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CDV, General George C. Strong $250.00 |
| 19th century amber Chloroform Dripper $85.00 |
| Massachusetts Civil War Vet’s - G. A. R $165.00 |
| Civil War era TEAR BOTTLE $95.00 |
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Lady with ‘Red-Coats’ - painted LANTER $45.00 |
| 7th South Carolina Cavalry ‘Holcombe’s L |
| CDV, General Abner Doubleday $395.00 |
| CDV, General Louis Blenker $150.00 |
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CDV, General George D. Bayard $250.00 |
| Autograph, General Irvin McDowell $175.00 |
| President Abraham Lincoln Hair & Death B $595.00 |
| CDV, Taylor's Tavern, Near Falls Church, $150.00 |
![<b>Confederate Secretary of War, Leroy Pope Walker</b>
Criswell #21. Vignette of Leroy Pope Walker at top center and a dog and chest at the bottom. Authorized by the Act of Congress, C.S.A., August 18, 1861. Signed by Robert Tyler, Register of the Treasury. Issued at Richmond, Va., April 26, 1862. Serial No. 574. Lithographed by B. Duncan, Richmond, Va. All fifteen coupons still attached. Overall size is 14 x 13. Coupons issued by G.E. Dabrey. Only 2,059 of this bond were issued. Very fine. Scarce. [Source: Confederate and Southern States Bonds, Second Edition, By Grover C. Criswell. page 21].
<u>WBTS Trivia</u>: (1816-77) Robert Tyler, who signed this bond, was the eldest son of President John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States. During the War Between The States he served as the Confederate Register of the Treasury.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/mem9575a.jpg) |
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1861 Confederate $50 Bond $150.00 |
| Photograph, Confederate President Jeffer $250.00 |
| Framed Display, Fabric Taken From the Ch $350.00 |
| Autograph, General David A. Weisiger $150.00 |
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| ![<b>Medal of Honor Recipient for his heroic actions at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas in 1862 as Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Iowa Infantry</b>
(1837-1902) Born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he later joined his three brothers in Dubuque, Iowa, where they established a bank. In 1859, he organized and was elected captain of a militia company known as the "Governor's Greys," which Herron offered to President-elect Abraham Lincoln in January 1861, two months prior to Lincoln's inauguration. He served with General Nathaniel Lyon's forces in Missouri, as captain of the 1st Iowa Infantry fighting with them in the battles of Boonville, and Wilson's Creek. In September 1861, Herron was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 9th Iowa Infantry, and fought with them at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, where he was wounded and taken prisoner, and for his extraordinary heroism he was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers, and awarded the "Medal of Honor" for his exploits there. At the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, he was promoted to major general to date from November 29, 1862, when he turned certain Union defeat into victory by virtue of his spectacular actions. He served during the siege of Vicksburg where his division of 8 regiments successfully plugged a gap on the extreme left of the Union battle lines. Upon the surrender of the city General Ulysses S. Grant chose Herron, along with generals James B. McPherson and John A. Logan, to lead the procession of Grant's Army into the city and accept the formal surrender of arms on July 4, 1863. He next led the Yazoo City expedition, capturing the city, a Confederate fleet, and supplies there. Herron was appointed to command of the 13th Corps, and occupied the Texas coast with headquarters at Brownsville. As the Civil War came to an end, General Herron commanded the District of Northern Louisiana, and he was appointed to negotiate treaties with the Indians. After the Civil War ended, he stayed in Baton Rouge where he was a tax collector for a district in New Orleans, and served as a United States Marshal, and Secretary of State of Louisiana before moving to New York City in 1877, where he practiced law and worked as a banker. He died in New York City on January 8, 1902, at the age of 64, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. A bronze bust of Herron that was sculpted by Solon Borglum was erected in January 1914, and is located on Pemberton Avenue in Vicksburg National Military Park.
Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Full standing view wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general. He also wears a rectangular eagle belt plate, sash, and sword keeper is attached to his belt. He poses next to a studio column and drape. Back mark: J.A. Scholten, No. 273 South 4th St. Cor.[ner] of Convent, St. Louis. There is some scattered soiling and wear on the verso of the mount. Corners of the mount are very slightly rounded. Very fine image of this Civil War, Medal of Honor recipient. Rare.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/cdv9599a.jpg) |
| ![<b>Rare war date General N.P. Banks letter from the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign to General John P. Hatch regarding the movements of his cavalry
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.
<u>Civil War Letter Signed</u>: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4, in ink.
Head Quarters- 21 July [1862] 9 P.M.
Brigadier General Hatch
Culpeper, Virginia
Dear Sir-
I enclose to you important papers tonight. Undertake the enterprise if it be in human power. You will not regard of course the request for the return of a Squadron of cavalry if you start so impertinent an enterprise. Do not let any obstacles impede your march. Enclosed you will find a copy of Colonel [Henry] Anisunsel's Report received at 8:45 tonight. Keep us advised & whoever is at Culpeper should report constantly.
Very truly yours,
N.P. Banks
M.[ajor] G.[eneral]
Excellent condition, and content! General Banks is common to find in post war letters and autographs, but rarely do you find his war date letters with any significant content in them. This is one of the best I've found to date discussing his campaign against Rebel General Stonewall Jackson during his celebrated 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Rare and very desirable!
<u>WBTS Trivia</u>: The recipient of this letter was General John P. Hatch who was in command of the cavalry forces of General Nathaniel P. Banks during the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Hatch would later be badly wounded in the September 1862 Battle at South Mountain, Maryland, in the Antietam Campaign.
The Colonel whose report that General Banks is talking about in this letter was Colonel Henry Anisunsel, of the 1st West Virginia Cavalry, who also saw action in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto5191a.jpg) |
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CDV, General J. E. B. Stuart $95.00 |
| CDV, General Francis J. Herron $395.00 |
| Autograph, General Nathaniel P. Banks $650.00 |
| CDV, General Robert E. Lee $895.00 |
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H 54in. x D 30in. $2400.00 |
| The Liberator, August 1, 1862 $150.00 |
| CDV, General David A. Russell $250.00 |
| H 36in. x D 14in. Priced per item. MO $600.00 |
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H 10in. x W 6in. x D 8in. Priced per $550.00 |
| OLD SATELITE DISH $800.00 |
| H 72in. x W 48in. $6000.00 |
| CDV, General John G. Parke $250.00 |
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H 20in. x D 36in. $5800.00 |
| H 24in. x D 36in. $3800.00 |
| H 48in. x D 26in. $5400.00 |
| H 66in. x D 32in. $6500.00 |
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H 50in. x D 32in. $6500.00 |
| H 46in. x D 20in. $2400.00 |
| H 60in. x D 32in. $3600.00 |
| H 48in. x D 24in. $2400.00 |
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H 40in. x D 18in. $2600.00 |
| H 36in. x D 22in. $1800.00 |
| H 33in. x D 18in. $550.00 |
| H 48in. x D 30in. $2400.00 |
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H 50in. x D 14in. $4800.00 |
| Autograph, Judge George M. Stroud $35.00 |
| CDV, Union Pennsylvania Private $90.00 |
| CDV, General Earl Van Dorn $395.00 |
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CDV, General Robert H. Milroy $200.00 |
| CDV, General Franz Sigel $150.00 |
| CDV, General Napoleon J. T. Dana $250.00 |
| Civil War vintage JEWS HARP $55.00 |
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CIVIL WAR Medal of Honor - 46th Mass. Ve $165.00 |
| earlier 1800s Tennessee Straight Razor - |
| Earlier to mid-1800s ‘Take-Down’ traveli $125.00 |
| Mod. 1795 Springfield Musket in ORIGINAL $2350.00 |
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CDV, General John Hunt Morgan $395.00 |
| Autograph, General Russell A. Alger $150.00 |
| CDV, Masters Mate David King Perkins, U. $125.00 |
| Priced per pair. H 34in. x D 16in. $850.00 |
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Priced per pair. H 18in. x D 17in. $950.00 |
| OLD WOOD OFFICE DESK $1250.00 |
| gothic arched church window $300.00 |
| ROCCOCO CONSOL WITH FULL- HEIGHT MIRROR $16000.00 |
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