- GROUP OF GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY
GROUP OF GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY IGROUP OF GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY I, titles include: Three Centuries of Service; Skunk Works; 2011 Evening Parade; TF Bastogne 07-08; Creating Wealth While Serving Your Country; A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies; Guantánamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power; American Veterans- Working In the Value Zone; To Fight with Intrepidity: The Complete History of the U.S. Army Rangers 1622 to Present; Special Plans: The Blogs on Douglas Feith and the Faulty Intelligence that Led to War; Operation Just Cause; Military Leaders Since World War II; The Art of War; Global Arms of Collegiality; Glimpses of the New Veteran; Skin in the Game: Major General (Ret.) Dennis Laich; Reassuring the Reluctant Warriors: U.S. Civil-Military Relations and Multilateral Intervention; The Divine Warrior; Mission: Black List #1; Risk; On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery; For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States of America; Media Access and the Military; Yemen: 1000 Dark Days of a Disgracing War and Update Supplement to the Second Edition; And Then All Hell Broke Loose; On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign: The United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (27) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
- GROUP OF GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY
GROUP OF GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY IIGROUP OF GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY II, titles include: Korea Reborn: A Grateful Nation; On Freedom's Frontier; Carbine and Lance: The Story of Old Fort Sill; History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion; The Challenge; Social Life in the British Army; Rhymes Of A Red Cross Man; China: Our Enemy?; Just War; Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World; Solitary; Four Stars; two of My Enemy, My Brother; Just Cause; Slide Rules and Submarines; Joint Force Leadership; Silent Sentinel on the Potomac: Fort McNair, 1791-1991; The Bomb; Urgent Fury; The First Sudanese Civil War; Barksdale Air Force Base; History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Polity 1955-1956 (24) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
- Union Generals Department of the
Union Generals Department of the Gulf Five Civil War CDVs Lot comprising common Anthony-Brady views of three staff officers and two brevet Major Generals who served in the Department of the Gulf under Banks including: Brig. General George L. Andrews Chief of Staff to Gen. Banks (bvt. Maj. Gen. m/o 8/24/65); Brig. General James Bowen (Provost Marshall Gen. Dept of Gulf resigned in wake of Red River disaster bvt. Maj. Gen. 3/13/65); the distinguished Brig. General. Cuvier Grover (WIA 10/19/64 Cedar Creek five wartime brevets to Maj. Gen. died in service 6/6/85 as Colonel 1st US Cav.); Brig. Gen. & Quartermaster General USA Montgomery Meigs (bvt. Maj. Gen. 7/5/64 retired 2/6/82); and Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman (WIA 5/27/63 at Port Hudson two wartime brevets to Maj. Gen. 3/13/65 retired as Maj. Gen. 12/31/70). The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: CDVs uniformly near VG. With moderate edge wear and slight handling.
- [Civil War - CDV] Civil War CDVs
[Civil War - CDV] Civil War CDVs of Confederate & Union Generals Lot of 10 CDVs including five cropped albumen portraits placed on oval border cartes of Generals McClellan John Pope Henry Halleck Benjamin Butler and Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker and five standard size albumen vignette cartes of Generals Winfield Scott Stonewall Jackson Philip Kearny Nathaniel P. Banks and Joseph Hooker. All by anonymous publishers except for Scott's and Jackson's which bear the backmark of Hall of New York. Condition: All with light general soiling and wear. General Banks with several flyspeck stains on his uniform.
- FIVE CONFEDERATE GENERAL CDVS BY
FIVE CONFEDERATE GENERAL CDVS BY RICHMOND PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS As follows: General Braxton Bragg (chip in right field); Lt. General Jubal Early; Brigadier General John Byron Gordon (KIA 1864); Major General Gustavus Smith; General Kirby Smith (some lifting of print in upper right corner);
- Civil War photograph of Union General
Civil War photograph of Union General Philip Heermans and others; field commissioned Heerman is flanked by two officers (one a Burnside devotee) in this cabinet card, all in full regalia, ornate gessoed frame. Image 6 1/2" x 4 3/4".
- GROUP OF GENERAL AFRICAN AMERICAN
GROUP 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.
- GROUP OF FOUR KENNER CLASSIC COLLECTION
GROUP OF FOUR KENNER CLASSIC COLLECTION VINTAGE BOXED G.I. JOE FIGURINESGROUP OF FOUR KENNER CLASSIC COLLECTION VINTAGE BOXED G.I. JOE FIGURINES, including a Tuskegee Fighter Pilot, U.S. Marine Corps Sniper, General George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, each in original boxes (4) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
- GROUP OF CIVIL WAR UNION GENERALS,
GROUP OF CIVIL WAR UNION GENERALS, SIGNED PAPERSLot of Union signatures including H. C. Corbin, N. P. Banks, Waltham, Massachusetts Division Commander Union Army, S. U. Heintzelman, William W. Belknap, Secretary of War under Grant, Benjamin F. Butler, Don Carlos Buell, William Rosecrans, WilliamH. Emory, Daniel Butterfield, Oliver Otis Howard, United States Army officer and Union General in the Civil War, John C. Fremont, John A. Logan and Henry Ware Lawton. Most on cards measuring approximately 3 "x 5". Some yellowing and staining consisent with age. See images for more details on condition. This item can be shipped in-house.
- Union Colonels Army of the Gulf
Union Colonels Army of the Gulf Eight Civil War CDVs Comprising six different uniformed officers (plus one duplicate in civilian clothing) with a vignette of a seventh officer in civilian dress all colonels with distinguished service in the Army of the Gulf under General Banks. Five of the seven colonels later served as brigadier general or were awarded brevet rank at the end of the war. The officers include career regular Bvt. Brig. Gen. Nathan A.M. Dudley (1825-1910) as Colonel 30th Mass. (Capt. 10th US. Inf. 5/7/61 Col. 30th Mass. 3/1/62 Bvt. Major 8/5/62 for Baton Rouge Bvt. Lt. Col. 6/14/63 for Port Hudson Major 15th US Inf. 9/13/64 Bvt. Brig. Gen. 1/9/65 Bvt. Col. 3/13/65 subsequent regular army service retired 8/20/89) with a second wartime view of Dudley in civilian dress. Colonel Edward P. Chapin 116th NY (formerly Capt. Major & Lt. Col. 44th NY wounded Hanover C.H. Va. 5/27/62; Colonel 116th NY 7/4/62 KIA Port Hudson 5/27/63 Brig. Gen. posthumously 5/27/63). Colonel Halbert E. Paine 4th Wisconsin Cavalry autographed Col. H.E. Paine 1861/Gen. H.E. Paine 1863. (Col. 4th Wis. Cav. 5/27/61 Brig. Gen. 3/13/63 Bvt. Maj. Gen. 3/13/65 for Port Hudson Resigned 5/15/65). A wartime civilian view of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Edward L. Molineux (1833-1895) 159th NY (Lt. Col. 9/27/62 Col. 11/25/62 WIA Irish Bend La. 4/14/63 Bvt. Brig. Gen. 10/19/64 for Opequan Fisher's Hill & Middleton Bvt. Maj. Gen. 3/13/65 Discharged for disability 8/4/65). Colonel Joseph. S. Morgan 90th NY (m/i 1/13/62 dismissed from service 4/19/64). Colonel Robert B. Merritt 75th NY ink signed in unknown hand (1st Lieut. Co. A 10/2/61 Lt. Col. 10/21/61 Col. 10/22/62 discharged 9/20/64). Bvt. Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Gooding (1835-1909) as Colonel 31st Mass. ink identified as Capt. O.P. Gooding/10th US Infy a pre-war regular and MA graduate (1st Lieut. 10th Inf. 5/7/61 Capt. 6/27/62 Col. 31st Mass. 2/18/62 Bvt. Brig. Gen. 3/13/65 Bvt. Major Gen. 3/13/65 for Port Hudson resigned 3/20/65). The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: The CDVs are about G. most showing heavy wear and handling with mottled mounts.
- GROUP OF GENERAL HISTORY BOOKSGROUP
GROUP OF GENERAL HISTORY BOOKSGROUP OF GENERAL HISTORY BOOKS, titles include: The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain; The Legislative Journey of Employment Discrimination; Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History; The Columbia: History of the World; The Lion in the Lobby: Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights Laws; The Parker Principles: 10 Leadership Force Multipliers; The Men Who Invented the Constitution: The Summer of 1787; Mr. Lincoln's Army; On the Apache Indian Reservations and Artist Wanderings Among the Cheyennes; Jefferson Legacies; The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934; E Pluribus Unum: The Formation of the American Republic, 1776-1790; Lure and Loathing: Essays on Race, Identity, and the Ambivalence of Assimilation, Encyclopedia of American History; The Discoverers Volume 1 and 2; The Army of the Potomac: Glory Road; The Army of the Potomac: A Stillness at Appomattox; The Shores of Bohemia: A Cold Story, 1910-1960; The Oxford History of the American People; Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War; The Birth of a Nation (20) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
- NINE CDVS OF CONFEDERATE GENERALS
NINE CDVS OF CONFEDERATE GENERALS Lt. General Richard Ewell, Brigadier General Robert S. Garnett (KIA 1861); Lt. General Wade Hampton; Lt. General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (KIA 1863); General Robert E. Lee (J. Gurney & Son, N.Y. backmark); General Joseph E. Johnston; Lt. General James Longstreet; Major General Mansfield Lovell; Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer (KIA 1861; Gurney & Son backmark).
- Civil War Recruiting Broadside
Civil War Recruiting Broadside Maj. Gen. Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans A late-war broadside with the heading The Flag of America shall never grow dim nor one Star be obliterated from its Bright Galaxy! / Maj. Gen. Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans / A splendid opportunity to form a GRAND NATIONAL GUARD to vindicate the National Honor in defiance of all enemies in defiance of the Institutions of America. between nice woodcuts of a sailor and an artilleryman with the bold text Veterans to the Front! and a woodcut of a cavalryman in the lower half. An unusually lengthy appeal to service by Benjamin Franklin Chief of Detective Police Mayor's Office Philadelphia including testimonials to the character of the men already enlisted (dated February 1865) and a detailed breakdown of the pay. 12 x 19 in. housed in two-sided frame 14.75 x 22.25 in. overall. Condition: Scattered stains chipping at edges and separation at fold lines.
- * A Group of Four German Porcelain
* A Group of Four German Porcelain Figures each depicting a European general dressed in traditional military attire. Height of tallest 5 1/2 inches.
- [Civil War] Maj. Gen. N.P. Banks
[Civil War] Maj. Gen. N.P. Banks and Wm. T. Sherman Lot of 2 stereoviews from the ca 1890s Taylor & Huntington printing of the Anthony/Brady War Views series both on oversized orange mounts with their advertisement imprinted on verso titled on recto: 1321. Gen. N.P. Banks.; and 3626. General Sherman and Staff continued on verso This photograph of General Sherman and his Staff was taken on July 18 1864 on the lines before Atlanta Ga. The Ed Burchard Stereoview Collection Condition: The latter view has been purposely cut down the middle and repaired with tape on verso.
- Group of Stereoviews of Spanish
Group of Stereoviews of Spanish American War Officers Including Admiral Dewey Lot of 22 views of Spanish American War Army and Navy officers including Admiral Dewey (5) General Nelson A. Miles (3) Fighting Bob Evans General Adna R. Chaffee (1) General Fitzhugh Lee (2) Fighting Joe Wheeler Colonel William Wherry Lieutenant R.P. Hobson Admiral William Scott Schley (2) Rear Admiral William T. Sampson (2) General Brooke Captain Charles D. Sigsbee and Colonel Fred. D. Grant.? Views published by Strohmeyer & Wyman (10) Littleton View Co. (4) B.W. Kilburn (4) and Keystone (4). Condition: Edge wear and light soiling.
- G.I. JOE CLASSIC COLLECTION, GENERAL
G.I. JOE CLASSIC COLLECTION, GENERAL COLIN POWELL, NEW IN BOXG.I. JOE CLASSIC COLLECTION, GENERAL COLIN POWELL, NEW IN BOX, 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 - Art] Civil War Lithographs
[Civil War - Art] Civil War Lithographs Including Our Generals in the Field Plus Lot of 7 including: a hand-colored lithograph titled Our Generals in the Field copyright to W. Lyons circa 1861 framed 12.75'' x 15.75'' sight 19.5'' x 22.5'' overall; hand-colored lithograph titled Camp White / Col. D. Donnelly 28th N.Y.Z. copyright to L.N. Rosenthal framed 6.5'' x 11'' sight 13.5'' x 16.5'' overall; an early Nathaniel Currier lithograph titled Washington From the President's House after the William Henry Bartlett painting 11.75'' x 16''; and four Confederate bills including $5 $10 $20 and $100 note.
- GROUP OF U.S. MILITARY HISTORY
GROUP OF U.S. MILITARY HISTORY COFFEE TABLE BOOKSGROUP OF U.S. MILITARY HISTORY COFFEE TABLE BOOKS, titles include: The Vietnam War (Ken Burns); Medal of Honor A Portrait of the Star and Stripes; A Portrait of the Stars and Stripes, Vol. 2; America's Small Wars; United States Army; and The Battle of the Bulge: The Photographic History of an American Triumph (7) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
- Oil on board Civil War battle scene
Oil on board Civil War battle scene with General Grant on horseback 20th c. signed lower right Ray '69 12" x 10". ?
- Family CDV Album with Military
Family CDV Album with Military Subjects An untouched wartime compilation comprising 19 military views-mostly common generals-among an array of civilian photographs some identified all housed in a rare 4.5 x 6.0 in. album having fancy gutta percha boards in a geometric pattern.The common generals are: Grant (lithograph) McClellan & Wife Sherman (litho) Burnside Meade (litho) Sheridan (litho) two different views of McClellan Hancock (litho) Banks Burnside Sheridan (litho) and Pleasanton.Additionally there are five unidentified soldiers including an infantry private with Lancaster PA backmark an artilleryman a post-war view of a young New York military school cadet a private with Mauch Chunk PA backmark and a vignette of a private with brass PHG on his kepi indicating Potomac Home Guard. Also a lithograph of Lincoln with two composites entitled President and Cabinet and Presidents of the US. Plus the popular view of Sergeant Humiston's Children of the battlefield-Frank Frederick and Alice.The rare album has a typical leather spine with thermoplastic boards and brass hardware. Condition: CDVs uniformly VG. Interior pages clean several with minor tears. Strong gilding. Album shows minor shelf wear with chipped top corners else in extraordinary condition given its utilitarian usage.
- AMERICAN SCHOOL: PROMINENT UNION
AMERICAN SCHOOL: PROMINENT UNION AND CONFEDERATE GENERALS AND STATESMEN Color lithograph 26 1/4 x 40 in. (image) published by Kurz & allison.
- General Ulysses S. Grant & Staff
General Ulysses S. Grant & Staff Civil War Stereoview E. & H.T. Anthony War View from a Brady & Co. negative titled on the verso label No. 2428 / Lieut. Gen. Grant and chief of staff Gen. Rawlins at his Head Quarters at Cold Harbor Va. taken June 14th 1864. Condition: Light soiling and bumped corners.
- Civil War CDVs of Union Generals
Civil War CDVs of Union Generals & Naval Figures Lot of 8 including: Brigadier General Abram Duryea (1815-1809) CDV by E. Anthony from a Brady negative; Major General Gouverneur K. Warren (1830-1882) CDV by E.&H.T. Anthony from a Brady negative ink identified on verso; an albumen CDV engraving of Major General John Sedgwick (1813-1864) with printed identification on verso anonymous publisher; a Brady CDV of an unidentified officer; an illustrated CDV of three officers published by Moulton & Larkin of Elmira NY and affixed with a two cent revenue stamp on verso; a CDV of an unidentified naval officer displaying a short sword backmark of R.A. Lewis of New York; a CDV of an unidentified naval officer backmark of Jacobs of Brooklyn; and a CDV of a French Naval officer signed in ink on verso A Madame Oudin. Souvenir respectueux es gracieux. / New-York 12.Mars 1863(?) / Rene Perone / Commissaire de la Zisiphone.
- 1797 American Military Roster 2nd
1797 American Military Roster 2nd brigade 2nd division 650th infantry 57th calvary and 53rd artillary framed.
- A ROW OF FOUR THEATER SEATS American
A ROW OF FOUR THEATER SEATS American early 20th century with laminated wood backs and folding seats between cast iron supports with armrests the feet with wholes for floor bolts. Row length: 83 inches.
- [Civil War - Veterans] Group of
[Civil War - Veterans] Group of Civil War and GAR Medals & Insignia Lot of 10 including infantry bugle cavalry and artillery insignia a regimental numeral ''2'' G.A.R insignia G.A.R. embroidery an enameled G.A.R. medal hanger; two G.A.R. miniature printed flags and a Masonic Knights Templar medal.
- US Civil War and Indian Wars Insignia
US Civil War and Indian Wars Insignia Lot of Twelve Lot includes button group ID'd to General Richard Johnson USA. Hardee hat insignia crossed cannons and two uniform buttons. Also a set of crossed swords with an A Indian war insignia. Condition: Very good.
- Quantity of Assorted Military Regiments
Quantity of Assorted Military Regiments Crowns (27)
- [Civil War Stereoview] General
[Civil War Stereoview] General Grant Stereoview by J. Gurney & Son A standing portrait of Grant wearing his Lieutenant General's jacket over civilian clothing on a J. Gurney & Son imprinted mount inked in verso U.S. Grant The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: Edge wear and soiling.
- ALS CIVIL WAR FIELD REPORT FROM
ALS CIVIL WAR FIELD REPORT FROM BRIG. GEN. SAMUEL W. CRAWFORD Report of engagement on Feb. 3rd. He refers to his men as the Bucktails, that fought "one brigade of Confederate Gen. Hood's division," in thick woodland, captured 80-90 prisoners, along with a Napoleon cannon and two caissons, colors of the 15th Georgia and 1,000 stands of small arms. Graphic. Entirely in his hand. Framed.
- Civil War Stereoviews of Generals
Civil War Stereoviews of Generals Burnside & Porter Lot of 2 stereoviews including one from E. & H.T. Anthony's Prominent Portraits series titled on the verso label No. 2119 / Brig. Gen. Andrew Porter and one from the postwar John C. Taylor printing of the Anthony's War Views titled on the verso label No. 2434 / Maj.-Gen. A.E. Burnside and members of his Staff at his Headquarters near Richmond Va. (from a Brady negative). Condition: Light edge wear else very good.
- EIGHT BOOKS OF MILITARY AUTOBIOGRAPHIES,
EIGHT BOOKS OF MILITARY AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, SOME SIGNED AND INSCRIBEDEIGHT BOOKS OF MILITARY AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, SOME SIGNED AND INSCRIBED, titles include: American Soldier: General Tommy Franks (signed); We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam (signed); The Line of Fire: From Washington to the Gulf, the Politics and Battles of the New Military; Battleground: The Fight to Defend the Free World; It Doesn't Take A Hero: The Autobiography; Storm Command: A Personal Account of the Gulf War; A General's Life: An Autobiography by General of the Army (signed); Damn the Alligators: Full Speed Ahead! (signed) (8) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
- Rebel Generals & General Robert
Rebel Generals & General Robert E. Lee Hand-Colored Lithographs Plus Lot of 3 including: hand-colored lithograph Rebel Officers by H. Wright Smith 5.75 x 9 in.; hand-colored lithograph of Gen R.E. Lee 10 x 13 in. overall; and a map titled Sketch of the Battlefield and Confederate Works in front of Williamsburg Va. May 5th 1862 by Lt. M.D. McAlester Chief Engr 3rd Corps Army of the Potomac. published in the office of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army 1876 12 x 13 in. with the stamp of the American Geographical Society at upper right. Condition: First two excellent.? Map lightly toned else very good (minor stains in photograph are actually on the frame glass.
- A Collection of Six German Porcelain
A Collection of Six German Porcelain Figures depicting various European generals including Napoleon each with varying underglaze blue marks. Height of tallest 9 3/4 inches.
- Lot of five Civil War carte-de-visite
Lot of five Civil War carte-de-visite photographs; several from Brady negatives, General Grant and various Union soldiers. 4" x 2 1/4".