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<b>He was a noted painter and a famous Indian fighter Colonel of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Extremely rare Civil War period image!</b> (1820-79) Born in Philadelphia, Pa., he graduated in the West Point class of 1841. He took part in the Seminole Indian War, 1835-42, and the Mexican War. He also served on the western frontier and was operating against rebellious Cheyennes when the Civil War broke out. Sully headed a column of U.S. troops out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in June 1861, as captain, and occupied the city of St. Joseph, Missouri, declaring martial law because of violent secessionist uprisings in the city during the early part of the Civil War. He was commissioned colonel of the 1st Minnesota Infantry, on March 4, 1862, and in the course of General George B. McClellan's 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign he rose to brigade command in General John Sedgwick's division of the 2nd Corps, receiving praise from his superiors for gallantry at the Battles of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill, Va. He also fought in the Battle of Antietam, Md., the bloodiest day in American military history, and was commissioned brigadier general on September 26, 1862. He commanded a brigade in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Va., and later was sent west to command the District of Dakota, and had a number of successful missions against the hostile Sioux in Minnesota, and the Dakotas. He became a controversial figure in 1863-64 for committing several massacres against the native Indians as reprisals for the 1862 Dakota Conflict. Among his actions was the destruction of a village that lodged Yankton, Dakota, Hunkpapa and Sihasapa Lakota. During the Civil War he was cited for gallantry for his actions at the Battles of Fair Oaks, and Malvern Hill, Va., and at the Battle of White Stone Hill, Dakota Territory, and was promoted to the rank of brevet major general on March 13, 1865. He remained in the post war United States Army and continued to be a notorious Indian fighter, and was esteemed by many people of that era. He fought Indians until his death at Fort Vancouver, Oregon, on April 27, 1879. At the time he was commander of the fort. Sully was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, in Philadelphia, Pa. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view pose in uniform with rank of brigadier general. The image is displayed within a fancy bronze medallion design. No back mark. Light age toning, and wear. There are a few scattered, tiny old period ink spots at the outer edges of the blank card background. Very fine. This is only the second General Alfred Sully image I have ever owned in my 46 years in business, and the last one I had was over 30 years ago, and it was not nearly as nice as this one. Extremely rare Civil War image!   <b>Received five wounds at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Md. in 1862 and almost died United States Senator from Georgia Governor of Georgia Endorsement on the reverse of a letter to Senator John B. Gordon</b> (1832-1904) Born in Upson County, Ga., he had one of the most spectacular Civil War and postbellum careers of any civilian who fought for the Confederacy. His army service began shortly after the bombardment of Fort Sumter when he raised a company of mountain men from northwest Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee called the "Raccoon Roughs," of which he was unanimously elected major, and his War Between the States career ended at Appomattox Court House as a corps commander. Six foot tall, narrow of frame, and possessing perfect posture, Gordon could inspire confidence in his troops with his image alone. General Lee gave him the distinct honor of leading the Army of Northern Virginia at the formal surrender ceremony at Appomattox. In between he fought magnificently on every battlefield in which the Army of Northern Virginia participated, except when he was absent from wounds. During the battle of Sharpsburg he was wounded five times, once severely in the head, and only a bullet hole in his cap prevented him from drowning in his own blood as he lay unconscious face down on the ground! He was promoted to brigadier general on November 1, 1862. He compiled a brilliant record in the Wilderness campaign, and in the Shenandoah Valley under General Jubal A. Early. His promotion to major general dated to rank from May 14, 1864. On the retreat from Petersburg, he was in command of one half of General R.E. Lee's army. General Lee considered him one of his most trusted subordinates and selected him to oversee the army's final offensive movement, the attack on Fort Stedman on March 25, 1865. After the war Gordon returned to Georgia where he became the idol of the people of his native state. He was elected to the U.S. Senate three times and was Governor of Georgia from 1886-90. A prime organizer of the United Confederate Veterans, he was elected its first commander-in-chief and served in that position from 1890 until his death. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga. <u>Endorsement on the verso of a letter to Senator John B. Gordon</u>: 5 x 8, 2 pages in ink, written to Senator Gordon, by S. Root. 60 Broadway, N. York March 16/75 Hon. J.B. Gordon, My Dear Sir: Mr. Root writes that he does not know Mr. Conklin or Mr. Kernan from New York. He discusses a book that was published in 1869, and one in 1873 which he has used in his correspondence with England. He continues by saying that if it will trouble you or cost you anything don't bother about it. Hopes that he will put through the extra session of the Senate., and that it will come only in good health & spirits. Mr. Varley of London -a baptist- is creating some excitement there & he thinks is doing good practicing to enormous crowds of 15,000 to 20,000. Ends the letter by offering his kind regards to Gordon & his family, and signs the letter, Cordially yours, S. Root. There is a docket on the reverse: March 16, 1875. Hon. John B. Gordon. On the center panel of the verso of the letter is written: Will Mr. Merchant please [mail] these books to Mr. S. Root, 60 Broadway, N. York with my frank & oblige me. Truly, J.B. Gordon. Very nice signature! The letter has been professionally tipped into a thick 8 1/4 x 11, album page, so all sides of the letter are easily accessed and read. Bold and neatly written. General John B. Gordon is extremely popular and very desirable. Excellent piece. Comes with an engraved portrait etched by Charles B. Hall, New York. 5 3/4 x 9, standing portrait of General Gordon wearing his Confederate uniform with rank of major general, and holding his slouch hat and sword. Excellent condition.   <b>Colonel 12th South Carolina Infantry Severely wounded and captured at the Battle of Seven Pines Mortally wounded on the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg in July 1863</b> (1828-63) Born in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at the age of 15. His academic record was so brilliant that it caught the attention of President James K. Polk who appointed him assistant professor at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. He was elected to the South Carolina legislature in 1856. Pettigrew was a militia colonel in April 1861, and saw service at Charleston Harbor. Soon afterwards he was elected colonel of the 12th South Carolina Infantry, and went with them to Virginia to serve. He was appointed brigadier general to rank from February 26, 1862. He fought under General Joseph E. Johnston during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, and was severely wounded and captured at the Battle of Seven Pines. Upon his exchange, he was given command of the defenses of Petersburg. During the Gettysburg campaign, he commanded a brigade in General Henry Heth's division, of General A.P. Hill's Corps. After Heth's wounding, Pettigrew took over command of the division, and was conspicuous in leading them during Pickett's Charge on July 3rd, 1863. He was mortally wounded on July 14th, at Falling Waters, Md., during a rear guard action with Federal cavalry who attacked the retreating Confederates. Pettigrew died 3 days later. Known as one of the most intellectual Southern generals, General Robert E. Lee called him, "an officer of great promise," and said, "his loss will be deeply felt by the country and the army." Antique photograph, 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 oval portrait in Confederate uniform with rank of brigadier general. Mounted to 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 piece of an album page. No imprint. Produced circa late 1800's. This portrait is a highly retouched photograph, but it is the only known image that survived the war showing General Pettigrew in uniform. He is extremely rare to find in a war period image.  H 37in. x D 20in.

CDV, General Alfred Sully

 

Autograph, General John B. Gordon $250.00

  

Photograph, General James Johnston Petti $10.00

  

H 37in. x D 20in. $3800.00
<b>Very rare image including Major George C. Strong, future Union General who was mortally wounded at Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in 1863, leading the storming columns which included the famous 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry United States Congressman from Massachusetts Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress Governor of Massachusetts</b> (1818-1893) Born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, he was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage, and on the Massachusetts political scene. He studied law, and passed the Massachusetts bar in 1840, and opened a practice in Lowell. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1853, and to the State Senate in 1859. The following year Butler was a delegate to the Democratic Convention which met in Charleston, where he initially supported John C. Breckinridge for president, but then shifted his support and voted to nominate Jefferson Davis for President of the United States, believing that only a moderate Southerner could keep the Democratic party from dividing. A conversation he had with Davis prior to the convention convinced him that Davis might be such a man, and he gave him his support before the convention split over slavery. As a Brigadier General of the Massachusetts Militia, Butler entered the war in dramatic fashion; five days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, he lifted the blockade of Washington with the 8th Massachusetts. He was the first volunteer general appointed by President Lincoln. He was badly defeated at Big Bethel, Va., the first land battle of the Civil War. Butler was the first to apply the term "contraband of war" to slaves. He commanded the successful attack on Hatteras Inlet, N.C., and he led the forces that captured New Orleans, La., in May 1862. He soon became the vilified military governor of New Orleans where he earned the nickname of "The Beast," by the locals. Many of his acts, were highly unpopular, most notorious among them was Butler's General Order No. 28, of May 15, 1862, stating that if any woman should insult or show contempt for any Union officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded, and shall be held liable to be treated as a "woman of the town plying her avocation," in other words a prostitute. This was in response to various and widespread acts of overt verbal and physical abuse from the women of New Orleans, including cursing at and spitting on Union soldiers and pouring out chamber pots with human waste on their heads from upstairs windows when they passed in the street. Butler also censored New Orleans newspapers, and bank currency. In 1864, he was given command of the Army of the James which he saw action with at Bermuda Hundred, Va., and in the Petersburg campaign. The Army of the James also included several regiments of United States Colored Troops. These troops saw combat in the Bermuda Hundred campaign, at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm where the U.S. Colored Troops performed extremely well. The 38th USCT defeated a more powerful force despite intense fire, heavy casualties, and terrain obstacles. Butler awarded the Medal of Honor to several men of the 38th USCT. He also ordered a special medal designed and struck, which was awarded to 200 African-American soldiers who had served with distinction in the engagement. This was later called the Butler Medal. On November 4, 1864, General Butler arrived in New York City with 3,500 troops as Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton had requested that Grant send troops to New York City to help oversee the presidential election. Stanton's concern arose from the city's perennial political and racial divisions, which had erupted during the 1863 draft riots, and because of the fear of Confederates coming down from Canada to burn the city on Election Day. General Grant selected Butler for the assignment. Butler later saw action at the 1st battle of Fort Fisher, N.C. Elected to Congress in 1866, he served five terms as a United States Congressman from Massachusetts, and he played a prominent role in the President Andrew Johnson impeachment serving as the lead prosecutor among the House-appointed impeachment managers in the trial proceedings. Additionally, as Chairman of the House Committee on Reconstruction, Butler authored the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, and coauthored the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1875. He later became Governor of Massachusetts. He ran for president on the Greenback Party, and the Anti-Monopoly Party tickets in 1884. In his later years Butler reduced his activity level, working on his memoir, "Butler's Book," which was published in 1892. Butler died on January 11, 1893, of complications from a bronchial infection, two days after arguing a case before the United States Supreme Court. He is buried in his wife's family cemetery, behind the main Hildreth Cemetery in Lowell, Mass. The inscription on Butler's monument reads, "The true touchstone of civil liberty is not that all men are equal, but that every man has the right to be the equal of every other man—if he can." Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Group image of General Butler seated at the center, surrounded by 7 members of his staff. Butler is wearing a double breasted frock coat with the rank of major general. He poses with one hand on a table at his side where his bummer's kepi with U.S. hat wreath insignia is clearly visible. Seated at this same table, to Butler's left as you view the image, (2nd from left of the view) also with one hand resting on top of the table is Major George C. Strong, wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of major. At the time this image was taken Strong was serving as General Ben Butler's Chief of Staff. All of the other officers in this photo are either standing or sitting and are in uniform. Back mark: J.E. Tilton & Co., Manufacturers & Importers Of Photograph Albums & Cartes De Visite. 161 Wash. St., Boston. Photographed by Black. Excellent image. I have never encountered this image before, and my research on it came up blank. This view might very well have been originally taken in New Orleans in the spring of 1862, when Butler's troops occupied the city. Very rare and extremely desirable. Check in the Union Generals Photograph section of my website for individual images of Generals' Butler and Strong. They would make excellent companions to this very rare image! <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: George C. Strong was appointed assistant adjutant general on the staff of General Benjamin F. Butler in September 1861, with the rank of major. He helped Butler in organizing the expedition which captured and occupied New Orleans, La., in April 1862, and subsequently became Butler's chief of staff as well as chief of ordnance. Strong was promoted to brigadier general on March 23, 1863, and commanded a brigade that landed on Morris Island on July 10, 1863. At the assault of Fort Wagner, in Charleston Harbor, S.C., on July 18, 1863, he was leading the storming columns which included the famous 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry. Strong was struck in the leg by a rifle bullet, and the wound resulted in lockjaw which caused his death twelve days later.   <b>Commander of the Philadelphia Brigade Severely wounded in the face at the battle of Savage Station, Va., in 1862 Very rare 1863 war dated image</b> (1825-92) Born in Coshocton, Ohio, he was the son of U.S. Congressman Joseph Burns, and a relative of General and President George Washington on the maternal side of his family. He graduated in the West Point class of 1847, was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Infantry, and served in the Mexican War, and then spent several years at various Indian outposts in the west and southwest. During the 3rd Seminole War, 1856–57, he served as the regimental quarter master, and after the conclusion of that conflict, he was part of an expedition sent to Utah in 1857 to quell Mormon unrest. He served as Chief Commissary of Subsistence in 1857 for future Confederate general, and at that time, Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston. Burns was stationed at Fort Smith, Arkansas, when the Civil War commenced, and barely avoided being captured on April 23, 1861, when that place fell into the control of Confederate militia forces. He quickly returned to Ohio after the fort's capture, and was immediately appointed Chief of Commissary on the staff of Major General George B. McClellan in May 1861. Burns served in that capacity during General McClellan's successful campaign in western Virginia that summer, and was promoted to the Regular Army rank of major in August 1861. However, Burns wanted a combat command, and he got his wish that fall, when on September 28, 1861, he received a promotion to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers, and was placed in command of the "Philadelphia Brigade," in October, after the death of their previous commander, and Lincoln intimate, Colonel Edward Baker, at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Va. He commanded this famous brigade for over a year, most notably during McClellan's 1862 Virginia Peninsular Campaign. He led the brigade in a pivotal role at the battle of Savage Station on June 29th, a rear-guard action fought to protect the Army of the Potomac as it retreated from Richmond. Despite receiving a painful wound to his face, Burns and his brigade successfully drove off a Confederate attack and allowed the Union withdrawal to continue without interference. His brigade played another important role in the battle of Glendale on the following day, fending off a Confederate attack that had already routed one Union division, and helped to prevent the strung-out Union army from being cut in half. Perhaps his greatest contribution during the war occurred earlier in the campaign during the battle of Fair Oaks, on May 31st. General Burns had ordered his men to assist an artillery battery that was stuck on a rickety plank bridge over a flooded river. His soldiers helped move the cannon off the bridge and through the mud on the other side, allowing the battery to be placed into action just in the nick of time to play a significant role in driving off the last Confederate attack of the day. Even more importantly, a shot fired by that battery severely wounded General Joseph E. Johnston, who was replaced after the battle by General Robert E. Lee to command the Army of Northern Virginia. His facial wound grew so bad and infected that it caused him to miss several months of fighting as he recuperated. He later served as a division commander during the December 13, 1862, Battle of Fredericksburg, and he was then transferred to the western theater, expecting to be promoted to major general, and assigned the command of a corps in General William S. Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland. Disappointingly, that promotion was never approved by Congress, and Burns could not command an army corps without it. He strongly suspected that Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, was behind this slight as punishment for being a big supporter of General George B. McClellan, an officer than Stanton absolutely despised. Despite pleas from his friends and fellow officers to not act rashly, Burns instead took his case directly to the attention of President Abraham Lincoln. He then submitted his resignation as a general in the volunteer army to Lincoln, hoping that the president would turn it down, and force Stanton to allow his promotion. Instead, Lincoln surprisingly accepted his resignation without comment, forcing him to return to his old career in the Regular Army in the Commissary Department, and he never commanded troops in battle action again. He was appointed Chief Commissary officer of the Department of the Northwest, and during the last part of the war was Chief Commissary of the Department of the South. He was on active duty in the Commissary Department at Washington, D.C., until 1889, when he retired, with the rank of Colonel in the Regular U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1882, at Beaufort, South Carolina, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Beautiful seated view wearing his double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general, and his sword is prominently on display as it is attached to his belt with one hand holding the scabbard. Imprint on the front mount: Major General W.W. Burns. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Penna., by Schreiber & Son, 818 Arch Street, Phila. Minor age toning. Very rare war date image, the first time I have ever seen this pose!   <b>This gunboat served both the Confederate and Union navies during the Civil War</b> The "Teaser" was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was purchased by the State of Virginia in 1861, and she was assigned to the naval forces in the James River, Va., with Lieutenant James Henry Rochelle, of the Virginia State Navy, in command. Upon the secession of Virginia from the Union, the "Teaser" became known as the "CSS Teaser" and was a part of the Confederate States Navy, and continued to operate in Virginia waters. With Lieutenant William A. Webb, C.S. Navy, in command, she took an active part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, Va., on March 8-9, 1862, acting as tender to the "CSS Virginia," commonly known as the "Merrimac." She received the thanks of the "Congress of the Confederate States of America" for this action which resulted in the first clash of ironclad warfare when the "USS Monitor" squared off against her much larger opponent, the "CSS Virginia." Captured by the Union navy, on July 4, 1862, the "Teaser" became re-named the "USS Teaser," and was assigned to the Potomac Flotilla. "Teaser" regularly patrolled the waters of the Potomac River from Alexandria, Virginia, south to Point Lookout, Maryland to enforce the blockade by preventing a thriving trade in contraband between the Maryland and Virginia shores. On September 22, 1862, she captured the schooner "Southerner" in the Coan River. On October 19th, while operating in the vicinity of Piney Point, in St. Mary's County, Maryland, she captured two smugglers and their boat as they were nearing the exit of Herring Creek, and preparing to cross the river to Virginia. On November 2nd, near the mouth of the Rappahannock River, she surprised three men attempting to violate the blockade in a canoe. "Teaser" took them prisoner and turned their contraband over to pro-Union Virginians living on Gwynn's Island. Four days later in the Chesapeake Bay, "Teaser" took the sloop "Grapeshot" and captured her three-man crew. By December 1862, she had moved to the Rappahannock River with other units of the Potomac Flotilla to support General Ambrose E. Burnside's thrust toward Richmond. On December 10th, she exchanged shots with a Confederate battery located on the southern shore of the river about three miles below Port Royal, Virginia. After Burnside's bloody rebuff at Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 13th, "Teaser" and her colleagues returned to their anti-smuggling duties along the Potomac. "USS Teaser" joined "USS Primrose" to make March 1863 an active month. On March 24th, the two ships sent a boat expedition to reconnoiter Pope's Creek, Virginia. The landing party found two boats used for smuggling and collected information from Union sympathizers in the area. Almost a week later, on the night of March 30—31, they dispatched a three-boat party to Monroe's Creek, Virginia. The previous day, a Federal cavalry detachment had surprised a smuggler in the area; and, though the troops captured his goods, the man himself escaped. Boats from "Teaser" and "Primrose" succeeded where the Union horsemen had failed, and they gathered some intelligence on other contraband activities as well. In April 1863, the "Teaser" left the Potomac River for duty with Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee's North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, at Hampton Roads, and on April 17th, she joined the "USS Alert" and the "USS Coeur de Lion" in an expedition up the Nansemond River west of Norfolk, Virginia. However, she ran aground, damaged her machinery, and had to retire from the action. By mid-summer, the "Teaser" was back in action on the Potomac, and on the night of July 27th, she captured two smugglers with a boatload of tobacco in the mouth of the Mattawoman Creek just south of Indian Head, Maryland. She destroyed the boat and sent the prisoners and contraband north to the Washington Navy Yard. During the night of October 7th, "Teaser" and another flotilla ship noticed signalling between Mathias Point, Virginia, and the Maryland shore. The two ships shelled the woods at Mathias Point, but took no action against the signalers on the Maryland shore other than to urge upon the United States Army's district provost marshal the necessity of constant vigilance. On January 5, 1864, "Teaser" and the "USS Yankee" landed a force of men at Nomini, Virginia to investigate a rumor that the Southerners had hidden a large lighter, and a skiff capable of boating 80 men there. The force, commanded by the "Teaser's" commanding officer, Acting Ensign Sheridan, U.S. Navy, found both boats, destroyed the lighter, and captured the skiff. During the landing, Confederate soldiers appeared on the heights above Nomini, but the gunboats dampened their curiosity with some well-placed cannon shots. In April, the "USS Teaser," "USS Yankee," "USS Anacostia," "USS Fuchsia," and the "USS Resolute" accompanied an Army expedition to Machodoc Creek, Virginia. At 5:00 a.m., on April 13th, the five ships cleared the St. Mary's River in company with the Army's steamer "Long Branch" with a battalion of soldiers under the command of General Edward W. Hinks. "Long Branch" landed her troops at about 8:00 a.m. while the five ships covered the operation. A group of Confederate cavalry appeared on the southern bank of the Machodoc, but retired when "Teaser" and "Anacostia" sent four armed boat crews ashore. The landing party captured a prisoner, probably a smuggler, and a large quantity of tobacco. By April 14th, General Hinks' troops reembarked in "Long Branch" and headed for Point Lookout, Md. "Anacostia" accompanied the Army steamer while the other four warships investigated Currioman Bay and Nomini. They returned to St. Mary's, Virginia that afternoon to resume patrols. During the summer of 1864, "Teaser" was called upon to leave the Potomac once more. On this occasion, the Union forces needed her guns to help defend strategic bridges across the rivers at the head of Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, Maryland, against General Jubal A. Early's raiders. On July 10th, she departed the lower Potomac, rounded Point Lookout, and headed up the Chesapeake Bay. That night, she had to put into the Patuxent River because of heavy winds and leaks in her hull. Before dawn the following morning, she continued up the bay. During the forenoon, the leaks became progressively worse and, by the time she arrived off Annapolis, Maryland, she had to remove her exhaust pipe for temporary repairs. Early that evening, "Teaser" reached Baltimore where she put in for additional repairs. The gunboat did not reach her destination, the bridge over the Gunpowder River, until late on July 12th. She was too late; the bridge had already been burned, and she returned to Baltimore immediately to report on the bridge and to pick up arms and provisions for the vessels stationed in the Gunpowder River. When she arrived back at the bridge, she found orders to return to the Potomac awaiting her. "Teaser" departed the northern reaches of the Chesapeake and reported back to the Potomac Flotilla at St. Inigoes, Virginia on the St. Mary's River in late afternoon on April 14th. For the remainder of the War Between the States, "Teaser" and her flotilla-mates searched the Potomac, and contributed to the gradual economic strangulation which brought the South to its knees by April 1865. Less than two months after General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, the "Teaser" was decommissioned at the Washington Navy Yard on June 2, 1865. Sold at public auction at Washington to Mr. J.P. Bigler, the gunboat was re-named the "York River" on July 2, 1865, and she served commercially until 1878 when she retired from service. Albumen photograph taken by the U.S. Government Photographer during the war. View No. 483. Caption: Rebel Gunboat Teaser. This view shows the destruction by the bursting of a 100 pound shell, July 4, 1862, when this boat was captured by the U.S. gunboat "Maritanza." The albumen photograph measures, 3 1/4 x 3 1/8, and is mounted to a 7 x 4 1/2 card. Imprint of Taylor & Huntington, Hartford, Conn. The War For The Union, Photographic History, 1861-1865. Light age toning and wear. Very fine. Desirable image of a gunboat that served both the Confederate and Union navies during the Civil War.   (1818-91) Born in Brooklyn, New York, to U.S. Army officer René Edward De Russy, of the Engineer Corps. He was admitted to West Point in 1835, but was forced to resign in 1838 for being caught using alcohol. Commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery, on April 8, 1847, he was awarded promotion to brevet 1st lieutenant and captain for gallantry at Contreras, Churubusco and Chapultepec in the Mexican War, and he became a member of the Aztec Club of 1847. He remained in the army following the war, serving as quartermaster at Fort Monroe, Va., from 1848 until 1857. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was a full rank captain in the Regular U.S. Army, and was highly commended by General George B. McClellan during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign for his conduct at Malvern Hill earning the brevets of major and lieutenant colonel. He commanded the guns of General Ambrose E. Burnside's army on the left at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and he was commissioned brigadier general to rank from May 23, 1863. He later commanded the defenses of Washington south of the Potomac until the end of the war, and remained in the U.S. Army until his retirement in 1882. His wife, Frances Clitz, was the sister of Rear Admiral John M. B. Clitz, Commander of the Asiatic Squadron, and General Henry B. Clitz, the Commandant of Cadets at West Point from 1862 to 1864. De Russy died at his home in Detroit on April 30, 1891, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, in Detroit. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view pose wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general. Back mark: E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Very fine image. <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: René Edward De Russy (1789-1865) the father of Gustavus, was an engineer, military educator, and career United States Army officer who was responsible for constructing many coastal fortifications in the eastern and western United States. He also served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy. He was credited with inventing the barbette depressing gun carriage. Promoted to brevet brigadier general in the Regular U.S. Army, to rank from March 13, 1865.

CDV, General Benjamin F. Butler and Staf $495.00

  

CDV, General William W. Burns $395.00

  

Photograph, the Rebel Gunboat CSS Teaser $100.00

  

CDV, General Gustavus A. De Russy $125.00
<b>United States Congressman from Mississippi Colonel of the 17th Mississippi Infantry Wounded during the Seven Days Battles in 1862 Rare 1861 Mississippi "Confederate Guards" document on Army of Mississippi imprinted letter sheet</b> (1820-91) Born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Featherston completed his preparatory studies, but left school in 1836 to enroll in a local militia company to fight the Creek Indians during the Creek War. He later moved to Mississippi where he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and established a successful law practice. He served as a Democratic United States Congressman from Mississippi from 1847-51. After his two terms in congress he settled in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and practiced law there. With the secession of Mississippi, Featherston was appointed as a commissioner to visit neutral Kentucky to try to influence Governor Beriah Magoffin into also seceding from the Union. When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, Featherston joined the Confederate State Army with rank of captain, and was in command of a Company called the "Confederate Guards," who would be incorporated into the 17th Mississippi Infantry, and on June 4, 1861, Featherston became colonel of the regiment, and he led them in the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia. Next seeing action in the Battle of Ball's Bluff, Va., on October 21, 1861, he was cited for gallantry, and promoted to rank of brigadier general. Elevated to brigade command in the Army of Northern Virginia, he fought in the 1862 Virginia Peninsula Campaign, and was wounded during the Seven Days Battles at Glendale, Va. He then saw action in the Second Battle of Manassas, Va., at Antietam, Md., and at Fredericksburg, Va. Featherston was transferred to Mississippi in early 1863, and was assigned to command a brigade of Mississippians in General William W. Loring's Division, in General Joseph E. Johnston's army. General Featherston's brigade fought at the Battle of Champion Hill, on May 16, 1863 with Loring's division, which had marched off on its own to join General Johnston in Jackson, Mississippi, instead of retreating to Vicksburg. As a result, Featherston was not with General John C. Pemberton's army at Vicksburg when it was forced to surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant, on July 4, 1863. His brigade fought in other major campaigns in the western theater of the war, which included the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, and he saw action with General John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee during the Franklin and Nashville Campaign. He had two horses shot and killed from under him at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864. Featherston commanded a brigade in the 1865 Carolina's Campaign, and he surrendered with General Johnston's army in North Carolina, and was paroled in Greensboro, on May 1, 1865. After the war, he returned to his home in Holly Springs, and failed in an attempt to be elected as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and then returned to his law practice. He was elected to the Mississippi State House of Representatives in 1876, and again in 1880, and served as the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He was a delegate to the 1880 Democratic National Convention, and in 1882, he became Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of Mississippi, and in 1890 he was a member of the State Constitutional Convention. General Winfield Scott Featherston died at his home in Holly Springs, Mississippi on May 28, 1891, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, in Holly Springs. There is a large bust statue of General Featherston at the Vicksburg National Military Park. <u>War Date Document Signed</u>: 7 3/4 x 10, in ink, on a rare 1861 imprinted Army of Mississippi letter sheet. Quarter-Master's Department, Army of Mississippi Jackson, May 17th, 1861 Received of Col. Wm. Barksdale, Quartermaster General, of the Army of Mississippi the following Camp Equipage, blankets, knapsacks, canteens, and straps and tents complete for the use of my Company, the Confederate Guards. The document continues by giving a very detailed and itemized list of the other various camp equipage received by then Captain Featherston, in command of the "Confederate Guards" of Mississippi. Signed at the bottom, W.S. Featherston, Capt. Confed. Guards. Light age toning and wear. Very fine, and neatly written early war, Confederate document. Large signature with rank of this very hard fighting future Confederate general on an early, and very desirable Army of Mississippi imprinted letter sheet. Captain Featherston commanded the "Confederate Guards" who were recruited in Marshall County, Mississippi, and became Company G, of the 17th Mississippi Infantry. Featherston was in command of the "Confederate Guards" for only a very short time before being commissioned colonel of the regiment. Very rare "Confederate Guards" document! <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: An interesting note about this rare Confederate document is that these supplies were issued by then Colonel William Barksdale, Quartermaster General of Mississippi. Barksdale would go on to fame as a Confederate general who led the Mississippi Brigade at the battle of Gettysburg, and was mortally wounded in the fighting at the famous Peach Orchard, on July 2, 1863. He died the next morning in a Union field hospital, located at the Joseph Hummelbaugh farmhouse.   <b>Colonel 19th Alabama Infantry Wounded 3 times, 36 staff officers fell by his side, and 16 horses were shot out from under the gallant General Joe Wheeler during the War Between the States! United States Congressman from Alabama This ex-Confederate General fought in the Spanish-American War as a U.S. Army General</b> (1836-1906) Born at Augusta, Georgia, he graduated in the West Point class of 1859. He resigned his commission in the U.S. Army on April 22, 1861, and in September was appointed colonel of the 19th Alabama Infantry, with which he fought with at Shiloh. Soon after he was transferred to the cavalry and on July 13, 1862, General Bragg appointed him chief of cavalry of the Army of the Mississippi. From that time until the close of the war he was almost constantly engaged in battle. Three times wounded, 36 staff officers fell by his side, and 16 horses were shot out from under him. His exploits were second only to those of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Promoted to brigadier general on October 30, 1862, and major general to rank from January 20, 1863, he commanded the cavalry during Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, at Murfreesboro, and in the Chattanooga campaign. During the Atlanta campaign he was again active and made several raids on General Sherman's communications. He later opposed Sherman's advance to Savannah. He was captured in Georgia in May of 1865 and confined at Fort Delaware until June 8, 1865. In 1881, he was elected to the U.S. Congress serving for 8 terms. He once again donned his old blue U.S. Army uniform when he was appointed major general of volunteers during the Spanish American War. He commanded the cavalry division, which included Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. General Wheeler sailed for the Philippines to fight in the Philippine-American War, arriving there in August 1899. He commanded the First Brigade, in General Arthur MacArthur's Second Division, in the war. Wheeler was mustered out of the volunteer service, and commissioned brigadier general in the regular army, reentering the organization he had resigned from over 39 years before. After hostilities, he commanded the Department of the Lakes until his retirement on September 10, 1900, and then moved to New York City. Wheeler wrote several books on military history and strategy and civil subjects. His first was "A Revised System of Cavalry Tactics, for the Use of the Cavalry and Mounted Infantry, C.S.A.," in 1863, a manual that saw use by the Confederacy during the Civil War. After a prolonged illness, General Wheeler died in Brooklyn, N.Y., on January 25, 1906, at the age of 69. He is one of the few former Confederate officers buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. No back mark. Beautiful seated view wearing a double breasted frock coat with braiding on the sleeves and rank of major general. The dashing "Fighting Joe" Wheeler shows off his individual flair with his Confederate uniform coat showing an unconventional button arrangement. Most officers wore their buttons in direct vertical and parallel rows. This design set General Wheeler apart from most other general officers. Extremely desirable pose of this very popular Confederate cavalry commander.  An attractive addition to any tobacciana, antique personal item or 1800s military theme grouping, this hand painted porcelain tobacco pipe will be best described here by our illustrations except to advise that it remains in excellent original condition while offering good evidence of age and originality. The German porcelain bowl and connector are both without chips or cracks and the original 16 inch cherry wood stem with mouthpiece remain in excellent condition. An especially nice item for the vintage artillery enthusiast. <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>  Another treasure from our 50 plus years of scouring the country side for such things, this Civil War period bone mounted maker marked <I> ‘Southern & Richardson DON CUTLERY WORKS’</I> straight razor is offered untouched and just as it was <I>picked</I> some years ago at a New Hampshire flea market. (Those were the days!) Best described here by our photos as to condition and eye appeal the bone grips are crudely scratch engraved with the sir name <I>Woolley U. S. Ship Galena</I> and the word <I>’Chios’</I>. While our research came up wanting as to <I>’Chios’</I> (could simply be a misspelling) of the name <I>Woolley</I> is very specific as <U>only one Civil War Navy example is listed in database records</U> and he was <B>Pvt. Robert Woolley</B> a 21 year old Barrington, New Hampshire resident who mustered in on September 19, 1864 as a substitute in the <B>US Marine Corps</B>. Listed in the <I>Register of Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire 1861-65</I> as <I> deserted on 9/16/1867 at Portsmouth, NH</I>, Pvt. Woolley is recorded as <I>Missing at Fort Fisher</I> in one January 1865 Marine Corps record we found? (see: https://www.fold3.com/image/719151277?rec=672328174) Good fodder for additional research, this appealing old straight razor will make a nice addition to any Civil War personal item grouping and will be of special interest to the Marine Corps and Fort Fisher enthusiast . <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>

Autograph, General Winfield S. Featherst $495.00

  

CDV, General Joseph Wheeler

 

19th century artillerist - Decorated Tob $225.00

  

Civil War U. S. Marine – STREIGHT Razor $245.00
A medical / surgical relic from a time when chloroform was administered by hand utilizing a specially designed <I>dripper</I> bottle and a cloth over the nose and mouth. (In a search of our personal collection / museum site at MaineLegacy.com you will find an account of how Gettysburg Artillerist, Col. Freeman McGilvery was killed by an overdose of chloroform during simple surgery for a wound of the thumb.) This little dripper stands approximately 4 3/8 inches including the stopper. Remaining in pleasing condition with no chips or cracks, this seldom seen dripper will make a nice addition to any quality medical / surgical grouping. <B>Buy with confidence! </B><I> We are pleased to offer a <B><U>no questions asked</U> three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales!</B> <I>Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly.</I> <FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques! </FONT COLOR=#0000FF>   (1797-1878) Born in Cortlandt, New York, he entered the navy as a midshipman in 1811. During the War of 1812, he served on Lakes Ontario and Champlain, participating in the victory at the latter place for which he received the "Thanks of Congress." He served on the frigate Constellation during the Algerine War, cruised on the frigate Macedonia suppressing piracy in the West Indies, commanded the schooner Shark and the sloop Levant in the Mediterranean, and commanded the sloop Vincennes in the East Indies. He was in charge of the Navy Yard at Washington, D.C., 1853-55, and the Home Squadron, 1856-58. In 1861, Paulding was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to assist in building up a wartime fleet which included construction of ironclad gunboats. Paulding was assigned to evacuate ships from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, in Virginia, which the Confederates planned to seize, in April 1861. He found that Charles S. McCauley, commander of the navy yard, had ordered the destruction of the ships. Paulding had to complete the work of burning and scuttling the largest number of the ships, and was able to remove the USS Cumberland, towed by the USS Pawnee. The USS Merrimack was burned to the waterline, but it was later refitted as the CSS Virginia, also known as the Merrimac. In August 1861, Paulding was named by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to the Ironclad Board, responsible for approving designs for and the construction of ironclad warships for the Union navy. The result was the construction of the USS New Ironsides, the USS Galena, and most famously the USS Monitor, who fought the Confederate ironclad, the CSS Virginia, on March 9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, Va., becoming the first ever battle between two ironclad warships in naval history. He was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, on July 10, 1862, and rendered valuable service in command of the New York Navy Yard, at Brooklyn, until May 1865. After the war he served as Governor of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia, and as the post admiral at Boston. Paulding died at Huntington, Long Island, New York, on October 20, 1878. <u>Signature</u>: 3 x 1, in ink, H. Paulding. Light wear. Very fine.   <b>Governor of Tennessee and United States Senator from Tennessee</b> (1805-77) Born in Wythe County, Virginia, he was a leading Tennessee Unionist during the Civil War. He was originally a Methodist minister, thus earning the lifelong nickname of "Parson." He became editor of the Knoxville Whig in 1849. Although a strong pro-slavery man, he violently opposed secession in 1861, and soon became a leader of Unionist elements in east Tennessee. Confederate authorities suppressed his newspaper and later imprisoned him for several months during the winter of 1861-62 on suspicion of complicity in the bridge burning that so incensed Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Later released, he became a firm advocate of a hard war against the South. He was elected governor of Tennessee on the Republican ticket in 1865, and again in 1867. Brownlow began calling for civil rights to be extended to freed slaves, stating that "a loyal Negro was more deserving than a disloyal white man."  In May 1866, he submitted the 14th Amendment for ratification, which the Radicals in Congress supported, but President Andrew Johnson and his allies opposed. The pro-Johnson minority in the statehouse attempted to flee Nashville to prevent a quorum, and the House sergeant-at-arms was dispatched to arrest them. Two were captured, Pleasant Williams, and A.J. Martin, and they were confined to the House committee room, giving the House the necessary number of members present to establish a quorum. After the amendment passed by a 43-11 vote, Heiskell refused to sign it and resigned in protest. His successor signed it, however, and the amendment was ratified. In transmitting the news to Congress, Brownlow taunted Johnson, stating, "My compliments to the dead dog in the White House."  Tennessee was readmitted to the Union shortly afterward, and was represented in Congress again by 1866. Tennessee was the only former Confederate state that by passed Military Reconstruction. The Radicals nominated Brownlow for a second term for governor in February 1867. His opponent was Emerson Etheridge, a frequent critic of the Brownlow administration. That same month, the legislature passed a bill giving the state's black residents the right to vote, and Union Leagues were organized to help freed slaves in this process. Members of these leagues frequently clashed with disfranchised ex-Confederates, including members of the Ku Klux Klan, and Brownlow organized a state guard, led by General Joseph Alexander Cooper, to protect voters and harass the opposition.  With the state's ex-Confederates disfranchised, Brownlow easily defeated Etheridge in the 1867 election. In 1876, Brownlow endorsed Rutherford B. Hayes for president, and in December he spoke at the opening of Knoxville College, which had been established for the city's African-American residents. On the night of April 28, 1877, Brownlow collapsed at his home, and died the following afternoon. The cause of death was given as "paralysis of the bowels."  He was interred in Knoxville's Old Gray Cemetery following a funeral procession described by his colleague, Oliver Perry Temple, as the largest in the city's history. Brownlow's uncompromising and radical viewpoints made him one of the most divisive figures in Tennessee political history, and one of the most controversial Reconstruction Era politicians of the United States. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view pose. Back mark: D. Appleton & Co., 443 & 445 Broadway, N.Y., A.A. Turner, Photographer. Period ink identification on the verso, "Parson Brownlow, Knoxville, Tenn." Light age toning and wear. Very fine.   <b>Rare image of the Commander of General John C. Fremont's personal bodyguard in Missouri Zagonyi was a native Hungarian who served with the elite Hungarian Hussars in their Revolutionary Army in the revolt of 1848-1849</b> 1822-70) Born in Szinyérváralja, Hungary, he served as a first lieutenant in the Hungarian Revolutionary Army during the 1848-1849 revolt. Known in the United States as Charles Zagonyi, his given name in Hungary was Károly Zágonyi. General Josef Bem assigned him to lead a picked company of cavalry, and he saved the general's life during the revolt, and was himself captured, and imprisoned for two years by the Austrian Army. On July 2, 1851, Zagonyi arrived in the United States, and worked in New York, and Philadelphia as a house painter. He later served in a Boston school as a riding master. When the Civil War commenced, he offered his services to the state of New York, but they refused his offer. General Alexander Asboth, a fellow Hungarian soldier, who was serving as chief of staff for General John C. Fremont, introduced Zagonyi to Fremont. Fremont then tasked Zagonyi to raise, organize and command his personal bodyguard. Zagonyi's men were modeled on the well disciplined "Hungarian Hussars," and he personally selected their matched bay mounts, and designed their dark blue uniforms and hats of the Hussar style. The men carried themselves with great distinction and aplomb, and they were equipped with German cavalry sabers and revolvers. On October 25, 1861, during the 1st Battle of Springfield, Missouri, Major Zagonyi led 300 mounted troops who gallantly charged into Springfield, and routed the Confederate forces. The charge proved costly in terms of casualties and the major lacked the forces to hold the town for the Union after dark, and he withdrew, abandoning Springfield, and his wounded soldiers to the Rebel forces. Zagonyi's charge would become famous, and General Fremont's army would regain control of the town and the Federal army would hold Springfield for the remainder of the war. General Fremont was removed from his command, and his bodyguard commanded by Major Zagonyi were mustered out of the Union army in November 1861, despite the fact that they had signed up as three year volunteers. General Fremont returned to command in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, as commander of the Mountain District, which included West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and East Tennessee. Fremont once again called upon Zagonyi, and assigned him to lead his cavalry, and promoted him to colonel. General Stonewall Jackson and his Confederate "foot cavalry," outmaneuvered and outfought Fremont's much larger force during Jackson's celebrated 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Following Fremont's embarrassing performance in the Valley, he was replaced by General John Pope who was assigned to command all of the Federal troops in northern Virginia. Rather than serve under Pope, General Fremont and Colonel Zagonyi both resigned from the army. Zagonyi returned to New York and served as president of the Hungarian Society. Zagonyi Park, in Springfield, Mo., is named for him and his famous charge. A marker in the park indicates where the charge took place, and gives a description of the battle action that occurred there. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Full standing view of Zagonyi wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of either major or colonel, a rectangular sword belt plate, and sash hanging from his belt, while holding his kepi in one hand, and his sword in the other. He poses next to a large studio drape. Back mark: E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, From a Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Light age toning and wear. Very rare and quite a desirable image, the first one I've ever owned in 46 years!

19th century amber Chloroform Dripper $95.00

  

Autograph, Admiral Hiram Paulding, U. S. $35.00

  

CDV, Parson William G. Brownlow $75.00

  

CDV, Colonel Charles Zagonyi $250.00
<b>He was stricken with yellow fever and died at Beaufort, South Carolina in 1862</b> (1809-1862) Born in Union County, Kentucky, he grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, and graduated in the West Point class of 1829. In the next 7 years he served as an instructor at the United States Military Academy, studied law, was admitted to the bar, resigned from the army, and became a member of the faculty of Cincinnati College where he taught astronomy, philosophy and mathematics. It was as a dedicated student of astronomy that Mitchel gained his claim to fame. He was largely responsible for establishing the Naval Observatory, the Harvard Observatory, the Cincinnati Observatory, and the Dudley Observatory. On August 9, 1861, President Lincoln appointed him a brigadier general of volunteers and he was assigned as commander of the Department of the Ohio. He first organized the northern Kentucky defenses around Cincinnati. During this time, he conspired with espionage agent James J. Andrews on plans to steal a train in Georgia and disrupt a railroad vital to the Confederate States Army coincident with Mitchel's planned attack on Chattanooga, Tennessee. The raid failed, as did Mitchel's military operation. Andrews and a number of his men were captured. Andrews himself was among eight men who were tried in Chattanooga. They were hanged in Atlanta by Confederate forces, but were later buried in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga in 1887. Although a military failure, the story of Andrew's Raid became known to American history as the "Great Locomotive Chase." In March 1862, he seized the Memphis and Charleston Railroad at Huntsville, Alabama, and sent raiding parties into Stevenson and Decatur to secure the tracks for the Union army. He was promoted to major general on April 11, 1862. He then commanded the Department of the South and was stricken with yellow fever and died at Beaufort, S.C., on October 30, 1862. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. 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 with sash and sword attached to his belt. He is holding his bummer's kepi with hat wreath insignia. Back mark: Early war E. Anthony [New York] imprint. Excellent image.   <b>Mortally wounded by a Rebel sharpshooter at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, in May 1863</b> (1816-1863) Born in Greenwich, Massachusetts, he graduated in the West Point class of 1841, ranking fifth in the class which contributed twenty two general officers in the Civil War. Whipple's high ranking at West Point earned him a position in the elite engineer corps, and in the years prior to 1861 he was occupied in the survey of the borders between the United States and Canada, and the United States and Mexico. During the 1850's Whipple led the survey of the transcontinental railroad route to California through Arizona Territory, and when the territory was formally established in 1863, its seat of government was named Fort Whipple in his honor. He surveyed some of the most rugged and remote terrain in the country, and compounding the difficulty was the extreme desert heat, and the hostile Apache Indians. Whipple however accomplished his assigned surveys in spite of these great challenges. When the Civil War commenced he was the Chief Topographical Engineer on the staff of General Irvin McDowell at the Battle of 1st Bull Run, and he also served for a time under McDowell as commander of the newly formed balloon reconnaissance unit, making a balloon ascent over the Confederate lines at Bull Run. He subsequently commanded a brigade, and then a division in the eastern army. He was promoted to brigadier general on April 14, 1862, and directed the 3rd Division of the the 3rd Corps in General Joe Hooker's "Center Grand Division" at the Battle of Fredericksburg. During the heavy fighting at Chancellorsville, in May 1863, Whipple was mortally wounded by a Confederate sharpshooter while sitting on his horse writing an order. The rifle ball struck him in the stomach and passed out near his spine. He died in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 1863, and was buried at Proprietors' Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. His name "Whipple" is written in period ink on the front of the card mount. Back mark: R.W. Addis, Photographer, McClees Gallery, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington. D.C. Light age toning and wear. Very rare! The last Whipple cdv that I had was well over 25 years ago! He is extremely difficult to obtain.   <b>Wounded in the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia</b> (1828-1885) Born in Bethel, Maine, he graduated #4 in the West Point class of 1850. His most important antebellum duty was in connection with the Northern Pacific Railroad exploration in 1853-54; he also served in the Mormon expedition and in frontier garrison duty. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was a captain of the 10th U.S. Infantry, stationed at Fort Union, New Mexico. He was appointed a brigadier general, April 14, 1862, and won two brevets in the Regular Army for his gallant conduct during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, where he led a brigade of General Joe Hooker's division, in General Samuel Heintzelman's corps. Grover's Brigade sustained 486 casualties in the 2nd Bull Run campaign, mainly at Groveton, in the assault on General Stonewall Jackson's position. Transferred west, Grover led the right wing of General N.P. Banks' army in the Department of the Gulf, during the capture of Baton Rouge, and in the Port Hudson, Louisiana campaign. Returning east, he fought at Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, where he was wounded. His gallantry earned him the brevet of major general. At the end of the war he commanded the District of Savannah, Georgia. General Grover died in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on June 6, 1885, and is buried in the West Point Cemetery, at the United States Military Academy. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 card. Excellent quality bust view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Back mark: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C., & Broadway & Tenth St., New York. Very sharp image. Rare.   <b>In the Battle of Gettysburg the 11th New Jersey Infantry lost 26 men killed and 122 wounded</b> 4 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, written by Quarter Master Sergeant Benjamin F. Titsworth, Co. D, 11th New Jersey Infantry, with the original cover addressed to Miss Amanda Wallace, Lawrenceville, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. C.D.S., Washington, D.C., Apr. 4, with 3 cents rose George Washington U.S. postage stamp. Excellent fully identified New Jersey soldier letter. Wagon Park in the field Quartermaster Department 11th New Jersey Volunteers April 1st, 1865 Friend Amanda, It gives me pleasure to address you thus, not only because we believe each other to be corresponding under pure motives, which I hope I'll never give you cause to doubt the same of me, but I believe I have found a true soldier's friend- a patriotic Lady. I received yours of the 11th and would have answered it ere this had not a move of the army prevented it. We are still on the move. Broke camp last Wednesday morning and the troops marched to the left where they have been since advancing gradually. The 5th Corps and Sherman's cavalry force are on the left of us. There has been fighting every day. The wagon train lies near Humphrey's Station- the farthest station on General Grant's railroad. My new position requires me to accompany the train. The wounded are brought to this station after having their wounds dressed at the field hospital, put aboard the cars and sent to the General Hospital at City Point. I have been over to the station frequently when wounded come in and I saw some very severe cases. All is reported progressing finely for our side. General Grant is here supervising the move. It was reported two days ago that General Sheridan had cut the South Side Railroad and destroyed ten miles of it, then moved off in the direction of Burkesville- the junction of the Danville and Lynchburg Roads. That report was contradicted this morning. I won't vouch for the truth of either. I'm not afraid but Grant will carry things through alright. I have unbounded confidence in that General. Sherman no doubt is resting his army now at or near Goldsboro and well he might. Twenty thousand of his men were unshod when they reached that place. After they are reclothed and recruited, I expect we will hear more good news from Sherman and his Veterans. We can afford to let them rest a while. We have had two days of very heavy rain which left the roads almost impassible. Yesterday some supplies were sent to the front and almost every team mired. They returned this morning. Today is a regular March day- very windy and it's throwing the rain on my paper. You must excuse me if my paper doesn't look as neat as it might. We haven't any log houses now. However, we get along first rate with tents as it is not very cold weather. I guess I have built my last log house and I hope the army has as a general thing, but I must give way for the cook to set the dinner table. Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain as ever your true friend, B. Frank Titsworth Quartermaster Sergeant 11th New Jersey Volunteers Excellent content, very neatly written, excellent condition, and fully identified. New Jersey Civil War soldier letters are very rare to find. Extremely desirable! Benjamin F. Titsworth, enlisted on August 1, 1862, as a private, and was mustered into Co. D, 11th New Jersey Infantry. He was promoted to quartermaster sergeant on February 1, 1865, and mustered out of the Union army on June 6, 1865, at Washington, D.C. The 11th New Jersey Infantry fought in the Battles of Chancellorsville; at Gettysburg where they had 26 men killed, and 122 men wounded; Beverly Ford, Locust Grove, the Mine Run Campaign, Spotsylvania Court House, and in the Petersburg campaign.

CDV, General Ormsby M. Mitchel $125.00

  

CDV, General Amiel W. Whipple

 

CDV, General Cuvier Grover

 

11th New Jersey Infantry Soldier Letter $250.00
<b>He captured the cities of Atlanta, and Savannah, Georgia in 1864 presenting the latter as a Christmas present to President Lincoln His infamous march from Atlanta to the sea laid waste to much of Georgia General in Chief of the United States Army Signature with rank of general</b> (1820-1891) He was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and graduated #6 in the West Point class of 1840. Sherman roomed with and befriended another important future Civil War general for the Union, George H. Thomas. Fellow cadet William S. Rosecrans remembered Sherman as "one of the brightest and most popular fellows" at the academy and as "a bright-eyed, red-headed fellow, who was always prepared for a lark of any kind." Upon his graduation he entered the army as a second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery, and saw action in Florida in the Second Seminole War. In 1859, Sherman accepted a job as the first superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy, in Pineville, Louisiana, a position he sought at the suggestion of future Union General, then Major Don Carlos Buell. He was an effective and popular leader of the institution, which would later become Louisiana State University. William T. Sherman rose to be one of the Union's most renowned military leaders, and saw action at 1st Bull Run, Shiloh, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, the infamous March to the Sea which took on his name, and the 1865 Carolina's campaign. He received the surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's army, at Greensboro, N.C., on April 26, 1865. Sherman continued in the Regular Army after the war, and became a Lieutenant General on July 25, 1866, and Full General, on March 4, 1869. In June 1865, two months after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Sherman received his first postwar command, originally called the Military Division of the Mississippi, later the Military Division of the Missouri, which came to comprise the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Sherman's efforts in that position were focused on protecting the main wagon roads, such as the Oregon, Bozeman, and Santa Fe Trails. When Ulysses S. Grant became president in 1869, Sherman was appointed Commanding General of the United States Army, and promoted to the rank of full general. After the death of ex-Union General John A. Rawlins, Sherman served for one month as acting Secretary of War. Sherman lived most of the rest of his life in New York City. He was devoted to the theater and to amateur painting and was in demand as a colorful speaker at dinners and banquets, in which he indulged a fondness for quoting Shakespeare. Proposed as a Republican candidate for the presidential election of 1884, Sherman declined as emphatically as possible, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." Sherman died of pneumonia in New York City on February 14, 1891, six days after his 71st birthday. President Benjamin Harrison, who had served under General Sherman during the Civil War, sent a telegram to Sherman's family and ordered all national flags to be flown at half staff. Harrison, in a message to the Senate, and the House of Representatives, wrote that: "He was an ideal soldier, and shared to the fullest the esprit de corps of the army, but he cherished the civil institutions organized under the Constitution, and was only a soldier that these might be perpetuated in undiminished usefulness and honor." On February 19th, a funeral service was held at his home, followed by a military procession. Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederate general who had commanded the resistance to Sherman's troops in Georgia and the Carolina's, served as a pallbearer in New York City. It was a bitterly cold day and a friend of Johnston, fearing that the general might become ill, asked him to put on his hat. Johnston replied: "If I were in Sherman's place, and he were standing in mine, he would not put on his hat." Johnston did catch a serious cold and died one month later of pneumonia. Sherman's body was then transported to St. Louis, where another service was conducted at a local Catholic church on February 21, 1891. His son, Thomas Ewing Sherman, who was a Jesuit priest, presided over his father's funeral masses in New York City, and in St. Louis. Former U.S. President, and Civil War General Rutherford B. Hayes, who attended both ceremonies, said at the time that General William T. Sherman had been "the most interesting and original character in the world." He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. Sherman's younger brother John, served as a U.S. Congressman from Ohio, and was a prominent advocate against slavery. <u>Autograph With Rank</u>: 5 x 3 1/4, in ink, this is the closing of a letter Sherman wrote and it includes his closing salutation and rank. "Reciprocating fully your kind Remembrance, I am truly Your friend & Kinsman, W.T. Sherman, General." Light age toning and wear. Very fine. There are another 6 lines in Sherman's hand on the reverse talking about his wife, six children and a daughter who was married in St. Louis who has two children, his grandchildren. Very nice example of the signature and handwriting of "Uncle Billy" Sherman! Always a desirable autograph.  H 32in. x D 20in.   <b>Medal of Honor recipient for conspicuous gallantry at Little Round Top in the Battle of Gettysburg Wounded several times during the Civil War Governor of Maine Autograph Letter Signed</b> (1828-1914) Born in Brewer, Maine, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1852, then entered the Bangor Theological Seminary for three years of study. Besides studying in Latin and German, Chamberlain eventually mastered French, Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac. He was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 20th Maine Infantry, on August 8, 1862. Chamberlain's qualities were tested in the sharp engagement at Shepherdstown Ford immediately after the Battle of Antietam in September, and in the terrible experiences of his command in the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg in December where he certainly won his master's degree in military education. In May, 1863, he was made colonel of his regiment, having already acted in that capacity for three months. At Gettysburg, on July 2, 1863, he held the extreme left of the Union line, and his conduct on that occasion in the memorable defense of Little Round Top won for him the admiration of the army and public fame, and he was recognized by the government in the bestowal of the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous personal gallantry and distinguished service." He was immediately placed in command of a division, which he handled with marked skill in the action at Rappahannock Station, Va. At Spotsylvania Court House, in May, 1864, he was placed in command of nine picked regiments to make a night assault on an impregnable point of the enemy's works. By remarkable judgment and skill he gained the position, but in the morning it was found to be commanded on both flanks by the enemy in force, therefore utterly untenable, and the withdrawal ordered was more difficult than the advance had been. Shortly afterward came the sharp engagements on the Totopotomy and the North Anna, and the terrible battles of Bethesda Church and Cold Harbor, Va., where his coolness of judgment and quickness of action drew special commendation. He made the desperate charge on Rives' salient in the Petersburg lines, where General Ulysses S. Grant promoted him on the field to the rank of brigadier general "for gallant conduct in leading his brigade against a superior force of the enemy." In this assault he was seriously wounded and reported dead, but after two months of intense suffering he returned to his command. In the last campaign of the war, with two brigades, he led the advance of the infantry with General Sheridan, and made the brilliant opening fight on the Quaker Road, on March 29, 1865, where he was twice wounded (in the left arm and breast), and his horse was shot out from under him. His conduct again drew the attention of the government, and he was promoted to the brevet rank of major general "for conspicuous gallantry" in this action. He distinguished himself on the White Oak Road, on March 31st, although much disabled by his wounds; and in the battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865, his skillful handling of troops received special official mention. In the final action at Appomattox Court House, April 9th, he was called upon by General Phil Sheridan to replace his leading division of cavalry, and the first flag of truce from General James Longstreet came to him. His corps commander says in an official report: "In the final action General Chamberlain had the advance, and was driving the enemy rapidly before him when the announcement of the surrender was made." At the formal surrender of General Robert E. Lee's army he was designated to command the parade before which that army laid down the arms and colors of the Confederacy. Chamberlain was thus responsible for one of the most poignant scenes of the American Civil War. As the Confederate soldiers marched down the road to surrender their arms and colors, Chamberlain, on his own initiative, ordered his men to come to attention and "carry arms" as a show of respect. In his memoirs General Chamberlain described what happened next: General John B. Gordon, at the head of the Confederate column, outdoes us in courtesy. He was riding with downcast eyes and more than a pensive look; but at this clatter of arms he raised his eyes and instantly catching the significance, wheels his horse with that superb grace of which he is a master, drops the point of his sword to his stirrup, gives a command, at which the great Confederate flag following him is dipped and his decimated brigades, as they reach our right, respond to the "carry arms." All the while on our part not a sound of trumpet or drum, not a cheer, nor a word nor the motion of a man, but an instead an awful stillness as if it were the passing of the dead. At the final grand review in Washington, D.C., his division had the honor of being placed at the head of the column of the Army of the Potomac, and his troops, fresh from the surrender at Appomattox, were received by the thronging spectators as might be imagined, as conquering heroes. Returning to Maine he was offered the choice of several diplomatic offices abroad, but almost as soon as he was out of the army, he was elected governor of Maine by the largest majority ever given in that commonwealth. His administration was very satisfactory and he continued in that office for four terms. In 1871, Chamberlain was elected president of Bowdoin College, his Alma Mater, and held that position until 1883, when he resigned, although he continued to lecture. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain died of his lingering wartime wounds in 1914, in Portland, Maine. He is interred at Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, Maine. Standing beside Chamberlain as he died was Dr. Abner O. Shaw of Portland, one of the two surgeons who had operated on him after his wounding at Petersburg, Virginia 50 years earlier. It is strongly suggested from medical professionals that it was complications from the serious wound he suffered at Petersburg that resulted in General Chamberlain's death. <u>Autograph Letter Signed</u>: 5 x 8, on imprinted letter sheet, written in ink, entirely in Chamberlain's hand. No. 18. Treasury Department Portland, Jan. 27, 1903 Col. Fred. R. Fay 5 Exchange St. Dear friend, Where can I get the half tone you kindly spoke for? It is called for now by several papers, and I feel pretty sure it is ready by this time. Truly yours, Joshua L. Chamberlain Light age toning and wear. Boldly written. Very fine. Joshua L. Chamberlain's signature is extremely desirable, and he is one of the most popular officers to emerge from the Civil War on either side.   <b>Commanded the 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg where he was seriously wounded repulsing Pickett's Charge! United States Presidential Candidate in 1880</b> (1824-1886) Winfield Scott Hancock and his identical twin brother, Hilary Baker Hancock, were born in Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, a hamlet just northwest of Philadelphia. Winfield was named after Winfield Scott, a prominent U.S. general in the War of 1812, and the Mexican War, and who was commander-in-chief of the Union armies at the beginning of the Civil War. He graduated in the West Point class of 1844, and earned a brevet for gallantry in the Mexican War. Hancock played a gallant role in the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, and in the 1862 Maryland campaign which climaxed with the bloody battle of Antietam, Maryland. He greatly distinguished himself in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. During the battle of Gettysburg, General Hancock commanded the 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac. His decisive actions on July 1, 1863 helped to save the strategic position of Culp's Hill for General George G. Meade's army. On July 3rd, his corps became the focal point for the celebrated Pickett's Charge in which he was seriously wounded, but refused to leave the battlefield until the victory was secured. After his recovery, he went on to fight in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor, Va., and earned the sobriquet of "Hancock The Superb." At the close of the war, Hancock was assigned to supervise the execution of the conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. After the executions, Hancock was assigned command of the newly organized Middle Military Department, headquartered in Baltimore. In 1866, on General U.S. Grant's recommendation, Hancock was promoted to major general and was transferred, later that year, to command of the military Department of the Missouri, which included the states of Missouri, and Kansas, and the territories of Colorado and New Mexico. He reported to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he took up his new position. Soon after arriving, he was assigned by General William T. Sherman to lead an expedition to negotiate with the Cheyenne and Sioux, with whom relations had worsened since the Sand Creek massacre. The negotiations got off to a bad start, and after Hancock ordered the burning of an abandoned Cheyenne village in central Kansas, relations became worse than when the expedition had started. In 1872, General Meade died, leaving Hancock the army's senior major general. In 1880, he was the Democratic nominee for the Presidency of the United States. He was narrowly defeated by another ex-Civil War General, the soon to be assassinated President James A. Garfield. The last public act performed by General Hancock was his oversight of the funeral of Ulysses S. Grant in 1885, and his organizing and leading of Grant's nine mile funeral procession in New York City. From Grant's home at Mount McGregor, New York, to its resting-place in Riverside Park, the casket containing Grant's remains was in the charge of General Hancock. He died in 1886, at Governors Island, New York, while in command of the Military Division of the Atlantic. He is buried in Montgomery Cemetery, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Norristown. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Chest up view in uniform with rank of major general. J. Gurney & Son, N.Y. imprint on the front mount. Back mark: J. Gurney & Son, Photographic Artist, 707 Broadway, New York. Corners of the card mount are very slightly trimmed. Very sharp image. Very desirable Gettysburg general.

Autograph, General William T. Sherman $350.00

  

H 32in. x D 20in. $3800.00

  

Autograph, General Joshua L. Chamberlain $1500.00

  

CDV, General Winfield S. Hancock $150.00
<b>Colonel of the 3rd Vermont Infantry</b> (1824-1903) Born at St. Albans, Vermont, he was known in the army by his nickname "Baldy." He graduated in the West Point class of 1845 ranking #4. As an engineer officer he spent his years before the Civil War in a variety of surveys and exploration duties, he served as an instructor at the United States Military Academy, and was a member and secretary of the Lighthouse Board. In July 1861, he was appointed colonel of the 3rd Vermont Infantry and saw action at the 1st battle of Bull Run, and on August 13th he was promoted to brigadier general. He commanded a division of the 6th Corps in the 1862 Virginia Peninsular Campaign, and in the Antietam campaign, and he commanded the corps in the Battle of Fredericksburg. He commanded a division-sized force of militia within the Department of the Susquehanna in Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863 during the critical days of the Gettysburg Campaign, repelling Confederate cavalry General J.E.B. Stuart at a skirmish in Carlisle, Pa. Smith's troops then participated in the pursuit of General Robert E. Lee's army back to the Potomac River. He then commanded a division in West Virginia. Sent to the western theater in October 1863, he served as chief engineer of the Department of the Cumberland. As such he conducted the engineer operations and launched the Battle of Brown's Ferry, which opened the "Cracker Line" to provide supplies and reinforcements to the besieged Union troops in Chattanooga. Of this action the House Committee on Military Affairs reported that "as a subordinate, General Smith had saved the Army of the Cumberland from capture, and afterwards directed it to victory." Smith was then nominated for the rank of major general of volunteers. General Ulysses S. Grant, who was much impressed with Smith's work, insisted strongly that the nomination should be confirmed. He later held the same position in the Military Division of the Mississippi. Praised by his superiors Generals' Grant, Sherman and Thomas, he made a valuable contribution to the assault on Missionary Ridge. General Grant brought Smith with him when he came east in 1864, and gave him command of the 18th Corps of General Ben Butler's Army of the James, which he led in the bloody Battle of Cold Harbor, and in the operations against Petersburg. Smith resigned from the volunteer service in 1865, and from the U.S. Army in 1867. From 1864 to 1873 he was president of the International Telegraph Company, and from 1875 to 1881 served on the board of police commissioners of New York City, becoming its president in 1877. He died at Philadelphia in 1903, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His autobiography, "Autobiography of Major General William F. Smith, 1861–1864," was published posthumously. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Seated view in uniform with rank of major general, with a badge pinned to his frock coat. Back mark: Bogardus Photographer, 363 Broadway, New York. Very fine.   <b>Colonel of the 11th Indiana Infantry Member of the military commission that tried the President Lincoln assassination conspirators He was president of the court martial that tried and condemned Henry Wirz, the Commandant at the notorious Confederate Andersonville Prison in Georgia Governor of New Mexico Author of the classic book "Ben Hur"</b> (1827-1905) Born in Brookville, Indiana, he was celebrated as the author of the classic "Ben Hur" and other literary works. His father was the governor of Indiana. Wallace served in the Mexican War as a lieutenant of the 1st Indiana Infantry. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1849, and in 1856 was elected to the state senate. Upon the bombardment of Fort Sumter he was appointed state adjutant general and on April 25, 1861, was made colonel of the 11th Indiana Infantry. After some service in West Virginia, he was promoted to brigadier general on September 5, 1861, and later took part in the capture of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Promoted to major general to rank from March 21, 1862, he also saw action at the Battle of Shiloh. In the summer of 1864, with a much smaller force, he was able to make a gallant stand and stop General Jubal A. Early's Washington bound Confederate army at the Monocacy River avoiding the potential capture of the U.S. capital. In 1865, he was a member of the military commission which tried the Lincoln conspirators and he was president of the court martial which tried and condemned Henry Wirz, commandant at Andersonville Prison. His post war career saw him as governor of New Mexico and U.S. Minister to Turkey. Lew Wallace died at home in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on February 15, 1905, and was buried in Crawfordsville's Oak Hill Cemetery. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of major general. No back mark. Very sharp image. Extremely desirable. Rare.   <b>Wounded four times during the Civil War! Colonel 110th Ohio Infantry United States Congressman from Ohio Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives</b> (1836-1932) Born near Springfield, Ohio, he was a lawyer by occupation. He was appointed major of the 3rd Ohio Infantry on April 27, 1861, and served in western Virginia fighting in the battles of Rich Mountain and Cheat Mountain, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel, on February 27, 1862. He was then commissioned colonel of the 110th Ohio Infantry, on September 30, 1862, and served in the Eastern Theater leading his regiment at the second battle of Winchester. While the Union army was soundly defeated, and most of it surrendered, Keifer's regiment was able to avoid capture. Following the battle of Gettysburg, Keifer was assigned to brigade command in the 3rd Corps, and fought at the battle of Wapping Heights. After General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had retreated to the safety of Virginia, Keifer and his regiment were dispatched to New York City to help suppress the 1863 draft riots. He was promoted to brevet brigadier general, on October 19, 1864, for gallantry in the battles of Opequan, Fisher's Hill and Middletown, Va., and brevet major general, on April 9, 1865, for his role in the Petersburg and Appomattox campaigns. He was wounded four times during the Civil War: June 13, 1863, at Winchester, Va.; June 14, 1863, at Winchester, Va.; May 5, 1864, at the Wilderness, Va.; and September 19, 1864, at Opequan, Va. After the Civil War he returned to his law practice in Ohio, and then went into politics. He served as a U.S. Congressman from Ohio, 1877-85, and 1905-11, he was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1881-83, and was Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief of the G.A.R., 1871-72. During the Spanish–American War, President William McKinley appointed Keifer to the rank of major general of volunteers on June 9, 1898. He commanded the 7th Army Corps, and the American forces that marched into Havana on January 1, 1899. After he returned to private life in Ohio, Keifer published, "Slavery and Four Years of War," in 1900. The book was both a commentary on the history of slavery in the United States as well as an autobiography of his own experiences during the Civil War. He served as the first commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans from 1900-01, and in 1903-04 he was the Ohio commander of the Loyal Legion. He died on April 22, 1932, at the age of 96, in Springfield, and is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, in Springfield, Ohio. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Superb quality chest up view in uniform with rank of colonel. War date imprint of M.B. Brady & Co., District of Columbia on the front mount. Back mark: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. & Broadway & Tenth St., New York. With 3 cents green George Washington, U.S. Internal Revenue Proprietary tax stamp. Extremely desirable. Rare.  Another remnant from our decades of scouring the countryside for such treasures, this Confederate altered 2nd Model Virginia Manufactory will be of special interest to the <I>deep dish</I> historian who appreciates unquestionable evidence of hard wartime use while remaining in honest as found and unmolested condition. Pleasing to the eye with an obvious hard fought history, this example from the war’s only state run armory was manufactured in Richmond, Virginia circa 1818 with its original <I>’RICHMOND 1818’</I> & <I>’VIRGINIA / MANUFACTORY’</I> functioning lock. Fitted with its crude field replacement hammer and hammer screw, the arsenal plate is held in place with one arsenal screw and a period field replacement stud and classic square nut. As part of the war-time conversion (c. 1861/62) the original manufacture brass flash pan was removed with an iron <I>sliver</I>set in place under the braised percussion bolster all reminiscent of the work of W. Morgan in Richmond who altered approximately 700 muskets by contract between February and September 1862. The 69 caliber 33 inch barrel offers an appealing smooth 100% natural age patina with telltale wear at the muzzle as a result of heavy use of an iron ramrod. The barrel is unmarked except for a deeply struck V touch mark at the left breech. The musket retains a shortened to fit Tower ramrod as continued evidence of <I>make-do</I> field circumstance. Dr. John Murphy’s <I>CONFEDERATE RIFLES & MUSKETS</I> offers additional insight into these scarce conversions all of which were contracted for by the State of Virginia to supply its own troops. Dr. Murphy in his work and Virginia historian Giles Cromwell in his <I>Virginia Manufactory of Arms</I> offer good information on early war issue of these arms as flintlocks with a campaign to cycle these muskets back through for update conversion to percussion. Included is specific information pertaining to the shortening of muskets which had damage to their forward portions. The stock was period shortened just forward of the middle barrel band with a crude extensively black iron pinned but sound wrist repair continues to provide evidence of a heavily used arm of the weapons starved Virginia Confederate. These, like other Southern and Confederate arms of the war, were obsolescent weapons subject to extremely hard use such that few exist today. As such this crudely adapted field used Virginia Manufactory is all the more desirable as an artifact of the Civil War Confederacy and the State of Virginia. <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 William F. Baldy Smith

 

CDV, General Lew Wallace

 

CDV, General Joseph Warren Keifer $395.00

  

Especially desirable! VIRGINIA MANUFACT $3250.00
A wonderful Civil War era display item this all original and unopened textile dye packet measures approximately 3 1/2 X 1 ¾ X 1 inch thick with classic patriotic eagle graphic and the nomenclature of <B> GEO. H. REED & SONS</B>.(see: Civil War vintage Boston Business Directories) Illustrated here to show the dye bottle and direction sheet content from a like packet, it should be noted that we have 3 of these and <U> may be able make a 2nd packet available</U> for the collector who wishes to preserve an unopened packet with another opened to display the content. A hard to find relic of the Civil War period that will make a nice companion <I>small</I> in any 19th century grouping. <B>Buy with confidence! </B><I> We are pleased to offer a <B><U>no questions asked</U> three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales!</B> <I>Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly.</I> <FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques! </FONT COLOR=#0000FF>  Best described here by our illustrations as to condition and eye appeal, suffice it to say this all original pair of early wrought bronze stirrups with integral spurs remain in desirable as found and untouched condition with good evidence of honest age and period use An interesting combination utilizing hand worked as apposed cast bronze or forged iron. It is interesting to note that aside from the integral spurs the general design of these stirrups is reminiscent of the early British hussar strips imported by the Confederate States. <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 by our photos as to condition and eye appeal, this enameled brass 1st Division XVIII Corps Badge remains in exceptional original condition and is representative of the December 1862 formation of the five Union Army divisions stationed in North Carolina as the 18th Corps. This hard fought Corps saw considerable action to included Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, June 15th Assault On Petersburg, the Petersburg Mine battle of the Crater, Chaffin's Farm, Fair Oaks and the Fall Of Richmond. <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>  Remaining in exceptional <I>as new</I> condition with the exception of a desirable fine natural age patina, this full set of bone and ebony dominoes remains housed in its equally fine condition quarter sawed white oak slide top box. Complete with original printed game directions, this is the finest condition set of 19th century dominoes we have acquired in 50 plus years of seeking out and paying attention to such things. Not a big deal to the collector who enjoys good evidence of period use and handling, this obviously period game set with the <I>off the shelf</I> rarity of absolutely no ware to the surfaces and sharp square edges will be especially appreciated by the purest. <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>

unopened – Geo. H. Reed Sons - Civil Wa $85.00

  

early hand wrought bronze - Stirrup / Sp $250.00

  

Civil War 18h Corps Device $65.00

  

exceptional condition! Civil War era BON $195.00
<b>Heavily engaged at the Battle of Gettysburg Wounded in the Atlanta Campaign at the Battle of New Hope Church in 1864 United States Congressman from Michigan</b> (1810-78) Born in Deep River, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale University with a law degree in 1831. He settled in Detroit, Michigan, in 1836, which at the time was a booming frontier town, where he established a law practice. Williams had a variety of careers in Detroit including that of probate judge of Wayne County, president of the Bank of St. Clair, owner and editor of the Detroit Advertiser Daily Newspaper, postmaster of Detroit, and he was a member of the Michigan Militia. He also served as the president of the state's military board and in 1859 was a major in the Detroit Light Guard. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Williams was involved in training the first army volunteers in Michigan, and was commissioned a brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers on May 17, 1861. His first assignment after leaving the training camps was as a brigade commander in General Nathaniel P. Banks's division of the Army of the Potomac. He then took over as a division commander in the 5th Corps in March 1862. His division was then transferred to the Department of the Shenandoah and with Banks's troops were sent to fight General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign where they were thoroughly outmaneuvered, allowing Jackson to bottle them up in the Valley with his much smaller force. On June 26th, Williams's division was transferred to the Army of Virginia, under General John Pope, for the Northern Virginia Campaign. In the Battle of Cedar Mountain, they went up against Jackson again, and were again defeated. Williams's division rejoined the Army of the Potomac as the 1st Division of the 12th Corps and marched north into the Maryland Campaign where they fought in the Battle of Antietam. The division was heavily engaged and once again went up against Stonewall Jackson on the Confederate left flank. The corps commander, General Joseph K. Mansfield, was killed early in the battle, and General Williams assumed command of the corps. They suffered 25% casualties in assaulting Jackson's troops. In the Battle of Chancellorsville, on May 2, 1863, Stonewall Jackson's corps executed a surprise flanking movement and smashed into the right flank of the Army of the Potomac, severely damaging the 11th Corps. The division commanded by General Williams, hastily dug entrenchments and were able to stop the Confederate advance before it overran the entire Union army, but they suffered 1,500 casualties in the process. In the Battle of Gettysburg, Williams's division arrived on the battlefield late in the afternoon of July 1, 1863, and occupied Benner's Hill, east of the town of Gettysburg. On July 2, the 12th Corps took up positions on Culp's Hill, the right flank of the Union line. At this point, due to a command misunderstanding, General Henry Slocum believed that he was in command of the "Right Wing" of the army, consisting of the 11th and 12th Corps. However, General Williams took over command of the 12th Corps, and controlled it for the rest of the battle. On the afternoon of July 2, a massive attack by General James Longstreet on the Union's left flank caused army commander General George G. Meade to order Williams to transfer his entire corps to reinforce the left, in the vicinity of Little Round Top. Williams convinced Meade of the importance of Culp's Hill, and managed to retain one brigade, under General George Greene, in their defensive positions. In an heroic defense, Greene and his brigade withstood the assault of General Edward "Allegheny" Johnson's Confederate division throughout the night, until the remaining brigades of the 12th Corps returned. Early on July 3rd, Williams launched an attack against the Confederates who had occupied some of the entrenchments on the hill and, after a seven-hour battle, regained his original line. In September 1863, the Union army in Tennessee was defeated at the Battle of Chickamauga and two corps were sent west to help them as they were besieged in Chattanooga—the 11th and 12th Corps. Alpheus S. Williams joined General William T. Sherman as part of 20th Corps in the Atlanta Campaign, and fought with distinction in a number of battles, particularly the Battle of Resaca. Williams was wounded in the arm at the Battle of New Hope Church on May 26, 1864. His division accompanied General Sherman on his March to the Sea, and in the 1865 Carolina's Campaign. In these campaigns Williams led the 20th Corps until, following the Battle of Bentonville. During this period, General Williams received a brevet promotion to major general on January 12, 1865. Williams held the distinction of being the longest-serving division commander in the Union army, and he led them in the Grand Review of the Union Armies in Washington D.C. in May 1865. Williams was noted to have had a long record of dependable service during his Civil War army career. After the war, Williams served as a military administrator in southern Arkansas until he left the service on January 15, 1866. He then was appointed as the U.S. Minister at San Salvador, a position in which he served until 1869. He ran for governor of Michigan in 1870, but was defeated. He was elected to the 45th United States Congress from Michigan, serving from 1875-78, and served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia. General Alpheus S. Williams suffered a stroke on December 21, 1878, and died in the U.S. Capitol Building. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Superb bust view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Imprint on the front mount, Brady, New York. Back mark: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. Very desirable image. Rare.   <b>Mayor Wood suggested to the New York City Council in 1861 that the city should declare itself an independent city-state in order to continue its profitable cotton trade with the Confederate States of America United States Congressman from New York Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress Mayor of New York City during the Civil War</b> (1812-81) Born in Philadelphia, he entered politics in New York City, in 1834, and was active in Tammany Hall politics, serving as a member of the U.S. Congress, 1841-43. Elected mayor of New York City in 1854, and reelected in 1856, with the support of "Soft Shell Democrats" who supported the 1849 state Democratic platform, which called for protection of slavery where it existed, but recognized Congress's right to prevent its extension to new American territories. During his term in office the city was plagued by the existence of two separate police forces, one under state control, the other under the mayor; which caused much confusion over jurisdiction and assisted in the abundance of crime and corruption, but he still managed to be reelected for a third term in 1859. He appeared at the Democratic National Convention in 1860 at the head of a contesting New York delegation with pro-Southern sentiments. Believing that the Union was about to be dissolved, he proposed in January 1861 that New York should become a "free city." Not being elected for another term as mayor, he re-entered national politics serving as U.S. Congressman, 1863-65, and again in 1867-81. He became the majority floor leader, and chairman of the very powerful Ways and Means Committee in both the 45th and 46th Congresses, 1877–1881. Throughout his career, Wood expressed political sympathies for the Southern States, including during the Civil War. He once suggested to the New York City Council that the city should declare itself an independent city-state in order to continue its profitable cotton trade with the Confederate States of America. In the House of Representatives, he was a vocal opponent of President Abraham Lincoln and one of the main opponents of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. Wood was critical in blocking the measure in the House when it first came up for a vote in June 1864. Wood died in Hot Springs, Arkansas on February 13, 1881, one day before his 69th birthday, and was buried in Trinity Church Cemetery, in New York, N.Y. <u>Document Signed</u>: 7 1/8 x 3 1/4, imprinted form filled out in ink. New York, May 31, 1856. To The Treasurer Of The City Of New York At The Mechanics Bank. $570.95. No. 5707. Pay Timothy Donovan on order Five hundred & seventy 95/100 Dollars for Copper Fence. Signed by Fernando Wood as Mayor, D.Z. Valentine, Clerk, and A.C. Flagg, Comptroller. Per Ordnance January 26th, 1856. Repairs to Public Buildings. Endorsed on the reverse by Timothy Donovan. Small punch hole cancellation at top center with typical cut cancellation. Very nice document printed on blue paper. Excellent signature of Mayor Fernando Wood.   6 1/2 x 5, imprinted form, filled out in ink. Mississippi Central Rail Road Company, Transfer No. 391. Office of the Mississippi Central Rail Road Company, 20 Feby. 1861. For Value Received. J.J.C. Sims of Tenn., do hereby assign and transfer unto J.B. Walker of Ga. Ten (10) Shares of the Capital Stock of the Mississippi Central Railroad Company, standing in my name on the Books of said Company, on each of which Fifty (50) Dollars have been paid, being the whole of the stock held by Certificate No. 206, M.C. & Tenn. R.R. J.C. Sims, pr. A.J. Mc Coninco Sec. proxy. Excellent condition. Very desirable 1861 Confederate railroad document. <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: In 1852, the Mississippi Central Railroad was chartered by the Mississippi Legislature to build a railroad from Canton, Mississippi, to Grand Junction, Tennessee, financed by wealthy cotton planters in La Grange, Tenn., and Oxford, Miss., passing through the towns of Grenada, Water Valley, Oxford and Holly Springs. The first passenger trains from Holly Springs to Oxford ran in 1857. In November 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant began the Mississippi Central Railroad Campaign down the line with the ultimate goal of capturing Vicksburg, Mississippi, in conjunction with General William Tecumseh Sherman. Grant established a base in Holly Springs and began advancing south along the railroad. Confederate soldiers built earthwork fortifications to defend the railroad. Skirmishes were fought all along the railroad. While General Grant was stalled, Confederate General Van Dorn lead a successful cavalry raid on Grant's supply base at Holly Springs, burning most of his supplies and then moved north destroying the railroad and telegraph lines along the way. With the railroad destroyed Grant had no way to resupply his army and was forced to end the campaign and retreat.   <b>Autographed carte de visite with rank and regiment Photographed as colonel of the 17th New York Infantry</b> (1824-82) Born in Utica, N.Y., prior to the Civil War, Lansing was a key participant in the establishment of the "Military Association of New York." He enlisted in the Union army on May 18, 1861, at New York City, and was commissioned colonel of the 17th New York Infantry, a 2 year regiment. He saw action during the Siege of Yorktown, Va., as well as in the Seven Days Battles where he was seriously wounded and had to be hospitalized. On October 17, 1862, the 17th New York Infantry became part of the Army of the Potomac, and Lansing having recovered from his wounds was appointed as the commander of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, of the 5th Army Corps. He then served with his brigade at the battles of 2nd Bull Run, where his regiment made a valiant assault, in which it suffered the loss of 183 killed, wounded and missing, and at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Lansing was honorably discharged from the army when the term of service of his old regiment expired on June 2, 1863. He was promoted to brevet brigadier general on March 13, 1865. for his meritorious Civil War record. After the war, Lansing worked for the American European Express and spent several years in Paris as their representative, and in 1876, was an auditor of the Philadelphia Centennial. He also was active in veterans affairs, being a member of the General George G. Meade Post No. 1, of the Grand Army of the Republic, since January 29, 1879. Lansing died on April 13, 1882, and was buried at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, in Burlington, New Jersey. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view in uniform with rank of colonel with a 2 piece badge pinned to his coat. Brady, Washington imprint on the front mount. Signed in ink on the front, H.S. Lansing, Colonel, 17 N.Y. Light age toning. Edges of the card mount are very slightly trimmed. Very scarce signed image. <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: The 17th New York Infantry, were known as the "Westchester Chasseurs,"

CDV, General Alpheus S. Williams

 

Autograph, Fernando Wood, Mayor of New Y $50.00

  

1861 Mississippi Central Rail Road Compa $95.00

  

CDV, Colonel Henry S. Lansing $250.00
<b>Colonel of the 6th Illinois Cavalry in 1862 Famous for his daring 1863 cavalry raid through the heart of the Confederacy to Baton Rouge which now bears his name, "Grierson's Raid" Rare war period image of the famous cavalry commander</b> (1826-1911) Born in the borough of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, today a section of Pittsburgh. In 1851, he became a music teacher and band leader in Jacksonville, Illinois. When the Civil War began in 1861, Grierson entered the United States volunteer service as an aide-de-camp to General Benjamin M. Prentiss. He was then commissioned major of the 6th Illinois Cavalry in October 1861, and later became their colonel the following April. During that spring and summer his regiment was engaged in a number of skirmishes and raids on railroads and facilities in Tennessee and Mississippi. In the latter part of December his troops took part in the pursuit of General Earl Van Dorn after his Holly Springs raid. On April 17, 1863, under orders from General Ulysses S. Grant, Colonel Grierson left La Grange, Tennessee, in command of 1,700 cavalry troopers of the 6th and 7th Illinois, and the 2nd Iowa, in a raid southward through the heart of the Confederacy. In 17 days his command marched 800 miles, repeatedly engaged the Rebels, destroyed 2 railroads, and ruined vast amounts of property, finally riding into Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 2nd. On his daring raid Grierson struck tremendous fear in the hearts of the citizens and was promoted to brigadier general. More importantly, Grierson diverted the attention of the Confederate defenders of Vicksburg away from General Grant's main thrust. General William T. Sherman considered Grierson's raid "the most brilliant expedition of the war." He was then able to take part in General Nathaniel P. Banks' siege of Port Hudson as commander of the 19th Corps cavalry. He later commanded a cavalry division and at times the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Mississippi. In June 1864, Grierson returned to command a cavalry division in the Army of the Tennessee during General William T. Sherman's Meridian Campaign. He was still in division command during General Samuel D. Sturgis' ill-fated encounter with General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the "Confederate Wizard of the Saddle," at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads. Shortly after that battle Grierson was transferred to command the Cavalry in the District of West Tennessee, and was attached to General Andrew J. Smith's 16th Corps and did much better against General Forrest at the Battle of Tupelo, Miss. Between December 21, 1864, and January 5, 1865, Grierson led an expedition of two brigades of the Cavalry Division against the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. On Christmas Day he surprised and captured General Forrest's dismounted camp at Verona, Mississippi, and on December 28th engaged a train carrying a needed force of Confederate troops of approximately 1,200 men at Egypt Station, Mississippi, south of Aberdeen, capturing more than 500 troops, including 253 former Union prisoners who had enlisted as "Galvanized Yankees" in the 10th Tennessee. For this expedition Grierson received a brevet promotion to the rank of major general. In the spring of 1865, he took part in General Canby's successful campaign to capture Mobile, Alabama. Grierson decided to pursue a career in the Regular Army after the war, which was unusual for an officer whose only prior military service was as a volunteer officer during the Civil War. His lack of West Point credentials made him suspect to many fellow officers. On July 28, 1866 he was commissioned a colonel in the Regular Army and assigned as the commander of the 10th U.S. Cavalry, one of two mounted regiments composed entirely of black enlisted men with white officers, called the "Buffalo Soldiers." This assignment also made him unpopular with other officers, including his superior, General Philip H. Sheridan, because of his support for and trust in his black troops. His sympathy and courtesy to Native American tribes also led to questions about his judgment. In 1907, he suffered a debilitating stroke; and died on August 31, 1911, in Omena, Leelanau County, Michigan. He is buried in East Cemetery in Jacksonville, Illinois. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Oval format in colonel's uniform, displayed within a gold medallion design. Back mark: Campbell & Ross, Photographers, Jacksonville, Ill. Very nice condition. Rare. I haven't had one in over 20 years. He is very hard to find. <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: A movie named, "The Horse Soldiers," loosely based on Grierson's Raid during the Civil War was made in 1959, directed by John Ford, and starring John Wayne, William Holden, and Constance Towers.   <b>He was very severely wounded in the Indian Wars in 1836, and was so seriously wounded at Molino del Rey during the Mexican War that it kept him out of the service for 3 years recovering! Captured during the Civil War in the Battle at Cedar Mountain, Virginia in 1862</b> (1811-92) Born in Eastpoint, Maine, he graduated in the West Point class of 1835, and was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry. He fought in the Florida Wars against the Seminole and Creek Indians and was seriously wounded at Camp Izard in 1836. He was twice brevetted for gallantry in the Mexican War for heroism at the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, and he was so badly wounded at the battle of Molino del Rey that he was disabled for 3 years convalescing. This wound troubled Prince so badly for the rest of his life that it caused him to commit suicide! He was appointed brigadier general on April 20, 1862, and commanded a brigade, and then led a division in General Nathaniel P. Bank's army. He was captured at Cedar Mountain, Va., on August 9, 1862. His principal field service after his exchange was in the Rapidan campaign which followed General. Robert E. Lee's retreat from Gettysburg. Prince commanded the 2nd division in General French's 3rd Corps in this campaign, and during the Bristoe and Mine Run campaigns. In 1864-65, he held commands in Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina. He was promoted to the rank of brevet colonel and brigadier general in the Regular U.S. Army, on March 13, 1865, for faithful Civil War service, and was mustered out of the volunteer service on April 30, 1866. The then 81 year old General Prince committed suicide in a hotel on Trafalgar Square in London, on August 19, 1892. Prince had been constantly plagued with severe pain during his entire life from his serious Indian and Mexican War wounds, and he finally could no longer take the pain and sadly Prince ended his own life. His body was brought back to America and he was interred in Hillside Cemetery, in Eastport, Maine, the town of his birth. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general. Imprint on the front mount, Brady, New York. Back mark: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries. Broadway & Tenth St., New York, No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. Excellent Mathew Brady image. Rare. Extremely desirable.   Imprint of Taylor & Huntington, Hartford, Conn. The War For The Union, Photographic History, 1861-1865. Original Photograph taken by the Government Photographer during the war. View No. 6161. Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. This famous prison was the scene of much suffering during the War Between the States. Union prisoners were crowded into this building like sardines in a box. The building was formally the Libby & Son Ship Chandlers & Grocers. The prisoners were ill treated and more than half starved by the brutal keepers. Some wonderful escapes were made by tunneling a long distance and coming up to the surface away from the prison, and then escaping into the Union lines some miles away. The albumen photograph measures, 3 1/2 x 3, and is blind stamped, copyrighted. Mount measures, 7 x 4 1/2. Numerous people can be seen crowded in the front of the prison. This is a war time view that was published post war. All imprints and captions are present. Light age toning and wear to the card mount. Very fine. Desirable content.  <b>Department of the Missouri</b> 4 1/2 x 7, authentic imprint. War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, October 11, 1862 General Orders No. 155 The Territories of Colorado and Nebraska are included in the Department of the Missouri. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: L. THOMAS Adjutant General Scattered wear and edge chipping.

CDV, General Benjamin H. Grierson

 

CDV, General Henry Prince $250.00

  

Photograph, Confederate Libby Prison, Ri $125.00

  

The Territories of Colorado & Nebraska a $5.00
<b>Colonel of the 1st & 5th Maine Infantry Regiments He was seriously wounded and carried off the battlefield at Gaines's Mill, Virginia in 1862 Wounded on 3 separate occasions during the Civil War and cited for gallantry by his superiors</b> (1818-92) Born in the coastal town of Newburyport located in Essex County, Massachusetts, Jackson was active in the Maine State Militia, and would command some of those militiamen early in the war. In 1861, Jackson joined the Union army, and was appointed commander of the 1st Maine Infantry Regiment, on May 3rd, with the rank of colonel. On September 3, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the 5th Maine Infantry. He was seriously wounded and carried off the battlefield at Gaines's Mill, Va., during General McClellan's 1862 Peninsula campaign. His regiment lost 10 killed, 69 wounded, and 16 men missing in the battle. Upon recovery from his wound, he saw action in the Maryland Campaign at the battles of South Mountain, Crampton's Gap and Antietam, being wounded at Crampton's Gap. Jackson was promoted to brigadier general on September 24, 1862, and commanded a brigade in the 12th Corps of the Army of the Potomac. He was seriously wounded on April 17, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, when he fractured his right thigh. The injury prevented him from participating in the Battle of Chancellorsville that May and he was out of action until the fall. When Jackson was fit enough for light duty, he was given command of the Draft Depot in New York Harbor located on Rikers Island, and then on Hart's Island, posts he held for a year. On November 11, 1864, General Jackson was ordered to the Western Theater and given command of a division of the 20th Corps in the Army of Georgia. He led it during General Sherman's March to the Sea in November and December 1864, in which Jackson was wounded for the third time during the war when he was shot just above his right ankle. In 1865, he continued to lead his division in the Carolina's Campaign until April 2nd, fighting at the Battle of Bentonville. Jackson was brevetted to the rank of major general in the Union Army on March 15, 1865, for his gallant conduct during the war. He was mustered out of the volunteer service on August 24, 1865, and returned to civilian life in Maine. Jackson died on April 21, 1892, in Jamestown, New York, at the home of one of his sons. His body was returned to his native state of Massachusetts and he was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Newburyport where he was born. 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 front mount, Brady, New York. Back mark: Brady's National Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. Choice condition. Rare.   <b>Killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863</b> (1824-63) Born in Rockland, Maine, he served several terms in the Maine State Legislature, and was the mayor of Rockland. He founded and commanded the "Rockland Guard," a volunteer militia company, which held a sterling reputation for drill and discipline. At the beginning of the Civil War, Berry went to Augusta and offered his services to Governor Washburn, and was given orders to recruit a regiment, which he did, and was appointed colonel of the 4th Maine Infantry, on June 15, 1861. He saw action at 1st Bull Run under the command of General O.O. Howard, and for his gallant actions at that battle he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. Berry was then assigned to the command of the 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Corps, which consisted of four regiments: the 2nd, 3rd and 5th Michigan Infantry Regiments; and the 37th New York Infantry Regiment. General Berry's decisive action at the Battle of Williamsburg benefited General Joe Hooker, and he received high praise from his superiors. His brigade fought in the Battle of Seven Pines, and in the Seven Days Battles around Richmond. Berry was then promoted to Major General on November 29, 1862, and rose to the command of the 2nd Division of the 3rd Corps, when General Daniel Sickles, ascended to become the 3rd corps commander. He fought with the 3rd Corps in the battle of Fredericksburg, and led General Hooker's old division into the battle of Chancellorsville. In the confused fighting which occurred in the early morning hours of May 3, 1863, while the Yankees attempted to regroup after General Stonewall Jackson's celebrated flank attack of the previous day, General Berry was killed while at the head of his command by a Rebel sharpshooter. His body was sent home and he is buried in Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Maine. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general. Imprint on the front mount, Brady, New York. Back mark: Brady's National Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. Excellent condition. Very desirable. Scarce.   <b>General Heth started the battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, when he marched his troops down the Chambersburg Pike and ran into General John Buford's Cavalry He was severely wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg Image by Vannerson & Jones, Richmond, Vairginia</b> (1825-99) Born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, he was the son of United States Navy Captain John Heth, and Margaret L. Pickett, sister of Robert Pickett, who was the father of Confederate general, George Pickett, Henry Heth's first cousin. He usually went by the name of "Harry," the name also preferred by his grandfather, American Revolutionary War Colonel Henry Heth. He graduated in the West Point class of 1847, and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant and assigned to the 1st Infantry Regiment. His antebellum career was served primarily on western outposts. In 1858, he created the first marksmanship manual for the Army. At the outbreak of the War Between the States, Heth resigned his commission in the U.S. Army, and joined the Confederate States Army, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. His initial assignment was to muster and drill regiments of state militia in southwestern Virginia. He was commissioned colonel of the 45th Virginia Infantry, and saw action under General John B. Floyd in the 1861 western Virginia campaign leading his regiment in the battles of Kessler's Cross Lanes, and Carnifex Ferry. He was promoted to brigadier general to rank from January 6, 1862, and took part in the Kentucky campaign under General Edmund Kirby Smith. He then joined the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee, and was assigned a brigade in General A.P. Hill's division, which he led at Chancellorsville. He fought with aggressive qualities in his first large-scale combat, attacking without reserves against a Union force emerging from the Wilderness. Heth assumed command of General Hill's division after Hill assumed corps command after General Stonewall Jackson's wounding. Following the death of Jackson, Lee reorganized his army into three corps, promoting Hill to the command of the Third Corps. Heth retained his division command under Hill and was promoted to major general on May 24, 1863. It was General "Harry" Heth who started the battle of Gettysburg when on the morning of July 1, 1863, he advanced with two of his brigades down the Chambersburg Pike towards Gettysburg expecting only to meet some local militia. Instead he ran into General John Buford's dismounted cavalry who were armed with repeating carbines and the battle of Gettysburg commenced in earnest. General Heth was severely wounded in the battle, but managed to participate in all of the subsequent engagements of the army including the 1864 Overland Campaign, the Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign. Heth surrendered with General Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox Court House, Va., on April 9, 1865. After the war, he worked in the insurance business, and later served the government as a surveyor, and worked in the Office of Indian Affairs. He died in Washington, D.C., on September 27, 1899, and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, in Richmond, Virginia. Heth served as the first Commander of the "Centennial Legion of Historic Military Commands" when it was founded in 1876. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in Confederate uniform. Back mark: Vannerson & Jones Photographers 77 Main Street, Richmond, Va., with a 2 cents orange George Washington, U.S. Internal Revenue tax stamp on the verso. Very nice image. Desirable Confederate Gettysburg general with Richmond imprint. Very scarce.   (1822-89) Born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, he graduated in the celebrated West Point class of 1846. Some of his fellow graduates went on to earn everlasting fame in the War Between the States including Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, George B. McClellan, George E. Pickett, George Stoneman, Darius N. Couch, John G. Foster, Dabney H. Maury, Jesse L. Reno, Cadmus M. Wilcox, and several other notable generals. During the Mexican War he served as a lieutenant of dragoons and was captured and held prisoner for eight days while making a reconnaissance near Buena Vista. After the Mexican War he took part in a number of Indian campaigns out west. At the start of the Civil War he was in command at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Many of his officers defected to the Confederacy; however Sturgis refused to surrender and managed to march his troops with much of the government property to Fort Leavenworth. Taking part in the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., in August 1861; he succeeded to command of the Union forces after the death of General Nathaniel Lyon. Sturgis was promoted to brigadier general to rank from August 10, 1861. Sent east, he was ordered to support General John Pope's Army of Virginia at the 2nd battle of Bull Run, and during the campaign he made the now famous quote, "I don't care for John Pope one pinch of owl dung!" He fought in the Antietam campaign where one of the brigades in his division carried Burnside's Bridge. During the battle of Fredericksburg, he commanded a division of the 9th Corps. In 1863, he went west with the 9th corps serving in Tennessee and Mississippi, and then served as chief of cavalry of the Department of the Ohio. In June 1864, he was routed by General Nathan Bedford Forrest at the battle of Brice's Cross Roads, Mississippi. He remained in the army after the Civil War, and on May 6, 1869, he became colonel of the celebrated 7th Cavalry, whose lieutenant colonel was the legendary George A. Custer. Sturgis served as governor of the Soldiers' Home in Washington for 4 years. He was on detached duty as the Superintendent of Mounted Recruiting Service, and in command of the Cavalry Depot in St. Louis, Missouri, when parts of the 7th Cavalry were destroyed at the Battle of Little Big Horn including one of his sons, Second Lieutenant James G. Sturgis, an officer with the 7th Cavalry who was killed at the Big Horn. Samuel Sturgis then took personal command of the regiment, and led the 7th Cavalry in the campaign against the Nez Percé in 1877. He retired in 1886, and died in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1889. He is buried with his wife Jerusha at Arlington National Cemetery. His son Samuel D. Sturgis Jr. became a general in the United States Army, and was a division commander in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. His grandson Samuel D. Sturgis III also became a general in the United States Army and served as Chief of Engineers from 1953 to 1956. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general while holding his kepi. Imprint on the front mount, Brady, New York. Back mark: Brady's National Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. Excellent image. Scarce.

CDV, General Nathaniel J. Jackson $250.00

  

CDV, General Hiram G. Berry $250.00

  

CDV, General Henry Heth $750.00

  

CDV, General Samuel D. Sturgis

5 1/2 x 8 1/4, soft covers. By George Wolstenholme. Published by the West Yorkshire Postcard Centre, 13 Westroyd Park, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England. Printed by E.S.I. Prtinting Company, Moorhead Garage, Kind Edward Street, Dewsbury, England. 30 pages, illustrated. Introduction: The amazing growth of interest in postcard collecting has prompted me to compile this book as a general guide to collectors, especially the newer ones. It is an enlargement of the previous, "Comprehensive Dictionary of the Postcard" and contains almost twice as many items. I have tried to give an indication of which are the better and more valuable cards to collect by the descriptions "Fine Cards, Star Cards and Super Star Cards." More content. Choice condition. These rare booklets routinely sell for $95.00 to $125.00 each by book dealers. You can find them available on the internet at those prices right now. Excellent condition.   <b>Lawton favored Georgia's secession and became colonel of the 1st Georgia Volunteers whom he led at the capture of Fort Pulaski, Ga. He was very severely wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland in 1862</b> (1818-96) Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, he was the brother-in-law of Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander who commanded General Lee's artillery at Gettysburg. He graduated in the West Point class of 1839, and served in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His antebellum career saw him as the president of the Augusta & Savannah Railroad, and as a representative in both houses of the Georgia legislature. Lawton struck the first blow for independence in Georgia by leading the Georgia troops that captured Fort Pulaski, and he then commanded the forces that guarded the Georgia seacoast before being sent to fight in Virginia. He was promoted to brigadier general on April 13, 1861. General Lawton had an excellent battle record with the Army of Northern Virginia seeing action in General Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, in the Seven Days battles, at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, and at the Battle of Sharpsburg where he was very severely wounded. He was carried from the field to a temporary hospital, and spent months at home recuperating. When he returned to the field he was placed in command of the Quartermaster General's Department, serving in that position from 1863-65. He rendered very distinguished service while bringing much energy and resourcefulness to a position that was quite a difficult one for the Confederate army with their shortage of material, and the poorly regulated railroads in the South. After the war he practiced law in Savannah and became an important figure in politics being a member of the Georgia legislature, chairman of the state electoral commission, leader of the Georgia delegation at the Democratic National Convention, and minister to Austria. He was chosen as the President of the American Bar Association in 1882. Lawton died in Clifton Springs, New York, on July 2, 1896. He is buried in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. <u>Card Signature With Sentiment & Date</u>: 4 x 2 1/2, in ink, I sign as requested, A.R. Lawton, April 13, 1885. Beautifully written. Choice condition.   <b>Colonel 19th New York Infantry Colonel 168th New York Infantry Image taken in Newburgh, New York</b> (1819-78) Born at Newburgh, New York, he was engaged in the manufacture of lime before the war. Brown enlisted at the age of 43 years old, on May 26, 1862, at Newburgh, N.Y., and was commissioned colonel in the 19th New York Infantry which he commanded. This 3 months regiment hailed from Orange County, N.Y. He then mustered out of the regiment at the expiration of their term of service, on September 6, 1862, having served at Baltimore and Havre-de-Grace, Md. During their time in service the regiment lost 3 enlisted men to death. On February 11, 1863, he was commissioned colonel, and commander of the 168th New York Infantry, a nine months regiment. The regiment left the state on February 12, 1863, for Yorktown, Va., and was assigned to General Busteed's brigade, 1st division, 4th corps. Subsequently it served in General King's brigade, same division and corps until June, when it was assigned to the 22nd corps, and the following month was placed in the 2nd brigade, 2nd division, 11th corps. It took part in a skirmish at Walkerton Va., in May, again skirmished there during the expedition to that place in June, and was engaged in a skirmish at Yorktown, Va., on June 9, 1862. In addition it took part in a number of other skirmishes. The regiment was mustered out, and discharged at Newburg N.Y., on October 31, 1863, at the termination of their time of service. Colonel Brown was promoted to brigadier general with the date being unknown. The 168th New York Infantry loss during its time in service a total of 38 men to death. William Rufus Brown died on November 18, 1878, at Newburgh, N.Y., and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y., Section H, Lot 11. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Seated view in uniform with rank of brigadier general, with over the shoulder leather belt, U.S. eagle belt plate, and sword with sash and mourning ribbon attached to the hilt of the sword as he cradles it across his arm and leg. Back mark: Remillard, No. 82 Water Street, Newburgh, N.Y. Light age toning. Very scarce. This same image is published in the excellent reference book, "Colonels In Blue, Union Army Colonels Of The Civil War, New York," by Roger D. Hunt. It can be seen pictured on page 55, and it is attributed to the late Michael J. McAfee Collection. Mike was a very dear friend and colleague of mine for many years. He was the Museum Director and Curator of the United States Military Academy Museum at West Point, a place I often visited and hung out with Mike to talk Civil War when I lived in nearby Goshen, New York. Mike was also a mainstay at most of the Civil War conventions in the northeast. Roger D. Hunt, a Union photographic expert, who was also a close friend of mine is the author of "Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue," and his multi-volume Union Colonels series is a must have. I was extremely fortunate to have two such great mentors growing up in the Civil War business. <u>19th New York National Guard Infantry</u> Commanded by Colonel William R. Brown, the regiment was ordered to Washington, D.C., on May 27, 1862. They were mustered into the U.S. Service for 9 months at Baltimore, and served at Baltimore and along the line of the railroad from Baltimore to Havre de Grace, until being mustered out in Sept. 1862. <u>168th New York Infantry</u> Commanded by Colonel William R. Brown, the 168th New York Infantry, was organized at Newburgh, N.Y., and mustered into the U.S. Service, on Feb. 11, 1863. They left the state on Feb. 12, 1863, for Baltimore, Md., and then moved on to Norfolk, Va., where they were assigned to Busteed's Independent Brigade, 4th Army Corps, Department of Virginia, to April 1863. Subsequently served in King's Independent Brigade, 4th Army Corps until June, when it was assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to July 1863. Served in the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, until October 1863. The 168th served as part of the garrison at Yorktown, Va., they took part in a skirmish at Walkerton Va., in May, saw action during Dix's Peninsula Campaign, and were engaged in a fight at Yorktown, Va. in early June. They also took part in a number of other minor engagements in the area and then pursued General Robert E. Lee's Army to Manassas Gap, Va., July 14-24. They ended their service by doing guard duty along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, until their muster out of service, on October 31, 1863.   <b>Colonel of the 1st Maryland Infantry, C.S.A.</b> (1829-1903) Born at Frederick, Maryland, he graduated from Princeton in 1849, studied law, and was admitted to the Maryland bar in 1851 after finishing his law degree at Harvard. During the next ten years, he gained fame as the Maryland State Attorney, Chairman of the Maryland State Democratic Committee, and delegate to the presidential conventions of 1860 at Charleston, and Baltimore where he staunchly supported John C. Breckenridge for president. He aided in the recruitment and organization, and equipped a company at his own expense of the 1st Maryland Infantry, and served with it as major, and colonel at the Battle of 1st Manassas, and in General Stonewall Jackson's celebrated 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, and during the Seven Days battles. On May 17, 1862, the initial 12-month term of duty of the 1st Maryland Regiment, expired, and the men began to clamor for their immediate discharge. Johnson reluctantly agreed with the men, but he could not disband the entire regiment in mid-campaign, and discontent began to spread. By May 22nd, on the eve of the Battle of Front Royal, discontent became open mutiny. Johnson argued with the men to no avail, though news of the rebellion was kept secret from General Stonewall Jackson. When given orders to engage the enemy, Johnson addressed his soldiers: "You have heard the order, and I must confess are in a pretty good condition to obey it. I will have to return it with the endorsement upon the back that "the First Maryland refuses to meet the enemy," despite being given orders by General Jackson. Before this day, I was proud to call myself a Marylander, but now, God knows, I would rather be known as anything else. Shame on you to bring this stigma upon the fair name of your native state - to cause the finger of scorn to be pointed at those who confided to your keeping their most sacred trust - their honor and that of the glorious Old State. Marylander's you call yourselves - profane not that hallowed name again, for it is not yours. What Marylander ever before threw down his arms and deserted his colors in the presence of the enemy, and those arms, and those colors too, placed in your hands by a woman. Never before has one single blot defaced her honored history. Could it be possible to conceive a crime more atrocious, an outrage more damnable? Go home and publish to the world your infamy. Boast of it when you meet your fathers and mothers, brothers, sisters and sweethearts. Tell them it was you who, when brought face to face with the enemy, proved yourselves recreants, and acknowledged yourselves to be cowards. Tell them this, and see if you are not spurned from their presence like some loathsome leper, and despised, detested, nay abhorred, by those whose confidence you have so shamefully betrayed; you will wander over the face of the earth with the brand of "coward," and "traitor," indelibly imprinted on your foreheads, and in the end sink into a dishonored grave, unwept for, uncared for, leaving behind as a heritage to your posterity the scorn and contempt of every honest man and virtuous woman in the land." Colonel Johnson's speech seems to have worked where threats had failed, and the Marylander's rallied to the regimental colors, seizing their weapons and crying "lead us to the enemy and we will prove to you that we are not cowards!" An able officer, he was assigned to various important field duties by his superior officers. At the Battle of Front Royal, Va., on May 23, 1862, the 1st Maryland Infantry (CSA) was forced into battle with their fellow Marylander's, the 1st Regiment Maryland Infantry (USA) commanded by Colonel John R. Kenly. This is the only time in United States military history that two regiments of the same numerical designation, and from the same state have engaged each other in battle. Just two days later, on May 25, 1862, the 1st Maryland fought again at the First Battle of Winchester, and at the Battle of Cross Keys on June 8th, where the 1st Maryland were placed on General Richard S. Ewell's left, successfully fighting off three assaults by the Yankee troops. After the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Winchester, Colonel Johnson, was described as "one of the handsomest men in the First Maryland." He saw action in the Seven Days Battles in 1862, part of the Peninsula Campaign, a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, in which General Robert E. Lee drove the invading Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George B. McClellan, away from Richmond, and into a retreat down the Virginia Peninsula. After the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Johnson succeeded to the command of the Second Brigade which he led in the Second Battle of Manassas, and during the 1862 Maryland campaign. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1864. He executed General Jubal A. Early's orders to burn the town of Chambersburg, Pa. in June 1864. This act was in retaliation for excessive destruction committed by General David Hunter's soldiers in the Shenandoah Valley. Johnson spent the last months of the war in command of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, North Carolina. After the war he returned to his law practice, and also served four years in the Virginia State Senate. Johnson initially maintained support from African-Americans, known as "Johnson clubs," which were political organizations of African-American voters. Unfortunately, Johnson lost their support. After the war, Johnson practiced law in Richmond until 1879, when he moved to Baltimore. After the death of his wife, he moved to Amelia, Virginia, where he died, but his remains were interred back in Baltimore in Loudon Park Cemetery. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform. Back mark: E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. This view was taken in 1863 when Johnson was colonel of the 1st Maryland Infantry. Excellent image. Scarce. This image was once part of the famous and historic late William A. Turner collection. Mr. Turner was one of the foremost experts and collectors of Confederate photography in the world. He was the author of "Even More Confederate Faces," and his amazing Confederate images were used in countless books, magazines, and documentary television programs. Here is your opportunity to own a Confederate image from this extraordinary collection!

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<b>Wounded at Salem Church, Virginia in the 1863 Chancellorsville campaign Commanded the 1st Corps at Gettysburg after the death of General John F. Reynolds Very Desirable War Date First Corps Signature With Rank & Date</b> (1822-95) Born in Norfolk, Virginia, the city that his father Thomas Newton, Jr. represented in the U.S. Congress for 31 years. He graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1842, and was commissioned lieutenant in the elite Corps of Engineers. He taught engineering at the United States Military Academy, from 1843–46, and constructed numerous fortifications along the Atlantic coast, and the Great Lakes from 1846–52. He was a member of a special Gulf Coast defense board in 1856, and was appointed Chief Engineer, of the Utah Expedition in 1858. Newton, the native Virginian, remained loyal to the Union when the Civil War broke out in April 1861, and he was commissioned a brigadier general on September 23, 1861, and during the ensuing winter he employed his engineering skills to good use and strengthened the defenses around, Washington, D.C. During General McClellan's 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, Newton commanded a brigade in the ensuing battles. During the 1862 Maryland Campaign, he led a bayonet charge at South Mountain that resulted in taking the enemy position, and he also fought at the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American history, on September 17, 1862. Newton commanded a division in the 6th Corps, in the disastrous Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., on December 13, 1862. He was conspicuous in storming Marye's Heights during the 1863 Chancellorsville campaign, and he was wounded at Salem Church, Va. At the battle of Gettysburg, he was appointed to take over the command of the 1st Corps after the death of General John F. Reynolds, during the first day's battle, on July 1, 1863, by the Commander of the Army of the Potomac George G. Meade. After Gettysburg, General Newton was sent west to join the Army of General William T. Sherman, who regarded him to be a skilled commander. Newton fought gallantly in the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, commanding the 2nd Division, 4th Corps, under command of General George H. Thomas. At the Battle of Peachtree Creek, Ga., he prevented a dangerous Confederate movement against Sherman and his rapidly constructed works allowed him to turn back the Confederate thrust, a victory that gained him accolades for his Civil War military career. After the capture of Atlanta, Newton commanded the District of Key West and the Tortugas, Florida, of the Department of the Gulf, from 1864 to 1866. After the war, Newton returned to the Corps of Engineers, where he oversaw improvements to the waterways around New York City, and to the Hudson River. He also had charge of New York Harbor defenses until he was appointed Chief of Engineers in 1884. He was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, and retired from the U.S. Army in 1886, after forty-four years of meritorious service. He served as Commissioner of Public Works, in New York City, from 1886–88, and as President of the Panama Railroad Company from 1888–95. General Newton died in New York City on May 1, 1895, of complications from a heart disease and was originally buried at Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens on May 4, 1895. He was then re-interred at his beloved United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on June 14, 1895. <u>War Date Signature With Rank</u>: 5 x 3 1/2, signed in ink, with army imprint at the top of the sheet of paper. Headquarters First Army Corps, Dec. 12th, 1863. Compliments of John Newton, Major Genl. Light age toning, and wear, with some small mounting traces at the corners of the reverse. Very nicely signed. Extremely desirable war date example of this hard fighting Union general. Comes with an excellent, 8 x 10, black and white copy photograph, of General Newton in uniform.   <b>He earned the Thanks of Congress in 1862 for the capture of Roanoke Island, North Carolina Signature With Rank</b> (1805-73) Born in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a chief clerk of the U.S. Navy Department. He was appointed a midshipman in the United States Navy by Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton on June 28, 1812. He received his lieutenant's commission in 1825. After cruising the Pacific in the frigate United States, he participated in the bombardment of Veracruz during the Mexican War. He served consecutively as: commander of a detachment in the expedition against Tuxpan; senior officer of a commission which explored California and Oregon (1849–1850); was superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1853–1857); and commander of the Brazil Squadron (1859–1861). Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, he was appointed commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in 1861. He earned the Thanks of Congress in 1862 for the capture of Roanoke Island and the closing of the North Carolina sounds. Goldsborough and his command were sent to Hampton Roads, Va., at the request of Major General George B. McClellan to help protect Union forces landing on the Virginia Peninsula at the start of the Peninsula Campaign. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in August 1862. In June 1865, he was appointed as the first commander of the European Squadron. He took command of the Washington Navy Yard in 1868, and served there until his retirement in 1873. Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough died in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 1877. <u>Signature With Rank</u>: 5 x 3/4, in ink, L.M. Goldsborough, Rear Adml. & Presiding Officer. Cut slightly irregular at the botton not affecting any of the writing. Boldly signed. Very desirable.   Civil War patriotic imprint with a blue vignette of General George Washington holding a sword with an American flag at his side with motto below, "Hail Columbia." Manufacturers imprint along the edge, Momford & Co., 38 & 40 Fourth St., Cincinnati, O. Light age toning and wear. Very fine. ***See our Patriotic Imprints section to read more information about this item.   <b>Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Missouri Infantry Brown was severely wounded in the shoulder at Springfield, Mo. and lost the use of an arm With rare St. Louis, Missouri back mark</b> (1816-1902) Born in Brownsville, New York, as a young man he sailed on a whaling ship eventually putting roots down in Toledo, Ohio, in the early 1840's. He became a respected grain dealer, and built the first steam elevator in town. Entering local politics, he became the mayor of Toledo. He then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1852, and was engaged in the railroad business. During the first year of the Civil War, Brown joined the Union army and was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 7th Missouri Infantry. He was appointed brigadier general of the Missouri State Militia (Union) in May 1862, and brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers on November 29, 1862. General Brown's duties primarily involved suppressing Confederate guerrillas and opposing raids from Arkansas and the Indian Territory. Among his greatest achievements were two victories over General Joseph Shelby, at the Second Battle of Springfield in 1863, during General Marmaduke's first raid, and at Marshall, Missouri, during Shelby's Great Raid of 1863. Brown was severely wounded in the shoulder at Springfield and lost the use of an arm. He later commanded the District of Central Missouri in 1863-1864. Although very successful in the engagements he participated in, General Brown received some criticism for what some of his superiors deemed lack of vigor and initiative. He saw action during the 1864 raid of Missouri by General Sterling Price, and at the Battle of Westport. Brown was then assigned command of the District of Rolla, Missouri in January 1865, holding that post until the end of the war. After the hostilities ended, Brown served as the United States pension agent in St. Louis, from 1866 to 1868. He later resigned to operate a farm in Illinois. He died in the home of a granddaughter at West Plains, Missouri, on February 11, 1902, and was buried next to his wife in Cuba, Missouri. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Back mark: Mansfield & Eaton's City Gallery, Opp. entrance Planter's House, St. Louis, Mo. 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Set here with a period quarter for size comparison this attractive pair of Civil War earrings remain in all original <I>as found</I> condition and are ready for display as is with natural age patina or ready for wear with the application of jeweler’s polish. A special treat for the period purest as this modestly priced in the period pair was fashioned from die struck brass with a gold wash finish as opposed to gold. Clearly focusing on the everyday buyer of limited means, such a purchase would have been more in line with the limited budget of the common enlisted troop remembering a loved lady back home. <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>He served under Colonel Robert E. Lee, U.S.A., during the suppression of the 1859 John Brown Raid at Harpers Ferry, Va. He saw action at the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg Served on the Honor Guard that stood watch over Lincoln's corpse while lying in State He was on the commission that tried the Lincoln conspirators</b> (1818-97) Born in Standish, Maine, he graduated in the West Point class of 1841, and earned a brevet for gallantry in the Mexican War during General Winfield Scott's advance upon Mexico City and for his actions at the Battles of Contreras, and Churubusco. Howe served under Colonel Robert E. Lee during the 1859 suppression of John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Va. At the beginning of the Civil War, Howe served under General George B. McClellan in the 1861 western Virginia campaign. He then commanded a brigade during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, the Seven Days Battles, at Malvern Hill, and was promoted to brigadier general on June 11, 1862. In the subsequent campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Howe fought in the Battles of South Mountain, at Antietam the bloodiest single day in American history, at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg having risen to division command. His troops fought the Confederate rear guard near Funkstown, Maryland, on July 10, 1863, as Lee's Army of Northern Virginia retreated from Gettysburg. Howe continued in division command during the Bristoe Campaign, and the Mine Run Campaign. Afterwards Howe commanded the artillery depot in Washington, D.C., and was in the field at Harpers Ferry, opposing the raid on Washington by General Jubal A. Early. He was one of the "Honor Guard," the chosen few officers who received the privilege of standing vigil over the coffin of the slain president Abraham Lincoln while his corpse lie in repose at the White House. He later served as one of the 12 commissioners during the trial of the "Lincoln Conspirators" which was held in Washington, D.C., May 9 to June 29, 1865. He did not make any public comments regarding the conviction or hanging of Mary E. Surratt, the first woman ever executed by the United States Government, but he was not among the five officers who petitioned President Andrew Johnson to commute her sentence to life in prison. Both assignments indicated that the Radical Republican faction in the Congress found him useful and sympathetic. He also served in the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865. General Howe was mustered out of the volunteer service on July 15, 1866. Howe retired from the Regular U.S. Army on June 30, 1882, with the rank of colonel. He was a veteran companion of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 25, 1897, and is buried there in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general, while holding his kepi, and posing next to a studio table with a large book visible on top. Back mark: E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Excellent image. Rare.   <b>Colonel of the 27th Illinois Infantry Mathew Brady photograph</b> (1807-83) Born in Woodford County, Kentucky, at "Rose Hill," his family's plantation. At the time of his birth his namesake, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, was at the height of his power. He was the half brother of Union cavalry General John Buford of Gettysburg fame. His cousin, Abraham Buford, was a general in the Confederate States Army. After receiving an education in the plantation schools of Kentucky, he graduated in the West Point class of 1827. His most distinguished classmate was Confederate General Leonidas Polk who wrote of him, "[Buford] is as good a fellow as ever lived, and most devotedly my friend; a true Christian, a true soldier, and a gentleman, every inch of him." He served for eight years in the U.S. Artillery, and resigned his commission in 1835 to become an engineer. He thereafter was engaged in iron manufacturing, banking at Rock Island, Illinois, and he became president of the Rock Island and Peoria Railroad. Buford recruited the 27th Illinois Infantry, and was commissioned as their colonel, on August 10, 1861. He was promoted to brigadier general by President Abraham Lincoln, on April 15, 1862. He saw action in the battles of Belmont, Island No. 10, Corinth, Vicksburg, and he commanded the District of Arkansas until the end of the war. Buford was awarded the rank of brevet major general for gallantry on March 13, 1865, and was mustered out of the army on August 24, 1865. He died in Chicago, Illinois, on March 28, 1883, and is buried is in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois. 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 front mount, Brady, New York. Back mark: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth St., New York, & No. 352, Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. Very nice image. Rare.   <b>Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry He was severely wounded in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas in 1862, and in the Atlanta campaign in 1864 Served as Chief of Intelligence for the army of General U.S. Grant He fought against the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in 1865 United States Congressman from Iowa</b> (1831-1916) Born in Danvers, Massachusetts, he graduated from Norwich University with a degree in civil engineering in 1851. He settled in the Missouri River city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and for the next 10 years, was involved in surveying for railroads, including the Union Pacific. He organized a militia company called the "Council Bluffs Guards" in 1856, and when the Civil War broke out in 1861, he joined the Union army, and he was sent by Governor Samuel Kirkwood of Iowa to Washington, D.C., where he secured 6,000 muskets to supply Iowa volunteers. On July 6, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry. He was wounded in the left leg, near Rolla, Missouri, in 1861, when a pistol in his coat pocket accidentally discharged. He commanded the 1st Brigade, 4th Division, in the Army of the Southwest, at the Battle of Pea Ridge, where he had 3 horses shot out from under him, and he was severely wounded in the side and hand. For his gallant services at the battle, he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers, and placed in command of the forces at Corinth, Mississippi. Following the repulse of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn at the Second Battle of Corinth, in October 1862, General Dodge's command fought successful engagements near the Hatchie River, and then turned to West Tennessee where he captured a band of Confederate guerrillas near Dyersburg. On February 22, 1863, troops from Dodge's command attacked Tuscumbia, and the rear column of Van Dorn's column, capturing a piece of artillery, 100 bales of cotton, 100 prisoners, and Van Dorn's supply train. Dodge served as General Ulysses S. Grant's Intelligence Chief in the western theater of the war, and became a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War. Dodge created a highly effective intelligence gathering network which later proved vital to General Grant's operations and was a precursor to the modern Intelligence Corps of the United States Army. It was one of the largest of the war, funded by the proceeds of captured Confederate cotton, with over 100 agents, and was so effective that their identities remain a mystery. It was perhaps the most accurate and comprehensive intelligence gathering network in history up to that time. His organization, which later became part of the Union Bureau of Military Information, helped Dodge in short order defeat General John B. Villepigue near the Hatchie River, capture Colonel W.W. Faulkner's command of partisan rangers near Island Number Ten, defeat General Earl Van Dorn at the Battle of Tuscumbia during his service with the Army of the Mississippi, and he was vital in the capture of Vicksburg under General Grant. General Dodge's network also led to the capture of Confederate spy Sam Davis, who was known as the "Nathan Hale of the Confederacy," and also as the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy." His efforts led to one of the unit's major successes which was the discovery and disruption of "Coleman's Scouts," the elite secret service unit of Confederate General Braxton Bragg. Dodge would utilize human intelligence from female spies, runaway slaves and unionists living in Confederate territory. He created a "Corps of Scouts" for special reconnaissance from units of loyal residents of the south, and ex-slaves. He also employed more technical intelligence gathering disciplines such as signals intelligence and counter intelligence by tapping telegraph wires while enciphering the Union Army's own dispatches. He was infamously obsessed with operational security and corresponded by courier rather than telegraph. His agents were trained to avoid exaggerations by innovative methods such as measuring the length of a column along a road. At its peak, his network ran from Georgia, to Alabama, to Tennessee, to Mississippi, where information would be reported to Dodge, to General Richard Oglesby, to General Stephen Hurlbut in Memphis, then to General Grant himself, a process of about ten days. Dodge would later report directly to Grant during the Vicksburg campaign, where he even had agents open the mail of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. General Dodge's agents would report solely to him, and him alone, but on May 16, 1863, when intelligence indicated Grant could turn his forces away from Johnston and concentrate on General John C. Pemberton's forces at Vicksburg, "to achieve timely delivery of information, Dodge violated his own rules of communications security and had his agents report directly to Grant," resulting in the capture of one of his agents and the death of two others. In 1863, General Grant wrote to Dodge saying that "you have a much more important command than that of a division in the field." Dodge was promoted to major general on June 7, 1864, and he commanded the 16th Corps during General William T. Sherman's Atlanta campaign where he was again wounded. At the Battle of Atlanta, the 16th Corps happened to be placed in a position which directly intercepted General John B. Hood's flank attack. During the fighting General Dodge rode to the front and personally led General Thomas W. Sweeny's division into battle. This action outraged the one-armed Sweeny so much that he got in a fistfight with Dodge and fellow division commander General John W. Fuller. General Sweeny received a court-martial for this action while Dodge continued to lead the corps at the Battle of Ezra Church. During the ensuing siege of Atlanta, while looking through an eye hole in the Union breastworks a Confederate sharpshooter spotted him and shot him in the head. He ended his Civil War service commanding the Department of the Missouri. As the Civil War was coming to a close, General Dodge's Department of the Missouri was expanded to include the Departments of Kansas, Nebraska, and Utah, and during the summer of 1865, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians had been raiding the Bozeman Trail, and overland mail routes. He ordered a punitive campaign to quell these raids, which came to be known as the "Powder River Expedition." Field command of the expedition was given to General Patrick Edward Connor, who commanded the District of Utah. Connor's men inflicted a decisive defeat on the Arapaho Indians at the Battle of the Tongue River, but the expedition in general was inconclusive and eventually escalated into Red Cloud's War. During the 1865 campaign in the Laramie Mountains in Wyoming, known then as the Black Hills, while escaping from a war-party, Dodge realized he had found a pass for the Union Pacific Railroad, west of the Platte River. In May 1866, he resigned from the military and, with the endorsement of Generals' Grant and Sherman, became the Union Pacific's chief engineer and thus a leading figure in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. Dodge's job was to plan the route and devise solutions to any obstacles encountered. Dodge had been hired by Herbert M. "Hub" Hoxie, a former President Lincoln appointee, and winner of the contract to build the first 250 miles of the Union Pacific Railroad. He served as U.S. Congressman from Iowa, 1867-69. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1868, and again at the 1876 convention in Cincinnati. After his term in office expired, he returned to railroad engineering. During the 1880s and 1890s, he served as president or chief engineer of dozens of railroad companies, and he went to New York City to manage the growing number of businesses he had developed. Dodge was appointed to head a commission investigating the conduct of the Army during the Spanish–American War. The commission traveled to several cities in Dodge's personal railroad car, and the report was published as a Senate document titled "Report of the Commission appointed by the President to investigate the Conduct of the War Department during the war with Spain." This commission came to be known as the "Dodge Commission." Dodge returned home to Iowa and died in Council Bluffs in 1916. He is buried there in Walnut Hill Cemetery. His home, the Grenville M. Dodge House, is a National Historic Landmark. <u>Signature With Place</u>: 6 1/2 x 2, in ink, G.M. Dodge, Danvers, Mass. Light age toning and wear. Very desirable Union Civil War general.

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Autograph, General Grenville M. Dodge $100.00
<b>Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry He was severely wounded in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas in 1862, and in the Atlanta campaign in 1864 Served as Chief of Intelligence for the army of General U.S. Grant He fought against the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in 1865 United States Congressman from Iowa</b> (1831-1916) Born in Danvers, Massachusetts, he graduated from Norwich University with a degree in civil engineering in 1851. He settled in the Missouri River city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and for the next 10 years, was involved in surveying for railroads, including the Union Pacific. He organized a militia company called the "Council Bluffs Guards" in 1856, and when the Civil War broke out in 1861, he joined the Union army, and he was sent by Governor Samuel Kirkwood of Iowa to Washington, D.C., where he secured 6,000 muskets to supply Iowa volunteers. On July 6, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry. He was wounded in the left leg, near Rolla, Missouri, in 1861, when a pistol in his coat pocket accidentally discharged. He commanded the 1st Brigade, 4th Division, in the Army of the Southwest, at the Battle of Pea Ridge, where he had 3 horses shot out from under him, and he was severely wounded in the side and hand. For his gallant services at the battle, he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers, and placed in command of the forces at Corinth, Mississippi. Following the repulse of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn at the Second Battle of Corinth, in October 1862, General Dodge's command fought successful engagements near the Hatchie River, and then turned to West Tennessee where he captured a band of Confederate guerrillas near Dyersburg. On February 22, 1863, troops from Dodge's command attacked Tuscumbia, and the rear column of Van Dorn's column, capturing a piece of artillery, 100 bales of cotton, 100 prisoners, and Van Dorn's supply train. Dodge served as General Ulysses S. Grant's Intelligence Chief in the western theater of the war, and became a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War. Dodge created a highly effective intelligence gathering network which later proved vital to General Grant's operations and was a precursor to the modern Intelligence Corps of the United States Army. It was one of the largest of the war, funded by the proceeds of captured Confederate cotton, with over 100 agents, and was so effective that their identities remain a mystery. It was perhaps the most accurate and comprehensive intelligence gathering network in history up to that time. His organization, which later became part of the Union Bureau of Military Information, helped Dodge in short order defeat General John B. Villepigue near the Hatchie River, capture Colonel W.W. Faulkner's command of partisan rangers near Island Number Ten, defeat General Earl Van Dorn at the Battle of Tuscumbia during his service with the Army of the Mississippi, and he was vital in the capture of Vicksburg under General Grant. General Dodge's network also led to the capture of Confederate spy Sam Davis, who was known as the "Nathan Hale of the Confederacy," and also as the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy." His efforts led to one of the unit's major successes which was the discovery and disruption of "Coleman's Scouts," the elite secret service unit of Confederate General Braxton Bragg. Dodge would utilize human intelligence from female spies, runaway slaves and unionists living in Confederate territory. He created a "Corps of Scouts" for special reconnaissance from units of loyal residents of the south, and ex-slaves. He also employed more technical intelligence gathering disciplines such as signals intelligence and counter intelligence by tapping telegraph wires while enciphering the Union Army's own dispatches. He was infamously obsessed with operational security and corresponded by courier rather than telegraph. His agents were trained to avoid exaggerations by innovative methods such as measuring the length of a column along a road. At its peak, his network ran from Georgia, to Alabama, to Tennessee, to Mississippi, where information would be reported to Dodge, to General Richard Oglesby, to General Stephen Hurlbut in Memphis, then to General Grant himself, a process of about ten days. Dodge would later report directly to Grant during the Vicksburg campaign, where he even had agents open the mail of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. General Dodge's agents would report solely to him, and him alone, but on May 16, 1863, when intelligence indicated Grant could turn his forces away from Johnston and concentrate on General John C. Pemberton's forces at Vicksburg, "to achieve timely delivery of information, Dodge violated his own rules of communications security and had his agents report directly to Grant," resulting in the capture of one of his agents and the death of two others. In 1863, General Grant wrote to Dodge saying that "you have a much more important command than that of a division in the field." Dodge was promoted to major general on June 7, 1864, and he commanded the 16th Corps during General William T. Sherman's Atlanta campaign where he was again wounded. At the Battle of Atlanta, the 16th Corps happened to be placed in a position which directly intercepted General John B. Hood's flank attack. During the fighting General Dodge rode to the front and personally led General Thomas W. Sweeny's division into battle. This action outraged the one-armed Sweeny so much that he got in a fistfight with Dodge and fellow division commander General John W. Fuller. General Sweeny received a court-martial for this action while Dodge continued to lead the corps at the Battle of Ezra Church. During the ensuing siege of Atlanta, while looking through an eye hole in the Union breastworks a Confederate sharpshooter spotted him and shot him in the head. He ended his Civil War service commanding the Department of the Missouri. As the Civil War was coming to a close, General Dodge's Department of the Missouri was expanded to include the Departments of Kansas, Nebraska, and Utah, and during the summer of 1865, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians had been raiding the Bozeman Trail, and overland mail routes. He ordered a punitive campaign to quell these raids, which came to be known as the "Powder River Expedition." Field command of the expedition was given to General Patrick Edward Connor, who commanded the District of Utah. Connor's men inflicted a decisive defeat on the Arapaho Indians at the Battle of the Tongue River, but the expedition in general was inconclusive and eventually escalated into Red Cloud's War. During the 1865 campaign in the Laramie Mountains in Wyoming, known then as the Black Hills, while escaping from a war-party, Dodge realized he had found a pass for the Union Pacific Railroad, west of the Platte River. In May 1866, he resigned from the military and, with the endorsement of Generals' Grant and Sherman, became the Union Pacific's chief engineer and thus a leading figure in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. Dodge's job was to plan the route and devise solutions to any obstacles encountered. Dodge had been hired by Herbert M. "Hub" Hoxie, a former President Lincoln appointee, and winner of the contract to build the first 250 miles of the Union Pacific Railroad. He served as U.S. Congressman from Iowa, 1867-69. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1868, and again at the 1876 convention in Cincinnati. After his term in office expired, he returned to railroad engineering. During the 1880s and 1890s, he served as president or chief engineer of dozens of railroad companies, and he went to New York City to manage the growing number of businesses he had developed. Dodge was appointed to head a commission investigating the conduct of the Army during the Spanish–American War. The commission traveled to several cities in Dodge's personal railroad car, and the report was published as a Senate document titled "Report of the Commission appointed by the President to investigate the Conduct of the War Department during the war with Spain." This commission came to be known as the "Dodge Commission." Dodge returned home to Iowa and died in Council Bluffs in 1916. He is buried there in Walnut Hill Cemetery. His home, the Grenville M. Dodge House, is a National Historic Landmark. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Seated view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. No back mark. Excellent image. Scarce.  H 22in. x D 26in.  H 26in. x D 16in.  H 28in. x D 16in.

CDV, General Grenville M. Dodge

 

H 22in. x D 26in. $1400.00

  

H 26in. x D 16in. $1200.00

  

H 28in. x D 16in. $3800.00


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