tomorrow. By order of Brig. Gen. E.A. Paine. Wm. H. Conner, Capt. & Ass't Adj't Gen'l. Light age toning and wear. Very fine. Very desirable Confederate printed pass. Scarce. Doctor R.T. Abernathy, served as a Surgeon in the 5th Alabama Cavalry, during the War Between The States. <u>Brief History of the 5th Alabama Cavalry</u>: This regiment was organized at Tuscumbia, Alabama, in December, 1862 and was sent into middle Tennessee, where it began a brilliant career by skirmishes at Chapel Hill. After serving a short time in Martin's Brigade, it was transferred to General Philip D. Roddey's command, and served continuously during the war. It was in Florida for a short time during the fall of 1863, but much of its service was in northern Alabama and vicinity. It captured a wagon-train at Hamburg, 60 prisoners and a train at Hunt's Mill, and 130 prisoners at Madison Station. It blocked the railroad in General William S. Rosecrans' rear, fought General Long at Moulton, stampeded a regiment at Oak Hill, and accompanied General Nathan Bedford Forrest on his Pulaski Raid. It skirmished with General James B. Steedman as he marched into the Tennessee Valley, and fought General James H. Wilson all the way from Montevallo to Selma, where it took part in the defense of the city. The greater part of the regiment surrendered at Selma, the remainder at Danville, Morgan County. Colonel Josiah Patterson creditably commanded the regiment till the close of the war. Source: Confederate Military History, Vol. VIII.   <b>Autographed and Numbered Limited First Edition</b> By R. Brad Long. Limited First Edition, signed by the author on the title page; Copy number 23 out of 1,000 copies. Printed April 1990 A.D. Exactly 100 years after the peak membership of the national Grand Army of the Republic, "Our Vanished Army." Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-61054. Technical Consultants & G.A.R. Memorabilia Dealers; David E. Wells, Omaha, NE., and David E. Limpert, Manchester, MI. Edits: Photography by Bev Cruse Photography, Martinsville, IL. Printed by R-Pap Products Printing, Martinsville, IL. Printed on the front cover: Regulation past officer's badge taken from the GAR Blue Book in the 1880's. The rank held was that of Colonel. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, blue soft covers stapled at the center fold, 40 pages. Numerous black and white photographs, historical background of the GAR, The Great Encampments, National Encampment Listings, bibliography, GAR Price Guide, Parts, etc. Excellent condition. Scarce. <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community branches) across the United States, both North and West. It was dissolved in 1956 upon the death of its last surviving member, Albert Woolson. Albert H. Woolson, was born, February 11, 1850, at Antwerp, New York, and he served as a Union Drummer Boy, 1864-1865, in the 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery. Woolson was discharged from the Union Army, on September 7, 1865. Woolson returned to Minnesota, where he lived the rest of his life. He was a carpenter and later a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a powerful political organization made up of Union Civil War veterans. He became senior vice commander in chief in 1953. In his final days, he lived in Duluth, Minnesota, and died at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth on August 2, 1956, at what was then thought to be the age of 109, of a "recurring lung congestion condition". He was buried with full military honors by the National Guard at Park Hill Cemetery. Following his death, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower said: "The American people have lost the last personal link with the Union Army ... His passing brings sorrow to the hearts of all of us who cherished the memory of the brave men on both sides of the War Between the States." Life magazine ran a seven-page feature article upon the death of Albert Woolson, in their August 20, 1956, issue. The article also included much information about the G.A.R., with pictures and drawings of several encampments and conventions. After his death, the Grand Army of the Republic was dissolved because Woolson was its last surviving member. Some of his personal artifacts are on display at the Veterans Memorial Hall Gallery, a program of the St. Louis County Historical Society, in the St. Louis County Depot in downtown Duluth, Minnesota. dicated to him. In 1956, a monument of Albert H. Woolson was erected in the Gettysburg National Military Cemeytery as a memorial to the Grand Army of the Republic.  H 30in. x D 16in.

H 14in. x W 16in. $75.00

  

1862 Confederate Pass For Surgeon $185.00

  

Booklet, Collecting Grand Army of the Re $20.00

  

5 DROP INTAGE PENDANT LIGHT -ORIGINAL CO $900.00
H 31in. x W 31in.  H 24in. x W 24in.  H 18in. x W 18in.  H 30in. x W 36in.

OLD TRAFFIC SIGN $350.00

  

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