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“TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATION” BOOK IDENTIFIED TO COLONEL OF 2ND RHODE ISLAND INFANTRY

“TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATION” BOOK IDENTIFIED TO COLONEL OF 2ND RHODE ISLAND INFANTRY

Title page reads, “A TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATION, CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE METHODS OF LAYING OUT, CONSTRUCTING, DEFENDING, AND ATTACKING INTRENCHMENTS, WITH THE GENERAL OUTLINES ALSO OF… (1179-719). Learn More »

INSCRIBED “US INFANTRY AND RIFLE TACTICS” AND INSCRIBED VIELE’S “HANDBOOK FOR ACTIVE SERVICE,” WITH DYNAMIC CDV, OF ADJUTANT LEWIS PARMELEE, BERDAN’S 2nd US SHARPSHOOTERS, KIA ANTIETAM!

INSCRIBED “US INFANTRY AND RIFLE TACTICS” AND INSCRIBED VIELE’S “HANDBOOK FOR ACTIVE SERVICE,” WITH DYNAMIC CDV, OF ADJUTANT LEWIS PARMELEE, BERDAN’S 2nd US SHARPSHOOTERS, KIA ANTIETAM!

Lewis Clark Parmelee was born in 1839, the son of a wealthy New Haven, CT, businessman. The history of Berdan’s sharpshooters noted, “Adj. Parmelee was a great favorite in the regiment, a young… (2024-333). Learn More »

CDV OF MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER BY BRADY

CDV OF MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER BY BRADY

Three-quarter standing CDV view of Butler in a dark double-breasted frock coat with oakleaf decoration on the collar and cuffs. He also wears white gloves and is posed with his arms by his side… (490-3200TT). Learn More »

LITHOGRAPH CDV OF MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER

LITHOGRAPH CDV OF MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER

Three-quarter standing CDV view of Butler posed holding his cap in front of him. He wears a dark double-breasted frock coat with oak leaf decorations on the collar and cuffs. His cap has a wreath on… (490-3200II). Learn More »

WARTIME ETCHING OF MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER

WARTIME ETCHING OF MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER

Etching is a wartime bust view of Butler in a dark single-breasted coat with black fur collar. Image is in an oval with “GENL. BENJ. F. BUTLER” printed at bottom. Paper and mount have some surface… (490-3200DD). Learn More »

CDV OF MARY CUSTIS LEE, ALEXANDRIA BACKMARK

CDV OF MARY CUSTIS LEE, ALEXANDRIA BACKMARK

CDV of Mary Custis Lee. Chest-up, profile view. Image is light. Plain mount is clean with rounded corners. Old ink identification along bottom edge of image. Photographer's backmark, A.M. Hall,… (1138-1474). Learn More »

SEATED VIEW OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT

SEATED VIEW OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT

Scott is posed seated and holding a bi-corn in his lap. He wears a dark double-breasted frock coat with brush epaulettes and matching dark trousers. The frock coat has embroidered oak leaf borders on… (160-376). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED BROOKS PATENT “WRITING, WORK AND TOILET CASE COMBINED,” OF SERGT. ENOCH JOY, 18th NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH: EX-TEXAS CIVIL WAR MUSEUM

IDENTIFIED BROOKS PATENT “WRITING, WORK AND TOILET CASE COMBINED,” OF SERGT. ENOCH JOY, 18th NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH: EX-TEXAS CIVIL WAR MUSEUM

This is an excellent example of a Civil War soldier’s writing kit, one of several different designs marketed to new soldiers directly and through loved ones who wished them to write. The Brooks… (1179-623). Learn More »

CABINET CARD PHOTO OF US NAVY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR OFFICER ATTIRED FOR CAMPAIGN SERVICE ON LAND- WILLIAM H. SCHUETZE- HE OPENED THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO

CABINET CARD PHOTO OF US NAVY SPANISH AMERICAN WAR OFFICER ATTIRED FOR CAMPAIGN SERVICE ON LAND- WILLIAM H. SCHUETZE- HE OPENED THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO

This is a very nicely posed Spanish-American War period cabinet card photograph backmarked by a New York photographer showing a slightly portly US Navy officer dressed for service with a landing… (1219-46). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR US NAVY LT. COMMANDER’S COAT AND BUCKLE OF ALEXANDER COLE RHIND - USS CONSTELLATION, USS CRUSADER, USS KEOKUK, FOUGHT CS BATTERIES AT DEEP BOTTOM, COMMANDED A “POWDER BOAT” AGAINST FT. FISHER, LATER REAR ADMIRAL

CIVIL WAR US NAVY LT. COMMANDER’S COAT AND BUCKLE OF ALEXANDER COLE RHIND - USS CONSTELLATION, USS CRUSADER, USS KEOKUK, FOUGHT CS BATTERIES AT DEEP BOTTOM, COMMANDED A “POWDER BOAT” AGAINST FT. FISHER, LATER REAR ADMIRAL

This is a very appealing regulation Civil War navy officer’s frock coat with interesting history. The coat is very dark blue, almost black, double-breasted with two rows of 9 US Navy officer’s… (1179-650). Learn More »

FULL LENGTH SEATED CDV OF GENERAL BEN BUTLER

FULL LENGTH SEATED CDV OF GENERAL BEN BUTLER

Image shows Butler seated in a chair facing slightly to the right. He wears a dark double-breasted frock coat with major general’s shoulder straps with a string of oak leaves on each side of his… (160-248). Learn More »

WAIST-UP SEATED VIEW OF US NAVY MASTER JAMES OGILIVE

WAIST-UP SEATED VIEW OF US NAVY MASTER JAMES OGILIVE

CDV shows Ogilvie seated at a table in the classic Napoleonic pose with one hand tucked in his coat. He wears a dark double-breasted frock coat with the shoulder straps of a Master. He also wears a… (160-488). Learn More »

CDV LITHOGRAPH OF MONUMENT TO THE 77TH NEW YORK INFANTRY

CDV LITHOGRAPH OF MONUMENT TO THE 77TH NEW YORK INFANTRY

Image shows the monument to the 77th New York Volunteer Infantry which stands in Congress Park in Saratoga Springs, New York. It was erected in 1875 by veterans of the regiment. Paper has some light… (160-327). Learn More »

VIEW OF SHELL DAMAGE ABOARD THE CONFEDERATE SHIP CSS TEASER – IMAGE #483 OF “BRADY’S ALBUM GALLERY”

VIEW OF SHELL DAMAGE ABOARD THE CONFEDERATE SHIP CSS TEASER – IMAGE #483 OF “BRADY’S ALBUM GALLERY”

Image shows part of the deck of the CSS TEASER. Visible in the foreground is a large hole with broken timbers caused by a shell. In the background one can see further up the deck past part of the… (160-371). Learn More »

 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HARDTACK

SPANISH AMERICAN WAR HARDTACK

Volunteers in the Spanish American War were just as anxious to illustrate the hardships of army life by bringing home souvenir hardtack as their fathers had been after the Civil War. That staple of… (1219-43). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG FROM ISLAND NUMBER TEN

CONFEDERATE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG FROM ISLAND NUMBER TEN

This Confederate First National flag has a tight provenance going back to 1935, and before that an oral history as a war souvenir brought back from Island Number Ten by James William McLaughlin, a… (1179-004). Learn More »

$35,000.00
Originally $40,000.00

CAPTURED CONFEDERATE SECOND NATIONAL FLAG, UNUSUAL VARIATION WITH MADAUS LETTER, FROM A SOLDIER IN THE 59th NEW YORK

CAPTURED CONFEDERATE SECOND NATIONAL FLAG, UNUSUAL VARIATION WITH MADAUS LETTER, FROM A SOLDIER IN THE 59th NEW YORK

This 2nd National Confederate Flag was purchased in the 1980s by a well-respected Florida dealer/collector directly from descendants of the Union soldier who had kept it as a trophy. It comes with a… (1179-019). Learn More »

TRIMMED CDV OF GENERAL JOHN M. JONES - KILLED IN THE WILDERNESS

TRIMMED CDV OF GENERAL JOHN M. JONES - KILLED IN THE WILDERNESS

Image is a vignette bust view of Jones in a double-breasted frockcoat with general’s collar insignia. Contrast and clarity are excellent. Paper is good but the mount has been trimmed and there is a… (846-508). Learn More »

$1,260.00
Originally $1,575.00

VIEW OF MRS. SPINNER’S HOUSE AT BULL RUN – IMAGE #308 OF “BRADY’S ALBUM GALLERY”

VIEW OF MRS. SPINNER’S HOUSE AT BULL RUN – IMAGE #308 OF “BRADY’S ALBUM GALLERY”

Image shows a small two-story house viewed from a road running in front of the property. The house has a chimney at center with a partial porch in front. One end of the house looks to be of log… (160-322). Learn More »

RARE VIEW OF FITZHUGH LEE IN PRE-WAR FEDERAL UNIFORM

RARE VIEW OF FITZHUGH LEE IN PRE-WAR FEDERAL UNIFORM

Image is a waist-up seated view of Lee in the uniform of a Federal 2nd lieutenant most likely taken not long after his graduation from West Point. Lee is posed in a partial left profile with one of… (846-501). Learn More »

$1,040.00
Originally $1,300.00


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MODEL 1851 SWORD BELT PLATE FROM HARPERS FERRY ON A GREAT DISPLAY CARD

This sword belt plate, a very good example of an early pick-up, is mounted on a great old card typical of early relic displays labeled in brown ink, “Officers Belt Plate / battlefield of Harpers Ferry / West Virginia.” The plate has an untouched,… (1202-196). Learn More »

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