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JAMES H KILLED

• Civil War Stereo Views
  Civil War Stereo Views "Photographic History - War for the Union", series published by E & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York, 1865, after Brady, 32 stereo views on yellow mounts, images include Union officers, living and deceased soldiers, battle sites, forts and other buildings, fortifications and earthworks, southern views in Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia, one view of General Grant and family signed verso by his son, Frederick Grant, all with paper labels verso describing scene, each approximately 3-1/4 x 6-3/4 in.; detailed listing: #1994: Aqueduct Bridge above Georgetown, on the Potomac. Government Vessels and Canal boats filled with Stores, escaping the Raiders, July 12, 1864.#2296: Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va.#2330: Hanover Junction, 20 miles from Richmond; a point of note in McClellan’s and Grant’s Campaigns.#2365: Fortifications near Yorktown, Va.#2428: Lieut. Gen. Grant and chief of staff, Gen. Rawlins, at his Head Quarters, at Cold Harbor, Va. Taken June 14th, 1864.#2432: Group of Generals: Hancock, Birney, Gibbon and Barlow, in the field, near Richmond, Va.#2549: Gen. Butlers’ Dutch Gap Canal. In the centre is a dam to keep out the water, and passage way for workmen; on the left is a railroad track for drawing out the dirt; in the foreground a mud scow.#2590: Gen. Grant’s favorite filed horse Cincinnati. Taken at City Point, Va.#2591: Jeff. Davis, one of Gen. Grant’s saddle horses. Taken at City Point, Va.#2610: Dutch Gap Canal and Group of Soldiers. Taken after the bank was blown out. On the extreme end a portion of the bank remains, which forms a profile, which the soldiers call Jeff. Davis.#2691: Gun boat Kansas. Officers in the foreground. James River, Va.#3094: Group of Relics in Charleston, SC, Arsenal, showing Rebel torpedoes, shot, shell, and breach of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun.#3103: Broad St., Charleston SC, looking East, with the ruins of the Roman Catholic Cathedral and St. Michael’s church in the distance.#3127: Fort Sumpter, east face, Charleston Harbor, SC showing the Palmetto Works erected to strengthen the fort.#3139: Interior of Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, Sc, April 14th, 1865, pending the ceremony of raising the old Flag.#3175: A Dead Rebel Soldier, as he lay in the Treches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” The View was taken the Morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3177: C.S. Soldier killed by a shell in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” This View was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3182: Rebel Soldiers killed in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” The view shows the construction of their Bomb Proofs and Covered passages, which branch off in every direction. Taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3183: This Picture is a good view of the Covered Ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” The Union Soldiers had to charge up and down these obstructions. In the foreground centre is a dead Rebel Soldier sticking out through the debris, and further on lies another Confederate Soldier. This View was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3184: Rebel Soldier killed in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the Soldiers “Fort Damnation.” This View was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3192: Chevaux de fries, and breast works in the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the Rebels “Fort Hell,” showing two wounded soldiers. This view was made the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1865.#3198: Rebel Prisoners on their way to the rear, captured by Gen. Sheriden at Five Forks April 3d 1865. This View was taken April 3d, after the storming of Petersburgh, Va.#3243: Ruins in the burnt district, from the Petersburgh railroad Depot, showing a portion of the Arsenal grounds, Richmond, Va.#3285: Park of Captured Guns at Rocketts, Richmond, Va.#3362: “Castle Thunder,” Cary St., the place where so many Union prisoners suffered. Richmond, Va.#3288: Residence of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Franklin St., Richmond, Va.#3365: Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.#3366: St. John’s Church, Church Hill, Richmond, Va. This church is the place where Patrick Henry made his immortal speech. #3376: Mansion occupied by Jeff. Davis, during the Rebellion, cor. Clay and Twelfth St. Richmond, Va.#3399: Lieut. Gen. Grant, Wife and Son at his Head Quarters, City Point, Va. (signed)#3624: Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman and Horse. This View was taken in the Trenches before Atlanta, Ga.#3652: Lulu Falls, on top of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
• Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr.
  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
• Confederate Order Book 1st Virginia
  Confederate Order Book 1st Virginia Regiment Pre-First Bull Run 8 x 10 in. hardbound order copy book with gilt title ADJUTANTS REPORTS. /1ST. REGIMENT. This book is a record of the orders received by the 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry beginning April 29 1861 through the Battle of First Bull Run and ending August 1 1861.The 1st (Richmond) Regiment a pre-war militia regiment was one of the first groups of infantry to arrive for training at the Hermitage Fairgrounds in Richmond (later Camp Lee) in April 1861. The early orders in this book chronicle the day to day problems of forging various mobs of spirited civilians into an army for the newborn nation. The entire army structure above the regimental level had to be made from scratch and these pages of recorded orders give an unparalleled insight into that evolving process.The first combat orders for the 1st Virginia dated May 29 1861 sent them to Manassas Junction to join Bonham's Brigade Department of Alexandria. June 1 finds the regiment at Camp Pickens Virginia where all forces are ordered to cheerfully join in the necessary labors however hard and unusual for them and immediately begin entrenching fortifications at Manassas Junction. The next day Beauregard is announced as the new commander of the Department of Alexandria.On June 16 Beauregard orders troops be supplied with 40 rounds ammo and held constantly in light marching order ready to advance on short notice with 10 days' rations (3-5 in haversacks the rest in wagons.)June 20 orders are issued forming the Army of the Potomac arranging the various regiments into six brigades and assigning brigade commanders. The 1st Virginia is assigned to the 4th Brigade Colonel G.H. Terret Provisional Army of Virginia commanding.Beauregard's HQ June 23rd: So great is the obstruction of the most important public business by the personal presentations at these HdQrs of applications for leaves of absence (generally on the certificate of a medical officer for the benefit of the applicant's health ) that it is ordered that all applications for leaves of absence hereafter shall be made through the commanding officer of the Regiment Corps or unattached company to which such applicant may belong.4th Brigade HQ Camp Pickens June 27 ...The Colonel also directs that the whooping and yelling in camp be stopped and that the men who insist on continuing this unmilitary habit be punished...July 4 1861: Camp PickensThe colonels of the Regiments comprising the 4th Brigade will at once see that their Regiments are provided with three days provisions in their haversacks and forty rounds of ammunition in their cartridge boxes and be held in readiness ?to march forthwith to the front. The alert was canceled July 5th.On July 7 Longstreet assumes command of the 4th Brigade. The next day orders are issued designating a winged badge for the brigade to be worn yellow side out on the left shoulder". Pickets are told to learn the insignia of surrounding brigades and small parties are not to be fired upon unless it is well ascertained that they are of the enemy and there is no probability of capturing them.Beauregard issues a long order on July 11 haranguing the army for grievous breaches in security. Newspapers as far away as South Carolina have published detailed dispositions of Confederate troops along the Potomac with troop strengths and regiment names and examples are provided in these orders.JULY 16 CONFEDERATE BATTLE PLANS FOR MANASSAS: Beauregard issues detailed seven-part battle plans to his command for the attack on the Federal army which that day has begun its march from Washington DC towards Manassas. In part:Head Quarters Army of the PotomacManassas Junction ?July 16th 1861Special Orders}No. 120 ???????????}The following will be observed and executed by all concerned in the special exigencies indicatedI??? Brig Genl Longstreet will hold his Brigade in readiness to march at a moment's notice and take position at Blackburn's ford one regiment to be placed with two pieces of Walton's battery in position in advance of that ford carefully concealed from the view of the enemy the other two regiments remaining on this side of the ford concealed from sight as far as practicable but ready to be thrown across at any moment and when Genl Longstreet shall hear the enemy engaged on his left at Mitchell's ford he will move and attack him in the flank and rear as already instructed keeping communications open with Bonham's brigade on the left and Jones' brigade on the right.II??? Brig Genl Jones will be prepared to move his Brigade from Camp Walker simultaneously with the 4th Brigade to positions at McLean's ford corresponding to those to be occupied by Longstreet at Blackburn's ford; as already instructed he will advance thence to the attack of the enemy's flank on the Centerville Road about halfway between Centerville and Mitchell's ford maintaining communication with Genl Longstreet on his left and Genl Ewell on his right...??? ???The next day Beauregard announced to his army that the Federal invasion of Virginia had begun:General OrdersNo. 41 ?I.??? The General Commanding the army of the Potomac announces to his command that at length the enemy have advanced to subjugate a sovereign state and impose upon a free people an odious government; notwithstanding their numerical superiority they can be repelled and the general commanding relies confidently on his command to do it...By the 18th Union General Tyler's advance division had reached Centerville. As the enemy approaches General Longstreet addresses his men:Head Quarters 4th BrigadeBull Run July 18th 1861General Orders No. 1Virginians you are now fighting for your own soil your homes and your liberties! Let it not be said that any Virginia Brigade gave way one foot before the vile invaders! We have taken our stand; let us show the enemy that we can and will repel them hence.Beauregard correctly expects McDowell's main attack to be from Centerville towards his right flank. Tyler spoils the Union plans by advancing early on Blackburns Ford and escalating his scouting mission into a battle with Longstreet's brigade. The Confederates repulse his attack prompting McDowell to change his plans and attack the alerted Confederates on the opposite flank once the main body of the Union army arrives. Colonel Patrick T. Moore of the 1st Virginia was severely wounded in the head during this battle an injury that would remove him from field service for most of the war.July 21 1861: BATTLE OF FIRST MANASSASSpecial Order No. 136 the morning of the battle informs the brigade commanders that:Lt Col Richard Snowdon is placed on duty with this army and is authorized to join any brigade engaged and opposed to artillery in which event he will be furnished with a detachment of picked riflemen to shoot fused balls into caissons and ammunition wagons.The next order entered into the book is dated June 22 1861 the day after the battle: Beauregard orders Longstreet to detail Lieut John G Meem 17th Regt Va Volunteers to proceed to the front with a strong escort and abundant means of transportation for the purpose of collecting arms munitions subsistance etc abandoned by the enemy...Also on this day Beauregard's Special Orders No. 146 advances his army into the Centerville area:1st Brigade Brig Genl M.L. Bonham at Centerville. 2nd Brigade Brig Genl Ewell at or about Union Mills in advance. 3rd Brigade Genl D.R. Jones at a position on Union and Centerville Road about half way between Braddock's Road and Union Mills ford. 4th Brigade Brig Genl Longstreet at or about the crossing of the Centerville and Union Mill road and the Braddock road. 5th Brigade Genl Cocke at or about suspension bridge over Cub Run. 6th Brigade Col Early in a position on Bull Run one mile above Stone Bridge. Evans command at or about Stone Bridge except Hunter's Regt Va Vols which will remain at these Hd Qrs for present...On July 24 1861 Beauregard orders Captain E.P. Alexander to choose from the captured Union artillery 1 large rifled gun two 6 pounder rifled guns and two 12 pounder rifled guns with proper caissons mobile forge and battery wagon and send them to Brigadier General T. H. Holmes.On July 29 in order to absorb the huge numbers of new soldiers Beauregard reorganizes the Army of the Potomac into 8 brigades of 4 regiments each plus artillery and cavalry.The last entry is a request for a Court of Inquiry by Captain F.B. Schaeffer Virginia Volunteers to examine into certain imputations and allegations made against his conduct as a soldier on the 21st July 1861..." ?Schaeffer was rumored to have in a panic ordered his men three times to retreat during the battle.1st Regiment Virginia Infantry (Williams Rifles) ??? ????1st Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Richmond Virginia in May 1861. At the outbreak of the war it had ten companies but in April three were detached. Thus the unit contained seven companies from Richmond and in mid-July a company from Washington D.C. was added. It fought at First Manassas under General Longstreet and in August totaled 570 men. During April 1862 when the regiment was reorganized it contained only six companies. The 1st was assigned to A.P. Hill's Kemper's and W.R. Terry's Brigade Army of Northern Virginia. It was active from Williamsburg to Gettysburg except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk. Later the unit was involved in the capture of Plymouth the conflicts at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment lost twenty-two percent of the 140 engaged at Second Manassas had 9 wounded at Fredericksburg and had more than half of the 209 at Gettysburg disabled. Its casualties were 12 killed and 25 wounded at Drewry's Bluff 1 killed and 77 wounded at Five Forks and 40 captured at Sayler's Creek. Only 17 surrendered on April 9 1865. The field officers were Colonels Patrick T. Moore F.G. Skinner and Lewis B. Williams; Lieutenant Colonels William H. Fry and Frank H. Langley; and Majors John Dooley William P. Mumford George F. Norton and William H. Palmer.?(National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System) Condition: Front cover detached some leaves clipped or loose.
• Brevet Brigadier General James M.
  Brevet Brigadier General James M. Ruggles 1st & 3rd Illinois Cavalry Civil War Archive 69 letters and documents; 1 diary; 2 presidential appointments; Veteran's hat; 2 shoulder straps; and coin purse with 19 coins. 1855-1900. An early and well-connected activist in the antebellum Republican Party and a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln James Ruggles was born in Mansfield Ohio in 1818. Seeking a place in life he apprenticed as a printer and moved to Ogle County Illinois at 19 but went on to study law before finally settling into business in Bath Ill. An antislavery man from early on Ruggles was intensely interested in politics. An admirer of Daniel Webster and an ardent anti-Democrat he was elected to the state senate in 1852 and became a friend and supporter of Lincoln in the elections of 1856 through 1860. With the Civil War erupting he volunteered for service in July 1861 and after some wrangling secured a commission as Major in the 3rd Illinois Cavalry. His distinguished service under arduous conditions at Pea Ridge earned him a promotion to Lt. Col. after which he distinguished himself at Haines Bluff Arkansas Post and the siege of Vicksburg. After mustering out of the service at the expiration of his enlistment on Sept. 5 1864 he was brevetted Brig. Gen. for faithful and meritorious services. The Ruggles collection contains both pre-war political letters and war-time documents providing glimpses into Ruggles' world of power and influence the earliest days of the Republican Party and Ruggles??T relationship with Lincoln and Governor Richard Yates of Illinois. On Jan. 9 1860 for example Yates then a potential candidate for governor wrote Ruggles about whether he should run for office: The opinion is entertained by some friends of mine that I would run better in the center & south and as well in the north as any candidate yet named -- I confess that I feel conscious of some strength once before the people and have rather concluded to be a candidate before the convention unless advised differently by some friends... There is a second ALS from Yates dated Sept. 16 1855; and a printed flier issued under Yates??T name To the Voters of Morgan County May 31 1855 clarifying where he stands on temperance legislation (he was soberly in favor). In these early days the Party faithful were filled with optimism. As the election of 1856 approached William Kellogg (soon to be congressman) advised Ruggles on no count [to] connect yourself with the Filmore movement there is death it in to any man who espouses that faction at this juncture... but added: The Democracy are getting up Filmore Meeting as a last hope. We shall rout them all the true old Whigs will come back and the Pro-Slavery men will go to Buchanan. The Republican State Central Committee sounded almost millenarian: The day for the battle of freedom and freemen is close at hand and if the friends of Lincoln work until the night of the day of the election a triumph is sure and certain. An unscrupulous party is attempting by its imported hordes of traveling voting machines ?to subdue? and over-ride the fair expression of the legal voters of this state... Much more on illegal non-resident voters trying to sway the vote in the state (the letter is fragile separated at the folds and worn but a highly important relic of early Republican Party history). Rounding out the political content are two rare election tickets for the Republican slate headed by Gen. John A. Logan. Ruggles' war-time service is represented by eight fine letters that give a sense of then range of conflicting issues and emotions Ruggles was forced to confront. The earliest is a letter written after the first Battle of Bull Run describing the heroism of the famous 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment: C. Hazlett wrote to Col. James Raguet to inform him that Samuel Raguet had been wounded by buckshot and had been operated on. Saml stood it manfully he is doing very well the shot entered the right side of his neck about 3/4 of an inch below the ear passing by the Jaw Bone without injuring it on around until it struck the bone in the back part of the neck. It made a very deep and severe-looking wound.... We have quite a number of patriotic northern Ladies who have come here as nurses. They are very kind... Saml. walked nearly the whole distance from the Battle to this city [Washington]... he was wounded in the second fire of the Traitors bur remained on the field and fought manfully all day. His sword was broken in the first of the fight. He has a sword that he took from a ?Secesh? cavalry man he held his revolver toward the above named Traitor and he fell Saml. having relieved him of the trouble of doing any more damage... I was on the ground during the whole of the Battle on the look out for my friends... Saml wishes you to tell Wm Wolf that Eugene Wilmer was shot through the head dead on the first fire.... It should not be surprising to find that Ruggles remained a political animal while under arms and the collection includes a fascinating letter from July 1 1862 rallying Ruggles??T support to get Illinois soldiers to defeat Democratic-inspired proposed changes to the Illinois constitution. Other war-date items include three superior letters from Henry G. Thomas an ambitious young officer (apparently a Brevet Colonel) looking to use family influence to advance in the army a printed copy of War Dept. General Order 126 Sept. 6 1862 specifying the composition of regiments in each line of service; half a dozen documents; an undated manuscript signed Maj. John Campbell regarding drafting men; a printed letter of transmittal accompanying Ruggles' Brevet to Brig. General Oct. 6 1866; and an interesting a manuscript circular Jan. 3 1862 declaring Pickets are not to go into houses nor tell Secessionists exactly where they are stationed where they are moved &c. and that they are not to be so careless as to allow persons to ride in among them before they know it... and much more to be learned by green recruits. Of special note are two Confederate items and two relating to some spectacularly poor discipline in the 3rd Illinois Cavalry almost amounting to mutiny. The Confederate pieces include a very rare manuscript oath of allegiance issued for a soldier from Nathan Bedford Forrest??Ts cavalry datelined La Grange Tenn. and reading in part I George H. Bennett a citizen of Fayette Co. Tenn. and conscript soldier of Forrest??Ts command having returned to my home where I wish to remain and take no farther part in the Rebellion... (marked duplicate at bottom left of document). Joining this is a particularly handsome and large printed Confederate States Loan certificate for $1 000 (very good condition and finely printed) issued Aug. 20 1862 slated to come due in July 1874. No warranties are made for exchange. The Ruggles' command was no Shangri-la appears in four documents beginning with a manuscript transcript of charges and specifications leveled against officers in the 3rd. The first a 7pp cites Captain Charles Dunbaugh for cowardice among many other things. The incidents detailed include Dunbaugh running away to the rear of the Battalion after a picket was fired upon leaving shamefully abandoning his post as commander of the company to which he did not return until some time after firing commenced); breaking down in tears when separated from his son and cried and bellowed shamefully saying ?My Georgy is lost ? ??" ?we are I an enemy??Ts country? ??" ?it will kill his mother?...; and shameful behavior at the Battle of Pea Ridge where he was so much under the influence of fear from the fire of the enemy that he repeatedly called upon the commander of the Battalion to move the command out of the range of the enemy??Ts guns... The charges go on to include malingering with an allegedly injured foot neglect of duty conspiracy and disrespect against his superiors drunkenness conduct unbecoming (falsely reporting himself wounded visiting a house of ill fame occupied by degraded and abandoned prostitutes repeatedly) and more. As might be expected the list of witnesses to the charges is nearly a page long (and a long page at that). As if that were not enough paired with Dunbaugh??Ts charges are charges against Capt. James Nichols for violating military orders and discipline leaving his command without authority in Nov. 1861 going AWOL insubordination conspiring with Dunbaugh to undercut Ruggles??T authority and conduct unbecoming an officer. Perhaps as evidence the collection also includes a fascinating letter written to send to Gen. Siegel but apparently not sent relating to an expedition under Dunbaugh that tore down a secession flag at a court house near Springfield Mo. that was appropriated by the Major in charge and not returned to the men who took it down. More ill discipline is documented in a letter from Col. L.F. McCrillis Jan. 30 1863 citing Capt. R.H. Carnahan for disrespectful and insolent language used while attempting to tender his resignation for want of confidence in his Colonel and Lt. Colonel and then corruptly and feloniously abstracting the paper from its proper place and requesting his dismissal from the service. Notably the dockets on the verso include signatures of Gen. John A. McClernand and U.S. Grant. Finally among the gems in the collection is a noteworthy closely-written 7pp detailed Historical Memoranda of the 3d Ills. Cav. Vols. possibly written by Capt. A.B. Kirkbride of the regiment in about 1864 describing the regiment's formation and service its battle record but also the controversies over its officers and political machinations. It ends Notwithstanding these efforts to break up and destroy the Regiment by intermeddling and malicious officers the remaining 83 men of the 3d Ill. Cavalry are as brave patriotic and well-disciplined men as are in the service and will again make their marks upon the enemy when opportunity affords. The lot also includes the following: 1860 newspaper clipping outlining delegates that attended the Republican Convention in Illinois making reference to J.M. Ruggles a Secretary at the Convention; two Presidential Appointments for Ruggles both for the rank of Colonel by Brevet one dated 3 July 1866 the other dated 3 August 1866. Each with Andrew Jackson??Ts stamped signature; Society of the Army of the Tennessee certificate recognizing Brvt. Brig. Genl. J.M. Ruggles as a member dated 15 October 1874 signed by President W. T. Sherman; Civil War veteran??Ts hat with braided cord with acorn drop and wreath and star insignia; Colonel??Ts and Lieutenant Colonel??Ts shoulder straps; and small coin purse containing 19 19th and early 20th century coins. With its balance of pre-war politics and wartime dramatics the Ruggles collection offers a marvelous opportunity for research into the personalities and events of a critical period in American history centered on an individual in the inner circles of power. Condition: Good condition throughout with expected signs of wear and age.
• LARGE LOT OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
  LARGE LOT OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS ANDPHOTOGRAPHS, RELATING PRIMARILY TO THE CIVIL WAR. 7 BINDERS, WITH MILITARY DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, CDVS, CUT SIGNATURES, LETTERS. TO INCLUDE: ALBUM 1 INCLUDING SIGNATURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUCH FIGURES AS: AMBROSE BURNSIDE (CDV BY I. G. STEIGER, NEW HAVEN, CT), GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER, DARIUS N. COUCH (E & H. T. ANTHONY, NY, FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES BY MATTHEW BRADY), PETER J. OSTERHAUS ( E & H. T. ANTHONY, NY, FROM MATTHEW BRADY NEGATIVES), FRITZ JOHN PORTER (ANTHONY, NY, FROM MATTHEW BRADY NEGATIVES), JOSEPH HOOKER (C. G. HILL, 94 MARKET ST, LYNN), NATHANIEL BANKS. ALBUM 2 CONTAINS 2 UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER CDV PORTRAITS, SOLDIER’S LETTER HOME FROM CAMP FRANKLIN, TWO CONFEDERATE BANK NOTES ($1 AND $5), UNKNOWN CUT SIGNATURE. ALBUM 3 INCLUDES CUT SIGNATURES FROM DAVID HUNTER, JAMES WILSON, DANIEL SICKLES, HENRY TERRY, GEORGE MCCLELLAN, NELSON MILES, CHARLES SIGSBY, AND OTHERS. ANOTHER ALBUM INCLUDES CUT SIGNATURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF DAVID STANLEY (ANTHONY, NY FROM MATTHEW BRADY NEGATIVES), IRVIN MCDOWELL, RAPHAEL SEMMES (ANTHONY, NY FROM MATTHEW BRADY NEGATIVES), GEORGE MEADE, WILLIAM ROSENCRANTZ (ANTHONY, NY FROM MATTHEW BRADY NEGATIVES), JAMES B. STEADMAN (ANTHONY, NY FROM MATTHEW BRADY NEGATIVES), A PHOTOGRAPH OF WINFIELD SCOTT, JOHN DIX, DON CARLOS BUELL, GEORGE WEBB MORRELL (ANTHONY, NY FROM MATTHEW BRADY NEGATIVES), JOHN BUFORD, THEODORE WINTHROP (CDV BY DAVIS BROS., PORTSMOUTH, NH), DOCUMENT “THE GENERAL ORDERS ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF MAJOR GENERAL EDWIN SUMNER", CDV OF EDWIN VOSE SUMNER (C. D. FREDERICKS AND CO., NY, HAVANA, PARIS), 1862 ORDER GIVEN BY GENERAL EDWIN VOSE SUMNER IN FALMOUTH, VA NOV 24, CDV HENRY HALLECK, OTHER SMALL PORTRAIT PRINTS. ALBUM 4 INCLUDES 1861 NAVAL ASYLUM IN PHILADELPHIA RECIPE, UNITED STATES ENLISTMENT OF NELSON WEST AT FORT SMITH, AK OCT 1863 JOINING THE US COLORED TROOP VOLUNTEERS, 1864 PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN REPORT DEVELOPED BY GEORGE MCCLELLAN AND PUBLISHED BY J. G. BARNARD, A 2 PAGE GENERAL ORDERS CONCERNING COURT MARTIALS AND COURT MARTIALS OF SURGEONS 1864, A LETTER FROM BRIGADIER GENERAL SILAS CASEY’S HEADQUARTERS IN VA AFTER THE 7 PINES BATTLE (MENTIONS BRIG. GEN CANDY), A JUNE 8 1863 RECEIPT TO PURCHASE HORSES FOR THE 41ST OHIO VOLUNTEER REGIMENT JUST PRIOR TO THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN, 2 LETTERS FROM GENERAL WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT DATED OCT 24, 1863 AND NOV 3, 1863 (DESCRIBE THE FORMATION OF THE 57TH MA INFANTRY, AND THE INFANTRY OFFICER’S COMMISSIONS), A SPECIAL ORDER DATED OCT 27, 1863 ALLOWING ROBERT NORDABY OF NORTH ADAMS TO RECRUIT FOR THE FORMATION OF THE 57TH MA INFANTRY, A CONFEDERATE LETTER FROM JUNE 1862 FROM THE ABERNATHY FAMILY LOCATED IN CALDWELL COUNTY, NC, A 1862 LETTER FROM A UNION SOLDIER TO HIS BROTHER IN WOOLWICH, ME (THE SOLDIER WAS STATION AT CAMP WILLIAMS NEAR FT. MUNROE, VA. WRITTEN BY STEVEN DODGE TO HIS BROTHER GEORGE), A WAR OF 1812 DOCUMENT (SHIP OWNERS INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SHIP SEIZED BY THE BRITISH IN BERMUDA. THE LETTER IS TO CAPTAIN T. T. MORTEN OF THE SHIP SYMMETRY OF NY, DATED AUGUST 12, 1812, SIGNED BY J. WOODHAM. THE SYMMETRY WAS BEING DETAINED BY BRITISH CRUISERS, AND WOODHAM FELT THAT A PRIZE CREW SHOULD BE PUT ONBOARD THE SHIP AND SENT TO ENGLAND.), A LETTER DATED MAY 1772 WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SCAMMELL TO HIS BROTHER SAMUEL WRITTEN IN PORTSMOUTH, NH AND SENT TO HIS BROTHER IN MENDON, MA (ALEXANDER SCAMMEL WAS A BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND WAS KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN IN 1781. COMES WITH A TYPED TRANSCRIPTION). ALBUM 5 CONTAINS CDV PHOTOGRAPHS OF: AUGUST KAUTZ (HOAG AND QUICK’S ART PALACE, CINCINNATI, OH), JOSEPH REYNOLDS (A. S. MORSE, NASHVILLE, TN), NEWTON CURTIS (E. & H. T. ANTHONY, NY FROM MATTHEW BRADY NEGATIVE), FRANCIS BARLOW (ANTHONY, AFTER BRADY NEGATIVE), JOHN C. ROBINSON, FREDERICK LANDER (ANTHONY, AFTER MATTHEW BRADY NEGATIVE), EDWARD MCCOOK (ANTHONY, AFTER BRADY), ROBERT C. SCHENCK, OLIVER O. HOWARD (CHARLES H. TABER, NEW BEDFORD), PHILLIP SHERIDAN (H. BALL, WALPOLE, NH). ALBUM 6 INCLUDES SIGNATURES AND LETTERS BY DAVID HUNTER, JAMES WILSON, DANIEL SICKLES, HENRY TERRY, GEORGE MCCLELLAN, NELSON MILES, CHARLES SIGSBY, AND OTHERS. ALBUM 7 INCLUDES TWO CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS BELIEVES TO BE MAINE REGIMENT ENCAMPMENT, ALONG WITH SEVERAL PRINTS OF GENERALS.