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Albumen on board of Confederate General Sterling Price. "Sterling Price (September 20,
1809 – September 29, 1867) was a lawyer, planter, and politician from the U.S. state of
Missouri, who served as the 11th Governor of the state from 1853 to 1857. He also
served as a United States Army brigadier general during the Mexican-American War, and
a Confederate Army major general in the American Civil War. Price is best known for his
victories in New Mexico and Chihuahua during the Mexican conflict, and for his losses at
the Battles of Iuka and Westport during the Civil War–the latter being the culmination of
his ill-fated Missouri Campaign of 1864. Following the war, Price took his remaining
troops to Mexico rather than surrender, unsuccessfully seeking service with the Emperor
Maximillian there. He ultimately returned to Missouri, where he died in poverty and was
buried in St. Louis." Albumen is dated 1865 at the bottom. Rare size of 6 by 9'.
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$475
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Scarce Vannerson and Jones view of the famed Cavalier Jebb Stuart. Backmark V&J
Richmond VA.
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$1150
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Fantastic view of Robert E Lee by Anthony/Brady.
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$650
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CDV of Lt Morris Greenwall of Louisiana. First served in the 1st Battalion Zouaves of
Louisiana before transferring to the 10th Louisiana Infantry. The Civil War database
does not have much history on him but he must have been captured at some point as
this photo was taken by Mathew Brady and published by Anthony during the War. Neat
full standing view. The 10th served in Robert E Lee's Army of Northern VA and was the
prime Confederate Army in the field. View is a published view.
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$650
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Excellent Confederate view of Robert Ewell by Tanner and Vanness of Lynchburg Va.
Scarce photographer imprint.
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$300
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Corrected Listing; "Lewis William Washington (November 30, 1812 - October 1, 1871)
was a great-grandnephew of President George Washington, who is principally
remembered as a hostage of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia
and as a prosecution witness in the subsequent trial of Brown. Lewis Washington was
the son of George Corbin Washington, the grandson of William Augustine Washington,
and a great-grandson of Augustine Washington, half-brother of George Washington.
Lewis Washington inherited Beall-Air near Halltown, West Virginia through his mother,
Lewis William Washington inherited several relics of George Washington, including a
sword allegedly given by Frederick the Great to Washington and a pair of pistols given
by Lafayette.[5] John Cook, who served as John Brown's advance party at Harpers Ferry,
befriended Washington and noted the relics, as well as the slave population at Beall-Air.
Brown was fascinated with the Washington relics. During Brown's October 16, 1859 raid
on Harpers Ferry a detachment from his force led by Cook seized the sword and pistols
along with Washington at Beall-Air, taking along three of Washington's slaves. The
hostages were taken to Harpers Ferry by way of the Allstadt House and Ordinary, where
more hostages were taken. Ultimately, Washington and the others were held at Brown's
base in the fire engine house of the Harpers Ferry federal arsenal. All survived their
captivity, and Washington identified Brown to the Marine rescue party. During the assault
on John Brown's Fort, a saber thrust by Marine Lieutenant Green at Brown was allegedly
deflected by the belt buckle securing the Washington sword. During John Brown's trial
for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, Lewis Washington testified as a
witness for the prosecution. During cross-examination, Washington testified that Brown
treated his hostages well and gave orders not to harm civilians. When the Civil War
began, Washington sided with the Confederacy. On July 17, 1865, where he served on
Robert E Lee's Staff during the War.
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Extremely Rare CDV of one of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Brigadier Generals Hylon B
Lyon. "When the Civil War began in April 1861, Lyon was promoted to first lieutenant.
However, his sympathies were with the Confederacy and he resigned from the United
States Army. He raised Company F, 3rd Kentucky Infantry, which soon became part of
the 1st Kentucky Artillery. Lyon equipped the unit, which initially was known as Lyon's
Battery, later Cobb's Battery. In January 1862 Lyon was promoted to lieutenant colonel of
the 8th Kentucky Infantry and exercised command in the absence of the colonel. Lyon's
regiment was part of the garrison of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. After fighting off three
attacks by the Union Army, the fort surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. Colonel Lyon was
sent as a prisoner of war first to Camp Morton, at Indianapolis and then to Camp Chase,
Ohio. He and other captured officers were sent taken to Fort Warren, where he was
finally exchanged in September. His regiment was soon reorganized as the 8th
Kentucky, now re-enlisted for three years, with Lyon appointed as its colonel. He fought
in the forces of Earl Van Dorn and then John C. Pemberton during the Vicksburg
Campaign. He and 250 of his men managed to avoid surrendering to Grant, and Lyon
led them to Jackson, Mississippi, where they joined the Confederate forces there. Later,
Braxton Bragg appointed Lyon as commander of two regiments of cavalry under Joseph
Wheeler, and he served under James Longstreet during the Siege of Knoxville. Following
the Third Battle of Chattanooga, Lyon was placed in charge of Bragg's artillery, saving
them from capture during his subsequent retreat.
Lyon returned to commanding cavalry in 1864, this time in Mississippi as a brigadier
general under Nathan B. Forrest. In December 1864, he led 800 Kentucky
cavalrymen on a raid into Tennessee and western Kentucky both to enforce Confederate
draft laws and to draw Union troops away from General John Bell Hood's Nashville
campaign. His men burned seven county courthouses that were being used to house
Union troops, including those at Princeton, Kentucky and Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He
retreated south after the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Nashville to rejoin Forrest in
Mississippi. In January 1865, Lyon was surprised while sleeping in a private home in Red
Hill, Alabama, by a detachment of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, but he managed to
kill a Union sergeant and escaped in his nightgown. PostbellumWhen the war
ended, Lyon accompanied Governor Isham G. Harris of Tennessee into Mexico,
intending to offer his services to Maximilian. He was a civil engineer for nearly a year in
Mexico before finally returning to his home in Eddyville, Kentucky, where he resumed
farming and opened a prosperous mercantile business. He also served as state prison
commissioner, primarily responsible for what is now the Kentucky State Penitentiary
being located in his hometown of Eddyville. His initials are still inscribed over the
Kentucky State Penitentiary's front gate." Backmark is covered by a Revenue stamp but
should be Vannerson and Jones I would guess.
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$2500
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Rare Confederate General Roswell Ripley of South Carolina. "Roswell Sabine Ripley
(March 14, 1823 – March 26, 1887) was an officer in the United States Army during the
Mexican-American War and, despite being Northern-born, a brigadier general in the
Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He was also an author and a prosperous
South Carolina businessman. After South Carolina seceded from the Union, Ripley
became a lieutenant colonel in the Army of South Carolina. He and his men helped
garrison Fort Moultrie. He helped direct the fire from a battery during the bombardment
of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 13, 1861. On August 15, 1861, he was
appointed as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and assigned command of the
Department of South Carolina and its coastal defenses. From December 1861 until May
1862, he had charge of the Second Military District of South South Carolina. Transferred
to field command in Virginia, Ripley commanded an infantry brigade (comprising two
Georgia and two North Carolina regiments) in the defenses of Richmond, Virginia, in
June 1862. Assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia, Ripley's Brigade participated in the
battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, and Malvern Hill during the Peninsula Campaign.
Despite being depleted from recent fighting and illness, Ripley's Brigade fought in the
Maryland Campaign at the Battle of South Mountain and the Battle of Sharpsburg in
September 1862. He suffered a severe wound in the neck at Sharpsburg, but soon
recovered and rejoined the army. In November, he was involved in the defense of
Fredericksburg. Criticized for his performance at Antietam, General Ripley in early 1863
returned to South Carolina and took charge of the First Military District. His men
constructed a series of improved defenses around Charleston, and Ripley commanded
the troops that repelled a Union Navy attack on April 7, 1863. He continued in command
of Charleston's fortifications until the city was evacuated in late 1864 and fought under
Joseph E. Johnston at Bentonville." No imprint but original photo known to be taken by
Cook of Charleston. Extremely hard to find.
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$1250
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