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"Brought to Brooklyn, from Bull's Run, Va., July 20, By A.S. Wheeler, of 106 Fulton Ave.". Printed imprint on flap of cover postmarked "Brooklyn, N.Y. Jul 22" cds with "C.H. Van Wyck, M.C." free frank to Tully N.Y., Very Fine and unusual. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:17:27 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2295
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Chattanooga, Tenn., July, 1864. Blue box date stamp with matching "Due 3" in circle handstamp on soldier's cover to Gordon, O., with original 1864 enclosure on "Cincinnati Sanitary Commission to our brave Soldiers." letterhead datelined "New Paris, Kentucky", Very Fine. Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 70.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:17:29 EST
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Lot No: 2297
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James B. McPherson. Free frank "Jos. B. McPherson, Maj. Genl." signature on legal-size "Head-Quarters Seventeenth Army Corps" official business imprint cover to Brig. Gen. J.M. Tutle, Commanding 3rd Division 15th A.C., Very Fine and rare killed-in-battle General. Estimate; $300 - 400.
James Birdseye McPherson (1828-1864) was a career United States Army officer who served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. McPherson was on the General's staff of Henry Halleck and later, of Ulysses S. Grant and was with Grant at the Battle of Shiloh. He was killed at the Battle of Atlanta, facing the army of his old West Point classmate John Bell Hood, who paid a warm tribute to his character. He was the second-highest-ranking Union officer killed in action during the war. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 650.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:18:32 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2300
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U.S. Steamer Adela. Hand-drawn multicolor patriotic illustration showing steamship on 130x73mm card framed and mounted on backing paper inscribed below "On blockading service of the coast of Florida, winter of 1863, George H. Rogers", who was a Naval Apothecary on the Adela, Very Fine and attractive. Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 450.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:20:31 EST
Sold For 450
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2336
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Camp 4 Miles South of Woodstock Va. April 6th 1862". Dateline on war content letter with unused CSA 5¢ green (1) affixed at top left, interesting content reads in part "… The enemy has kept within sight of us all the time since the battle of Winchester, and as we have advanced they have seemed to feel constrained to retire through modesty or otherwise. Light skirmishing has been kept up each day during the past two weeks now and then killing a man or two from our midst by their careless shells and we returning the compliment with interest. Our progress is necessarily slow on account of keeping enough provisions along for the sustenance of the troops, and at the same time it has been necessary so far to move slow in order to give time for the accomplishment of certain ends elsewhere. We are now seventy miles from the Potomac following the westerly branch of the Shenandoah, which at this point makes an abrupt turn and with a tributary now forms the dividing line between the Rebel and our forces. Woodstock is the county seat of Shenandoah county and is a town of considerable importance but like most Virginia towns, it bears unpleasant marks of decay. Here the Manassas Gap R. R. follows on in its course, ending a few miles to the south of us. It is of no use to us for the Rebels have destroyed all they could of it in their retreat, by burning several fine bridges. It is of not much loss to us for it does not extend far enough to be of use very long…This part of the valley of the Shenandoah is rich in agriculture but as a large army has infested this region so long, it has been worse than the blight of locusts of old…I send you a specimen of C. S. Postage stamps which is a fair sample in point of execution of the most of their handiwork unaided by the "cursed Yankees."…" with mailing directions of "Co. "A" 39th Regt. Ill. Vol. 2nd Brigade, Shields Division, Washington, D. C.", accompanied by original mailing envelope addressed to Susquehanna Depot Pa. with stamp cut off and partial Banks Division cds, a Very Fine Civil War letter with wonderful wartime content. Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 375.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:06:38 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2337
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) Capt. John S. Richardson, Care of Col. Kershaw, 2d Palmetto Regiment S.C.V., Manassas Junction Va. Address on blue cover bearing 5¢ green (1) horizontal pair, margins to in at bottom, each stamp cancelled by grid cancel, matching "Sumter S.C., Nov 13, 1861" cds; some edge wear and small nick, F.-V.F. Estimate; $300 - 400.
Joseph Brevard Kershaw served one year in the Mexican American War as a Lieut. of the Palmetto Regiment. Following secession, he entered the Civil War as Colonel of the 2nd South Carolina, present on Morris Island during the bombardment of Fort Sumter and at First Manassas. He was promoted to Brigadier General on Feb. 13, 1862 and Major General on May 18, 1864. Kershaw played a gallant and distinguished part in all operations of the 1st Corps from Manassas to Appomattox. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 260.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:07:32 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2338
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Capt. Morton Marye, Co A 17th Va Regiment, Manassas". Address on folded letter datelined "Hawthorne. Nov 17th 1861" and bearing 5¢ green (1) left sheet margin single, margins all around, tied by partial town cds, some interesting content "…I was so greatly disappointed at receiving no letter from you last night & when I read in the "Enquirer" that a battle was expected at Manassas … The Washington neighborhood is filled with invalid soldiers, some of them I hear very elegant Southern officers…"; light stain, Very Fine,ex-Myerson. Estimate; $300 - 400.
Morton Marye enlisted April 17, 861 at Alexandria Va. as a Private commissioned into Company A of the Virginia 17th Infantry. He was listed as POW and exchanged August 27, 1862, only to be wounded Aug. 30th 2nd Manassas Va. with left leg amputated and disabled. He was promoted to Lt. Colonel Apr. 27th 1862 and Colonel Nov. 1st 1862. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 230.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:07:56 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2339
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Captain G. Ross, Austrian Army, Wilmington N.C.". Address on cover endorsed "Col Rains. Augusta" at top left bearing 10¢ blue (11) large to huge margins, scissor cut, tied by blurry "Augusta Ga. Feb 1" cds; cover tear and wear, no flap, F.-V.F. Estimate; $300 - 400.
Fitzgerald Ross was a European military observer who was a captain in the Austrian Hussars and toured the CSA during the war. Ross was English born but educated at the Universities of Heidelberg and Gottingen. He entered the U. S. through Canada and followed a complicated route to the Confederate lines. Capt. Ross gives a revealing account of the South in his book "Cities and Camps of the Confederate States".
Col. George Washington Rains enlisted as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Artillery and was responsible for quipping powder mills at Augusta Ga. These mills produced 2,750,000 pounds of gunpowder for the Confederacy during the war years. He was placed in charge of all munitions production in Augusta in April 1862. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 270.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:08:14 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2340
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Care of Lieut. Gen. Jackson". Endorsement on buff cover bearing 5¢ light blue (6) pair tied by blue "Lynchburg Va. Jan 28" cds addressed to Lieut. John M. Payne, Irish Battalion, Moss Neck near Guinea Station Va.; some edge wear and flaws at right, Very Fine cover in care of Stonewall Jackson sent only three months before his death. Estimate; $300 - 400.
Guinea was the site of a Civil War era railroad station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad known as Guiney's Station. About four thousand captured Union soldiers were collected at Guiney's station after the Battle of Chancellorsville. General Robert E. Lee ordered the wounded General Stonewall Jackson to be taken away from the field hospital at the front lines near Chancellorsville to a safer location at Guiney's Station. The location is notable as being the place where Jackson died on May 10, 1863. His remains were placed on a one-car train at Guiney's Station on the morning of May 11 for transport to Richmond.
Capt. John Meem Payne was born in Lynchburg on Nov. 11, 1840 and was educated at the University of Virginia. From Apr. 17, 1861 to May 4, 1865, he was in the Confederate military entered service as 1st Lieutenant of Company C, Iris Battalion, Second Brigade, Jackson's Division. With this command he was in active service, taking part in all the engagements until after the battle of Fredericksburg. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:08:49 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2341
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) Charleston S.C. Regiments. Group of 3 covers comprising Vancey's Ferry S.C. "Paid 10" use to Liet. in Matthews Rifles, Eutaw Regiment, S.C.V. at James Island S.C.; Charleston S.C. Dec. 9, 1861 "Paid 5" use to Palmetto Guard, Genl. Gonzalles Command at Coosahotchie S.C.; and Charleston Nov. 29, 1861 due "5" use from Corpl. Rutlidge Mounted Rifles, Gonzales Command to Black Oak S.C., Very Fine trio. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 350.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:09:48 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2342
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) Col. John A. Washington, Care of Gen Robert E. Lee, Richmond Va. Small cover from his wife with partial "Salem Fauquier, Va. Jun 21" cds with day updated to "24", matching "Paid" handstamp (CSA A) with ms. "5" cent rating, docketed "Mrs J.B. Alexander, June 21, 1861" at left, Very Fine cover mailed only two month prior to his death. Estimate; $300 - 400.
John Augustine Washington III was the great-grand nephew of George Washington and the last private owner of Mount Vernon. John Augustine and his family vacated Mount Vernon for their new home Waveland plantation in February 1860. About a year later, John Augustine joined the Confederate Army as a lieutenant colonel, and he served as aide-de-camp to his relative by marriage, General Robert E. Lee. In September 1861, John Augustine was killed during a reconnaissance mission at the Battle of Cheat Mountain by a Union bushwhacker. In a letter to John's teenage daughter Louisa, Lee painfully informed her that her father "fell in the cause to which he had devoted all his energies, and which his noble heart was earnestly enlisted." The two men had shared many conversations and moments together as tent mates, and Lee admired his unflinching "devotion to Almighty God," assuring Louisa that "He is now safely in Heaven." John Augustine was buried in the Zion Episcopal Churchyard in Charles Town, West Virginia, one of several Washington family members who fought and died for Southern independence. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 650.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:10:15 EST
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Lot No: 2343
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Corpl. Edward J. Dean, "Spartan Rifles", 5th Palmetto Regt. So. Car. Vols., Col. M. Jenkins Commander". Cover sent the day before the battle of Manassas with "Spartanburg S.C. Jul 20, 1861" cds and matching "Paid" and "5" in circle rating handstamps on cover to Tudor Hall Va. near Manassas Junction, endorsed "Care Capt. Jos. Walker, "Spartan Rifles"" at bottom left; some edge wear and soiling, F.-V.F. Estimate; $200 - 300.
Micah Jenkins graduated from the S.C. Military Academy at the head of the 1854 class, and helped to organize King's Mountain Military School at Yorkville S.C. that he was connected with until 1861. He was elected Colonel of the 5th South Carolina in that year and fought conspicuously at First Manassas. He subsequently formed the Palmetto Sharp-shooters, a regiment made up of transfers from the 2nd, 5th and 9th S.C. Infantry, which he led during the Seven Days. He was promoted to Brig. General on July 22, 1862. He was wounded at second Manassas and served in several campaigns until being struck down by friendly fire on May 6, 1864 during the Battle of the Wilderness. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 230.00
Sold...US$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:10:56 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2344
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "D. B. Edwards, Captain Co. A, 44th Ala Regt. Vols, Laws Brig., Fields Division, Longstreets Corps, A. N. Va.". Elaborate endorsement along top of brown cover with perfect strike of Army of Northern Virginia "10" in Double-Line Circle rating handstamp to Benton Ala., Extremely Fine and unusual form of docketing,ex-Myerson. Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:11:47 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2345
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Duncan G. Campbell, Care of Major W.L. Cabell, Quarter Master Gen'l A.P., Manassas Va.". Address on cover bearing 5¢ green, stone A/B (1), four large margins with bright color, tied by "Warrington Va. Oct 26" cds; top edge mend and tears, Very Fine appearance. Estimate; $200 - 300.
William Lewis Cabel, "Old Tige" graduated from West Point in 1850. His U.S. service was primarily in the Quartermaster General's Office and upon his resignation in 1861, was promptly assigned by the C.S.A. as Major and Chief Quartermaster to General Beauregard at Manassas. He later served on the staff of General J. E. Johnston, at which time he assisted these two officers in designing the Confederate battle flag. Transferred to the Trans-Mississippi under General Van Dorn, Cabell was of great service after the Battle of Elkhorn, when he ferried the latter's entire command to the eastern bank of the Mississippi River. Later, he was appointed brigadier general to rank from January 20, 1863. While in command of a brigade of cavalry under General Sterling Price, he was captured on a raid into Missouri in October 1864, not being released until August 1865. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 160.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:12:09 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2346
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "E.D. Tracy, Lieut. Col. 19th Reg. Ala.". Soldier endorsement on orange cover with "Mobile, Ala. Dec 10, 1861" double-circle datestamp and matching "5" in circle rating handstamp to Huntsville Ala., additional blue "Due/5" handstamp; reduced at left and edge wear, Very Fine and scarce signature. Estimate; $400 - 600.
Edward D. Tracy (1833-1863) entered service at the start of the Civil War as a Captain in the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment. The regiment fought at the First Battle of Bull Run. On October 12, 1861, Tracy was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment and was transferred to the Western Theater. He had a horse killed under him at the Battle of Shiloh. He was commissioned as a brigadier general on August 16, 1862. Tracy was killed at the Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi on May 1, 1863. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 1,100.00
Sold...US$ 1,100.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:12:33 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2347
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Edward Stuart, Maj Gen JEB Stuart's Signal Corps". Manuscript endorsement on cover with greenish blue "Lynchburg Va., Mar 3" cds and matching "DUE 10" rating handstamp (CSA I) to Col. Oscar C. E. Stuart, Loundes Co. Ala., Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 300.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:13:52 EST
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Lot No: 2348
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Fort Ripley, Lt. W. W. Gimball, 1 S.C. Arty". Endorsement on blue cover with "Charleston S.C., Sep 14, 186" to Spartanburg S.c., origin letter datelined "Fort Ripley, Sept. 13. 1863" to his mother with some excellent content, "…Everything is still and looks as if we were enjoying peace, but about two miles from us, you see our old Battery at Cumming's Point being rapidly transformed into a powerful work with heavy guns already mounted there, and on the upper end of Morris lsland, an immense number of tents covering the sandhills. Still one likes to catch each moment of quiet and revel in it without brooding on what is to happen. I am now stationed at Fort Ripley, a little fort in the harbor which mounts two guns. The place is so small that the garrison are compelled to be provided for outside, so they tied to the fort one of our old gunboats built in the early part of the war for quarters for the men. You may imagine there is not much exercise, and we are living on a ship, two rather unpleasant items. When I left Sumter, I hoped to be stationed at some sand battery, but my good or evil luck placed me here, and not having the desirable apathy to accept what is for fate, I have made a good many endeavors to be relieved but thus far without success. Would that I could root out all feeling, for as I am a mere machine and obliged to obey orders, I would prefer its wooden nature. My company has been very much exposed and cut up in action and should therefore, I think, be allowed some nice battery to recruit at. Other companies of the Regiment have endured very little and yet enjoy nice positions in Charleston & elsewhere. These however are some of the injustices of military life. The big gun on which so much reliance was placed has burst at the first discharge, the Yankee prisoners say. It was offered to the U. S. Government and refused on the inspection of their Ordnance officer who reported it to be a humbug. lt was then sold to us who seem to take anything wildly on mere probabilities. Things look very blue for us now, but a just God will not allow us to be subdued and trampled upon by our enemies, we who ask but to govern ourselves…"; docketing from his mother on face of cover, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 260.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:14:48 EST
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Lot No: 2349
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "James Conner, Major, Hampton Legion". Manuscript endorsement on yellow cover with "Tudor Hall, Va. Aug 31, 1861" cds with manuscript "5" rating to Charleston S.C.; right edge stain, F.-V.F. Estimate; $150 - 200.
James Conner (1829-1883) was a Confederate States Army during the American Civil War rising to the rank brigadier-general in 1864. He participated in the bombardment of Fort Sumter as Captain of the Montgomery Guards, a S.C. militia unit. He became a captain in the Hampton Legion and fought at the Battle of First Bull Run (First Manassas), taking temporary command of the legion after Colonel Wade Hampton was wounded. On July 21, 1861, Conner was appointed major of Hampton's Legion. He resigned his command on August 13, 1863, and became a member of the military court of the 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Returning to field command in 1864, Conner was promoted to brigadier-general on June 1, 1864. Conner was severely wounded during a skirmish at Cedar Creek (Fisher's Hill) and he lost a leg to amputation, effectively ending his field service.
He was a lawyer in South Carolina both before and after the war and was elected Attorney General of South Carolina in 1876. Est. $150-200 (Image)
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 170.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:15:35 EST
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Lot No: 2350
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) Maj. A. M. Davis, 45th Regt., 2nd Brigade, Army of South West Virginia at Dublin Va. Address on cover bearing 5¢ blue, stone 2 (4) horizontal pair, large margins to barely touched at right, tied by blue "Emory Va. May 16" cds; no backflap, pair has tiny crease and light gum soaks, Very Fine,ex-Knapp. Estimate; $200 - 300.
Alexander Mathers Davis enlisted on May 29th 1861 at Wytheville Va. as Captain and commissioned into Company C of the Virginia 45th Infantry. He was listed as a POW Jun. 5th 1864 at Piedmont Va., confined Jun. 7th 1864 at Johnson's Island Oh. and taking oath of allegiance on Jul. 25th 1865. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 250.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:16:29 EST
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Lot No: 2351
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) Major E.G. Lee, Care Col. A.C. Cummings, 33d Regt. Va. Vol., Mannassas Junction, Va. Address on cover with blue "Lexington Va. Aug 31" cds and matching "Paid" and "10" rating handstamps; some wear; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300.
The 33rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in the Commonwealth of Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was a part of the famed "Stonewall Brigade," named for General Stonewall Jackson. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:16:56 EST
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Lot No: 2352
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Private Wm Jas Faires, Co. I, 12 Reg Ala Volunteers, Rhode's Brigade, Virginia". Sender's endorsement on cover with "Tudor Hall Va., Jan 5, 1862" cds and matching "Due 10" and additional "10" rating handstamp to Mobile Ala.; light soiling, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300.
Robert Emmett Rodes (1829-1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the first of Robert E. Lee's divisional commanders not trained at West Point. His division led Stonewall Jackson's devastating surprise attack at the Battle of Chancellorsville; Jackson, on his deathbed, promoted Rodes to major general. Rodes then served in the corps of Richard S. Ewell at the Battle of Gettysburg and in the Overland Campaign, before that corps was sent to the Shenandoah Valley under Jubal Early, where Rodes was killed at the Third Battle of Winchester. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 160.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:17:37 EST
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Lot No: 2353
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "Signal Corps, Bathing House, Charleston S.C.". Address on cover bearing 5¢ light blue (6) pair, four margins with preprint paper fold at left, slight gum toning at top, tied by "Charleston S.C., Jan 12, 186" cds to William J. Barker, cover turned to Mulberry; some wear; accompanied by stereo card showing the bathing house, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 210.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:18:17 EST
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Lot No: 2354
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Confederacy, (Military Addresses) "William C.Wickham, Lt. Col. 4th Va. Cavalry". Signed endorsement by future CSA General on buff cover with "Tudor Hall, Va. Mar 1, 1862" cds and matching "Due 5" rating handstamp to Hanover C.H., Va.; stain at top and edge wear, Fine. Estimate; $300 - 400.
Following the secession of Virginia, Wickham took his company, the Hanover Dragoons, into the service of the Confederate States Army. After participating in the First Battle of Manassas, Wickham was commissioned by Governor John Letcher as lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Virginia Cavalry in September 1861. On May 4, 1862, he incurred a severe saber wound during a cavalry charge at the Battle of Williamsburg. In this state of injury, he was captured, but quickly paroled. In August 1862, he was commissioned Colonel of the Fourth Virginia Cavalry. At the Battle of Sharpsburg, he was wounded again, this time in the neck by a shell fragment. Recovering, he participated in the battles of Chancellorsville, Brandy Station and Gettysburg.
Wickham was commissioned brigadier general on September 9, 1863, and put in command of Wickham's brigade of Fitzhugh Lee's division. On May 11, 1864, he fought at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was mortally wounded during this engagement, with his final order being: "Order Wickham to dismount his brigade and attack." In September 1864, after the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Fisher's Hill, Wickham blocked at Milford an attempt by Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan to encircle and destroy the Confederate forces of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early. He then attacked the Federal cavalry at Waynesboro and forced them to retreat to Bridgewater. Wickham resigned his commission on October 5, 1864, and took his seat in the Second Confederate Congress, to which he had been elected while in the field. Recognizing that the days of the Confederacy were over, he participated in the Hampton Roads Conference in an attempt to bring an early end to the war. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 220.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:18:39 EST
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Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2355
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Confederacy, (Naval) C.S. Steamer Stono. Orange buff cover bearing 5¢ blue (7) pair, large margins, tied by "Richmond Va., Apr, 1862" cds addressed to "Asst. Surgeon C. H. Morfit, C.S. Steamer Stono, C.S.N., Charleston S.C.", docketed "Recd Apl 21st 1863, E. Am" on reverse, Very Fine and rare Confederate naval cover. Estimate; $400 - 600.
The Steamer "Stono", formerly the USS "Isaac Smith" was part of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in the Fall of 1862. She was then assigned to operate in the Stono River, South Carolina. While making a reconnaissance in that river on 30 January 1863, she was caught by enemy shore batteries lead by Pierre G.T. Beauregard and badly battered. With eight of her crew killed and many more wounded, USS Isaac Smith was forced to surrender. Taken into Confederate Navy service under the name Stono, she was wrecked near Fort Moultrie, S.C., while attempting to run the blockade of Charleston on 5 June 1863. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 700.00
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Closed..Jun-10-2020, 19:19:38 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2356
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Confederacy, (War Content) "Fort Johnson, James Island, September 2nd 1863". Datelined on letter from Samuel N. Kennerly describing effort to reinforce Fort Sumter, accompanied by orange cover endorsed "S.N. Kennerly Lt. Edisto Rifles, 25th Reg. S.C. Vol." at top left and entered mails with "Charleston S.C., Sep 4, 1863" cds and large "10" cents due handstamp to Orangeburg C.H. S.C.; some soiling, staining, interesting letter content includes "We started yesterday evening and succeeded in getting near Fort Sumter in a boat, but the enemy had advanced with their boats and commenced firing on Sumter and we could not pass and consequently had to turn back. We came back as far as Fort Johnson where we are at present, waiting for tonight to go over. Boats cannot go over only at night owing to the Yankees firing into every boat that they see passing. They kept up a very heavy fire on Fort Sumter all night last night, and the moon was shining brightly and consequently it was impossible for us to pass…Things have been very quiet today. There has not been much shooting. I think we will take the trip tonight. We will start early in order to get over before the moon gets up. We will go in a steam boat until we get near Fort Sumter, where use will take small boats and row over from there…", F.-V.F. with excellent war content. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
