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SET OF3 LOCKERS INTACT AND READY TO USE  PEPSI COLA VENDING MACHINE. WORKING  OLD IRON LEG TABLE WITH GOOD FLAT TOP  SOLID BRONZE GATES WITH ORIGINAL PATINA...EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION

BANK OF OLD LOCKERS $550.00

  

PEPSI COIN-OP $750.00

  

FLAT TOP IRON LEG TABLE $850.00

  

ANTIQUE GATES $6000.00
IRON PANEL DECORATVE.  CIRCA 1880 WINDOW FRAME  RESTORED SHELL GAS PUMP.  EXTRA LARGE WALL MIRROR

WROUGHT IRON PANEL $1250.00

  

ARCHED WINDOW FRAME $2200.00

  

SHELL GAS PUMP $8000.00

  

LARGE CLASSIC WALL MIRROR $950.00
Priced per pair. SOLID IRON CONSTRUCTION.FROM A JAIL OR BANK   <b>Commander of the Army of Tennessee Very rare war time Confederate produced image </b> (1817-76) Born in Warrenton, North Carolina, he graduated in the West Point class of 1837 where his classmates included notable future Civil War Union Generals Joseph Hooker, and John Sedgwick, and future Confederate Generals John C. Pemberton, and Jubal A. Early. In Bragg's pre Civil War U.S. Army career he fought against the Florida Seminole Indians, and served gallantly in the Mexican War earning 3 brevets most notably for his bravery in the Battle of Buena Vista. On March 7, 1861, he was appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and was assigned to command the southern coast from Pensacola, Florida, to Mobile, Alabama. A friend, and special favorite of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, he was promoted to major general, on September 12, 1861, and commanded the 2nd Corps of General Albert Sidney Johnston's army at the Battle of Shiloh. In June 1862, he was appointed commander of the Army of Tennessee which he led in the invasion of Kentucky ending in the Battle of Perryville, Ky. He saw further action in the Battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga. In 1864, President Davis called Bragg to Richmond where he was put in charge of the military operations of the Confederacy and superior to his contemporaries in grade although junior by date of his commission. After General Robert E. Lee was appointed General-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies in early 1865, Bragg was sent to North Carolina where he fought under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston in the 1865 Carolina's campaign. After the war he served as Chief Engineer of Alabama, and dropped dead on September 27, 1876, while walking down a street in Galveston, Texas. He was 59 years old at the time of his death. He is buried in the Magnolia Cemetery, in Mobile, Alabama. General Bragg was known for having a quick temper, and being overzealous in the discipline of his soldiers. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Superb bust view pose of General Bragg in Confederate uniform circa 1863 or slightly earlier. This is a beautiful, actual real war time image of Bragg which is very rarely seen for sale. This is not one of those highly touched up views of Bragg that you generally find. The back of the card is blank and it is my opinion that this is a true Southern produced "war time image" of the general. Very rare and desirable, and an image that I've only had once or twice in my 46 year career at "War Between The States Memorabilia."   <b>Wounded and captured at the battle of Glendale, Virginia in 1862 and confined in Libby Prison He was later exchanged for Confederate General Simon B. Buckner Mathew Brady image</b> (1802-68) Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated in the West Point class of 1822. Much of his pre-war army career was spent in Florida fighting against the Seminole Indians where he served as aide-de-camp to General Edmund P. Gaines. He distinguished himself during the Mexican War fighting under General Zachary Taylor, and was brevetted major and lieutenant colonel for gallantry at Palo Alto, and Resaca de la Palma. Appreciative Philadelphia citizens presented McCall with a sword upon his return to the city in 1847. He was appointed Inspector General of the U.S. Army, in 1853. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was commissioned major general of Pennsylvania Volunteers and commanded the famous "Pennsylvania Reserves" Division of the Army of the Potomac. He planned the operation against Dranesville, Va. in December 1861, and during the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign he formed the advance of General Fitz John Porter's Porter's 5th Corps as they gallantly opposed the assault of General A.P. Hill's Confederates across the Chickahominy. A few days later, on June 30, 1862, he was wounded and captured at the battle of Glendale (Frayser's Farm). While trying to ascertain his position without his staff officers, he instead ran into soldiers of the 47th Virginia Infantry, part of General James Longstreet's command. Longstreet had served as a Second Lieutenant under McCall in the 4th U.S. Infantry. Confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., until August 18, 1862, he was paroled and exchanged for Confederate General Simon B. Buckner who had been taken prisoner at Fort Donelson, Tennessee in February 1862. With his his health broken from his confinement as a prisoner of war, he was forced to retire in March 1863. He was one of the oldest West Point graduates to fight in the Civil War. He died at his "Belair" estate in West Chester, Pennsylvania on February 25, 1868, and is buried in the Christ Church Burial Ground in his native Philadelphia. McCall was 65 years old at the time of his death. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Seated view wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of major general, striking a Napoleonic pose with one hand inside of his uniform coat. Back mark: Brady's National Photographic Galleries, No. 352 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., & Broadway & Tenth Street, New York. Period ID, "McCall" on the front mount. Scarce view. Very fine image.   <b>War Date Document Signed</b> (1827-1894) Born in Carrollton, Illinois, he graduated in the West Point class of 1847 and was assigned to the 3rd U.S. Artillery. He served during the Mexican War under General Winfield Scott, and was later on frontier duty and garrison duty as an assistant to Major George H. Thomas. He was adjutant at the United States Military Academy from 1854 to 1859, under Colonel Robert E. Lee. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was commanding a battery of light artillery in the defenses of Washington, when he was assigned as chief of staff to General Irvin McDowell serving in the Battle of 1st Bull Run. Afterwards he served as chief of staff under General Don Carlos Buell, in the Army the Ohio, taking part in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth, and the pursuit of General Braxton Bragg's army in Kentucky. Fry was appointed Provost Marshal General of the United States Army, on March 17, 1863, and promoted to rank of brigadier general. General Ulysses S. Grant was quoted as saying that General Fry was the officer best fitted to handle the position. General James B. Fry was brevetted to brigadier general, and major general, in the Regular U.S. Army, for faithful, meritorious, gallant and distinguished service during the Civil War. After the war Fry remained on active duty in the Regular U.S. Army, and served as the adjutant general of the Division of the Pacific, and as adjutant general of the Department of the East, until his retirement from the Army on July 1, 1881. General Fry died in Newport, Rhode Island, and was buried at the Church of St. James the Less in Philadelphia. <u>War Date Document Signed</u>: 8 x 10, in ink, on imprinted letter sheet. Paymaster General's Office, Jany. 27, 1863 The Adjutant General will please state the date of Major Levi C. Turner, Judge Advocate acceptance. H.J. Brooke Adjutant General's Office, February 6, 1863 Accepted the 31st day of July 1863. J.B. Fry Assistant Adjutant General Light age toning, light edge and fold wear. Very fine. Please note that the dark spots you see on the web site illustration are not as dark on the original document. They were caused by the scanner.

IRON JAIL DOORS $1400.00

  

CDV, General Braxton Bragg $350.00

  

CDV, General George A. McCall $250.00

  

Autograph, General James B. Fry $125.00
<b>Hellcat naval fighter ace who shot down 5 Japanese war planes in one day over the Pacific Signed photograph with military inscriptions </b> (1920-2014) John Theodore (Ted) Crosby was born in Eureka, California, and he joined the U.S. Navy in 1942, and was commissioned in 1943. On April 16, 1945, Lieutenant Crosby, an experienced fighter pilot, served on the U.S.S. Hornet and flying his F6F Hellcat, scored 5 victories when he shot down 5 Japanese war planes over the Pacific Ocean becoming a Hellcat fighter ace on a single mission in one day! Ted Crosby remained in the Navy after the war and retired with the rank of commander. Although he had a long and distinguished naval career, the memories of his days aboard the U.S.S. Bunker Hill and U.S.S. Hornet remain fresh in his mind, even after the passage of over 65 years. He died at the V.A. Hospital in Palo Alto, California, on January 24, 2014, and is buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, in San Bruno, California. <u>Signed Photograph With Inscriptions</u>: 5 x 3 1/2. Excellent black and white image of Lieutenant Ted Crosby, U.S.N., seated in the cockpit of his Hellcat fighter plane wearing his goggles on his forehead, and his helmet and earphones are in place. Beautifully signed with inscription in ink, "To: Cliff, Ted Crosby, Cdr. U.S.N. (Ret)., Sqds. VF 18 & 17. Ace in a Day at Okinawa." Choice condition. Very desirable signed WWII United States Navy Hellcat fighter ace's autographed image.   <b>Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson</b> Criswell #122. February 20, 1863. Vignette of Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, and a side wheel steam boat at the bottom. Lithographed by Archer and Daly, Richmond, Va. Printed on pink paper. 4 coupons attached. Light age toning and wear. Very fine. An extremely popular Confederate bond.   <b>Hero of the War of 1812 against the British He was the longest serving Adjutant General of the United States Army in our military history Member of the distinguished "Fighting Jones" family from Virginia 1838 Document Signed</b> (1789-1852) Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, he was a central figure in the distinguished "Jones military family" with relatives holding commissions in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, and World War II. His brother Thomas ap Catesby Jones won distinction in the US Navy. Of his thirteen children many went on to serve in the military of both the Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War. His son Catesby ap Roger Jones was the commander of the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia (also known as the Merrimac) at Hampton Roads, Va., on the second day of battle with the ironclad U.S.S. Monitor, the very first battle between ironclad warships in military history. His son Charles Lucian Jones served in the Confederate navy on the ironclad Tennessee. Another son, also named Roger Jones, served as Inspector General of the U.S. Army. Roger Jones was appointed a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on January 29, 1809, and was promoted to first lieutenant later that year. He resigned in July 1812 to accept a commission as a captain of artillery in the United States Army. He received a brevet promotion to major for his bravery at a half dozen battles in the War of 1812, and lieutenant colonel for distinguished heroism at the battle/siege of Fort Erie. In March 1825, he was appointed Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, and he was promoted to brigadier general in 1832. He was very highly commended for his actions during the Mexican War as he rapidly increased the size of the U.S. Army, and ensured that it was trained, equipped, transported, paid and fed. During his tenure he molded the Adjutant General's Department into the most important in Army Headquarters. He was promoted to major general in 1848. He died on July 15, 1852, and is buried in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. <u>1838 Document Signed</u>: 4 3/4 x 7 1/2, imprinted Circular, signed in ink above his title as Adjutant General. War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, August 20, 1838 Circular. With a view to remove any doubts which may arise, and to ensure uniformity in payments made to the private soldiers of the army, the following rules will be observed in addition to the provisions of "General Orders" No. 25, of July 20th, 1838. Very fine 1838 War Department Circular whereby General Roger Jones is ensuring uniformity in payments made to private soldiers, musicians and hospital stewards. More content. (Click on the full enlargement view to read the entire content of this document). By Order: R. Jones Adjutant General Light age toning, and wear with a couple of very thin slashes to the paper surface. Very nice, bold ink autograph of General Jones. Very desirable circular signed by a prominent member of the "Fighting Jones" family of Virginia who held commissions in 6 different U.S. Wars.   All offered here as found in a period <I>’coffin’</I> type double straight razor case, is this early <I>stub-tail</I> razor with accompanying late 1700s early 1800s iron frame spectacles. The razor is mounted in whale baleen scales with a telltale stub tang, indicating the razor was probably manufactured in the 1820-1830s. The blade fits snugly between the scales, shows evidence of period hone wear while remaining keen with no nicks in the cutting edge. The shank is marked CLARK & HALL WARRANTED. The iron framed spectacles are fitted with classic telescoping temples and string tie loops. Included as folded and housed with the family relics is a descendant note advising that <I>’ these Spectacles and the razor belonged to your great – great-grandfather Riley He was born in Virginia in 1786 Died in Indiana in 1860’</I>. Innocuous as the information provided seems, an Ancestry.com search for a <U>Riley born in Virginia in 1786 and passing in Indiana in 1860</U> produced but a <U>single</U> match. He was <B>James Riley</B> who was born Prince William County, Virginia on December 22, 1787 and died on June 22 1860 in Whitley County, Indiana. A notation posted by a descendant offers advises that James Riley moved to Fayette County , Ohio at age seventeen where he married and settled as a pioneer. Relocating to Whitley County in 1843-44 Riley purchased 40 acres of land for himself and each of his four children. The notation advises further that James Riley had been engaged in Indian skirmishes as a soldier in the War of 1812 and that his father Abraham was a veteran of the American Revolution. A neat all original personal grouping worthy of preservation. <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, Commander Ted Crosby, United $25.00

  

1863 Confederate $1, 000 Bond $195.00

  

Autograph, General Roger Jones, U. S. Arm $35.00

  

War of 1812 period Veteran identified - $225.00
<b>He was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va., and contracted typhoid fever, and died in 1862 Mathew Brady image</b> (1827-62) He was born in Gorham, Maine, but his family moved to the lumbering and saw mill center of Old Town, Maine when he was still a boy. Jameson became a successful lumberman, and in 1860 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Maine at Charleston, S.C., and supported Senator Stephen A. Douglas from Illinois for president. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, he was elected Colonel and commander of the 2nd Maine Infantry, the first Maine unit to leave the state for the front. He led his regiment into the First Battle of Bull Run, and was soon promoted to brigadier general. During the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, Jameson commanded a brigade in the 3rd Corps, and as "General of the Trenches" on May 4, 1862, he was the first to discover that the Confederates had evacuated Yorktown, Va. During the battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks, Jameson's command got closer to Richmond than any other portion of General McClellan's army, and he was praised for conspicuous bravery by his corps commander General Samuel P. Heintzelman. He was wounded during the battle and contracted "typhoid fever" and was sent home to Maine to convalesce. He died in Old Town, Me., on November 6, 1862, and is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Stillwater, Maine. Some sources suggest that Jameson actually died on the steamship carrying him home to Maine. In either case, a promising, young 35 year old Union general, had his life cut short by war in 1862, and he never had the opportunity to live up to his full potential as a military commander. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. He poses with his arms folded across his chest. Brady, Washington imprint on the front mount. Excellent image. Rare.  LIGHT is made of WOOD AND STAINED GLASS... 5 in stock from a monumental Church in Hamilton Ontario Canada Ca 1910, ALSO THERE ARE WALL-MOUNTED COMPANION FIXTURES AVAILABLE.....please ask Start your own CHURCH, CASTLE OR EVENT SPACE GREAT MOVIE PROP TOO! H 42in. x D 48in.   old multi-bulb light fixture ca 1940 or earlier H 36in. x D 22in.  Vintage light from 1940 or so with lots of character.

CDV, General Charles D. Jameson $225.00

  

MONUMENTAL GOTHIC PENDANT LIGHTS X 5 $5000.00

  

VINTAGE SUPERIOR QUALITY BARE BULB CHAND $2400.00

  

VINTAGE 5 BULB CHANDELIER OF FINE QUALIT $950.00
Fine old light with Unusual detailing to add to its beauty H 32in. x D 22in   <b>United States Congressman from Massachusetts Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress United States Speaker of the House Governor of Massachusetts 1861 Mathew B. Brady image</b> (1816-1894) Born at Waltham, Massachusetts. He was Speaker of the Massachusetts House, presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1853, and the same year was elected to the U.S. Congress, the first of ten terms. Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1856, Banks showed moderation in deciding among factions during the bitter slavery debates. In 1858 he was elected Governor of Massachusetts, serving until January 1861, when President Abraham Lincoln appointed him a Major General of Volunteers after Banks offered his services. Many West Point officers could not understand this appointment considering that Banks had substandard military qualifications for the job of a field commander. He did contribute immeasurably in recruits, morale, money and propaganda to the Federal cause however. He was defeated by General Stonewall Jackson in the celebrated 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign with the loss of 30% of his force, and again by Jackson at Cedar Mountain, Va. Banks saw service during the Vicksburg campaign, and commanded the siege and capture of Port Hudson, La., and also commanded the Red River campaign. General Banks undertook a number of steps intended to facilitate the Reconstruction plans of President Lincoln in Louisiana. When Banks arrived in New Orleans, the atmosphere was somewhat hostile to the Union owing to some of General Benjamin F. Butler's actions. Banks moderated some of Butler's policies, freeing civilians that Butler had detained and reopening churches whose ministers refused to support the Union. He recruited large numbers of African Americans for the military, and instituted formal works and education programs to organize the many slaves who had left their plantations. After the war Banks returned to his political career. He died on September 1, 1894, at Waltham, Mass., at the age of 84. Fort Banks in Winthrop, Massachusetts, built in the late 1890s, was named for him. A statue of him stands in Waltham's Central Square, and Banks Street in New Orleans is named after him. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Excellent half view seated pose of Banks wearing a double breasted frock coat with epaulets and rank of major general, and rectangular eagle belt plate while cradling his sword across his arm. Imprint on the front mount: Maj. Gen'l. N.P. Banks. Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1861, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Very sharp image. Extremely desirable early war pose of General Banks.  <b>of the 148th Pennsylvania Infantry</b> <b>Wounded twice during the Civil War and had his hand amputated Pennsylvania State Congressman</b> Henry Meyer was a 21 year old resident of Rebersburg, Pa., when he enlisted on August 25, 1862, as a private, and was mustered into Co. A, 148th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in action on May 3, 1863, at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va. He was promoted to corporal on November 16, 1863. He was wounded a second time this coming on May 10, 1864, at the battle of Po River, Va., which resulted in the amputation of his left hand. He was discharged for wounds on September 10, 1864, at Campbell Hospital, Washington, D.C. After the war he served as a Pennsylvania State Congressman. <u>Envelope Sent From Petersburg, Virginia</u>: postal cover addressed in the hand of Henry Meyer to his wife as follows: Mrs. Mattie J. Meyer, Rebersburg, Centre Co., Pa., with a very bold and distinctive postmark, Petersburg, Va., May 5, 12 M., with 3 cents, deep green, George Washington, U.S. postage stamp, (A-46) with black star cancellation. Wear along the right edge, and a small tear where the envelope was originally opened. Complete with back flap. Post Civil War. Very fine.   <b>16th President of the United States Led the Union to victory during the Civil War The first American president to be assassinated!</b> Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln seated side by side posing with their two living sons at the time, their eldest Captain Robert Todd Lincoln, standing behind them, in uniform, and their youngest son, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln standing at the right looking down at a book that the president is holding. Imprint on front mount, Lincoln And Family. No back mark. Very fine. Popular portrait of the 16th President and the first family. The Lincoln's had two other sons who had previously died. Edward Baker Lincoln, known as "Eddie" died on February 1, 1850, in Springfield, Illinois, not having reached his fourth birthday. William Wallace Lincoln, known as "Willie" died on February 20, 1862, in the White House, at the age of 11 years old. Mary Lincoln's mourning was so traumatic that many thought it brought her to the brink of insanity.

VINTAGE 5 ARM CANDELABRA LIGHT $1250.00

  

CDV, General Nathaniel P. Banks $150.00

  

Cover Sent From Petersburg, Va. by Civil $10.00

  

CDV, President Abraham Lincoln & Family $25.00
Original'Fandolier' light fixture/ceiling fan. RARE MODEL made for Pullman train cars by the Safety Car Heating and Lighting Co in New York in 1920...ONLY 20 KNOWN TO SURVIVE today/ a collector's dream when it's gone it's Gone! H 13in. without post. x D 23in.   <b>Union Civil War General 19th President of the United States Governor of Ohio United States Congressman from Ohio</b> (1822-93) Born in Delaware, Ohio, he attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with the highest honors in 1842, and addressed the class as its valedictorian. After reading law in Columbus, Ohio, Hayes moved east to attend Harvard Law School in 1843, and graduated and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1845 where he opened his own law office in Lower Sandusky. He later moved to Cincinnati where he started a new more lucrative practice. As the Southern states quickly began to secede after Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860, Hayes was lukewarm about civil war to restore the Union. Considering that the two sides might be irreconcilable, he suggested that the Union just let them go. Though Ohio had voted for Lincoln in 1860, Cincinnati voters turned against the Republican party after secession. Its residents included many from the Southern states, and they voted for the Democrats and Know-Nothings, who combined to sweep the city elections in April 1861, ejecting Hayes from the city solicitor's office. After the Confederates bombarded Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, Hayes resolved his doubts and joined a volunteer company composed of his Literary Society friends. That June, Ohio Governor William Dennison appointed several of the officers of the volunteer company to positions in the 23rd Ohio Infantry. Hayes was promoted to major, and his friend and college classmate Stanley Matthews was appointed lieutenant colonel. Also joining the regiment as a private was another future U.S. President, William McKinley. After a month of training, Hayes and the 23rd Ohio set out for western Virginia in July 1861 as a part of the Kanawha Division when the regiment encountered Confederates at Carnifex Ferry in present-day West Virginia and drove them back. Hayes was promoted to lieutenant colonel and when the regiment resumed its advance the following spring, Hayes led several raids against the rebel forces, on one of which he sustained an injury to his knee. That September, Hayes's regiment was called east to reinforce General John Pope's Army of Virginia. Hayes's troops then joined the Army of the Potomac as it hurried north to cut off General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, which was advancing into Maryland. Marching north, the 23rd Ohio was the lead regiment encountering the Confederates at the Battle of South Mountain, Md., on September 14, 1862. Hayes led a charge against an entrenched position and was shot through his left arm, fracturing the bone. He had one of his men tie a handkerchief above the wound in an effort to stop the bleeding, and continued to lead his men in the battle. While resting, he ordered his men to meet a flanking attack, but instead his entire command moved backward, leaving Hayes lying in between the lines. Eventually, his men brought him back behind their lines, and he was taken to a hospital. The regiment continued on to Antietam, but Hayes was out of action for the rest of the campaign. In October, he was promoted to colonel, and assigned to command of the first brigade, of the Kanawha Division, and elevated to rank of brevet brigadier general. In July 1863, his division skirmished with General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry at the Battle of Buffington Island. In 1864, the Army command structure in West Virginia was reorganized, and Hayes's division was assigned to General George Crook's Army of West Virginia. Advancing into southwestern Virginia, they destroyed Confederate salt and lead mines there. On May 9, 1864, they engaged Confederate troops at Cloyd's Mountain, where Hayes and his men charged the enemy entrenchments and drove the rebels from the field. Following the rout, the Union forces destroyed Confederate supplies and again successfully skirmished with the enemy. Hayes and his troops then moved to the Shenandoah Valley for the 1864 Valley Campaign. Crook's corps was attached to General David Hunter's Army of the Shenandoah, and once again encountering Confederate forces, they captured Lexington, Va., on June 11th. They continued south toward Lynchburg, tearing up railroad tracks as they advanced. Before the army could make another attempt at Lynchburg, Confederate General Jubal Early's raid into Maryland forced their recall to the north. Early's army surprised them at Kernstown on July 24th, where Hayes was wounded by a bullet to the shoulder. He also had a horse shot out from under him, and the Union army was defeated. Retreating to Maryland, the army was reorganized again, with General Philip H. Sheridan replacing Hunter in command. By August, General Early was retreating up the valley, with Sheridan in hot pursuit. Hayes's troops fended off a Confederate assault at Berryville, and advanced to Opequon Creek, where they broke the enemy lines and pursued them farther south. They followed up the victory with another at Fisher's Hill on September 22nd, and one more at Cedar Creek on October 19th. At Cedar Creek, Hayes sprained his ankle after being thrown from his horse, and was struck in the head by a spent round, which did not cause him serious injury. His leadership skills and bravery drew his superiors' attention, with General Ulysses S. Grant later writing of Hayes, "his conduct on the field was marked by conspicuous gallantry as well as the display of qualities of a higher order than that of mere personal daring." Cedar Creek marked the end of the campaign, and Hayes was promoted to brigadier general, and brevet major general in October 1864. In the spring of 1865, the war came to an end with Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox. Hayes visited Washington, D.C., that May, and observed the Grand Review of the Armies, after which he, and the 23rd Ohio Infantry returned home. After the war, Hayes served in the U.S. Congress, was Governor of Ohio, and was the 19th President of the United States, serving 1877-81. Rutherford B. Hayes died of complications from a heart attack at his home in Fremont Ohio, on January 17, 1893, at the age of 70. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view in civilian attire. Imprint on the front mount, President R.B. Hayes. No back mark. Post Civil War period. Very fine view of the distinguished President Hayes sporting a full beard, and dressed in a dark suit, vest, white collared shirt and tie.   <b>Colonel 1st Michigan Infantry Medal of Honor Recipient for distinguished gallantry at the 1st Battle of Bull Run where he was wounded and captured</b> (1823-1907) Born in Detroit, Michigan, he graduated in the West Point class of 1847. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery, and would subsequently serve in the United States Army in various capacities over a period of forty years. Willcox fought in the Mexican War, he fought against the Indians on the frontier, and he fought in the Third Seminole Indian War in Florida. At the commencement of the Civil War in 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the 1st Michigan Infantry. At the 1st Battle of Bull Run, he was wounded and captured while in command of a brigade, remaining a prisoner for more than a year, part of the time as a hostage for Rebel privateers who the U.S. government had threatened to hang as pirates. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for distinguished gallantry at 1st Bull Run, where he voluntarily led repeated charges until he was wounded and taken prisoner. On the day of his release he was commissioned a brigadier general, and he led a division at the Battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Knoxville, and in General Grant's Overland campaign against Richmond in the summer of 1864. President Lincoln nominated Willcox for promotion to brevet major general, August 1, 1864. Following the Siege of Petersburg, Va., he led the first troops to enter Petersburg, before ending the war fighting in the North Carolina campaign. He was mustered out of the U.S. Volunteers on January 15, 1866. After the war, Willcox returned to the Regular U.S. Army serving as Colonel in the 29th U.S. Infantry Regiment, and as brevet brigadier general in the 12th U.S. Infantry, and Commander of the Department of Arizona. It was in this capacity that he put down the raids of the Apache Indians. For his service in the West, he was awarded a Vote of Thanks by the Arizona Legislature. From 1886-87, he was head of the Department of the Missouri, and he retired on April 16, 1887. After his retirement, Willcox was Governor of the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C., from 1889-92. He was a member of the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He died in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, at 84 years of age, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. <u>Signature With Rank</u>: 4 x 1 1/2, in ink, O.B. Willcox, Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Genl., U.S. Army. Very fine. Boldly written. Very desirable Civil War Medal of Honor recipient's autograph.   Pair of wet plate photographs, mounted to 7 x 3 1/2, card stock. Group of negro slaves working in the cotton fields picking cotton. The group consists of men, women and a young girl standing in the foreground next to a cotton basket. Negro man at upper left is carrying a basket full of cotton on his back. An overseer on horseback is visible at the upper center of the view. Title imprint on the front mount: Cotton is King. Plantation Scene, Georgia, U.S.A. Copyright 1895 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Imprint at edge of mount, Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publisher, New York, N.Y. Imprint on the opposite edge reads: Sold by Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto, Canada, Ottawa, Kansas. Copy photograph of an earlier slave plantation image. Imprint on the verso, Cotton is King- A Plantation Scene, Georgia, U.S.A. Corner wear to mount. Very fine. Excellent content.

FANDOLIER 1920's pullman TRAINCAR LIGHT $5500.00

  

CDV, President Rutherford B. Hayes $50.00

  

Autograph, General Orlando B. Willcox $125.00

  

Stereo View, Slaves Picking Cotton on a $40.00
This antique brass chandelier, an Oversized ballroom light fixture is ready to hang in a prominent setting deserving of the best home or venue. Only ONE available H 44in.plus chain. x D 60in.   <b>War Date Document Signed Report of the shooting death of a negro servant while General Couch's troops were guarding the property of a Virginian!</b> (1822-97) Born on a farm in Putnam County, New York, he graduated in the West Point class of 1846, along with George B. McClellan, Stonewall Jackson, and 46 other graduates who fought in the Civil War including 19 who became full generals for either the Union or Confederate armies. Couch fought in the Mexican War and was brevetted to 1st lieutenant for gallantry at the Battle of Buena Vista. He next participated in the Seminole Indian Wars of 1849-50. On June 15, 1861, shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, Couch was appointed Colonel of the 7th Massachusetts Infantry, and he was promoted to brigadier general on August 9, 1861. He compiled a distinguished record in the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign as a division commander in the 4th Corps, serving at Yorktown and Williamsburg, and during the Battle of Seven Pines, Oak Grove, and Malvern Hill during the Seven Days battles. He was promoted to major general on July 4, 1862. He then commanded his division at Antietam, and the 2nd Corps at Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Couch commanded the Department of the Susquehanna during the Gettysburg Campaign in 1863, and later was transferred to the western army commanding a division of the 22nd Army Corps with distinction in the Franklin & Nashville, Tennessee campaign, and in the 1865 Carolina's campaign. Couch returned to civilian life in Taunton, Mass., after the war, where he ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1865. Couch moved to Connecticut in 1871, where he served as the Quartermaster General, and then Adjutant General, for the state militia. He joined the Aztec Club of 1847 by the right given him for his Mexican War service, and he also joined the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He died in Norwalk, Connecticut, on February 12, 1897, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Taunton, Mass. <u>1862 War Date Document Signed</u>: 7 3/4 x 10, in ink. Hd. Qrs., Couch’s Division Aug. 21, 1862 Capt. C.C. Suydam Assist. Adjt, Gen. Hd. Qrs. 4th Corps Sir: I have the honor to state that while my Division lay near Lebanon Church, on the 19th inst., a black man employed as servant to one of the officers of the 102d Penna. Vol., was shot dead by the accidental discharge of a carbine in the hands of one of my Sentinels placed over the property of a Mr. Bryan, living in that vicinity, and having a safe guard from Gen. Van Allen. I am Sir, Your obt. Servant, D.N. Couch Major General Commanding Very bold and neatly written, with a nice large signature, "D.N. Couch," above his rank of Major General Commanding. The letter sheet shows some minor age toning and wear. Very fine. The content of this letter is extremely scarce as it reports the death of a black servant of a Union officer who was shot and killed by fire coming from the carbine of one of the Sentries of General Couch's Division as he was safe guarding the property of a Virginian! Docket on the reverse: Hd. Qrs. Couch's Div., Aug. 22, 1862. D.N. Couch, Maj. Gen. Reports accident which occurred near his Hd. Qrs. of the 19th inst. <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: The recipient of this document was Charles Crooke Suydam, Assistant Adjutant General, Hd. Qrs., 4th Corps. Suydam was 25 years old, when he enlisted at New York City, on September 27, 1861, and was commissioned a 1st lieutenant, in Co. L, 5th New York Cavalry. He was promoted to the U.S. Volunteers Adjutant General Depart, on March 6. 1862. He later served in the Field and Staff of the 3rd New Jersey Cavalry, until his resignation on November 15, 1864. He ended his Union Army service with the rank of lieutenant colonel.   <b>The legendary Confederate raider who was killed in Tennessee in 1864</b> (1825-64) Born in Huntsville, Alabama, he was the brother-in-law of Confederate Generals' A.P. Hill, and Basil W. Duke. Morgan grew up on the family farm outside of Lexington, Kentucky, and attended Transylvania College for two years, but was suspended in 1844 for dueling with a fraternity brother. In 1846, during the Mexican War, Morgan enlisted with his brother Calvin, and his uncle Alexander, in the U.S. Army as a private in the cavalry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant, fighting in the Battle of Buena Vista. He organized the "Lexington Rifles" in 1857, and spent much of his time drilling his men. When the War Between the States broke out, he led his command to join the Confederacy. From then until his death his exploits made him one of the most legendary figures of the Confederacy. He was promoted to colonel of the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry on April 4, 1862, and brigadier general on December 11th. His series of raids into Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio earned him a vote of thanks from the Confederate Congress and the undying hatred of a large segment of the frightened Northern population. On his most famous raid north of the Ohio in 1863, he was captured near New Lisbon and imprisoned in the Ohio State Penitentiary with several of his officers. But no prison could hold the notorious Confederate raider as he soon escaped! On the night of September 3, 1864, while en-route to attack Union forces near Knoxville, Tennessee he camped near Greenville. Early the next morning he was surprised by a detachment of Union cavalry and was killed in the garden of the house where he had been sleeping. General John Hunt Morgan was only 39 years old. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Seated view of Morgan wearing a kepi and a double breasted Confederate frock coat with rank of brigadier general. He poses with his legs crossed which show off his high black cavalry boots. Standing at his side is his 21 year old bride, Martha (Mattie) Ready, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., wearing a heavy winter overcoat. This view was taken around the time of their wedding, or shortly afterwards, dating the time this image was taken to mid December 1863, or early 1864. Back mark: E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Light age toning and wear. Very fine, and an extremely desirable image of Morgan with his wife. <u>WBTS Trivia</u>: Martha "Mattie" Ready, was the daughter of United States Congressman Charles Ready, of Tennessee, and a cousin of William T. Haskell, another former U.S. Congressman also from Tennessee. Haskell fought in the Florida Seminole War in 1836, and during the Mexican War, he served as colonel of the 2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment.  Best described here as to eye appeal and condition by our photo illustrations, this desirable photo case remains in pleasing condition, tight at the hinges and clasp with only the most minor evidence of careful period use and handling. Referred to by collectors as <I>end of the day</I> cases as such less frequently found, front to back, mismatched examples are thought to be the product of end of the day work bench <I>cleanup</I>, this example offers not one but <U>two</U> of the most desirable designs. On one side we see the figure of Sir Henry Havelock in the distinctive later 1850s through early American Civil War issue headgear that he popularized and that bore his name<B>*</B>, while the side offers the armed view of hunter and stag. Marked <I>Littlefield Parsons / Union Cases</I> and patent dated 1856 & 1857, this is desirable photo case will be of special interest, not only to the early photography collector, but to the Civil War military collector and period hunting buff. Best described here as to eye appeal and condition by our photo illustrations, this desirable photo case remains in pleasing condition, tight at the hinges and clasp with only the most minor evidence of careful period use and handling. Referred to by collectors as <I>end of the day</I> cases as such less frequently found, front to back, mismatched examples are thought to be the product of end of the day work bench <I>cleanup</I>, this example offers not one but <U>two</U> of the most desirable designs. On one side we see the figure of Sir Henry Havelock in the distinctive later 1850s through early American Civil War issue headgear that he popularized and that bore his name<B>*</B>, while the side offers the armed view of hunter and stag. Marked <I>Littlefield Parsons / Union Cases</I> and patent dated 1856 & 1857, this is desirable photo case will be of special interest, not only to the early photography collector, but to the Civil War military collector and period hunting buff. <B>*</B>Commissioned in 1815 Henry Havelock served it British army with distinction until his death in 1857 raising to the rank of quartermaster general in 1854.

Monumental antique multi arm light fixtu $12500.00

  

Autograph, General Darius N. Couch $400.00

  

CDV, General John Hunt Morgan & Wife $150.00

  

scarce pattern! ‘end of the day’ - Hav $235.00
An outstanding Civil War medical display item, this original Civil War vintage <U>surgical splint and accompanying period bandage roll</U> was acquired some years ago when we were fortunate enough to find a Civil War vintage slide top box containing it’s period content of a small number of rolled <I>home spun</I> bandages with original splints. The rolled bandage measures approximately 4 1/ 2 to 5 inches in width and is of period loomed cotton sheeting as was commonly utilized by home front volunteers who came together, particularly in the Eastern textile mill region, to tear and roll strips of available textile for use as bandages. Bandage rolls are secured by an ink stamped and sealed paper band. The splint is fashioned from birch wood ( see: <I>National Civil War Medical Museum</I> in Frederick, Marylandand) with good evidence of period originality and is maker marked <I>E. J. Cutter</I> The collector / historian will be interested that we were curious enough to sacrificed one of the bandage rolls, opening the paper band to reveal that they are repurposed from Odd Fellow Lodge dues certificates. The one we opened was dated 1849 and was from a Newburyport, Mass. I.O.O.F. chapter. Oddly enough the wood box containing the bandages bore a stenciled Masonic device. Obviously repurposed to band the bandage rolls, it seems more than likely the then obsolete dues certificates were pressed into service by volunteers gathered in the local lodge hall. <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>  MERCURY GLASS OLD-STYLE PENDANT LIGHTS FOR OVER YOUR ISLAND OR STORE COUNTER....THEY GIVE SUPER BRIGHT TASK LIGHTING H 31in. x D 13in. priced per item  engraved antique glass globes mounted as a ceiling fixture. H 17in. x W 18in. x 6in.  Large vintage dining room fixture with classic detail and original finish H 32in. x D 16in

original! Civil War era - BANDAGE ROLL $195.00

  

set of 4 mercury glass vinage pendant li $950.00

  

FINELY ENGRAVED GLOBES on 2 LIGHT PENDAN $1500.00

  

VINTAGE BARE-BULB CHANDELIER $1600.00
H 10in. x W 5in. x D 6in. Priced per pair.  H 12in. x W 19in. x D 5in.   <b>Wounded at Fort Donelson, Tenn., and in the Atlanta, Ga. campaign! General Logan was instrumental in founding Memorial Day to honor our war veterans! United States Senator and Congressman from Illinois</b> (1826-86) Nicknamed "Black Jack," he served in the Mexican War as a lieutenant of Illinois Volunteers; and was perhaps the Union's premier civilian general during the Civil War. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1858 and 1860, he attended the Democratic National Convention in Charleston, S.C., as a supporter of Senator Stephen A. Douglas. After fighting at the battle of 1st Bull Run, Va., he returned to Illinois to recruit the 31st Illinois Infantry and he was commissioned as their colonel. An instant success as a field commander, he saw action at Belmont, and Fort Donelson where he was wounded. Promoted to rank of brigadier general, March 21, 1862, and major general March 13, 1863, he fought at Corinth, Shiloh, Vicksburg, in the Atlanta campaign where he was wounded again, and in the 1865 Carolina's campaign. After the war he returned to politics and served as U.S. Congressman and Senator from Illinois almost uninterruptedly until his death. He was greatly involved in veteran's affairs and was instrumental in founding Memorial Day. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/4 x 4 card. Bust view of Logan as general displayed within fancy embossed medallion with spread winged at the top, stars, cannon, musket, American shield, etc. Imprint on front mount, Alden, Artist. Back mark: Photographed by A.E. Alden, Nos. 59, 60, 61 & 65 Arcade, Providence, R.I. Light age toning. Very fine.   <b>"The Rock of Chickamauga" Native born Virginian and confidant of Robert E. Lee who fought for the Union which cost him his family! Morse's Gallery Of The Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn. back mark</b> (1816-1870) He was born at Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, which was five miles from the North Carolina border, and his family led an upper-class plantation lifestyle owning 685 acres and slaves. George Thomas, his sisters, and his widowed mother were forced to flee from their home and hide in the nearby woods during Nat Turner's 1831 slave rebellion. He taught as many as 15 of his family's slaves to read, violating a Virginia law that prohibited this. He graduated in the West Point class of 1840, and was known to his fellow cadets as "Old Tom," and he became instant friends with his roommates, future Union Civil War generals' William Tecumseh Sherman, and Stewart Van Vliet. He was appointed a cadet officer in his second year, and graduated 12th in a class of 42 and upon his graduation was appointed second lieutenant, Company D, 3rd U.S. Artillery. His first assignment out of the academy began with his artillery regiment serving at the primitive outpost of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during the Seminole Indian Wars, and Thomas was appointed a brevet first lieutenant for gallantry while successfully leading his men. From 1842 until 1845, he served at posts at New Orleans, La., Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor, and Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor where Francis Scott Key wrote our national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner." His regiment was ordered to Texas in 1845, and in the Mexican War, he led a gun crew with distinction at the battles of Fort Brown, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey, and Buena Vista, receiving two more brevet promotions to captain and major. At Buena Vista, General Zachary Taylor (future U.S. President) reported that "the services of the light artillery, always conspicuous, were more than unusually distinguished" during the battle. General John E. Wool wrote about Thomas that "without our artillery we would not have maintained our position a single hour." Thomas's battery commander wrote that Thomas's "coolness and firmness contributed not a little to the success of the day. Thomas more than sustained the reputation he had long enjoyed in his regiment as an accurate and scientific artillerist." During the Mexican War, Thomas served very closely with an artillery officer who would become a principal antagonist in the Civil War, Captain Braxton Bragg, a future Confederate General. He returned to West Point as a cavalry and artillery instructor, where he established a close professional, and personal relationship with another Virginia officer, Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee, the Academy superintendent, and future commander of the famous Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. His appointment at the academy was based in part on a positive recommendation from Braxton Bragg. Two of Thomas's students who received his recommendation for assignment to the cavalry, J.E.B. Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee, became prominent Confederate cavalry generals. On May 12, 1855, Thomas was appointed a major of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, later re-designated the 5th U.S. Cavalry, by Jefferson Davis, then U.S. Secretary of War. Once again, Braxton Bragg had provided a recommendation for George H. Thomas's advancement. There was a suspicion as the Civil War drew closer that Jeff Davis had been assembling, and training a combat unit of elite U.S. Army officers who harbored Southern sympathies, and Thomas's appointment to this regiment implied that his colleagues assumed he would support his native state of Virginia in a future conflict. Thomas resumed his close ties with the second-in-command of the regiment, Robert E. Lee, and the two officers traveled extensively together on detached service for court-martial duty. In October 1857, Major Thomas assumed acting command of the cavalry regiment, an assignment he would retain for 2 1/2 years. On August 26, 1860, during a clash with a Comanche warrior, Thomas was wounded by an arrow passing through the flesh near his chin area, and sticking into his chest at Clear Fork, Brazos River, Texas. Thomas pulled the arrow out and, after a surgeon dressed the wound, he continued to lead the expedition. Thomas's antebellum career had been distinguished and productive, and he was one of the rare officers with U.S. Army field experience in all three combat arms of service; the infantry, cavalry, and artillery. On his way home to southern Virginia, he suffered a mishap in Lynchburg, Virginia, falling from a train platform and severely injuring his back. This accident led him to contemplate leaving military service and caused him pain for the rest of his life. Continuing to New York to visit with his wife's family, Thomas stopped in Washington, D.C., and conferred with General-in-Chief Winfield Scott, advising Scott that General David E. Twiggs, the commander of the Department of Texas, harbored secessionist sympathies, and could not be trusted in his post. Twiggs did indeed surrender his entire command to Confederate authorities shortly after Texas seceded, and later served as a general in the Confederate Army. At the outbreak of the Civil War, 19 of the 36 officers in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry resigned, including three of Thomas's superiors; Albert Sidney Johnston, Robert E. Lee, and William J. Hardee. Many Southern-born officers were torn between loyalty to their states, and loyalty to their country. George Thomas struggled mightily with the decision, but decided to remain loyal to the United States. His Northern-born wife probably helped influence his decision. In response, his family turned his picture against the wall, destroyed his letters, and never spoke to him again. During the economic hard times in the South after the war, Thomas sent some money to his sisters, who angrily refused to accept it, declaring they had no brother! Thomas was one of the ablest Union commanders during the Civil War, and he saw action at Mill Springs, Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Stone's River, and Franklin & Nashville. However, his finest moment came during the battle of Chickamauga. His heroic stand on Horseshoe Ridge earned him the sobriquet of "The Rock of Chickamauga." Thomas had succeeded General William S. Rosecrans, in command of the Army of the Cumberland, shortly before the Battles for Chattanooga, on November 23–25, 1863, a stunning Union victory that was highlighted by General Thomas's troops taking Lookout Mountain, and then storming the Confederate line on Missionary Ridge. During General William Tecumseh Sherman's advance through Georgia in the spring of 1864, the Army of the Cumberland numbered over 60,000 men, and Thomas's staff did the logistics, and engineering for General Sherman's entire army group, including developing a novel series of pontoon bridges. At the Battle of Peachtree Creek, on July 20, 1864, Thomas's severely damaged General John Bell Hood's army in its first attempt to break through the siege of Atlanta. When General Hood broke away from Atlanta in the autumn of 1864, and menaced Sherman's long line of communications, and endeavored to force Sherman to follow him, but Sherman cut his communications, and embarked on his infamous "March to the Sea." General Thomas stayed behind to fight Hood in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign, and with a smaller force, raced with Hood to reach Nashville. At the Battle of Franklin, on November 30, 1864, a large part of Thomas's force, under command of General John M. Schofield, dealt Hood a strong defeat, and held him in check long enough to cover the concentration of Union forces in Nashville. General Thomas attacked General Hood on December 15, 1864, and the Battle of Nashville effectively destroyed Hood's army in two days of fighting. Thomas, sent the following telegram, "We have whipped the enemy, taken many prisoners and considerable artillery." Thomas was appointed a major general in the regular army, with date of rank of his Nashville victory, and received the Thanks of Congress in the following message: "to Major-General George H. Thomas and the officers and soldiers under his command for their skill and dauntless courage, by which the rebel army under General Hood was signally defeated and driven from the state of Tennessee. General George H. Thomas also received another nickname from his victory, "The Sledge of Nashville." After the end of the Civil War, General Thomas commanded the Department of the Cumberland in Kentucky and Tennessee, and at times also West Virginia and parts of Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama, through 1869. During the Reconstruction period, Thomas acted to protect freedmen (ex-slaves) from white abuses. He set up military commissions to enforce labor contracts since the local courts had either ceased to operate or were biased against blacks. Thomas also used troops to protect places threatened by violence from the Ku Klux Klan. In a November 1868 report, General Thomas noted efforts made by former Confederates to paint the Confederacy in a positive light, stating: The greatest efforts made by the defeated insurgents since the close of the war have been to promulgate the idea that the cause of liberty, justice, humanity, equality, and all the calendar of the virtues of freedom, suffered violence and wrong when the effort for southern independence failed. This is, of course, intended as a species of political cant, whereby the crime of treason might be covered with a counterfeit varnish of patriotism, so that the precipitators of the rebellion might go down in history hand in hand with the defenders of the government, thus wiping out with their own hands their own stains; a species of self-forgiveness amazing in its effrontery, when it is considered that life and property—justly forfeited by the laws of the country, of war, and of nations, through the magnanimity of the government and people—was not exacted from them. George Henry Thomas, November 1868. President Andrew Johnson offered Thomas the rank of lieutenant general—with the intent to eventually replace Grant, a Republican and future president, with Thomas as general in chief—but the ever-loyal Thomas asked the Senate to withdraw his name for that nomination because he did not want to be party to politics. In 1869, he requested assignment to command the Military Division of the Pacific with headquarters at the Presidio of San Francisco. He died there of a stroke on March 28, 1870, while writing an answer to an article criticizing his military career by his wartime rival John M. Schofield. Sherman, by then general-in-chief, personally conveyed the news to President Grant at the White House. None of Thomas's blood relatives attended his funeral as they had never forgiven him for his loyalty to the Union. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, in Troy, New York. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with rank of major general. Back mark: Morse's Gallery Of The Cumberland, 25 Cedar St., opposite the Commercial Hotel, Nashville, Tenn., with 3 cents green, George Washington Internal Revenue Proprietary tax stamp on the reverse. Excellent, and desirable image of "The Rock of Chickamauga" with a Gallery of the Cumberland imprint.

H 10in. x W 5in. x D 6in.
Priced per $1200.00

  

H 12in. x W 19in. x D 5in. $650.00

  

CDV, General John A. Logan $100.00

  

CDV, General George H. Thomas $200.00
H 60in. x D 44in. MORE AVAILABLE....ASK   <b>He became a Northern hero after arresting Confederate diplomats Mason & Slidell in what became known as the famous "Trent Affair"</b> (1798-1877) Born in New York City, he was a very distinguished United States naval officer. He entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1818, was prominent in the department of charts and instruments, and in 1838 he commanded a squadron of 6 ships and scientists to Antarctica, where an area there is named "Wilkes Land." Promoted to captain in 1855, at the outbreak of the Civil War, he was assigned to the command of U.S.S. San Jacinto to search for the Confederate commerce destroyer C.S.S. Sumter. He gained national notoriety when he arrested Confederate Commissioners James M. Mason & John Slidell on November 8, 1861. The two Southerners were bound for England on a diplomatic mission aboard the British mail packet "Trent," when they were captured. This episode brought about what is known as the "Trent Affair," which convinced many that war between the United States and England was now inevitable. Wilkes was officially thanked by Congress "for his brave, adroit and patriotic conduct." Promoted to commodore on July 16, 1862, he served with the James River flotilla and later against blockade runners in the West Indies. He was promoted to the rank of rear admiral on July 25, 1866. In addition to his contribution to United States naval history and scientific study in his official "Narrative of the Exploration Squadron," (6 volumes), Wilkes also wrote his autobiography. He died in Washington, D.C., with the rank of Rear Admiral, and his remains were eventually buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His gravestone reads, "he discovered the Antarctic Continent." Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Corners of the card mount mount have been slightly trimmed. Seated view of Wilkes wearing his double breasted naval frock coat, with epaulets, oval belt plate, piping on the cuffs of his sleeves, and holding his naval hat on his lap. His sword can be seen hanging from his belt. "Commodore Wiles, U.S. Navy" is written in period ink on the front mount. Back mark: Charles D. Fredricks & Co., "Specialite," 587 Broadway, New York. Period ink inscription on the verso, "Commodore Wilkes, U.S. Navy." Light wear and age toning. Very fine and desirable United States naval image.   <b>She was the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg</b> Wet plate photograph, 5 1/2 x 3 7/8, on thick 7 x 5 card mount. Shows a portrait of Jennie Wade at the upper right, the house where she was killed on July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg in the center, and her grave site monument in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa., at left. Jennie Wade was 19 years old when she was killed in the kitchen of her sister's house, while baking bread for the Union soldiers. A stray Confederate sharpshooter's bullet pierced through two wooden doors and killed Jennie instantly. Surprisingly she was the only civilian fatality of the epic three day battle of Gettysburg. Some light creasing at the right edge, and light chipping to the edges and corners of the card mount. Verso of mount shows wear. Very popular and desirable Gettysburg photos.   <b>Wounded in the Mexican War battles of Cerro Gordo and Chapultepec Earned the Thanks of Confederate Congress for his heroic actions at the Battle of Belmont, Missouri</b> (1806-78) Born in Williamson County, Tennessee, he graduated from the University of Nashville, and was a law partner of James K. Polk, future President of the United States, in Columbia, Tennessee. He was active in Democratic politics, and was floor leader in support of the nomination of fellow Tennessean James K. Polk at the 1844 Democratic National Convention. Pillow was commissioned Brigadier General of Volunteers and fought in the Mexican War. He was wounded in the battles of Cerro Gordo and Chapultepec, and promoted to Major General. After the Mexican War, he served as a delegate to the Nashville Convention of 1850. Pillow supported the candidacy of Senator Stephen A. Douglas in the presidential election of 1860. With the election of Abraham Lincoln as president, Pillow ultimately supported secession as was the will of the majority of people in Tennessee. In addition to his law practice and management of the family farm, Pillow engaged in highly profitable land speculation. By 1860, he was one of the largest landholders in the South and possibly the wealthiest man in Tennessee. Pillow was commissioned a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army in July 1861, and he received the Thanks of the Confederate Congress for driving off the Union forces at the Battle of Belmont, Missouri. At Fort Donelson, in February 1862, Pillow managed to personally escape with a few aides before General Simon B. Buckner formally surrendered the remaining garrison to the Union Army commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant. Pillow later commanded a brigade at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee in 1863. Afterwards, he was assigned to the conscript bureau in Tennessee, and was Commissary General of Yankee Prisoners of War. In his post war career, he returned to his law practice, this time in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was a partner of former Tennessee Governor Isham G. Harris. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view in civilian attire. "Genl. Pillow, C.S.A." is written in period ink on the front mount. Sharp image. Back mark: an early "E.A." E. Anthony, [New York] imprint on the verso. There is only one known war time image of Gideon Pillow in Confederate uniform which is next to impossible to obtain. This is an excellent from life image of Pillow that is usually the one found in almost every Confederate general's image collection! Very desirable.

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CDV, Commodore Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy $125.00

  

Photograph, Jennie Wade of Gettysburg $45.00

  

CDV, General Gideon Pillow $75.00
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W 56in. x D 13in. $450.00

  

W 62in. x D 18in. $400.00

  

W 66in. x D 16in. $250.00

  

W 53in. x D 14in. $450.00
W 46in. x D 14in.  W 55in. x D 18in.   <b>1862 dated image Commanded Union troops at the Battles of Shiloh and Perryville</b> (1818-1898) Born in Lowell, Ohio, he graduated in the celebrated West Point class of 1841 which contributed 20 general officers to the Civil War. He was a first cousin of Union General George P. Buell, who also served as Colonel of the 58th Indiana Infantry. He was seriously wounded in the Mexican War at the battle of Churubusco, and earned the brevets of captain and major. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was in San Francisco as adjutant of the Department of the Pacific. He was commissioned brigadier general, on May 17, 1861, and upon his arrival in Washington, he helped to train and organize the Army of the Potomac. Buell was selected to lead the Army of the Ohio from Kentucky into eastern Tennessee, but because of the lack of railroads he urged an alternate route via the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers towards Nashville. His plan may have been a contributing factor to the victories of General U.S. Grant at Forts Henry and Donelson which enabled Buell to march unopposed into Nashville. He arrived at the battle of Shiloh in time to stem the Rebel assault of the first day and turn almost certain defeat into a Union victory. He served under General Henry W. Halleck in the Corinth campaign, and on March 22, 1862, was promoted to major general. In June he was detached with four divisions to advance on Chattanooga and to repair the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. In September, he moved into Kentucky to resist the invasion by General's Braxton Bragg and Edmund K. Smith, and occupied Louisville. On October 8, 1862, he fought the bloody battle of Perryville, Kentucky. Following the war Buell lived in Indiana, and then in Kentucky, employed in the iron and coal industry as president of the Green River Iron Company. By 1898, Buell suffering from poor health became an invalid, and he died on November 19, 1898, at the age of 80. He was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, in St. Louis, Missouri. General Ulysses S. Grant wrote in his memoirs about General Don Carlos Buell; "General Buell was a brave, intelligent officer, with as much professional pride and ambition of a commendable sort as I ever knew." 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 epaulets, gauntlets, holding his Hardee hat with insignia pinned up at the side, with sword attached to his belt. He is posing in a studio with column and drape. Imprint on the front mount: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Chas, D. Fredricks & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Back mark: Charles D. Fredricks & Co., "Specialite," 587 Broadway, New York. Light age toning and wear. Very fine image.   <b>Colonel 58th Indiana Infantry</b> (1833-83) Born at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, he graduated from Norwich University, in 1856, and was a civil engineer before the Civil War. He enlisted on December 4, 1861, and was commissioned lieutenant colonel, of the 58th Indiana Infantry. During the winter of 1861-62, Buell's regiment served in central Kentucky in the army commanded by his first cousin, General Don Carlos Buell. They arrived on the field of Shiloh on the second day in time to save the Union army from disaster, and participated in the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, with Buell being promoted to colonel of the regiment on June 23, 1862. He led the 58th Indiana during the Battle of Perryville, Ky., on October 8th; and in October, his regiment pursued General Braxton Bragg's Confederates as they left Kentucky; in late December they charged the enemy at Lavergne; and they fought in the bloody three day battle of Stone's River. After the battle, George P. Buell was elevated to brigade command, and led several different brigades in the Army of the Cumberland throughout 1863 and 1864. He also led a brigade during the Battle of Chickamauga, on September 19–20, 1863, where they suffered 171 men killed, wounded and missing, out of 400 engaged. They saw action on November 23rd in the battle at Chattanooga, and participated in the gallant charge on Missionary Ridge, Tennessee. They made a forced march to Knoxville where they helped to lift the siege of the city from General James Longstreet's Confederate army. They suffered immensely during the winter of 1863-64, as they were forced to camp on the hills of eastern Tennessee without tents or provisions other than what they could forage in an already impoverished country. In the Atlanta campaign, Buell's men did all the bridge building from Chattanooga to Atlanta, a most dangerous job as they were constantly subjected to the enemy's fire. In November 1864, they were assigned to the Army of Georgia, commanded by General Henry W. Slocum, and did all the bridge work and road repairs for that army on General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea, from Atlanta to Savannah, including the rebuilding of King's bridge, 1,000 feet long, across the Ogeechee River. After the capture of Savannah, they did all the bridging from Savannah to Goldsboro, N.C., including building a pontoon bridge over the Savannah River, where the men worked for six days in water up to four feet deep. In this campaign, they did yeoman's work, much of the time in close proximity to the enemy and under fire. Buell was promoted to rank of brevet brigadier general on January 12, 1865, and mustered out of the volunteer service on July 25, 1865, having been cited for conspicuous gallantry in the battle of Missionary Ridge, and for most valuable management of the pontoon trains in General Sherman's campaigns. After the war, he joined the Regular U.S. Army as lieutenant colonel, serving in the 29th, 11th, and 15th infantry regiments respectively, dying on May 31, 1883, at Nashville, Tennessee with the rank of colonel. We plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view of Buell wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general, and holding his slouch hat. He poses next to a studio column. No back mark. Light age toning, and corner wear. Very scarce and desirable image.

W 46in. x D 14in. $400.00

  

W 55in. x D 18in. $400.00

  

CDV, General Don Carlos Buell $150.00

  

CDV, General George P. Buell

Illustrated with a US quarter for size comparison, our photos will offer the best description of this neat personal artifact except to advise the obvious. Simple in its form and heavily smoked in the period, this every day common man’s pipe offers good evidence of considerable period use and handling with an attractive natural age patina as testimony to its age and originality. With the well-worn period scratch engraved first initial and last name <I>E. Kuar</I> on one side and three initials <I>E. H. K.</I> with <I>25th Inf.</I> on the other we are able to identify the period owner as <B>Pvt. Elijah H. Kuar </B>. An East Bend, Illinois resident, Kuar enlisted on August 5,1861 as a Private of Co. I <B> 25th Illinois Infantry</B> and was mustered out with the 25th on September 5, 1864. During Pvt. Kuar’s tenure with the 25th Infantry his hard fought Regiment saw action at the battles of Pea Ridge, Stones River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Peach Tree Creek. A really nice personal item, this piece will display well in any quality Civil War 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>  A neat Civil War vintage advertising broadside for HOLLIS’ BALM OF AMERICA, a cure for bronchitis, asthma, coughs, colds & ALL LUNG COMPLAINTS. (see: 1863 Boston Business Directory) In an easy to display 8 X 7 inches and in fine original condition after decades of storage, this boldly printed (one side only for posting) broadside will set well in any period grouping. An especially poignant reminder of the wide concern of thousands of country boys who, when gathered together in military camps, found they were particularly susceptible to frequently deadly repertory maladies. A popular item at the sutler’s tent, Hollis’ Balm Of America was a <I>sure cure</I>.. We are pleased to offer a "no questions asked" three day inspection with return as purchased guarantee ! please note: ALL ITEMS ARE CURRENT & AVAILABLE UNLESS MARKED SOLD!!. If you are new to Gunsight Antiques and wish additional information or just to learn who we are, please check out our home page. Thanks for visiting our on-line store !!  Illustrated here with a U. S. quarter for size comparison, our photos will do best to describe this old spun brass travel spittoon except to advise that it remains as found, untouched and uncleaned with good evidence of age and period originality yet remaining in pleasing condition. Hard to find on today’s market as this small travel size seems to have seldom survived. A neat Civil War grouping personal item! <B>Buy with confidence! </B><I> We are pleased to offer a <B><U>no questions asked</U> three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales!</B> <I>Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly.</I> <FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques! </FONT COLOR=#0000FF>   <b>Free frank signature with rank on Engineer Department cover Totten had the distinction of being the longest tenured of any Chief Engineer in the U.S. Army</b> (1788-1864) Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he was the tenth person to ever graduate from the U.S. Military Academy being one of three graduating members of the class of 1805. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers on July 1, 1805. He helped build Castle Williams, and Castle Clinton in New York harbor. During the War of 1812, he was chief engineer of the Niagara frontier and Lake Champlain armies under General Stephen Van Rensselaer. At the Battle of Queenston Heights, he fought alongside Winfield Scott, who used Totten's cravat as a white flag to signal the American surrender. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel for gallant conduct in the Battle of Plattsburgh, N.Y. From 1825 until 1838, Totten oversaw the construction of Fort Adams, in Newport, Rhode Island. Fort Adams was the second-largest construction project attempted by the army in the 19th century, after Fort Monroe, Virginia. Totten employed recent graduates of West Point as assistant engineers at Fort Adams, and taught them advanced engineering techniques. Totten's apprentices included John G. Barnard, George W. Cullum, P.G.T. Beauregard, and Alexander D. Bache, all of whom earned distinction during the Civil War. Totten was appointed Chief Engineer of the United States Army in 1838, and served in that position until his death in 1864, the longest tenure of any chief engineer. As chief engineer, he was intimately involved with every aspect of the Army Corps of Engineers activities, from fortifications to harbor improvement. During this period, Totten invented an iron-reinforced embrasure for cannon. Known as "Totten shutters," the hinged swinging doors were installed on the cannon openings of the fort between the mortar and brick facade. Balanced to swing freely, the iron shutters would be forced open by the gasses expelled from the cannon, and then rebound shut immediately afterwards, shielding the gunners from incoming fire. First installed in American forts in 1857, the design was incorporated in such locations as Fort Montgomery, Fort Delaware, Fort John C. Calhoun, Fort Wool, and Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida. Totten was greatly admired by General Winfield Scott, for whom he directed the siege of Veracruz as his chief engineer during the Mexican War. He later served as a Civil War General, being promoted to Brigadier General, U.S. Army, on March 3, 1863, and he was promoted to Brevet Major General on April 21, 1864, having served almost six decades in the army. He died suddenly of pneumonia in Washington, D.C., and was buried in the Congressional Cemetery. <u>Free Franked Engineer Department Envelope</u>: 5 1/2 x 3 1/8, imprinted cover, "Engineer Department, Official Business" signed in ink, J.G. Totten, Chf. Eng. Addressed to Jno. S. Putnam, Eqr., Cornish, N.H., with postmark, Washington, D.C., FREE, Mar. 14. Light age toning and wear.

25th Illinois – Civil War Soldier’s Meer $325.00

  

Civil War era MEDICAL CURE – BALM OF AME $50.00

  

antique - hand held traveling Spittoon $65.00

  

Autograph, General Joseph G. Totten $75.00
<b>Honoring the 125th Anniversary of his immortal address at Gettysburg</b> 7 3/8 x 4, commemorative envelope, with vignette of President Lincoln at left, and imprint at center, Commemorating the 125th Anniversary, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863 November 19 1988, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Postmarked, Gettysburg, Pa., 17325, Nov. 19, 1988. There are 2 U.S. postage stamps at the upper right with one of them being the 3 cents commemorative stamp issued to honor the Gettysburg Address, and the second one depicting an American flag with a star burst above. Beautifully tied on with the postmark and an illustration of Abraham Lincoln, with imprint Address Station. The envelope has a typewritten local Gettysburg address on it indicating who this envelope was mailed to in 1988 when it was originally issued. The envelope is complete with its back flap. Light age toning and wear. Very fine.   <b>Commanded the 1st Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia Severely wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia</b> (1821-1904) Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, he was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the Civil War, and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." An 1842 graduate of West Point, Longstreet fought in the Mexican War, and was wounded in the Battle of Chapultepec. Throughout the 1850s, he served on the western frontier. In June 1861, he resigned his U.S. Army commission, and joined the Confederacy. He commanded Confederate troops during an early victory at Blackburn's Ford in July, in action at the First Battle of Manassas. Longstreet made significant contributions to most major Confederate victories, primarily in the Eastern Theater with the Army of Northern Virginia. He played an important role in the Confederate success during the Seven Days Battles in the summer of 1862, where he helped supervise repeated attacks which drove the Union army away from the Confederate capital of Richmond. Longstreet led a devastating counterattack that routed the Union army at the Second Battle of Manassas in August. He also played vital roles at the battles at Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg. Longstreet's most controversial service was at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where he openly disagreed with General Lee on the tactics to be employed, and reluctantly supervised several unsuccessful attacks on the Union forces who held the high ground. Sent to the Western Theater to aide General Braxton Bragg, his troops launched a ferocious assault on the Union lines at Chickamauga that carried the day. Returning east, he ably commanded troops during the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864, where he was seriously wounded by friendly fire. He later returned to the field, serving under General Lee in the Siege of Petersburg, and in the Appomattox campaign. Longstreet enjoyed a successful post-war career working for the U.S. government as a diplomat, civil servant, and administrator. His support for the Republican Party, and his cooperation with his old pre-war friend, President Ulysses S. Grant, as well as critical comments he wrote about General Robert E. Lee's wartime performance, made him anathema to many of his former Confederate colleagues. Consequently, his detractors focused on Longstreet's actions at Gettysburg as a principal reason for why the South lost the Civil War turning him into their personal scapegoat, actions that would prove unjustified. Longstreet's reputation has undergone a reassessment, and many Civil War historians now consider him among the war's most gifted tactical commanders. General James Longstreet died in Gainesville, Georgia, on January 2, 1904, six days before his 83rd birthday. Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley, who had served under Longstreet during the war, said his funeral Mass. Longstreet's remains are buried in Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville. Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in Confederate uniform. Back mark: E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Slightly bumped at edges. Light wear at the top of the reverse of the mount. Very fine. Extremely desirable Confederate general.  H 116in. x W 72in. x D 6in.  H 67in. W 60in.

President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address C $10.00

  

CDV, General James Longstreet $150.00

  

H 116in. x W 72in. x D 6in. $4800.00

  

H 67in. W 60in. $350.00


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