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H 23in. x W 23in.  H 21in. x W 39in.  H 84in. x W 21in.  H 19in. x W 27in.

OLD ROADSIDE SIGN $150.00

  

GAS SIGN $250.00

  

MOLSON BEER SIGN $300.00

  

PEPSI SIGN $100.00
H 36in. x W 56in.  H 16in. x w 28in.  H 11in. x W 13in.  .

MAPLE LEAF FLOUR SIGN $850.00

  

CIGARETTE SIGN $225.00

  

ADVERTSING SIGN $125.00

  

PURINA SIGN $450.00
H 35in. x W 35in.  H 11in. x W 35in.  H 15in. x W 28in.  H 12in. x W 18in.

OLD STOP SIGN $200.00

  

KIK COLA SIGN $200.00

  

ROBIN HOOD FLOUR SIGN $275.00

  

OLD DEALERS ONLY SIGN $130.00
H 18in. x W 24in.  H 19in. x W 29in.  H 24in. x W 24in.  H 14in x W 20in.

RABITRY SIGN $200.00

  

TIN TV SIGN $200.00

  

OLD FARM SIGN $400.00

  

WARNING SIGN $50.00
H 35in x W 60in.  H 39in. x D 16in.  Artistically finished metal on these vintafe lights H 28in. x D 16in.   <b>Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War General-in-Chief of the United States Army at the outbreak of the Civil War 1861 Mathew Brady view</b> (1786-1866) Born at Laurel Hill, a plantation near Petersburg, Virginia, his father was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and an officer in the Dinwiddie County militia. A year older than the Constitution, the venerable Winfield Scott, hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, became General in chief of the U.S. Army in 1841, a position he still held at the start of the Civil War. He was known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" for his insistence on proper military etiquette. A true professional soldier, he was one of the very few men in the country who saw the need to prepare for a major military effort as the impending Civil War grew ever closer. His "Anacondona Plan" proved to be very sound and helped to defeat the Confederacy. It called for the capture of the Mississippi River, and a blockade of Southern ports, and by cutting off the eastern states of the Confederacy, Scott hoped to force the surrender of Confederate forces with a minimal loss of life on both sides. Succeeded by General George B. McClellan, as Commander-in-Chief, in November 1861, he retired to write his memoirs, and died at West Point in 1866 where he is buried. A Virginian, he was the only non-West Pointer of Southern origin in the Regular Army to remain loyal to the Union. His service as the "Commanding General of the United States Army," for twenty years, was the longest that any officer held that position. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view in dress uniform with oak leaf trim on the collar, epaulettes, dress belt with oval belt plate, and posing with one hand on a book on top of a table. Back mark: Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, From Photographic Negative, From Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Very sharp image, and in excellent condition. Beautiful image of "Old Fuss and Feathers."

CANADA DRY SIGN $300.00

  

ART GLASS PENDANT $2800.00

  

BRASS CHANDELIER $1200.00

  

CDV, General Winfield Scott $125.00
2 piece badge. The top bar has a spread winged eagle with cannon barrels, and an American shield with the year 1899 within. Below is a bar with the imprint, Official Souvenir, 33rd National Encampment. Straight fastening pin is complete on the reverse. Attached below is the famous "Liberty Bell," with a vignette of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was signed, with an imprint of the dates of the encampment, Sep. 4-9, Philadelphia, with a gold G.A.R. badge with logo, etc. affixed at the center of the bell. Manufacturer's imprint on the reverse, Schaab's & Co., Milwaukee. Choice condition. Would make for a superb display. Very desirable design.   <b>United States Congressman from Tennessee Governor of Kansas Territory during the "Bleeding Kansas" era as the country was about to plunge into Civil War!</b> (1814-94) Born in Alexandria, Virginia, he was the son of an American Revolutionary War soldier. He graduated from Columbian College, now George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., in 1833, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1834, and practiced in Memphis, Tennessee. He served as a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, 1845-55, and was the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. He also served on the Committee on the Judiciary. Stanton was the Governor of Kansas Territory, prior to the Civil War, during what was known as the "Bleeding Kansas" years. At the beginning of the Civil War he joined the Republican Party, and in 1861 he opened a law office in Washington, D.C., to practice cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. In his later years Stanton was active in efforts for world peace, and was president of the "International Peace League." He was also president of the "National Arbitration League of America," and opened its inaugural convention in Washington in 1882. He retired to Florida for health reasons where he died on June 4, 1894, and he is buried in South Lake Weir Cemetery, in South Lake Weir, Florida. <u>Signature with Place</u>: 5 x 2, in ink, Fred. P. Stanton, Memphis, Tenn. Very fine. <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: "Bleeding Kansas," or the "Border War," was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1861. It emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas. The conflict was characterized by years of electoral fraud, raids, assaults, and murders carried out in the Kansas Territory and neighboring Missouri by pro-slavery "border ruffians" and antislavery "free staters."  H 11in. x D 19in.  H 32in. x D 14in.

1899 G. A. R. Badge, 33rd National Encampm $55.00

  

Autograph, Frederick P. Stanton $45.00

  

DING ROOM PENDANT $2450.00

  

CRYSTAL BEADED BOWL LIGHT $2200.00
<b>Raised the "Louisville Legion" in 1861 Colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Infantry As a brigade and division commander, Rousseau gallantly led his troops in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, and Stones River! United States Congressman from Kentucky</b> (1818-69) Born near Stanford, Kentucky, he studied law, passed the Indiana bar in 1841, and began practicing law with his brother, Richard H. Rousseau, as junior partners in a firm led by James I. Dozier, in Bloomfield, Indiana. He was elected to the Indiana State Legislature in 1844, and served with distinction during the Mexican War as a captain of the 2nd Indiana Volunteers, which he led at the Battle of Buena Vista, where he helped rally the Indiana troops at a key point in the battle. He was a member of the Indiana State Senate from 1847 to 1849. He then went to Louisville, Kentucky, to practice law, and in 1860 was elected to the Kentucky State Senate. A dedicated opponent of secession, as the Civil War was becoming more and more likely, Rousseau decided in favor of maintaining state government in Kentucky and helped keep it from seceding from the Union. He resigned from his seat in the senate in June 1861, and applied for a commission to raise volunteers. Against the opposition of many prominent figures in Kentucky, he succeeded in raising two regiments composed entirely of Kentuckians at Camp Joe Holt, across the Ohio River from Louisville in Jeffersonville, Indiana. They were known as the "Louisville Legion." With the help of a battalion of the "Louisville Home Guard," the regiments saved Louisville from being captured by Confederate troops. On September 9, 1861, he was mustered in as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Infantry. Promoted to brigadier general on October 1st, and major general on October 22, 1862, he commanded a brigade at the bloody battle of Shiloh, and gallantly led a division at the battle of Perryville, Ky. He also served with distinction as a division commander at Murfreesboro, and in the Tullahoma campaign. He afterwards commanded the districts of Nashville and of Tennessee. On the orders of General William T. Sherman, Rousseau carried out a very successful raid on the Montgomery and West Point Railroad in July 1864. Rousseau was elected as an "Unconditional Unionist" to the United States Congress serving from 1865-1866. As a former military officer, he served on the Committee on Military Affairs. In June 1866, relations between Rousseau and Iowa Congressman Josiah Bushnell Grinnell became very tense. The two had a series of debates over a bill intended to give more power to the Freedman's Bureau. Rousseau opposed it having seen and heard about rebellious and illegal actions by agents working for the bureau, whereas Grinnell strongly supported the bill as a former active abolitionist, and aide to runaway slaves. The debates eventually turned into mudslinging, Grinnell questioning General Rousseau's military record and insulting his performance in battle as well as a few comments on his state of Kentucky. On June 14, 1866, Rousseau approached Grinnell in the east portico of the capitol building after a session of congress. He told Grinnell that he wanted an apology from him for the insults he made about him before the House. Grinnell pretended not to know what Rousseau was talking about, enraging Rousseau who struck him repeatedly with the iron handle of his cane until it broke. He struck him mainly in the face, but a few blows hit Grinnell's hand and shoulder. A committee was organized to investigate the incident which was composed of Nathaniel P. Banks, Henry J. Raymond, Rufus P. Spalding, M. Russell Thayer and John Hogan. General Rousseau was reprimanded for his actions and later resigned. He was elected back the same year to fill the vacancy caused by himself and continued to serve until 1867. After leaving the United States Congress, Rousseau was appointed brigadier general in the U.S. Army with the brevet rank of major general, and was assigned to duty in Alaska on March 27, 1867. General Rousseau played a key role in the transfer of Alaska from the Russian Empire to the United States on October 18, 1867, today celebrated as Alaska Day. On July 28, 1868, he was placed in command of the Department of Louisiana. He died in this capacity in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 7, 1869. He was interred in Cave Hill National Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky, and in 1892, his wife had his body removed from Cave Hill, and re-interred at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. His monument at Cave Hill remains. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with rank of major general. Back mark: Philadelphia Photographic Co. There is a 2 cents orange, George Washington, U.S. Internal Revenue Bank Check stamp on the reverse which partially covers the photographic company's imprint. Very fine.   <b>Walt Whitman and his Brothers in the Civil War</b> By Robert Roper, Published by Walker & Co., New York, 2008, hard cover with dust jacket, 421 pages, index, illustrated, notes, and bibliography. Excellent condition. The Civil War is seen anew, and a great American family is brought to life, in Robert Roper's brilliant evocation of the Whitman family. Walt Whitman's work as a nurse to the wounded soldiers of the Civil War had a profound effect on the way he saw the world. Much less well known is the extraordinary record of his younger brother, George Washington Whitman, who led his men in twenty-one major battles- from Antietam to Fredericksburg, Vicksburg to the Wilderness- and almost died in a Confederate prison camp as the fighting ended. Drawing on the vivid letters that Walt, George, their mother Louisa, and their other brothers wrote to each other during the conflict, this is a powerful narrative of the compelling history of our bravest soldiers. <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: George Washington Whitman, served as a captain in the 51st New York Infantry, 1861-65. He was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., on December 13, 1862, and was captured at Poplar Grove Church, Va., on September 30, 1864.  Not a big deal but if you have an interest in Civil War Confederate activity in the East, particularly Confederate operations in and around Maine, and you don’t have a copy of Mason Philips Smith’s <I> Confederates Downeast</I> in your library you are missing the boat. An informing read offering seldom appreciated insight into a commonly felt threat among Civil War era Maine citizens, the author offers factual and well research detail not only of the more well-known1863 Confederate attack upon the U. S. revenue cutter Caleb Cushing in Portland harbor (see our: MaineLegacy.com) but an account of key characters and hostile activity in and near the state of Maine. Lots of interesting material that didn’t make the history books. Published in 1985 in soft cover this copy remains in excellent condition and is inscribed by the author. <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>  An attractive old preserve jar in a nice size (7" high) and complete with the original old tinned iron screw top with porcelain insert. All in nice condition, this jar is boldly marked MASON’S PATENT, NOV. 30th , 1858. How often have we seen period references of these jars filled with goodies having been shipped to a soldier at the seat of War? (usually in the form of a letter home from an unfortunate troop who’s jar was broken in shipment.) A nice original Civil War personal accessory or country kitchen item. <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, General Lovell H. Rousseau $100.00

  

Now The Drum Of War $10.00

  

author signed Confederates Downeast: Con $30.00

  

Pat. 1858 PRESERVE JAR $45.00
<b>Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War General-in-Chief of the United States Army at the outbreak of the Civil War 1861 Mathew Brady view taken at the United States Military Academy</b> (1786-1866) Born at Laurel Hill, a plantation near Petersburg, Virginia, his father was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and an officer in the Dinwiddie County militia. A year older than the Constitution, the venerable Winfield Scott, hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, became General in chief of the U.S. Army in 1841, a position he still held at the start of the Civil War. He was known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" for his insistence on proper military etiquette. A true professional soldier, he was one of the very few men in the country who saw the need to prepare for a major military effort as the impending Civil War grew ever closer. His "Anacondona Plan" proved to be very sound and helped to defeat the Confederacy. It called for the capture of the Mississippi River, and a blockade of Southern ports, and by cutting off the eastern states of the Confederacy, Scott hoped to force the surrender of Confederate forces with a minimal loss of life on both sides. Succeeded by General George B. McClellan, as Commander-in-Chief, in November 1861, he retired to write his memoirs, and died at West Point in 1866 where he is buried. A Virginian, he was the only non-West Pointer of Southern origin in the Regular Army to remain loyal to the Union. His service as the "Commanding General of the United States Army," for twenty years, was the longest that any officer held that position. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Full seated view on a wooden porch taken at the U.S. Military Academy. Scott wears his double breasted dress uniform with oak leaf trim on his collar and cuffs, epaulettes, and is posing holding his presentation sword and scabbard. Imprint on the front mount: Lieut. Gen'l Scott. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Back mark: Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, From Photographic Negative, From Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Extremely sharp image, and in choice condition. Beautiful photograph! They don't come much nicer than this one! General Scott considered this to be his favorite photograph of himself.   <b>He died during the Civil War in 1863 near Fairfax Court House, Virginia Commander of the famous "Corcoran Irish Legion"</b> (1827-63) He was born in Carrowkeel, near Ballymote, County Sligo in Ireland, and before he emigrated to America in 1849, he belonged to a Catholic rebel guerrilla group, the Ribbonmen. In 1859, Corcoran became colonel of the famous fighting 69th New York State Militia. On October 11, 1860, Colonel Corcoran refused to march the regiment on parade for the Prince of Wales, who was visiting New York City at the time, to protest against British rule in Ireland. He was a close confidant of President Abraham Lincoln. When serving in the defenses of Washington in the spring of 1861, his men constructed one of the first forts that took on his name, Fort Corcoran. He was a hero at the 1st Battle of Bull Run where he was wounded and captured. Corcoran then became a pawn in a controversial chess game played by the Union and Confederate authorities where he was held hostage for reprisal in the event of the execution of the crews of captured privateers by the U.S. Navy. After being shuttled back and forth between a number of Confederate prison camps, he was exchanged in August 1862 and promoted to brigadier general. After an invitation to dine with President Lincoln, Corcoran was as enthusiastic as ever and continued to rally Irish support for the Union by raising the "Corcoran Irish Legion" which he led in the Suffolk, Va. campaign. In April 1863, Corcoran was involved in an incident that ended with Corcoran shooting and killing Edgar A. Kimball, commander of the 9th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Corcoran attempted to pass through the 9th New York's lines without giving the required password after receiving the challenge from a sentry. When Kimball intervened on the side of the sentry, Corcoran shot Kimball. At a court of inquiry, Kimball was faulted for interacting with Corcoran though Kimball was not on duty and was not a sentry, and for using menacing and insulting language. In addition, some witnesses suggested that Kimball was intoxicated when he confronted Corcoran. Corcoran was found at fault for not providing the required password; he was reprimanded by the court, but not subjected to further punishment. In late 1863, Corcoran was appointed commander of a division in the 22nd Corps, and while riding near Fairfax Court House, Virginia, he was thrown from his runaway horse, and suffered a fractured skull. He died at the W.P. Gunnell House on December 22, 1863, at the age of 36. 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. He wears epaulettes on his shoulders, and a sash with an oval medal across his chest. No back mark. Excellent condition. Very desirable Irish/American Civil War general.   Lage globes on these Arts and Crafts fixtures will work well as peir fixtures on low walls or or as a driveway feature on low pedestals of stone or brick. H 23in. x D 18in. VERY LARGE  ELEVATOR LIGHTS in cast bronze with very heavy glass domes of Sheffield glass circa 1920 7in H. x D 15in. Dia Top quality great solution for any low ceiling installation price per item x2

CDV, General Winfield Scott $150.00

  

CDV, General Michael Corcoran $50.00

  

PR. ARTS AND CRAFTS LIGHTING $3500.00

  

2X elevator lights in cast bronze $2950.00
<b>Commanded the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. United States Congressman & Senator from Rhode Island Governor of Rhode Island</b> (1824-1881) Born at Liberty, Union County, Indiana, he was known as "Old Sideburns." He graduated in the West Point class of 1847, and served in the Mexican War. Seeing action on the western frontier, he was wounded in a skirmish with Apache Indians in 1849. He resigned his commission in 1853, he invented a breech loading rifle, was appointed a Major General of the Rhode Island State Militia, was elected to serve as a U.S. Congressman, and he worked with the Illinois Central Railroad under his friend future Union General and presidential candidate George B. McClellan. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized the 1st Rhode Island Infantry, becoming their Colonel. He was in command of a brigade at the Battle of 1st Bull Run. Having become a President Lincoln favorite, he was given command of the expedition forces against the coast of North Carolina, he fought at the Battle of Antietam, and in December of 1862 he commanded the Army of the Potomac during their bitter defeat at Fredericksburg, Va. General Burnside also saw action at Knoxville, Tenn., in the Overland Campaign, and at Petersburg, Va., in the Battle of the Crater. In his post war career he was elected Governor of Rhode Island three times, and later served as a U. S. Senator. Burnside died of heart disease on September 13, 1881, at his home in Bristol, Rhode Island, and his body lay in state at City Hall until his funeral on September 16th. A procession took his casket, in a hearse drawn by four black horses, to the First Congregational Church for services which were attended by many local dignitaries. Following the funeral services, the procession made its way to Swan Point Cemetery for burial. Businesses were closed, and "thousands" of mourners from "all towns of the state and many places in Massachusetts and Connecticut" crowded the streets of Providence for the occasion. Personally, Burnside was always very popular, both in the army and in politics, and made friends very easily. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photographs, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Chest up view in oval format wearing uniform with rank of major general. No back mark. Light age toning. Very fine.  old light is very classic in solid bass wit fine detailing H 30in. x D 25in.  Quality chandelier brass crystal very large H 51in. x D 28in.   <b>United States Congressman from Massachusetts Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress United States Speaker of the House Governor of Massachusetts</b> (1816-1894) Born at Waltham, Massachusetts. He was Speaker of the Massachusetts House, presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1853, and the same year was elected to the U.S. Congress, the first of ten terms. Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1856, Banks showed moderation in deciding among factions during the bitter slavery debates. In 1858 he was elected Governor of Massachusetts, serving until January 1861, when President Abraham Lincoln appointed him a Major General of Volunteers after Banks offered his services. Many West Point officers could not understand this appointment considering that Banks had substandard military qualifications for the job of a field commander. He did contribute immeasurably in recruits, morale, money and propaganda to the Federal cause however. He was defeated by General Stonewall Jackson in the celebrated 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign with the loss of 30% of his force, and again by Jackson at Cedar Mountain, Va. Banks saw service during the Vicksburg campaign, and commanded the siege and capture of Port Hudson, La., and also commanded the Red River campaign. General Banks undertook a number of steps intended to facilitate the Reconstruction plans of President Lincoln in Louisiana. When Banks arrived in New Orleans, the atmosphere was somewhat hostile to the Union owing to some of General Benjamin F. Butler's actions. Banks moderated some of Butler's policies, freeing civilians that Butler had detained and reopening churches whose ministers refused to support the Union. He recruited large numbers of African Americans for the military, and instituted formal works and education programs to organize the many slaves who had left their plantations. After the war Banks returned to his political career. He died on September 1, 1894, at Waltham, Mass., at the age of 84. Fort Banks in Winthrop, Massachusetts, built in the late 1890s, was named for him. A statue of him stands in Waltham's Central Square, and Banks Street in New Orleans is named after him. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 5/8 card. Full standing view wearing double breasted frock coat with rank of major general, a chapeau hat, epaulettes, with his sword and scabbard hanging from his belt. Back mark: Charles Taber & Co., New Bedford, [Mass.]. Major General N.P. Banks is also imprinted on the reverse and period pencil inscription outlining some of his Civil War military record. Card is trimmed. Mounting traces on the reverse. Displayed in 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 original period cdv album page with gold leaf imprint.

CDV, General Ambrose E. Burnside $100.00

  

BRASS CHANDELER $3400.00

  

BRASS high quality CHANDELER $4800.00

  

CDV, General Nathaniel P. Banks $100.00
<b>32nd President of the United States</b> (1882-1945) Born in Hyde Park, New York, he served as a member of the New York State Senate, 1911-13; as the United States Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; Governor of New York, 1929-32; and President of the U.S., 1933-45. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, he declared war on Japan the next day, and a few days later, on Germany and Italy. Roosevelt died during the war on April 12, 1945, at Warm Springs, Ga., after his physical health seriously and steadily had declined during World War II. Roosevelt's Springwood estate, in Hyde Park, New York, was his birthplace, lifelong home, and burial place. His wife, First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, is buried alongside him. The Springwood estate was established as a National Historic Site in 1945, and is the home of his Presidential library. Celluloid lapel button, 3/4 inches in diameter, complete with its fastening pin on the verso. The obverse features a bust view of President Roosevelt, with the slogan, "A Gallant Leader," above, and his name, "Franklin D. Roosevelt," below. Manufacturer's imprint on the verso, Bastian Bros. Co., Rochester, N.Y., Home of Ribbon Metal And Celluloid Novelties, Local No. 11, Lithographers of America, Rochester. Very fine.   <b>During his twenty seasons in the National League Crawford umpired more than 3,100 games He was the home plate umpire during one of the most violent brawls in baseball history, Johnny Roseboro vs Juan Marichal, in a classic Dodgers-Giants rivalry game!</b> (1916-2007) Born Henry Charles "Shag" Crawford, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, growing up, he played baseball and football, and was involved in boxing, and later played in the minor leagues as a catcher in the Philadelphia Phillies system. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, and was on the destroyer USS Walke (DD-723) when its bridge was struck by a Japanese kamikaze on January 6, 1945, during the invasion of Luzon, in which commanding officer George Fleming Davis was killed. He was a professional umpire in Major League Baseball, and worked in the National League from 1956 to 1975. During his twenty seasons in the National League, Crawford worked more than 3,100 games, and as a home plate umpire he was notable for getting in a low crouch and resting his hands on the back of the catcher. Crawford was the third base umpire for Sandy Koufax's third no-hitter on June 4, 1964. He was the home plate umpire when one of the most violent brawls in baseball history occurred during a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, at Candlestick Park, on August 22, 1965. The incident occurred between Giants pitcher Juan Marichal, and Dodgers catcher John Roseboro in the aftermath of the Watts riots near Roseboro's Los Angeles home, and while the Dominican Civil War raged in Marichal's home country, so emotions were raw. During the heat of the game, several players were knocked to the ground by brush back pitches from both teams. When Juan Marichal came up to bat in the 3rd inning, he thought that Roseboro purposely tried to hit him in the head when his return throw back to Sandy Koufax whistled by his ear. Marichal took exception, and confronted Roseboro about the closeness of his throw, and Roseboro came out of his crouch with his fists clenched, and charged towards Marichal who thought John Roseboro was about to attack him. Marichal then raised his bat, striking Roseboro at least twice over the head with his bat, opening a two-inch gash that sent blood flowing down the catcher's face that required 14 stitches. A 14-minute brawl ensued on the field before Koufax, Giants captain Willie Mays, and other peacemakers restored order. Crawford ejected Marichal from the game, and afterwards, National League president Warren Giles suspended Marichal for eight games, and fined him $1,750.00, which at that time was a National League record fine. During Crawford's celebrated career, he officiated three World Series; 1961, 1963, and 1969, ejecting Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver in Game 4 of the 1969 Series for arguing balls and strikes, the first managerial ejection in World Series competition since 1935. He also umpired two National League Championship Series; 1971 and 1974, and umpired in the MLB All-Star Games of 1959, 1961, and 1968; working home plate in the 1968 game. Two of Shag Crawford's sons, Jerry Crawford, and Joey Crawford, also became professional sports officials. Jerry was a National League umpire from 1976 until 2010, and Joey was a National Basketball Association referee from 1977 to 2016. Shag Crawford worked the first game at Philadelphia Phillies Veterans Stadium in 1971, and stood with his son Jerry at home plate when the lineup cards were presented before the final game at the ballpark in 2003. <u>Card Signature</u>: 5 x 3, in blue ink, nice large bold autograph, "Shag Crawford." Excellent. Very desirable MLB umpire's signature!   <b>The gallant Union commander of Fort Sumter, South Carolina who withstood a 36 hour bombardment before surrendering the fort!</b> (1805-1871) Born at "Soldier's Retreat," the Anderson family estate near Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated in the West Point class of 1825, and participated in the Black Hawk Indian War, in Florida. In the Mexican War, he fought in the Siege of Vera Cruz, the Battle of Cerro Gordo, the Skirmish of Amazoque, and the Battle of Molino del Rey where he was severely wounded while assaulting the Mexican fortifications, for which he received a brevet promotion to major. In November 1860, he was ordered to Charleston Harbor to take command of the three United States forts there; Castle Pickney, Fort Moultrie, and Fort Sumter, and all troops in the area, in the face of South Carolina's imminent secession. Major Anderson refused a formal demand for his surrender and in the early morning hours of April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was bombarded by Rebel cannons, and the Civil War began. His small garrison withstood 36 hours under heavy fire before being compelled to surrender. Robert Anderson became a national hero in the North for his heroic stand. Ironically, the Confederate artillery attack was commanded by General P.G.T. Beauregard, who had been Anderson's student at West Point. He was promoted to brigadier general in the Regular U.S. Army, effective May 15, 1861. Anderson took the Fort Sumter's 33 star American flag with him to New York City, where he participated in a huge patriotic rally at Union Square that was the largest public gathering in North America until then. General Anderson then went on a highly successful recruiting tour of the North, with his next assignment placing him in another sensitive political position as commander of the Department of Kentucky, subsequently renamed the Department of the Cumberland, in a border state that had officially declared neutrality between the Union and the Confederacy. Anderson's last military assignment was a brief period as commanding officer of Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, in August 1863. Anderson officially retired from the Army on October 27, 1863 "for disability resulting from long and faithful service, and wounds and disease contracted in the line of duty," but he continued to serve on the staff of the general commanding the Eastern Department, headquartered in New York City, from October 27, 1863, to January 22, 1869. On February 3, 1865, Anderson was brevetted to the rank of major general for "gallantry and meritorious service" in the defense of Fort Sumter. General Robert Anderson personally raised that same United States flag over Fort Sumter on April 14, 1865, exactly four years after he had hauled it down. Hours after the joyous ceremony of April 14, 1865, the country went into deep mourning as John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. General Anderson died in Nice, France, on October 26, 1871, as he had been there seeking a medical cure for his ailments. He was 66 years old at the time of his death, and was buried at the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Seated view in uniform with rank of major general, his overcoat draped over one shoulder, and holding a book, and his reading glasses on his lap. His kepi with U.S. hat wreath insignia sits on the table at his side. Back mark: Bogardus Photographer, 363 Broadway, New York. Very light stain on the verso. Edge of the card mount is very slightly trimmed. Rare pose!   <b>Commander of the USS Pensacola during the bombardment of Forts Jackson & St. Philip, and capture of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1862</b> (1806-63) Born in Manhattan, New York City, he was the grandson of Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was appointed as a midshipman on August 21, 1819, and by 1828 was promoted to lieutenant. Over the next decade and a half he served in various sea duty assignments. He was promoted to commander on October 12, 1849, where he was in charge of recruiting at New York from 1851 to 1853. His next sea command was on the sloop "Germantown" of the Brazil Squadron followed by additional sea duty in the Mediterranean Squadron. At the beginning of the Civil War he had served in the U.S. Navy for 41 years. He then was assigned as superintendent of operations at the Washington Navy Yard, and later commanded the sloop of war, "Pensacola," as it sailed south to join the West Gulf Blockading squadron. While passing Forts Jackson and Fort St. Philip, on the Mississippi River, Morris became involved in a cannon exchange with the Confederate batteries who ultimately scored numerous hits on the "Pensacola" killing four men, and wounding thirty three others. On July 16, 1862, he was promoted to commodore and remained in command of the "Pensacola." Commodore Morris's health then took a turn for the worse and he returned to New York City in an attempt to regain his health, however the attempt was futile, and he died on August 14, 1863. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. <u>Document Signed</u>: 8 x 2 1/2, imprinted form on blue paper, filled out in ink. United States Navy Yard, New York, May 1st, 1858. Received, from Charles Murray, Purser United States Navy, Two hundred & twenty nine Dollars, ninety three Cents, on account of my Pay, &c. $229.93. Signed at lower right, Henry W. Morris. Excellent condition with a very nice large, bold signature. Desirable Union naval Civil War officer.

Lapel Button, President Franklin D. Roos $35.00

  

Autograph, Shag Crawford, Major League B $10.00

  

CDV, General Robert Anderson $125.00

  

Autograph, Commodore Henry W. Morris, U. $75.00
<b>War Period Signature as Major General Served in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Knoxville, Grant's 1864 Overland campaign, Petersburg and Appomattox</b> (1827-1900) Born in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, he graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1849. He was appointed brigadier general on November 23, 1861, and commanded a brigade in General Ambrose E. Burnside's North Carolina expedition, and at the battle of Fort Macon. He was promoted to major general on August 20, 1862, and served as Burnside's chief of staff in the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg. In 1863, he commanded the 9th Corps and directed his men skillfully at Vicksburg and in the capture of Jackson, Mississippi. He then took part in the Knoxville campaign against General James Longstreet. Returning east in 1864, he did yeoman's work during General U.S. Grant's Overland campaign. He later served in the Petersburg campaign, and after the debacle at the battle of the Crater, he succeeded General Burnside in command of the 9th Corps. During the attack on Fort Stedman, Va., on March 25, 1865, Parke commanded the army in the temporary absence of General George G. Meade, and moved quickly and capably to repel the last tactical assault by General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the 1865 Appomattox campaign. For this service he was brevetted major general in the Regular U.S. Army. After the Confederate surrender, General Parke commanded the 9th Corps in the Department of Washington. He served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy from August 28, 1887, to June 24, 1889, and he retired from the Army on July 2nd of that year. He wrote several reports on public improvements, and exploration of the west. He also served as a cartographer, publishing maps of the New Mexico Territory and of California. General John G. Parke died in Washington, D.C., on December 16, 1900, at the age of 73, and is buried in the churchyard of the Church of St. James the Less in Philadelphia. <u>War Period Signature With Rank</u>: 3 1/4 x 1 1/4, in ink, Respectfully yours, Jno. G. Parke, Maj. Genl. Part of the "R" in "Respectfully" has been trimmed. Very desirable Union General with an excellent Civil War battle record!   <b>"Kearny the Magnificent" At the Mexican War battle of Churubusco, his left arm was severely wounded necessitating amputation! He was killed at Chantilly, Virginia on September 1, 1862!</b> (1815-62) Born in New York City to a wealthy Irish American family, he attended Columbia College, in NYC, and studied law earning his law degree in 1833. Instead of practicing law however, Kearny yearned for a military career and decided to make the army his profession. He obtained a commission as a second lieutenant of cavalry, assigned to the 1st U.S. Dragoons, who were commanded by his uncle, Colonel Stephen W. Kearny, and whose adjutant general was future Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The regiment was assigned to the western frontier. Kearny was sent to France in 1839 to study cavalry tactics, first attending school at the famous cavalry school in Saumur. He participated in several combat engagements with the Chasseurs d'Afrique in Algeria, and rode into battle with a sword in his right hand, pistol in his left, and the reins in his teeth, as was the style of the Chasseurs. His fearless character in battle earned him the nickname from his French comrades of "Kearny le Magnifique," or in English, "Kearny the Magnificent." He returned to the United States in the fall of 1840, and prepared a cavalry manual for the Army based on his experiences overseas. Kearny was assigned to the staff of General Winfield Scott, soon becoming his aide-de-camp. During the Mexican War, in 1846, his company served as an escort for commanding General Winfield Scott during the advance on Mexico City, and at Churubusco his left arm was shattered necessitating amputation. For his gallant conduct here he was brevetted major. In 1859, he went abroad again and served in Napoleon III's Imperial Guard during the Italian War. He took part in every cavalry charge at Magenta and Solferino with the reins of his horse clenched in his teeth. When the Civil War broke out he hurried home and was one of the first brigadier generals of volunteers appointed. He was assigned to command the "New Jersey Brigade," part of Gen. William B. Franklin's division. He fought in the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, rising to division command. At the close of the 2nd Bull Run campaign, on September 1, 1862, at Chantilly, Va., he was killed. Respected by officers of both the Union & the Confederacy, his body was sent through the lines under a flag of truce by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The originator of the "Kearny Patch," the forerunner of the corps badge, he was termed by General Scott as "the bravest man I ever knew, and a perfect soldier." High praise indeed! General Kearny's own motto was, "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view in uniform with his overcoat draped over his shoulders. He holds his officer's Chasseur style kepi and sword at his front. Imprint on the front mount, Brig. Genl. Philip Kearny. Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1862 by M.B. Brady in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York. Back mark: Published by E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Old period ink inscription on the reverse, "killed before Richmond." Thre is a second inscription in ink at the bottom of the verso, Gift Est. Jane N. Grew, 13 Aug. 1920. Excellent and very desirable cdv of General Phil Kearny!   Wet plate, albumen photograph, that measures 6 1/2 x 4 3/4, and it is mounted to a thick gray card stock that measures 7 3/4 x 6. Outdoor scene of 9 soldiers of Co. K, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, posing on a broken down wagon. Two wagon wheels are laying on the ground in front of the wagon. A banner with the inscription, 2nd Infty., Co. K, Mass. is at the center of the view between the 2 wagon wheels. Their stacked rifles can be seen on both sides of the wagon. Posing in front of a brick building, possibly a fort. No photographer's imprint. There is a very tiny chip out of the upper left hand corner of the card mount. Excellent content. Circa 1898. Very desirable Spanish American War image from this hard fought Massachusetts Regiment who saw action in all of the major American Wars! The 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment has a long standing history as being an elite regiment. They fought in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and many other conflicts. In September 1862, Captain Robert Gould Shaw served in this regiment, and was wounded at the battle of Antietam, Maryland. Shaw would later go on to much fame as the Colonel of the first black Civil War Regiment to see combat, the famous 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, which he led at the battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina, on July 18, 1863. Shaw was killed leading the charge on the Confederate works, and was buried in a trench grave alongside of his negro soldiers. <u>The 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in the Spanish American War</u>: The regiment served in Cuba during the Spanish American War and took part in the battle of El Caney. The 2nd Massachusetts Infantry was mustered into federal service between May 8-10, 1898, at Framingham, Massachusetts. At the time of their muster, the regiment consisted of forty-seven officers and 896 enlisted men. The regiment became part of the Fifth Army Corps, under the command of General William Shafter, forming part of the First Brigade of the Second Division. On June 14th, the regiment steamed for Cuba as part of the invasion force on board the army transport Seneca. The regiment arrived eight days later, landing at Daquiri. From Daquiri, they marched to Siboney. The 2nd Massachusetts was then sent out from Siboney to Las Guasimas, and the regiment ended up making camp beside Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, who they shared their rations with. On the morning of July 1st, a member of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry described the scene: Just below us was Santiago still wrapped in the morning mist, and apparently still not aroused from its slumber. All about us were frowning hills and mountains and in the distance we could see the harbor outside of which sat the grim war ships of the United States waiting for their prey to come out. Later, as the regiment was split up and moved a short distance into line of battle, the same soldier described what he saw before him: El Caney lay almost directly in front of us, a small town backed up against a steep hill with forts, entrenchments and houses bristling with rifles. To our right on a small elevation was the famous stone fort over which floated the red and yellow flag of Spain. A little to the left was the village church, of stone, and it was converted into a fortress while on either side of both the fort and the church were the familiar Spanish blockhouses. And in front of all were the trenches, well built and fortified covering all of the front and sides of the town, with the fort and with their fronts guarded by fences and entanglements of barbed wire. At the battle of El Caney, the First Brigade was sent to occupy the road leading westward from El Caney. On June 30th, late in the day, the brigade, with the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, moved out from their position over trails that were very mucky and muddy following a heavy rain. Arriving, the men bedded down along the road for the night. At 4:00 A.M on July 1st, they were awakened and advanced on El Caney. Once the brigade was within one thousand to twelve hundred yards of the town, it began receiving Mauser rifle fire. The brigade deployed with the 2nd Massachusetts occupying the right of the brigade's line. They were hampered in that it was still equipped with Springfield rifles which used black powder. This placed the men of the regiment at a disadvantage since the smoke of the black powder would give away their position, and also obscure their view of the enemy. The shorter range of the weapon was also a handicap. The battle for El Caney was very fierce. Originally expected to be a brief skirmish, the battle lasted most of the day. It had been intended that, once El Caney had been neutralized, the men involved would advance to the San Juan Heights and join in the assault at that location, which was also ongoing. Unfortunately, by the time the town fell, there was no time for them to join in the battle at San Juan Heights that day. When the town eventually fell, the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry found it had lost First Lieutenant Charles Field, killed, with Captain W.T. Warner, and Second Lieutenants, D.J. Moynhan, and Oscar D. Hapgood all being wounded. After fighting most of the day, the 2nd Massachusetts spent the night marching to the San Juan Heights and joined in the skirmishing that occurred over the next few days. On July 4th, the regiment was again on the march, extending the battle lines to attempt to encircle Santiago, digging trenches on what became known as "Misery Hill." Seven days later, the regiment was again on the march to what would become its last camp. Throughout this period, the regiment was lacking rations and other supplies. Three days after arriving at the last camp, Santiago surrendered to Major General William Shafter. Santiago soon surrendered, and on August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain formally agreed to an armistice, ending the fighting portion of the war. The 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment joined the 8th U.S. Infantry, and the 22nd U.S. Infantry, onboard the transport Mobile, and departed Cuba on August 13th bound for Camp Wikoff on Long Island, New York. The transport arrived there on August 20th. On arrival, the regiment was placed in the quarantine came, from which it was released on August 24th. The following day, it was given a sixty day furlough. The regiment was mustered out of service on October 3, 1898 at Springfield, Massachusetts, but was not paid for its service until November 17th. During its term of service, the regiment lost one officer, and four enlisted men killed in action. Four more enlisted men would die of wounds received in action. In addition one officer and eighty-six enlisted men succumbed to disease. The war ended on December 10, 1898, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.   <b>American flying ace in the 506th Fighter Group during World War II He was credited with the destruction of 5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat, and another 3 destroyed on the ground, while strafing Japanese airfields! Aust later flew 324 combat missions over Vietnam!</b> (1921-2020) Born in in Scooba, Mississippi, he enlisted in the Aviation Cadet Program of the U.S. Army Air Force on June 23, 1942. He was sent to Santa Ana Army Air Base in California, and completed flight training and earned his wings. Aust joined the 457th Fighter Squadron of the 506th Fighter Group as an American P-51 Mustang pilot. He was assigned with his unit to Tinian in the Mariana Islands in February 1945. During this time, the squadron flew missions against the island of Chichi Jima. In March 1945, the squadron arrived at North Field in Iwo Jima, and Aust flew long-range missions over Japan. He experienced his first enemy aircraft encounter on July 16, 1945, over Nagoya. During the aerial combat while leading two flights of P-51s, Aust engaged six Nakajima Ki-84 "Franks" and managed to shoot down three of them. His second and last encounter with enemy aircraft happened on August 10, 1945, during a VLR mission escorting B-29 Super Fortresses to the northeast of Tokyo. Aust shot down a Mitsubishi A6M Zero at 25,000 feet. He quickly spotted another Zero and made two passes, damaging it both times. After the second pass, the Zero dove into the clouds and disappeared. Aust was able to spot a third Zero, got behind it, and shot it down over an airfield for his second victory of the day, and his fifth aerial victory of the war. At the end of the mission, Aust claimed two A6M Zeros shot down. This was his last combat mission of World War II. On August 14, 1945, the 457th Fighter Squadron escorted B-29s on their last mission against Japan. The following day, on August 15th, Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan. During World War II, Aust flew a total of 14 Very Long Range (VLR) missions from Iwo Jima. He was credited with the destruction of 5 enemy aircraft in aerial combat, and another 3 destroyed on the ground, while strafing enemy airfields. On several other missions, he was credited with destroying several locomotives, at least three large fishing boats, and damaged a destroyer. He is the only flying ace of the 506th Fighter Group! Aust remained in the United States Air Force after the war, and served in a variety of command and staff positions over the next 27 years. During the Vietnam War, Aust served as an F-4 Phantom II pilot, and vice commander of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, from January to May 1968, and then as a North American F-100 Super Sabre pilot, and commander of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing at Tuy Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, from May 1968 to February 1969. Aust flew 324 combat missions over Vietnam flying the F-4s in primarily radar bombing, and close air support bombing and strafing missions while flying the F-100 Super Sabre. After his tour in Vietnam, he was sent to South Korea, where he served as vice commander of the 314th Air Division at Osan Air Base, from September 1970 to March 1971, and then commanded the 475th Air Base Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan in 1971. He later served as commander of 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. After returning to U.S in December 1971, he served as special assistant to the commander of the 31st Combat Support Group at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, from December 1971, until his retirement from the Air Force on July 1, 1972. He received the "Congressional Gold Medal," in recognition of "heroic military service and defense of the country's freedom throughout the history of aviation warfare." Colonel Abner M. Aust, Jr., died on June 16, 2020, at Lakeland, Florida, after a brief illness, at the age of 98. He was buried with full military honors at Sarasota National Cemetery, Florida. <u>Signature With Rank And Sentiment</u>: 4 3/4 x 2 1/4, card signed in ink, "Abner M. Aust, Jr., Colonel U.S.A.F. Retired. Thank you all for thinking of me." Bold and neatly written. Excellent.

Autograph, General John G. Parke $95.00

  

CDV, General Philip Kearny $125.00

  

2nd Massachusetts Infantry, in the Spani $25.00

  

Autograph, Colonel Abner M. Aust, Jr. , U $20.00
<b>General-in-Chief of all Union armies during the Civil War 18th President of the United States</b> (1822-1885) Graduated in the West Point class of 1843, and fought in the Mexican War where he earned two accommodations for gallantry. During the Civil War, he fought at the battles of Belmont, Missouri; Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh, Tennessee; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Chattanooga, Tennessee; the 1864 Overland campaign; the battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg, Virginia; and in the 1865 Appomattox campaign in which Grant's army forced the surrender of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. He was the Commander-in-Chief of all Union armies, from 1863-65. General Grant earned the acclaim of the nation, and the sobriquet, "Unconditional Surrender Grant" after forcing the surrender of Fort Donelson, in February 1862. He served two terms as the 18th President of the United States, 1869-77. After a year-long struggle with throat cancer, surrounded by his family, Ulysses S. Grant died at his Mount McGregor cottage, in New York state, on July 23, 1885, at the age of 63, having just finished his written memoirs less than a month before his death. General Philip H. Sheridan, then Commanding General of the U.S. Army, ordered a day-long tribute to Grant on all military posts, and President Grover Cleveland ordered a thirty-day nationwide period of mourning. After private services, the honor guard placed Grant's body on a special funeral train, which traveled to U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and to New York City. A quarter of a million people viewed it in the two days before the funeral. Tens of thousands of men, many of them Union veterans from the Grand Army of the Republic, marched with Grant's casket drawn by two dozen black stallions to Riverside Park, in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan. His pallbearers included Union Generals William T. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, and John A. Logan, the head of the GAR, Confederate Generals Simon B. Buckner and Joseph E. Johnston, and Union Admiral David D. Porter. Following the casket in the seven-mile-long procession were President Cleveland, two former presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and Chester B. Arthur, all of the president's cabinet, as well as the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Attendance at the New York funeral topped 1.5 million. Ceremonies were held in other major cities around the country, while Grant was eulogized in the press and likened to Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Grant's body was laid to rest in Riverside Park, first in a temporary tomb, and then—twelve years later, on April 17, 1897, in the elaborate General Grant National Memorial, also known as "Grant's Tomb," the largest mausoleum in North America. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Seated view portrait in uniform with rank of lieutenant general with a small child on his lap, and dog at lower left. Imprinted title on the front mount, "Grant In Peace." No back mark. Excellent. Very popular Grant cdv.   <b>Captured at the Gosport Navy Yard, Va. in 1861 Saw action at Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg and many other fields of battle! Commanded the 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac Signature With Rank</b> (1820-99) Born in Clinton, Connecticut, he graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1841, and was assigned to the elite Engineer Corps. His pre war army service included the construction of Forts Taylor and Jefferson in Florida. His first Civil War action took place in the Federal evacuation and destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard, (later named the Norfolk Navy Yard) on April 20, 1861, in order to prevent its exploitation by Confederate forces. He was captured during this action. He later fought at 1st Bull Run, the Port Royal expedition, Secessionville, Gettysburg, the Mine Run campaign, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, General Sheridan's 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cedar Creek, Petersburg, Sayler's Creek, and the Appomattox campaign. During the Reconstruction period, Wright commanded the Army of Texas, from July 1865, to August 1866. He was involved in a number of engineering projects including the Brooklyn Bridge and the completion of the Washington Monument. Named Chief of Engineers in June 1879, he retired on March 6, 1884, and lived in Washington, D.C., until his death in 1899. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, under an obelisk erected by veterans of the VI Corps, facing the Washington Monument that he helped to complete. <u>Signature With Rank</u>: 3 1/2 x 1 3/4, in ink, H.G. Wright, Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Genl., U.S. Army. Mounting traces on the reverse. Excellent, bold and neatly written signature. Very desirable!   <b>Civil War hero, Indian fighter, and General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army</b> (1831-88) Born in Albany, New York, Sheridan was small in stature, but large in courage, and stood only 5 feet 5 inches tall, earning him the sobriquet of, "Little Phil." A very prominent Civil War commander, he graduated in the West Point class of 1853. Appointed brigadier general of volunteers, on September 13, 1862, and major general of volunteers, on March 16, 1863, Sheridan fought in the battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, in the Chattanooga campaign, at Missionary Ridge, and Yellow Tavern, (where his men killed the legendary Confederate cavalry General J.E.B. Stuart), Hawes' Shop, Trevilian Station, and in the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign, including the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, where General Sheridan, a brilliant battlefield tactician, made his famous twenty mile ride from Winchester, arriving on the field just in the nick of time to rally his army from the jaws of defeat, and lead them on to victory. Having made a wasteland of "The Valley," he famously said that "a crow would have to carry its own rations." For this achievement he received the "Thanks of Congress," and was promoted to the rank of Major General, in the Regular U.S. Army, on November 14, 1864. General Sheridan then moved to the front at Petersburg, Va., which put him in position to play a critical role in the 1865 Appomattox campaign, resulting in the Union victories at Five Forks, and Sailor's Creek. Sheridan once again led his troops with great distinction and smashed the Confederates which ultimately led to the surrender of the renowned Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by arguably the Civil War's greatest commander, General Robert E. Lee. Sheridan was present at the McLean House, at Appomattox Court House, where General Lee signed the formal surrender treaty, on April 9, 1865. General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses S. Grant, summed up Sheridan's performance in the final days of the war with the following quote, "I believe General Sheridan has no superior as a general, either living or dead, and perhaps not an equal." During the Indian Wars, General Sheridan saw much action against the Plains Indians, in the 1870's. Upon the retirement of General William T. Sherman in 1884, Philip H. Sheridan became commanding general of the United States Army. In 1888, Sheridan suffered a series of massive heart attacks two months after sending his memoirs to the publisher. His family moved him from the heat of Washington to his summer cottage in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where he died of heart failure on August 5, 1888. His body was returned to Washington, and he was buried on a hillside facing the capital city near Arlington House in Arlington National Cemetery. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Chest up view wearing a double breasted uniform coat with the rank of major general. Maj. Gen. P.H. Sheridan is imprinted on the front card mount. There is a beautiful period ink inscription written on the verso, "Maj. Genl. P.H. Sheridan, Comd'g Cav. Corps, Army of the Potomac, 1864 & 65." Excellent.   <b>Negro League Baseball Player, 1946-1950 </b> (1931-2020) Born in Macon, Georgia, on June 22, 1931, Scott played 4 seasons as a pitcher in the Negro League as a member of the New York Black Yankees. Nicknamed, "Bob," he debuted as a sixteen year old rookie in 1946, and played through the 1950 season. He was selected by the New York Mets, in 2008, in Major League Baseball's special draft to honor former players of the Negro Baseball Leagues, and was honored by the Atlanta Braves in a special ceremony at Turner Field, in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2016. Robert Scott was inducted into the Macon Sports Hall of Fame in 2017, and he died on October 11, 2020, in Macon, at the age of 89. Highlights of his major league career include playing with the "Jackie Robinson All-Stars," receiving an award from both the New York Yankees, and New York Mets of MLB, and having his photograph hung in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown, New York. <u>Signed Photograph</u>: 8 x 10, color photograph of Scott in a pitching motion wearing his Yankees uniform, with the interlocking "NY" on his baseball cap, and a beautiful, large, bold blue ink signature, "Robert Scott, New York Black Yankees, 1946-50." Choice condition. <u>Trivia</u>: The New York Black Yankees played their home games at Hinchliffe Stadium, in Paterson, New Jersey, from 1933 to 1938 (a field I have pitched on, and played baseball, and football on); they had no primary home ballpark in 1939 and 1940; from 1940 to 1947, they played at Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, New York, and afterwards they played at Red Wing Stadium, in Rochester, New York.

CDV, General Ulysses S. Grant $20.00

  

Autograph, General Horatio G. Wright $125.00

  

CDV, General Philip H. Sheridan $50.00

  

Robert Scott, New York Black Yankees, Ne $25.00
8 3/4 x 2 3/4, cream colored ribbon, with red, white, blue and gold embroidering. Dark blue band at the top with 11 gold stars. Below that is the following: Memorial To Our Heroes. Victory Day. The central theme has crossed American flags, with a spread winged eagle above them, and a star and American banner below. America First. Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In The European War. April-1917- Nov. 11-1918. Large gold star at the bottom. This is the ribbon only. There is no pin. The edges of the ribbon show some light fraying. It is housed in an archival sleeve and I would suggest leaving it in there for display. Very pretty 1918 World War I, Victory Day ribbon.  A most unusual two piece remnant spoon, flattened to form a thin sheet from which a disk has been cut. A common <I>make do</I> to make a corps badge or identification disk, this rare recovery of <U>both discarded pieces</U> of such a project was recovered at a Union camp excavation near Vicksburg. This fragment from a common soldier’s life will make a wonderful addition to lay in with the finest of corps badge collections or to set with a single piece as a rare original example of in the field ingenuity. <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>  Best described here by our illustrations, this impressive antique collotype remains in exceptional condition and is an original from the1892 military history folio group <I>‘The Army and Navy of the United States 1776-1891’</I> published by Geo. Barrie of Philadelphia. The lithograph is titled <I>’Field Equipment 1892’</I> and measures 8 ¾ X 113/4 on a 12 ¾ X 18 ¾ sheet of heavy period rag paper bearing an Army & Navy Seal with Spread Eagle watermark. The print is marked <I>’Copyright 1892 by G. B.’</I> and is signed by the artist, <I>J. O. Davidson – 92</I>. A most impressive 19th century collotype, bright with absolutely no fading yet with unmistakable evidence of age and originality. An especially nice size for matting and framing, this piece will be of special interest to Spanish American War and Army Signal Corps enthusiasts. <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>   <b>Served as an officer in the 76th New York Infantry during the Civil War Wounded at the battles of Gettysburg, and the Wilderness, Virginia</b> (1843-1915) Born at Cherry Valley, New York, his family was no stranger to war! His great-grandfather fought in the American Revolution, his grandfather saw action in the War of 1812, and his father and himself fought for the Union in the Civil War, with his father losing his life on the battlefield. Charles Hill served in the 121st New York Infantry, and was killed while out scouting in 1864. His mother's side of the family got into the act also as his grand-father Busch fought in the War of 1812. In the beginning of the Civil War, at the age of 18, George B. Hill enlisted in the 76th New York Infantry. He saw combat in 22 hard-fought battles with his regiment while serving in the Army of the Potomac. Twice wounded in battle, he received a gunshot wound in his foot at the battle of Gettysburg, and the young Union soldier was wounded in the right thigh in 1864, at the battle of the Wilderness, Va. Promoted to the ranks of 2nd Lieutenant, and 1st Lieutenant respectively, for gallantry in battle, he was appointed commander of his company. Lieutenant Hill had the distinct honor of commanding the color company of his regiment at the historic grand review of the victorious Union army at Washington, D.C. In the spring of 1866, he went by steamer to California, and a few months later found his way to Virginia City, Nevada, where he was employed as a clerk, and became deputy recorder of the city. He built the Reno Water Works, and in 1875, he organized the Carson City Savings Bank, where he was a cashier, and then general manager. In the spring of 1887, he went to Bellevue, Idaho, and, in partnership with Colonel Ballentine, opened an extensive mercantile firm known as Hill & Ballentine, becoming one of Idaho’s most prominent businessmen. Becoming involved in politics, he was elected mayor of Bellevue 6 times, and was chosen in 1898 to be a candidate for governor of Idaho, but for business reasons he declined the nomination. He did much effective campaign work, and when he addressed his fellow citizens on political subjects he spoke with deep conviction, and great energy and power. He was frequently invited by his comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic to be the honored orator on Decoration Day, where it was said that his efforts reached the heights of inspiration. <u>Document Signed</u>: 8 x 3 1/4, imprinted certificate of deposit document signed in ink. State Of Nevada, The Carson City Savings Bank, Carson, Nev., Jany. 22, 1877. Edward Cassidy has deposited in this Bank One Hundred & fifty Dollars in United States Gold Coin for Twelve months payable to order of Self on the return of this Certificate properly endorsed with Ten per cent interest per annum for the time specified only. Beautiful, large signature, G.B. Hill, next to his title of Cashier. Endorsed on the reverse by Edward Cassidy. Nice sepia tone vignette of a barefoot maiden at the left. Very fine. Very desirable signature of this New York soldier who was wounded in action at Gettysburg.

Ribbon, Memorial To Our Heroes Of World $15.00

  

desirable excavated - Civil War ID DISK $135.00

  

Exceptional! 19th century – Signal Corp $45.00

  

Autograph, Lieutenant George B. Hill $75.00
<b>United States Congressman & Senator from Kentucky Member of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame In 1964, he pitched only the 7th perfect game in MLB history at that time! He pitched a no hitter in both the American League with the Detroit Tigers and the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies! Signed United States Senate Card</b> (1931-2017) Born in Southgate, Kentucky, he graduated from Xavier University in 1953. Bunning, a baseball pitcher, signed a professional contract with the Detroit Tigers, and pitched his first game in the major leagues on July 20, 1955. During his 17 year professional career, from 1955 to 1971, he pitched for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers. When he retired in 1971, he had the second-highest total career strikeouts in Major League history, and currently ranks 22nd all time. Bunning pitched his first no-hitter on July 20, 1958, for the Tigers against the Boston Red Sox, and as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, he pitched the seventh perfect game in Major League Baseball history, on June 21, 1964, the first game of a Father's Day doubleheader at Shea Stadium, in New York, against the New York Mets. It was the first perfect game in the National League since 1880! As of 2023, there have been only 24 perfect games in MLB history, and that includes both the American & National Leagues since the 1800's. During Jim Bunning's illustrious MLB career, he was selected to 9 All-Star teams, he led the American League in wins in 1957, with 20, as a member of the Detroit Tigers, he led the American League in strikeouts twice, in 1959 and 1960, with the Tigers, and the National League once, in 1967, with the Philadelphia Phillies. His uniform number 14 has been retired by the Phillies, and in 1984, Bunning was elected to the Philadelphia Phillies Baseball Wall of Fame. He was elected into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown in 1996. His career statistics include 224 wins, 2,855 strikeouts, and an earned run average of 3.27. He served as a Kentucky State Senator, 1980-84; a United States Congressman, from Kentucky, 1987-99; and was a United States Senator, from Kentucky, serving 1999-2011. During his time in the U.S. Congress, he served on the following committees: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Committee on the Budget; and the Committee on Finance. Jim Bunning died in Edgewood, Kentucky, on May 26, 2017, aged 85, following a stroke he had suffered. He was buried at St. Stephen Cemetery in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He was the only Major League Baseball athlete to have been elected to both the United States Senate, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame! <u>Card Signature With Title as U.S. Senator</u>: 5 x 3 card, partially imprinted, and signed in ink. "Jim Bunning." Printed below his beautiful autograph is Jim Bunning, United States Senator. Choice condition. Very desirable. Neat item from his U.S. Senate career!   <b>Wounded 3 times during the Civil War! Colonel 15th Massachusetts Infantry United States Attorney General Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic</b> (1820-91) Born in Charlestown, Mass., he graduated from Harvard in 1838, and Harvard Law School in 1840. He was admitted to the bar in Franklin Country, Mass., where he practiced law from 1841-49. Devens had a very notable antebellum career as a lawyer, Massachusetts State Senator, U.S. Marshal, and orator. <b><i>Forced to participate in the return of an escaped slave to his owner while serving as marshal, he attempted to purchase, unsuccessfully, the bondsman's liberty with his own funds.</b></i> Immediately upon President Lincoln's call for volunteers, Devens, a militia brigadier, offered his services, and on on April 16, 1861, Devens gave an impassioned speech at Mechanics Hall in Worcester to a large crowd where he called upon the young men of Worcester to rise and go with him to rescue Washington. Shortly afterwards he was mustered in as Major of the 3rd Battalion of Massachusetts Rifles, a 90 days unit. Devens was later commissioned Colonel of the 15th Massachusetts Infantry, and fought at Ball's Bluff, where a uniform button saved his life when he was struck by a rifle ball and wounded. Promoted to Brigadier General of volunteers on April 15, 1862, he commanded a brigade at the battle of Seven Pines during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, and was again wounded. At the battle of Fredericksburg, Devens commanded a brigade of the 6th Army Corps, and at Chancellorsville, where he was wounded a third time, he directed a division in General O.O. Howard's 11th Army Corps. According to a report by General Steward L. Woodford, who served with him, General Devens remounted his horse, stayed with his men, and did not go to the hospital until his men had bivouacked. Upon his return to duty, he commanded a division of the Army of the James, 1864-65, distinguishing himself at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., while commanding the 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps in General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign. During the final stages of the Siege of Petersburg, he commanded the 3rd Division of the 24th Army Corps. His troops were the first to occupy Richmond, Va., after its capture in April 1865. Devens remained in the army for a year as commander of the Military District of Charleston, South Carolina, before mustering out of the army and returning home. He later served as the fifth Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1873–75, and was also a veteran companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He served as a Judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court, 1867-73, and was an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, 1873-77. He served as the United States Attorney General, 1877-81, in the cabinet of President Rutherford B. Hayes. Charles Devens died of heart failure in Boston, Massachusetts in 1891, and is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1906, the city of Worcester, erected an equestrian statue of General Charles Devens in front of the former Worcester Court House, located on Court Hill. <u>Signature as Attorney General of the United States</u>: 6 1/2 x 4, in ink. Chas. Devens, Atty. Genl. U.S., Apr. 29/79. Light age toning. Very fine, dated signature while serving as U.S. Attorney General.   <b>Mortally wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, Virginia in May 1864</b> (1807-64) He was born to wealthy parents in Geneseo, Livingston County, in western New York State. His father, James Wadsworth, was the owner of one of the largest portfolios of cultivated land in the state, and young Wadsworth was groomed to fulfill the responsibilities he would inherit. He attended both Harvard University and Yale University, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He was president of the New York State Agricultural Society in 1842-43. Joining the Republican Party in 1856, he was an 1860 presidential elector for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. In 1861, he was a member of the Washington peace conference, a gathering of Northern and Southern moderates who attempted to avert war. Despite his lack of military experience Wadsworth was commissioned a major general in the New York state militia in May 1861. He served as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General Irvin McDowell at the First Battle of Bull Run, Va. General McDowell recommended him for command and, he was commissioned a brigadier general, and on October 3, 1861, he was appointed to command the 2nd Brigade in McDowell's Division of the Army of the Potomac. He then led the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, of the I Corps of the army until March 17, 1862. He commanded the 1st Division of General John F. Reynold's 1st Corps at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. His division fought like heroes to fight off disaster on July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg, while the rest of the Union army was being brought into action by General George G. Meade, the newly appointed commander of the Army of the Potomac. He was later assigned to the command of a division of General G.K. Warren's 5th Corps in 1864. At the battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864, while leading his men in an attempt to repel an assault, he was shot off his horse, a bullet entering the back of his head and lodging in his brain. He was taken to a Confederate field hospital where he died two days later without ever regaining consciousness. His body was later recovered under a flag of truce. His remains were brought back to Geneseo, New York, and buried there in Temple Hill Cemetery. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Imprint on the verso, "Brigadier-General J.S. Wadsworth." Light age toning. Very fine.   The Newsletter Of The Center For Civil War Photography. Volume XI. Issue I. April 2013. Glossy magazine style covers. 19 pages, plus covers. Includes: Remarkable Fort Sumter Confederate Image Comes To Light. Jacob Coonley Photographs The Battle Of Nashville. A Fragile Negative Survives At The National Archives. Antietam in 3-D. Civil War Photography Dream Day. Civil War in 3-D, and much more. Fantastic images of course! Excellent-like new condition. If you have a keen interest in Civil War images this publication is definitely for you!

Autograph, Jim Bunning $15.00

  

Autograph, General Charles Devens $75.00

  

CDV, General James S. Wadsworth $50.00

  

Battlefield Photographer $2.50
<b>August 6, 1945, a date that will forever live in history as when the first aerial drop of a uranium bomb wiped out almost an entire city in Japan!</b> By Gordon Thomas, and Max Morgan Witts. Published by Konecky & Konecky, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Hard cover with dust jacket. Copyright, 1977, 327 pages, illustrated, bibliography, index, chapter notes. Excellent-like new condition. It was quite probably the most important event of World War II. Its consequences were greater than those of any other event of the war. Yet the story of the bombing of Hiroshima, the momentous flight into the future of the B29 "Enola Gay," has never before been revealed from firsthand sources. Award winning writers Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts separate myth from reality as they retrace the steps that led the world into the atomic age. The authors talked to each surviving crew member and to the scientists and soldiers whose war effort pointed in one direction, toward August 6, 1945, when the first aerial drop of a uranium bomb wiped out most of a city but, ironically, did not stop the war. In addition to their extensive interviews with participants, both American and Japanese, the authors have had access to private diaries and memoirs and government documents until recently classified "top secret." From these, they have reconstructed the unmatched drama of men racing to perfect and others learning to safely drop the untested and most feared bomb in the world; while in Japan, the Imperial Army planned a defense, centered in Hiroshima, that would take an estimated million Allied lives.   <b>Colonel of the 12th New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War</b> (1838-1902) Born in New York City, he was a successful Civil War commander, an insurance executive, and a civil engineer. His prewar military career began as a private in the Marine Artillery of Providence, Rhode Island. He later attended Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, where he raised a company aptly named, the "Brown University Guards," and subsequently received a staff appointment from William Sprague, Governor of Rhode Island. He served as a member of the 7th New York Regiment, 1860-1862, as paymaster, and during the Civil War he served in the 12th New York Regiment, as lieutenant colonel, and colonel commanding the regiment, leading them into battle in their campaigns of 1862-1863. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1865. In the 1870s, General Livingston Satterlee, a Staten Island resident, created a museum at his home. The museum was briefly described in the 1929 book "Staten Island and Its People." "General Satterlee resided on Pendleton Avenue, in New Brighton, where he had a separate building with his collection of Indian artifacts, and herbarium specimens (dried plants). One of the early meetings of the Natural Science Association, of which he was a member, was held in his museum. Satterlee was a 32nd degree Mason and district grand master. Within the community, he was vice president of the Lyceum of Natural History, president of the Old Guard Association of the 12th New York Regiment, and an officer in the New York Chamber of Commerce. He also served an an executive and secretary of the Board of the Aetna Insurance Company, and led an insurance brokerage firm of Satterlee, Bostwick and Martin in New York City. This prominent New Yorker died on April 3, 1902. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view seated pose in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Backmark: J. Loeffler's Photographic Gallery, Corner of Bay and Grand Streets, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y., with 2 cents green George Washington U.S. internal Revenue Proprietary tax stamp. Sharp image. Very fine. Identified by noted Civil War photo historian Roger Hunt, editor of the superb reference works, Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue, and Colonels in Blue. Scarce and very desirable image!   American Heritage. Volume 4. Number 1. Summer 1994 edition. Front page illustration of General William Tecumseh Sherman wearing a mourning badge after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. 64 pages, plus covers. Articles: General Sherman Bashes The Press; The New Sherman Letters. Life In The War's Worst Prison; Hell At Andersonville. Antietam; The Terrible Price Of Freedom; The Bloodiest Day's Fighting In Our Nation's History. How Children Lived Through The Battle of Gettysburg. A War That Never Goes Away; The Crucial Test Of The American Nation, and much more. Profusely illustrated. Excellent.   <b>1948 First Day Cover with Lincoln 3 cents U.S. postage stamp and antique Lincoln $5 pose image!</b> Beautiful vignette of a seated President Lincoln taken from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. There is a scroll design above his head with a quote from his immortal Gettysburg Address, "...and that...government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." The 85th Anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is printed above, with the entire imprint being done in a blue enamel finish. The image of President Lincoln at the bottom center is an actual gem size antique photograph. It appears from the scan that it is an engraved portrait printed into the envelope, but it is NOT. It is an actual, authentic, vintage black and white photograph, the $5 bill pose, that has been affixed to the cover. C.D.S., Gettysburg, Pa., Nov. 19, 1948, 9 A.M., with 3 cents blue U.S. postage stamp featuring a bust view of President Lincoln, and quote from the Gettysburg Address. Beautifully tied onto to the envelope with a First Day Of Issue cancellation. Complete with its entire back flap. Excellent condition. Desirable Gettysburg cover with a vintage President Lincoln photograph.

Book, Enola Gay: The Bombing of Hiroshim $10.00

  

CDV, General Livingston Satterlee $150.00

  

Civil War Chronicles, Collector's Editio $2.50

  

The 85th Anniversary of Lincoln's Gettys $25.00


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