CONFEDERATE NAVY ARCHIVE OF LT. DABNEYCONFEDERATE NAVY ARCHIVE OF LT. DABNEY SCALES IN EUROPE...Civil War archive of Confederate Navy Lieutenant Dabney Scales including an 1863 journal detailing Dabney Scales assignment in Europe (approx. 250 pages), Scale's 1860 U.S. Practice Ship "Plymouth" log journal (188 pages), and a Scales family post-War accounting journal spanning from 1871-1882 in Memphis, TN. Biography of Dabney Scales - Dabney Minor Scales (1841-1920) of Memphis, TN was the son of Peter Scales, a planter from Virginia. Dabney attended the US Naval Academy and joined the Confederate Navy at the outbreak of the Civil War. He served on the CSS Savannah, CSS Capital, CSS Arkansas, CSS Atlanta, and the CSS Shenandoah. In 1863-4, Scales was assigned to Europe and spent time in London and Paris regarding the outfitting and manning of Confederate ships constructed in England. After the Civil War, Dabney Scales lived in Mexico a short period before returning to Memphis to practice law. Dabney was elected to the Tennessee legislature and served in the Tennessee State Senate. In the Spanish-American War, he served as a lieutenant during the conflict. 1st item - 1863 journal detailing Dabney Scales's assignment in Europe (approx. 250 pages) beginning April 24th, 1863 on Iron Clad "Atlanta" off Fort Jackson near Savannah, GA and concludes on March 26, 1864 in Paris, France. Highlights from this extensive diary include running the blockade of Charleston on the steamer, "Ella and Anna". Scales writes of their voyage to Nassau, Havana, St. Thomas, and finally to Southhampton, England. Upon arriving in Paris with fellow officers of the Confederate Navy, he reviews his days "sight seeing" in the Paris environs while also commenting on the war news from home. There is considerable discussion about the CSS Florida at Brest and Scales has communications with some of the Florida officers by person or written correspondence through other shipmates. 2nd item - Dabney Scale's 1860 U.S. Practice Ship "Plymouth" log journal (188 pages) from his period at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, June 25, 1860 to Setember 26, 1860.
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1st item - covers lost, most of binding lost with several of the first 30 pages separated from binding. All very legible. 2nd item - Spine with losses, minor wear commensurate with age. 3rd item - post war accounting journal with losses to spine.
CONFEDERATE ARCHIVE ITEMS, SCALES FAMILY19thCONFEDERATE ARCHIVE ITEMS, SCALES FAMILY19th century Confederate and related archive for the Scales family of Memphis, TN. 1st item - Confederate Prisoner pamphlet, "Prison Life During the Rebellion. Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners Sent from Fort Delaware to Morris' Island to be Punished." Fritz Fuzzlebug, One of Their Number, published by the author, Singer's Glen, VA: Joseph Funk's Sons Printers, 1869. 9 1/2" x 5 5/8". 2nd item - Pamphlet on Confederate Navy Commander Maury, "In Memoriam: Matthew Fontaine Maury, LL.D., 1873." Signed inside cover, "With Lucy Maury's love" (Lucy was Matthew's daughter). 3rd item - Two Virginia Military Institute Matthew Maury maps: Map of VIrginia, 1868 and Map of the United States Constructed on the Rectangular Tangential Projection, 1868. 4th item - Confederate army cabinet card of a Major in uniform with sword, possibly a relative of Lt. Dabney Scales. 6 1/2" H. 5th item - 1875 Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible, New York. Provenance: descendants of Dabney M. Scales, Memphis.
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1st item - wrapper cover with a couple of small tears at upper margin and losses to corners. 2nd item - spine of pamplet loose, loss to lower corner of cover. 3rd item - VMI maps in poor condition with losses at corners and seams, tears. 4th item - minor scuffs to image with toning and stain to right arm near shoulder. 5th item - Bible with engraving frontispiece detached.
CONFEDERATE CSS SHENANDOAH DIARY ANDCONFEDERATE CSS SHENANDOAH DIARY AND ARCHIVEImportant 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and CDV of Lt. Dabney Scales in uniform, a CDV of the Shenandoah, and an author signed book/pamplet titled, "Cruises of the Confederate States Steamers "Shenandoah" and "Nashville" by Captain William C. Whittle, 1910. Note - the Confederate ship, CSS Shenandoah, fired the last shot of the Civil War and marked the final surrender of Confederate forces on November 6, 1865. Given the orders to destroy the New England whaling fleet, the partially crewed Confederate ship circumnavigated the earth, capturing 38 vessels and taking over 1000 prisoners between 1864-65. Twenty five ships were captured after the Confederacy had collapsed. Biography of Dabney Scales - Dabney Minor Scales (1841-1920) of Memphis, TN was the son of Peter Scales, a planter originally from Virginia. Dabney was born and raised in Holly Springs, Mississippi, attended the US Naval Academy and joined the Confederate Navy at the outbreak of the Civil War. He served on the CSS Savannah, CSS Capital, CSS Arkansas, CSS Atlanta, and the CSS Shenandoah. In 1863-4, Scales was assigned to Europe and spent time in London and Paris regarding the outfitting and manning of Confederate ships constructed in England. Fearing he would be prosecuted as a pirate after the Civil War, Dabney Scales lived in Mexico for a short time, but was back in the States practicing law in Memphis by about 1869. He married Susan Winchester Powell (granddaughter of Gen. James Winchester) in Nashville circa 1885 and was elected to the Tennessee legislature and served in the Tennessee State Senate 1895-1896. He returned to active Naval duty in the Spanish American War, serving as a lieutenant despite his age. 1st item - CSS Shenandoah ship diary of Lieutenant Dabney Scales, 85 pages with some hand drawn illustrations. Complete diary has a total number of 104 pages and includes a partial journal by a different hand from May 1864 - December 1864 relating to the ship Edward of New Bedford - the first whaling vessel captured by the Shenandoah, and two pages of an 1870 entry by Dabney Scales. The log of the Shenandoah is titled "Confederate States Shenandoah cruising for Yankees". Scales retroactively records events back to February 13th, 1865 in Melbourne, Australia where the Shenandoah was dry docked for repairs. The diary goes into extensive detail on major events including the encounter with authorities in Melbourne and Liverpool, the capturing of vessels and crews for the year 1865, encounters with the natives, and interactions among Shenandoah officers. A June 22nd entry refers to the "Sophia Thorton" ship Lt. Scales boarded. The ship "made some show of escape by standing on through the ice, but a shot from one of the rifle guns brought her to." He continues, "out of these vessels we have heard the most disheartening news I have ever heard from our poor suffering country. The captures of Savannah, Charleston, ..Richmond together with the surrender of Lee, with an army of 22,000 men - with this also comes the tradgical death of the "Rail Splitter" by the hand of an assasin. This will, of course, make a hero of him --". His last entry on this day, "To the part of this news relating to the surrender of Lee's army + the disbanding of those not surrendered, I give no credence at all......I think however we should struggle on to the last, and if as the yankee papers say ---Davis crosses the Mississippi to establish a Confederacy there. I for one shall follow and join him rather than subject to Yankee rule." On August 3rd, Lt. Scales writes, "How shall I attempt to describe the change that has come over the officers and crew of this ship within the last twenty four hours. I can only write a few unintelligible words that may serve to recall to my mind what my own feelings were yesterday afternoon...we came in sight of a sail - the first seen since we left the Arctic... Barracouta (ship) - boarded her and brought off the news - My G.! What news it was for us.... I was therefore in a measure prepared for either good or bad news but not for such as was in store for me....The only words I caught were - "All over - President Davis and cabinet prisoners in New York - All organized armies surrendered..." Upon arriving at Liverpool in November 1865, Dabney Scales writes on November 6th - "The (British) pilot boarded us in the mid watch this morning. His news confirms that given us by the "Barracouta" - the downfall of the Southern Confederacy. The war, he said had been over so long that people had forgotten all about it." While many of these events have been published in previous books on the Shenandoah, this diary represents new primary source material previously unavailable. Regarding the partial journal of the whaling ship "Edward" starting May 5th 1864 and ending December 1st 1864 (17 pages), the author writes of Right whales sightings and discusses and event Nov. 29th where a whale was struck and capsized the boat. 2nd grouping - 1/4 plate ambrotype of Confederate Dabney Scales in uniform with hand tinted gold highlights, CDV of Lt. Dabney Scales taken in Melbourne, Austrailia. Marked verso "Johnstone & Co. Melbourne", 3 7/8_ x 2 1/2_, and a CDV of the ship, CSS Shenandoah, 3 3/4_ x 2 3/8_. Last item - Author signed book/pamplet titled, "Cruises of the Confederate States Steamers "Shenandoah" and "Nashville" by Captain William C. Whittle, 1910. Page 32 signed, "For D. M. Scales from Yours Sincerely Wm C Whittle March 31st 1910_. Cover is marked in black pen, "Dabney M. Scales compliments of the Author". Provenance - Direct descendant of Lt. Dabney Scales.
Condition:
1st item - Journal missing cover, binding loose and frayed, several pages separated, edges of several pages charred and worn. All pages appear to be legible. Diary page size 8 1/2" x 13 3/8". 2nd item - Ambrotype with cover unattached, Dabney Scales CDV with tape verso, Shenandoah CDV trimmed. and CDVs in verso. 3rd item - pamplet/book in overall very good condition with some browning to covers.
CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM, "STONEWALL" JACKSON,CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM, "STONEWALL" JACKSON, ETC.From the family of Nannie Reid, Joseph Johnston, etc.
Includes a Minstrel show cut out, a scene titled "In Memoriam Confederacy", a depiction of George Washington with his family, a stamp postmarked May 18, 1866, and several photographs portraying famous figures from American history.
Photographic subjects include:
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824-May 10, 1863) the Confederate General (American Civil War) whose military career included the Valley Campaign of 1862 and his service corps as a commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee. Jackson died in 1863 due to complications sustained from an amputation after his own troops accidentally fired on him at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. This particular card bears the same publisher information verso as a similar one currently listed with The American Civil War Museum, see link: https://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/photo/F4BD14B7-F540-4AEC-BA56-739093705384
Major General Albert Sydney Johnston (February 2, 1803-April 6, 1862) served as a general in three different armies: the "Texian" Army (from the Republic of Texas), the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. Johnston fought in the Texas War of Independence, the Mexican-American War, the Utah War, and the American Civil War. He was considered the finest general officer in the Confederate Army by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who believed Johnston's death at the Battle of Shiloh was "the turning point of our fate."
General John B. Magruder (May 1, 1807-February 19, 1871) served as a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican-American War, a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and a postbellum general in the Imperial Mexican Army. Magruder was known as "Prince John" among his army friends, and was most noted for succesfully defending Galveston, Texas against Union forces in 1863.
An illustrated image of Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782-July, 24 1862) was the eighth president of the United States (1833-1837). He served in a number of senior roles for the Democratic party under President Andrew Jackson. Van Buren's inability as president to deal with the deep economic depression following the Panic of 1837 led to his defeat by the Whig Party candidate William Henry Harrison.
Steven Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813-June 3, 1861) was an American politician from Illinois and designer of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He was a U.S. Representative, Senator, and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in the 1860 election (which was lost to Republican Abraham Lincoln). Douglas was nicknamed "the little giant" due to his short stature and formidable personality.
Raphael Semmes (September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the Confederate navy during the American Civil War. Prior to this, he had been a serving officer in the United States Navy from 1826 through 1860. During the American Civil War, Semmes was captain of the cruiser CSS Alabama, the most successful commerce raider in maritime history. Late in the war, he was promoted to rear admiral and also served briefly as a brigadier general in the Confederate army. Semmes is the only North American to have held both ranks simultaneously.
A photograph of Nannie H. Reid, the original owner of the album as well as photographs of several of her family members
An image of Josephine Reiley, a 19th century American actress and opera singer, with Reiley depicted on the reverse as "Galatea" (a living statue from the opera Pygmalion and Galatea)
Album measures approximately 5-1/2" wide and 6" long. Includes an additional 8 images and a newspaper clipping outside of the album for a total of 46 images.
GRAHAM FLIGHT PAINTING OF FLORIDA SHIPFineGRAHAM FLIGHT PAINTING OF FLORIDA SHIPFine vintage oil portrait of the steam bark FLORIDA (commissioned to Confederate Navy in 1862) signed G. Flight '74. 24.5 x 29.5, framed 27.5 x 32.5 inches.
RARE CONFEDERATE NAVY CAPTAIN PORTRAITRARE CONFEDERATE NAVY CAPTAIN PORTRAIT - ISAAC BROWNRare Civil War era China Trade oil portrait depicting a Confederate naval commander wearing blue naval coat with 2 stripes. Beside him is his cap with letters CSN. Sitter is believed to be Isaac Newton Brown. 23.5 in x 18, overall 27 x 21 inches. Painting has been relined and has craquelure. From the VA collection. (Brown was b. Kentucky 1817, died Texas 1889. Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861, he resigned his commission in the US navy. In June, he accepted a commission as a lieutenant in the fledgling Confederate States Navy. Brown was assigned to the Mississippi River region by the Confederate Naval Department. In May 1862 he was ordered to Yazoo City, Mississippi, to take command of the unfinished ironclad CSS Arkansas and complete her construction in the worst of conditions. After successfully accomplishing this difficult task, Brown commanded her dramatic breaking of the Federal naval blockade of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 15, 1862. Brown was promoted to commander in August 1862 in recognition of his bold and audacious actions at Vicksburg. Commander Brown served as captain of the ironclad CSS Charleston, which operated in defense of Charleston, South Carolina, during 1863–1865.
CHRIS CALLE (B. 1961) "RAPHAEL SEMMES"ChrisCHRIS CALLE (B. 1961) "RAPHAEL SEMMES"Chris Calle (American, B. 1961) "Raphael Semmes" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the 32c Raphael Semmes Classic Collection Series stamp issued June 29, 1995.
Born in 1809 in Charles County, Maryland, Raphael Semmes joined the U.S. Navy when he was only 17. He continued in the service and was promoted to lieutenant in 1837, seeing action in the Mexican War. When war broke out between the states, he resigned from the U.S. Navy and volunteered for the Confederate Navy. Given the rank of commander, he was assigned to command the Sumter, a packet steamer berthed at New Orleans. Semmes had the vessel converted to an armed raider and sailed on June 30, 1861. The Sumter burned or captured a number of Union merchant vessels in the Atlantic and the West Indies until it was blockaded at Gibraltar. Semmes abandoned the ship and made his way to England, where he took command of the Alabama, a Confederate cruiser just being built at Liverpool. Semmes spent two years cruising the waters of the world, destroying more than 70 Union ships and seriously disrupting Union maritime trade. With the Alabama badly in need of repairs, Semmes put in at Cherbourg, France, in June 1864, where he was bottled up by the Union warship Kearsarge. On June 19, the Alabama sailed out to fight. In the ensuing battle, the Confederate cruiser was sunk, but Semmes and most of his crew were rescued by a British yacht that took them to England. Returning home, Semmes was given command of the James River squadron, but was forced to destroy it during the evacuation of Richmond. Semmes then organized a land force, but later surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina.
Image Size: 14.5 x 12.5 in.
Overall Size: 23 x 18 in.
Unframed.
(B15213)
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CONFEDERATE NAVY LETTER TO GEN. BEAUREGARDImportantCONFEDERATE NAVY LETTER TO GEN. BEAUREGARDImportant handwritten letter from CSA Navy Captain John Randolph Tucker to General PGT Beauregard requesting the commission of Samuel Bell to Tucker's flagship, dated December 15, 1864. Tucker commanded the Confederate ships in Charleston until thecity fell in early 1865. Letter measures 10" x 7-3/4". This document is one of several dozen important signed pieces in today's sale that were part of a large collection of American historical documents from 1650 through WWII. The estate collection, assembled from about 1920-1960, has never been offered for sale at auction. See images. This item can be shipped in-house.
J. WARNER & SONS BRONZE SHIPS' BELL,J. WARNER & SONS BRONZE SHIPS' BELL, 1861 John Warner and Sons (English 1739-1949), bronze ships' bell, 1861, of the usual form with iron clapper, numbered 23, signed and dated in mold with paper label reading, "Ships bell made by. J. Warner, London 1861. Bells of this type were mounted in many blockade runners and Confederate navy ships. Bronze. " Note: one of John Warner and Sons most notable commissions was for the Palace of Westminster, London, including the original Big Ben which cracked and was recast by the Whitechapel Bell foundry in 1858. Approximate dimensions: h. 13", dia. 14".
GEORGIA CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR SPEARGEORGIA CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR SPEAR BLADE PIKEConfederate full length pike or polearm, Georgia c.1862-1863, manufactured by various blacksmiths in response to the 1862 order by Georgia Governor Joseph Brown calling for thousands to be made as defensive weapons, blade approx. 12.25"l and 1.50" at its' widest, narrowing to approx. 1.25"w at the guard, the navette shaped guard with pointed ends is approx. 3.5"w, a 1" collar immediately below the guard, two18.75"l riveted iron straps attach the blade to the oak pole, overall blade tip pole iron cap base approx. 97"l *Note: Similar pikes have been identified as naval weapons. The official manual "Ordnance Instructions for the Confederate Navy", at para 93 and 94, requires "one boarding pike per gun on covered decks" and "pike men to be guarded by Marines". See the Civil War Collectors Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pg. 194 and many online sources for more information.
CSN Engineer Benjamin S. Herring ArchiveCSN Engineer Benjamin S. Herring Archive 1853-1891 This fine lot features the following: Benjamin Herring's gray military vest with four attached naval buttons plus six unattached naval buttons most likely from the vest; Herring's pre-war chapeau in original tin box; one war-date engineer's drawing for engines of CSS Vicksburg; Herring's monogramed fork; 21 letters (8 war-date); 2 manuscripts; 19 photographs; 4 postcards; 3 magazines; Reynolds family genealogy book; newspapers and clippings.A North Carolinian by birth and southerner by inclination Benjamin Simms Herring (1837-1915) was an engineer aboard the USS Richmond when hostilities commenced between the north and south. As a graduate of the US Naval Academy he found himself with a difficult test of loyalties and depending on which account one believes Herring either resigned his commission on July 8 1861 or was dismissed but regardless he resurfaced two weeks later as a Third Asst. Engineer in the Confederate Navy. His service for the Confederacy was anything but nominal. In addition to his engineering prowess his service was highlighted by a stint aboard the most famous Confederate ironclad of the war the Merrimac -- he was on board during its engagement with the USS Monitor at Hampton Roads -- he served at the Naval Works in Columbus Ga. and saw action aboard the CSS Tennessee in the Mobile Squadron surrendering there on June 4 1865.Within this significant collection are fourteen letters relating to Herring's extraordinary naval career. Eight of the letters date from the war years:1864 April 1: Manuscript letter to the editor of the Caddo Gazette with a poem scribbled by Missourians sung to the tune of Missouri. The Yankee lads and ironclads / are welcome now to try us / with shot and shell will greet them well / before they shall go by us. / Let the foe but come before us / every gun will swell the chorus / Bomb - bomb - bomb -bomb. Robert Frost: not so much.1864 Oct. 28: Herring ALS Cy to Lt.Com. James L. Phillips datelined CSS Webb.1865 Jan. 6: Special order No. 45 (manuscript) ordering Herring now out of hospital to report to his command at Mobile Ala.1865 Jan. 19: Flag officer Mobile Ala. granting leave of absence to Herring to visit Columbus GA.1865 Feb. 26: Herring letter to Commander G.W. Harrison datelined CSS Morgan asking why he is quarantined.1865 May 12: from Flag Officer Naval Commandant's Office ordering Herring on detached duty from CSS Morgan for duty aboard the CSS Tuscaloosa.1865 April 16: from Flag Officer Naval Commandant's Office ordering Herring to report for duty aboard the CSS Nashville.1865 May 10: invoice from M. M. Seay paymaster for pay to Herring. Partially printed form completed in manuscript and datelined C.S. Steamer Nashville Bigbee River Ala.More important still are two Confederate naval engineering documents scarce as hen's teeth. The first dated Oct. 20 1864 is a closely written letter describing tests on boilers and pumps on the CSS Webb with discussion of Herring's efforts to rectify the failing equipment. The pump in its present condition cannot be relied upon for its valve-seats are so worn that a vacuum cannot be maintained even should it be formed... The engines were moved with ease and all of the moving parts seemed to be in good order except the steam and exhaust valves and pistons... (The letter shows iron ink damage on text with some loss of paper beneath). The second document is a 22pp technical report from Webb explained in his covering letter (presumably) to Lt. Commander J.H. Carter: I respectfully submit the following based upon experiences relative to the amount of power necessary to propell a vessel 80 feet long 10 feet beam and drawing 5 feet of water ten miles per hour through still water... Herring recommended adding surplus power using a three-bladed screw and many more technical specifications.The postwar items in the collection add a coda to Herring's exploits. These include an 1894 letter from an old comrade from the Merrimac H.B. Littlepage written on Navy Department letterhead making reference to their common history (Can't you come to Richmond to the unveiling of the Confed. Soldiers & Sailors Monument on the 30th inst. We'll have a big time...). There is also a 1915 letter from another Merrimac comrade E.V. White lamenting how few veterans of that ship remained alive as well as a 1916 account of Herring's naval career written by his daughter Mary. Seven family letters include one pre-war letter and the rest scattered in the post-war period. Finally the collection includes an engineer drawing for Herring Bedstead.; three issues of the Confederate Veteran (two copies of 1915 Nov. 1917 May); and two early 20th century postcards depicting the Merrimac.Among the 19 photographs in the collection-- all with backmarks of southern photographers -- are images of three Confederate servicemen: Herring: two cartes-de-visite a gem tintype and cabinet card; George Lining (CS Navy): carte-de-visite (not in uniform) and two later (post-1900) images; Isaac Herring (51st NC Infantry) in Civil War uniform (mouse chewed on top and right margin affecting image). Also included is a modern copy of image showing the crew of the Merrimac including Herring.The exquisite rarity of Confederate naval material is well known but technical documents from highly trained Confederate naval engineers are vanishingly difficult to find.? Condition: Some wear and tear as expected with Confederate materials but sound.