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Decoying The Yanks, Jackson's Valley Cam $15.00 |
| Grand Army of the Republic Uniform Butto $10.00 |
| Confederate . 577 Caliber Enfield Bullet |
| G. A. R. Lapel Pin $25.00 |
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Autograph, Admiral Christopher R. P. Rodg $50.00 |
| Photograph, General Charles M. Shelley $15.00 |
| Autograph, Gustavus V. Fox, Assistant Se |
| 1893 New York Day at Gettysburg Medal |
![<b>Alexander Gardner View</b>
Wet plate, albumen photograph, 3 x 2 1/4, on 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 card mount. No backmark. Identification on the reverse, "Bridge over the Chickahominy, Virginia." View showing the bridge with the Chickahominy River in the foreground. Light age toning.
Otherwise known by the name of its builder, and marked on the map, "Woodbury's Bridge." The picture is taken at a point where the accumulated waters most presented the character of a stream, the swamp being in some places all of a mile in width, and supporting on its treacherous surface a luxuriant growth. In the depths of this morass, the home of almost every variety of Virginia reptile, the soldiers worked several weeks, constructing the causeway known as New Duane's, Sumner's- Upper and Lower- Bottom's, and Railroad Bridge. The cutting of dams above, and heavy rains, stopped the workmen a number of times, and destroyed their labor, by converting the whole valley into a broad lake, whose waters, pressing through the length of the swamp carried everything irresistibly before them. In this way, during the battle of Fair Oaks, Sumner's troops had barely passed over, when the rapidly accumulated waters of the river carried away the bridge; and it was claimed by the engineers that the weight of the men in crossing kept it in place. If, in that fight, our troops had been defeated, the limited facilities of recrossing the Chickahominy would probably have led to the capture of the greater portion of the corps. The Grape Vine Bridge was so called for its tortuous course through the swamp. Its construction was necessarily rude, as rough, unhewn, and twisted logs formed the material. Down in the woods, the air seemed to be suffocating with stagnation, while beneath the pall of mist, an immense orchestra of double bass bull frogs kept up a continual din, which at night drowned the rumble of the wagons over the corduroys. [Source: Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book Of The Civil War].](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/ap669a.jpg) |
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Photograph, Military Bridge Across The C $100.00 |
| Recitation Hall, Gettysburg College, Get $15.00 |
| 1700s / very early 1800s hand wrought Wo $95.00 |
| Civil War era and earlier LEATHER WALLET $95.00 |
![<b>Sunk in the Yazoo River, Mississippi, on December 12, 1862</b>
The city-class gunboat, U.S.S. Cairo, was built by James Eads & Co., at Mound City, IL., in 1861. The ironclad was named after the city of Cairo, Illinois. She was commissioned in January 1862, and served in the Union Navy's Western Gunboat Flotilla on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
In 1862, she was active in the occupation of Nashville, Memphis and Clarksville, Tenn., and played a prominent role in the capture of Fort Pillow. On December 12, 1862, as part of the Yazoo Pass Expedition, the U.S.S. Cairo was clearing mines in preparation for an attack on Haines Bluff, Miss., and was sunk by a mine detonated by Confederate soldiers hidden behind a river bank. The Cairo was the first ship ever sunk by a mine remotely detonated by hand.
In 1956, the ship was located in the Yazoo River and a salvage operation began. Over the next few years the deteriorating wreck was raised and eventually put on display at the Vicksburg National Military Park. She is one of only four Civil War era ironclads in existence, and is listed on the National Register.
Includes an authentic, small piece of wood that was salvaged from the wreck of the C.S.S. Cairo, in 1965. It is mounted at lower right on a 5 x 7, photo card, titled, "U.S.S. Cairo, Civil War Ironclad Wood Relic," with a photograph of the ship and crew in 1862. It comes with a second, 5 x 7, photo card, with a brief printed history of the Cairo, [click on the enlargement to read the exact description], an image of the original wood relic that this piece came from, and an illustration of the sinking of the Cairo. Both cards could be matted and framed together to make a very nice display item for a Civil War naval collector!](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/mem9474a.jpg) |
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| ![<b>War period signature with rank</b>
(1812-97) Born in Fairfax County, Virginia, he was the son of Francis Lightfoot Lee II, grandson of Richard Henry Lee, brother-in-law of Francis P. Blair, Jr., and Montgomery Blair, and cousin of Robert E. Lee. He was appointed a midshipman in the U.S. Navy in 1825, and saw extensive service at sea, including action during the Mexican War. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he was captain of the sloop of war, <i>Vandalia</i>. Lee then commanded the steam sloop, <i>Oneida</i>, in the 1862 New Orleans, Louisiana, campaign, and in operations on the Mississippi River. He became well known among Washington's social elite due much to the influence of his wife, Elizabeth, the daughter of Francis Preston Blair. Being a native Virginian, he was asked about his loyalty to the United States, and Lee famously replied, "When I find the word Virginia on my commission, I will join the Confederacy." This quote was often referred to because of the actions taken by his famous cousin, General Robert E. Lee, and thus illustrated how the war divided families. In September 1862, Lee was appointed commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron with the rank of Acting Rear Admiral. His flagship at this time was the <i>Philadelphia</i>. He led this force for over two years, during which time it was responsible for the blockade of the North Carolina coast and operations on North Carolina and Virginia inland waterways, all areas of very active fighting between Union and Confederate forces. He transferred to the Mississippi River Squadron, October 1864, and commanded it to the end of the war. His flagship during the Mississippi campaign was the <i>Black Hawk</i>.
<u>War period signature with rank</u>: 2 1/2 x 1, in ink, S.P. Lee, A.[cting] R.[ear} A.[dmiral].](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto5045a.jpg) |
U. S. S. Cairo, Civil War Ironclad, Wood R |
| Autograph, General Alfred H. Terry $250.00 |
| 1862 Confederate Cover Addressed to Pete $125.00 |
| Autograph, Admiral Samuel P. Lee |
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1864 Pittston, Pennsylvania Bank Check |
| Autograph, Admiral David D. Porter $75.00 |
| vintage bedside or ‘CHAMBER’ LAMP $65.00 |
| Chapel of Pennsylvania Lutheran College, $15.00 |
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Autograph, General Dabney H. Maury $125.00 |
| Autograph, John M. Clayton $35.00 |
| CDV, General Ambrose E. Burnside $125.00 |
| General George Washington $4.00 |
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CDV, General Franz Sigel $100.00 |
| CDV, General Robert Cowdin $125.00 |
| 52nd Pennsylvania Infantry Clothing Acco |
| Autograph, General George F. Shepley $75.00 |
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Autograph, James Thompson |
| The Gettysburg Address Sesquicentennial $10.00 |
| Autograph, General George Stoneman |
| Gurnsey’s Rocky Mountain View – Pike’s P $75.00 |
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A New History of Photography $50.00 |
| National Abraham Lincoln Monument, Sprin $10.00 |
| Wood From The Gallows Where The Lincoln $250.00 |
| Autograph, General John A. Dix |
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Commemoration of the 85th Anniversary of $10.00 |
| General George Stoneman $15.00 |
| The Surrender of General Robert E. Lee a $10.00 |
| original! Civil War vintage CANDLE HOLDE $65.00 |
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| ![<b>75th Anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg</b>
9 1/2 x 4 1/8, imprinted, multi-colored envelope. Gettysburg, Blue And Gray Reunion, 75th Anniversary, Battle of Gettysburg, 1938, with illustrations of the United States and Confederate flags, and more. Includes an illustration of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial to be dedicated by President [F.D.] Roosevelt, Sunday, July 3, 1938. Pennsylvania State Commission, John S. Rice, Chairman, Gettysburg, Pa. Excellent condition. Very desirable Gettysburg Blue & Gray Reunion collectible.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/mem9463a.jpg) |
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rare! Wadhams / Kinsley & Parker’s Pat $115.00 |
| important! THE VIRGINIA COMPANY – harne $175.00 |
| Blue & Gray Reunion Cover, Gettysburg 19 $15.00 |
| Pair of United States Navy Shoulder Knot |
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| ![<b>The younger brother of General John Hunt Morgan!
Captured during General Morgan's famous raid into Ohio in 1863!
Very rare Civil War Prisoner of War cover sent by Captain C.H. Morgan via a Flag of Truce to Mrs. General John Hunt Morgan!</b>
(1839-1912) He graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1859, and soon after was appointed the United States Consul to Messina, Italy. While serving as a U.S. Government representative, he joined the fight for Italian independence, and was wounded in action. He resigned his post in 1861 to serve in London as the Secretary of the Southern Committee. When the War Between the States broke out he returned home to Kentucky and joined the Confederate Army. He was wounded and captured at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862. After his exchange, he was commissioned captain, and served in his brother General John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky command as his aide-de-camp. He was captured along with his brother John, and his brother-in-law General Basil Duke, in July 1863 during General Morgan's celebrated Ohio Raid. Initially confined at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, he was later transferred to Fort Delaware in February 1864. He was eventually released from captivity in 1865 just prior to the cessation of hostilities. After the war he spent 15 years as a steward at the East Kentucky Lunatic Asylum. He married Ellen Key Howard, the niece of Francis Scott Key the author of The Star Spangled Banner. He was the father of Thomas Hunt Morgan, whose work in chromosomal heredity earned him the Nobel Prize in 1933. Charlton Hunt Morgan died on October 10, 1912, and is buried in Lexington Cemetery, Fayette County, Kentucky.
<u>Civil War Prisoner of War Cover Sent via Flag of Truce</u>: 4 1/2 x 2 5/8, endorsed and addressed in ink in the hand of Captain Charlton Hunt Morgan as follows: "Via Flag of truce, From C.H. Morgan, Prisoner of War. Mrs. Genl. Jno. H. Morgan, Care Col. Thos. Fleming, Augusta, Ga." Light wear and a few small stains at the edges. Very neat and bold handwriting. Very rare and desirable!!
<b>Please note that the illustrations of General John Hunt Morgan and his wife Mattie, and of Captain Charlton H. Morgan [taken in 1864 by John L. Gilhon while Morgan was a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware] are for display purposes only. They are not part of the lot you are buying. However, I will include Xerox copies of them with your purchase.</b>
WBTS Trivia: The recipient of Captain C.H. Morgan's letter was Martha "Mattie" Ready Morgan, the wife of his brother General John Hunt Morgan. She was the daughter of United States Congressman Charles Ready of Tennessee. Mattie travelled with her aunt, Mrs. C.S.W. Fleming, and her husband, Colonel Thomas W. Fleming, to Augusta, Georgia, at different periods of the war.
On the night of September 3, 1864, while en-route to attack Union forces near Knoxville, General John Hunt Morgan camped near Greenville, Tennessee. 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, shot in the back while attempting to retreat and rally his men. General J.H. Morgan is also buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto5000a.jpg) |
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Gettysburg Patriotic Cover, Civil War Ce $8.00 |
| Captain Charlton Hunt Morgan Signed & Ad |
| Mercer Brigade, New Jersey State Militia $35.00 |
| Autograph, General Charles Devens $95.00 |
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CDV, General Edmund Kirby Smith |
| Autograph, General Joseph Hooker |
| General Joseph Hooker $15.00 |
| CDV, Confederate Civil War Soldier $125.00 |
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19th century - brier & hard rubber TOBAC $55.00 |
| Gettysburg First Day Cover $10.00 |
| Gettysburg Merchant, H. S. Benner, Signed |
| 1863 Twenty Cents, George Washington, Co $115.00 |
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| ![<b>Signature With Rank as Commander of the Mississippi Marine Brigade</b>
(1820-95) Brother of the celebrated engineer Charles Ellet. In 1861, he served as a captain in the 59th Illinois Infantry. The following spring when his brother was ordered by the War Department to purchase vessels and convert them into rams, Alfred was commissioned lieutenant colonel and aide-de-camp to his brother Charles. They completed their fleet at Cincinnati, Ohio, and steamed down the river to Memphis, defeating the Confederate fleet there on June 6, 1862, and sinking or disabling eight of the nine enemy ironclads. Charles received a mortal wound here and Alfred took over the command. With the Monarch and the Lancaster he steamed up the Yazoo River and discovered and reported the presence of the Confederate ram Arkansas. Promoted to brigadier general to rank from November 1, 1862, he was assigned to the Department of the Mississippi and placed in command of the Marine Brigade in 1863. After running the Vicksburg batteries in March 1863, Ellet was engaged for some time in moving General Ulysses S. Grant's troops to the east bank of the Mississippi. In retaliation for information furnished to the troops of Confederate General Chalmer's command, he burned Austin, Mississippi.
<u>War Period Signature With Rank</u>: 3 3/4 x 1, in ink, Alfred W. Ellet, Brig. Genl., Comdg. M.[ississippi] M.[arine] Brigade. Light wear.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto5030a.jpg) |
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President Abraham Lincoln First Day Cove $10.00 |
| Autograph, General Alfred W. Ellet $125.00 |
| Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg First Day Cov $10.00 |
| 19th century Salesman Sample PADDED HORS $45.00 |
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