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![Another offering as a result of the paring down of our personal 60 year accumulation,(see: www.MaineLegacy.com) this little pasteboard box is labeled <I>Made from beef bones by soldiers in the Civil War</I> with the brown ink penned notation [I]<I>Isaiah L. Gordon Co. F <B>20th Maine</I></B>. Offered just as we acquired it years ago where it was buried in a Maine estate auction mixed box lot the little box holds a handmade beef bone man’s ring. Isaiah L. Gordon was a 20 year old resident of St. Albans, Maine when he enlisted and was mustered in as a Private of Co. F 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry. Recorded as a participant with the 20th a the battle of Gettysburg, Gordon was promoted to Corporal in 1863 and would rise to the rank of Sargent before he was <B>shot and killed at the Wilderness</B> on May 6, 1864. A neat Maine antique auction find from back in the day when such treasures could be had by the inquisitive collector, this piece will come with our letter attesting to the find.
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![<b>Autographed carte de visite photograph with New Orleans, Louisiana back mark
Commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee
Very rare Confederate image</b>
(1817-76) Born in Warrenton, North Carolina, he graduated in the West Point class of 1837 where his classmates included notable future Civil War Union Generals Joseph Hooker, and John Sedgwick, and future Confederate Generals John C. Pemberton, and Jubal A. Early. In Bragg's pre Civil War U.S. Army career he fought against the Florida Seminole Indians, and served gallantly in the Mexican War earning 3 brevets most notably for his bravery in the Battle of Buena Vista. On March 7, 1861, he was appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and was assigned to command the southern coast from Pensacola, Florida, to Mobile, Alabama. A friend, and special favorite of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, he was promoted to major general, on September 12, 1861, and commanded the 2nd Corps of General Albert Sidney Johnston's army at the Battle of Shiloh. In June 1862, he was appointed commander of the Army of Tennessee which he led in the invasion of Kentucky ending in the Battle of Perryville, Ky. He saw further action in the Battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga. In 1864, President Davis called Bragg to Richmond where he was put in charge of the military operations of the Confederacy and superior to his contemporaries in grade although junior by date of his commission. After General Robert E. Lee was appointed General-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies in early 1865, Bragg was sent to North Carolina where he fought under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston in the 1865 Carolina's campaign. After the war he served as Chief Engineer of Alabama, and dropped dead on September 27, 1876, while walking down a street in Galveston, Texas. He was 59 years old at the time of his death. He is buried in the Magnolia Cemetery, in Mobile, Alabama. General Bragg was known for having a quick temper, and being overzealous in the discipline of his soldiers.
Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view pose of General Bragg in Confederate general's uniform, wearing a sash, gauntlets, and holding his sword. There is a painted back drop visible behind him. This view was taken in Montgomery. Alabama, by photographer A.C. McIntyre, circa 1862-1863. Autographed in period ink on the front mount, Braxton Bragg. Very nice large and bold signature of the general. Back mark: S. Anderson, Photographer, 61 Camp St., New Orleans [light]. Light age toning and wear. Very rare and desirable, and an image that I've had only once before in my 46 year career at "War Between The States Memorabilia," and that one was not autographed, and did not have a back mark.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/cdv9699a.jpg)
![8 1/4 x 11, imprinted form, filled out in ink.
Oct. 1st, 1903
To the United Daughters of the Confederacy: (it reads in part as follows):
...who is an Ex-Confederate Soldier...hereby, at your request, presents this Certificate of Eligibility for a Confederate Cross of Honor. [He served] as a Private in Company C, of the 40th Regiment of N.C. Troops Volunteers, C.S.A....captured at Bentonville, prisoner at New Bern. He was honorably discharged from said service by Release on account Genl. Johnston surrendered on about the 1st day of May 1865, of which time he held the rank of private.
Respectfully,
G.W. Martin
The document has been signed by G.W. Martin, Harmon Cary, Macon Bonner and Alston Grimes.
Light age toning and edge wear. There are two punch holes at the top of the document from when it was once housed in a binder. This does not affect any of the content.
<b><u>George W. Martin</b></u>: He was 18 years old when he enlisted on October 21, 1861, in Beaufort County, North Carolina, as a private, and was mustered into Co. C, of the 3rd North Carolina Light Artillery, also known as the 40th North Carolina Troops. He also served from March 14, 1862, to February 3, 1863, in Co. F, of the 17th North Carolina Infantry, before he was transferred back to his original regiment.
<b><u>Macon Bonner</b></u>: He enlisted on September 15, 1861, and was commissioned 1st lieutenant in the 31st North Carolina Infantry. He later transferred to the 3rd North Carolina Light Artillery (40th N.C. Troops). In the fall of 1864, Bonner's company was sent to Augusta, Ga., and later Savannah, to meet the invasion of General William T. Sherman, with whose forces he was engaged in several skirmishes. After the evacuation of Savannah, he was with his command at Fort Holmes until the fall of Fort Fisher, when he was stationed at Fort Anderson, and participated in the fight with the enemy. At the evacuation of this fort he was captured, and confined at the Old Capitol Prison and Fort Delaware, until June 1865, when he took the oath of allegiance and was released. After the war he was appointed postmaster of Washington, N.C., by President Cleveland. [Source: Confederate Military History]](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/ucv122a.jpg)
![3 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, written by John A. Yeckley. Fully identified with company and regiment.
<u>Camp near Darnstown, Maryland, Oct. 17 [1862]</u>
Dear brother,
It has been some time since I have written to you or heard from you & the reason why is that I did not know where to write for I heard that you had enlisted & that is the reason that I have not written oftener. I got a letter from mother yesterday & she is in want of some money. She says she is not allowed a cent this summer & that her feet is bare to the ground. It is impossible for me to do anything for her at present for I had the misfortune to lose my pocketbook with forty dollars just as I was agoing to send it home the next day. If you can help her a little at present I can send her twenty dollars in about a month when I get my next pay. I think you had better go & see her. If possible move her away for I don’t suppose that she is very well used [to] where she is & I think her & Nancy Jane might live together with very little more expense. You must write to me as soon as you can. Do anything to relieve her wants. If not let me know & I will try & get a furlough to come home & see to things. We are about twenty miles from Washington. We are in a very good section of country. The land is what the chestnut oak & prime land is in our state. We have plenty of spring water. The weather is pleasant & the nights warmer than they was in the summer. I have not had anything yet but a fly tent open at both ends, but I never enjoyed better health in my life than since I left Washington. We have plenty to eat and drink of everything that we want. We only drill about three hours per day, just enough to give us an appetite.
Direct your letters to John A. Yeckley, Co. E, 28th Regt. N.Y.S.V., Washington, D.C., care of Col. D. Donelley.
The big guns is firing towards Washington today & they was all day yesterday & they are fighting in the neighborhood of Chain Bridge, but we hear so many reports that we can’t believe anything we hear, but we have had orders to have two days rations in our haversacks & to have our knapsacks packed so as to be ready for a march.
Write as often as you can for a letter never comes amiss to a soldier.
Yours in haste,
John A. Yeckley
Bold and very neatly written. Excellent fully identified New York infantry soldier's letter..
John A. Leckley, was 24 years old when he enlisted in the Union army as a private, at Canadaigua, New York, on May 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 28th New York Infantry, on May 22nd. He was mustered out of the service on June 2, 1863, at Albany, New York, when the regiment's term of service expired.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/ul2060a.jpg)
![3 1/2 pages, 5 1/8 x 6 1/2, in ink, written by John A. Yeckley.
<u>Winchester, Virginia, March 16th, 1862</u>
Friend Josephine,
I received your letter yesterday & I was glad to hear from you for it was so long since I heard from you that I thought you had forgotten me. The reason that I did not write before is because I heard that you was not at home & besides that I did not receive any answer to my last letter. We are once more in Virginia & we expected to have a fine time taking Winchester, but the Rebels all left the night before we got here & never gave us any show for a fight. We are having very pleasant times. There [is] about twenty of us in a tent & we play euchre pretty much all the time. We are encamped about half a mile from the city. It is a very pleasant place & the weather is delightful. There is skirmishing going on here every day with the enemy’s pickets. Our company is going out this afternoon & probably we may have a chance to see some of them. It is rather tough times here among the citizens. Salt is worth eight dollars per bushel, potatoes are worth four dollars, coffee is worth two dollars per pound, writing paper is selling for two cents per sheet, postage stamps are not to be had for love nor money. We have fresh pork, mutton & chickens nearly every meal. I should like to know if you have seen anything of Walt & if you have tell him that I should like to hear from him. I can’t say how long we shall stay here, but the probability is we shall remain here some time. Write as soon as you receive this & give me all the particulars. Tell me what kind of a time you had at that oyster supper at George Frey’s. I heard by the way that my uncle was waiting on you. I would like to know if it is so, but I must bid you good bye this time.
Yours truly,
John
You must excuse bad writing & all other mistakes for the boys are all raising hell & some one of them is running against me almost every word I write.
That letter with the one enclosed for Jim was not received. Jim says that he should like to hear from Alice very much.
Bold and very neatly written. Light age toning and wear. Newsy letter. Excellent content.
John A. Leckley, was 24 years old when he enlisted in the Union army as a private, at Canadaigua, New York, on May 14, 1861, and was mustered into Company E, 28th New York Infantry, on May 22nd. He was mustered out of the service on June 2, 1863, at Albany, New York, when the regiment's term of service expired.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/ul2059a.jpg)
