1797 American Military Roster 2nd1797 American Military Roster 2nd brigade 2nd division 650th infantry 57th calvary and 53rd artillary framed.
SIX AMERICAN MILITARY IMAGES SPANNINGSIX AMERICAN MILITARY IMAGES SPANNING THE CIVIL WAR TO WORLD WAR I To include: Salt print, corporal in likely New York militia uniform, circa 1861, identified as Aloysius Berman, however not in Civil War database (print's mount crudely trimmed for oval frame); four 1880s/90s cabinet cards from Chicago portraying three men in fraternal order regalia and one a U.S. Army infantryman; plus a WWI era 8 x 10 in. glossy newspaper print of an Army camp kitchen in the field, the verso with an American Press Association stamp.
COLT 1860 ARMY SINGLE ACTION REVOLVERColtCOLT 1860 ARMY SINGLE ACTION REVOLVERColt single action 1860 Army pistol. Serial 159962 (1866). Cap and ball single action revolver, used by calvary, infantry, artillery, and Navy during the American Civil War. Good cylinder scene. Action tight. Some bumps and dings. Grips are replacements, with bottom section removed and mended. See images. Some minor isolated pitting. This item can be shipped in-house.
1860, DESILVER'S STEEL PLATES,1860, DESILVER'S STEEL PLATES, MILITARY MAP OFTHE UNITED STATES SHOWS LOCATION OF MILITARY POSTS, ARSENALS, BARRACKS, BATTERIES, NAVY YARDS AND RAILROADS, WITH FULL MARGINS, 31" X 38" SHEET SIZE. SHOWS TEARS ON FOLD LINE, CHIPPING TO EDGES, DISCOLORATION IN MARGINS, MOUNTED ON ARCHIVAL BOARD AND MATTING, NOT LAID DOWN.
GROUP ONE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARYGROUP ONE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, 19TH CENTURYGROUP ONE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY, titles include: Freedom Knows No Color: African American Freedom Journey in New York and Related Sites, 1823-1870; Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867, Series II: The Black Military Experience; Unwept Unhonored Unsung: Black American Soldiers and The Spanish American War; Swamp Angels: A Biographical Study of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; Moses Trinidad, Buffalo Soldier; Glory: One Gallant Rush; Warriors of Color; A Regiment of Slave: The 4th United States Colored Infantry, 1863-1866; Above and Beyond in the West: Black Medal of Honor Winners, 1870-1890; Cathy Williams: From Slave to Female Buffalo Soldier; Forged in Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers; Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America; We Look Like Men of War; Huachuca Illustrated: Buffalo Soldiers at Huachuca; Colorado Heritage; The 28th United States Colored Troops: Indiana's African-Americans Go to War 1863-1865 (16) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
[Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil[Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil War-Era Appointment for James Woodrow Ordnance Sergeant 73rd Reg. Indiana Vols. Appointment of James C. Woodrow to Ordnance Sergeant in the 73rd Indiana Volunteers dated September 28 1862 at Camp Wilder Kentucky. Woodrow from Warren Ohio enlisted as a private in the 73rd Indiana at South Bend just six weeks before receiving this appointment and was promoted again to 1st Lieutenant on January 2 1863 and Adjutant in April of that year. He was captured at Rome Georgia along with several other officers on May 3rd was confined at Macon and Columbia SC but was somehow reunited with his regiment and was promoted yet again to Captain in May of 1864 serving in that position through the end of the war. Condition: Very good.
CONFEDERATE SERGEANT ARTILLERYCONFEDERATE SERGEANT ARTILLERY REENACTMENT UNIFORM Late 20th century, wool. Single breasted jacket, vest and trousers. Die cast brass buttons with embossed "A".
American Civil War sword 1860 withAmerican Civil War sword 1860 with a brass basket and original scabbard. 44''l.
15th Corps Veteran Sixth Plate15th Corps Veteran Sixth Plate Tintype with Inset Forty Rounds Badge A painfully young early war volunteer from the call of 1862 wearing a regulation four button sack coat with cravat that is the off-to-war dress of a recent civilian. The anonymous private is accoutered with a US oval plate on a pristine just-issued leather belt holding a brass-hilted sword bayonet. Pinned vertically to the pillow of the case is an iconic post-war painted metal Forty Rounds badge suspended from a pressed eagle and stenciled American flag segment evidence that the young man survived the war and lived to associate with fellow veterans in the GAR. Sherman??Ts hard-scrabble bummers were busy ''marching to the sea'' in February 1865 when the iconic 15th Corps badge was formally adopted and there is no documented evidence that ?Forty Rounds? ever saw field service except as the contents of a fully loaded cartridge box. Condition: Varnished plate near EXC. with just average clarity. Glossy black cartridge box with slight bend on right flap and minor paint loss at edges; raised gold paint perfect. Fine cloth flag segment worn and frayed missing lower metal planchet. Tintype and badge housed in separated composition case missing front lower edge.
Three Civil War soldier tintypes:Three Civil War soldier tintypes: one-sixth plate, uniformed standing soldier, cavalry sword suspended from belt, image of seated child opposite (possibly same person), both in thermoplastic case, with inserted 1894 obituary of Margaret Mattox, referencing her son Thomas, and tintype of her(?); one-sixth plate image of seated soldier holding muzzle-loading percussion rifle, "U.S." belt buckle, embossed leather case, interior hinge separation ; one-ninth plate image, man with lighter-colored uniform, oval buckle, leather case, separated at hinge, wear . Private Collection, Easley, South Carolina
Colt Civil War Model 1860 .44 caliberColt Civil War Model 1860 .44 caliber Army percussion revolver circa 1862 SN 69056. Usual configuration with 8'' barrel German silver front sight and one line N.Y. address left side of frame marked with small ''Colt Patent.'' A three screw pattern frame Ormsby Naval Battle scene is visible brass triggerguard with iron backstrap and walnut grips sub-inspector letters ''F'' and ''K'' are on the gun SN match throughout. barrel L8'' overall L14'' Provenance: Columbia South Carolina private collection.
Army of the Gulf Staff OfficersArmy of the Gulf Staff Officers Five Civil War CDVs Lot consisting of five officers who served on the staff or commanded various units in the 19th Corps under Banks during the Port Hudson and Red River Campaign: Brig. General. William Dwight (WIA & POW 5/5/62 Williamsburg as Lt. Col. 70th NY. Chief of Staff during Red River Campaign commanded division in 19th Corps during Shenandoah Campaign and placed under arrest following battle of Winchester m/o 1/15/66); Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel (Chief Engineer under Butler at New Orleans Brig. Gen. 8/29/62 Chief Engineer Army of the James bvt. Maj. Gen. 8/29/64 commanded 18th and 25th Corps Maj. Gen. 11/17/64 6 wartime brevets to Maj. Gen. died in service 3/19/84 at Lt. Col. Engineers; Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone (Mexican War veteran with two brevets Col. 14th US Inf. 5/14/61 Brig. Gen. 5/17/61 arrested & held responsible for Ball's Bluff disaster Chief of Staff to General Banks m/o 4/4/64 by order of Sec. of War Stanton resigned 9/13/64); Brig. Gen. Dan Ullman (Col. 78th NY "Highlanders " POW Cedar Mountain 8/9/62 Brig. Gen. 1/13/63 organized Corps d'Afrique at Port Hudson bvt. Maj. Gen. 3/13/65 m/o 8/24/65); and a another view of bvt. Maj. Gen. Cuvier Grover. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: CDVs G+. with moderate edge wear and handling; Grover carte damaged and bent.
Book ''The Army of Northern VirginiaBook ''The Army of Northern Virginia in 1862'' first edition by William Allan with maps.
SIXTEEN CIVIL WAR ERA IMAGES OFSIXTEEN CIVIL WAR ERA IMAGES OF MILITARY PERSONNEL To include: thirteen (13) CDVs of which seven are Union officers (one photo laid on top of a CDV); four (4) CDVs of enlisted men, one actually a cadet or drummer; one small print laid to a card; a sailor; two 9th plate tintypes, possibly postwar; an 1866 image showing a Union soldier in Cincinnati home from the war with his daughter.
Group lead soldiers: 68 lead soldiers,Group lead soldiers: 68 lead soldiers, 23 in blue uniforms, 45 in brown, including musicians, foot soldiers, flag carriers, six mounted on horses, two horses pulling wagon, two-horse team, casson, unmarked, (71 pieces). Some with damage, eight with broken guns, one lacking head, other bent and abraded elements. Deaccessioned by the Old Salem Toy Museum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1 vol. (American Civil War.) Croffut,1 vol. (American Civil War.) Croffut, W.A.; Morris, John M. The Military and Civil History of Connecticut During The War of 1861-65. Comprising a Detailed Account of The Various Regiments and Batteries. New York: Ledyard Bill, 1868. First edition. Thick 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial brown cloth, spine gilt; some edge wear, spine scuffed. With 12 steel-engraved plates. Scattered light foxing, title page toned, very occasional minor internal dampstaining. Sound copy.
CIVIL WAR CERTIFICATE US COLOREDCIVIL WAR CERTIFICATE US COLORED TROOPS (USCT)Certificate of Honorable Service for Washington Bloodsworth, of the 14th Regiment, United States Colored Heavy Artillery, Garrison duty at New Berne and other points in the Department of North Carolina until December 1865, mustered out December 11,1865. The Regiment fought in the Second Battle of Dalton, Battle of Decatur, and most notably the Battle of Nashville, helping defeat the Confederate Army of Tennessee, chasing Lieutenant General John Bell Hood who had suffered a bloody defeat atDevils Den, Little Round Top, and then lost a leg at Chickamauga. Discharge Document measures 10 x 12 inches. Fold line and discoloration, consistent with age. See images for more details on condition. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
[Civil War - CDV] CDV of Armed[Civil War - CDV] CDV of Armed Union Infantryman No back mark or identification. A trimmed view of an awkward looking private with wispy chin beard wearing regulation federal sack coat and leather equipment. He holds a .58 cal. Springfield rifle with bayonet. Accompanying the carte is a folded piece of wrapping paper with an incorrect identification in modern pen stating that the photo is Confederate soldier ?James Moody of Sumner County? who served in the 2nd Tennessee. The subject is not Confederate and the provenance is plainly erroneous. Condition: Albumen shows mottling with both sides of worn mount severely trimmed G.
GROUP OF GENERAL AFRICAN AMERICANGROUP OF GENERAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORYGROUP OF GENERAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, titles include: Segregation in Death: Gettysburg's Lincoln Cemetery; Buffalo Soldiers: African American Troops in the US Forces 1866-1945; Whence They Came: The Families of United States Colored Troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1815-1995; Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation; Black Faces of War: A Legacy of Honor from the American Revolution to Today; Last of the Black Regulars; Black Americans in Defense of our Nation; African American Generals and Flag Officers; We Were There: A Celebration of African American Veterans from World War II to the War in Iraq; two of Every Night and Every Morn; "Of Thee I Sing"; two of Shock and Awe: An Introduction to African American Army Generals (1968-1992); The Black Soldier: From the American Revolution to Vietnam; Segregated Soldiers: Military Training at Historically Black Colleges in the Jim Crow South; Breakthrough on the Color Front; three of All That We Can Be: Black Leadership and Racial Integration The Army Way; two of The Encyclopedia of African American Military History; Four Stars: Conversations on Life, Success, Leadership, Mentorship, Culture, and Diversity; The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell; American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm; Images of America, Fort Clark and Brackettville: Land of Heroes; Black Brass: Black Generals and Admirals in the Armed Forces of the United States; The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military; two of Integration of the Armed Forces 1940-1965; Striving For Perfection: Developing Professional Black Officers; Black Defenders of the Persian Gulf War: Desert Shield-Desert Storm (32) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
Civil War photo album, 39 albumenCivil War photo album, 39 albumen [cartes de visites], 17 of Union soldiers in uniform, most identified as members of Co. C, 19th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, stationed at Fort Lyon, Virginia, one of Tom Thumb and wife and four ferrotypes, 6 x 5-1/8 in. Leather cover loose.
ARCHIVE OF A PENNSYLVANIA CIVILARCHIVE OF A PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL WAR SOLDIER. American 2nd half-19th century. Includes a sixth plate tintype of Cyrus B. Carpenter in his uniform but in his later years as well as his original discharge a 1923 certificate of service and a manuscript memoir of his service in 1862 and 1863. Carpenter was drafted into the 177th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Civil War Sixth Plate Tintype ofCivil War Sixth Plate Tintype of an Armed Union Soldier Sixth plate tintype of an unidentified Union officer armed with a holstered revolver and displaying his sword.? Gold tinted buttons shoulder bars belt buckle and red tinted cheeks.? Housed in a half pressed paper case. Condition: Very good condition.
Framed tintype of a Civil War soldierFramed tintype of a Civil War soldier and 1843 release paper from the Third Brigade, 19th Division Ohio Militia. Tintype: 3" x 2".
1860 Army Colt miniature, finely1860 Army Colt miniature, finely crafted, original case colors, serial number 186, engraved cylinder scene and wooden grips, 6-3/8 in., in fitted mahogany case with label "Classic Edition Colt Firearms United States Historical Society". Excellent condition. Private Collection, Michigan
MILITARY MINIATURES, TROOPS INMILITARY MINIATURES, TROOPS IN AFRICA Somerset Models, four (4) officers in pith helmets deliver ammo, apparently against (6) armed troops of the Transvaal; (4) Mounted Riflemen, attributed to Hocker; a large number GEA troops, native infantrymen in German uniform circa 1890s, in variations of the standard Khaki jacket, trousers, red fez, blue socks various makers, some with inscribed initials on the underside but not identified (35) total.
GROUP TWO OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARYGROUP TWO OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, 19TH CENTURYGROUP TWO OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY, titles include: Slave & Soldier: The Military Impact of Blacks in the Colonial Americas; Blacks in the Westward Movement; The Unwept: Black American Soldiers and the Spanish-American War; Two of Forged in Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers; African American West Pointers During the Nineteenth Century; Black, Red, and Deadly; Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia; The American Negro in the Great World War; Buffalo Soldiers; Two of Men of Color to Arms: Black Soldiers, Indian Wars, and the Quest for Eternity; Like Men of War: Black Troops in the Civil War 1862-1865; Two of The Roughest Riders: The Untold Story of the Black Soldiers in the Spanish-American War; The Sable Arm: Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865, Journey to Honey Hill; Unwept, Unhonored, Unsung: Black American Soldiers & the Spanish American War; Hope & Glory: Essays on the Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment; DogJack: The Heartwarming Story of a Runaway Slave and His best Friend; The Tenth Cavalry; Blacks in the Westward Movement (21) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
FOUR CIVIL WAR ERA CASED IMAGESFOUR CIVIL WAR ERA CASED IMAGES IN UNION CASES. American 1860s. Includes a sixth plate tintype of a soldier in front of a patriotic backdrop and a sixth plate tintype of a well-dressed family in a ''Constitution and the Laws'' Union case by Lilttlefield Parsons and Company. Together with a sixth plate tintype of a uniformed soldier and a sixth plate ambrotype of a woman in a Littlefield Parsons and Company Union case depicting a romantic scene.
SIX EARLY CASED IMAGES OF SOLDIERS.SIX EARLY CASED IMAGES OF SOLDIERS. American all likely Civil War era. Includes four sixth plate tintypes of uniformed soldiers one ninth plate tintype of a uniformed soldier and one ninth plate ambrotype of a uniformed soldier. One sixth plate in a period frame one sixth plate not cased the remaining in pressed leather and paper cases.
Civil War photography; ambrotypeCivil War photography; ambrotype of soldier in uniform coat, tintype with 3/4 length image of infantryman wearing sidearm and carrying musket. Tintype 3 1/4" x 2 3/4". Good condition, slight glass plate deterioration.
A Group of Buffalo Soldiers RelicsA Group of Buffalo Soldiers Relics c. 1890 consisting of uniform parts and a cartridge presented in a shadowbox with a map of Montana and a reproduction photograph of the 25th Infantry Regiment 25 in. x 25 in. Provenance: Excavated in the 1950s from Fort Custer Montana.
INDIAN WARS ARMY JACKET, CAP, AND,INDIAN WARS ARMY JACKET, CAP, AND, RIBBON.SERGEANT FORT SHAW, MONTANA TERRITORY. 1867-1890. FORT SHAW IS NAMED AFTER COL ROBERT G. SHAW WHO COMMANDED THE ALL BLACK 54TH REGIMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE UNIFORM POSSIBLY SAW ACTION DURING THE AFTERMATH OF THE CUSTER/LITTLE BIG HORN BATTLE, OR THE BATTLE OF BIG HORN. JACKET WAS MADE BY MC LILLEY CO., COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE HAT WAS MADE BY WANAMAKER AND BROWN, PHILADELPHIA. THE RIBBON IS A REUNION RIBBON.
1 vol. Uniform of The Army of1 vol. Uniform of The Army of The United States 1882. Philadelphia: Thomas Hunter, [ca. 1882]. Oblong folio, modern morocco-backed cloth. With 10 chromolithographic & 7 plain plates. Title page repaired & slightly dusty, ink library stamp on title & versos of plates. Prepared under instructions from the Quartermaster General.
[Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil[Civil War - Manuscripts] Civil War Massachusetts Volunteer Enlistment Document Plus Tintype of Soldier Lot of 2 including a framed Massachusetts enlistment and a sixth plate tintype of a uniformed soldier housed in a full pressed paper case. The enlistment document is for Franklin W. Shepard dated August 24 1864 at Salem Massachusetts for one year service in an unattached heavy artillery unit. Condition: Very good.
2 vols. American 19th-Century2 vols. American 19th-Century Military Regulations & Tactics Manuals: [U.S. War Departments.] General Regulations for The Army of The United States, 1841. Washington: J. and G.S. Gideon, 1841. 12mo, modern cloth. 2 plates on 1 leaf. Close horizontal tear to pp. 211-214 - no loss of text. Trimmed - no loss of ptg. Contemp. owner's ink signature on title - shaved. * Upton, Bvt. Major General Emory. Infantry Tactics Double and Single Rank. Adapted to American Topography and Improved Fire-Arms. New York: D. Appleton, 1879. 24mo, contemp. flexible black calf. Figures in text, musical notations. Occasional minor creasing.
GROUP OF BOOKS ON FIREARMS ANDGROUP OF BOOKS ON FIREARMS AND MILITARY HISTORY. Report on the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac (1864); Guthrie Camp-Fires of the Afro-Americans (1899); Coffin The Boys of '61 (1885); Abbot Blue Jackes of '61 (1886); Lang Der Burgerkrieg der Bereinigten Staaten 1861-65 (1892); Johnson Life of Sitting Bull and the History of the Indian War (1891); Urban Battle Field and Prison Pen or Through the War and Thrice a Prisoner (1882); Schneck The Burning of Chambersburg Pennsylvania (1865); McClellan Manual of Bayonet Exercise (1862); Stone Manual for Arms with Percussion Locks (1852) and two early Stevens firearms catalogs. Condition ranges from fair to good.
(21) PHOTOGRAPHS, AFRICAN AMERICANS,(21) PHOTOGRAPHS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, MILITARYGroup of 21 photographs of African Americans serving in the US Military, various time periods and theatres during the early 20th century, including WWI. Varying condition. Some photos have been previously attached to photo album pages and show residual material verso. This item can be shipped in-house.