Identified CDVs

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THREE-QUARTER STANDING VIEW OF US NAVY OFFICER CHARLES WILKES – FAMOUS FOR HIS PART IN THE TRENT AFFAIR

THREE-QUARTER STANDING VIEW OF US NAVY OFFICER CHARLES WILKES – FAMOUS FOR HIS PART IN THE TRENT AFFAIR

CDV is of Wilkes posed leaning on a column wearing a high-collared double-breasted tailcoat with brush epaulettes and dark trousers. He also wears his sword belt with two-piece tongue and wreath plate… (160-491). Learn More »

SEATED VIEW OF 15TH ILLINOIS CAVALRY PRIVATE DIED AT HELENA, ARKANSAS – FAMILY NOTATION ON REVERSE

SEATED VIEW OF 15TH ILLINOIS CAVALRY PRIVATE DIED AT HELENA, ARKANSAS – FAMILY NOTATION ON REVERSE

CDV is attributed to be Marcellus Frank of the 39th Illinois Infantry and 15th Illinois Cavalry. He is posed seated by a table wearing a dark civilian suit with a large black bowtie and… (160-490). Learn More »

WAIST-UP VIEW OF CIVIL WAR US NAVY OFFICER GEORGE B. WHITE

WAIST-UP VIEW OF CIVIL WAR US NAVY OFFICER GEORGE B. WHITE

CDV is of White seated and posed a-la-Napoleon with one hand tucked in his coat. He wears a dark double-breasted frock coat with commander shoulder straps and cuff rank as well. Contrast and clarity… (160-485). Learn More »

INK SIGNED THREE-QUARTER STANDING VIEW OF US NAVY PAYMASTER JOSEPH FOSTER

INK SIGNED THREE-QUARTER STANDING VIEW OF US NAVY PAYMASTER JOSEPH FOSTER

Foster is posed with his hands resting on the hilt of his sword which is drawn and placed in front of him. He wears a dark double-breasted frock coat with shoulder straps with two stripes on each… (160-481). Learn More »

NICE INK ID WAIST-UP VIEW OF 184TH NEW YORK AND 109TH USCT SURGEON

NICE INK ID WAIST-UP VIEW OF 184TH NEW YORK AND 109TH USCT SURGEON

CDV is a waist-up view of Theodore Y. Kinne wearing a dark frock coat with 1st lieutenant of staff should straps bearing the letters “MS” for medical service. Jacket also has three-piece staff… (160-475). Learn More »

INK ID FULL STANDING VIEW OF 118TH NEW YORK SERGEANT

INK ID FULL STANDING VIEW OF 118TH NEW YORK SERGEANT

CDV is of Orlando J. Brown posed with a cane or walking stick standing by a table in front of a painted backdrop of a pastoral scene. He wears a dark forage cap, dark frock coat with sergeant’s… (160-473). Learn More »

VERY NICE THREE-QUARTER SEATED VIEW OF MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO WRIGHT OF THE 6TH CORPS

VERY NICE THREE-QUARTER SEATED VIEW OF MAJOR GENERAL HORATIO WRIGHT OF THE 6TH CORPS

CDV is of Wright seated in a fringed black chair. He wears a dark double-breasted frock coat with black felt collar and cuffs with major general’s shoulder straps and matching dark trousers.… (160-467). 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 »

66th NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS ENCAMPMENT AT ST. PETER’S CHURCH, YORKTOWN (FRENCH’S BRIGADE)

66th NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS ENCAMPMENT AT ST. PETER’S CHURCH, YORKTOWN (FRENCH’S BRIGADE)

Outdoor view of camp. Three soldiers stand around several different tents. William H. French, USMA 1837, posted to 1st U.S Artillery and received two brevets for service in the Mexican War.  Promoted… (748-21). 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 »

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 »

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

BUST VIEW OF 1ST BATTALION SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRYMAN IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES, BY GEORGE COOK OF CHARLESTON

BUST VIEW OF 1ST BATTALION SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRYMAN IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES, BY GEORGE COOK OF CHARLESTON

Chest-up view of Robert Burdell sporting a heavy goatee and wearing the usual dark suit. Contrast and clarity are good as is the mount and paper which show only minor surface dirt from age and… (846-472). Learn More »

$236.00
Originally $295.00

WAIST-UP CDV OF MARYLAND CONFEDERATE GENERAL ARNOLD ELZEY

WAIST-UP CDV OF MARYLAND CONFEDERATE GENERAL ARNOLD ELZEY

Elzey is shown seated wearing a light-colored double-breasted frock coat with three large stars of a colonel on his collar. Clarity is good but the contrast is a bit light. Paper is good but the top… (846-434). Learn More »

$825.00
Originally $1,035.00

INK SIGNED BUST VIEW OF VMI CADET WILLIAM H. KENNEDY JR. – PRESENT FOR THE CADETS’ FAMOUS CHARGE AT NEW MARKET – LATER INVOLVED IN A MURDER/SUICIDE

INK SIGNED BUST VIEW OF VMI CADET WILLIAM H. KENNEDY JR. – PRESENT FOR THE CADETS’ FAMOUS CHARGE AT NEW MARKET – LATER INVOLVED IN A MURDER/SUICIDE

CDV is a chest-up view of Kennedy wearing a dark civilian suit, white shirt and dark bowtie. Bottom of the image is signed in period ink “TRULY YOURS, W. M. KENNEDY.” Contrast and clarity are very… (846-405). Learn More »

$1,080.00
Originally $1,350.00


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CIVIL WAR REGULATION ISSUE BLANKET

We have been lucky enough to take in several Civil War issue blankets from a Massachusetts collection. Don’t be fooled by the number. Civil War issue blankets have always been scarce. Inexpensively made, unprepossessing, and after taking rough… (1273-62). Learn More »

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