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FORT SUMTER

• 2 SOUTH CAROLINA CIVIL WAR MAPS1st item:
  2 SOUTH CAROLINA CIVIL WAR MAPS1st item: Map of the Defences of Charleston city and Harbor showing also the works erected by the U.S. Forces in 1863 and 1864. To accompany the Report of Major Q.A. Gillmore U.S. Vols. Plate II, with Corps of Engineer's insignia. Published late 1860s. Image 20-1/4" x 26-1/2"; Sheet 23-3/8" x 29-5/8"W. 2nd item: Fort Sumter, South Carolina at the time of its capture February 18th, 1865. (Plan and Elevation) Showing the effects of the bombardment from Morris Island To accompany the report of Maj. Genl. Q. A. Gillmore, U.S. Vols., comdg. Dept. of the South. Quincy Adams Gillmore; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Plate III. Published N.Y.,Julius Bien & Co., late 1860s. Image 23" x 30" on sheet 28" x 34-1/2". Condition: 1st item: Two tears to lower margin, 1" and less, losses and edge tears to right margin (1" or less), light toning. 2nd item: 2" x 1/4" loss at right margin and small chip at right corner. Tears 1" or less to top and lower margin, 6" tear to left margin extending into lower left image, some creases and a 1" x 1" stain to lower margin.
• 4 MILITARY/CIVIL WAR MEMORABILIAFour
  4 MILITARY/CIVIL WAR MEMORABILIAFour military and Civil War era memorabilia. Including 1 magic lantern slide, hand-colored depiction of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, fitted in a walnut frame; 1 "The Flag of Our Union" token, in a contemporary frame; 1 hand-written letter to Reuben Farnam from his brother, with envelope; and 1 other hand-written letter offering a resignation and requesting a discharge, signed Wm. Tarbell Coto, dated August 1828, in a contemporary frame. General wear; paper is creased, small tears. Framed items not examined our of frames. Largest frame 10 x 15 1/2" high. ESTIMATE $200-300 Condition: General wear; paper is creased, small tears. Framed items not examined our of frames.
• DEAN ELLIS (1920 - 2009) "ROBERT E.
  DEAN ELLIS (1920 - 2009) "ROBERT E. LEE"Dean Ellis (American, 1920 - 2009) "Robert E. Lee" Signed middle right. Original Oil painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for The Shapers of America series issued in 1987. Distinguished in family, in presence, and in character, he seemed to have every virtue. His father was the famous "Lighthorse Harry" Lee of Revolutionary fame. His wife was the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. He presided over a magnificent Arlington estate. He went through West Point without a single demerit and served with distinction in the Mexican War. He was -- almost inevitably -- Superintendent of West Point Academy. Robert E. Lee was, indeed, an ardent patriot, devoted to the Union. But when Beauregard fired on Fort Sumter, Lee made the only decision he could, siding with his home state and the cause of its people. But, throughout the war, he was free of any private hostility. He referred to the Union troops as "those people," not the enemy. As Commander in Chief of the Army of Northern Virginia, he proved himself a brilliant combat general and skillful strategist, loved by subordinates and soldiers alike. "I would go through Hell for General Lee," Stonewall Jackson said. Against odds sometimes of two to one, Lee repeatedly took the offensive, and shattered one Union Army after another. "It is well war is so terrible," he said, "else we should get too fond of it." When he was forced to surrender, Lee bade farewell to those who had been "faithful to the last." "Take satisfaction in the consciousness of duty faithfully performed," he said. After his retirement, Lee was appointed President of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia. Image Size: 18 x 21 in. Overall Size: 24 x 27 in. Unframed. (B11254) Condition: - By registering to bid for this auction either in-house or online and/or placing a bid in this auction the BIDDER/BUYER agrees to all the terms and conditions of Helmuth Stone Gallery Auctions. - Due to the size of our gallery not all items are out for preview at one time. If you plan on coming to preview any lot(s) we recommend letting us know prior so we can have them collected and prepared for your preview. - All silver, gold and/or jewelry lots or invoices containing said lots MUST be paid for via WIRE TRANSFER, no other forms of payment will be accepted. - All items are sold as-is where-is and no guarantees are made of any kind. All sales are final; no refunds will be given under any circumstances. - All artwork is listed and sold per section (10) of our terms and conditions, please read over all definitions of authorship prior to bidding to better understand artwork listings. - Helmuth Stone Gallery provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client and is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater. The bidder assumes responsibility for ensuring that the condition of the item(s) meets with their satisfaction prior to bidding. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. - Online images can sometimes be low quality due to the uploading process, original high-resolution images can be requested via email at HelmuthStone@gmail.com - We recommend looking into shipping quotes prior to bidding, shipping quotes can take up to a week or more post-sale as we host our auctions through multiple online platforms and shipping can become backlogged, if you would like a list of local shippers please email us directly. - Our auction catalogs are hosted through multiple online platforms along with phone and in-house bidding. Bids placed on other platforms are not shown through this catalog. Because of this, even if it appears you are the only absentee bid or bidder on a lot, you may already be outbid or may have placed a bid equal to another bidder. Therefore, we always recommend bidding live. - Unless otherwise stated in the description, all items are sold without additional documentation or COAs. If any supporting documentation is available an image will be available online via the catalog listing.
• RARE AND COMPLETE ORIGINAL CURRIER AND
  RARE AND COMPLETE ORIGINAL CURRIER AND IVES PORTFOLIORARE AND COMPLETE ORIGINAL CURRIER AND IVES PORTFOLIO American, third quarter 19th century. Comprising a set of forty (40) original hand-colored Civil War era, military themed lithographs in original binding. Includes rare titles, as well as Star Spangled Banner, Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbour, Battle of Mill Spring, KY January 19th, 1862, Brilliant Naval Victory of the Mississippi River, The Soldier's Grave, and more. Sheets: 16 x 11 3/4 in. (40.6 x 29.8 cm.); book: 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (41.9 x 31.8 cm.) Collection of Ms. Geneva B. Williams, Illinois Condition: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion, and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Reference to condition written, oral or within a condition report shall not be regarded as a full account of condition and may not include all defects, alterations, or restorations. Absence of a condition report does not imply a lot is flawless or lacking imperfections or damage. Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Returns shall not be accepted on the basis of condition.
• (3 VOL.) THE CIVIL WAR: A NARRATIVE
  (3 VOL.) THE CIVIL WAR: A NARRATIVE SHELBY FOOTE(lot of 3) Books: "The Civil War: a Narrative," Shelby Foote, Random House, including: (1) Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville, 1958, stated eleventh printing, 840 pages, (1) Volume II, Fredericksburg to Meridian, 1963, 988 pages, (1) Volume III, Red River to Appomattox, 1974, 1106 pages, approx 10"l, 7"w, 11.5lbs total
• (VIEW) NORTH CAROLINA (90) AND SOUTH
  (VIEW) NORTH CAROLINA (90) AND SOUTH CAROLINA (65): 155 POSTCARDS MID- TO LATE 20TH CENTURY(VIEW) NORTH CAROLINA (90) AND SOUTH CAROLINA (65): 155 POSTCARDS, Mid- to Late 20th Century, North Carolina: Mile High and Swinging Bridge, panning for rubies, interior of a tobacco leaf warehouse, Hotel Charles (Selby), Women's College (U of NC) and more. South Carolina: The Ottarry Hotel, Furman University Building, Anderson College, Fort Sumter Hotel, Oregon Hotel and more.
• PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ENDORSEMENT
  PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ENDORSEMENT OF MAJOR ABNER DOUBLEDAY TO BRIGADIER GENERAL, NOVEMBER 27, 1861PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ENDORSEMENT OF MAJOR ABNER DOUBLEDAY TO BRIGADIER GENERAL, NOVEMBER 27, 1861, the short signed handwritten note, on the back of another letter, declares Lincoln's "wish to appoint Major Doubleday a Brigadier General so soon as Gen. McClellan is willing." Doubleday fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. The letter itself is written by New York politician D.S. Dickinson, dated Nov. 16. 1861, and is a three page ALS endorsing Doubleday addressed to Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. The letter is 17 1/4 x 20 1/2 cm. It has been folded in half with some tearing along creases, one crease having separated. In 1908 the Mills Commission credited Doubleday with inventing baseball, although this claim was later debunked. Provenance: Stewart R. Crane Family Collection
• FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH/20TH CFrench School,
  FRENCH SCHOOL, 19TH/20TH CFrench School, 19th/20th c ., "Charleston Viewing Fort Sumter Repulsing 9 Iornsides [sic]", oil on canvas, titled, inscribed and French canvas stencil en verso, 24 3/4 in. x 40 in., framed . Provenance: Estate of A. Leon Hebert; Williamson-LeBlanc Collection, Cornstalk Fence House, New Orleans.
• CIVIL WAR LETTER DISCUSSING VINEGAR
  CIVIL WAR LETTER DISCUSSING VINEGAR SUPPLYLetter dated July 5, 1864 regarding the supply of vinegar to troops during the Charleston South Carolina battles. Vinegar was important during the War Between the States to prevent scurvy, clean, and to be used for medical needs. Two days after this the 3rd major bombardment of Fort Sumter began. The July 7, 1864 assault was the second largest attack on the fort. There are many names associated with this document including Dr. W. S. Boyd. For more documents regarding Boyd see lots 46 and 89.Approx. 8" L x 10-5/8" H. One of several historic American paper items in today's auction. From a large and important collection of autographs and documents, many pieces of which will be offered in the March American Sale. Some folds, discoloration, and deterioration. See images for more details on condition. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
• LARGE LOT RELATED TO WHALING MASTER
  LARGE LOT RELATED TO WHALING MASTER AND UNIONNAVY OFFICER IN THE CIVIL WAR SIMPSON JENNEY, TO INCLUDE: A LEATHER AMMUNITION POUCH WITH TORN LATCH, A LEATHER CIVIL WAR BELT WITH BRASS BUCKLE, LEATHER IS BROKEN, 25 EMBOSSED BRASS CW BUTTONS, A 3 1/2" BODKIN MADE BY CAPTAIN SAMUEL L. BRALEY ON BOARD THE SHIP "HARRISON" OF NEW BEDFORD, 1855, 5" WHALEBONE BODKIN, 3" BODKIN WITH TURNED RINGS, 2" WHIMSEY, 4" BODKIN WITH CLENCHED FIST AND SWING HANDLE IN A HANDMADE NEEDLEWORK CASE WITH FLORAL DESIGN, A CHIP OF WOOD FROM FORT SUMTER, A LEATHER BOUND 19TH C PHOTO ALBUM BELONGING TO JOHN RYDER OF FAIRHAVEN CONTAINING MANY JENNEY FAMILY MEMBERS INCLUDING CAPTAIN SIMPSON JENNEY, CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRALEY, 38 CABINET CARDS AND PHOTOS. ALBUM IS 6" X 4".
• “APPEARANCE OF FORT SUMTER ON SUNDAY
  “APPEARANCE OF FORT SUMTER ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONAUGUST 23RD, 1863" PRINT AFTER DRAWING BY W. T. CRANE, AS SEEN FROM THE “BEACON HOUSE" ON MORRIS ISLAND. HD. QR. DEPT OF THE SOUTH, AUGUST 23RD, 1863, 1 PM. CRANE WAS A SPECIALIST ARTIST, COMMISSIONED BY QUINCY A. GILMORE FOR FRANK LESLIE’S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER. GILMORE WAS A UNION GENERAL. PART OF A SERIES, “THE SEQUENTIAL DRAWINGS OF FORT SUMTER", AND IS THE LAST IN THE SERIES. CREASING, SMALL SPOT TOWARDS THE MID-RIGHT. OTHERWISE GOOD. 13 1/2" X 9 3/4"
• Confederate Edmund Ruffin CDV Backmark
  Confederate Edmund Ruffin CDV Backmark of Webster's of Louisville with inked identification in the recto margin.? Ruffin (1794-1865) was a highly successful planter and agricultural scientist but is known better as the die-hard Confederate who supposedly fired the first shot on Fort Sumter thereby starting the Civil War.? The 67 year-old "Fire-Eater " who had spent years traveling throughout the South arguing in favor of secession to any man of stature who would listen -- and was often dismissed as being too extremist -- was adopted by Beauregard's forces as a sort of mascot and rewarded for his devotion with the "honor" of firing the first shot and was one of the first men to enter the fort once it fell.? Too proud or too disgusted to live under Union rule he penned a final diary entry in June of 1865 proclaiming his "unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule " wrapped himself in the Confederate flag and shot himself in the head. Condition: Very good.
• USS Brooklyn Landsman George Tittle
  USS Brooklyn Landsman George Tittle Civil War Archive This archive of seven letters written between January 16 and June 18 1861 by Surgeon??Ts Steward George A. Tittle aboard the USS Brooklyn gives the reader an eyewitness account of some of the earliest actions of the war at Fort Pickens in Pensacola as well as Brooklyn??Ts encounter with a notorious English blockade runner at the start of her illicit career. On January 16 1861 Tittle writes his sister mentioning obliquely the Brooklyn??Ts mission to besieged Fort Sumter: Since you received my last we have been to Charleston - arrived there on the 12th and returned here on the 14th... Only two of our officers have resigned they are from Alabama all the others are ?true blue.? The Brooklyn had been sent to deliver new orders to the ship Star of the West which was en route to Fort Sumter with desperately needed supplies. However Confederate shore gunners forced the supply ship to abandon her mission before the Brooklyn caught up with her. After reconnoitering the defenses at Charleston the Brooklyn returned to Hampton Roads where she was loaded with troops and artillery to reinforce various forts in Florida in an attempt to prevent their seizure by Rebel forces. On January 31 Tittle writes from Key West: ...tomorrow we leave for Tortugas where we will leave a lot of Howitzers and Field Pieces we have on board for the Fort there then we will proceed to Fort ?Pickens? (Santa Rosa Island near the Pensacola Navy Yard) where we will leave the Soldiers we received on board from Fort ?Monroe.  The Brooklyn arrived at Fort Jefferson on Dry Tortugas on February 2 and then proceeded on their mission to reinforce Fort Pickens. When they arrived off Pensacola on February 6 they found a truce in effect at Fort Pickens similar to the one governing events at Fort Sumter. The Pensacola Navy Yard and the other surrounding forts had been seized but the rebel commander promised not to attack Fort Pickens if the US did not reinforce the tiny garrison there. Since neither side wanted to be the one to start a shooting war the Union warships were ordered not to land their reinforcements. Quoting Tittle??Ts February 7 letter (note that this letter is mistakenly dated 1860 but references the contents of the January 31 1861 letter): The troops are still on board of us... On our arrival here we received dispatches ordering us not to land the troops until further orders from Washington.  The Union squadron comprising USS Wyandotte (which had escaped Pensacola Navy Yard where she was under repair when Florida seceded from the Union) USS St. Louis USS Sabine and USS Brooklyn packed with soldiers patrolled off Fort Pickens for the next ten weeks. On April 12 Fort Sumter was attacked by Confederate forces in Charleston igniting the war. Events quickly developed in Pensacola when the news arrived as Tittle relates in his letter of the 21st: On the night of the 12th inst. it was rumored that the secessionists were making preparation for an attack on Fort Pickens before sunrise in consequence of which we received the ?Sabine??Ts? & ?St. Louis? Marines and some of their sailors on board and ran up near the Fort and landed them with the soldiers and our Marines (in all about 350 men) who immediately marched into the Fort; this manouver being seen by the secessionists caused them to postpone the attack... Yesterday the Sailors & Marines returned from the fort to the fleet - there are now over one thousand men (soldiers) in the fort and they are engaged day and night in mounting guns inside and erecting Sand-Batteries and placing large Mortars along the beach while the sailors are busy with boats landing Ordnance provisions &c from the Store Ships.  Two weeks later he proudly writes his sister that: The work on Fort Pickens and the several Batteries on Santa Rosa island is so nearly completed as to be able in a very few days to defy the whole force of the Southern Confederacy. The last letter of the archive is dated June 8 1861 and finds the Brooklyn off the mouth of the Mississippi River in company with USS Powhatan capturing blockade runners. On May 31 the Brooklyn encounters the soon-to-be notorious British blockade runner General Miramon: on the 31st a steamer hove in sight with a secession flag at her peak and on discovering us hauled down the secession and hoisted the English flag and stood off to the S.W.; we immediately went in pursuit of her and when we were about a mile and a half astern of her fired a shot to heave her to but she paid no attention to it; we then gave her a 10 inch shell (from our pivot Gun) which burst directly over her and had the desired effect; she proved to be the ?Genl Miramon? (formerly a Mexican Man of War) bound from Havana to New Orleans. - as our captain had some doubts as to her being a legal prize he sent her in charge of a prize crew to the captain of the U.S. Str. ?Niagara? off Mobile who left her at Havana a short time ago for him to decide if she is a prize or not. A former warship belonging to the conservative rebel faction in the Mexican civil war of 1860 the General Miramon had recently been purchased in New Orleans by blockade runners. Official records show that Mr. Golding the British captain carried British registration for the ship and claimed that he sailed from Havana with a cargo of cigars before news of the blockade had arrived hence the question of her status. The Brooklyn??Ts prize crew sailed the Miramon to Mobile where records show that Captain Golding begged Captain McKean of the USS Niagara to let him into port. The Miramon was out of coal and food and had a very sick woman passenger on board.  Despite signing a pledge to not offload or accept any cargo in exchange for being allowed to dock Golding promptly sold his cargo and bought another to export escaping to Havana before he was caught. His actions led to a serious diplomatic incident between the US and Britain at the highest level. The Miramon made five blockade runs before being captured for good under the name Elizabeth on May 27 1862 by USS Keystone State while inbound to Charleston. George A. Tittle enlisted in the US Navy on January 11 1859 as a surgeon??Ts steward. He served aboard the USS Brooklyn until she was decommissioned for overhaul in October 1861 re-enlisting as surgeon??Ts steward on December 3 for duty on the USS Kearsarge. He was on board Kearsarge when she sank the CSS Alabama off Cherbourg France on June 19 1864. He completed his term of enlistment on December 2 1864 after Kearsarge??Ts return to the US.
• Wartime Charleston Group of Eight Scarce
  Wartime Charleston Group of Eight Scarce CDV Exterior Views Eight fantastically detailed outdoor views of Ft. Sumter and environs by noted local photographer H.C. Foster Charleston taken in April 1865 during the festivities surrounding the official flag raising ceremony at Fort Sumter. Five of the stark views reveal the crumbling casemates and makeshift interior of Fort Sumter after nearly four years of sustained bombardment. Another view shows the ruins of St. Finebar??Ts Church on Broad Street amidst the skeletal remains of the devastated city. Note the scaffolding put in place to commence repairs. Highlighting the vanquished Confederacy is a temporary artillery park in a shady vista showing captured Confederate ordinance parked wheel-to-wheel with rows of heavy shells marked by type and size. The most memorable carte depicts Fort Sumter??Ts cluttered parade ground and flag pole bedecked in patriotic bunting in preparation for the flag raising ceremony. A gallery of invited civilian dignitaries and casually milling soldiers assemble to view the spectacle in this amazingly candid photograph. A hundred tiny soldiers and a battery of cannons appear on upper parapet with warships anchored on the horizon. On April 14 1865 retired General Robert Anderson the ?Hero of Sumter ? symbolically hoisted the national colors over the remains of the post where the Civil War began. Descended in the Family of Mary Crovatt Hambidge Condition: CDV??Ts uniformly VG. with sharp edges and strong corners. Albumens are crystal clear with strong detail and contrast.
• US Civil War Model1850 Staff Officer's
  US Civil War Model1850 Staff Officer's Sword Inscribed to Lt. Harry E. Pease 30.5'' U.S. etched blade with military motifs single brass guard. Inscription reads Lieut. Harry E. Pease Quartermaster Independent Corps Light Infantry N.Y.S.V. Lieutenant Pease entered the New York Independent Corps Light Infantry also known as the ?Enfans Perdus? from Albany in August 1862. This obscure unit was originally organized in New York City as a battalion of infantry with six companies. Three more companies were later added in the field bringing the unit up to regimental strength before it was consolidated in January 1864. The battalion saw initial service during the Peninsula campaign at Yorktown in April 1862 before being transferred with the 4th Corps to the Department of North Carolina in December. In January the Light Infantry briefly became a component of the 18th Corps before joining the forces assembling at Beaufort South Carolina. Now part of the 10th Corps Department of the South the battalion participated in operations around Charleston being stationed at St. Helena on Morris Island and on Folly Island. The July 1863 the ?Enfans Perdus? took part in the engagements on Morris Island the siege of Fort Wagner and the bombardment of Fort Sumter as well as the battle of Olustee Florida loosing 9 men killed and wounded. In January 1864 the battalion was broken up with the enlisted men being reassigned to the 1st NY Engineers and 47th NY and 48th NY Infantry. The supernumerary officers were discharged. Lieutenant Pease was promoted to battalion Quartermaster in July 1862 and mustered out on February 5 1864 at Hilton Head South Carolina. Condition: Very good. Missing shagreen wrap wire is present but loose.
• Civil War Archive of Letters & Documents
  Civil War Archive of Letters & Documents from the 17th Maine Infantry  Lot of 4 letters and documents relating to the 17th Maine Infantry including: A 1p manuscript document dated November 30th 1863 formulated in honor of the unfortunate soldier Wellington Hobbs to collect money for his passage home to Norway Maine and back probably to deal with the death of a relative. Just a few weeks after Fort Sumter the 18-year-old Hobbs enlisted in Co. G 1st Maine as a musician. He served his three months took a full year off and re-enlisted as a corporal in Co. F 17th Maine. He was promoted three times before being killed as a 1st lieutenant during the Siege of Petersburg. ALS from Pvt. George W. Doughty 17th ME of Cape Elizabeth to brother from battlefield of Petersburg; ALS by Pvt. David V. Lovell of Pownal ME dated Dec. 19 1862 at Camp near Flamouth writing to sister from the Battle of Fredericksburg with very good content: ...There was but 2 killed in our regiment but some of the regts got cut up awfully a battlefield is a place if once can never be forgotten the crys of the wounded and the dying is more than humanly can bare some crying for help some for their friends to come and get them and not leave them there to die. It is awful Fredericksburg was a fine place before the fight but it is all burned now...I had balls go so near me as to blow my hair you could hear them singing all round but the shells bursting over our heads and our batterys behind and firing over us about six feet above our heads as we lay on the ground was music quite different than what you have at home... Accompanied by original envelope not postmarked and likely inserted in another envelope for mailing per being addressed to his sister via the Politeness of Mrs. D.H.B and Lovell's inscription Stamps are getting scarce and I have to economize you see do the same when you can. ALS by Thomas A. Roberts Col. Commanding 17th Maine 2p dated Nov. 30 1862 at 17th Maine HQ near Falmouth VA addressed to Capt. Stimson regarding recently killed promoted and resigned officers. A 17th Maine Regiment Association circular announcing establishment of a headquarters in Portland for the purpose of welcoming comrades of the Society of the Army of the Potomac who will be meeting in the city July 3-4 1890.
• [Civil War - Cased Images] Col. Hawkes
  [Civil War - Cased Images] Col. Hawkes Fearing Jr. 8th New Hampshire Quarter Plate Tintype in Wall Frame  A quarter plate tintype of Fearing in uniform housed in a thermoplastic wall frame with penciled identification beneath the plate. Hawkes Fearing Jr. was born in Hingham Massachusetts in 1826 a city which his ancentors had called home since their arrival in North America on the Diligent in 1638 and where his father ran the Hingham Cordage Company providing ropes and rigging to the hundreds of ships based in the area. Hingham was also the place where Abraham Lincoln's earliest American acncestor Samuel Lincoln arrived in 1637 and the Fearing family tree includes several of his descendants. Perhaps Hawkes Jr. was aware of this which would explain his early enlistment in August of 1860 well before the start of formal hostilities. Living in Manchester New Hampshire at the time the 34-year-old merchant was commissioned into the 4th Massachusetts in the days following the attack on Fort Sumter served his three months and was then made Colonel and Commander of New Hampshire's 8th Infantry where he served for nearly the entire war. His regiment along with the the 2nd New Hampshire Cavalry which was later formed with its members spent most of the war in the Department of the Gulf as part of XIX Corps. After a particularly bloody string of engagements from late 1863 to early 1864--having lost over 350 men to combat or disease--the regiment was relieved with garrison duty at Natchez Mississippi. Col. Fearing mustered out January 15 1865 and returned to his ancestral home in Hingham which he would represent in the Massachusetts state legislature. He died in 1908. The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Tintype with hairline creases at left side. Frame in very good condition; only one chip at lower right which has been repaired
• Joseph Ames (MA 1816-1872) Major Robert
  Joseph Ames (MA 1816-1872) Major Robert Andersonoil on canvas signed and dated ''Jos. Ames / 1861'' in lower right depicting Major Robert Anderson commander of Fort Sumter during the Confederate bombardment of April 12 1861. Anderson is seated with Fort Sumter in the background and wears red artillery shoulder boards. Presented in its original gilt and gesso frame.This historical painting was produced within months of the event which made Major Anderson a celebrity.SS 35.5 x 28.25 in.; DOA 48 x 41.5 in.The canvas is laid down to cardboard; repairs and in-painting to the head and the front of the major's frock coat.Ex. Skinner Auction 2524B Lot 832 November 7 2010.
• Maps and Views: Civil War Charleston
  Maps and Views: Civil War Charleston South Carolina 19th century consisting of: THE HOUSE-TOPS IN CHARLESTON DURING THE BOMBARDMENT OF SUMTER from Harper's Weekly 4 May 1861 page size: H16'' W11''; EXCITEMENT IN FRONT OF THE MILLS HOUSE ON HEARING OF THE SURRENDER OF FORT SUMTER and THE CROWD ON THE BATTERY CHARLESTON S. C. WATCHING THE COMBAT hand-colored from Pictorial Weekly War Record page size: H16 1/4'' W10 3/4''; ATTACK BY THE FEDERAL IRONCLADS ON THE HARBOUR DEFENSES OF CHARLESTON...7TH OF APRIL [1863] double page view from The Illustrated London Times 16 May 1863 H9'' W22''; CASTLE PINCKNEY CHARLESTON HARBOR S. C. double page view hand-colored H8'' W22''; CHARLESTON AND ITS ENVIRONS birds-eye view circa July 1863 hand-colored from Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War page size: H11'' W16''; PLAN OF CHARLESTON (SOUTH CAROLINA) HARBOUR AND VICINITY by T. Euling from The Illustrated London News 9 February 1861 H9 1/2'' W11''; MAP OF CHARLESTON S. C. hand-colored from Harper's Weekly 28 March 1863 H16'' W11''; CHARLESTON S. C. AND ITS VICINITY birds-eye view c. 1863 hand-colored with another copy matted H8 1/8'' W11'' (9pcs) Provenance: Columbia South Carolina private collection. HOUSE-TOPS: edges toned; waterstains at top right and lower right corner; top left corner creased; pencil-written ''SC'' in top right corner. EXCITEMENT and THE CROWD: horizontal crease at center; toning to edges; loss at lower right edge and at center left edge; tiny tears along edges not affecting images; creases at right corners. ATTACK: repaired vertical center crease; tear with loss at top center; trimmed; slight discoloration to center crease. CASTLE PINCKNEY: toning to paper; losses to bottom corners; loss along right edge; vertical crease at center where pages attached; trimmed; lower corners with tape on verso. CHARLESTON AND ITS ENVIRONS: waterstaining along right edge and lower edge; toning to paper; pencil-written ''SC'' in top right corner. PLAN OF CHARLESTON: trimmed; tear to text block at lower left; paper with very minor age discoloration. MAP OF CHARLESTON: toning; nicks and small tear to edges; top left corner with crease. CHARLESTON AND VICINITY (1): toning and stains to margins; top edge trimmed; pencil-written ''SC'' in top right corner. CHARLESTON AND VICINITY (2): matted with top and bottom edges taped to matte; top and bottom edges trimmed not removed from protective plastic sleeve.
• Views of Fort Sumter and the Civil War
  Views of Fort Sumter and the Civil War Defenses of Charleston mid 19th century consisting of: SUNSET VIEW OF FORT SUMTER BEFORE THE BOMBARDMENT hand-colored print matted sight size: H5'' W7 1/2''; ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER color print matted sight size: H8'' W9''; THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON three views hand-colored matted sight size: H9 1/2'' W14 1/8''; OUR BLOCKADING FLEET OFF NORTH CHANNEL CHARLESTON HARBOR SOUTH CAROLINA hand-colored print four views three sketched by A. P. Palmer 21st South Carolina Volunteers matted sight size: H9 3/4'' W14 1/4''; PANORAMIC VIEW OF CHARLESTON HARBOR-ADVANCE OF IRONCLADS TO THE ATTACK APRIL 7TH 1863 hand-colored print matted sight size: H5'' W14 1/2'' (5pcs) Provenance: Columbia South Carolina private collection.
• Three Civil War framed prints FORT SUMTER
  Three Civil War framed prints FORT SUMTER BEFORE THE FIRST BOMBARDMENT FORT SUMTER IN RUINS AFTER THE SURRENDER OF CHARLESTON colored lithograph framed size: H21 1/4'' W25 1/4'' THE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR CHARLESTON colored lithograph framed size: H25 1/4'' W31 1/2'' VIEW OF SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEER TROOPS colored lithograph framed size: H25'' W28'' (3pcs) Provenance: Bluffton South Carolina private collection. Back    Inquiry      Previous Item   Next Item © Charlton Hall Auctions.  Images descriptions and condition reports used on this site are original copyright material and are not to be reproduced without permission. For further information telephone 803.779.5678     © 2012 CHARLTON HALL GALLERIES INC.
• Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. Confederate
  Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. Confederate Civil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906), Petersburg, Virginia, excerpt “…Nothing of importance has transpired…with the exception of that accidental (?) shot fired from one of the batteries on Cummings Point [a battery on the northern tip of Morris Island, south of Charleston, South Carolina]…we consequently accepted their apology & dismissed them with…‘Go & sin no more’…”, signed “Kidder”, letter in brown ink and graphite on cream-colored laid paper, 7-3/4 x 10 in., slight fading to ink, fold lines with slight wear and tiny separations at edges, grime; Letter to a sister, from Yorktown, Virginia, June 14, 1861, excerpt “…Since I have been here, our scouting parties operating between here and Hampton have succeeded in killing two or three of the enemy and taking six or seven firearms, and on last Monday (June 10th) we gained a splendid victory over the Yankees at Bethel Church…. They were evidently marching on this place with the intention of attacking it and did not expect to meet with any resistance between Hampton and Yorktown… the result of which was 1 killed and seven wounded (only) on our side. We buried on the field about 15 or 16 of their dead and took ten or twelve prisoners & wounded…”, “…I wish I could send you some of the many relicts [sic] we are constantly digging up…. Every day a cannon ball fragment…together with the fragments of human bones. Our works are mostly built on the site of the old Revolutionary ones….Yorktown is one of the oldest-looking villages…there is not a house in it but that looks as if it existed at the time of the Revn…”, signed “Kidder”, two-leaf letter in brown ink on cream-colored laid paper, 8 x 10-1/4 in. and 8 x 5-1/8 in., good condition with strong ink color, fold lines with slight wear and minor grime, scattered slight ink smears likely made at time of writing; Letter from Meade to Confederate General J. R. Anderson (Joseph Reid Anderson, 1813-1892), from Fort Fisher, North Carolina, October 19, 1861, discusses possibilities for altering the elevation of the “…Rifled Banded 32-Pdr [pounders]…” at the fort, no signature, copybook letter in brown ink and graphite on pale blue laid paper, 9-1/2 x 7-1/4 in., good condition with strong ink color, fold lines with slight grime; Letter from Fort Fisher, Confederate Point, November 4, 1861, to a sister, excerpt “…We are still looking out for the Yankee fleet but hope it may be delayed for a week longer when we will be better able to give her a warm reception…”, signed “Kidder”, letter in brown ink on pale gray laid paper, 9-1/4 x 14-1/2 in., good ink color, fold lines with minor wear and slight grime, scattered slight ink smears likely made at time of writing, two small stains; Letter, “Head Quarters Engr Dept (in Field) near Richd June 5th 1862”, to his mother, Julia Edmonds Haskins Meade (about 1809-1891), excerpt “…The day I arrived in Richmond the fight [i.e., Seven Days Battles] was going on and after great exertions succeeded in manning a horse & hurried out to the field to join Genl Holmes [Theophilus H. Holmes, 1804-1880]…. The Rifle Comp’y was out in the woods as skirmishers, expecting the advance of the enemy when I came upon them…”, signed “Kidder” (Meade died eight weeks after he penned this letter, on July 31, 1862), letter in brown ink on cream-colored laid paper, 10 x 7-3/4 in., good condition with strong ink color, fold lines with slight grime, slight ink smears likely made at time of writing; With related family papers: Autographed Civil War letter, from Richard’s brother Hugh Everard Meade (1838-1862) to a sister, May 21, 1862, from a camp outside of Petersburg, Virginia; Letter from Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. to a sister, from West Point, December 17, 1854; Carte-de-visite of Meade with eight other officers of Fort Sumter, March 1862, (before the Battle of Fort Sumter, April 12-13, 1861); Book of albumen prints of Richard Kidder Meade, Jr., his parents and siblings; Painting of Richard Kidder Meade, Sr. (1803-1862); Painting of Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia (where many members of the Meade family are buried); Newspaper articles, miscellaneous papers, 16 books and three textiles related to the Meade family and descendents; all loose papers in archival sleeves, Detailed Listing: Textiles:Handsewn brown satin-weave silk drawstring bag lined with maroon silk, embroidered with the first national flag of the Confederacy (“Stars and Bars”, 13 stars) and the second national flag of the Confederacy (“the Stainless Banner”) and the motto Pro Aris et Focis (literally, “for our altars and our hearths”), 12 x 8-3/4 in., very good conditionHandsewn silk textile representing the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s infantry battle flag, 12-1/2 x 13 in., some deterioration of silk borders at edges, minor substance spatter on red ground, otherwise in fair to good conditionHandsewn linen table cover with self-fringe, embroidered signatures of 12 individuals, very good condition with some staining Here are books and manuscripts: Books:Georgia Society, Colonial Dames of America, 1931 directory.Hogarth, The Works of William Hogarth, vol. 1 (London: 1812), hardcover.Holy Bible (New York: American Bible Society, 1867), copy presented to James Burke, Dec. 18, 1868.John Howard, The Illustrated Scripture History for the Young, 2 vols. (New York: Virtue and Yorston, n.d.), copies belonging to Mary Meade Platt, hardcover.Eliza J. Lines, Marks-Platt Ancestry (Sound Beach, CT: 1902), 2 copies: one in a suede leather cover, one with no covers.Bishop Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1872) hardcover.Henry, J. Peet, ed., Chaumiere Papers Containing Matters of Interest to the Descendants of David Meade (Chicago: Horace O’Donoghue, 1883), hardcover.Thomas Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1856), copy belonging to W. H. Platt.Horace G. Platt, John Marshall and Other Addresses (San Francisco, Argonaut, n.d.), hardcover.W. H. Platt, Judith Carson; or which Was the Heiress?(Rochester, NY: E. R. Andrews, 1887), softcover.———. The Philosophy of the Supernatural (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1886), hardcover, 2 copies.Robert E. Lee, In Memoriam (Louisville: John P. Morton, 1870), hardcover. Manuscripts:Two diaries of Mazy Platt, 1887 & 1888, together with letters, pressed flowers, miscellaneaEphemera:-framed genealogy of the Latham/Meade family-vellum “Supreme Court of the United States of America” to William H. Platt, February 10, 1846, with wax seal of the Supreme Court-watercolor of Bishop’s Palace in England-two leaves of gravestone rubbings: Hugh/Richard Kidder Meade and Mary Martha/Susan Meade-miscellaneous genealogical papers on the Meade family-letters to William W. Platt from the President of the College of William and Mary, -poem commemorating the death of Richard Kidder Meade from a sister-document from the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia-documents from the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama-papers on Old Blandford Church in Petersburg, Virginia-carte-de-visite of the William Platt home in San Francisco-William Platt’s survivor’s pension from the Mexican-American War-newspaper articles on Richard Kidder Meade from the 19th and 20th centuries- two stereoscopic cards of church interior, Louisville, Ky.-carte-de-visite of Richard Kidder Meade with eight other officers of Fort Sumter, March 1862, with newspaper clipping from 1862
• Textile Fragment Fort Sumter Civil War
  Textile Fragment Fort Sumter Civil War Garrison Flag American, circa 1861, fragment of plainweave natural-dyed wool bunting pinned to a note in a 19th-century hand, "a piece of Fort Sumpters [sic] Flag taken from Major R. Anderson", 1-5/8 x 2-3/8 in.,
• Ten books, Civil War related: Tom Broadfoot,
  Ten books, Civil War related: Tom Broadfoot, Civil War Books: A Price Checklist ; Robert Paul Jordan, The Civil War ; Miller, Photographic History of the Civil War , Volumes 9 and 10; Milhollen Johnson and Bill, dust jacket, Horsemen Blue and Gray ; Charles Flato, The Golden Book of the Civil War ; William J. Bradley, dust jacket, The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Appomatox ; Moehring and Keylin, 1975, dust jacket, The Civil War Extra: Pages from The Charleston Mercury ; Jeremy Barnes, Pictorial History of the Civil War ; Fairfax Press, Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War ; detailed photographs and descriptions not available for this lot. Most with average wear. Collection of Courtney Smith, Sr., Highland Springs, Virginia.
• 1861 Civil War pamphlet, The Battle
  1861 Civil War pamphlet, The Battle of Fort Sumter and First Victory of the Southern Troops , 32 pages, first edition, published Charleston, South Carolina, Evans and Cogswell, 1861, 9 x 5-1/2 in. Some stains, corner chips, lacking back cover. Collection of Dayne Watkins, Rock Hill, South Carolina.
• Civil War painting, Fort Sumter depicted
  Civil War painting, Fort Sumter depicted flying bold American flag and surrounded by sailboat, sinking ship, setting sun, thought to have been painted by Union soldier during the war, unsigned, oil on artist board, American School, 1860's, 12-1/4 x 18-1/2 in.; late 19th/early 20th century frame. Board warped, crackle and surface dirt, minor retouch at edges of sky, approximately 5 percent of surface affected; frame with composition losses, retouch to gilding. Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina