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CDV, General Joseph Hooker $50.00 |
| The New York Times, August 27, 1863 $35.00 |
| Niles Weekly Register, Baltimore, Februa $75.00 |
| Union $5.00 |
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Confederate Hospital & Dispensary site - $195.00 |
| original! antique Native American Bow $495.00 |
| early 19th century - SNUFF BOX $125.00 |
| fine condition – America Revolutionary W $145.00 |
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| ![<b>Signed by a South Carolina officer who was severely wounded at Sharpsburg and who carried the Confederate flag of truce to General George A. Custer at Appomattox!</b>
7 1/2 x 6, in ink.
These are Special Orders No. 59 that were issued from the headquarters of General Micah Jenkins on Sept. 9th, 1863, giving a field promotion to Lieutenant John Stewart, of Co. B, 6th Regt. S.C. Vols., to date from the 30th of June 1863. Ordered By Command of Brig. Genl. M. Jenkins. The order has been signed by R.M. Sims, as Jenkins' A.A. Genl. Light age toning and wear. Very fine, neatly written manuscript. The signature of Captain R.M. Sims on a war date document is extremely desirable by virtue of the historic role he played in the war including the surrender of General Robert E. Lee's celebrated Army of Northern Virginia, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, to the Federal forces commanded by future president of the United States, the hard fighting General Ulysses S. Grant.
The 6th Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry were active in some of the key battles of the War Between the States. Ordered from Columbia, S.C., to Richmond, Va., on July 10, 1861, they were engaged at Dranesville, under J.E.B. Stuart, then were brigaded under Generals' R.H. Anderson, Micah Jenkins, and John Bratton. The 6th fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Fredericksburg, served with General James Longstreet at Suffolk, and later moved with General D.H. Hill to North Carolina. Again serving with General Longstreet they were engaged at Knoxville, Tenn. Returning to Virginia, they participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches, and saw action around Appomattox. The regiment reported 18 killed, and 45 wounded at Dranesville, and in April, 1862, contained 550 officers and men. It lost 27 at Williamsburg and fifty-two percent of the 521 engaged at Seven Pines, then sustained 100 casualties at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's Farm, 115 at Second Manassas, 58 during the 1862 Maryland campaign, and 16 at Wauhatchie. In 1864 the unit lost 9 killed and 85 wounded during The Wilderness Campaign, and from June 13 to December 31, there were 26 killed, 176 wounded, and 16 missing. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered 30 officers and 328 men at Appomattox Court House. [Source: Units of the Confederate States Army].
Robert Moorman Sims: (1837-1898) Born in Fairfield District, South Carolina, he had quite a distinguished military career during the Civil War. He graduated from the Citadel (South Carolina Military Academy) in Charleston, S.C., in 1856. He enlisted in the Confederate army as a first sergeant in Company A, 9th South Carolina Infantry Regiment. He subsequently was commissioned first lieutenant in Company B, 6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment. He was severely wounded at the battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. Upon his return to active field duty, Sims was promoted to captain and appointed as Assistant Adjutant General on the staff of Brigadier General Micah Jenkins. Captain Sims later was wounded a second time this occurring at the battle of Wauhatchie. Sims then served on the staffs of Brigadier Generals' John Bratton and Martin W. Gray. On December 14, 1864, Captain Sims was selected to be General James Longstreet's Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General. Sims was chosen by General Longstreet and General John B. Gordon to carry a flag of truce into the Union lines in April 1865. Sims utilized his fringed towel and tied it to his sword to use as an improvised flag of truce. When Captain Sims reached the Union lines he asked to be conducted to General E.O.C. Ord. Instead he was brought to General G.A. Custer. The flag of truce was confiscated and cut in half with a portion of it given to General George Armstrong Custer's wife, Libbie. Mrs. Custer later bequeathed her towel portion of the flag to the Smithsonian Institute. After the war Captain Sims returned to South Carolina where he had a long and successful political career serving as a South Carolina State Representative & as the South Carolina Secretary of State. He died on December 9, 1898, and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina.
***The black and white illustration shown here was sketched by famous Civil War artist, Alfred A. Waud, and was used in the book, "Appomattox 1865: Lee's Last Campaign," with the caption, Confederate Captain Robert M. Sims carries a white towel on his sword as a flag of truce as he approaches General Custer in this sketch by Alfred A. Waud. In response to Sims request for a ceasefire, the Union cavalry commander replied, "We will listen to no terms but that of unconditional surrender." [Sources: Library of Congress; Appomattox 1865: Lee's Last Campaign].](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/cd683a.jpg) |
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CDV, President Andrew Johnson $45.00 |
| Autograph, Philetus Sawyer $10.00 |
| 1863 Promotion For Lieutenant in 6th Sou $250.00 |
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| 5 ANTIQUE CORBEL BRACKETS LANRGE $0.00 |
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IRON GATES FROM FRANCE $0.00 |
| SCREEN DOOOR GRILLE $0.00 |
| CDV, General Robert Anderson $50.00 |
| Autograph, George F. Hoar $10.00 |
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| ![12 x 7 1/2, two sided imprinted form, filled out in ink.
The Crescent Consolidated Regiment of Louisiana. Lists four Louisiana soldiers from Company G, by name, date of enlistment, and clothing given to them during their enlistment, and its value. Also listed are the dates of distribution. Includes accounts of Peter McGrath, E.W. Knight, P.J. Verchon, and B.H. Breaut. McGrath was formerly a member of the 24th Louisiana. "This state militia regiment transferred to Confederate service in New Orleans on March 6, 1862, for ninety days with 945 men. The regiment went immediately to Corinth, Mississippi, to reinforce General P.G.T. Beauregard's army. On April 6, the regiment played an important role in the capture of two Union divisions at the Hornet's Nest during the battle of Shiloh. The next day, the men supported the 5th Company, Washington Artillery, and prevented the enemy from capturing three of the battery's guns. In the battle, 23 of the regiment's men were killed, 84 were wounded, and 20 were missing. Retreating with the army to Corinth, the regiment was disbanded on June 3rd by General Braxton Bragg at the expiration of their term of service. Most of the men then went into the 18th Louisiana Regiment. On September 17th, the Confederate War Department reorganized the regiment and ordered it to report to General Richard Taylor in south Louisiana. The reorganization occurred at New Iberia on October 16th, when Colonel McPheeters reclaimed the men serving with the 18th Louisiana. On October 27th, the regiment fought in the battle of Labadieville and retreated with the army to the lower Bayou Teche. After spending several weeks at Bisland, the men moved to Avery Island on December 19th. The regiment went to Butte a la Rose on January 11, 1863. On February 16th, Companies F, G, and H, while on picket on Grand River, fired on and drove off the enemy steamer Grey Cloud. The regiment returned to Bisland on April 7th and fought in the battle there on April 12th and 13th. Retreating with General Taylor's army through Opelousas and Alexandria to Natchitoches, the regiment returned to south Louisiana in June. The men garrisoned Brashear City in June and July while the army conducted operations on Bayou Lafourche. During the next three months, the regiment marched with General Alfred Mouton's brigade back and forth across south Louisiana. On November 3rd, the 11th and 12th [Confederate Guards] Louisiana Infantry battalions were added to the regiment at Simmsport to form the Consolidated Crescent Regiment." The regiment played a major role in the battle of Mansfield, on April 8th. In the attack on the enemy, more than 175 of the regiment's men were killed or wounded; and the regiment became the only Louisiana regiment to lose all 3 field officers in one battle. The next day, April 9th, at the battle of Pleasant Hill, the regiment saw limited fighting since its division constituted the army's reserve force. Pursuing General Nathaniel P. Banks' army back down the Red River, the regiment participated in the battle of Yellow Bayou, on May 18th. Portions, if not all, of the regiment supported the 2nd Louisiana Battery in a skirmish with enemy gunboats on the Atchafalaya north of Simmsport on June 8th. When the army marched through north Louisiana into southern Arkansas in the fall, the regiment remained at Alexandria and then marched to Shreveport. After several months in the garrison at Shreveport, the regiment returned to Alexandria. The brigade joined the regiment there in January 1865, and occupied camps in the vicinity until spring. In May, the brigade marched to Mansfield; it disbanded there on May 19th, prior to the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department."
The paper is very crisp and in excellent condition and is written in a very neat hand. Very nice war date Louisiana document. [Please note that the left and right edges of the document appear to be closely cropped. This is because the document is slightly larger than my scanner bed. The original document is full and none of the words are cut off as they appear here].](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/cd682a.jpg) |
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H 44in. x W 56in. $0.00 |
| Clothing Account For Louisiana Infantry $100.00 |
| CDV, General Winfield Scott $35.00 |
| 1861 Cover Sent From Marietta, Ohio to B $8.00 |
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1861 Patriotic Cover, Scott's Tactics, S $15.00 |
| CDV, General Ambrose E. Burnside $45.00 |
| . 69 Caliber 3 Ring Bullet $8.00 |
| Autograph, William P. Frye $10.00 |
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| ![<b>Extremely rare communication detailing "a plan for making a new kind of [Confederate] gun that we will call a packet cannon!"</b>
2 pages, 7 3/8 x 9 1/2, in ink, written by J. Henry Hammond, (12th Georgia Artillery) to Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown, with a diagram of the gun at the center of page 1.
<b><u>Camp Jackson, Savannah, [Ga.], Feb. 24th, 1862</b></u>
To his Excellency
Jos. E. Brown
Dear Sir,
Below find a plan for making a new kind of gun that we will call a "Packet Cannon." It suggested itself to my mind as the best weapon that can be used against our foe among the mountains of our northern borders. If it meets your approval, let me hear from you. My aims would be satisfied if I had a battery of 20 pieces & 100 men & was allowed to meet the vandals on the north with them. Take the plan for what it is worth. [there is a diagram of the gun at the center of page 1 of the letter].
a= The gun, 36 inches long, 3 inches in diameter at the muzzle with the proper proportion of increase for the first- "reinforce," 1 inch or 1 ¼ inches in caliber, rifled & shooting the minie balls & having 2 good sights, without trunnions; to lay in the trunnion irons- f- f- weighing 150 or 200 pounds.
b= A universal joint- made to adjust the piece & give facility in firing ability.
c= The arms of the gun, like the tripod of a common transit, the front arms about 3 ½ feet & the rear arms 5 feet in length, stout enough to support the piece & stand the firing.
d= A bolt fastened in the rear arms & placed in notches in the gun to brace it- & prevent a rebound in firing. These braces would give the piece sufficient solidity- & prevent its kicking over.
e= The frame of the universal joint of iron, 16 inches long & the pieces at the end of the frame 2 inches high.
f= Trunnion irons, or bed for the gun. Any alteration founded upon judgment & preserving the intention of the weapon would be allowed.
Designed to be manned by 5 gunners- 2 to carry the piece on their shoulders any short distance with speed during the engagement & to perform the flank movements easily & to mask without trouble, 1 to transport to "pads," 1 the powder & rammer & 1 to carry the balls.
Let me hear from [you].
Respectfully &c,
J. Henry Hammond
Written at the right edge of page 1 is: Address- J. Henry Hammond, Savannah, Care of Col. W.F. Wright.
Written at the left edge of page 2 is: J. Henry Hammond, and cross written below that is Plan of Gun, Feby. 25/62.
Light age toning and edge wear. There are 4 small pieces of old tape repairs at the top of page 2. Extremely rare content written to the war governor of Georgia discussing detailed plans for the invention of a new Confederate gun! These types of letters are rarely found.
The author of this letter, J. Henry Hammond, was born in 1836 in South Carolina. By 1860, he was a resident of Newnan, Georgia, in Coweta County, and lists his occupation as a mechanic. At the time of his letter, it appears he was working at Camp Jackson in Savannah, and on May 1, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, 12th Georgia Artillery at Newnan.
Colonel W.F. Wright was a local political figure, also of Newnan, Georgia. It is believed his military title was honorary. In January 1865 he was elected to the Georgia Assembly, and during reconstruction he was a leading figure in the re-building of Newnan.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/cl549a.jpg) |
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Autograph, Shelby M. Cullom $25.00 |
| 1862 Letter to Joseph E. Brown, Governor $495.00 |
| Autograph, William M. Evarts $25.00 |
| Up Boys and at 'em $5.00 |
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| ![<b>1863 Siege of Charleston
Firing on Fort Sumter
Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina</b>
4 pages, 5 x 8, in pencil, written by Lieutenant Benjamin Wright, to his wife.
"on the morning of the 17th August 1863 the siege of Charleston commenced. Our batteries opened at daylight. Apparently the Reb’s all the later part of the night had made up their minds something was up. Forts Johnson & Gregg fired as though they were mad. Our siege opened in fine shape fairly making things howl around [Forts] Wagner & Gregg and occasionally giving [Fort] Sumter rather a hard knock. About 8 o’clock the gun boats moved up and opened fire. Their fire was mostly directed to Wagner which did everlastingly take it. She and Gregg fired whenever they got a chance. Sumter did not reply at all until near noon when she fired a few shots at the gun boats. Most of their firing was from Johnson and vicinity and from some new batteries they opened on James Island. They did us but little damage however part of their guns would not reach across the marsh to the siege. If I were the Rebs before I unmasked any more batteries I would try my guns and see if they throw far enough to do us any damage. I think our loss through the day must have been very small. I have heard of casualties on the land. One had occurred on the monitor, Capt. Rogers killed by a bolt in the pilot house. Our on & two hundred pounders did well on Fort Sumter. At night we could see plainly the effect on the fort, the back part of the Fort begins to look pretty rugged. Today’s work has demonstrated the fact that Fort Sumter can be battered down and that it will be done if it takes a month to do it, but I have no idea that it will take anything like that time. I think that by Saturday night if the firing is kept up through the week the old thing will come down. Tonight we are to mount a 300 lb. Parrot which I think will give them some. The shots it fires are about 30 inches long. The Rebs will think we are throwing light artillery. It is the first one that has been cast its weight is 27,030 pretty heavy piece of metal. About noon the firing about ceased until about night when it was commenced again. A good part of the day I lay out by the bridge where I could see the whole performance. We are just where we wanted to be.
18th: Very quiet through the night, the Rebs firing but very little. Did not get the 300 lbr. up last night, but mounted 3- 100 lbrs. One man killed this morning by a piece of shell from [Fort] Johnson. Not as much firing through the day as yesterday, most of the firing [is] heavy guns at [Fort] Sumter which looks ragged tonight- the battery in the marsh was finished last night for mounting the gun which will probably be mounted tonight. The Rebs have tried to shell the battery today from one of their James Island batteries, but they have done it no hurt- just about as all their shelling has been. Yesterday we cut the ______ to the flag on Sumter and let the old flag down twice. Today we did it again. Won't there be a cheer when it is hauled down and a white flag run up in its place. The prospect is fine for rain tonight which is good for our works although rather unpleasant for us who have to be out."
Very fine condition. Superb content. Fort Wagner and Fort Sumter related content are always extremely desirable.
This letter is not signed, and is obviously incomplete as it has no typical place of origin written at the top of the first page. However, based on the opening line, the content, and the second date written, I can easily ascertain that it was written on August 17th and 18th, 1863, during the Union siege of Charleston, South Carolina and has details of the second assault on Fort Wagner, and action against Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. I guarantee that it was written by Lieutenant Benjamin Wright in his very distinctive handwriting style. It came out of a large group of his war date personal correspondence that I bought many years ago. I will supply you with Xerox copies of a group of other interesting items related to Benjamin Wright some of which have been signed by him with his full name and regiment to corroborate the ID.
Lieutenant Benjamin Wright, was a resident of Greenwich, Conn., when he enlisted on September 13, 1861, as a sergeant, and was mustered into Co. I, 10th Connecticut Infantry. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant, January 8, 1863; 1st lieutenant, June 6, 1864; and mustered out of the service on October 17, 1864.
Fort Wagner or Battery Wagner as it was commonly referred to was a Confederate beach fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina. It covered the southernmost approach to Charleston Harbor, and it was the site of two Civil War battles in the Federal operations against the Rebel defenses of Charleston in 1863, and was considered one of the toughest defenses constructed by the Confederate army during the War Between the States.
During the second battle of Fort Wagner, a Union attack occurred on July 18, 1863, which was led by the gallant 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first major American military units made up of black soldiers. Its first commander, Bostonian Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led the 54th Massachusetts on foot during the charge, and was killed in the assault. Colonel Shaw was unceremoniously buried in a mass grave by the Confederates, literally thrown in with many of the black troops he led into battle, and who were also killed during this furious fight.
<u>PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS OF THE 10TH CONNECTICUT INFANTRY</u>:
Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 8, 1862.
Newbern, N. C., Mar. 14, 1862.
Kinston, N. C., Dec. 14, 1862.
Whitehall, N. C., Dec. 16, 1862.
Goldsboro, N. C., Dec. 18, 1862.
Seabrook Island, S. C., Mar. 28, 1863.
Siege of Charleston, S. C., from July 28 to Oct. 25, 1863.
St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 30, 1863.
Walthall Junction, Va., May 7, 1864.
Drewry's Bluff, Va., May 13 to 17, 1864.
Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 16, 1864.
Deep Bottom, Va., June 20, 1864.
Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26 and 27, 1864.
Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 1, 1864.
Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864.
Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864.
Deep Gully and Fuzzells Mills, Va., Aug. 28, 1864.
Siege of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 28 to Sep. 29, 1864.
Fort Harrison, Va., Sep. 27, 1864.
Laurel Hill Church, Va., 0ct. 1, 1864.
Newmarket Road, Va., Oct. 7, 1864.
Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 13, 1864.
Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1864.
Johnson's Plantation, Va., Oct. 29, 1864.
Hatcher's Run, Va., Mar. 29 and 30, and April 1, 1865.
Fort Gregg, Va., April 2, 1865.
Appomattox Court House, Va., April 9, 1865.
Source: Connecticut: Record of Service of Men During War of Rebellion](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/ul2037a.jpg) |
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1864 State of Louisiana 50 Cents Note $45.00 |
| CDV, General John Negley $50.00 |
| 10th Connecticut Infantry Letter $150.00 |
| Daughters of the Confederacy – R. E. LEE $125.00 |
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massive Colonial / Revolutionary War era $235.00 |
| 18th century Pewter SPOON $65.00 |
| IMPORTANT ! 40TH Div. CHIEF OF STAFF $0.00 |
| The New York Times, August 18, 1863 $35.00 |
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CDV, General John A. Logan $35.00 |
| Autograph, William B. Allison $15.00 |
| Autograph, Frank Hiscock $10.00 |
| Niles Weekly Register, Baltimore, May 7, $50.00 |
![<b>1864 Order from General Abraham Buford commanding a Division in General Forrest's Cavalry</b>
7 1/2 x 5 3/4, in ink. A.D.S. by Confederate Captain Thomas M. Crowder.
Hd. Qrs. 2d Divn., Forrest Cav.
Trenton, Tenn., April 3, 1864
Special Orders
No. 3
Capt. J.C. Noble, A.Q.M. is hereby relieved from duty with the command. He will turn over to Maj. Alison, Q[uarter]r. M[aste]r., [Brig. Gen. Tyree H.] Bell’s Brigade the quarter master funds in his possession, and then report to the Ch[ie]f. Q[uarte]r. M[aste]r. of Dept. for orders.
By order Brig. Gen. [Abraham] Buford
Thos. M. Crowder
Capt. & A.A.G.
Very fine. Anything related to the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry is considered extremely desirable.
Thomas M. Crowder initially served as Major, Chief of Staff and Acting Assistant General to Colonel Richard H. Weightman who was then commanding the First Brigade, Second Division of the Missouri State Guard. Crowder served with Colonel Weightman until that officer's death at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., on August 10, 1861. After a short stint on staff duty in Memphis, Tennessee and Gainesville, Alabama, Crowder officially enlisted in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. He soon transferred to Brigadier General Abraham Buford's staff for duty as captain and assistant adjutant general to rank from December 4, 1862. Captain Crowder would loyally serve with General Buford in Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry Corps through all of that fearsome commander's campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. Crowder surrendered with General Forrest at Gainesville, Alabama, on May 9, 1865.
At the time he wrote this order, Crowder was assisting General Buford in reorganizing his division subsequent to General Forrest's successful raid on Paducah, Kentucky. A native of Lexington, Kentucky, John C. Noble, who is the officer this order pertains to, was born into a prominent family on December 4, 1815. Noble studied law in Louisville, Kentucky and entered into the world of politics prior to the outbreak of the Civil War. Offering his services to the Confederate Government, Noble was assigned to General Buford's staff as assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Ultimately promoted to the rank of major, Noble held the title of quartermaster until being mustered out of the Confederate army at the close of the war. Returning to politics, Noble died on December 2, 1901, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah, Kentucky.
<u>General Nathan Bedford Forrest</u>: (1821-1877) A self made man with little formal education, he had acquired by the time of the Civil War a substantial fortune as a planter and slave dealer. He enlisted as a private in the 7th Tennessee Cavalry and raised and equipped at his own expense a battalion of mounted troops, of which he was elected lieutenant colonel in October 1861. As the war progressed, he took part in numerous engagements, and his fame as a cavalry commander became legendary and his exploits went unabated until the end of the war! Union General William T. Sherman was quoted as saying, "That devil Forrest must be hunted down and killed if it costs ten thousand lives and bankrupts the Federal Treasury." During the course of the Civil War, Forrest had 29 horses shot out from under him, killed or seriously maimed at least 30 enemy soldiers in hand to hand combat, and himself suffered 4 wounds. In April 1867, he was elected Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Clan. In 1868 he became President of the Selma, Marion & Memphis Railroad.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/cd681a.jpg) |
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| ![This little leather bound book bears the remains of grass and flowers <I> Picked on the Plains by Matty B. Ross. 1862 </I> pasted inside the front cover and offers the period inscription <I> Presented by Mattie Boone Ross. This book was brought across the Plains <U>in an ox wagon</U>. 1962</I>. The book measures approximately 6 5/8 X 4 3/8 inches and contains 382 pages, all tight and intact with the exception of the fly which though tight has a narrow section missing at the top of the page not impacting on the presentation inscription and the lower corner of the first 10 pages have been torn away not impacting on the print. The book is titled <I>The IMPROVEMENT of THE MIND in two parts – also A DISCOURSE in the EDUCATION OF YOUTH and REMNANTS OF TIME employed in PROSE & VERSES</I> by Isaac Watts, D. D. (Bennington, Vt.) and printed by Anthony Haswell – 1807. [ Anthony Haswell came to America with his father and brother in 1769. He apprenticed as a printer / publisher who after witnessing the <B>Boston Massacre</B> developed an interest in the politics of the time, <U>becoming a member</U> of the <B>Sons of Liberty</B> <U>composing ballads for the movement.</U> and served in the <B>Revolutionary War</B>.] We were able to establish that Mattie Boone was born in 1848 in Chicago and indeed did travel West, per her 1935 obituary, arriving in Oregon in 1862. She attended the Portland Academy and Female Seminary about 1865 and was married in 1869 to Edward C. Ross who was for many years editor of the Walla Walla Statesman. The U. S. Census lists Mattie as <I>keeping house</I> in Walla Walla, Washington Territory in 1870. Good food for further research, one has to wonder where Mattie appears in the <I>pioneer</I> Boone lineage as well as the circumstances of the 1862 ox cart journey from Chicago to the West Coast. A neat piece of Americana, this leather volume offers good evidence of period use and carrying yet remains secure at the binding with no loose pages and is pleasing to the eye. <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> Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!](https://www.tias.com/stores/gunsight/thumbs/5960a.jpg) |
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| Civil War era TRAVELING INK $95.00 |
| c. 1807 book: ‘Brought across the plains $175.00 |
| c. 1861 – I. M. Singer & Co. SEWING MACHI $45.00 |
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c. 1871 STATIONARY / GAME BOX $275.00 |
| Autograph, General Henry M. Teller $15.00 |
| Autograph, John Sherman $35.00 |
| Autograph, General John T. Sprague $20.00 |
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| ![Used Civil War envelope with double C.D.S. Fredericksburg, Va., Jun. 7, with embossed 3 cents rose George Washington postage stamp. Addressed to Mrs. L. Lewis Taylor, Williamsport, Point Coupee Cty., [Parish], Louisiana. Very fine.
WBTS Trivia: Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana is located near Baton Rouge. The Battle of Baton Rouge was a land and naval battle fought on August 5, 1862. The Union victory halted Confederate attempts to recapture the capital city of Louisiana.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/mem8347a.jpg) |
U. S. Cavalry Tactics of 1841 Will be Ado $15.00 |
| U. S. A. $5.00 |
| Confederate Cover Sent From Vicksburg, M $200.00 |
| Cover Sent From Fredericksburg, Va. to P $20.00 |
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