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PEN & INK DRAWING BY EVERETT SHINN $1500.00 |
| PAINTING BY EVERETT SHINN, STAGE DOOR $14500.00 |
| EVERETT SHINN PAINTING WOMAN AT CHICKEN $17500.00 |
| Autograph, William R. W. Cobb $25.00 |
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Autograph, George S. Houston $20.00 |
| 19th century hand wrought ‘Sticking Tom $95.00 |
| Civil War era BINOCULARS $195.00 |
| Patriotic DESK BELL from period repurpos $145.00 |
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Civil War vintage Fancy Knit COTTON SOC $95.00 |
| 18th early 19th century forged iron Sl $695.00 |
| Devil's Den, Gettysburg Battlefield $20.00 |
| Set of 10 Prints of Confederate Generals $15.00 |
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| ![<b>Signed by two very prominent Gettysburg citizens!</b>
6 x 2 1/2, imprinted check on blue paper, filled out in ink. Diamond shaped orange & brown tax stamp imprinted at the center of the check, with a bust view of President George Washington, and United States Internal Revenue, Two Cents printed around the edges. Gettysburg, PA., Dec. 17, 1877. [Check] No. 25. Gettysburg National Bank, Pay to the Order of J.C. Neely. Twenty five Dollars. Signed at lower right by D. Kendlehart. Endorsed on the reverse by J.C. Neely. Typical cut cancellation. Very fine. Desirable Gettysburg document signed by two of its most prominent citizens!
<u>Jacob C. Neely</u>:
The recipient of this check, who signed it on the reverse, J.C. Neely, was born in Adams County, Pa., on February 3, 1838, and graduated from Gettysburg College, in the class of 1856. After studying law, he commenced a practice in 1859, and became a member of the Adams County Bar Association. He married a daughter of Dr. S.S. Schumacher, president of the Gettysburg Theological Seminary. Mr. Neely served for six years as district attorney, and was regarded as one of the best lawyers in Adams County. He served as legal counsel for the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in their famous and controversial case against the Memorial Association over the location of their monument at the "Bloody Angle," the historic area where Pickett's Charge was repulsed, on July 3, 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg. Neely also served as a commissioner who helped the John P. Rose Farm settle their claims caused by the damage that occurred to the farm during the battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Neely died on Friday, May 25, 1894, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg. Other Gettysburg notables that are buried there include the citizen hero of the battle of Gettysburg, John L. Burns, and the only civilian killed during the battle, Jennie Wade.
<u>David Kendlehart</u>:
(1813-91) A prosperous businessman in Gettysburg, he was president of the city council on June 26, 1863, when Confederate General Jubal A. Early, entered Gettysburg and demanded goods and money from the town. Kendlehart refused, but offered for the stores to be opened so the town's civilians could supply what they could of the general's demands. He later slipped out of town and maintained a low profile during the battle until the morning of July 4th, when he entered the Union lines and informed Union Commander, General George G. Meade of the Confederate withdrawal from the streets of Gettysburg.
Kendlehart, also the owner of a shoe business on Baltimore Street, met General Early as he rode into town less than a week before the outbreak of battle, and demanded to speak with the borough’s mayor. The Confederate general’s inquiry proved fruitless however, as Burgess Robert Martin’s wife informed General Early that Martin and most of the councilmen had already left the town in advance of the arrival of the Confederates army. The responsibility of representing the borough in negotiations with Early therefore fell to Mr. Kendlehart. Early demanded that Kendlehart furnish the rebel troops with thousands of pounds of provisions, shoes, hats, and U.S. currency. Kendlehart’s refusal to supply the rebels, citing limited authority of the Borough, and the impossibility of securing so much material in a small municipality such as Gettysburg.
His tactful argument may have saved the town from ruin in retribution for his noncompliance. Although he refused to hand over the supplies, Kendlehart removed responsibility from the borough, and did, however, suggest that the Confederates go from household to household asking the citizens of Gettysburg to furnish whatever they could. Kendlehart would leave Gettysburg proper that evening to remain hidden two miles outside of the borough at McAllister’s Mill until the end of the battle, at which point the leaderless citizens exercised their own political agenda with General Early. The money in the town bank was hidden, families hid their food and possessions, residents protected their free black neighbors from capture, and most of the Gettysburg citizens lied about having anything of value when the Confederate soldiers asked. The Rebels gained very little from the town’s unified defiance, marveling at how such a population could possess so little.
David Kendlehart died on April 30, 1891, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/mem9484a.jpg) |
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Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1948 First $9.00 |
| Soldiers' Monument, Gettysburg National $20.00 |
| Gettysburg National Bank Check $45.00 |
| New York State Uniform Button $15.00 |
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Autograph, Commodore John M. B. Clitz, U. $40.00 |
| Autograph, General Philip H. Sheridan $225.00 |
| CDV, General P. G. T. Beauregard $185.00 |
| Saddle Ring Recovered at Gettysburg $15.00 |
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Autograph, John Gayle |
| U. S. Mod. 1842 – H. Aston PERCUSSION P |
| Colonial / Revolutionary War era hand w |
| colonial American through the Civil War |
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| ![<b>Killed at the battle of Piedmont, Virginia in 1864!
Military Document Signed With Rank</b>
(1824-64) Born in Washington County, Virginia, his sobriquet was "Grumble" Jones. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1848, and served on the frontier with the "Mounted Rifles" until 1857, when he resigned his commission in the U.S. Army. When his home state seceded from the Union, he organized a company known as the "Washington Mounted Rifles," and was elected their captain. He served under Colonel J.E.B. Stuart at 1st Manassas, and became colonel of the 1st, and 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiments. He continued to serve under now General Stuart and was promoted to brigadier general September 19, 1862. He particularly distinguished himself at the war's biggest cavalry battle, Brandy Station, Va. Jones was considered to be the best outpost officer in the cavalry by his superiors. He protected the army's flank and rear on their march to Gettysburg in 1863. He was then assigned to command the Department of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee where he rendered superb service. He participated in General James Longstreet's Knoxville campaign, and fought at Cloyd's Mountain in western Virginia, and at the battle of Piedmont, on June 5, 1864, he was struck by a ball and instantly killed while encouraging his men in the front lines. In the subsequent confusion and retreat his body fell into the hands of the Yankees, who returned it to his friends. General William E. "Grumble" Jones was buried in the graveyard of the Old Glade Springs Presbyterian Church, in Virginia.
<u>Document Signed</u>: 15 3/4 x 9 1/2, manuscript in ink.
The United States on Account of Army Subsistence in the Quarter ending the 31st of December 1853, in Account with Lieut. W.E. Jones, Rifles, A.A.C.S., en-route from Fort Ewell, Texas, &c, &c, &c, to Corpus Christi.
I certify on honor that the above account current exhibits an accurate and true Statement of all monies received and expended by me on Account of Subsistence in the Army, and there is now due me from the Commissary Department ($165.92) One Hundred and sixty five Dollars & 92/100.
W.E. Jones,
2d Lieut. R.[egiment] M.[ounted] R.[ifles],
A.A.C.S.
Docket on the reverse: Account Current for the 4th Quarter 1853. Lieut. William E. Jones, Rifles, A.A.C.S.
Written on blue lined paper that shows some fold wear. Very desirable Confederate General K.I.A.
This document was signed by Lieutenant Jones when he was serving in the pre Civil War United States Army.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto5055a.jpg) |
Anson Mills Pat. 1881 - REMINGTON DOG - $65.00 |
| 2 double cased 6th plate tintypes - 153r |
| earlier to Civil War era - Fire Starter $145.00 |
| Autograph, General William E. Jones $175.00 |
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Autograph, Samuel W. Inge |
| mid-19th century Richmond, Va. – TOBACCO $135.00 |
| Victorian era - LADY'S FAN $95.00 |
| Pat. 1861- BOOTH MONOGRAMED coin silver $135.00 |
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1st Vermont Cavalry - M 1859 McClellan |
| complete! Miniature 19th century – Bone |
| Civil War era IRON SKILLET & SPATULA |
| Autograph, Franklin W. Bowdon |
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| ![<b>The oldest private military college in the United States!
Norwich turned out hundreds of officers and soldiers who fought in President Abraham Lincoln's Union armies during the Civil War!</b>
2 piece, convex, non-excavated coat size uniform button. 3/4 inches in diameter. Face of the button has spread winged eagle with shield, and is holding arrows and olive branches in its talons, and retains almost 100% of its gold gilt finish. On the top of the eagle are the raised letters, "Cadet," and below it is "N.U.," for Norwich University. The reverse is complete with a shank and has the manufacturer's imprint of D. Evans & Co., Attleboro, MS. [Massachusetts]. Very nice example.
WBTS Trivia: Norwich University, also known as The Military College of Vermont, is the oldest private military college in the United States. Founded in 1819, at Norwich, by Captain Alden Partridge, a military educator and former superintendent of the United States Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y.
In 1825, the academy moved to Middletown, Connecticut, to provide better naval training to the school's growing Corps of Cadets. However, the state of Connecticut declined to grant Captain Partridge a charter, and he moved the school back to Norwich in 1829.
The state of Vermont granted the school a charter in 1834, and recognized the institution thenceforth as Norwich University.
At the commencement of the Civil War in April 1861, Norwich cadets served as instructors of the state militias throughout the northeast, and the entire class of 1862, enlisted for the war upon its graduation. Norwich turned out hundreds of officers and soldiers who fought in President Lincoln's armies during the Civil War, including 4 recipients of the Medal of Honor, 1 who led a corps, 7 who headed divisions, 21 who led brigades, and 38 who commanded regiments.
These Norwich soldiers became eyewitnesses to some of the war's most dramatic events, including the bloodiest single day in American military history at the battle of Antietam, Maryland. They also fought in the attack at Marye's Heights in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and in the historic repulse of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, Pa.
A total of 755 Norwich men served during the Civil War, including an estimated 56 who fought for the Confederacy.
The daring Confederate raid on St. Albans, Vermont, brought much fear to the neighboring town of Newport thinking it would be a certain target of the Rebel raiders. The Corps of Cadets were quickly ordered into action, boarded an express train that same day, and it was a great relief to the citizens living there when the gallant Norwich Cadets came marching in to save the day.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/mem9480a.jpg) |
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Enfield Bayonet Scabbard Throat Recovere $15.00 |
| Autograph, Admiral Charles S. Boggs, U. S $75.00 |
| Norwich University Cadet Uniform Button $15.00 |
| Decoying The Yanks, Jackson's Valley Cam $15.00 |
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CDV, General Nathaniel Lyon $95.00 |
| Grand Army of the Republic Uniform Butto $10.00 |
| Confederate . 577 Caliber Enfield Bullet $15.00 |
| Civil War Cannon Friction Primer Excavat $15.00 |
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| ![3 pages, 5 x 7 1/2, in ink.
<b><u>Annapolis Junction, Md., November 24/61</b></u>
Dear [?]
Your letter telling me of your good fortune in getting privilege of leaving Ill. for a season came just as we were breaking up our camp on the R.R. & I assure you that I was much rejoiced to hear that you had a prospect of a change before you. I know that you will like the change & I am certain that twill do you much good. I am sad that you do not think it my duty to go to [?] this winter. Well we do agree on some points. I know how hard tis for one to get away for even a day & to get to Ill. was an impossibility. I suppose ere this you are safe on the banks of the old Genesee & does it look natural & have you been to Portage? & did you see any little boys with blue checked aprons on? I would really like to see that country again & hope that I can get away long enough for a flying visit. I spoke to my Capt. & he thought I could go after New Years. Still I do not dare to hope for fear that twill be so I cannot go. Since I have joined this Reg. I have been off duty only 3 days- then you saw me. I want you to tell me all about where you are & how you are suited & all about the people of your place, &c. Write me a newsy letter with such additions as you may deem proper. You will consider my case regarding that picture. Bates leaves if tis not here in 10 days! What is Grandmother [?] opinion regarding your leaving home. Did she present you with a parting discourse & some dough nuts. But seriously I am glad you are away & my men said I did not scold nor find fault with them the whole day when I recd. your last wonderful [?]. I have written no less than 12 letters this P.M. & you will excuse priority.
As ever,
Wm. [?]
Very fine.
WBTS Trivia: Annapolis Junction, Md., was located along the B & O Railroad, and was the main east coast rail line for North-South freight. In August, 1861, $4,975. in goods were seized at Annapolis Junction by Southern sympathizers from Baltimore.](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/ul2043a.jpg) |
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CDV, General George B. McClellan $75.00 |
| Civil War Soldier Letter From Annapolis |
| G. A. R. Lapel Pin $25.00 |
| Autograph, Dudley S. Gregory |
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Autograph, John Van Dyke |
| Enfield Bullet From the Wreck of a Confe |
| Autograph, Admiral Christopher R. P. Rodg $50.00 |
| Photograph, General Charles M. Shelley $15.00 |
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| ![<b>Alexander Gardner View</b>
Wet plate, albumen photograph, 3 x 2 1/4, on 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 card mount. No backmark. Identification on the reverse, "Bridge over the Chickahominy, Virginia." View showing the bridge with the Chickahominy River in the foreground. Light age toning.
Otherwise known by the name of its builder, and marked on the map, "Woodbury's Bridge." The picture is taken at a point where the accumulated waters most presented the character of a stream, the swamp being in some places all of a mile in width, and supporting on its treacherous surface a luxuriant growth. In the depths of this morass, the home of almost every variety of Virginia reptile, the soldiers worked several weeks, constructing the causeway known as New Duane's, Sumner's- Upper and Lower- Bottom's, and Railroad Bridge. The cutting of dams above, and heavy rains, stopped the workmen a number of times, and destroyed their labor, by converting the whole valley into a broad lake, whose waters, pressing through the length of the swamp carried everything irresistibly before them. In this way, during the battle of Fair Oaks, Sumner's troops had barely passed over, when the rapidly accumulated waters of the river carried away the bridge; and it was claimed by the engineers that the weight of the men in crossing kept it in place. If, in that fight, our troops had been defeated, the limited facilities of recrossing the Chickahominy would probably have led to the capture of the greater portion of the corps. The Grape Vine Bridge was so called for its tortuous course through the swamp. Its construction was necessarily rude, as rough, unhewn, and twisted logs formed the material. Down in the woods, the air seemed to be suffocating with stagnation, while beneath the pall of mist, an immense orchestra of double bass bull frogs kept up a continual din, which at night drowned the rumble of the wagons over the corduroys. [Source: Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book Of The Civil War].](https://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/ap669a.jpg) |
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Autograph, Gustavus V. Fox, Assistant Se $65.00 |
| 1893 New York Day at Gettysburg Medal $150.00 |
| Photograph, Military Bridge Across The C $100.00 |
| Recitation Hall, Gettysburg College, Get $15.00 |
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1700s / very early 1800s hand wrought Wo $95.00 |
| Civil War era - SHOULDER SCALES $250.00 |
| Civil War era and earlier LEATHER WALLET $95.00 |
| antique horseshoe – MOUTH or ‘JEW’S HA $55.00 |
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