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Photograph, the Rebel Gunboat CSS Teaser |
| Autograph, General Winfield S. Featherst |
| 19th century artillerist - Decorated Tob $225.00 |
| Civil War U. S. Marine – STREIGHT Razor $245.00 |
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19th century amber Chloroform Dripper $95.00 |
| Autograph, Admiral Hiram Paulding, U. S. $35.00 |
| CDV, Parson William G. Brownlow $100.00 |
| 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.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/cdv9632a.jpg) |
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CDV, General Ormsby M. Mitchel $125.00 |
| 11th New Jersey Infantry Soldier Letter |
| Autograph, General William T. Sherman |
| H 32in. x D 20in. $3800.00 |
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Especially desirable! VIRGINIA MANUFACT $3350.00 |
| Civil War 18h Corps Device $65.00 |
| unopened – Geo. H. Reed Sons - Civil Wa $85.00 |
| exceptional condition! Civil War era BON $195.00 |
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Autograph, Fernando Wood, Mayor of New Y $60.00 |
| 1861 Mississippi Central Rail Road Compa $95.00 |
| CDV, Colonel Henry S. Lansing $300.00 |
| CDV, General Henry Prince $250.00 |
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Photograph, Confederate Libby Prison, Ri $100.00 |
| The Territories of Colorado & Nebraska a $5.00 |
| CDV, General Nathaniel J. Jackson $250.00 |
| CDV, General Hiram G. Berry $250.00 |
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CDV, General Henry Heth $650.00 |
| Over 900 Things To Know About Postcard C $15.00 |
| CDV, General Bradley T. Johnson $350.00 |
| Autograph, General John Newton $175.00 |
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Autograph, Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough $45.00 |
| George Washington, Hail Columbia $5.00 |
| Civil War vintage Ladies EARRINGS $55.00 |
| H 22in. x D 26in. $1400.00 |
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H 28in. x D 16in. $3800.00 |
| Harper's Weekly, August 2, 1862 $25.00 |
| Autograph, Thomas L. Clingman $100.00 |
| Relic From Griffith Stadium, Washington, $15.00 |
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CDV, General Henry W. Halleck $150.00 |
| Gettysburg National Museum Commemorative $10.00 |
| Photograph, General Joseph Wheeler $25.00 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Campa $25.00 |
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Valley Echo News With Stories From Novem $10.00 |
| President Abraham Lincoln First Day Cove $10.00 |
| Autograph, General Horace Porter $75.00 |
| CDV, Autographed by Senator Benjamin F. $250.00 |
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Autograph, Governor William Sprague of R $75.00 |
| CDV, General George C. Strong $250.00 |
| 19th century amber Chloroform Dripper $85.00 |
| Massachusetts Civil War Vet’s - G. A. R $165.00 |
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| ![<b>Confederate Secretary of War, Leroy Pope Walker</b>
Criswell #21. Vignette of Leroy Pope Walker at top center and a dog and chest at the bottom. Authorized by the Act of Congress, C.S.A., August 18, 1861. Signed by Robert Tyler, Register of the Treasury. Issued at Richmond, Va., April 26, 1862. Serial No. 574. Lithographed by B. Duncan, Richmond, Va. All fifteen coupons still attached. Overall size is 14 x 13. Coupons issued by G.E. Dabrey. Only 2,059 of this bond were issued. Very fine. Scarce. [Source: Confederate and Southern States Bonds, Second Edition, By Grover C. Criswell. page 21].
<u>WBTS Trivia</u>: (1816-77) Robert Tyler, who signed this bond, was the eldest son of President John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States. During the War Between The States he served as the Confederate Register of the Treasury.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/mem9575a.jpg) |
Civil War era TEAR BOTTLE $95.00 |
| CDV, General Abner Doubleday |
| CDV, General Louis Blenker $150.00 |
| 1861 Confederate $50 Bond |
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| ![<b>Rare war date General N.P. Banks letter from the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign to General John P. Hatch regarding the movements of his cavalry
United States Congressman from Massachusetts
Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress
United States Speaker of the House
Governor of Massachusetts
RETAIL PRICE $595.00</b>
(1816-1894) Born at Waltham, Massachusetts. He was Speaker of the Massachusetts House, presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1853, and the same year was elected to the U.S. Congress, the first of ten terms. Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1856, Banks showed moderation in deciding among factions during the bitter slavery debates. In 1858 he was elected Governor of Massachusetts, serving until January 1861, when President Abraham Lincoln appointed him a Major General of Volunteers after Banks offered his services. Many West Point officers could not understand this appointment considering that Banks had substandard military qualifications for the job of a field commander. He did contribute immeasurably in recruits, morale, money and propaganda to the Federal cause however. He was defeated by General Stonewall Jackson in the celebrated 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign with the loss of 30% of his force, and again by Jackson at Cedar Mountain, Va. Banks saw service during the Vicksburg campaign, and commanded the siege and capture of Port Hudson, La., and also commanded the Red River campaign. General Banks undertook a number of steps intended to facilitate the Reconstruction plans of President Lincoln in Louisiana. When Banks arrived in New Orleans, the atmosphere was somewhat hostile to the Union owing to some of General Benjamin F. Butler's actions. Banks moderated some of Butler's policies, freeing civilians that Butler had detained and reopening churches whose ministers refused to support the Union. He recruited large numbers of African Americans for the military, and instituted formal works and education programs to organize the many slaves who had left their plantations. After the war Banks returned to his political career. He died on September 1, 1894, at Waltham, Mass., at the age of 84. Fort Banks in Winthrop, Massachusetts, built in the late 1890s, was named for him. A statue of him stands in Waltham's Central Square, and Banks Street in New Orleans is named after him.
<u>Civil War Letter Signed</u>: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4, in ink.
Head Quarters- 21 July [1862] 9 P.M.
Brigadier General Hatch
Culpeper, Virginia
Dear Sir-
I enclose to you important papers tonight. Undertake the enterprise if it be in human power. You will not regard of course the request for the return of a Squadron of cavalry if you start so impertinent an enterprise. Do not let any obstacles impede your march. Enclosed you will find a copy of Colonel [Henry] Anisunsel's Report received at 8:45 tonight. Keep us advised & whoever is at Culpeper should report constantly.
Very truly yours,
N.P. Banks
M.[ajor] G.[eneral]
Excellent condition, and content! General Banks is common to find in post war letters and autographs, but rarely do you find his war date letters with any significant content in them. This is one of the best I've found to date discussing his campaign against Rebel General Stonewall Jackson during his celebrated 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Rare and very desirable!
<u>WBTS Trivia</u>: The recipient of this letter was General John P. Hatch who was in command of the cavalry forces of General Nathaniel P. Banks during the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Hatch would later be badly wounded in the September 1862 Battle at South Mountain, Maryland, in the Antietam Campaign.
The Colonel whose report that General Banks is talking about in this letter was Colonel Henry Anisunsel, of the 1st West Virginia Cavalry, who also saw action in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto5191a.jpg) |
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Framed Display, Fabric Taken From the Ch $350.00 |
| Autograph, General Nathaniel P. Banks $495.00 |
| H 54in. x D 30in. $2400.00 |
| The Liberator, August 1, 1862 |
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CDV, General David A. Russell $250.00 |
| H 36in. x D 14in. Priced per item. MO $600.00 |
| OLD SATELITE DISH $800.00 |
| H 72in. x W 48in. $6000.00 |
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