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MATTHEW BRADY CDV OF CUSTER AS BRIGADIER GENERAL BY MONROE MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHER WILLIAM H. BOWLSBY
Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, in December 1839, but from the age of 14 attended school in Monroe, Michigan, where his older half-sister had settled, and the town turned out to be the hometown… (490-5572). Learn More »
MATTHEW BRADY CDV OF CUSTER AS MAJOR GENERAL JANUARY 1865
This is Katz #50 in his catalog study, “Custer in Photographs.” This was taken at the Brady studios on January 3, 1865, after the conclusion of the victorious 1864 Shenandoah Campaign and not long… (490-5571). Learn More »
PHILADELPHIA PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY COPY OF BRADY FEBRUARY 1864 CDV OF CUSTER
This is one of a small group of photos Custer had taken at Brady’s Gallery in New York City on or about February 15, 1864, shortly after marrying Libbie Bacon in Michigan on February 9. Katz has… (490-5570). Learn More »
BRADY-ANTHONY CDV OF CUSTER- FEBRUARY 1864
This is one of a small group of photos Custer had taken at Brady’s Gallery in New York City on or about February 15, 1864. Katz has numbered them K-28 to K-33, of which this is #29. Custer had… (490-5569). Learn More »
SILVER TOOTHPICK HOLDER GIVEN BY MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS TO HER NEPHEW
This small silver two-piece toothpick holder with rococo designs is accompanied by two calling cards on which are printed: “Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir House, Mississippi”. The first example is… (1179-449). Learn More »
$950.00
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CIVIL WAR MUSICIAN’S GROUPING INCLUDING WARTIME IDENTIFICATION DISK, IDENTIFICATION SHIELD, AND FREEMANTLE ROTARY VALVE CORNET/VALVED BUGLE: JOHN J. WEAVER- 10th and 56th PA- AND CUTLER’S BRIGADE BAND 1861-1865
This wonderful grouping includes two wartime identification badges, a rotary valve cornet dating about 1864, along with his GAR membership badge and veteran’s id badge. To top it off, in addition to… (1179-420). Learn More »
CIVIL WAR COMMODORE’S UNDRESS FROCK COAT OF SILAS H. STRINGHAM, USN: LEADER OF THE FIRST COMBINED OPERATION OF THE UNION NAVY AND ARMY IN THE CIVIL WAR; VICTOR OF THE BATTLE OF HATTERAS INLET BATTERIES
Fought on Aug. 28-29, 1861, little more than a month after the Union defeat at Bull Run, the capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark on the outer banks helped restrict Confederate blockade running,… (1179-504). Learn More »
BEAUTIFUL LEATHER-BOUND BIBLE PRESENTED TO COLONEL DARIUS N. COUCH – LATER MAJOR GENERAL
This leather-bound Bible was printed in England in 1857. The thick leather covers are deeply embossed with linear as well as geometric decorations. Cover edges do show wear from rubbing. Spine has… (1179-514). Learn More »
$1,350.00
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INSCRIBED COLT BREVET NAVY REVOLVER OF 1ST LT. H. J. GILTINAN, 73RD PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY – KILLED IN ACTION AT CHANCELLORSVILLE
.36 caliber. 7.5" octagonal barrel. SN: 14198. Blued finish, brass backstrap and triggerguard, one-piece walnut grip. Single action percussion Belgian-made copy of a Colt Navy revolver with… (1052-682). Learn More »
$4,950.00
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CHEST-UP CDV OF UNION GENERAL WILLIAM WOODS AVERELL
Image shows Averell from the waist-up looking directly into the camera. He wears a dark double-breasted frock coat with black felt collar brigadier generals shoulder straps. Contrast and clarity are… (410-844). Learn More »
FULL STANDING VIEW OF GENERAL ALFRED PLEASONTON LEADER OF THE UNION CAVALRY AT GETTYSBURG
Image is a CDV of General Pleasonton posed with his arms by his side with a cape draped over one shoulder. He wears a dark double-breasted frock coat with black velvet collar and cuffs with matching… (410-843). Learn More »
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER CARTE-DE-VISITE
This seated view of the famous cavalryman is # K-70 in Katz’s study of Custer in Photographs. This one is backmarked “GUY B. DAVIS, SUCCESSOR TO / PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST C. MILLER, BURLINGTON… (490-5568). Learn More »
TAYLOR AND HUNTINGTON BRADY STEREOVIEW OF CUSTER
Taylor and Huntington orange-mount stereoview of Custer titled on the mount at lower right, " 1613. Gen. G.A. Custer. Photograph taken in 1864," along with printed information on the series at left… (490-5574). Learn More »
MATTHEW BRADY STEREOVIEW OF CUSTER IN HIS HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD
This view was sometimes identified as Custer as a lieutenant, likely from the fatigue dress, but is designated by Katz as #38, showing Custer as a general and dated by him as on or about July 11,… (490-5573). Learn More »
IDENTIFIED CARBINE FROM THE 11th VIRGINIA CAVALRY - GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN USED
This is an arsenal cut down Model 1854 Lorenz .54 caliber rifle-musket. Known as "Razee" carbines in official Confederate correspondence. The carbine measures 41 inches in total length. The barrel is… (88-186). Learn More »
$1,895.00
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CAVALRY OFFICER’S FROCK COAT IDENTIFIED TO CAPT. SAMUEL N. TITUS, 11TH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY
This cavalry officer’s frock coat shows some signs of wear, but still rates very good for condition and has a great identification established by a wonderful Baltimore tailor’s tag sewn in one… (1179-639). Learn More »
OFFICER’S FROCK COAT OF BREVET MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH K. BARNES, SURGEON GENERAL OF THE U.S. ARMY 1864-1882
This would be the centerpiece of any medical collection: the Major General’s frock coat of Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes. Barnes was born in Philadelphia in 1817, studied medicine at Harvard,… (1179-579). Learn More »
“SIEGE AND REDUCTION OF FORT PULASKI” ID’D TO RHODE ISLAND ARTILLERY OFFICER
Rebound book “Papers on Practical Engineering. No. 8. Official Report to the United States Engineer Department, of the Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, February, March, and April,… (236-846). Learn More »
$100.00
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CDV VIEW OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK – COMMANDER OF THE 6TH CORPS AT GETTYSBURG & KILLED IN ACTION AT SPOTSYLVANIA
Image shows Sedgwick from the chest up in the uniform of a major general posing in partial left profile with his hands in his lap. Image has excellent contrast and clarity. Mount and paper are… (410-841). Learn More »
CDV MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE SYKES – COMMANDER OF THE 5TH CORPS AT GETTYSBURG
Image is a waist-up seated view of George Sykes as a brigadier general. He is posed with one arm resting over the back of a chair. He wears a double-breasted frock coat with black velvet collar and… (410-840). Learn More »
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CONFEDERATE CAVALRY SABER BY FROELICH
This is a very early and possibly unique Confederate cavalry saber, possibly even a cavalry officer’s saber, by Louis Froelich. It uses a crudely cast, heavy, thick guard, with the side branches branching off from the knucklebow at two different… (870-614). Learn More »
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